James Garnett, Jr.

James GARNETT, son of James Garnett and Sarah Taylor, married Ann SHIPP. [His sister, Tabitha Garnett married Ann Shipp's brother Edmund Shipp].

Like several of his relations, James Garnett might have served in the Revolutionary War. After the war, many war veterans were granted land in the western reaches of the American colonies, and James and Ann Garnett moved their family westward across the mountains and into Woodford County, Kentucky. This move was probably made in or before 1795.

The first few of James and Ann's children were born before the family moved from Virginia. Anthony, Lewis, Thomas and James were all born in the old home state, while Anderson, Fanny, Elizabeth T. and possibly another daughter were born after the family arrived in Kentucky.

Very little is known about the social and financial situation with this family out on the frontier of the American colonies. They lived at an area known as the Forks of the Elkhorn near the famous Baptist Church of that name. The homestead of the GARNETTs in Kentucky is just a bit north of Lexington.

By October 1807, James GARNETT was growing very ill and decided to write up a last will and testament. The will was eventually probated on April 4, 1808, so it is likely that James Garnett died some time between October 1807 and April 1808.

Ann, his wife, survived her husband but we do not know exactly when she died. She appears on the 1810 census of Woodford County as a widow and was shown as the owner of ten slaves. James Garnett's inventory at time of death included ten slaves, several saddle horses, cattle, thirty sheep, pewter plates and other furniture...so it is likely that these possessions along with the slaves were inherited by his widow. Ann appears on the tax rolls for 1811, but by 1813 she is no longer listed in the tax records. The 70 acre GARNETT farm on Glen's Creek was inherited by James Garnett's will by the eldest son, Anthony. But apparently Anthony Garnett sold the farm to his younger brother James when he moved his family to Christian County Kentucky.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GARNETT/2004-02/10760...