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James GARRARD

SAR Patriot #: P-164329

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Colonel / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A044132

Birth: 14 Jan 1749 / Stafford / VA
Death: 19 Jan 1822 Mount Lebanon / Bourbon / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

Member Virginia House of Delegates
Captain, Stafford County, VA Militia, 1776-1781
NSDAR cites: COLONEL, ALSO CAPT, MILITIA, STAFFORD CO

Additional References:

The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, May 1928, pg 165, 166
Des Cognets, Anna Russell, "Governor Garrard of Kentucky-His Descendants and Relatives", 1898, pg 7, 13
NSDAR cites: GWATHMEY, HIST REG OF VA IN THE REV, pg 298

Spouse: Elizabeth Mountjoy
Children: Daniel; John; Margaret; James; Mary; Anne; Elizabeth; William; Maria;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1979-03-06	TN	Unassigned	Edwin S Lindsey (114599)	Margaret
1998-05-04	MO	945	John Allen Dillingham (148167)	Daniel
2013-12-31	PA	56368	Garrard Edward Baker (189580)	Daniel
2014-03-28	KY	57917	Houston Reed Deason (190490)	John
2020-06-19	AZ	92295	William Anderson Garrard Jr. (215740)	John
2022-03-25	TX	101106	James Rodney Gilstrap (222070)	Mary

Burial:

Garrard Family Cemetery_(C-0083478)

Location:

Ruddles Mills / Bourbon / KY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2208720

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

18123008

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

17 Apr 2016

Comments:

The attached Find-a-Grave record provides no image of a grave or marker stone
Memorial plaque at Bourbon County, KY Courthouse. GPS coordinates: 38.213000, -84.249820
photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Located 4 miles from Paris KY on Peacock Road. Two other graves are thought to be the daughter and granddaughter, Marjorie Dudley Garrard

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Gary Baldwin Parriott
James Garrard (1749-1822), a first generation Virginian, was born in Stafford County to William Garrard (ca 1715-1787) and Mary Lewis (1727-1755). The Garrard family lived on a large farm and was considered modestly wealthy. James' father William Garrard served as the County Lieutenant of Stafford County which placed him in command of the county militia..

As a young lad James worked on his father's farm. He was educated in the Common School and supplemented his education by studying at home and he became an avid reader. At the age of 21, James married his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth Mountjoy in 1769.

James Garrard served in his father's Stafford County militia during the Revolutionary War. He was captured by the British while aboard a schooner on the Potomac River but he refused to provide his captors with any information and he subsequently escaped. In 1779, James Garrard represented Stafford County in the Virginia House of Delegates for the legislative session. At the conclusion of the session he returned to military duty and was promoted to the rank of Colonel.

In 1883 he moved his family west to the part of Virginia that is now Bourbon County, Kentucky based upon favorable reports from his former neighbor, John Edwards. He became actively involved in Politics while successfully operating his farm, lumber mill and a whiskey distillery. In 1791 he was ordained to the Baptist ministry. He was a delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention in 1792 which resulted in Kentucky's admission to the Union as a Commonwealth. He was elected the second governor of Kentucky and served two consecutive terms from 1796 to 1804.

Garrard died in 1822 in his residence at Mount Lebanon, Bourbon County, Kentucky. (Find A Grave Memorial# 18123008) and was buried there. Garrard County, Kentucky was created and was named in his honor.

The Garrards had 12 children however three of them died at a young age. Listed in birth order: William (1771-1838), James Douglas (1773-1838), John (1774-1776), Mary Garrard Edwards (wife of John Edwards), (1776-~1818), John Montjoy (1778-1838), Daniel (1780-1866), Elizabeth Montjoy (1783-1843), Nancy (1785-1785), Anne Eleanor (1786-1875), Margaret "Peggy" (1788-1815), Maria (1790-1876), and Sarah (1793-1793). His four surviving sons participated in the War of 1812 and subsequently served in the Kentucky General Assembly. Other descendants became generals in the Union Army during the Civil War.

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