Cassandra (Garrott) Philpott (abt. 1764 - 1838)

Born about 1764 in Frederick County, Maryland

Wife of Zachariah Philpott — married about 3 Dec 1781 in Frederick County, Maryland

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1838 at about age 74 in Cumberland County, Kentucky

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Biography

Cassandra Garrott was born about 1764 at Frederick County, Maryland. This estimate is based on her age (73) when she died in March 1838. ^[1] She was the youngest daughter of John Garrott and Elizabeth Unknown. ^[2]

On 21 September 1775 (probated 15 May 1776), her father wrote a will in Frederick County, Maryland (Frederick County Will Book A, pages 571-573). John Garrott did not name his wife, so, apparently, Cassandra’s mother had already died:^[2]

"I Bequeath to my Daughter Cassania Garrett, one Negro Girl named Nan . . . I bequeath to my Daughter Cassania, one Brindle Cow & her yearling Calf. one Spotted Sow, three Sheep 1 BedStead 1 Bed with striped Ticking Bed furniture & a Rug to be bought for her. 1 small pott, that is at the place called Brothers Good Will Two old plaites two new ones & two Tin Panns."

Four of John Garrott’s children were unmarried and still living at home. He made provisions for the four of them to remain in the family home:

"I Bequeath all my Corn & Fodder and forty Bushells of Wheat one Black Cow and twenty eight Hogs for the use of my Children my Son Bartin, my Son Allen, my Daughter Elizabeth & my Daughter Cassania Garrett to be equally divided among betwixt them four. I Bequeath my bay Horse Called Ranger, my two Oxen & Cart to my Son Allen my Daughter Elizabeth & my Daughter Cassania use as long as they tarry together on this place but when my Daughters leaves this place then they are to become my Son Allen’s. I bequeath to my four Children, my Son Bartin & Allen my Daughter Elizabeth and Cassania, all my Crop of Tobacco to cloath themselves and the Negroes to be equally divided betwixt them four. I bequeath also to my Son Bartin my Son Allen my Daughter Elizabeth & my Daughter Cassania to be equally divided amongst them four, all my Cloathes & wearing Apparell, Country Cloth and Ozenbrigs."

On 3 December 1781, Zachariah Philpott and Cassandra Garrott obtained a marriage license in Frederick County, Maryland. They married on that date or soon after. Zachariah was 22 years old, and Cassandra was 16. ^{[3] [4]} Zachariah’s uncle, Barton Philpott, had purchased land in Frederick County at about the same time as John Garrott; they were neighbors. Cassandra’s sister, Elizabeth, married Zachariah’s brother, Charles Thomas.

Cassandra’s brother, Edward Garrett of Montgomery County, Maryland, named his sister, Casandra Philpot, in his will, written 5 February 1785 (probated 10 March 1785). ^[5]

Cassandra Philpott died 14 March 1838 at Cumberland County, Kentucky, She was 73 years old. ^[1] She was buried in the Philpot Cemetery at Wash’s Bottom, Cumberland County, Kentucky. ^{[1] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Martha Margaret Philpott, Philpott (no place, privately printed, date unknown but before 1900). "Miss Maggie" Philpott, author, was a great-granddaughter of Zachariah Philpott and Cassandra Garrott. She made a record of their descendants. It was written in long-hand, and, later, typed up as a booklet by an unknown person. One of the original booklets was given to Agnes Ollerdessen circa 1966 by a descendant still living in Kentucky.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Maryland, Wills and Probate Records 1635-1777 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
3. ↑ Margaret E. Myers, compiler, Marriage Licenses of Frederick County 1778-1810, (Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1986).
4. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
5. ↑ Mary Gordon Malloy, Jane C. Sween, and Janet D. Manuel, Abstracts of Wills, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1776-1825 (Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1987).
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 July 2018), memorial page for Cassandra Garrett Philpott (1765-14 Mar 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #20258414, citing Philpot Cemetery, Cumberland County, Kentucky, USA; maintained by Roots and Branches.