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Samuel Parker Garrigues was born in 1793 to Samuel and Sarah Garrigues in Philadelphia.
When he was 13, his family moved to Radnor, Pennsylvania[1], but 4 years later, he moved back to Philadelphia and took an apprenticeship with his uncle Israel Maule.[2]
In 1816 he married Tacy Davis back in Radnor.[3] Samuel and Tacy had eight children.
In 1825, he was appointed as High Constable of the City of Philadelphia by Mayor Joseph Watson.[4] As High Constable, he was one of the chief law enforcement officers of the city and was responsible for everything from enforcing laws regarding stray animals[5] to pursuing serious criminals who had fled the city.[6]
In 1826, Mayor Watson was alerted to a series of kidnappings of black youth that had stricken the city. Watson tasked High Constable Garrigues to work on these cases. Over the course of the next few years, he traveled thousands of miles in pursuit of the perpetrators and to rescue the victims. He arrested Henry Carr, Thomas Collins, Bill Paragee, and John Purnell and personally retrieved Ephraim Lawrence, James Daily, and Clement Cox from Mississippi. He interviewed and negotiated with many people throughout Louisiana and Mississippi often at great personal risk from those who did not approve of his mission[7] as well as yellow fever.[8]
Details of the investigations may be found in:
and a list of the victims may be found in:
By June 1828, Mayor Watson had to shut down most of the rescue efforts.
Throughout this time, the antebellum black press was universally lauditory over Garrigues's actions. The 1993 book, The Early Black Press in America. 1827 to 1860 summarizes:
In August 1834, Samuel P Garrigues was called in by Mayor Swift to calm the black participants in a race riot[11].
In Late October, he arrested Daniel Geahr for assassination of William Perry and testified against him 2 weeks later.[12][13]
He passed away in 1835.
"strong and broad chested and could be rough with prisoners"[14]
When | Age | Who and What | Where |
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28 Eleventh 1793[15] [28 Nov 1793] | Samuel Parker Garrigues born[16][17][15] to Samuel Garrigues Jr[16][17][15] and Sarah (Parker) Garrigues[15] | Philadelphia[15], Pennsylvania | |
1800[18] | 7 | Census: WM Under 10: 2 (Samuel, William) WM 16-25: 2 (Horace, Joseph) WM 26-44: 1 (Saml Garrigus) WF under 10: 2 (Hannah, Mary) WF 10-15: 1 (Unknown) WF 16-25: 1 (Mary Ann) WF 26-44: 1 (Sarah)[19][18] | North Mulberry Ward[18], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
28 Fourth 1807[1] [28 Apr 1807] | 13 | Certificate prepared for Samuel Garrigues Jun'r, Sarah his wife with their seven minor children Samuel Parker, William, Hannah, Mary Mitchell, Deborah, Beulah and Haydock to go to Radnor[1] | Philadelphia[1], Pennsylvania |
10 First 1811[2] [10 Jan 1811] | 17 | Samuel Parker Garrigues apprenticed to Israel Maule[2] | Philadelphia[2], Pennsylvania |
20 Tenth 1812[20] [20 Oct 1812] | 18 | William Garrigues Jr and Margaret Humphreys married. Witnessed by Margaret Humphreys, William Garrigues, Hannah Garrigues, Mary Briggs, Cicely Mendenhall, Joseph Thomas, Mary Thomas, Morris Humphreys, Hannah Humphreys, Samuel Garrigues Jr., Sarah Garrigues, Mary B Garrigues, Isaac B. Garrigues, Robert H. Garrigues, Susanna H. Garrigues, Elizabeth B. Garrigues, Edward Garrigues Jr., Samuel B. Garrigues, Alice Mendenhall, Mary Mendenhall Jr., Margaret Mendenhall, Jane Thomas, Sarah Evans, Hannah Garrigues, Mary Evans, Nathan Evans, and Caleb Maule among others. Margaret's father Richard Humphreys was deceased[20] | Haverford Township[20], Delaware, Pennsylvania |
10 Oct 1816[21] | 24 | Samuel Parker Garrigues and Tacy Davis declared intention of marriage[21] | Radnor Monthly Meeting[21], Delaware Co., Pennsylvania |
14 Nov 1816[22] | 24 | Samuel P Garrigues and Tacy Davis declared intention of marriage[22] | Radnor Monthly Meeting[22], Delaware Co., Pennsylvania |
21 Eleventh 1816[3] [21 Nov 1816] | 24 | Samuel Parker Garrigues and Tacy Davis married. Witnessed by Benjamin Davis, Frances Davis, Saml Garrigues Jr, Sarah Garrigues, Wm Garrigues, Hannah Garrigues, Mary M Garrigues, Deborah Garrigues, Beulah Garrigues, Sarah Garrigues, Haydock Garrigues, Abm Garrigues Jr, William Crawford, Anna Crawford, Lydia Davis, Mary Davis, Susanna Haydock, Eden Haydock, Jacob and Jane Maule, David Jones Davis, Hannah P. Davis, Ralph Davis, Lydia Davis Crawford, William Garrigues Jr, Margaret H. Garrigues, Sarah M. Garrigues, Hannah Haydock, Tacy Davis, Rachel Maule, Ann Maule Jr., Jacob Maule Jr., Hannah Maule, Benjamin Maule, Ann Maule, and Benjamin Maule Jr among others.[3] | Radnor Monthly Meeting[3], Chester, Pennsylvania, United States |
12 Nov 1817 | 25 | Benjamin Davis Garrigues born to Samuel Parker Garrigues and Tacy (Davis) Garrigues | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2 Jan 1820 | 28 | Sarah Parker Garrigues born[17][23] to Samuel Parker Garrigues[17][23] and Tacy (Davis) Garrigues | |
7 Aug 1820[24][25] | 28 | Census: WM 10-15: 1 (Benjamin) WM 26-44: 1 (Samuel Garrigus) WF Under 10: 1 (Sarah) WF 10-15: 1 (unknown) WF 26-44: 1 (Tacy)[24][25] | Spring Garden[24][25], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
3 Jan 1825[4] | 33 | Samuel P Garrigues appointed High Constable by Mayor Joseph Watson[4] | Philadelphia[4], Pennsylvania |
17 Mar 1825[6] | 33 | High Constable Garrigues returned from New York with Charles Henry in custody[6] | Philadelphia[6], Pennsylvania |
Aug 1825 | 33 | Enos Tilghman, Alexander Manlove, Samuel -----, Joe Johnson, and Cornelius Sinclair kidnapped by John Purnell | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Mar 1826[26] | 34 | Joseph Watson received a tip that Ebenezer and Sally Johnson had returned from Rocky Springs and sent Constable Garrigues to find them. He was unsuccessful[26] | Nanticoke[26], Maryland |
25 May 1826[5] | 34 | Samuel P Garrigues and John McLean gave notice that laws respecting Hogs, Dogs and Goats will be enforced[5] | Philadelphia[5], Pennsylvania |
Jul 1826[27] | 34 | High Constable Garrigues and Job Brown assembled a posse to confront Purnell. He had already absconded[27] | Woodbury[27], New Jersey |
Apr 1827[28] | 34[28] | Joseph Watson received a tip about John Purnell and Bill Paragee and dispatched High Constable Garrigues. Garrigues captured Paragee on a pilot boat on the Delaware River. Watson interrogated Paragee personally. Paragee confessed[28] | Philadelphia[28], Pennsylvania |
10 Jun 1827[29][30] | 35 | High Constable Garrigues arrived from Boston with John Purnel in custody[29][30] | Philadelphia[29][30], Pennsylvania |
Nov 1827 | 35 | Samuel P Garrigues departed for Louisana and Mississippi with Hurst[?], a young black boy, to gather information and identify Ephraim Lawrence, Clement Cox, and Joseph Johnson among others and hopefully secure the return of Ephraim Lawrence so that he could testify against Henry Carr[7] He carried a large number of documents that Joseph Watson hoped could establish the identity of victims[31] | Philadelphia[7], Pennsylvania |
27 Nov 1827[32] | 35 | Samuel P Garrigues arrived and attempted to track down Thomas Spellman Lloyd. He interviewed Sarah Nicholson[32] | New Orleans[32], Louisiana |
2 Dec 1827[8] | 36 | Samuel P Garrigues arrived[8] | Natchez[8], Mississippi |
3 Dec 1827[8] | 36 | Samuel P Garrigues interviewed Duncan Stephen Walker and Lydia Smith[8] | Natchez[8], Mississippi |
Dec 1827[33] | 36 | Samuel P Garrigues and Duncan S. Walker posted a bond with Mance[?] Hill[?] for Ephraim Lawrence so that Samuel P Garrigues could take custody of Ephraim Lawrence from Ross[33][34] | Monticello[33], Lawrence Co., Mississippi |
15 Dec 1827[33] | 36 | Samuel P Garrigues returned from Monticello with Ephraim Lawrence[33] | Natchez[33], Mississippi |
Late Dec 1827 | 36 | Philip Hickey turned over James Daily to Samuel P. Garrigues[35] | Natchez[35], Adams Co., Mississippi |
Jan 1828[36] | 36 | High Constable Garrigues returned from Mississippi and Louisiana with 3 children, Ephraim Lawrence, James Daily, and ???.[36][34] | Philadelphia[36][34], Pennsylvania |
Feb 1828[37] | 36 | James Daily, the mullatto kidnapped boy, recently brought home by high constable Garrigues, died. He was far gone with when to the Alms house and lived but eight days after his return home[37][33] | Alms House[37], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Mar 1828[38] | 36 | High Constable Garrigues and Ephraim Lawrence returned so that Ephraim Lawrence could "stand trial as regards his freedom"[38] | Mississippi[38] |
About April 1828 | 36 | High Constable Garrigues secured a promise that Sarah Nicholson "a yellow girl, shall be speedily sent home by sea, from New-Orleans"[38] | |
22 May 1828[39] | 36 | High Constable Garrigues returned from his second trip to Mississippi and Louisiana with Ephraim Lawrence and Clem Coxe.[39] | Philadelphia[39], Pennsylvania |
17 Jun 1828[40] | 36 | Philadelphia Mayor Joseph Watson issued a statement thanking and crediting High Constable Garrigues for his work on the case[40] | Philadelphia[40], Pennsylvania |
29 Aug 1828[41] | 36 | High Constable Garrigues and constable Wilson arrested John Hamilton for a Baltimore robbery[41] | Philadelphia[41], Pennsylvania |
Oct 1828[42] | 36 | High Constable Garrigues arrested Thomas Collins[42] | Near the Naticoke watershed[42] |
16 Dec 1828 | 37 | Samuel Pierce Garrigues was born to William Henry Garrigues and Mary Ann Pierce Apparently he was named after his uncle Samuel Parker Garrigues who was at the peak of his local renown at the time[43] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
20 Mar 1829[10] | 37 | The US Gazette reports on a bungled arrest in London by noting that former High Constable Garrigues wouldn't have bungled it[10] | Philadelphia[10], Pennsylvania |
1830[44][45] | 37 | Census: Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Benjamin) Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (Unknown) Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (Unknown) Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (S P Garrigus) Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Sarah) Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Tacy) Free Colored Persons - Females - 24 thru 35: 1 (Unknown)[44][45] | North Ward[44][45], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
15 Aug 1834[11] | 40 | Samuel P Garrigues called in by Mayor Swift to placate the black participants in a race riot[11] | Philadelphia[11], Pennsylvania |
Late Oct 1834[12][13] | 40 | Samuel P Garrigues arrested Daniel Geahr for assassination of William Perry[12][13] | Lancaster[12][13], Pennsylvania |
10 Nov 1834[13] | 40 | Samuel P Garrigues testified at Daniel Geahr's trial[13] | Philadelphia[13], Pennsylvania |
18 Aug 1835[46][47] | 41[46] | Samuel P Garrigues died[46][47] | Philadelphia[46][47], Pennsylvania |
20 Aug 1835, 3PM | Funeral for Samuel P. Garrigues is held at his residence | 27 Filbert Street[48], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
aft 20 Aug 1835 | Samuel Parker Garrigues is interred at the Friends Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground | Philadelphia[49], Pennsylvania. | |
11 Apr 1861[16] | Hannah Garrigues wrote will naming Mary M Garrigues, Beulah Garrigues, Sarah Garrigues, Samuel Garrigues (deceased), Deborah M Williamson, Samuel Parker (deceased), William Garrigues, and Haydock Garrigues[16] | Haverford[16], Delaware, Pennsylvania | |
2 Apr 1875[23] | Beulah Garrigues wrote will naming Sarah Garrigues, Haydock Garrigues, Samuel Garrigues (deceased), Deborah M. Williamson, Mary Ann Garrigues, William Garrigues (deceased), Sarah P. Leedom, Samuel P. Garrigues (deceased), Samuel P. Garrigues, Susanna P. Morgan, Lewis R. Morgan, Lydia P. Powell, Thomas P. Powell (deceased), Frances D. English, James W. English, William H. Garrigues, Charles F. Garrigues, Samuel M Garrigues, Sarah P. Garrigues, Elizabeth Garrigues, John S Garrigues, Annie Garrigues, Hannah Garrigues, and Mary Garrigues[23] | Haverford Township[23], Delaware, Pennsylvania | |
6 Jun 1885[17] | Sarah Garrigues wrote will naming Samuel Garrigues (deceased), Mary Ann Garrigues, William Garrigues (deceased), Sarah P. Leedom, Samuel P. Garrigues, Mary M. Garrigues (deceased), Susan P. Morgan, Louis R Morgan (deceased), Mary J. Tustin, Lydia P. McCall, Samuel P. Garrigues, William H. Garrigues, Charles F. Garrigues, Frances D. English, James English, Mary Ann English, Hannah English, Fannie English, Elizabeth English, Samuel M. Garrigues, John S. Garrigues, Sarah P. Garrigues, Elizabeth G Anderson, Annie Garrigues, Hannah Garrigues, and Mary Garrigues[17] | Haverford[17], Delaware, Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 03 Jan 1825, Mon • Page 2
The National Gazette Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 26 May 1826, Fri • Page 3
The United States Gazette Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 18 Mar 1825, Fri • Page 2
The United States Gazette Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 20 Mar 1829, Fri • Page 1
The National Gazette Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 20 Sep 1834, Sat • Page 1
The United States Gazette Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1834, Wed • Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72641272/s-p-garrigues-arrests-daniel-gier/
Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes
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The Adams Sentinel Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 23 Jan 1828, Wed • Page 2
Freedom's Journal 15 Feb 1828 https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS4415
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The Torch Light And Public Advertiser Hagerstown, Maryland 25 Sep 1828, Thu • Page 1
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