Peter Garland, sheriff of Hanover County

Sheriff

Children of Edward Garland (c1665 – 1720):

1. Peter Garland (c1690-95 – 1745) He seems to be the eldest son, apparently born prior to his father’s arrival in New Kent, for his birth does not appear in the St. Peter’s register. He was of age in 1719 when Peter Garland replaced Edward Garland in the processioning of the district which included his father’s land.13 From processioning records it appears that he inherited and occupied a part of his father’s eastern Hanover County land, for he continues to appear in St. Paul’s parish past the formation of St. Martin’s parish. On 29 October 1720 he was elected to replace his father as a vestryman of St. Paul’s parish, and was elected one of its two churchwardens for the first of three times on 28 April 1724.14 He was appointed sheriff of Hanover in 1722 and again in 1735.15 He was alive as late as the vestry meeting of 13 October 174416 but was “Peter Garland Deceas’d” by 16 April 1745 when his position was filled.17 In the next processioning order in September 1750, his land was described as “Widd: Garland’s”.18

References

1. “Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover”. Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet < link >
2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~grizzard/garland.htm
3. Vestry book of St.Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786 compiled by Library Board in Richmond, VA in 1940 on ancestry.com citing ... - p276 on 29 Oct 1731 - p289 - p296 on March 1739 Ordered into one precint for processioning the lands of Peter Garland, Manoah Chiles, John Garland Orphans ... - p306 on 18 Aug 1743 Ordered into one precinct for processioning the lands of Peter Garland, Gent, Manoah Chiles, John Garland's orphans ... William Terrell, William Jennings, Matthew Jennings and that Edward Garland (III) see the said processioning performed