This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garrett, Miller, King, Simmons, Barthold, Stryker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5R.2ADI/198.2 Message Board Post: I just found your query about Jeremiah - I too am searching for his parents, but thought you might be interested in what I have gleaned about him from several sources: Sometime during the years 1809-1820 Jeremiah Garrett, with other members of his family, came into Wilkinson County, Georgia, from Edgefield Co., South Carolina. The family was, prior to that time, probably in North Carolina. Jeremiah's first wife, Annie Miller, died in South Carolina (probably GA), leaving ten children. All of them accompanied their father into Wilkinson County, where several of them married and lived for many years. Their names were: Enoch, b. 1795; Elijah; Elisha; John Israel; Mary; Tabita; Samuel; Nancy Ann; James; Robert. Jeremiah Garrett did not live long in the county after his second marriage, which occurred August 15, 1822, to Mary King; he, with his wife and younger children, moved to Alabama, settling in Pike County at Josie, AL, on the Pea River. A group of Wilkinson County families including Garretts, Merediths, Browns, Mathews and others left about the same time and went to Pike County, AL. Several of Jeremiah's descendants are still to be found in that locality. The next census record for Jeremiah Garrett was in Pike County in 1830. He had 5 boys and 5 girls and wife on this census. Jeremiah started farming. By 1835 he had cleared land, built his cabin, and increased his stock until he could sell enough to buy land. He was ready to get his first 40 acres of land from the government on a land grant. Recorded at Pike County Courthouse Deed Book A-1323-52 on page 159 - Jeremiah Garrett to Stokely M. Evans. State of Alabama - Pike County - Know all men by these present that I,Jeremiah Garrett, of the county and state aforesaid have bargained, sold, and delivered and by these presents do bargain, sell, and delivers unto Stokely M. Evans for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and six the following property, to wit, one yoke oxen and cart, twenty head of cattle, and forty two head of hogs and eighteen head of sheep, the right and title of siad described property I, the said Jeremiah Garrett, do warrent and forever defend unto the said Stokely M. Evans, his heirs and assigns for ever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 27th day of January 1835. Test John D. Curtis Jeremiah X Garrett Record at Pike County courthouse show that on November 5, 1836, Jeremiah Garrett got 40 acres of land in Section 6; Township 10 N.; Range 24 E. This land was in the SW 1/4 of NE 1/4. The certificate on Warrant No. 4561. Records show that John Garrett, Elijah Garrett, Robert Garrett, Henry J. and William D. Garrett also got land from between then and 1854. Some of Jeremiah Garrett's neighbors were Abraham Miles, Commissioner of the town of Monticello and later a Judge, John D. Curtis, Clerk of County Court at Monticello, and others were Robert Love, Isaac Griffin, John W. Brown and James Evans. >From "History of Pike County" by M. P. Farmer: "1836 Battle of Hobdy Bridge" "There had been several skirmishes between the whites and Indians. At 3 Notch near Union Springs, at least 3 persons were killed and scalped by Indiana. The Indians had been raiding and burning homes and Capt. Wellborn had gone to investigate. The Indians, who were in ambush, caught the white men in an open field and opened fire. After this the Indians went to the Pea River Swamp for protection. No Indian villages ever existed within the present confines of Pike County. The presence of arrowheads in the county in bountiful supply bears testimony to the fact that Indians traveled through and hunted in the county." Jeremiah Garrett was killed by the Indians on the Pea River in Pike County, AL. The story goes that 'Jerry,' leaving his plow-stock and a pair of horses in the field, returned later to find them gone. Suspecting this to be the work of Indians, he obtained the assistance of neighbors to join in a search. The Indians, however, who were lying in ambush, overpowered them. Jeremiah was scalped and his body pinned to a tree. Quoting from Mr. J.T. Garrett, of Charing, Taylor, Ga (1930): The proof I have of these statements concerning Jeremiah Garrett and his family is this: Dates, etc., are to be found in our family Bible; many things I have remembered, and others were told to me by my cousins, Rev. Jasper J. Brooks and Lura Garrett (daughter of Samuel Garrett and his wife, Isabella Anderson). Lura, who is doubley kin to me (having married my elder brother, Isaac William Garrett), lived with her husband in Taylor County near her father-in-law and uncle, Enoch Garrett (my grandfather). Naturally she learned a great deal about the Garretts from both sides." {The dates and places in this article may be more correct than those found on the website. Some of the children may have been born in SC , but in AL censuses John says he was born in GA. Enoch is said to be the oldest son and b. in 1795 so was probably not born in Wilkinson Co. if they came between 1809-1820. If Robert was born 10 July 1822, then Jeremiah married just a few weeks after his first wife died. Need to check 1850 census for place of birth for all the children. AL} >From Mary Garrett Gullatte: "Jeremiah Garrett was born about 1774. The first facts so far on Jeremiah Garrett are found in Wilkinson County, Georgia in 1820. Sometime after 1808, Jeremiah, John and Robert Garrett and their families came to Wilkinson County. County records show that Robert Garrett was coroner there in 1811, and he left a will naming his family. John Garrett did not marry and was later listed on census records as a wheelwright. Church records for Mt. Nebo Church, which was organized in 1808, show Anna Garrett and Shadrack Adams as members. Also records kept at Beall & Patterson store lists names of settlers who traded with them on credit. Some of the names were Enoch Garrett (son of Jeremiah) and wife, John Garrett, who was not married, Miss Mary King (Jeremiah's second wife) and Shadrack Adams, who later performed the marriage of Jeremiah and Mary King. Wilkinson County was not organized until 1803, so these three Garretts - John, Jeremiah, and Robe! r! t - were pioneers of that county. I descend through Jeremiah's son, John b. 1808, who married Nancy Gilmour in 1836 in Pike Co., AL: John Garrett - Nancy Gilmour Martha Garrett - Austin Simmons John F. Simmons - Flora Barthold Fred Simmons - Frances Wright Jane Simmons - John Stryker Ann Stryker (me)