James - I haven't been working on this line very long, and you obviously have.? But I've seen no record that tells us who is whose father or brother.? Have I missed something?? I'll ask specific questions below to try and educate myself. -----Original Message----- From: james garrett <jwgarrett@webtv.net> To: tnoverto@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:34 am Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] Overton County Records In regards to Creed Garrott, I have concluded (w/o proof) since Creeds brother was Joshua I know I said this in my email, but is there real proof of this? , then likely Creed was s/o Joshua Sr. Well, I'm not ready to say likely yet. For me this is still a big maybe and that generation of Garrotts is still tangled. For instance, you say below in that Loderick may be the son of Elijah, and in another email you say that he had a son named Creed. I'm thinking it's more likely that Loderick was Creed's brother (much more common to name a son after a brother than after a cousin). But he doesn't exactly fit in. We desperately need to find a deed or court case that lists the children of one of those first Garrotts (Elijah or Joshua). Until then, we're just guessing. For all we know, Creed's brother Joshua could have named after his father's brother Joshua or his grandfather Joshua. I have accounted for all the sons of Elijah, Creed not being a son of his. I'm not sure what you mean by "accounted for". Do you mean you have records that positively identify the children of Elijah Garrott? Or maybe a number of death certificates of Garrott men listing Elijah as the father in the same number as males in his HH on census? That would be amazing. Whatever you've got that rules out Creed, I can't wait to see it! That would save me soooo much time. I've heard tell of a Garrott Bible. Does anyone know if such a bible exists and who has it? Depending upon his date of birth either 1804/05 or 1806/07, Creed is likely one of the two male child b. 1802-04 in Joshuas HH of 1820 Overton. The other male child is Joshua Jr b 1803. Elijah had one son b. bet 1802-04 in 1820 Census. This is most likely Stephen b. 1802. He also had a son b. 1804-06; this is Elijah Jr b. 1806. Therefore Creed cannot be s/o Elijah if he is born 1804/05. If Creed was born 1806/07 he is likely the one male born 1804-1810 in Joshuas 1820 HH. According to 1820 Overton for Joshua Garrott: 1 male b. 1790-1794: unknown 2 males 1802-04: Joshua b. 1803 Creed b. 1804/05 1 male b. 1804-1810: either Creed b. 1806/07 or Loderick b. 1810/11 (may be s/o Eliajah) 1 male b. 1810-1820: Spotwood b. 1814 If you still have a copy of the record of "Joshua Garrotts Heirs" I would like to have a copy of it if possible. The copy I have is very light and would not scan well. I'll try to get the paragraph with the kids names dark enough to send to anyone who wants it. I'll send the book & page when I get home so that whoever is interested in that line can get themselves a copy. BTW, James, are you the Garrott man from IN (?) who put a book of research on the Garrott family in the libary in Livingston? I hope so, because after my visit in October I emailed that man twice to ask for sources for statements he made and he never wrote back to me. So I'm thinking if that was you, I had the email address wrong. I'll have to find my notes. Thanks No, thank you for helping me get up to speed. With several serious researchers on this Garrott line, we should be able to make good progress. Has anyone worked in the VA records? -----Original Message----- From: Louannel@aol.com Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:09 PM To: tnoverto@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNOVERTO] Overton County Records It typically isn't as simple as looking in a will book. So many didn't have wills or the wills were lost. What we do have lots of in Overton County is court minutes and deeds. When I was in Livingston in October I spent some time at the Registrar of Deeds office looking for proof of the father of Creed Garrett, my ancestor (supposedly Joshua, but I've seen no proof). I was looking for Elijah, Joshua & Creed. I found court minutes in a case where the defendant was indexed as "Joshua Garrett's Heirs", so I was hoping that would have my answer. Unfortunately, it was Creed's brother Joshua, BUT for anyone researching that line it would be very helpful - gives his year of death, name of his wife and children, most of whom were minors. Researching in the old documents is tedious. This particular document was not in the book and page listed in the Index, which meant I had to go through that entire book and then another to find it. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNOVERTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNOVERTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com