Garrett Family Pictures
Garrett Family Pictures
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Family Pictures
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Family History
I. William Green Berry Garrett & Martha Rogers
I. Green Berry Garrett
b. 9 April 1819, Spring Creek, Madison County, N.C.
d. 1905 Haywood County, N.C.
buried: Garrett Cemetery, Jonathan’s Creek, Maggie Valley, N.C.
m. 1842 1stwife: Elizabeth Harrison, 2ndwife: Alice Moody
Parents: William Berry Garrett & Elizabeth Harrison
Children: with EH:
Mary Elizabeth, Martha Jane G. Roberts, Laura Emma G. Fitzgerald, Rebecca AnnEliza G. Davis, Cordelia Samantha G. Reeves, William Franklin G., Sarah Lenoir G. Liner, Eva Josephine G. Howell, George Greenberry G, Louise Frankie G. Howell, Noble Wiley G.
Life: He was a lawyer and Justice of the Peace, 1866 a State Legislator, strong union man and only man at Jonathan’s Creek to vote against secession, was a Republican, 1868 Constitution delegate at Raleigh to rewrite the N.C. constitution and at end of war still had 12 slaves who did not want to leave the family.
From Nannie Moody to Jane McHan: 1) “Greenberry Garrett was called Green Garrett. He married into the Rogers family from Tennessee. She brought 12 slaves with her and her Mammy ran the household. While in legislature, Green lived at Dellwood. Later he owned Black Camp Gap on the current Blue Ridge Parkway. the first person to map the Appalachian Trail (from Massachusetts) hiked to Black Camp Gap and was impressed by Garrett’s intelligence and asked why he preferred to live in an isolated spot instead of using his law knowledge and remaining a legislator or governor. Garrett said he had already been a legislator and asked to run for Senate or state offices. Garrett then said “most men end not being true to themselves and if they are caught, they go to jail. Nope, rather live where I am.”
2) during the War between the states, Garrett made salt peter for the Confederate Army. 3) During the war, Union General Kirk’s renegade band of men came to the area looting food and goods. A man came riding through the area, yelling “Kirk’s men are a’ comin’”.Confederate soldiers were asleep at Green Garretts. It was breakfast time and the women made them get up and they hid them n the woods. The slaves made up beds before the Yankees came. When the Yankees arrived, they asked for grain for their horses and Garrett agreed to give it to them. However when he saw that they were spilling it over the ground, he became angry and told his wife that they had enough trouble feeding all of the soldiers, children and wives of soldiers at war. He ran out and informed the enemy soldiers that they could have what they wanted, but not to spill one more piece of grain.”
Note: It is said that General Kirk is a direct ancestor of Rodney and Bill Kirk in the McHan line . Gen Kirk settled in Tennesee after the war and owned most of Gay Street in Knoxville. This line was also reputed to be part of Baltimore Kirk sterling family.
I. Martha Jane Rogers Garrett
b. 12 Aug 1821, Cocke County, TN
d. 23 Jan 1884, Jonathan Creek, Maggie Valley, N.c.
buried: Garrett Cemetery, Maggie Valley, N.C.
parents: James Bayless Rogers and Mrs. Rogers
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