Has anyone ever turned up anything regarding the origins of William Patrick Garvin born 1831 in Orangeburg, SC, Died 1921 in Wagener, S.C. No one seems to be able to find him in the 1850 Census. I have been looking since the very early 1960's -----Original Message----- From: garvin-request <[email protected]> To: garvin <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 3:12 am Subject: GARVIN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 19 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Henry Garvin (Rev. War) Family Record (John T Nichols) 2. Re: Henry Garvin (Rev. War) Family Record ([email protected]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 ate: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:34:40 -0400 rom: John T Nichols <[email protected]> ubject: Re: [GARVIN] Henry Garvin (Rev. War) Family Record o: [email protected], [email protected] essage-ID: <[email protected]> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Richard, Thanks for sharing this with us Garvin descendants. I certainly ppreciate it. While Ms Hoch may have gotten the date of Henry's death rong (might she have meant 1817 rather than 1807), is the manner of his assing now in doubt also? The last time I checked Henry Garvin is not listed on the Valley Forge uster roll although his unit is listed. The only Garvins on the muster oll are a George Garvin of NJ and a Thomas Garvin of PA. There are no irvans listed. John T. Nichols anassas, VA [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RichardMCochran Surnames: GARVIN BLEAKNEY HOCH Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.garvin/45.52.80.123.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: As several descendants of Henry Garvin review this list from time to time, may add two new discoveries regarding Henry Garvin, Revolutionary War Soldier. 1st -- Henry's enlistment record has been known for many years ("A Roll of the th Pennsylvania Regimental Continental Line") PA Archives, V Series, Vol. 3, . 252 [Henry Garvin, #133, enlisted 31st Dec'r '76 in Captain Parker's company] -- owever, a search on Google Books turned up this reference: "Size Roll, Second Company, First Pennsylvania Regiment of Foot" in The merican Historical Register by Charles Henry Browning (Philadelphia: Historical ublishing Co., 1895), p. 1465 Name: Henry Garvin Where Born or Residing: Ireland When Enlisted: 1776 Where Enlisted: Ticonderoga By Whom Enlisted: Capt. Lusk Trade: Weaver Age: 24 Size: Ft. In.: 5' 7 3/4" Hair: Brown Complexion: Brown Previously, no specific record was known to show Henry's exact year of birth. his puts it at 1752. 2nd -- Henry Garvin's granddaughter, Mary Catherine (Garvin) Hoch (1833-1931) s credited with the report of her grandfather's death "around 1807" when he ied from an unlucky fall into Antietam Creek, somewhere in the vicinity of the ranklin Co., Pa. and Washington Co., Md. line. A second search on Google Books turned up a brief mention in the Appendix to he Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania -- Session 1814-15 - Receipts and Expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, etc. page 54, "1814 -- Feb. 17 Paid Henry Garvin a sum equal to one year's pension, decreed o him by the board of inquiry on this day." Following up on the lead, I have obtained a packet of photocopies from the ennsylvania State Archives which includes a two page document: Records of the Department of the Auditor General (Pennsylvania), Revolutionary ar Pension File, 1809-1893 Series 2.60 Henry Garvin Outside of folded document: 17 Jul 1816, No. 122, Henry Garvin, admitted discharge del[ivere]d to Rich[ar]d M. Crain, Esqr the 13th Aug. 1818 to orward to Washington by H. Garvin to aid his claim for a Pension from the U.S. later annotation] On inside of folded document: Waynesburgh, February 14th, 1815 I do hereby certify that I have known the bearer Henry Garvin for several ears that he is a sober man and aged citizen but that he is now in low ircumstance and is unable to make his Living and he hopes a generous Public ill engable him to recover some favoer for past services as he spent his best ays in the service of his contry (sic) from the year seventy-six till the close f the first war for the proof of which he has his Discharge to shew given under y hand. Wm. Bleakney Henry Garvin swore before the Board in respect to his inability to earn a iving and that he does not posses property sufficent to maintain him. [This nnotation was made at the hearing that awarded Henry his pension] ---------------------- Second sheet Waynesburgh, February 14th, 1814 Jacob Deerhart, Esqr. Tis I make bold to recommend to you the bearer Henry Garvin who was an old oldier and is now reduced and unable to Labour for his Living and has no way to ake a living only by his industry provided you would assist him when he cal[l]s n you he will shew you his papers and his Discharge and if he is intitled to ny relief you can put him in the way to git his business dun, you compliance ill be thankfully acknowledged by your Very humble servant Wm. Bleakney ------------------------------------------------------ Waynesburg, Pa. is located in Franklin County and this clinches the dentification with "our" Henry. It's probable that Henry's granddaughter's recollection of the cause of his ntimely death is not inaccurate -- but what isn't clear is how long after his ischarge was sent to Richard Crain to be included in a pension application -- hat he died. -- Richard Cochran, Big Rapids, Michigan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would ike to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and espond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------ Message: 2 ate: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:54:08 -0400 rom: [email protected] ubject: Re: [GARVIN] Henry Garvin (Rev. War) Family Record o: [email protected] essage-ID: <[email protected]> ontent-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Hi John, I really don't know, except here's something to chew on. Among the things got from the Pa. State Archives was this accounting for Henry Garvin's ension: MILITARY PENSION: Records of the Department of the Auditor General Pennsylvania), Military Pension Accounts and Related Papers (series 2.53), Pension Ledger, Special Acts of Assembly, 1812-1838, vol. 7, p. 05 Henry Garvin o commence from 17 Feby 1814 1814 Febry To Gratuity $40.00 815 June To 12 Mo. pension due 17 Feby last $40.00 816 Feby " " " " " inst $40.00 817 July " " " " " Feby last $40.00 818 Jany " " " " " August $20.00 818 July " " " " " Feb 1818 $20.00 819 Jany " " " " " Aug't 1818 $20.00 So my guess would be that he died either in late 1818 and the family idn't notify the authorities, thus triggering another payment in January, r else he died between January and July 1819. For my part, I'm going to check western Pa. newspapers to see if they overed Henry's drowning. I very quickly skimmed the Adams Co., Pa. ewspaper "Adams Centinel" and found one drowning reported for rederickstown, Md. on April 13, 1819 "Unfortunate Occurrence" is how they ut it. I think it's safe to say that family sources have been mined as far as hey can be -- we'll just have to be lucky if something else turns up. By the way, I have done extensive work on gathering the family of Henry nd Sarah's daughter, Sarah Ann Garvin Barnhart Misner. Both she and her ister, Mary Garvin Leiter completely eluded researchers of the past. Hope you're well. Richard > Richard, Thanks for sharing this with us Garvin descendants. I certainly appreciate it. While Ms Hoch may have gotten the date of Henry's death wrong (might she have meant 1817 rather than 1807), is the manner of his passing now in doubt also? The last time I checked Henry Garvin is not listed on the Valley Forge muster roll although his unit is listed. The only Garvins on the muster roll are a George Garvin of NJ and a Thomas Garvin of PA. There are no Girvans listed. John T. Nichols Manassas, VA [email protected] wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: RichardMCochran > Surnames: GARVIN BLEAKNEY HOCH > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.garvin/45.52.80.123.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > As several descendants of Henry Garvin review this list from time to > time, may I add two new discoveries regarding Henry Garvin, > Revolutionary War Soldier. > > 1st -- Henry's enlistment record has been known for many years ("A Roll > of the 7th Pennsylvania Regimental Continental Line") PA Archives, V > Series, Vol. 3, p. 252 > [Henry Garvin, #133, enlisted 31st Dec'r '76 in Captain Parker's > company] -- however, a search on Google Books turned up this reference: > > "Size Roll, Second Company, First Pennsylvania Regiment of Foot" in The > American Historical Register by Charles Henry Browning (Philadelphia: > Historical Publishing Co., 1895), p. 1465 > > Name: Henry Garvin > Where Born or Residing: Ireland > When Enlisted: 1776 > Where Enlisted: Ticonderoga > By Whom Enlisted: Capt. Lusk > Trade: Weaver > Age: 24 > Size: Ft. In.: 5' 7 3/4" > Hair: Brown > Complexion: Brown > > Previously, no specific record was known to show Henry's exact year of > birth. This puts it at 1752. > > 2nd -- Henry Garvin's granddaughter, Mary Catherine (Garvin) Hoch > (1833-1931) is credited with the report of her grandfather's death > "around 1807" when he died from an unlucky fall into Antietam Creek, > somewhere in the vicinity of the Franklin Co., Pa. and Washington Co., > Md. line. > > A second search on Google Books turned up a brief mention in the > Appendix to the Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of > Pennsylvania -- Session 1814-15 -- Receipts and Expenditures in the > Treasury of Pennsylvania, etc. > page 54, > > "1814 -- Feb. 17 Paid Henry Garvin a sum equal to one year's pension, > decreed to him by the board of inquiry on this day." > > Following up on the lead, I have obtained a packet of photocopies from > the Pennsylvania State Archives which includes a two page document: > > Records of the Department of the Auditor General (Pennsylvania), > Revolutionary War Pension File, 1809-1893 Series 2.60 > > Henry Garvin > > Outside of folded document: 17 Jul 1816, No. 122, Henry Garvin, > admitted > > discharge del[ivere]d to Rich[ar]d M. Crain, Esqr the 13th Aug. 1818 to > forward to Washington by H. Garvin to aid his claim for a Pension from > the U.S. [later annotation] > > On inside of folded document: > > Waynesburgh, February 14th, 1815 > > I do hereby certify that I have known the bearer Henry Garvin for > several years that he is a sober man and aged citizen but that he is now > in low circumstance and is unable to make his Living and he hopes a > generous Public will engable him to recover some favoer for past > services as he spent his best days in the service of his contry (sic) > from the year seventy-six till the close of the first war for the proof > of which he has his Discharge to shew given under my hand. Wm. Bleakney > > > > Henry Garvin swore before the Board in respect to his inability to earn > a living and that he does not posses property sufficent to maintain him. > [This annotation was made at the hearing that awarded Henry his > pension] > > > > ---------------------- > > Second sheet > > Waynesburgh, February 14th, 1814 > > Jacob Deerhart, Esqr. > > Tis I make bold to recommend to you the bearer Henry Garvin who was an > old soldier and is now reduced and unable to Labour for his Living and > has no way to make a living only by his industry provided you would > assist him when he cal[l]s on you he will shew you his papers and his > Discharge and if he is intitled to any relief you can put him in the way > to git his business dun, you compliance will be thankfully acknowledged > by your > > Very humble servant > > Wm. Bleakney > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Waynesburg, Pa. is located in Franklin County and this clinches the > identification with "our" Henry. > > It's probable that Henry's granddaughter's recollection of the cause of > his untimely death is not inaccurate -- but what isn't clear is how long > after his discharge was sent to Richard Crain to be included in a > pension application -- that he died. > > -- Richard Cochran, Big Rapids, Michigan > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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