Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: Samuel JARRETT ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, , 1998. ************************************************************************** SAMUEL JARRETT - born in Blue Sulphur district, Greenbrier County, December 13, 1804, was a son of James and Ruth (GWINN) JARRETT, and grandson of James and Elizabeth (GRIFFY) JARRETT, of Pennsylvania. The JARRETT family were among the very first to come to Greenbrier county, and were two or three times driven off by the Indians while effecting a settlement here, which they finally succeeded in. They were always prominent in the affairs of the county and of Blue Sulphur district, where the fourth generation of the name is now living. The GWINNs were also very early settlers here, and Samuel GWINN was the father of Ruth, mother of Samuel JARRETT. The brothers and sisters of Samuel JARRETT were Elizabeth, Deliah, Ira, Joseph, Andrew, Jacob, James, Ruth, Rosanna, Eveline, Margaret, and Sidney C. Elizabeth lives in Missouri; Delilah died in Indiana; Ira died in Greenbrier in 1851; Joseph lives in this county; Andrew died in Missouri; Jacob died in infancy in this county; James lives in Greenbrier County; Ruth died in Lewisburg in 1853; Rosanna lives in Monroe County, West Virginia; Eveline died in this county in 1850; Margaret lives in Greenbrier County. Samuel JARRETT and his brother Joseph were made political prisoners in 1862, by the Federals, although not taking part in the war, probably through the enmity of neighbors who reported falsely of them. They were sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and held six months, when they returned home and were not again molested. Samuel JARRETT, now nearly eighty years of age, has never married, and is one of the wealthiest landowners in the district, having 871 acres in one farm. His post office address is Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. 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.