Dear Sandi, Your friend is said to be of our line. They are from born Jacob Garrard, bore in England in 1720. His line came to North Carolina and is said to be our cousin. Wm Frances are said to be link to us. They are from what I call the southern line, Terry Lee Garrard Sr.

Cousin Sandi, Sure are a lot of Scottish names in this group of people, and English. Did your cousin give any dates? Strangely, in my Grandmother's Family, (from Scotland) a lot of these names existed, her Mother, also a Sister were named Isabella, she had Brothers named Urquhart, James and William, but her surname was Anderson, and Frances Garrard married George Humphreys, so don't know if there is any connections, but doubt it, However, I have learned in doing genealogy, no matter how insignificant a piece of information seems, hang on to it, you may wish you had at a later date. These may be descendants, one never knows! Love, Cousin Jane

Hi Cousins: I received the below from a cousin not in the Garrard tree. Does this help anyone? Cousin Sandi Carter ----------- Frances Isabella Garterray Urquhart m. Wm. W. Garrard, Columbus, GA. Six children: William m. Mary Lawton, of Savannah; Eva m. Humphreys Castleman, of Kentucky; Helen Augusta m. John T. Glenn, of Atlanta; Gertrude Kate m. James W. Harris, of Mississippi; Louis F. m. Anna Leonard; Ada Frances died young James Watkins Harris m. Gertrude Garrard, Jackson, MS.

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Dear Sandi, Ah, yes, country music, my favorite kind, if it is good old country, so guess I will turn on CMT for awhile, they must be playing the top 40 tonight, so will get some of the good ones!! That would be nice to go to sleep to! Since we have already rang in the New Year, and thank God with no incidents here in Washington, DC, either, and we are heavily guarded, but they did hold a plane from England tonight for quite a few hours, on a distant tarmack from the terminal, something about seven suspicious passengers, wasn't finished yet, when Dick Clark came on, but they were checking all of the 200+ passengers on the plane, passports, and tickets, so don't know for sure what was going on, but will let you know when I find out, if I find out! Sometimes they just let it drop! This was at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, VA. not far from where I live, maybe about seven miles, I really never found out how far from Vienna, I live more in Tysons Corner area, than Vienna. Just down the road a piece off of Rt, 7. That is the only thing I have heard! Nothing in DC! So sounds like it came in there without incident, and thank God, as you say, everything was alright in NYC! Good night and God Bless all of us, one and all! Love, Jane "One cannot be compassionate unless there is love in their heart."

In a message dated 12/31/03 9:26:24 PM, JaneSteen74@webtv.net writes: << HAPPY 2004, COUSINS! IT IS NOW THAT BACK HERE IN THE EAST, I WATCHED THE BALL DROP, AS I AM SURE MANY OF YOU DID, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALL! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Cousin Jane Steen Chiarizia >> Dear Jane: It's just about 9:30 p.m. here in Frazier Park, California and I probably won't be awake when we hit 2004. But, I'm so pleased to hear that nothing happened in NYC and their celebration went well. Len is watching some football game, when away. I'm working on Garrard family stuff and listening to country music. Love, Sandi

HAPPY 2004, COUSINS! IT IS NOW THAT BACK HERE IN THE EAST, I WATCHED THE BALL DROP, AS I AM SURE MANY OF YOU DID, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALL! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Cousin Jane Steen Chiarizia

Hi Cousins: I wish you all a very Happy New Year and pray that 2004 is a much better year for we all. Love, Cousin Sandi Carter

The Endless Christmas Day by George F. Smith When Christmas arrived in 1776, a few Americans gave us the first installment of a gift we have all but lost. After the makeshift American army under George Washington's command ousted the redcoats from Boston in early 1776, the British moved to New York City, where they launched an invasion in August. Washington met them head-on and suffered devastating defeats, and survived only by heading the other way. By the time he escaped across the Delaware River into Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the General had only 3,000 of his original 20,000 troops. Congress, seeing the army in retreat only 12 miles from where they sat, gave Washington dictatorial powers and escaped to Baltimore, 110 miles to the south. With winter moving in, Washington set up headquarters on the west side of the Delaware. British commander William Howe made plans to go into winter quarters in New York, leaving his men spread over numerous New Jersey outposts, ready to march at a moment's notice. He admitted, though, that the chain of outposts was too extensive. Lord Charles Cornwallis, Howe's field commander, decided to garrison the outposts with Hessian mercenaries and send the British troops back to New York. He left command of New Jersey in the hands of the cocky and thoroughly mediocre General James Grant. In the 100-house village of Trenton, the outpost closest to Washington, the 1,600 Hessians were under command of Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall, a hard-drinking gambler whose troops had a reputation for plunder and rape. Once encamped, they proceeded to earn their reputation. Hessian brutality swung many New Jersey neutrals to the American cause. [1] Making excellent use of spies, Washington led the British to believe his condition was completely hopeless. Thus, when Rall complained to General Grant that his position was too much exposed, Grant dismissed it as ludicrous, since Washington's troops were in rags and starving. Besides, after December 31 Washington would not even have an army, since the term of service would expire for most of his men. Knowing he needed a victory to keep the American cause alive, Washington decided to attack Trenton while the Hessians slept off the effects of their Christmas celebration. On a scrap of paper he scribbled "Victory or Death," the watchword for the attack. Earlier that month Tom Paine had written a new essay that Washington ordered read to his troops on Christmas Day. As the men prepared to cross the Delaware with a winter storm kicking up, officers addressed their troops, reading from Paine's pamphlet, the American Crisis. "These are the times that try men's souls," it began. The men had no trouble agreeing. Washington's crossing at McKonkey's Ferry was part of a four-pronged assault on Trenton. A detachment under James Ewing was to cross closer to Trenton to cut off a possible enemy escape over the bridge leading out of town; John Cadwalader's troops were to cross further downstream to distract the Hessians garrisoned at Bordentown, while Israel Putnam was to lead a contingent of militia from Philadelphia into New Jersey as another distraction. But none of them made it. Putnams's troops didn't march, Ewing couldn't get his men across, and Cadwalader could get his men over but not the artillery -- the ice floes proved overwhelming. Washington, fortunately, had John Glover and the Fourteenth Continental, a unit composed of rugged and well-disciplined fishermen from Marblehead, Massachusetts. They had already pulled the General out of a jam back in August, on Long Island, where they rowed the American army out of Howe's grasp under cover of darkness and fog. To ferry about 2,400 men to the New Jersey side of the Delaware, a distance of roughly a thousand feet, Glover used big, black Durham boats, which ranged in length from forty to sixty feet. A small company called the Durham Iron Works had begun building the boats in 1757 for transporting ore, pig iron, grain, whiskey, and produce from upcountry down the Delaware rapids into Philadelphia. After disgorging their cargo, the crew of six would load up with manufactured goods and pole the boats back upstream. Looking like big canoes with slightly pointed ends, the boats had an eight-foot beam and a light draft. Even when fully loaded they drew only twenty-four to thirty inches, which meant they could get close enough to shore for the troops to wade the rest of the way. The heavily laden boats began pushing off from McKonkey's Ferry around two in the afternoon on Christmas Day. The surging Delaware current sent chunks of ice at them like "white torpedoes," smashing the sides of the craft and snarling their progress. [2] Snow, wind, and darkness compounded Glover's difficulties. Meanwhile, in Trenton, Rall had eaten a hearty meal and retired for a game of cards with a few of his aides and his host, a man named Abraham Hunt. Shortly after midnight a shivering Loyalist from Pennsylvania showed up at Hunt's door with a written message, handing it to a servant. Rall refused to be disturbed and tucked the note into his waistcoat pocket without reading it. By 3:00 a.m. Glover's Fourteenth had ferried men, horses, and artillery across the river. It took another hour to round up the troops and begin the nine-mile march to Trenton along River Road. Washington, from his tall chestnut horse, urged his men to keep moving and stay with their officers. Two men stopped to rest -- and froze to death. When they arrived at Trenton at 8:00 a.m. the General gave the order to storm the town. As the men fell upon the enemy, many of them shouted, "This is the time to try men's souls!" [3] With their muskets' priming pans soaked from the snowstorm, the Americans relied on the bayonet and artillery to roust the Hessians out of the houses. Sodden from the previous night's celebrations, Hessians threw on their coats and tried to form ranks in the streets. As they stumbled about, Henry Knox's six-pounders cut them down from the high end of Trenton's two main streets. Rall finally broke from the Hunt house, jumped on his horse and galloped toward his regiment, which was being showered with grapeshot. "Lord, Lord, what is it, what is it?" he cried out repeatedly. His world had become a swirl of snow, shouts, smoke, and explosions. [4] As he tried desperately to organize a bayonet charge, he was shot twice and fell from his horse. While the battle raged on, two soldiers assisted him into a Methodist Church, where, in his final moments, he read the note tucked in his pocket: the American army was marching on Trenton. Minutes later the Hessians surrendered. The Americans had suffered four casualties to the enemy's 25-30 killed and about 80 wounded. It took Washington twelve hours to recross the Delaware with captured weapons, supplies, and over 900 prisoners. When the Continental troops finally collapsed into their tents, they had gone forty-eight hours without food, almost as long without sleep, and had marched twenty-five miles in freezing weather. They also won a critical victory for independence. While no war is good, defensive wars are sometimes necessary. Our forefathers knew this. That's why some of them went marching, 227 years ago. References 1. Randall, Willard Sterne, George Washington: A Life , Owl Books, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1998, p. 321. 2. Billias , George Athan , "The Battle of Trenton: The River Crossing," http://1-14th.com/HistTrentonCross.htm 3. Rothbard, Murray N., Conceived in Liberty , Vol. IV, Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, 1999, pp. 198-199. 4. Ketchum, Richard M., The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton, Owl Books, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1999, p. 261. ***A Maupin ancestor of mine was a runner for George Washington. Sandi

In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below: 1657 Boston Measles 1687 Boston Measles 1690 New York Yellow Fever 1713 Boston Measles 1729 Boston Measles 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza 1738 South Carolina Smallpox 1739-40 Boston Measles 1747 CT,NY,PA,SC Measles 1759 N. Amer [areas inhabited by white people] Measles 1761 North America and West Indies Influenza 1772 North America Measles 1775 N. Amer [especially hard in NE] epidemic Unknown 1775-6 Worldwide [one of the worst epidemics] Influenza 1783 Dover, DE ["extremely fatal"] Bilious Disorder 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles 1793 Vermont [a "putrid" fever] and Influenza 1793 VA [killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks] Influenza 1793 Philadelphia [one of the worst epidemics] Yellow Fever 1793 Harrisburg, PA [many unexplained deaths] Unknown 1793 Middletown, PA [many mysterious deaths] Unknown 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia, PA [one of the worst] Yellow Fever 1803 New York Yellow Fever 1820-3 Nationwide [starts Schuylkill River and spreads] "Fever" 1831-2 Nationwide [brought by English emigrants] Asiatic Cholera 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera 1837 Philadelphia Typhus 1841 Nationwide [especially severe in the south] Yellow Fever 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza 1848-9 North America Cholera 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever 1850-1 North America Influenza 1852 Nationwide [New Orleans-8,000 die in summer] Yellow Fever 1855 Nationwide [many parts] Yellow Fever 1857-9 Worldwide [one of the greated epidemics] Influenza 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans} {Smallpox Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC} {Cholera [A series of recurring epidemics of:} {Typhus {Typhoid {Scarlet Fever {Yellow Fever 1873-5 North America and Europe Influenza 1878 New Orleans [last great epidemic] Yellow Fever 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide[high point yr] more people were {Influenza hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833 Columbus, OH 1834 New York City 1849 New York 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains, and Missouri Hope this helps you genealogists. Sandi

Hi All: I got this from another listowner and think it's neat. Try it! Just put in the surname you are researching and see all the variations of that name! It's amazing! http://www.imagepartners.co.uk/Thesaurus/Search.aspx Sandi list mom

Jane, your family is by far more of historical value then all of Daniel Garrard's line. Cousin Ter (from John Mountjoy Garrard)

Dear Ter, Most of the Garrards in the Family site, and those who write to this list are descended from this Daniel GARRARD, that you speak of, however, I am descended from William GARRARD, same as you, but I am descended from his first wife, Mary LEWIS, and their Son, Daniel GARRARD who married Elizabeth WASHINGTON, their Daughter, Frances GARRARD, who married George HUMPHREYS, their Daughter, Hannah HUMPHREYS who married Andrew CULBERTSON, their Daughter, Jane CULBERTSON, who married Robert STEEN, their Son, Francis Marion STEEN, who married Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON, their son, Lucian STEEN (my Father) who married Elsie HASLAM, (my Mother) then they had me, Jane STEEN. I married Robert Chiarizia, later divorced him, am still single, have five Children, fifteen Grandchildren and six Great Grandchildren, so someplace in there you and I are cousins! I will be 78 years old on December 10th. Have a good day today, and keep your letters coming, I enjoy reading them!!! Cuz Jane Steen Chiarizia Vienna, Virginia ( just up the road a piece from Stafford, VA. where most of the early ones came from.) "One cannot be compassionate unless there is love in their heart."

Dear family., I know that Daniel had a great line but the read historial family of kentucky was his father, the first elected Governer of Ky. That is where were all came from other than his father Wm. of Va. What we need to worring about is that James's 1785 own buyare cousin ,the Talbots.is not sold out of the family. The Governor 1785 home is still there as is are grandparents graves. Cuz Ter

 Who Is Better On The Computer? Jesus and Satan were having an ongoing argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and God was tired of hearing all of the bickering.  Finally God said, "Cool it! I am going to set up a test that will run two hours, and I will judge who does the better job." So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away. They moused. They did spreadsheets. They wrote reports. They sent faxes. They sent emails. They sent out emails with attachments. They downloaded. They did some genealogy reports. They made cards. They did every known job. But 10 minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder clapped, the rain poured, and, of course, the electricity went off. Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld. Jesus just sighed. The electricity finally flickered back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically and screamed, "It's gone! It's all gone! I lost everything when the power went off!" Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of diligent work. Satan observed this and became irate. "Wait! He cheated! How did he do it?" God shrugged and said, "Jesus saves."

Hi All: These fires seem to be getting worse. What really gets to me is, if it's true, some of the news reporters have said they think some were started by environmentalist idiots who have been opposed to building more homes in areas where insects, reptiles and animals would become extinct or have to move on to other areas. Does this make sense to any sane human? So, setting a fire to get rid of the homes, also all these idiots want to save, that are dying, is the way to handle it all? I saw firefighters, on TV, trying to save a darling deer by giving her oxygen. She was also burned. The reporter said she wasn't sure the deer would live. Other news reports said that people saw others setting fires, like they were having fun. Insanity reigns! Sad Sandi

In a message dated 10/24/03 11:37:46 PM, TalkingTer@aol.com writes: << Some Garrard's claim that a Peter Garrard (Gerrard, Gerard, Girard) was the first of the family to link to England but I have yet to find anything to prove this. Terry Lee Garrard of Cinti. >> Terry: I wouldn't worry about it if not shown proof. I've found the same thing, at times, in my Maupin family. Both the Garrard and the Maupin couples came to America in 1700 and I'm a product of both. Best, Cousin Sandi

Some Garrard's claim that a Peter Garrard (Gerrard, Gerard, Girard) was the first of the family to link to England but I have yet to find anything to prove this. Terry Lee Garrard of Cinti.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FEY.2ACEB/174.2.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Dianne, I live in Riverview, FL, which is a suburb of Tampa. My first wife's grandmother was a Shaw by birth - her name was Blanche Marie (Shaw) Hannah. Bob

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FEY.2ACEB/174.2.1.1.1.1.3.1.1 Message Board Post: Bob, Peter M. and George Andrew are brothers and John A. and Mary Oyler Garrard were their parents. Edna Garrard was my husband's baby sister. There is a Garrard row under that big tree and they are all family. I didn't know any of the Shaw's that you named but Joe. My husband said that he knew all of them. He wants to know where you are from?