John Garth, Jr.

DAR Ancestor # A044394

John Garth

• Born about 1713
• Died before 11 Sep 1786, the date his Will was proved, at about age 73 in Trinity Parish, Louisa County, Virginia, United States
• Son of John Garth and Mary
• Husband of Hannah (Unknown) Garth — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Husband of Rachel (Unknown) Garth — married about 1740 [location unknown]
• Husband of Elizabeth Price (Clark) Garth — married before 1775 (to 1786) in Louisa County, Virginia
• Father of Thomas Garth Sr., Sarah (Garth) Mousley, Mary Ann (Garth) Lobban, Elizabeth Rose (Garth) Ross, David Garth, John Garth Jr and William Garth

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DAR Ancestor # A044394

• Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: CIRCA 1720 ENGLAND
• Death: ANTE 9-11-1786 LOUISA CO VIRGINIA
• Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2, PP 625, 642
• Service Description: 1) RENDERED MATERIAL AID

Marriage 1 Rachel

Children

1. Elizabeth "Betty" Garth b: 1747 in Trinity Parish, Louisa County, Virginia
2. Thomas Garth
3. David Garth
4. John Garth
5. Sarah Garth
6. Mary Ann Garth

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Biography

John Garth was living on the Spotsylvania County frontier by 1733. He and his wife Mary were settled in present-day Madison Co., VA. Their son John Garth (1713-1786) married three times: (1) Rachel?; (2) by 1761, Hannah; and (3) in 1775, Louisa Co., VA, Mrs. Elizabeth (Price?) Clark, widow. He died in Shelby or Henry Co., Kentucky. He was the father of at least eight children. His son Thomas Garth (1740-1812) married Judith Bocock, the daughter of Salem Bocock by 1761.

Source: Davis, Rosalie Edith. “The Garth family : descendants of John Garth of Virginia, 1734-1986.”(Dexter, Mich. : Thomson-Shore, Inc., c 1988). Not available online due to copyright date.

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Will

1780 Jul 29 - Louisa Co, Va - Will Bk 3:153 - Proved: 11 Sep 1786
Will of JOHN GARTH, Parish of Trinity. To my wife land on south side of Roundabout Creek. Mentions children: Thomas Garth, David Garth, John Garth, Sarah Mousby, BETTY ROSS, Mary Anne Lobbins. Executors: sons, Thomas & David Ross & friends, Henry Garrett & Thomas Johnson.;

Notes

Earliest record was that he owned land in 1734 in St. Martin's Parish, Hanover Co, VA

John owned a grist mill later know as Byrd's Mill. Patrick Henry lived next to John Garth.

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marbledb&... (dead link) Last Changed: June 4, 2016

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VIRGINIA LOBBANS NARRATIVE

Excerpt from Malcolm Lobban’s book, The Scottish Surname LOBBAN (2008).

https://lobban.one-name.net/?page_id=2643

To begin this chapter, I resort to information gleaned from an America family history (The Garth Family: Descendants of John Garth of Virginia, 1734-1986) written by Rosalie E.R. Davis, and printed by Thomson-Shore, Inc., Dexter, Michigan.

In spite of the surname Garth, this family has a strong Lobban connection reaching back to Aberdeenshire. The story relates to one John Lobban (b.1734) who, at the age of twelve, is said to have run away from his home somewhere in Longside parish in that county. We are told his decision to flee arose from bad feelings between him and his stepmother. …

… Whatever the reason, it appears that John Lobban was in Albermarle County, Virginia, in August 1759, at which time he witnessed a deed concerning land. In February 1764, he married Mary Ann Garth, and by 1780 the couple had settled in the adjoining county of Amherst. Here, he is on record as having served 61 days (15 June to 7 September) as a private in the 4th Regiment, Amherst County Militia. This type of military conscription seems to have been obligatory at that time in the American colonies.

His wife, Mary Ann, died in January 1785, and the census of that year shows John Lobban plus eleven white souls living in his home; which tends to prove that he had ten children. Other references in the Garth family history relate to buying and selling Negro slaves. Names mentioned are Daniel (sold for £66); Sukey, a girl (sold for £11.5s); and Gilbert, a boy (sold for £27.5s).

Part of the Garth family history was written down in 1900 by an unnamed member aged sixteen years. Although taken from oral tradition, it contains names of John and Mary Ann Lobban’s children, namely: Peggy, Nancy, Betsy and Jesse (twins), Bill, Mary, Patsy, John and James (not in order of birth): a daughter, Sarah, is not mentioned here. This, then, accounts for the ten children noted in the aforementioned census records, although their respective birth dates are not given. …

References

1. http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full...
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Garth-135 cites
   1. Davis, Rosalie Edith. The Garth family : descendants of John Garth of Virginia, 1734-1986. (Dexter, Mich. : Thomson-Shore, Inc., c 1988). Not available online due to copyright date.
3. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZJ1-YC7/john-garth-1713-1780 cites
   1. THE GARTH FAMILY: Descendants of John Garth of Virginia, 1734-1986. By Rosalie Edith Rogers Davis, Pub., 1988. Chapters: The Garth Surname; Old John Garth of Spotsylvania & Orange Counties; John Garth of Hanover & Louisa Counties; Descendants of Thomas Garth, Sr., David Garth, Sarah Garth Mousley, Elizabeth Garth Ross, Mary Ann Garth Lobban; Traditions, Claims & Stories; Search For Family Origin; Coats of Arms. 60 photographs of Garths and their old homes; maps; full-name index; typeset; archival paper; hardbound; 6 x 9 inches; 593 pages
   2. 1767 - David Garth, son of John Garth - Louisa County, Virginia Tithables and Census 1743-1785.
   3. 1780 - Louisa, Virginia will book 3, page 15, John Garth, Will (Henry Garrett among executors)
   4. 1815 - Charles Mills Sr & Sarah his wife to Wade Mills - Louisa, Virginia deed book M, page 534 (Joel Parrish, David Morris, David Garth & descendants of John Garth, deceased, neighbors)
   5. Ancestry.com, Historical Southern Families, Volume XXIII. “Ford family, including Elisha Ford and Sarah O'Neall.” Page 18. < AncestrySharing >
   6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141901798/john-garth “Father of Elizabeth Garth Ross.”