99. Emory Jarman
BIRTH-MILITARY-RESIDENCE: Emory Jarman's declaration for Revolutionary War Pension (from pension application file R5555 [North Carolina], National Archives):
State of Tennessee} On this 9th day of February 1836 personally appeared in open Court at a Circuit Court now
Knox County } holding for said County by the Hon. Edward Scott, being a Court on record, Emory Jarman a citizen of said County aged 73 years who upon his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed on the 5th June 1832 That he was born in Queen Ann County, Maryland on the 1st day of February 1763, where he lived about 3 years, when he moved with his father to Anson County N. Carolina, where he continued during the whole of the revolutionary war and for several years after, when he moved to Cumberland Cty N.C. where he lived about 30 years, when he moved to Wayne County Tennessee where he lived about 8 years, when he moved and permanently settled in Knox County Tenn. where he has continued to live ever since and still lives.
He states that he cannot remember accurately the precise period when he first entered into the army but he thinks it was about 3 years before the termination of the war, when he entered the army as a private volunteer, and was enrolled at Anson Court house into a company commanded by Captain Patrick Bogan and which company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Wade - he states that he marched under said officers against the tories who were embodied at Beatties Bridge on Drowning Creek, and after dispersing them there, he returned home having been in service one week - he states that shortly after this service, he marched under the same officers to dislodge the British who were stationed in a brick house near Wilmington - he states that on coming near the brick house his company took two British soldiers prisoners, and these prisoners told them how strongly the house was fortified and disuaded them from attempting to take it, and the prisoners having told them of a body of tories who were collected a short distance below on the Cape Fear River - applicant with his company marched against them and dispersed them, after which they returned home having been in service one week - applicant states that shortly after his return from this last service he was drafted for a tour of three months and was enrolled into a company commanded by Captain James Fair under whose command he marched to Anson old Courthouse where the whole of the draft from Anson County were collected, and then applicant marched with all the troops of said County down to Col. Arringtons command, which was stationed near the Hickory Grove on Big Pee Dee river - applicant states after reaching Col. Arringtons station his said Captain Fair left the army and returned home, and applicant and his company were put under some other Captain, whose name he does not now recollect - he remained there under the command of Col. Arrington until the three months for which he had been drafted had expired when he returned home - applicant states that but a few days after his return home he again volunteered and went under the command of his former Captain Bogan and marched towards Camden to join Genl. Gates army - he joined said army but a few hours before the battle in which Gates was defeated and fought a little while in the left wing, when he retreated with the balance of the army and returned home - applicant states he was in service this tour four days - Applicant states that but a few days after Gates defeat he enlisted into the regular army at Anson New Courthouse, for a term of eighteen months under Captain Miller, under whom he marched to Salisbury N.C. where he was placed into a company commanded by Captain Sharp, which company was attached to a Regiment under the command of Col. Archibald Little - under these officers applicant marched to Charleston S.C. was stationed on James Island until after the British had evacuated Charleston and peace was approaching, when applicant was honorably discharged on James Island by Col. Little and he returned home - he was discharged about two months before the period of his enlistment had expired, making his service in the regular army a period of 16 months - applicant states that he performed service in the revolutionary war as above stated, as a private militia man, three months, two weeks and four days, and as a private in the regular army sixteen months, amounting alltogether to a service of nineteen months two weeks and four days, for which he claims a pension - applicant states that he has a record of his age in his Bible, which was taken from his fathers record - he states that there is no Clergyman living in his neighbourhood - he states that the individuals in his neighbourhood who are acquainted with him and can testify as to his veracity and his reputation for having served in the revolutionary war are James Murry, Ruben Walker, Elijah Walker, Robert Gallaher and others - he states that he received a written discharge at the expiration of his said three months service, from Col. Arrington, and also a written discharge from Col. Little at the time he left the regular army - these discharges he states are both long since lost and destroyed. He states that he has no documentary proof whatever of his said services, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procur, who can testify to his services. He hereby relinguishes all claim to any pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and Subscribed
in open Court this Emory Jarman
9th day of February 1836DEATH-CHILDREN: Evidence for three sons of Emory Jarman is outlined in "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana" by John L. German, C.G. in THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, vol. 68, no. 2 (April 1993), pp. 87-94:
The published account of the life and family of Indiana pioneer David German does not identify his parents or his siblings (John L. German, "David German (1796-1867) and Family of Shelby County,Indiana," NGSQ 78[190]:279-298). Direct evidence naming the members of David German's birth family has not been found. However, important clues exist. The purpose of this paper is to present a preponderance-of-the-evidence argument proposing a father and two brothers for David German.
David German, born about 1796 (NGSQ 78]1990]:279), first emerges in November 1820 when he purchased corn at an estate sale in Randolph County, North Carolina (Stephen Henly file, Randolph Co. estate papers, North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, hereafter N.C. Arch.). The surname has several variant spellings including Gearman, Jermin, Garmon, and especially Jarman. The 1820 census of Randolph County is missing, and that county's tax lists between 1820 and 1827 are fragmentary, but the Randolph County road orders have survived. In 1822, David German and one Emery German were assigned to work the same section of a county road, while a William German was assigned to another section of the same road. In 1824 David, Emery, and William German were named as hands to cut a new road. Two years later, the three of them were again charged to work a single section of the old route (Randolph Co. road orders, February Term 1822; August Term 1824; May Term 1826, N.C. Arch.).
All of these assignments were in the southwestern part of the county in the vicinity of Betty McGee Creek. On 19 December 1824 David Jarman married Elizabeth A. Worth, and his bondsman was William Jarman.(Randolph Co. marriage bonds, N.C. Arch.) Two months later Levi Worth, Elizabeth's brother (NGSQ 78 [1990]:280) was bondsman for Emery German's marriage to Letty Warren on 17 February 1825 (Randolph Co. marriage bonds). No Germans or Jarmans, etc. of the preceding generation lived in Randolph County, and no Randolph County deeds, road orders, tax lists, or court records reveal the parentage or prior residence of David, Emery and William German. A list of insolvent taxables reveals that David Gearman left Randolph County without paying his poll tax for 1826 (Randolph Co. misc. tax records, N.C. Arch.). By 1830 he was in Indiana (1830 federal census, Union Co., Indiana, p. 492) and never again appeared in any records with any Germans other than his own offspring. The goal of finding David German's father was not obtained by further investigation of David German's life.
The quest for David German's father was broadened to include a search for the father of Emery and William German. Tracing Emery German's path to Tennessee lead to an investigation of an older Emory Jarman. Study of this older Emory Jarman yielded important details on William German. Proving the identity of William German is therefore a critical part of the solution to this genealogical problem.
THE YOUNGER EMERY GERMAN GOES WEST
The first record of Emery German found is as a buyer of a cotton wheel at an estate sale in Randolph County on 25 May 1820 (Samuel Newby file, Randolph Co. estate papers), more than two months before the enumeration for the 1820 census began. On 10 October 1821, Emery Gearman purchased land on Betty McGee Creek (Randolph Co. Deeds, 14:286 [microfilm at N.C. Arch.). Emery German was assigned road duty in Randolph County in 1826, but he had sold his land on 11 November 1825 (Randolph Co. Deeds, 16:238-240).
Emery Jerman, aged forty-nine, and Letitica, aged forty-five, are included in the 1850 census of Tippah County, Mississippi (p. 519, dwelling 397, family 397); their birth place was given as North Carolina, but the children living with them were born in Tennessee. Emery Jarman, aged thirty to forty, is in the 1830 census of Knox County, Tennessee (p. 350). Also in the 1830 census of Knox County is an Emory Jarman, aged sixty to seventy (p. 357).
Identification of the younger Emery Jarman in Knox County as the same who had resided in Randolph County, North Carolina is strengthened by an 1830 Knox County deed from him to Samuel York and John Alred - men with likely Randolph County connections (Knox Co. Deeds V1:456). A Samuel York, 10 April 1799 - 9 January 1873, is buried in the Tillery Cemetery, Knox County; "Born Randolph Co. N.C.," appears on his tombstone (Robert A. McGinnis, comp., Knox County, TN - Cemetery Records [card file], McClung Historical Collection, Knox Co. Public Library, Knoxville). The name John Alred or Allred appears three times in the published 1820 tax list of Randolph County (Barbara N. Grigg and Carolyn N. Hager, 1820 TAX LIST RANDOLPH COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA [Ashboro, N.C., 1979], 37, 38, 39).
THE OLDER EMORY JARMAN
The older Emory Jarman was born 1 February 1763 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland (Emory Jarman, Revolutionary Pension file R5555-North Carolina, National Archives). He was referred to as the "heir at law" of Robert Jarman in an Anson County, North Carolina, deed (Anson Co. Deeds B2:229). Another fact contained in this record is that Emory Jarman had been sued in 1785, and this deed was the result of the sale by the sheriff of 600 acres of land that had belonged to Robert Jarman (then deceased) to settle the judgement against Emory Jarman.
In his 1836 declaration for a Revolutionary War pension (rejected for "desertion"), Emory Jarman summarized his life's migrations. He moved with his father, whom he did not name, to Anson County when he was about three years old. After the Revolutionary War, he moved to Cumberland County, North Carolina, where he remained thirty years. His next move was to west Tennessee, and after eight years there he moved east to Knox County, Tennessee.
He appears as Emery Germany in the 1790 census of Cumberland County (p. 39), where he served as a road hand on Northington's Road between the Upper and Lower forks of Little River from 1800 to 1809 (Cumberland Co. court minutes, October Term 1800, October Term 1801, October Term 1802, July Term 1804, March Term 1808, March Term 1809, N.C. Arch.). Tax lists for Cumberland County have not been preserved for the years prior to 1815, and he does not appear thereafter. He recorded no deeds in Cumberland County. The last record found for him in North Carolina is as Emory German in the 1810 census of Cumberland County (p. 253); the statistics recorded for his household were: three males aged less than ten, one male aged ten to sixteen, one male aged sixteen to twenty-six, one male aged over forty-five, two females aged less than ten, one female aged ten to sixteen, one female aged twenty-six to forty-five and no slaves.
Emory Jarman is listed in the 1820 census of Hickman County, Tennessee (p. 171); his household comprised two males aged under ten, two males aged ten to sixteen, one male aged over forty-five, one female aged under ten and no slaves. The absence of an older female in this record suggests the death of his wife. Of greater importance for our argument below is the absence of three of the boys found in the 1810 census of Emory Jarman's household. No additional record of Emory Jarman has been found in Hickman County. Many of the early records of that county are lost.
The next record found for Emory Jarman is a marriage bond for his marriage to Peggy Brown dated 15 August 1828 in Knox County, Tennessee (Knox Co. marriage bonds, Knox Co. Archives, Knoxville; Emery's signature matches that on his pension application). They appear on the 1830 census of Knox County (p. 357) as one male and one female both aged sixty to seventy with no slaves. By 1832 Emory was apparently a widower again and had fallen on hard times. At it's January session, the Knox County court ordered $2.00 to be paid out of the county poor tax to Joseph Brown for keeping Emory Jarman the next three months. The court minutes show that Emory Jarman's support came from the county poor tax for the next eight years. The January 1840 session of the Knox County court contains one last entry ordering payment of "seven dollars and fifty cents to defray the burial expenses of Emory Jarman" (Knox Co. court minutes, January and July Sessions 1832, October Session 1833, October Session 1834, October Session 1835, October Session 1836, January, February and October Sessions 1838, October Session 1839, and January Session 1840, Knox Co. Archives). No will or estate has been found for Emory Jarman and the existence of such for a pauper is not expected.
THE ORIGIN OF WILLIAM JARMAN
Fortunately, the search for evidence more substantial than the onomastic clue pointing to Emory Jarman does not end in the chill of a pauper's grave. One record of genealogical significance is found among North Carolina's land grants.
On 27 November 1792, Emmory [sic] German paid for land entry #458 in his own name ("An account of lands entered by the entry taker of Cumberland County, February 14, 1792 till January 1, 1793," Records of the Secretary of State, N.C. Arch.). However, on 25 March 1795 the land for entry #458 was surveyed for William Young Garman in Cumberland County "on the upper side of upper Little River." Chain carriers for the survey were Emory Garman and Sol Walker. The 100 acre tract surveyed for William Garman was granted to him on 4 September 1799; Francis Walker paid the purchase money (North Carolina Land Grant Office Warrants and Surveys, envelope 3641 [examined in Sec. of State's office; now prob. at N.C. Arch.]). William Young Garman could not have inherited this land from Emory Jarman who was obviously very much alive, and no record of transfer appears in the county deeds or in the land records of the North Carolina Secretary of State. Whether this transfer reflected that this land was a gift to William Garman by Francis Walker or that Emory Jarman was protecting assets from possible future suits can only be speculated. In 1806 the owner of an adjacent tract described his property as joining Emory German's land (Cumberland Co. Deeds 31:205). The relationship between Emory and William Garman is not stated; however, North Carolina's land grant law required the grantee to provide two chain carriers for the survey ("Laws of North Carolina-1777," in THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, XXIV, ed. Walter Clark, [Goldsboro: Nash Brothers, 1906], hereafter N.C. STATE RECS. XXIV, 46). It will be shown that William Young Garman was an infant; the responsibility for providing chain carriers presumably fell upon his father. On the same day that William Garman's land was surveyed, a survey was made for Francis Walker with Emory Garman and Sol Walker again carrying the chains which suggests that Emory Jarman had secured the help of Sol Walker by exchanging his own labor as chain carrier for that family's labor (North Carolina Land Grant Office Warrants and Surveys, envelope 3640).
It was stated above that William Young Garman was an infant at the time his land was surveyed. Several pieces of evidence indicate that he was born about 1792. The name of William Jarman (Garman, German, etc.) does not appear in Cumberland County's records until 1810 when he was assigned to work on Northington's Road (Cumberland Co. court minutes, March Term 1810). This service was required of white males after they turned 18 (N.C. STATE RECS. XXIV, 810). He does not appear as the head of a household in the 1800 or 1810 censuses, but Emory German's household did include a male aged sixteen to twenty-six in the 1810 census (p. 253). William Germany was assigned to work on Northington's road again in 1812 (Cumberland Co. court minutes, March Term 1812; the practice of recording road orders in the court minutes was discontinued in Cumberland Co. after 1812). On 15 October 1812, William Y. Jarman married Celia Wren in Cumberland County (Cumberland Co. marriage bonds, N.C. Arch.). William and Celia Jarman appear in the 1850 census of the Northern Division of Cumberland County (p. 143, dwelling 636, family 636); his age was reported as fifty-seven.
William Jarman's father was probably Emory Jarman. William Jarman's middle name "Young" might be a clue to his maternal ancestry, but the wills and estate records of Cumberland County provide no leads. Regrettably, the marriage bonds for Anson and Cumberland Counties before 1800 have been lost, and North Carolina's state wide index to marriage bonds (at N.C. Arch.) shows no marriage for Emory Jarman in other counties.
IDENTIFYING WILLIAM GERMAN
The name of William German or Jarman as owner of one-hundred acres appears in the tax lists of Cumberland County from 1815 through 1818 (Cumberland Co. tax lists, Capt. Walker's Dist., 1815, Capt. Clark's Dist., 1816, 1817, 1818, N.C. Arch.) and then vanishes from that county's records for eighteen years. The one-hundred acres that had been granted to William Garman was among seven tracts of land sold by the Cumberland County sheriff on 8 May 1820 to settle a judgement against Duncan McLean; the record does not reveal how Duncan McLean obtained these properties (Cumberland Co. Deeds 32:506-7).
The earliest record of William German in Randolph County is the 1822 road order. However, it is established that William German was there as early as 1821 because in 1827, the Randolph county sheriff sold William's 250 acres on Betty McGee Creek to settle $1.14 in unpaid taxes from 1821 (Randolph Co. misc. tax records, N.C. Arch.). The deeds of Randolph County do not show how William German acquired this land.
William German continued to reside in Randolph County after David and the younger Emery had left North Carolina. The 1830 census record for William German in Randolph County (p. 2) shows the adult male's age was thirty to forty and the adult female's age was forty to fifty. Debt became a problem for William Jarman: In 1831, 1833, and 1834, he executed deeds of trust to sell much of his personal and real property to settle his debts (Randolph Co. Deeds 18:455-56, 19:299, 454-55). William Garman sold the last of his land on 1 June 1835 (Randolph Co. Deeds 20:184-85) and vanishes from Randolph County. He soon reappears in Cumberland County.
On 7 January 1836 William Garman of Cumberland County purchased from Faitha Walker seventy-five acres (half of a tract that had been willed to her and her sister Dicy Walker by their father Francis Walker) (Cumberland Co. Deeds 42:356). In 1839, $11 for expenses was paid to William Jarman out of the estate of Dicy Walker (Dicy Walker file, Cumberland Co. estate papers). In 1849, he became coadministrator with John Morrison of the estate of David Walker, the bachelor son of Francis Walker (David Walker file, Cumberland Co. estate papers; Francis Walker will, 29 January 1818, Cumberland Co. wills [original], N.C. Arch.). William Jarman and the Walker family lived in that portion of Cumberland County that was cut off to form Harnett County in 1855. David Walker was the administrator of Dicy Walker and he had not disposed of her land before his own death; his estate was not settled before the formation of Harnett County. Nearly all of Harnett County's records were destroyed by fires in 1892 and 1894.
William Jarman's close ties to the Walker family arouse suspicion that Francis Walker may have been William Jarman's maternal grandfather. The 1834 tax list of Randolph County includes, in addition to William German, a Francis German who was subject only to poll tax (Randolph Co. tax lists, Capt. Dean's Dist, 1834). A careful examination of Walker wills and estates failed to confirm or refute a family connection.
In the 1840 census of Cumberland County (p. 254) the adult male age in Will Jarman's family is forty to fifty and the adult female age is fifty to sixty, reaffirming that William's wife was older than he. Celia's age in the 1850 census (p. 143) is given as forty-seven, or ten years younger than William's age, but the youngest of the four "children" included in this household is twenty-two, suggesting that William's wife was probably in her sixties.
The chronology of William Jarman's residences, the older wife, and the resumption of commerce with the Walker family are not the only evidences confirming the identity of William Jarman in Cumberland and Randolph Counties. The signature of William Jarman appears on his marriage bond, on David German's marriage bond, on David Walker's estate administration, and on a Randolph County road jury report dated 15 February 1827 (Randolph Co. misc. records, N.C. Arch.). While comparison of his signature on his 1812 marriage bond to later samples is neither positively or negatively conclusive, comparisons between the later samples show them to be by the same hand.
SUMMARY OF CLUES
David German's appearance with Emery German in Randolph County, North Carolina in the 1820s provides the first clue to his ancestry. The uncommon surname German (or Jarman) coupled with the unusual name Emery turned the research towards an older Emory Jarman in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The quest for detail on the elder Emory Jarman's family uncovered one probable son in Cumberland County: William Jarman, born about 1792. A study of the life of William Jarman revealed that he was the same William Jarman who was David German's security on the latter's marriage bond in Randolph County, making their acquaintance more than casual. Additionally, David German's brother-in-law, Levi Worth, was security on Emery German's marriage bond. Cultural similarities are also evidenced: The elder Emory Jarman and the three younger men were all capable of signing their own names, and none of them was a slave owner.
Previously observed was the absence of three boys from the elder Emory Jarman's household in 1820. The ages of those boys in 1810 agree with the approximated birth dates of the three young men found later in Randolph County: aged sixteen to twenty-six: William born about 1792; aged to to sixteen: David born about 1796; and aged under ten - Emery born about 1801.
CONCLUSIONS
Identifying the father of David German, born about 1796, by direct evidence has not been possible. However, very compelling indirect evidence has been uncovered using a whole-family approach to this problem. The appearances of William Jarman and the younger Emery German in Randolph County mutually reinforce the conclusions that they are sons of the elder Emory Jarman, and the details found on David, Emery, and William German in Randolph County form a synergism that necessitates the conclusion that David German was another son of the elder Emory Jarman.
_________________________________________________RELIGION: Wayne County, Tennessee, Union Baptist Church Records 1825 - 1889, submitted by Missy Ricketts, 8095 Carriage Lane, Apt., 304, Cordova, TN 38018: http://www.netease.net/wayne/unionbaptist.htm Last updated 8 August 1998.
"This is a transcription of the original church record book which begins with the founding of the Union Baptist Church on Hardin Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee on 26 March 1825. Ms. Ricketts found the original
book in her grandmother's trunk." The entries for JARMAN follow:
January the 7th day 1825; List of members includes Emery JARMON.
"Church met at union meeting hous Saturday before the fourth lords day in December 1826 & after worship proceeded to business first a door was opened for the reception of members & none came froward 2nd brothr JARMAN came froward with a charge against himself for getting in a passion & the Church forgives him."
"Church met at union meeting house Saturday before the fourth lords day in August 1827 & after worship proceeded to business first a door was opened for the reception fo members & none came froward 2nd Eemery JARMON came froward & with drew himself from the church & is considered no more a member of this church."
SPOUSE: About 24 March 2001 I received a phone call from a Mrs. John A. McFee (Leah Walker McFee) (6939 N 28th, Arlington, VA 22213; 703-534-0634). Mrs. McFee identified herself as a ggg-grdau of Francis Walker thru his son Solomon Walker and his son Lewis Walker. Mrs. McFee has a letter that was written by William Jarman to Lewis Jarman regarding the distribution of the estate of David Walker - bachelor son of Francis Walker. William was the administer of David Walker's estate in the 1850s. Mrs. McFee read to me a sentence from this letter where William Jarman says "Aunt Rachel" was not doing well. Mrs. McFee believes (and I agree) that this Aunt Rachel was the widow of Francis Walker JR. Given all the other interactions William Jarman had with the Walker family, I do believe this is telling us William Jarman was a grandson of Francis Walker Sen. Mrs. McFee promised to send me a copy of the letter, but alas after four weeks ago. I have written to her to remind her how much I would value a copy of this letter, but I am despairing that we may never get to see this letter. Addendum: 21 April 2001, as I was entering this paragraph, Mrs. McFee called me to explain she had broken her arm and again promised to send a copy of this letter.
________________________October 15, 1853 North Carolinian (Fayetteville, weekly):
"State of North Carolina--Cumberland County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions--September Term, 1853Benjamin Morrison and wife Dicy, William Jarman and Peggy Jarman versus
Frank Sorrell, John Sorrell, Robert Jarman, Patsey Jarman, David Jarman,
Emory Jarman, and Alexander L McLean.
Petition for partition of the lands of David Walker, dec.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Frank Sorrell, John
Sorrell, Robert Jarman, Patsey Jarman, David Jarman, and Emory Jarman
are non-residents, and a copy of said petition cannot be served on
them, it is therefore ordered that publication for six weeks be made
in the North Carolinian, directing them to appear at our next Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for the county of Cumberland, at
the courthouse in Fayetteville, on the first Monday in December next, and
plead or demur to the petition, of the same will be taken pro confesso and
heart ex parte as to them.Witness, John McLaurin, Clerk of our said Court, at office in
Fayetteville, the first Monday of September A. D. 1853."
201. Elizabeth German
"Extracts from Randolph County Civil Actions" THE GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL by the Randolph County Genealogical Society; vol. XXIX #4 (Winter 2005), p. 45:
Box 21, 1516-B: [C.R. 081.325.21]
"In the case of Elizabeth GERMAN (JARMAN) v. John BOLING, witnesses summoned included Sarah CHANDLER, Mary HANCOCK, Peggy BROOKSHIRE, Emery GERMAN and his wife (to Nov Term 1816).
Bastardy Bonds, THE GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL by the Randolph County Genealogical
Society;vol. XIV #1 (Winter 1993), p. 48:
1817, Elizabeth German, mother of child sired by John Bolin; security
on bond: Thos. Harvey, Jonathan Lewallen.
100. Robert Jarmon
Several years ago, John B. Cross, a great great grandson of Robert
Jarmon wrote,"...I find from old records and papers as follows, Robert
Jarman was a native of Wadesboro, N.C. his father was an old
revolutionary soldier and lost his life in the defense of the city of
Charleston during that struggle. Robt. Jarman emigrated from N.C. in
1804 to the city then village of Nashville Tenn. He raised a regiment of
Tennesseans near Nashville and commanded same as colonel in the battle
of New Orleans." (John B. Cross, Whitesville, TN, two typed pages in the
Jarman verticle file at the Tennessee State Library.)
Robert Jarmon was a blacksmith (Anson Co., deeds, C#2;4), and in June
1807 he announced he had erected a shop on Yellow Creek, 10 miles west
of Charlotte, where he would make gins. Three years later he purchased
340 acres on Duck River at the mouth of Hurricane Creek. Lt. Col. Robert
Jarman, of the 2nd. Regt. West Tennessee Militia was mustered into
service 13 Nov 1814 and served until his enlistment expired on 13 May
1815; he took his Negro servant John with him (Compiled military service
record, War of 1812, National Archives). Besides his miltary duty, Col.
Jarman had a long record of public activity including serving on the
commission to establish boundry lines for Humphreys County, first
chairman of the county court, justice of the peace, and member of
Tennessee's 11th and 14th General Assemblies. (BIOGRAPHIES OF THE
ENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ***).
The above mentioned legislative biography entry for Robert Jarmon was
written by a descendant, Wilbur W. Jarmon. Mr. Jarmon has provided most
of the dates for the births and deaths of Robert Jarmon's children. He
indicates that his source was a Jarmon-May family Bible owned by a Miss.
Elizabeth Cross of Cherokee, Alabama; no other details of this Bible
were provided (Wilbur W. Jarmon, Jacksonville, FL, letter to John L.
German, 12 July 1974).DEATH: NATIONAL BANNER & NASHVILLE WHIG, Sat. 21 March 1829, abstracted
in OBITUARIES FROM EARLY TENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS 1794-1851, by Lucas, and
copied in letter from Alice Koonce, Refugio, TX, 30 Jan. 1979.
______________________from obituaries National Banner & Nashville Whig (Nashville, TN newspapers)
Wed, May 22, 1833 - Jarmon, Ebenezer Bolivar - son of Col. R. B. Jarmon, aged 2 years and 4 months, died in Fayette Co on the 9th inst.
Sat, Jul 22, 1826 - Jarmon, Mr Joseph - son of Gen Robert Jarmon - died in Humphreys Co on the 12th inst
Sat, Mar 21, 1829 - Jarmon, Gen Robert - died at his residence in Humphreys Co on the 7th ult
Fri, Mar 12 1830 - Major William Jarmon - died at Perryville on the 25th ult, son of the late Gen Robert Jarmon - he lest a wife and infant child
206. Robert Jarmon
DEATH: "Jarmon, Col, Robert, attorney of law of Perryville, Tenn., aged 25, died on the 17th inst. at home of Stephen Jarmon, Esq.; son of Gen. R. Jarmon of Humphreys Co." (Jackson Gazette, 26 June 1824) [reprint in The River Counties July 1973]
209. Joseph Jarmon
DEATH: NATIONAL BANNER & NASHVILLE WHIG, Sat. 22 July 1826, abstracted
in OBITUARIES FROM EARLY TENNESSEE NEWSPAPERS 1794-1851, by Lucas, and
copied in letter from Alice Koonce, Refugio, TX, 30 Jan. 1979.
212. Mary Jarmon
MARRIAGE: Published abstract of HARDEMAN COUNTY TENNESSEE MARRIAGES.
101. William Jarman
FATHER: Anson Co., NC, deeds, C2:4, 10 January 1792, "..I the said
Robert Jarman of the state of North Carolina in the County of Anson
blacksmith for and in consideration of the love good will and affection
which I have and Do bear towards my Brother Wm. Jarman..."DEATH: 1850 Federal census, Mortality schedule, Randolph County, Ala.,
died of pleurisy. Abstract in HISTORICAL RECORDS OF RANDOLPH CO. AL was
copied and sent by M. Fair, 25 May 1988 via Fidonet.ref: Marilyn Davis Barefield, comp., Historical Records of Randolph County, Alabama 1832 - 1900 (Southern Hisotrical Press, Inc. Easley, SC, 1985)
p. 158: "1850 Mortality Schedule Randolph County"
William German, age 70, white male married farmer, born SC, died January of Pleurisy after 7 days illness. [Obviously this age is wrong - JLG]
__________________ref: Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S., Marlborough County, South Carolina Minutes of the County Court 1785-1799 and Minutes of the Court of Ordinary 1791-1821 (Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1981).
p. 66: Sept. Term 1793, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1793:
William German vs Saml Fields. Case. Continued.p. 67: March Term 1794, Monday, March 3, 1794:
William German vs Samuel Fields. Discontinued.p. 73: March Term 1795, Tuesday, March 3, 1795:
Isaac Frazor vs William German. Non Pross.p. 75: March Term 1795, Wednesday, March 4, 1795:
Vernon Mortimer & Co vs William German. Judgement by default for amt.of note, interest & cost of suit.p. 91: Sept. Term 1798, Monday, Sept. 3, 1798:
Vernon & Mortimer & co vs William German. Capias ad satis. Sheriff returned that he had taken the body of the deft. and confined him in gaol until he gave a bond with John Odam security....p. 95: Sept. Term 1799, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1799:
Wm L. Thomas vs German & Odam. We find for pltff $72.10 & cost of suit.pp. 96-129: Minutes of the Court of Orfinary:
[No mention of German, Jarman etc.]
_________________________________ref: [no author], First Tax Digests Fayette County Georgia 1823 - 1834 (Ancestors Unlimited, Inc., Jonesboro, Ga., 1988).comment: Contents of this book are transcribed tax lists for the years 1823, 1824, 1827, 1829, and 1831 thru 1834.
p. 1: 1823, Capt. John C Davis' Dist:
William German, lot 40, 100 a, dist 4 (Fayette Co.), tax = .43 1/4
Emery German, lot 40, 100 a, dist 4 (Fayette Co.)
lot 188, 100 a, dist 8 (Houston Co.), tax = .56 1/4p. 11: 1824, Capt. B Martin's Dist:
Emery German, 1 negroe
lot 40, 202 1/2, dist 4 (Fayette Co.)
lot 108, 202 1/2 pine, dist 5 (Houston Co.), tax = 1.03
1/4
William German, tax = 31 1/4p. 41: 1827, Capt. J. M. Lyons' Dist:
Jarman, Emory, 1 negroe, tax = .62 1/2
and as agent for William Jarman, tax = .31 1/4
p. 43: same year and district:
David Howard, tax = .62 1/2 "defaulter"p. 57: 1829, Capt. Orme's Dist:
Howard, David, tax = .31 - 2 1/2
p. 58: same year and district:
McFerson, Uzza,
agent for William Garrison, lot 130, $50, English pines with water,
dist 4 (Fayette Co.), tax = .37 - 9p. 105: 1831, Capt. Nichols' Dist:
Howard, David, 1 poll, tax = .31 1/4
Jarmon, William, 1 poll, land $50, dist 6 (Fayette Co.), tax = 37 1/2p. 107: 1832, Capt. Nichols' Dist:
Uzza McFerson, 1 poll, tax = .62 1/2 "defaulter"
p. 116: same year and district:
Jarman, William, no slaves, tax = .25p. 145: 1833, Capt. Smedley's Dist:
Jarman, Emry, 1 poll, 167 a, $ 50, dist 4 (Fayette Co.),
157 a, $160, dist 13 (3rd), tax = .47 1/2p. 185: 1834, Capt. Armstrong's Dist:
Jarman, Henry W., lot 842, $40, dist 12 (1st section), tax = .18 - 1 1/4
p. 188: same year and district:
William Jarman, tax = .31 - 2 1/2 "defaulter"
p. 191: same year, Capt. English's Dist:
Emery Jarman, 1 slave, lot 187, $50, dist 4 (Fayette Co.), tax = .34 - 3
3/4
215. Mary Jarman
RESIDENCE: 1850 Federal census, Randolph Co., Alabama, p. 389.
231. Eastling Chappel
AGE-SPOUSE: 1850 Federal census Benton Co., Alabama, p. 423.
107. William Jarman
BIRTH: As a Revoultionary War pensioner, William Jarman's age was
recorded in the 140 Federal census of Anson County, NC.MARRIAGE-DEATH: Revolutionary War pension application W4003 of Mary
Jarman, widow of William Jarman, 3rd Regt. Virginia Light Dragoons.
110. Asa German
From: John German [german@jarman.net]
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 1:15 PM
To: German, Guy W; German, Terry
Subject: Re: New DNA Test Results Posted"German, Guy W" wrote:
>
> John,
> Now that Terry (my younger brother) has his DNA results back, can you help
> interpret them? You indicate that because our DNA is an exact match (first
> 12 markers) for yours that we are related. Finding that magic traceability
> to the Robert Jarman line has been very difficult. From my earlier
> e-mailings to you, the furthest back that I can validate is:
>
> William Thomas German 1814-1861
> Wayne Theodore German 1857-1927
> George William German 1881-1922
> George William German, Jr 1915-1991
> Jacqueline Faye German 1942 - my sister
> George William German III 1946 - me
> Randolph Walter German 1949 - my brother
> Linda Kaye German 1954 - my sister
> Terry Lynn German 1958 - my brother
>
> How William Thomas German fits into your Robert Jarman line is a big
> question mark. It would have to be somewhere before David or Emory time.
> This is such an interesting puzzle. Knowing that this is genetically the
> right path will help focus my research for the future. Any new leads that
> you find will be most welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Guy
>Gentlemen,
Its not an absolute certainty that you also descend from Robert Jarman -
although the time and geography seem to offer very little room for
alternatives. Robert had a probable brother John who died in Queen Ann
Co., MD about 1756 and we know very little about his descendants other
than the next generation remained in Maryland. Another possibility
could be that your William German was the son of a new immigrant from
England - although I don't know of any coming in thru Mobile or New
Orleans that could be William's father. So while not yet certain, I
would tend to believe you are descendants of Robert Jarman. But how is
indeed the big question. I am anxious to see the remaining markers to
learn if there are any differences that might be isolated to a smaller
branch - but I won't be surprised to find a 25/25 match either.
Meanwhile here is some old fashion research I put together for you:
1840 census Natchitoches Parish, LA, p. 10:
William Jarman 10001-10001-no slaves1850 census Sabine Parish, LA, p. 134, hse 467, fam 469:
William German 36 MS
Louisa 35 LA
Virginia 11 MS
Amanda 7 LA
Mariann 4 "
Robt 1 "1860 census Sabine Parish, LA, p. 324, hse 508, fam 508:
William German 46 MS
Louisa 45 LA
Amanda 18 "
Mary A L 12 "
Laura J 7 "
Warren A 5 "
Wayne T 2 "What strikes me about the above records is the consistency of William's
birthplace. And its also curious that Virginia was born in MS - where
did William marry Louisa? The marriage was presumably near her parents
home so did the Wrights move to Mississippi briefly or did William marry
her in Louisiana and briefly take her back home to MS?????The 1820 census of Mississippi only reports two German / Jarman
families:1820 census Hancock Co., MS, p. 30:
Presly German 100010-00010 no slaves
Although there is a boy born before 1820 in this record, it is believed
he is Charles German, b c1818, who lived in Washington Parish, LA. And
with only one child in the household, it seems unlikely that child would
be 6 years old with no younger siblings unless Presly was a very
recently remarried widower.1820 census Claiborne Co., MS, p. 10:
Asa German 110101-30010 six slaves1830 census Claiborne Co., MS, p. 83:
Asa German 10012001-0121001 eleven slavesNow these records do seem to indicate Asa was a widower when he married
Elizabeth Barland on 17 Jan 1809 in Adams Co., MS. My interpretation of
this family is thus:Asa German, b 1770-1775 and unknown wife:
son b 1800-1802
Asa German, b 1770-1775 and Elizabeth Barland, b 1780-1790:
son b c1809 (possibly Robert Barland German of Jefferson Co., MS)
dau b 1810-1815
son b 1810-1815 <-----!!!
dau b 1815-1820
dau b 1815-1820
dau b 1820-1825
son b 1825-1830Now I can't say that this Asa German is your ancestor, but unless the
Yankee army burned them, I would want to look for deeds and estate
records in Claiborne Co., MS. I did not find much on the Internet for
Claiborne Co. except for these marriage records:Mississippi Connections, Marriages, Claiborne Co., Ms., Index - G,
edited and revised by Robert L. "Bob" Davis
http://www.mississippiconnections.nisa.com/marriage/Claiborne/m-c-g.html
GERMAN, Margaret LUPO, H J 1871-Jul-08
GERMAN, Margaret MEANS, William D 1833-Apr-20
GERMAN, Mary BATTLES, John 1870-May-14
GERMAN, Mary Ann THOMPSON, Elias L 1833-Feb-04
GERMAN, Robert B PHILIPS, Caroline M 1838-Jan-09
GERMAN, William A FRANKLIN, Martha 1869-Dec-23
http://www.mississippiconnections.nisa.com/marriage/Claiborne/m-c-tuv.html
THOMPSON, Mary Ann BUTLER, Samuel H 1837-Oct-25If you fellows have genealogy database software, I could send you my
file I use to build my online pages. If you don't have such, you can
download a program from the Mormon's website http://www.familysearch.org
Its actually a very nice program and the price is great - its free.
___________________________From: Dale Thompson [mailto:eedeetee@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:22 AM
To: german@jarman.net
Subject: German near Natchez 1771
Hi,
Just a quick note that I took while at the library.
The book, Passports of the Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823 by
Potter, there is a report by a traveler by the name of Edward Mease
who went "through the several parts of West Florida."He went to "several of the settlers houses who are situated on both
sides of the River St. Catherine and at a distance of 3 miles from
Fort Panmure." [Note: Fort Panmure was at Natchez. There is a stream
named St. Catherine's near Natchez. It is usually referred to as a creek.]He set down a list of the settlers that he visited. One of them was
William German. While all the other entries listed the head of household
and the number of children, William German's entry was written down as
"William German and Associate." According to the report he visited on
Saturday, 23 Feb 1771.He further indicates that, "these people are mostly from Maryland and
Carolina. They came down the Cherokee [Tennessee] River with
some others settled near Conways below the Point Coupee and are in
general very laborious good settlers."Regards, Dale
*
From a similar message posted to the Thompson board on GenForum.com (same date)
"He set down a list of the settlers that he visited. One of them was Richard Thomson who lived there with a wife and 3 children. According to the report he visited on
Saturday, 23 Feb 1771. Other settlers were Henry LeFleur (translator), Samuel Ferguson, Samuel Wells (tanner), Daniel Perry, Michael Prudhomme (blacksmith), (?) Wively, Jacob Miller, Michael Hooder, Alexander, Trifot, Nicholas Hoyt(last name ?), and William German."
____________________Posted by Dale Thompson on the GERMAN board at GenForum.com , 30 Dec 2005, msg. 918:
Probate records in the county clerk's office in the town of Port Gibson in Claiborne Co. MS contain a file for Asa German. On a piece of paper dated July 1, 1833, the heirs of Asa German are listed as:
William German
David German
Robert German
Eli Thompson (h/o Mary Ann German)
William D. Mears (h/o Margaret German)
Louisa German
118. Philpeana Jarman
CHILDREN: Lincoln Co., TN, ct. min., J;387 (as abstracted by Sam Michael
Ashby, Fayetteville, TN (see letter dated 29 April 1976)).
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-SPOUSES: Tombstone of George Small and wives read by
Sam Michael Ashby, Fayetteville, TN (from letter dated 29 April 1976).
119. Rachal Jarman
SPOUSE-CHILD: Jones Co., NC, deeds, book 14, p. 313 (as abstracted by
Zae H. Gwynn in RECORDS OF JONES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, p. 533):
"August 29, 1816: Shadrack (Shadrick) Jarman of Wilson Co., Tenn., and
Wm. Burton, who married Rachel Jarman, Jr., of Pulaski Co., Kentucky,
sold to Emanuel Jarman of Jones Co., NC, 7 negroes for $2300.00.
Shadrick Jarman for self and as attorney, Lemuel Koonc, Robert Jarman,
John Jarman, and Wm. Burton[?], as attorney of Michael [Buster], Jarman
Winsett and George Small, as heirs of Rachel Jarman of Jones County, NC,
deceased..... wts: Amos Jarman, Macl Jarman."
120. Aclsey Jarman
MARRIAGE: Washington Co., Virginia, marriage register, 1;63. The names
are recorded as Lemuel Coontz and Else German.