William Joseph Garland

Revolutionary War soldier, first with the North Carolina 10th Regiment of the Continental line (1781-1782), then with Gen. Marion's Brigade (1782) in and around Charleston SC.

The Garland family cemetery and the included graves were destroyed in the 1930's by road construction. See http://tinyurl.com/dyjuwfp. Descendants placed this new memorial marker in 2005 in the nearby cemetery of the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church for William and his wife, Lydia, whose exact burial place is unknown

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41041737

GEDCOM Note

usan Case <suecase@@yahoo.com> research

ID: I0926
Name: William Joseph GARLAND
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1750 in Weldon, Halifax Co., NC
Death: 1827 in Darlington Co., SC
Military Service: BET. 1777 - 1781 Revolutionary Soldier with 2nd Co., SC Continental Troops commanded by Capt. Joseph Warley. Private.
Military Service: 4 NOV 1775 enlisted in First Regiment, served under Francis Marion
PROP: granted 200 acres in Cheraw Dist. after the Revolutionary War.
Note:
William Joseph Garland b. c. 1750 Edgecomb Co., NC, d. 10 Feb 1827Darlington Dist., SC m. Lydia Cooley b. c. 1770 NC d. c. 1830 Darlington Dist.,SC. Had following children: Martha "Patsey" b. c. 1786 Cheraws Dist., SC; Jesse b. 02 Oct 1787 NC d. 13 Jan 1870 Chesterfield, White Plains, Darlington Dist., SC; Eramus Hambleton b. 1790 Darlington Dist., SC; Dorcus 1790 SC d. c.1850 TN; Mary "Polly" b. 1793 Watauga, TN d. 1868 carter Co., Garland Branch,TN; Joseph Garland (my ancestor) b. 1794 Cheraws Dist., SC d. 12 jan 1871Walnut Hill, Vernon Parrish, LA; Asa b. 1804 White Plains, Darlington Dist.,SC
DDPAJ@@aol.com Doyle D. Jones

He enlisted in the First Regiment on 4 Nov. 1775.

from letter dated 29 August 1876 from Margaret R. McElveen:
Will of William Garland dated 7 Aug 1827 naming his son Jesse, wife Lydia, and others can be obtained from the Darlington County Probate Judge's office.
For his Revolutionary Service, go to SC Archives and see the Revolutionary War Files for his folder and also Revolutionary Bounty Land Grant. Bounty Grant Book 3, Pages 22-25.

Marriage 1 Lydia COOLEY b: 1774
Married: ABT. 1786
Children
Jesse GARLAND b: 2 OCT 1787 in NC
Erasmus Hambelton GARLAND b: ABT. 1791
Mary GARLAND b: 1793
Joseph GARLAND b: 1794
Asa GARLAND b: BEF. 1796
Martha GARLAND b: BEF. 1798
William GARLAND b: BEF. 1802

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William Joseph was the William who served with "The Swamp Fox". I got a copy of his land grant (given after the war) today when I was in Darlington.
There was also a William W. who served in the War of 1812--Part of the
family but some debate whether or not he is son of William Joseph.
Wilbur Lee Garland

ID: I0922
Name: William Joseph GARLAND
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1750 in Weldon, Halifax Co., NC
Death: 1827 in Darlington Co., SC
Military Service: BET. 1777 - 1781 Revolutionary Soldier with 2nd Co., SC Continental Troops commanded by Capt. Joseph Warley. Private.
Military Service: 4 NOV 1775 enlisted in First Regiment
PROP: granted 200 acres in Cheraw Dist. after the Revolutionary War.

Marriage 1 Lydia COOLEY b: 1774
Married: ABT. 1786
Children
Jesse GARLAND b: 2 OCT 1787 in NC
Erasmus Hambelton GARLAND b: ABT. 1791
Mary GARLAND b: 1793
Joseph GARLAND b: 1794
Asa GARLAND b: BEF. 1796
Martha GARLAND b: BEF. 1798
William GARLAND b: BEF. 1802
Susan Case <suecase@@yahoo.com>

This information is verified by Dan Garland dhg52@@en.com From a Will of William Garland

Search Terms: GARLAND (42), WILLIAM (8698)
Database: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 1-20
Combined Matches: 2
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume I
Number 1, Winter, 1973
Requests for Information

SCMAR, Vol. I, Winter 1973, No. 1, p.54
13. GARLAND. Mrs. Marguerette Garland Nation (655 Rutherford Street, Shreveport, La. 71104) would like to correspond with descendants of William Garland of Darlington Dist., a Revolutionary soldier. He d. ca. 1827. Where buried? Mar. Lydia Cooley, dau. of John Cooley. William and Lydia (Cooley) Garland had issue: Jesse (b. 1787, m. Mary Crow), Asa (m. Elizabeth Wood), Joseph (b. 1794, m. 1st Eliza Parrish and 2nd Sarah Ann Crow), Hambleton E., Mary or Molsey (m. Powers Blackmound), Martha or Patsy (m. Aaron Seegers).

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SCMAR, Vol. IX, Winter 1981, No. 1, p.19
Mary Blackburn, the wife of the late Powers Blackburn dec'd and the daughter of William Garland who died in Chesterfield distrct in the State of South Carolina in or about the year A.D. of the county of Lauderdale and State of Alabama on this the 9th day of January A. D. 1860 sell to John W. Chisholm my entire interest both personal and real in my deceased Father's Estate and all interest accruing under and from a certain will my Father made during his lifetime; which will placed certain negroes or Slaves to wit two girls “Lize” and“Laze” in his wife's, my others hands for her use her lifetime, and then to be equally divided and distributed between or to my sister Martha who is or was the wife of Aaron Segur and myself....

[Legfebruary.FTW]

Susan Case <suecase@@yahoo.com> research

ID: I0926
Name: William Joseph GARLAND
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1750 in Weldon, Halifax Co., NC
Death: 1827 in Darlington Co., SC
Military Service: BET. 1777 - 1781 Revolutionary Soldier with 2nd Co., SC Continental Troops commanded by Capt. Joseph Warley. Private.
Military Service: 4 NOV 1775 enlisted in First Regiment, served under Francis Marion
PROP: granted 200 acres in Cheraw Dist. after the Revolutionary War.
Note:
William Joseph Garland b. c. 1750 Edgecomb Co., NC, d. 10 Feb 1827Darlington Dist., SC m. Lydia Cooley b. c. 1770 NC d. c. 1830 Darlington Dist.,SC. Had following children: Martha "Patsey" b. c. 1786 Cheraws Dist., SC; Jesse b. 02 Oct 1787 NC d. 13 Jan 1870 Chesterfield, White Plains, Darlington Dist., SC; Eramus Hambleton b. 1790 Darlington Dist., SC; Dorcus 1790 SC d. c.1850 TN; Mary "Polly" b. 1793 Watauga, TN d. 1868 carter Co., Garland Branch,TN; Joseph Garland (my ancestor) b. 1794 Cheraws Dist., SC d. 12 jan 1871Walnut Hill, Vernon Parrish, LA; Asa b. 1804 White Plains, Darlington Dist.,SC
DDPAJ@@aol.com Doyle D. Jones

He enlisted in the First Regiment on 4 Nov. 1775.

from letter dated 29 August 1876 from Margaret R. McElveen:
Will of William Garland dated 7 Aug 1827 naming his son Jesse, wife Lydia, and others can be obtained from the Darlington County Probate Judge's office.
For his Revolutionary Service, go to SC Archives and see the Revolutionary War Files for his folder and also Revolutionary Bounty Land Grant. Bounty Grant Book 3, Pages 22-25.

Marriage 1 Lydia COOLEY b: 1774
Married: ABT. 1786
Children
Jesse GARLAND b: 2 OCT 1787 in NC
Erasmus Hambelton GARLAND b: ABT. 1791
Mary GARLAND b: 1793
Joseph GARLAND b: 1794
Asa GARLAND b: BEF. 1796
Martha GARLAND b: BEF. 1798
William GARLAND b: BEF. 1802

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William Joseph was the William who served with "The Swamp Fox". I got a copy of his land grant (given after the war) today when I was in Darlington.
There was also a William W. who served in the War of 1812--Part of the
family but some debate whether or not he is son of William Joseph.
Wilbur Lee Garland

ID: I0922
Name: William Joseph GARLAND
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1750 in Weldon, Halifax Co., NC
Death: 1827 in Darlington Co., SC
Military Service: BET. 1777 - 1781 Revolutionary Soldier with 2nd Co., SC Continental Troops commanded by Capt. Joseph Warley. Private.
Military Service: 4 NOV 1775 enlisted in First Regiment
PROP: granted 200 acres in Cheraw Dist. after the Revolutionary War.

Marriage 1 Lydia COOLEY b: 1774
Married: ABT. 1786
Children
Jesse GARLAND b: 2 OCT 1787 in NC
Erasmus Hambelton GARLAND b: ABT. 1791
Mary GARLAND b: 1793
Joseph GARLAND b: 1794
Asa GARLAND b: BEF. 1796
Martha GARLAND b: BEF. 1798
William GARLAND b: BEF. 1802
Susan Case <suecase@@yahoo.com>

This information is verified by Dan Garland dhg52@@en.com From a Will of William Garland

Search Terms: GARLAND (42), WILLIAM (8698)
Database: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 1-20
Combined Matches: 2
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume I
Number 1, Winter, 1973
Requests for Information

SCMAR, Vol. I, Winter 1973, No. 1, p.54
13. GARLAND. Mrs. Marguerette Garland Nation (655 Rutherford Street, Shreveport, La. 71104) would like to correspond with descendants of William Garland of Darlington Dist., a Revolutionary soldier. He d. ca. 1827. Where buried? Mar. Lydia Cooley, dau. of John Cooley. William and Lydia (Cooley) Garland had issue: Jesse (b. 1787, m. Mary Crow), Asa (m. Elizabeth Wood), Joseph (b. 1794, m. 1st Eliza Parrish and 2nd Sarah Ann Crow), Hambleton E., Mary or Molsey (m. Powers Blackmound), Martha or Patsy (m. Aaron Seegers).

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SCMAR, Vol. IX, Winter 1981, No. 1, p.19
Mary Blackburn, the wife of the late Powers Blackburn dec'd and the daughter of William Garland who died in Chesterfield distrct in the State of South Carolina in or about the year A.D. of the county of Lauderdale and State of Alabama on this the 9th day of January A. D. 1860 sell to John W. Chisholm my entire interest both personal and real in my deceased Father's Estate and all interest accruing under and from a certain will my Father made during his lifetime; which will placed certain negroes or Slaves to wit two girls “Lize” and“Laze” in his wife's, my others hands for her use her lifetime, and then to be equally divided and distributed between or to my sister Martha who is or was the wife of Aaron Segur and myself....

Dan, et al,
Am sending your lineage list to Catherine, a computer contact for the Garland Bend group, I recently - last Sunday- got into contact by our meeting her at the reunion. I understand Beverly Garland in Midland, Texas, has computer access but did not get her email address, couldn’t talk to her long enough, before other people got her attention.

Noel

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From: "Dan Garland" <dhg52@@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Noel Garland" <noelgarland@@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Met a classmate of yours yesterday
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:35:59 -0500

To answer your question about William Garland's children, I have copied a Family history on William at the end of this message. I think most of my information is reasonably accurate.

Regards,

Dan

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1 William Garland

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Birth: 1755-1760, probably NC

Death: 2 Oct 1827, Darlington District SC

Burial: Lydia, Darlington County, SC

Father: John Garland Sr. (~1724->1800)

Mother: (?) Elizabeth

Revolutionary War soldier, first with the North Carolina 10th Regiment of the Continental line (1781-1782), then with Gen. Marion's South Carolina 1st Regiment (1782) in and around Charleston SC.

The DAR Patriot Index has the following entry: Born 1755-1760, d 1827, Married Lydia Cooley, Pvt, SC.

William's final service in the Revolution concluded in the fall of 1782 in South Carolina. The South Carolina Act contemplating bounty land to veterans had passed in 1778 and the final ordinance authorizing grants passed in 1784. William seems to have had a definite incentive to shift his Revolutionary service from North Carolina to South Carolina where bounty land would be his reward. He married a SC bride, Lydia Cooley, about 1785. The Cooley family lived in part of the Cheraw District later to become Darlington District, so he seems to have chosen that specific location to settle down and make a claim for bounty land, the first of which he received in 1793. Meanwhile, sons, Jesse, and possibly another arrived in the family before 1790 giving him further incentive to sink his roots where he was.

It is said that William had a brother, John, of Wayne County NC, who is the grandfather of Governor Augustus Hill Garland of Arkansas.

In 1790 Cheraw District (preceded Darlington) SC census, there is a household listing for William Garlant (note mispelling), males >16 one, <16 two; females one.

1800 Darlington County census shows following household: males 26-45 one, <10 three; females < 10 one, 26-45 one.

1820 Darlington household census: males 10-16 two, >45 one; females 16-26 one, 26-45 one.

William's will, written August 7, 1827, recorded October 2, 1827 reads as follows:

WILL OF WILLIAM GARLAND

In the name of God Amen. I William Garland of south Carolina Darlington

District being weak in body but in sound and perfect mind - and considering

the uncertainty of mortal life. First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife

Lydia Garland all and singular my lands, negroes, Stock, tenements, furniture

& during her natural life should she survive me I also give and bequeath to my youngest son Erasmus H Garland at his mothers death all my lands and one

negro boy named Sam. I also will that my son E H Garland shall take care of

his Mother during her life - I also Will and bequeath to my beloved children

namely Jesse, Joseph, Marta, Mary, Asa, one negro woman named Lacy &

her child Mary together with all the issue of them , also my stock of all sorts of Horses, Cattle, hogs, sheep and goats mules & - to be equally divided among them within six months after their mothers death - first paying all my lawful debts and charges - I thereby make this my last will and testament revoking all wills by me made hetetofore, and do acknowledge the same and and establish it absolutely without Condition, In testimony

whereof I have hereunto set my

hand and seal this the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord One

thousand eight hundred & twenty seven in the presence of

Shadrack Prince his X mark

John W Segars William Garland

Joseph Garland

Recorded in Will Book 7 Page 289

Recorded October 2nd 1827

Sheppard Williams Ord. D.D.

Apartment A Pkg. 303

Spouse: Lydia Cooley

Birth: abt 1770

Death: abt 1841

Father: John A. Cooley (~1750-<1796)

Mother: Rachel ?Kinchen (1750-<1839)

Marr: abt 1785

Children: William (1786-)

Jesse (1787-1870)

Joseph (~1794-1871)

Molsey (Mary) (1794-1878)

Martha (Patsy) (1805-1877)

Asa (1806->1880)

Erasmus Hambleton (~1806-)

1.1 William Garland Jr. (?)

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Birth: ~1786, Darlington District SC

The existence of this probable firstborn child is not firmly established. In the 1790 census of the William Sr. family, there were two males under age 16 ... Jesse and presumably William, Jr. In the 1800 census, there were three .. Jesse, Joseph and presumably, William Jr. There was no 1810 census record, but William Jr. was not found in future reccords, except for an War of 1812 enlistment in Darlington District on September 24, 1814 (as a substitute for William Parnell) by a William Garland. It is speculated that this son died from some cause during the war.

1.2 Jesse Garland

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Birth: 2 Oct 1787, Darlington, SC

Death: 13 Jan 1870, Chesterfield County, SC

Burial: White Plains Baptist Church; Chesterfield SC

Jesse and wife, Mary, moved to Chesterfield County SC in 1811 and continued to live there.

Copy of Jesse's will of November 13, 1860 is in the William Garland file at the DAR library in Washington DC.

Spouse: Mary Crow

Birth: 23 Mar 1794, Wayne County, North Carolina

Death: 28 Feb 1878, Chesterfield County SC

Father: John Crow Jr. (1760-1828)

Mother: Susannah Stevens (1776-1860)

Marr: 30 Apr 1812, South Carolina

Children: Elizabeth Caroline (1813-)

Mariah Jane (1814-1874)

Lydia Louiza (1816->1887)

Mary Ann Hester (1818-1858)

John Wesley (1819-1865)

Ransom Barfield (1821-1892)

Jesse Ellison (1823-1862)

Mourning Stevens (1825-)

Janet Beaty (1827-1828)

Benjamin Franklin (1829-1908)

Joseph Hambleton (1832-)

Martha Ann (1834-)

Robert Nelson (1838-1861)

1.3a Joseph Garland*

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Birth: abt 1794, SC

Death: 12 Jan 1871, Vernon Parish, LA

Burial: Glass Window Cemetery, Vernon Parish LA

Household present in 1820 Darlington County census, males: 16-26 one, <10 one; females 16-26 one. Though it was speculated that Joseph and family went to Alabama in perhaps the 1830's, where his wife, Eliza, died, this early trip is probably not true. Listed in Darlington 1840 census as head of household with following members: male: 40-50 one, 15-20 two, 10-15 one, 0-5 one; female 20-30 one, 0-5 two. Listed in Darlington District 1850 census with second wife, Sarah and 7 others in the household. Joseph filed for insolvency in Darlington July 4, 1851. Then went to Calcasieu (later Vernon) Parish LA. Seems to have made some effort to change his identity after arriving in Louisiana, i.e., commencing to use the first name "Jasper" and describing his origin as Alabama when he appears in the 1870 Calcasieu Parish census. Nonetheless, his lonely gravestone bears the name "Joseph Garland".

Spouse: Eliza Parrish

Birth: abt 1798, South Carolina

Death: bet 1825 and 1836

Marr: bef 1820

Children: Edward (1821-1865)

William Washington (1823-1883)

Jesse G. (possibly C for Cornelius) (~1825-?)

Other Spouses Sarah Ann Rachel Crow

1.3b Joseph Garland* (See above)

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Spouse: Sarah Ann Rachel Crow

Birth: 19 Sep 1813, Darlington County NC

Death: 7 Jul 1890, Louisiana

Father: John Crow Jr. (1760-1828)

Mother: Susannah Stevens (1776-1860)

Marr: abt 1835

Children: Martha Ann Elizabeth (1836-)

Susie Ann Rachel (1838-)

Thomas Kimber (1840-1929)

Mary Julia (1845-)

Joseph Jasper McDonald (1847-1905)

James Irvin Bird (1849-1927)

Sarah Frances (~1854-)

Asa S. (~1858-)

Sarah Frances "Fannie"

Other Spouses Eliza Parrish

1.4 Molsey (Mary) Garland

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Birth: 23 Mar 1794

Death: 28 Feb 1878

Spouse: Powers Blackman (or Blackburn)

Birth: ~1798, South Carolina

Death: Alabama

Marr: bef 1821

Children: ?Dorcas

Liddy Ann (1830-)

Mary Ann (1832-)

Elizabeth (1834-)

?Luvick/Lorrick/Lovel (1837-)

Samira

Melissa

?John (1825-)

1.5 Martha (Patsy) Garland

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Birth: 1805

Death: 10 May 1877, Chesterfield County SC

Descendants to Louisiana

Spouse: Aaron Seegers

Birth: bef 1800, SC

Death: aft 1860

Father: John Seegers (1770-)

Mother: Martha

Marr: ~1820

Children: Richard Wilaford (1829-1898)

1.6 Asa Garland

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Birth: ~1806

Death: aft 1880, probably Darlington County SC

Burial: probably Garland Cemetery, Lydia SC

Occ: Farmer

Appears in Darlington 1840 census (mispelled Galland) as head of household with following members: male 30-40 (1), 20-30 (1), 0-5 (1); female 20-30 (1), 15-20 (1), 0-5 (1) .Still present in Darlington in the 1880 census age 75 with following household, Elizabeth 65, James 28, Joseph 19. Not sure what happened to Joseph.

Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Wood

Birth: ~1815

Father: Henry Wood (1786-)

Mother: Catherine (1786-)

Children: David A. (~1836-)

William H. (~1841-1863)

George W. (~1847-~1933)

Henry M. (~1846-)

Henry Lee (1846-1916)

Jesse J. (~1848-)

Catherine (Katie) (~1841-)

James Buchanan (1856-1933)

Sarah (~1855-)

James Leon (1862-1932)

1.7a Erasmus Hambleton Garland*

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Birth: abt 1806, Darlington District SC

Despite being given his father, William's, remaining land and possessions in William's 1827 will, to become effective at the death of his mother, Lydia, Erasmus moved on to Henry County AL, where he acquired land about 1837. Erasmus was the sheriff of Henry County 1835-1838. Later, he moved on to Calcasieu Parish Louisiana, and then on to Texas.

Spouse: Charlotte Trawick

Birth: 24 Nov 1805, Darlington District SC

Father: George Trawick

Mother: Tabitha

Children: Lydia L. (1830-1886)

Carolina Elizabeth (1828-1905)

William (1834-)

Jane (1838-)

E. N. (1841-)

Martha (1849-)

Other Spouses Jane McNease

1.7b Erasmus Hambleton Garland* (See above)

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Spouse: Jane McNease

Birth: ~1823, Tennessee

Children: Hambleton Jasper (1847-)

Martha (1850-)

J. Marion