"John Fushee Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"John Fushee Garner was born December 25, 1749 in Prince William County, Virginia, in that part which later became Fauquier. This date is found in two places--in a family Bible in the possession of some of his descendants and in a sworn statement which he made in 1833 when applying for a Revolutionary pension. Tradition says he was named for a friend of his father's who was a Captain. This was evidently Captain John Foushee of Northumberland County, Virginia, who was appointed a Captain of Militia in 1749, the year of John F. Garner's birth. James Garner may have served in the militia under Captain Foushee, who would have been twenty to thirty years his senior. Captain John Foushee, son of a French Huguenot who settled in the Northn Neck, is not known to have lived in Prince William but he did live for some years in Northumberland and Richmond counties and died in Halifax County in 1769. The French form of the name was Fouche. However, the American spelling generally became Foushee. The son of James Garner usually wrote his name 'John F.' The few times it was found spelled out (always by others than John F. himself) it was 'Fushee' or 'Fooshe.'
"June 13, 1789, John F. Garner bought 250 acres of land in Randolph County from John Garner of Moore County. June 27, 1793, John F. Garner received a grant of land from the State of North Carolina--200 acres in Randolph County on Deep River and Richland Creek. James Garner was one of the chain bearers for the survey. A grant of 200 acres of land in Moore County on Bear Creek to John Fushee Garner may have been to a namesake of the first John Fushee Garner. The claim was entered May 15, 1795, John F. Garner sold to Benjamin Williams what appeared to be all of his land in North Carolina--450 acres. In that year he moved to Tennessee.
"In the minute books of Randolph County we find that John F. Garner frequently served on juries from 1779 until 1793. On March 8, 1790 he was appointed a justice, a position which he evidently held until his departure from the county in 1795, since he is frequently mentioned as being one of the justices present at the court and as being responsible for making lists of taxable property during those years. In one instance he was referred to as 'Captain John F. Garner.' His property was apparently in the extreme southeastern corner of Randolph County for in 1791 there was a reference in the Randolph minutes to 'John Garner's Meeting House at the county line.'
"In 1795, according to his own statement, John F. Garner, moved to Sevier County, Tennessee, and in 1796 to Blount County. He acquired a large farm about ten miles northeast of Maryville near the junction of Little River and Ellijoy Creek. This farm contained about 800 acres at the time of his death. Three hundred acres of it are still in the possession of some of his descendants, the Henrys, but 500 acres went out of their possession many years ago. John Garner was buried in the latter part, together with a grandson, James Garner, and at least two of his wives. Some say all three of the wives are buried there--and others that one of them died before he left North Carolina. The graves have been plowed over for many years.
"A number of real estate transactions involving John F. Garner were noted in the Blount County records. June 24, 1816, he sold to William Garner, his son, 157 acres on Ellijoy Creek, 'being part of a tract granted by the State of Tennessee to the said John Garner by Grant No. 2494.' On January 27, 1825, John F. Garner gave to his son, William, 90 acres of land on Ellijoy Creek. April 13, 1832, he sold to Andrew Perry two acres on the waters of Little River. June 6, 1833, he sold to John Henry Sr. 20 acres on Ellijoy Creek for $120. On October 9, 1837, August 25, 1838 and March 30, 1839, he sold tracts of land to Hugh Henry ranging from 2 acres for $25 to 155 acres for $800.
"Also there were several sales of slaves. January 6, 1820 he sold a Negro girl, Mary, age 6 years, to William Lowery for $271. May 25, 1835, he sold to his son, William Garner, 4 slaves for $1000. The bill of sale reads in part as follows: '...the following described negroes for life: Abe, the son of Fereby, between 20 and 25 years of age, Rachel, a girl about 20 years old and Minerva and Fae the first between 4 and 5 years old, and the other about eight months--together will all the issue may hereafter spring from the female part of the above negroes...' Somewhat baffling are three other bills-of-sale between John F. Garner and his son-in-law, Samuel Henry, since all three seem to be for the same set of salves, which had also been bequeathed to Samuel Henry in John F. Garner's will. The first bill is worded in part as follows: 'For and in consideration of the sum of $700 to me in hand paid...I have bargained and sold...to Samuel Henry 5 negro slaves for life, children of Fereba and named as follows: Peggy, Alexander, Jane, Bill and Polly...Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of March 1835.' The following month on April 13, 1835, John F. Garner made his will which stated that Samuel Henry was to have these salves, for which he was apparently to pay $500. Then four years later on March 14, 1839, appears another bill-of-sale as follows: 'J.F.Garner for $724 to Samuel Henry 6 negroes, five of which, children of old Feraby, the other a grandchild of hers, one girl about 17 years old, called Peggy and her child about 3 months old named Rachel. One boy, Elexander about 15 years old, one girl called Jane about 13 years old, one named William, about 11 and one girl named Polly about 8 years old. Slaves for life and I do hereby warrant the said negroes to be healthy, to have and to hold the said negroes, Peggy, Elexander, Jane, William, Polly and Rachel unto the said Samuel Henry his heirs forever...' May 28, 1839, there is a bill-of-sale in which no names are given but they seem to be the same negroes. Three of them were allowed Henry as his part and all of them were to be delivered after John F. Garner's death. Also on January 25, 1836 John F. Garner sold to William Ragan for $300 a Negro woman named Fereby, 48 years old.
"Family tradition says that John F. Garner was a man of unquestioned character and common sense. Among records collected a few years ago by the WPA is one which shows that John F. Garner served one year as a justice of the peace in Blount County, his commission having been signed by Governor Sevier. Austin P. Foster in a book entitled 'Counties of Tennessee' states that John Garner was one of the early lawyers of Blount County. Also the records show that he served numerous times on juries.
"John F. Garner was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisting in 1782 when 33 years old and the father of five children. ...On [his] application [for a Revolutionary War pension] John F. Garner was issued on February 25, 1833, Pension Certificate No. 6189, rate $30.00 per annum, beginning March 4, 1831 by Act of June 7, 1832, East Tennessee Agency. The last pension payment was made on September 18, 1839 at the Pension Agency in Knoxville, East Tennessee, to George Haddon, as attorney for the pensioner.
"A few years ago through the efforts of Zelah R. Farmer of Washington, D.C., a descendant of John F. Garner's daughter, Mary, wife of Nathan Farmer, and Herbert S. Garner, of Maryville, Tennessee, a descendant of John F. Garner's son, James, a marker was placed to the memory of their ancestor in the Henry-Headrick Cemetery, about ten and one-half miles from Maryville and about one-half mile from his actual grave. The following account of this event appeared in the Maryville paper: 'John F. Garner Marker: The marker to the grave of this Revolutionary soldier was unveiled by the DAR on May 18, 1941 at the Henry-Headrick Cemetery, near the mouth of Ellijoy Creek [Blount County, Tennessee]'....
"John F. Garner was married three times. He married first in 1770 Nancy Whittle (born in 1752), who is thought to have been the mother of all his children. Her parentage is unknown but is seems likely she was a sister of James Whittle, a prosperous farmer and neighbor of John F. Garner in Randolph County, North Carolina, who died in 1824. The second wife of John F. Garner was Betsy Donaldson and the third, Gracie Conrad. We find him listed in the Census for the year 1830 as living alone. On April 13, 1835 at the age of nearly 85 and one-half years he made his will. His death occurred on November 25, 1839.
"John F. Garner had issue: 1) James Garner; 2) Mary Garner; 3) John Garner; 4) Elizabeth Garner; 5) William Garner; 6) Jane Garner; 7) Bradley Garner; 8) Dolly Garner. All these, except Jane, are listed as children of John F. Garner in a Bible in the possession of the Henry family, some of his descendants. Jane is listed separately as the wife of James Henry, but descendants of both families say she was a daughter of John F. Garner." (pages 112-118)The gravestone of John F. Garner appears on the website FindAGrave, Memorial # 41933540, and is located in Headrick-Henry Cemetery in Blount County Tennessee. This gravestone contains the following inscription: "John F. Garner Pvt [Private] Gholson's Co. N.C. [North Carolina] Mil Rev War [Militia, Revolutionary War]."
John F. Garner is listed in FamilySearch Tree, PI#: LHHH-NHW.
"Betsy Donaldson" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"John F. Garner was married three times. He married first in 1770 Nancy Whittle (born in 1752), who is thought to have been the mother of all his children. Her parentage is unknown but is seems likely she was a sister of James Whittle, a prosperous farmer and neighbor of John F. Garner in Randolph County, North Carolina, who died in 1824. The second wife of John F. Garner was Betsy Donaldson and the third, Gracie Conrad. We find him listed in the Census for the year 1830 as living alone. On April 13, 1835 at the age of nearly 85 and one-half years he made his will. His death occurred on November 25, 1839. (page 117)
"John Fushee Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"John Fushee Garner was born December 25, 1749 in Prince William County, Virginia, in that part which later became Fauquier. This date is found in two places--in a family Bible in the possession of some of his descendants and in a sworn statement which he made in 1833 when applying for a Revolutionary pension. Tradition says he was named for a friend of his father's who was a Captain. This was evidently Captain John Foushee of Northumberland County, Virginia, who was appointed a Captain of Militia in 1749, the year of John F. Garner's birth. James Garner may have served in the militia under Captain Foushee, who would have been twenty to thirty years his senior. Captain John Foushee, son of a French Huguenot who settled in the Northn Neck, is not known to have lived in Prince William but he did live for some years in Northumberland and Richmond counties and died in Halifax County in 1769. The French form of the name was Fouche. However, the American spelling generally became Foushee. The son of James Garner usually wrote his name 'John F.' The few times it was found spelled out (always by others than John F. himself) it was 'Fushee' or 'Fooshe.'
"June 13, 1789, John F. Garner bought 250 acres of land in Randolph County from John Garner of Moore County. June 27, 1793, John F. Garner received a grant of land from the State of North Carolina--200 acres in Randolph County on Deep River and Richland Creek. James Garner was one of the chain bearers for the survey. A grant of 200 acres of land in Moore County on Bear Creek to John Fushee Garner may have been to a namesake of the first John Fushee Garner. The claim was entered May 15, 1795, John F. Garner sold to Benjamin Williams what appeared to be all of his land in North Carolina--450 acres. In that year he moved to Tennessee.
"In the minute books of Randolph County we find that John F. Garner frequently served on juries from 1779 until 1793. On March 8, 1790 he was appointed a justice, a position which he evidently held until his departure from the county in 1795, since he is frequently mentioned as being one of the justices present at the court and as being responsible for making lists of taxable property during those years. In one instance he was referred to as 'Captain John F. Garner.' His property was apparently in the extreme southeastern corner of Randolph County for in 1791 there was a reference in the Randolph minutes to 'John Garner's Meeting House at the county line.'
"In 1795, according to his own statement, John F. Garner, moved to Sevier County, Tennessee, and in 1796 to Blount County. He acquired a large farm about ten miles northeast of Maryville near the junction of Little River and Ellijoy Creek. This farm contained about 800 acres at the time of his death. Three hundred acres of it are still in the possession of some of his descendants, the Henrys, but 500 acres went out of their possession many years ago. John Garner was buried in the latter part, together with a grandson, James Garner, and at least two of his wives. Some say all three of the wives are buried there--and others that one of them died before he left North Carolina. The graves have been plowed over for many years.
"A number of real estate transactions involving John F. Garner were noted in the Blount County records. June 24, 1816, he sold to William Garner, his son, 157 acres on Ellijoy Creek, 'being part of a tract granted by the State of Tennessee to the said John Garner by Grant No. 2494.' On January 27, 1825, John F. Garner gave to his son, William, 90 acres of land on Ellijoy Creek. April 13, 1832, he sold to Andrew Perry two acres on the waters of Little River. June 6, 1833, he sold to John Henry Sr. 20 acres on Ellijoy Creek for $120. On October 9, 1837, August 25, 1838 and March 30, 1839, he sold tracts of land to Hugh Henry ranging from 2 acres for $25 to 155 acres for $800.
"Also there were several sales of slaves. January 6, 1820 he sold a Negro girl, Mary, age 6 years, to William Lowery for $271. May 25, 1835, he sold to his son, William Garner, 4 slaves for $1000. The bill of sale reads in part as follows: '...the following described negroes for life: Abe, the son of Fereby, between 20 and 25 years of age, Rachel, a girl about 20 years old and Minerva and Fae the first between 4 and 5 years old, and the other about eight months--together will all the issue may hereafter spring from the female part of the above negroes...' Somewhat baffling are three other bills-of-sale between John F. Garner and his son-in-law, Samuel Henry, since all three seem to be for the same set of salves, which had also been bequeathed to Samuel Henry in John F. Garner's will. The first bill is worded in part as follows: 'For and in consideration of the sum of $700 to me in hand paid...I have bargained and sold...to Samuel Henry 5 negro slaves for life, children of Fereba and named as follows: Peggy, Alexander, Jane, Bill and Polly...Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of March 1835.' The following month on April 13, 1835, John F. Garner made his will which stated that Samuel Henry was to have these salves, for which he was apparently to pay $500. Then four years later on March 14, 1839, appears another bill-of-sale as follows: 'J.F.Garner for $724 to Samuel Henry 6 negroes, five of which, children of old Feraby, the other a grandchild of hers, one girl about 17 years old, called Peggy and her child about 3 months old named Rachel. One boy, Elexander about 15 years old, one girl called Jane about 13 years old, one named William, about 11 and one girl named Polly about 8 years old. Slaves for life and I do hereby warrant the said negroes to be healthy, to have and to hold the said negroes, Peggy, Elexander, Jane, William, Polly and Rachel unto the said Samuel Henry his heirs forever...' May 28, 1839, there is a bill-of-sale in which no names are given but they seem to be the same negroes. Three of them were allowed Henry as his part and all of them were to be delivered after John F. Garner's death. Also on January 25, 1836 John F. Garner sold to William Ragan for $300 a Negro woman named Fereby, 48 years old.
"Family tradition says that John F. Garner was a man of unquestioned character and common sense. Among records collected a few years ago by the WPA is one which shows that John F. Garner served one year as a justice of the peace in Blount County, his commission having been signed by Governor Sevier. Austin P. Foster in a book entitled 'Counties of Tennessee' states that John Garner was one of the early lawyers of Blount County. Also the records show that he served numerous times on juries.
"John F. Garner was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisting in 1782 when 33 years old and the father of five children. ...On [his] application [for a Revolutionary War pension] John F. Garner was issued on February 25, 1833, Pension Certificate No. 6189, rate $30.00 per annum, beginning March 4, 1831 by Act of June 7, 1832, East Tennessee Agency. The last pension payment was made on September 18, 1839 at the Pension Agency in Knoxville, East Tennessee, to George Haddon, as attorney for the pensioner.
"A few years ago through the efforts of Zelah R. Farmer of Washington, D.C., a descendant of John F. Garner's daughter, Mary, wife of Nathan Farmer, and Herbert S. Garner, of Maryville, Tennessee, a descendant of John F. Garner's son, James, a marker was placed to the memory of their ancestor in the Henry-Headrick Cemetery, about ten and one-half miles from Maryville and about one-half mile from his actual grave. The following account of this event appeared in the Maryville paper: 'John F. Garner Marker: The marker to the grave of this Revolutionary soldier was unveiled by the DAR on May 18, 1941 at the Henry-Headrick Cemetery, near the mouth of Ellijoy Creek [Blount County, Tennessee]'....
"John F. Garner was married three times. He married first in 1770 Nancy Whittle (born in 1752), who is thought to have been the mother of all his children. Her parentage is unknown but is seems likely she was a sister of James Whittle, a prosperous farmer and neighbor of John F. Garner in Randolph County, North Carolina, who died in 1824. The second wife of John F. Garner was Betsy Donaldson and the third, Gracie Conrad. We find him listed in the Census for the year 1830 as living alone. On April 13, 1835 at the age of nearly 85 and one-half years he made his will. His death occurred on November 25, 1839.
"John F. Garner had issue: 1) James Garner; 2) Mary Garner; 3) John Garner; 4) Elizabeth Garner; 5) William Garner; 6) Jane Garner; 7) Bradley Garner; 8) Dolly Garner. All these, except Jane, are listed as children of John F. Garner in a Bible in the possession of the Henry family, some of his descendants. Jane is listed separately as the wife of James Henry, but descendants of both families say she was a daughter of John F. Garner." (pages 112-118)The gravestone of John F. Garner appears on the website FindAGrave, Memorial # 41933540, and is located in Headrick-Henry Cemetery in Blount County Tennessee. This gravestone contains the following inscription: "John F. Garner Pvt [Private] Gholson's Co. N.C. [North Carolina] Mil Rev War [Militia, Revolutionary War]."
John F. Garner is listed in FamilySearch Tree, PI#: LHHH-NHW.
"Gracie Conrad" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"John F. Garner was married three times. He married first in 1770 Nancy Whittle (born in 1752), who is thought to have been the mother of all his children. Her parentage is unknown but is seems likely she was a sister of James Whittle, a prosperous farmer and neighbor of John F. Garner in Randolph County, North Carolina, who died in 1824. The second wife of John F. Garner was Betsy Donaldson and the third, Gracie Conrad. We find him listed in the Census for the year 1830 as living alone. On April 13, 1835 at the age of nearly 85 and one-half years he made his will. His death occurred on November 25, 1839. (page 117)
"James Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner had issue: 1) John Garner; 2) Thomas Garner; 3) Vincent Garner; 4) Parish Garner; 5) Charles Garner; 6) James Garner; 7) Susanna Garner, married Thomas Seddon, the younger. Before 1732, Mary Garner, widow of Thomas, married Ralph Hughes. They lived in Stafford County, now Fauquier, about five miles below the present Warrenton." (pages 65-67)
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. His father, by his will of 1726, left each of his sons 400 acres of land, a negro slave, various items of livestock and household goods. In addition, after his mother's decease, James was to receive the family plantation and remainder of the estate left to her by Thomas's will. On March 27, 1738, he was still under age.... [On] June 24, 1754, James Garner was appointed constable 'in the room of Thomas Garner.' According to a sworn statement made by his son, John F. Garner, about eighty years later, James moved to Orange County, North Carolina, sold to James Duncan 140 acres of land in Fauquier County, Virginia out of 214 acres of land which formerly belonged to Thomas Garner deceased on Tinpot Run. According to family tradition, James Garner was called Captain and served in the Revolution. There was a Captain James Gardner who served in the Second North Carolina Battalion from May 1775 to May 1777. However, there is not sufficient information available to identify him as the James Garner of Randolph County. The title may have been acquired through his official position as Constable, as the old records show that constables and sometimes justices were called Captain. Games Garner is said to have been six feet, six inches tall and a man of powerful physique. He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. Two James Garners are listed in the 1790 Census for Randolph County but only one in the 1800 Census. It seems likely, therefore, that the elder James died before 1800. The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"Elizabeth Freeman" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. Two James Garners are listed in the 1790 Census for Randolph County but only one in the 1800 Census. It seems likely, therefore, that the elder James died before 1800. The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"Bradley Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"Bradley Garner had land on Deep River in both Moore and Randolph counties, apparently near or joining that of James and John F. Garner. The will of Adam D. Andrews in Randolph County in 1792 mentions 'Barbary, wife of Bradley Garner.' The will of Margaret Kosht of Randolph County, probated in Moore County, August 1814, mentions daughter, Barbara Garner." (page 112)
"James Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"James Garner. The militia records of Hillsborough District (which contained Randolph County) show 6 pounds, 6 shillings being paid to James Gardner and in another instance four pounds, 4 shillings to James Garner for 'sundries furnished and cash paid the militia' during the Revolutionary War; also that on October 1, 1783, James Garner received 13 pounds, 10 shillings for service and on November 4, 1839, at age 84, James Gardner made application for a pension for Revolutionary service, giving the following information: Born October 1, 1754 in Randolph County, N.C. (then Orange) where he had resided all his life. Served three years in cavalry in skirmishes with Tories, mostly under Captain Gholson. January 8, 1853, Dolphin Gardner, one of the children of James and Elizabeth Gardner (deceased) appointed I. Neely to look into claims due children of James Gardner. Signed in presence of James W. Gardner. December 5, 1800, James Garner of Randolph County gave 150 acres of land on Richland Creek to 'my son John Garner.' (pages 111-112)
"Peter Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"Peter Garner, received grant of 100 acres in Moore County (near Randolph line) on north side of Bear Creek, September 4, 1799. One Peter Gardner between 60 and 70 years of age was living in Blount County, Tennessee in 1880." (page 112)
"Henry Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"Henry Garner, wife Margaret, sons Stephen and Jesse and possibly Thomas, had land on Deep River and Reedy Fork, Randolph County, just north of land of James and John F. Garner." (page 112)
"Elizabeth Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner [the son of Thomas Garner] was born in Stafford County, Virginia between 1717 and 1726 and is thought to have been the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Garner. ...He married Elizabeth---, possible Freeman, and they are said to have had a large family of children. ...The only definitely known issue of James Garner was: 1) John Fushee Garner; others may have been 2) James Garner..., 3) Bradley Garner..., 4) Peter Garner..., 5) Henry Garner..., 6) Elizabeth Garner...." (pages 109-112)
"Elizabeth Garner, married Daniel Williams in Guilford County, April 2, 1786, James Garner, security." (page 112)
The Will of "William Clerke" is listed in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills (available via Ancestry.com), and was written on 12 May 1591 and Probated on 10 June 1591. The Will (proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) contains the following information: "William Clerke" was a "Yeoman" of "Bennington", Hertfordshire, England; his wife, ""Cicely" or Ciceley" was alive at the time his Will was written--and to whom he gave "all [his] lands, tenements etc in Walkern and Bennington"; he had two sons: "George Clerke"--to whom William gave "All my Manor of Chifield", and "John Clerke"--to whom William gave his "goodes and Chattels at Thaxted"; he had one grandson: "Philip Clerke son of the George Clerke aforesaid"; he stated that he wanted his "body...to be buried in the parish church of Bennington near the place where my father George Clerke was buried"; and his Will was probated by "Cicely relicta [widow]" and "John Clerke son".
The burial of "William Clarke" is listed in the parish register of Bennington, Hertfordshire (via FindMyPast images), which states that he was buried on 26 May 1591 in Benington, Hertfordshire.
A brass inscription to "William Clarke" is described in British History Online (published in 1912)
(http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp73-77)
and is described as being displayed in the church of St. Peter in Benington, Hertfordshire, England, as follows:
"The parish church of St. Peter [in Benington, Hertfordshire, England], which stands to the west of the village, is built of flint with stone dressings. The nave, which is covered with ivy, is plastered externally. The chancel and south porch are roofed with tiles and the nave with lead. The tower, which is of two stages, has an embattled parapet and a pyramidal roof. The present church, which dates from the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century, originally consisted of a chancel and nave only, built, it would appear from the shields of arms that decorate them, by Sir John de Benstede (ob. 1323). The north chapel and the south porch were added about 1330, apparently by his widow, Parnel Moyne, and early in the 15th century the west tower was built by Edward Benstede (ob. 1432), and an additional arch was inserted with his monument below it between the chancel and the north chapel. The raising of the clearstory dates from somewhat later in the 15th century. The modern work upon the fabric consists of the rebuilding in 1889 of the south and east walls of the chancel and the recent restoration of the tower. ...In the nave on the east wall, to the north of the chancel arch, are two brasses, with inscriptions to William Clarke, 1591, and John Clarke, 1604."A brass memorial to "William Clarke" is mentioned in the book "Memorial Brasses in Hertfordshire Churches", by William Frampton Andrews, 1903, page 37, which states that the following brass inscription appears in the Bennington church:
"William Clarke the 4 soone of George Clarke Chaunged his liffe the xxiiii. day of May 1591 Who was as thou art, t is as thou shal be." (Online source: https://books.google.com/books?id=cMgOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=memorial+inscription+at+Benington,+Hertfordshire,+england&source=bl&ots=buYBZHmC7u&sig=lOEzwAGGGGaxMbxC8Bx05eMTevY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjphuuzm5XOAhVQxWMKHZlCDlMQ6AEIXzAM#v=onepage&q=memorial%20inscription%20at%20Benington%2C%20Hertfordshire%2C%20england&f=false)The brass memorial (mentioned above) was apparently on the "Nave floor" of the Benington church in Hertfordshire, England, "until 1889", as follows:
"There are three brasses near the Rood Loft stairway; the upper is part of a scroll which may be related to the priest's brass in the Chancel. George Clarke mentioned in the middle of the brass took the farm on the Walkern Road by force in 152l while the owner, John Norreys, was in France. Both this brass, and that of his grandson below, were on the Nave floor until 1889." (Source: http://ubbw.org.uk/Churches/StPeters/StPeters.htm)2016 Research Note:
During the 1500’s and 1600’s, a number of Clark family members lived in and near Benington, Hertfordshire, England. These included William Clarke (died 1591) and John Clarke (died 1604) who are mentioned in two brass inscriptions that are still visible on a wall inside the parish church of St. Peter, Benington, Hertfordshire. These two brass inscriptions read as follows:
Top brass inscription: William Clarke the 4 soone of George Clarke Changed his life the xxiiii day of May 1591 Who was as thou art & is as thou shal be
Bottom brass inscription: HERE LYETH THE BODIE OF JOHN CLARKE OF THIS TOWNE OF BENINGTON COVNCIL AT LAWE WHO MARIED EDITH ONE OF THE DAVGHTERS OF ROBERT COLE OF BARGEHOLD IN THE COVNTY OF SVFFOLCK GENT WHO HAD ISSVE BY HER ONE SOONE NAMED WILLM & THREE DAVGHTERS NAMED ANNE EDITH & ELIZABETH. HE DIED YE XITH DAY OF JVNE 1604, AGED L.
The burial of "Cicili Clarke vidua [widow]" took place on 24 February 1600/1601 in Benington, Hertfordshire, England. This burial was found by Carol Hutchinson and reported to the Samuel Clark Family Organization on 1 October 2017.
"Cicely" is mentioned in the Will of her husband, William Clerke, as follows: The Will of "William Clerke" is listed in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills (available via Ancestry.com), and was written on 12 May 1591 and Probated on 10 June 1591. The Will (proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury) contains the following information: "William Clerke" was a "Yeoman" of "Bennington", Hertfordshire, England; his wife, ""Cicely" or Ciceley" was alive at the time his Will was written--and to whom he gave "all [his] lands, tenements etc in Walkern and Bennington"; he had two sons: "George Clerke"--to whom William gave "All my Manor of Chifield", and "John Clerke"--to whom William gave his "goodes and Chattels at Thaxted"; he had one grandson: "Philip Clerke son of the George Clerke aforesaid"; he stated that he wanted his "body...to be buried in the parish church of Bennington near the place where my father George Clerke was buried"; and his Will was probated by "Cicely relicta [widow]" and "John Clerke son".
The christening of "Elizabetha Clerke" is listed in the parish register of Benington, Hertfordshire (via FindMyPast image), which states that she was christened on "vicesimo primo die" or the "21st day" of December 1561 in Benington, Hertfordshire, and that her father was "William Clerke".
The christening of "Joanna Clerke" is listed in the parish register of Benington, Hertfordshire (via FindMyPast image), which states that she was christened on 10 October 1563 in Benington, Hertfordshire, and that her father was "William Clerke".
The christening of "Marian Clerke" is listed in the parish register of Benington, Hertfordshire (via FindMyPast image), which states that she was christened on 7 April 1566 in Benington, Hertfordshire, and that her father was "William Clerke".
The burial of "Marian Clarke" is listed in the parish register of Benington, Hertfordshire (via FindMyPast image), which states that she was buried on 3 June 1566 in Benington, Hertfordshire, and that her father was "William Clarke".
The christening of "Cicilia Clarke" is listed in the parish register of Benington, Hertfordshire (via FindMyPast image), which states that she was christened on 22 July 1567 in Benington, Hertfordshire, and that her father was "William Clarke".