Joseph Henry Garner (1754 - 1840)

Born 1754 in Amherst, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Orr) Garner — married 22 Dec 1790 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1840 at about age 86 in Cherokee, Alabama, United States

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Joseph Garner was a Virginia colonist.

Biography

Joseph Garner and Sally Orr married on Dec 22, 1790, in Fauquier, Virginia.^[1]

Residence

1810: Amherst, Virginia, United States^[2]

In 1820, Joseph Garner and family resided in Norfolk, Virginia.^[3] In 1830, Joseph Garner and family resided in St Clair, Alabama.^[4] In 1840, Joseph Garner and family resided in Cherokee, Alabama.^[5]

Joseph died Dec 20, 1840.^[6]

From the Etowah Historical Society, in Gadsden, Alabama:^[7]

The Garner Cemetery contains the only known Revolutionary War soldier’s grave in Gadsden. His name is Joseph Garner. The cemetery was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, a prestigious listing of historic, architectural and archaeological landmarks, on Feb. 27, 1978.

In 1797, Joseph Garner lived in Culpepper, Virginia, where he was paying on 286 acres of land formerly owned by a Hisle. Garner paid on this land for five years. He enlisted in the 1st Virginia Regiment on September 5, 1775, and he was wounded the next spring at Williamsburg. In 1789 when Garner was 36 years old, he was wounded in the arm as a private in the 1st Virginia Regiment. His pay was 24 pounds per annum.

Garner married Sarah Orr in 1790, and in 1802 moved to Clark County, Ga., as did his brother, Charles, who also was an army veteran. Garner applied for a disability pension while in Georgia in 1818.

In 1820 Garner moved into St. Clair County in the new state of Alabama. In 1821 his property consisted of “one sow and four pigs, one pot, two axes, two old weeding hoes, two feather beds and furniture valued at $21.50.” His age was about 65.

When Garner moved to Georgia, he entrusted his pension certificate to a friend who was to collect and send the money to him. But by 1819, the friend has moved “to parts unknown.” Joseph had to reestablish his identity with the aid of Judge (later Chief Justice) John Marshall, who had been his lieutenant in the war. He was paid 10 pounds per annum as a pensioner. Thomas Page and John Marshall both confirmed Joseph’s service record in a letter in 1819.

There was difficulty in the matter because he was “Joseph Gardner” on the pension roll, but he finally did show he was the same person. His payments were transferred to St. Clair County, Alabama, in 1824 and to Cherokee County when it was created.

On Dec. 20, 1840, the old soldier died. Three day later, the couple would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Garner’s daughters Malinda and Rosa married into the Burger Family. Rosa ‘s family moved to what is now Tillison Bend.

In 1850, Joseph Garner’s son, Joseph Garner II, entered a plot although the family was already living there in 1840. In 1889 this land was sold outside the family, with the exception of the “family burial ground” and right of access. The property was divided into lots and called the Riverview Addition.

Francis Garner, son of the second Joseph, died in Savannah, Ga., in 1864. Another son, John, died in Deep Bottom, Va., in 1864. Both men served as Confederate soldiers.

The youngest son of the Revolutionary soldier, John, married Elizabeth Tillison in 1844. She was the daughter of Spencer Tillison and sister of William S. Tillison, pioneers in Tillison Bend.

In 1852, Joseph Garner’s widow Sarah Garner filed a statement regarding her pension, in which she names the children living at that time. These were Malinda Burger; Rosia (Rosanna) Burger, wife of Jacob Burger; Sophia Goodwin; Sally (Sarah) White, wife of Stephen White; Gilford Garner (married Polly Caddell); Joseph Garner (married Lydia Margaret Caddell); and John Garner (married Elizabeth Tillison).

Joseph Garner was the son of Charles, who was born in 1724 in Stafford County Va., and Ann Darnell Garner, who was born in 1716 in King George County Va., and died in Clarke County Ga. They were married in 1769 at Fauquier County, Va.

Joseph’s siblings were Jake Garner (never married), Elizabeth Garner (married Robbins); Ann Garner (married Jacob Burger); Charles Garner (married Hannah); and Presley Garner (married Margaret Hinson).

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 - "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDJ-VZV : 6 August 2020), Joseph Garner, 1790.

   Name: Joseph Garner

   Event Type: Marriage

   Event Date: 22 Dec 1790

   Event Place: Fauquier, Virginia, United States

   Sex: Male

   Marital Status: Single

   Spouse's Name: Sally Oar

   Spouse's Sex: Female

   Spouse's Marital Status: Single

   Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Oar

2. ↑ Source: #S-2129391370 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: , Amherst, Virginia; Roll: 66; Page: 285; Family History Number: 0181426; Image: 00303. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=646768&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1810 Residence place: Amherst, Virginia, United States APID: 1,7613::646768
3. ↑ United States Census, 1820 - "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLY-F2C : accessed 3 October 2021), J Garner, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States; citing p. 99, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 142; FHL microfilm 193,701.

   Event Type Census

   Name J Garner

   Event Date 1820

   Event Place Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

   Page 99

4. ↑ United States Census, 1830 - "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPH-WF8 : 20 February 2021), Joseph Garner, St Clair, Alabama, United States; citing 253, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 2,331.

   Event Type Census

   Name Joseph Garner

   Event Date 1830

   Event Place St Clair, Alabama, United States

   Page 253

5. ↑ United States Census, 1840 - "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-JHP : 8 December 2020), Joseph Garner, Cherokee, Alabama, United States; citing p. 149, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

   Name Joseph Garner

   Event Date 1840

   Event Place Cherokee, Alabama, United States

   Event Place (Original) Cherokee, Alabama

   Page 149

   Affiliate Film Number 3

   Affiliate Publication Number M704

   Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44437242/joseph-garner : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Sgt Joseph Garner (1754–1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44437242, citing Garner Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Rene Davenport Johnson (contributor 46990603).
7. ↑ https://gadsdenmessenger.com/revolutionary-war-soldier-is-buried-in-gadsden/

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Elaine Jeffries for creating WikiTree profile Garner-1151 through the import of Turley_McCormick _ Davis_Barke.ged on Apr 6, 2013.