Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: T. Hickman JARRETT  

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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T. HICKMAN JARRETT - is descended from the JARRETT family who were pioneers of the 
first country settled west of the Blue Ridge, and his grandfather, James JARRETT, 
was born at Keenys Fort, mouth of Mill Creek, when the pioneers of Greenbrier 
County were assembled there in anticipation of an attack from the Indians. 
James JARRETT, father of T. Hickman, was born in Greenbrier County, April 25, 
1815, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth HICKMAN, was born on Big 
Sewell Mountain this county. She died in January, 1858. The subject of this 
sketch was born in Blue Sulphur district, June 25, 1851, and in this district 
has a farm of 800 acres, mostly in sod for grazing purposes, to which he gives 
the most of his attention. In Sherman, Texas, October 5, 1877, T. Hickman 
JARRETT was united in marriage with Georgia (MORGAN) BUSTLE, and they have 
one son and two daughters: James H., born February 25, 1879; and Leake, born 
August 9, 1880. The youngest is unnamed, born September 15, 1883. The wife of 
Mr. JARRETT is a daughter of Jesse and Julena J. (KASEY) MORGAN, who are 
residents in Bedford County, Virginia, the place of their nativity. Her 
father was born May 5, 1795. Her birth was in Bedford County, Virginia, 
December 29, 1852 the date. She was a widow at the time of her marriage 
with Mr. JARRETT. Blue Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 
is the post office address of T. H. JARRETT.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.