Joseph Garner b. 1753 Fauquier County, Virginia d. 20 Dec 1840 Double Springs, Cherokee County, Alabama: If the Legends Are True...

1753 - 1840 (87 years)

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Name	Joseph Garner [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Born	1753	Fauquier County, Virginia [3, 6]
Gender	Male
Alt. Birth	1753 [1]
Alt. Birth	1754 [4, 7, 8]
Military Service	1776-1779	Fauquier County, Virginia [4]
	during The Revolution
	He enlisted in Fauquier County and served as a private in Captain William Blackwell's company, Colonels Daniel Morgan's, Febiger's, and Cropper's Virginia Regiments, and in Colonel Christie's Virginia regiment, was in the Battle of Brandywine in which he was wounded in his left arm by a musket ball, length of service three years.
Pension	From Sep 1789 [4, 6, 9]
	on account of disability resulting from being wounded in the left arm by a musket ball at the Battle of Brandywine
	In 1789 Joseph was 36 years old, he had been wounded in the arm as a private in the 1st Virginia Regiment, and his pay was 24 pounds per annum.
Alt. Death	1840 [8]
Alt. Death	20 Dec 1840	Gadsden, Cherokee County, Alabama [7]
Alt. Death	20 Dec 1840	Cherokee County, Alabama [1, 4, 6]
Died	20 Dec 1840	Double Springs, Cherokee County, Alabama [3]
Buried	Garner Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama [8, 9]
	He was the only Revolutionary War veteran buried in Gadsden, Alabama.
Person ID	I5177	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	18 Jul 2018

Father	Charles Garner, b. 1724, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia , d. 1798, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 74 years)
Mother	Ann Darnell, b. 1716, King George County, Virginia , d. 1798, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 82 years)
Married	23 Jul 1748	Virginia
Family ID	F1913	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Sarah Orr, b. Abt 1770, Virginia , d. 1855 (Age ~ 85 years)

Married 22 Dec 1790 Fauquier County, Virginia [1, 4, 5, 6]

Alt. Marriage 1791 Fauquier County, Virginia [4]

Move 1802 Clarke County, Georgia [3, 6]

Residence 1797-1802 Culpeper County, Virginia [3, 6, 9]

Paid taxes on land in Culpeper County for 5 years beginning in 1797.

Residence 1815 Clarke County, Georgia [4, 6]

Move 1820 St. Clair County, Alabama [3, 4, 6]

Children 1821 St. Clair County, Alabama [4]

7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters

"In 1821, the soldier stated that he then had seven children - four daughters aged about eighteen, sixteen, nine, and one younger whose age was not stated, also three sons aged about sixteen, seven, and four years, but he did not give their names."

Children 1852 [4, 9]

7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters, all living

Malinia Burger, Rosa Burger, Sophia Goodwin, Sally White, Gilford Garner, Joseph Garner, and John Garner.

Children

+	1. Malinda Garner, b. Abt 1790, Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown
+	2. Roseanna Garner, b. Abt 1795, d. 1870 (Age ~ 75 years)
+	3. Gilford Garner, b. 1803, Clarke County, Georgia , d. 18 Apr 1880, Cleveland (Dorsey) County, Arkansas (Age 77 years)
	4. Mary Ann Garner, d. Bef 1821
	5. Susan Garner, d. Bef 1821
+	6. Sarah Garner, b. Abt 1808, Georgia , d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Sophia Garner, b. 1812, Clarke County, Georgia , d. Yes, date unknown
+	8. Joseph Henry Garner, b. 1814, Clarke County, Georgia , d. 1890, Cherokee County, Alabama (Age 76 years)
+	9. John Anderson Garner, b. 15 Mar 1815, Clarke County, Georgia , d. Abt 1870, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi (Age 54 years)

Last Modified 17 Jul 2018

Family ID F1915 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Sarah Dodd, b. Abt 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia , d. Bef 1783 (Age ~ 31 years)
Last Modified	23 May 2016
Family ID	F46189	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

See attached sources. [6]
(Research):
A Garner Genealogy and Family History

... The child of Charles Garner of primary interest here is Joseph Garner (b.1753 in Fauquier County, Virginia - d. December, 20, 1840 in Cherokee County, Alabama) who married December 22, 1790 in Fauquier County, Virginia Sally (Sarah) Orr (Dodd). According to p. 109 in GK, in 1797 Joseph lived in Culpeper, Virginia, where he was paying on 286 acres of land formerly owned by a Hisle and he paid on this land for five years. GK states that in 1789 Joseph was 36 years old, he had been wounded in the arm as a private in the 1st Virginia Regiment, and his pay was 24 pounds per annum. According to [REV p. 45], Joseph enlisted in the 1st VA Regiment on 5 September 1775 and he was wounded the next spring at Williamsburg. Also, Henrico Co. depositions 5 September, 1791 by Col. Martin Pickett states that he had lost or mislaid Gardner's pension certificate, signed by J. Pendleton.

There is more evidence that Joseph Garner served during the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in Fauquier County, Virginia, served in Capt. William Blackwell's Co., and in Cols. Daniel Morgan's VA. Regt. [JULICH p.223]. He was given a pension on application in Clarke County, Georgia. His widow, Sarah, was given a pension on her application that was applied for October 13, 1842 at which time she was aged 68 and a resident of Cherokee County, Alabama (Pension No. W7496) [JULICH p.224]. A Sarah Garner , born in VA, is listed as a resident (80 years old) of Cherokee County, Alabama in 1850 [CHEROKEE p.14].

Furthermore, [JULICH p. 224] states that Joseph moved from Fauquier County, Virginia in 1802 to Georgia and in 1815 he was a resident of Clarke County, Georgia. In 1818 he was 64 years old and still a resident of Clarke County. In 1820, he moved to Alabama and lived there for some time in Saint Clair County. The children of Joseph and Sarah are also listed in JULICH and by [SG p. 128]:

Malinda Burger, Rosa Burger, Sophia Goodwin, Sally White, Gilford, Joseph, John

CHEROKEE Cherokee County History 1836-1956 Vol I (Centre, Alabama).

GK Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck of Virginia, Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood (1952, Charlottesville, Virginia).

JULICH Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama, Louise Milam Julich (Alabama Society of DAR, 1979).

REV Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions, (Virginia Genealogical Society, Special Publication No. 7, 1960).

SG Southern Garners, Sam Garner, MD (1978, Rome, Georgia, second edition, 1998).

Sources

[S31] Wingfield Family Society, (20 Mar 2003), Generation 20 | https://web.archive.org/web/20030401234313/www.wingfield.org/charts/dewin020.htm (Reliability: 3).
[S752] Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia, Ruth Ritchie & Sudie Rucker Wood, (Charlottesville, Virginia: Jarman Printing Company, 1952), http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89058583568., Page 109 (Reliability: 4).
[S63] Garner Database, J. H. Garner, (compiler), (RootsWeb.com, database: labron00), http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=labron00., Version: 2016-04-02 (Reliability: 3).
[S624] Revolutionary War Pensions & Bounty-Land Warrants, National Archives, (Ancestry.com), Widow's Pension Application File, Alabama, 1843, Sarah Garner widow of Joseph Garner (Reliability: 4).
[S63] Garner Database, J. H. Garner, (compiler), (RootsWeb.com, database: labron00), http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=labron00., Version: 2016-04-23 (Reliability: 3).
[S920] Garner, Jame's Page, James Luther Garner, Ph. D., (Jacksonville, Florida: University of North Florida, www.unf.edu/~jgarner/), A Garner Genealogy and Family History, Apr 2001 | https://www.unf.edu/~jgarner/garnergeneaology.html (Reliability: 3).
[S518] DAR Online, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, (Washington, District of Columbia: http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research), Ancestor: A044078 (Reliability: 4).
[S531] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com), Memorial: 44437242, "Sgt. Joseph Garner" (Reliability: 3).
[S919] Etowah Historical Society, (Gadsden, Alabama; www.etowahhistory.com), Joseph Garner | http://www.etowahhistory.com/JosephGarner.htm (Reliability: 4).