Sergeant Joseph Garner

1753 - 1840  (87 years)

• Name	Joseph Garner  [1]
  Prefix	Sergeant
  Born	1753	Fauquier County, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1753  [4]
  Alt. Birth	1754  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Military Service	1776-1779	Fauquier County, Virginia   [6]
  	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  [3, 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  [5]
  Alt. Death	20 Dec 1840	Gadsden, Cherokee County, Alabama   [1, 7, 8]
  Alt. Death	20 Dec 1840	Cherokee County, Alabama   [3, 4, 6]
  Military Service	Fauquier County, Virginia   [1]
  	as a Sergeant during The American Revolution
  	DAR Ancestor: A044078
  Name	Joseph Garner  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11]
  Died	20 Dec 1840	Double Springs, Cherokee County, Alabama   [2]
  Buried	Garner Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama   [5, 9]
  	He was the only Revolutionary War veteran buried in Gadsden, Alabama.
  Person ID	I5177	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2020

  
  

  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. Aft 1852, Gadsden, Cherokee County, Alabama  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1790	Fauquier County, Virginia   [3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11]
  Alt. Marriage	1791	Fauquier County, Virginia   [6]
  Move	1802	Clarke County, Georgia   [2, 3]
  Residence	1797-1802	Culpeper County, Virginia   [2, 3, 9]
  	Paid taxes on land in Culpeper County for 5 years beginning in 1797.
  Residence	1815	Clarke County, Georgia   [3, 6]
  Move	1820	St. Clair County, Alabama   [2, 3, 6]
  Children	1821	St. Clair County, Alabama   [6]
  	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  [6, 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	5 Jun 2020
  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. [3] (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).

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Sergeant Joseph Garner" (accessed January 19, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5177&tree=Legends.