Garrett
This schetch on the Garretts is taken from:

A BOOK OF GARRETTS compiled by Hester E. Garrett, published 1963, pp. 80-81, 118-122.

     Some authorities trace the origin of the Garrett family to the Gherardini family of Florence, Italy.  The name there became Geraldini.  Thom (Tum, Tunc, Tonque) Gerard, born about 1040, Amalfi, died 1120, was founder of the Order of the Knights Hospitaler of St. John.  On of the Gheradini when to Normandy and thence to England with William the conqueror, by whom he was awarded large estates.  In France the name was Gerrard of Gerard.  The Garretts from Normandy were cloth merchants, or rather, weavers of cloth.  A branch went ot Wales where they could get cheaper fuel and labor for their manufacturies and were called Garrit, Garet, and somtimes Gerald.

     During the reign of the feudal Kings of Normandy, the Garrett clan whose services consisted in part of keeping the signal fires lighted as a warning of contemplated attack by the enemy, were rewarded by having their arms emblazoned with the motto "Sember Fidelis", and so courageously did they discharge their duty that they were further honored all over the civilized world by reference to the upper rooms, from which the signals had been given, as "the Garrett."  From the early history of this family their name was synonomous with "torch-bearer."

     In English records various spellings used almost interchangeably are:  Garratt, Garrot, Garat, Gerard, Gerrard, Fitzgerald (used in Ireland), Gerald and Garrett.

     The English Garretts were for some eight generations closely connected with the English court,being Barons of Byrne and said to have been directly descended from King Edward II.  One Thomas Gerrard was living in Kent County, England in the latter part of the 15th century.  His son, Lawrence, was the father of John, whose son William was Lord Mayor of London in 1551.  direct descendants of this line emigrated to America.  The first Garrett in this country is said to have been one William, who came with the Jamestown settlers in 1607.  He is said to have been an ancestor of Edward Garrett, the progenitor of the South Carolina Garretts, from which Amanda (Garrett) Howard descended.
GARRETT INDIVIDUALS:
Amanda Bowen Garrett was born January 4, 1849 at Cambell County, Georgia, and died June 19, 1930 at Cullman Alabama, buried at Good Hope Cemetery.  She is the youngest daughter of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  Amanda married Hiram Bolding Howard on March 31, 1868 at Campbell County at her parents' home.  Around 1883, Hiram and Amanda moved their family to Cullman County, Alabama, and bought land in the Good Hope Community.  Children:  George Young, Fannie Jessica, Robert Glenn, Thomas Joseph, William Garrett, Mattie Estelle, James Raymond, Hugh Beebe, Lilliam Flo, Mary Adeline, Claudia Lucille, Carrie Ellen, Paul Mitchell, Edna Ruth.
Anne Garrett was born June 1, 1793.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  She married John Harris.
Dorcas Garrett was born April 12, 1773.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  She married Stephen Mullins.
Edward Garrett was born c. 1690 in Virginia, and died December 20, 1751 at Fairfax County, Virginia.  He married Elizabeth Catlett in 1730.  Children:  Silas, Edward Garrett, Jr., Jesse, Margarett, Frances, Stephen, Thomas, John V.   Edward has a record of a land grant in 1742 in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Edward Garrett, Jr. was born August 31, 1733 at New Kent, Fairfax County, Virginia, died August 24, 1794 at Warrior Creek, Laurens County, South Carolina, buried at Warrior Creek Cemetery, Laurens County, South Carolina.  He is the son of Edward I. Garrett (c. 1690) and Elizabeth Catlett.  He married Anne West Ousley (daughter of Thoman Ousley II and Ann West) on June 2, 1759 at Fairfax, Cameron Parish of Loundon County, Virginia.  Around 1767 they moved to Old 96 District in South Carolina, where Edward received a grant of land on Warrior Creek, in what is now Laurens County.  Here they made their home and here in the old church yard, with many other Garretts, they are buried.  Children: Elizabeth, John, William, Nicholas, Jessee, Fannie, Rhoda, James, Dorcas, Stephen, Mary, Martha, Irene, Edward III, Anne.
Edward Garrett III was born in 1787 and died in 1867.  He is the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  He married Ellender Higgins in 1805.
Edward Garrett was born in 1787.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.
Elisha Garrett was born in 1791.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.
Elizabeth Garrett was born October 20, 1760.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  She married John Ashley.
Elizabeth Fannie Garrett was born in 1845.  She is the daughter of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  She married WW Walthall.
Fannie Garrett was born May 11, 1768.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  She married Pleasant Sullivan.
Francis Marion Garrett was born in 1835.  She is the daughter of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.
Horace Buford Garrett was born June 2, 1908 at Marshall County, Alabama and died April 15, 1976 at Marshall County, Alabama.  He married Irene Jordan.  [This information provided by Ken Garrett]
Hosea Garrett was born in 1800.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.  He married #1 Mary, #2 Nancy Banks, #3 Ms. Hertzog.  Hosea settled in Washington County, Texas, where he aided Dr. Burleson in furnishing money to establish the Baptist School at Chapell Hill, Texas, which moved to Bell County, then to Waco and became Baylor University.
Irene Garrett was born August 23, 1780.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  She married Robinson Moore.
Isaac Garrett was born July 22, 1808 at Warrior Creek, Laurens County, South Carolina, died September 3, 1867 at Campbell County, Georgia, buried at Piney Woods Cemetery, Fulton County, Riverton Dist., Georgia.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.  He married Elizabeth Ball in South Carolina.  Isaac and Elizabeth moved to Campbell County, Georgia in 1831 and settled on the east bank of the Chattahoochie River, where he acquired several hundred acres of land.  Children:  William J., Lemuel, John E., Mary Ann, Francis Marion, Young, Parker R., Sarah Priscilla, Elizabeth Fannie, Amanda Bowen.
James Garrett was born August 23, 1771.  He is the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  He married Betty Edwards.  James and Betty moved to Mississippi.
Jessee Garrett was born in 1766.  He is the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  He was in Tyrrell County, North Carolina in 1790.
Jessee Garrett was born in 1796.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.  He married Nannie Owings.
John Garrett was born c. 1600-1603 at Leistershire, England and died August 31, 1680 at Upper Darby, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  He is the son of William Garrett and (?).  He married Mary (?) at Hose, Leistershire, England.  Children:   John, Jr.
Jonathan Garrett was born in 1789.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.
John Garrett was born c. 1675 at New Kent, Virginia and died in 1728.  He is the son of John I. Garrett and Elizabeth Ware.  He married Francis Elizabeth Buckner in 1698 at Leicestershire, England.  Children:  John, Robert, Joseph, John III, Edward, Nicolas, Thomas.
John Garrett was born January 7, 1762 at Fairfax, Virginia, died April 14, 1844 at Warrior Creek, Laurens County, South Carolina, buried at Warrior Creek Cemetery, Laurens County, South Carolina.  He is the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. (1733) and Anne Ousley.  He married Sarah "Sallie" Mauldin in South Carolina in 1782.  John was a Revolutionary War soldier from South Carolina, DAR #211537.  Children:  Rachel, Edward, Thomas, Jonathan, Elisha, William, Jessee, Pattie "Polly", Hosea, John, Isaac.
John Garrett was born in 1803.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.  He married Manicy Owings.  John and Manicy moved to Texas.
John Edward Garrett was born April 8, 1830 and died in 1913.  He is the son of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  He moved to Texas.
The following information for John E. Garrett was supplied by Ken Garrett:  John Edward Garrett was born at Warrior Creek, Laurens County, South Carolina in 1830.  He married Mary Jane Smith on September 26, 1849 at Campbell, Georgia.  They migrated to Randolph County, Alabama and then on to Marshall County, Alabama.   Children:  Thomas M. Garrett (1850)  John Edward Garrett died April 11, 1913 and is buried at Mount Vernon Baptist Church near Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama.  Mary Jane is buried there also.  John E. Garrett was a Private in Company F 25th Alabama Infantry CSA. 
John I. Garrett was born February 2, 1634 at Leistershire, England, was christened on February 7, 1635, and died in 1706.  He is the son of John Garrett and Mary (?).  He married Elizabeth Ware in 1664 at Leistershire, England.  Children:  John, Nicolas, Mary, Robert, Thomas, Elizabeth.
Lemuel Garrett was born October 19, 1827 at South Carolina, and died in 1865.  He is the son of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  He married Martha Cash at Campbell County, Georgia.  Children:  Christopher Columbus, Manicy D., Marion LaFayette, Seaborn, Arthur Rice, Alexander Stephen.   Lemuel was a Corporal in Co. E 35th Regiment of the Confederate States Army.  Wounded while in Virginia, he died in a hospital in Savannah Georgia in 1865, and he is buried in the Confederate cemetery there.
Martha Garrett was born November 28, 1780.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.
Mary Garrett was born April 12, 1777.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.
Mary Ann Garrett was born in 1832.  She is the daughter of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  She married a Mr. Givens.  Their children, orphaned at an early age, grew up in the home of their maternal grandparents, Isaac and Elizabeth Garrett.
Nicholas Garrett was born March 11, 1765.  He was the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.
Parker R. Garrett was born May 2, 1840 and died March 9, 1913.  He is the son of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  He married Mahala Divine.  Children:  Jannie L., Sara, William, Divine P., Lelia, Doctory Y.
Pattie "Polly" Garrett was born in 1798.  She is the daughter of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.
Rachel Garrett was born in 1783.  She is the daughter of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.
Rhoda Garrett was born November 24, 1769.  She is the daughter of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  She married George Hughes.
Robert Alexzandra Garrett was born November 2, 1878 at Sand Hill, Georgia and died November 16, 1928 at Alabama.  He is the son of Thomas M. Garrett and Pheobia Jane Barfield.  He married Lanoria Estell Causey on December 6, 1927 in Alabama.  [This information provided by Ken Garrett]
Sara Priscilla Garrett was born in 1843 and died in infancy.  She was the daughter of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.
Stephen Garrett was born April 19, 1775.  He is the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  He married Elizabeth Putnam.
Thomas Garrett was born in 1788.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Mauldin.  He married Sarah Higgins.
Thomas M. Garrett was born in 1850 at Campbell County, Georgia.  He died in 1929 at Marshall, Alabama.  He is the son of John Edward Garrett and Mary Jane Smith.   He married Pheobia Jane Barfield (?).  Children:  Robert Alexzandra Garrett (1878).  [This information provided by Ken Garrett]
William Garrett was born September 9, 1763.  He is the son of Edward Garrett, Jr. and Anne Ousley.  William married Winnaford Bolt.  He was a Revolutionary soldier.  After the war he moved to West Virginia.
William Garrett was born in 1794.  He is the son of John Garrett and Sarah Higgins.
William J. Garrett was born September 24, 1825 in South Carolina, and died May 13, 1894 at Atlanta, Georgia.  He is the son of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  He married #1 Ellen Lathem, no children.  He then married #2 Mary A. Wallace Buttell.  Children:  Emma L., Mattie E., Viola A.

William was six years old when his parents moved from Laurens County, South Carolina to Georgia.  When in his teens, with great enterprise, he opened a general merchandise store at the crossroads near his home with a capital of only $300.  He did well and three years later moved his store into Campbellton with a partner, Alfred Austell, who later founded the Atlanta National Bank.  In 1857, William moved to Palmetto, which had beocme a railroad center.  During the Civil War, he served as a Major in the Commissary Department with headquarters in Augusta, Georgia.  In 1865, he and a younger brother, Young Garrett, opened a produce house in Atlanta, known as Garrett & Bro.  Broadening his interests, he helped develop Westview Cemetery and the Cotton Export Mill.  He was elected to the Board of Directors of the Atlanta National Bank and was on the Fulton County Commission from 1885-1886.  He retired from business in 1883.  (Memoirs of GA.  V1, p. 780.  So. Hist Assoc. 1895)
Young Garrett was born November 24, 1835.  He was the son of Isaac Garrett and Elizabeth Ball.  He moved to Atlanta and was in business with his brother William.
GARRETT FAMILIES:
Edward Garrett c.1690
married:  Elizabeth

     Edward Garrett, Jr.  (1733)
Edward Garrett, Jr.  1733
married:  1759  Anne Ousley

     Elizabeth (1760)
     John (1762)
     William (1763)
     Nicholas (1765)
     Jessee (1766)
     Fannie (1768)
     Rhoda (1769)
     James (1771)
     Dorcas (1773)
     Stephen (1775)
     Mary (1777)
     Martha (1778)
     Irene (1780)
     Edward III (1787)
     Anne (1793)
John Garrett (1762)
married:  Sarah "Sallie" Mauldin
     Rachel (1783)
     Edward (1787)
     Thomas (1788)
     Jonathan (1789)
     Elisha (1791)
     William (1794)
     Jessee (1796)
     Pattie "Polly" (1798)
     Hosea (1800)
     John (1803)
     Issac (1808)
Isacc Garrett (1808)
married:  Elizabeth Ball
     William J. (1825)
     Lemuel (1827)
     John E. (1830)
     Mary Ann (1832)
     Francis Marion (1835)
     Young (1835)
     Parker (1840)
     Sarah Priscilla (1843)
     Elizabeth Fannie (1845)
     Amanda Bowen (1867)
Amanda Bowen Garrett (1849)
married:  March 31, 1868  Hiram Bolding Howard
     George Young Howard (1869)
     Fannie Jessica Howard (1870)
     Robert Glenn Howard (1872)
     Thomas Joseph Howard (1873)
     William Garrett Howard (1875)
     Mattie Estelle Howard (1877)
     James Raymond Howard (1879)
     Hugh Beebe Howard (1881)
     Lillian Flo Howard (1883)
     Mary Adleine Howard (1884)
     Claudia Lucille Howard (1886)
     Carrie Ellen Howard (1889)
     Paul Mitchell Howard (1890)
     Edna Ruth Howard (1893)
William J. Garrett  (1825)

married:  Ellen Lathem
children:  none

married:  Mary A. Wallace Buttell
     Emma L.
     Mattie E.
     Viola A.
Lemuel Garrett  (1827)
married:  Martha Cash
     Christopher Columbus
     Manicy D. (1853)
     Marion LaFayette (1855)
     Seaborn B. (1857)
     Arthur Rice (1859)
     Alexander Stephen (1859)
Parker R. Garrett  (1840)
married:  Mahala Divine
     Jannie L. (1871)
     Sara (1872)
     William (1874)
     Divine P. (1876)
     Lelia (1877)
     Doctory Y. (1888)
GARRETT RESOURCES:
A BOOK OF GARRETTS compiled by Hester E. Garrett, published 1963.
GARRETT: 1000 YEARS FROM NORMANDY by Edward R. Garrett of Houston, Texas, published by D. Armstrong, Inc., Houston, Texas.
OTHER GARRETT INFO I HAVE FOUND IN MY SEARCH:  (NOT RELATED TO MY GARRETTs)
There are six Garrett men listed as prisoners at the Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp during the Civil War.
Use this link to go to the Andersonville Prisoner Lookup page to find out more information on each man.
          Thomas Garrett, Pvt, IN
          Solon H. Garrett, Pvt, MI
          M. F. Garrett, Pvt, TN
          Simeon Garrett, Pvt, PA
          Edwin W. Garrett, musician, OH
          John Garrett, Pvt, PA
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