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Jacob Garrett

Jacob Garrett

Male 1730 - Aft 1796  (> 66 years)


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  • Name Jacob Garrett
    Birth 1730  VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male
    DAR.org See Notes -- #A044185 
    Probate 03 Dec 1796  Jefferson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Estate sale 
    Will 03 Dec 1796  Jefferson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Recorded (date?) in Will Book 1, Pages 46-48 
    Death Aft 03 Dec 1796  Dandridge, Jefferson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I2061  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father William Garrett,   b. 1684
    Relationship natural
    Mother Sarah Burton,   b. Bef 1700
    Relationship natural
    Marriage 1715  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Honour ???,   b. Aft 1730   d. Bef 03 Dec 1796, Dandridge, Jefferson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 64 years)
    Marriage Bef 1750  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Garrett,   b. 1750, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Apr 1806, Williamson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Mary Garrett,   b. Aft 1750, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1820, Wilson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Elizabeth Garrett,   b. Bef 1760, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1730 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1750 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - Estate sale - 03 Dec 1796 - Jefferson Co, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Recorded (date?) in Will Book 1, Pages 46-48 - 03 Dec 1796 - Jefferson Co, TN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 03 Dec 1796 - Dandridge, Jefferson Co, TN Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Rev-War-Patriot--Garrett-Jacob
    Rev-War-Patriot--Garrett-Jacob

  • Notes 


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      found at DAR.org

      GARRETT, JACOB Ancestor #: A044185

      Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
      Birth: CIRCA 1730 VIRGINIA
      Death: POST 12-3-1796 JEFFERSON CO TENNESSEE
      Service Source: PRINCE EDWARD CO VA COMMISSIONERS BOOK V, P 44. COPY IN DOCUMENTATION WITH DAR #449304.
      Service Description: 1) FURNISHED MATERIAL AID TO CONT LINE

      Residence
      1) County: PRINCE EDWARD CO - State: VIRGINIA

      Spouse
      Number Name

      1) HONOUR X

      Hint: Click on the member number to see more.
      Associated Applications and Supplementals

      Nat’l Num Add Docs Child [Spouse #] Spouse
      Vol.
      449304 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      462869 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      465625 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      513648 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      567500 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      589449 S JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      619881 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      619928 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      644333 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      702009 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      702010 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      741592 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      741593 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      788017 S JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      878215 S JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase
      928601 JOHN [1] JANE X Purchase

      = Supporting documentation available
      = Descendants list available for this member and this ancestor
      = Descendants list available for this member but not this ancestor
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=112210update&id=I05355

      •ID: I05355
      •Name: Jacob Garrett
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: 1730 in VA
      •Death: BEF 3 DEC 1796 in Danridge, Jefferson Co, TN
      •Note:
      Jacob Garrett Sr. was born about 1730 in Virginia and lived in Prince Edward County and Amelia County. During the American Revolution, Jacob Garrett Sr. furnished material aid to the Virginia Dragoons, as recorded by Public Service Claims, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Court Booklet , on January 28, 1782.
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      Genforum.genealogy.com website:

      My ancestor Jacob Garrett was in Prince Edward Co, VA in 1770s and moved to Jefferson Co, TN where he died in 1790 [1796?]. He lived in an area of Prince Edward Co, VA that was previously in Amelia Co, VA that is "on the banks of the Appomatox River".

      His neighbors were John Garrett, Obediah Woodson, Benjamin Johns and John Arnold. Some of his property was sold eventually to a John Finley. Jacob had sons named Henry and John, who lived in Williamson Co, TN.

      Some researchers think this Jacob is a son of William and Sarah Burton Garrett. I haven't been able to support this but it does fit.

      Source: Melinda Tillman <http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?williamson::garrett::5 714.html>
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      The following book excerpt is shown to reference a John Garrett of Amelia County, born in 1724 in Virginia. (Relation unknown, but assumed to be the John Garrett, listed at the above referenced website, and very likely a brother of Jacob Garrett.)

      COLONIAL SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH, 1732-1774
      A Muster Roll (Size Roll), of Captain Robert Stewart's
      Company, in the Virginia Regiment, Aug 1, 1757 (Cont'd)

      Nr Name Age Size Country Trade Enlistment
      57 Garrett, John 33 5'9" Virginia Planter Draft, Amelia

      Page 454

      A Return for the Month of July 1757 of the Virginia
      Regiment commanded by Geo. Washington, Fort Loudon,
      Aug 1, 1757.

      Page 455

      Note by James Garrett: The above was taken from a listing of 88 soldiers in the subject militia. The first part of the listing (numbers 1 thru 38) showed enlistment dates from Jan 1754 thru Dec 1756, followed by the soldier's home county (or town); the second part of the listing (numbers 39 thru 88) showed the word "draft" under enlistment, followed by the soldier's home county (or town). The information under the heading "Country" is assumed to indicate "where born".
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      1761 Virginia reference to Jacob Garrett:

      Amelia County, Virginia

      In 1761 William Pulliam of Amelia County bought 400 acres on Flat Creek in Amelia (now Nottoway) County from Jacob Garrett of Prince Edward County for 100 pounds, a 60-acre portion of which he deeded to John Mitchell for 18 pounds in 1765.

      Source: http://www.virginians.com/redirect.htm?topics&822
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      1765 Virginia reference to Jacob Garrett:

      On 16 June 1765, Jacob and Honour Garrett sold to John Finley for 160 pounds 400 acres on Vaughan’s Creek. The witnesses were John Garrett, John and David Caldwell. The general area was near the community of Buffalo in Amelia (now Prince Edward) County, Virginia.

      Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/thomson/messages/1202.html
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      1773 Virginia reference to Jacob Garrett:

      Prince Edward County, Virginia

      At a Council held 9 June 1773

      Peter Legrand having entered a Caveat against John Morrow, for 400 acres of land, surveyed about the year 1752 in Amelia County, but now in Prince Edward, on the waters of the Appomattox River and joining the Lands of Jacob Garrett, Benjamin Johns, Jna. Arnold and Obediah Woodson; the Plaintiff appearing and the Defendant having been solemnly called and not appearing, it was ordered that the plaintif have a patent for the said land.

      Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/afas/volume3/vol3no1-2.txt
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      1783 Virginia reference to Jacob Garrett:

      Prince Edward County VA - 1783 Census Heads of Household

      PE1783 page 59-60

      Last First white black
      Garrett Jacob 2 11

      Note: Jacob Garrett was not listed in 1785 census of Prince Edward Co, VA; it is assumed that he moved to Jefferson Co, TN about 1784.
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      1796 Tennessee reference to Jacob Garrett:

      Jefferson County, Tennessee
      December 3, 1796

      Will of Jacob Garrett written December 3, 1796 in Jefferson Co, Tennessee - Will Book 1, Pages 46-48

      Jacob Garrett of the County of Jefferson in the State of Tennessee make this last will and testament:
      To children of my son John Garrett and Jane his wife the following negroes, Sam, George, Hannah and her two children Dick and Rocksey; to children of my daughter Mary Bumpass the following negroes Austin, Nell, Dick, Charles, Edy, Harry and Nelly; to my daughter Elizabeth Arnold's children the following negroes: Lewis, also one feather bed and bedding and one hundred and twenty five pounds in cash; to my eldest child of Sarah Hill a negroe named Leroy. To my two grandsons Jacob Garrett, son of John Garrett, and Garrett Bumpass son of Mary Bumpass, a certain tract of land in Halifax County in the State of Virginia on Hickeys road containing 256 acres adjoining the lands of Jacob Hubbard, James Jennings and a tract of land formerly owned by Moses Overton; to Elizabeth Todd a spice mortar and bell mottle kettle; to son John Garrett and my friends Joseph Anderson and Josiah Jackson to be executors,

      Witness: Low Todd Jacob Garrett (seal)
      Mary Todd

      Account of Sales of Jacob Garrett deceased; Jefferson Co, Tennessee - Will Book 1, Pages 49-50

      Sold to: John Todd, James Todd, Chas. Porter, Low Todd, Josiah Jackson, Robt. Caircey, Lewis Durossette, Firetongs Clevis, Wm. Davis, Richard Driskil, Carter Talley, Robt. McFarland, Stephen Poe, Bej. Hargrove, James Anderson, Widow Todd, Polly Todd, John Solomon, Saml. Drinkwaters, Wm. Doughty in the amount of $286.26.

      R. McFarland Shff.
      Josiah Jackson
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      The will of Jacob Garrett , Sr., in Danridge, Jefferson Co., Tennessee on December 3, 1796, stated that he owned 256 acres of land in Halifax County, Virginia, and willed 1/2 of it to each grandson Jacob Garrett and Garrett Bumpass.
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      MA Tillman wrote:

      My Garretts are confusing me no end. I know "for sure" (at least as sure as one can be when dealing with folks who lived 150 yrs ago) that my 3rd ggf is Thomas B Garrett b ca 1791, probably in Williamson Co, TN. He married Levicey (sometimes listed as Louisa) Evans 24 June 1820 in Williamson Co, TN. They stayed in TN, or possibly moved to AL, until about 1832 when they migrated to San Augustine Co, TX, following Thomas' older brother Jacob who married Charity Taylor. I believe that these brothers were sons of John & Jane Garrett who married ca 1775 in Prince Edward Co VA and died ca 1818 in Williamson Co TN. Other sources have them as sons of a Thomas Garrett who married a Nancy Thomas and died ca 1837 in Williamson Co TN. I think Thomas and John were brothers and the sons of Jacob Garrett who married Honour and died in Jefferson Co, TN ca 1790. Can anyone help me- I really need to find LWT's for Jacob and others....

      Source: MA Tillman http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/G/GARRETT +1998+309454373
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      1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com

      Father: William Garrett b: 1684
      Mother: Sarah Burton

      Marriage
      1 Honour Unknown b: AFT 1730
      •Married: BEF 1750 in VA
      Children
      1.Has Children John Garrett b: ABT 1750 in VA
      2.Has Children Mary Garrett b: AFT 1750 in VA
      3.Has No Children Elizabeth Garrett b: BEF 1760 in VA
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  • Sources 
    1. [S21] DAR.org.

    2. [S46] See Documents.

    3. [S48] See Notes.

    4. [S77] Will.