Isaac Garrett (1769 - 1828)

Born 1769 in British Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (McDowell) Garrett — married 12 Dec 1794 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 1828 at about age 59 in Shelby, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Isaac's parents were John Garrett and Margaret Villars (Villiers). He was born in 1769. ^[1]

Isaac married Elizabeth "Betsy" McDowell on Dec. 12, 1794 in Shelby Co., Ky. ^[2][3] She was the daughter of Rachel and Charles McDowell.

Their eight children (as proven by various deeds)

"FANNY" Garrett married 7 Nov. 1819 Shelby Co., Ky., Eleazer Thomas. Her brother James was the bondsman at their marriage. Likewise, Eleazer Thomas was the bondsman when her sister "Eleanor" married in 1821. On 24 Nov. 1830, "ANN" and Eleazer Thomas sold all rights and interest in the Buck Creek land (Isaac Garrett had before he deceased), to Craven and Greenup Garrett. At the same time, Ann and Eleazer also sold their entire interest in the dower to Craven and Greenup Garrett Spencer Co Deed Book C, pages 5 & 6).

Helena/Eleanor Garrett, married Thomas Larkin. In the Spencer Co land transactions, she is always listed as "Helenna" but the Shelby Co transcriptions that I have seen for her marriage list her as "Eleanor". (I need to check the original Shelby Co marriage records.)

Cyrena Garrett, married William G. Hobbs (He may have been a minister as there are several marriages that were conducted by a Rev. William G. Hobbs.)

Greenup Garrett

Craven Garrett

Bluford Garrett

James M. Garrett (many land transactions)

Thomas M. Garrett married Lucy Ann Miles (d/o Lenar Whitaker and George Miles).

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History of Kentucky at the Time

Few whites lived in What was to become Shelby Co., prior to 1779, however Isaac's Uncle William Garrett from Virginia had been part of the territorial settlement, working side by side with Squire Boone.

In December of 1775, William Garrett deposed that on..."July 16, 1775 he was a chain carrier for John Floyd was with him at a spring now called Preston's Cave spring and got him to survey land at a spring where Thomas Lewis was living in 1799 notwithstanding he saw JL carved on a tree and other improvement signs. William Meredith was with Col. Floyd in the summer of 1772 when he went around the lines of Shadrach Vaughn's military survey on North Elkhorn near Bryan's Station and Col. lsaac Shelby afterwards governor saw him at Boonesborough in Dec afterwards when he was going to Virginia he returned in May 1776." Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2

With the British victorious in both, settlers soon began to enter Kentucky. They came in defiance of a royal proclamation of 1763, which forbade settlement west of the Appalachians. Daniel Boone, the famous American frontiersman, first came to Kentucky in 1767; he returned in 1769 and spent two years in the area. A surveying party under James Harrod established the first permanent settlement at Harrodsburg in 1774, and the next year Boone, as agent for Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company, a colonizing group of which Henderson was a member, blazed the Wilderness Road from Tennessee into the Kentucky region and founded Boonesboro. Title to this land was challenged by Virginia, whose legislature voided (1778) the Transylvania Company's claims, although individual settlers were confirmed in their grants.

Notes on Isaac Death

Several internet listings that indicate Isaac Garrett died 1830; however, this is an understandable error. Isaac was alive on 24 December 1811 (Date Isaac was the bondsman when his sister-in-law Sarah (McDowell) Reeves married her second husband Joel Warren in Shelby Co.) but was deceased by 11 March 1821 (date his daughter Hellena/Eleanor, married Thomas Larkin in Shelby Co.)

The lands where the McDowells and Garretts lived fell into Spencer Co when it was formed in 1824 from Shelby, Bullitt, and Nelson Counties.

Deeds in Spencer County say the wife and children thought it was desirable and for their best benefit, not to divide the land at Isaac's death and did not do so until 1830. When the land was finally divided in 1830, Thomas Garrett, who was probably the youngest child, was under age; so, his brother Craven was appointed as his guardian in order to sell the divided lands. It was because of this guardian appointment that many researchers assumed Isaac died in 1830 when in fact, he died several years earlier.

Garrett Deed Records

Garrett, Alderson W. / Elderson & Polly (Miller) ca 1791 Alderson Garrett b. in VA 1817 m. Polly Miller 1 Sep 1817 in Nelson Co. KY 1825 tax list of Spencer Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. 1 black under 16. 217 acres on Simpsons Creek (given as Elderson) 1825 George Weeks files bon 20 Mar 1825 in Spencer Co. KY to marry Lavinia Powers Alderson W. Garrett was bondsman 1850 census of Spencer Co. KY he gives his age as 59 b. VA and wife Polly as 46 b. KY

Garrett, Craven & Mary Ann (Stewart) ca 1801 Craven Garrett born Shelby Co. KY s/o Isaac & Betsy (McDowell) Garrett 1828 tax list of Spencer Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. No land 1823 deed filed in Spencer Co. KY - heirs of John McDowell to John McDowell - land on Brashears & Buck Creek - bordered by Robert Elliott Sr. (dec'd). Wits: Charles Elliott Craven Garrett, A Cottrell and William B. Holloway 1839 Craven marries Mary A. Stewart 15 Jan 1839 Shelby Co. KY 1853 Craven Garret, age 52, married farmer, born in Shelby Co. KY, resided in Spencer Co. KY died in Spencer Co. 24 Mar 1853 of Typhoid Fever (Source: Spencer Co. Death Register)

Garrett, Greenup / Green 1828 tax list of Spencer Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. No land 1840 census of Shelby Co. KY

Garrett, Henry 1795 Power of Attorney: Henry Garrett / Geo. Johnson (Shelby Co. Deed Bk B p. 24 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index) 1796 Deed Henry Garrett / John Wallace - 400 acres Fox Run (Shelby Co. Deed Bk B p. 141 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index) 1796 Deed Henry Garrett / John Wallace - 19 acres Fox Run (Shelby Co. Deed Bk B p. 217 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index)

Garrett, Isaac & Betsy (McDowell) 1794 m. Betsy McDowell 8 Dec 1794 in Shelby Co. KY 1823 Betsy named as an heir to John McDowell in deed filed in Spencer Co. KY 1824 tax list of Spencer Co. KY Betsy listed with no tithables, 94 acres on Buck (possibly Beech) Creek 1828 tax list of Spencer Co. KY Betsy listed with no tithables 96 acres on Plumb Creek first entered in the name of Shepherd

Garrett, Jacob & Jane (Rodiman) 1801 m. Jane Rodiman 18 Aug 1801 in Jefferson Co. KY 1796 Deed Jacob Garrett / James Craig - 100 acres Fox Run (Shelby Co. Deed Bk J p. 490 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index)

Garrett, James 1828 tax list of Spencer Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. 138 acres on Buck Creek first entered in the name of Shepherd

Garrett, John & Charlotte (Featherkile) 1804 m. Charlette Featherkile 27 Aug 1804 in Nelson Co. KY 1809 Deed John Garrett / Nich. Gassaway - 68 acres Gist Creek (Shelby Co. Deed Bk J p. 382 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index)

Garrett, Nathan & Esther (Loudoun) 1786 m. Esther Loudon 6 Jul 1786 in Jefferson Co. KY 1796 Deed Nathan Garrett / John McGinnis - 82 acres Guist Creek (Shelby Co. Deed Bk B p. 93 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index) 1796 Deed Nathan Garrett / John Garrett - 68 acres Guist Creek (Shelby Co. Deed Bk B p. 112 ) (source: Shelby Co. Deed Index)

Garret, Reuben & Flora (Withers) 1819 m. Flora Withers 24 Jul 1819 in Bullitt Co. KY

Garrett, William & Sally (Gasaway) 1795 m. Sally Gasaway 21 Dec 1795 in Shelby Co. KY

Garrett, Sarah A. 1859 Sarah A. Garrett, age 88, married, a resident of Nelson Co. KY born in Essex Co. VA dies at Long Lick, Bullitt Co. KY 29 Aug 1859. Her parents are listed as John & Catherine Davis [Bullitt Co. KY Death Registry] (is this the widow of William Garrett?)

Garrett, Walter L/S 1845 tax list of Bullitt Co. KY with 1 white male over 21. No land http://genforum.genealogy.com/garrett/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcdowell/messages/1453.html

Isaac was born in 1769. ^[5]

Isaac was born about 1769. He passed away in 1825.

Sources

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBV-PY7 Proof of birth
2. ↑ Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F477-K9H
3. ↑ https://kentuckykindredgenealogy.com/2012/10/04/early-shelby-county-kentucky-marriages/
4. ↑ http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcdowell/messages/1453.html
5. ↑ Source will be added by Dan Earnshaw by 18 May 2019.

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