Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Garnett
Descendants of John Garnett
61.MARIA5 GARNETT (MUSCOE4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born July 22, 1777 in Essex Co., Virginia, and died August 14, 1811.She married JAMES HUNTER September 21, 1796 in Essex Co., Virginia, son of WILLIAM HUNTER and SARAH GARNETT.He was born March 14, 1774 in Essex Co., Virginia, and died February 1826 in Essex Co., Virginia.
Notes for JAMES HUNTER:
From "The Garnetts of Essex County and Their Homes" by William Garnett Chisolm; Genealogies of Virginia Families III:
At a young age James Hunter of 'Hunter's Hill," became associated with his uncle,James Hunter, as a shipping merchant in Portsmouth, Virginia. They exported cargoes of flour, corn and tobacco and imported chiefly salt, rum and molasses, and also furnished guns to privateers filling out in Norfolk. Young Jmaes returned to Essex and established his own business at "Laytons," and became a successful merchant and shipper. He married his cousin Maria Garnett, who had been born at her parents home of "Mount Pleasant."
Children of MARIA GARNETT and JAMES HUNTER are:
154. | i. | MARIA6 HUNTER, b. October 03, 1797; d. June 04, 1873. | |
ii. | MUSCOE GARNETT HUNTER, b. January 04, 1799; d. June 28, 1817. | ||
iii. | MARTHA FENTON HUNTER, b. September 30, 1800; d. August 27, 1866. | ||
iv. | JAMES HUNTER, b. February 14, 1802; d. September 03, 1822. | ||
v. | JANE SWANN HUNTER, b. June 13, 1804; d. May 27, 1880. | ||
vi. | WILLIAM HUNTER, b. November 16, 1806; d. August 04, 1811. | ||
155. | vii. | ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO HUNTER, b. April 21, 1809; d. July 18, 1887. |
62.GRACE FENTON5 GARNETT (MUSCOE4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born October 20, 1779 in Essex Co., Virginia, and died October 04, 1826.She married MUSCOE GARNETT HUNTER July 03, 1813 in Essex Co., Virginia, son of WILLIAM HUNTER and SARAH GARNETT.He was born April 07, 1779 in Essex Co., Virginia, and died June 30, 1818 in Essex Co., Virginia.
Children of GRACE GARNETT and MUSCOE HUNTER are:
i. | EDGAR MALCOLM6 HUNTER, b. May 30, 1814; d. May 23, 1819. | ||
ii. | HENRY ALGERNON HUNTER, b. December 26, 1815; d. July 04, 1816. | ||
iii. | GRACE FENTON HUNTER, b. August 04, 1817; d. 1840. |
63.MUSCOE5 GARNETT, JR. (MUSCOE4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born July 12, 1786, and died April 10, 1870 in Fredricksburg, Virginia.He married MARIA BATTAILE 1807, daughter of HAY BATTAILE.She died Unknown.
Notes for MUSCOE GARNETT, JR.:
From "The Garnetts of Essex County and Their Homes" by William Garnett Chisolm; Genealogies of Virginia Families III:
Muscoe Garnett Jr. was the twin brother to William Garnett, and he and his brother were born at "Mount Pleasant". He received his early education from private tutors and in May of 1804, he and his twin brother entered the sophomore class of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he was elected a member of the Whig class. He did not remain to graduate. He married Maria Battaile in 1807.
Muscoe received under the will of his father (who died in 1803), the lands he had purchased from Thomas Fogg, James Halbert, Thomas Newman, Robert Beverley, and Humphrey Brooke. This land comprised the estate which Muscoe called "Prospect Hill", lying along the road from Loretta towards Fredericksburg and adjoining "Elmwood" on the west.
During the War of 1812, Muscoe Garnett was active in the service on the Virginia Militia.
Muscoe and his wife Maria lived at "Prospect Hill" until their children had married and established homes of their own. After Maria died, he sold "Prospect Hill", on February 12, 1856, then consisting of slightly over 800 acres, to Dandridge Sale of Essex, who owned property to the east. Muscoe then moved to Fredericksburg, where he he lived until his death on April 10, 1870.
"Prospect Hill" like so many of the old homes, eventually burned and now only a pile of bricks marks the spot where the mansion once stood.
Notes for MARIA BATTAILE:
From William Garnett Chisholm:
Maria Battaile was related in several ways to the family of General George Washington. Firstly, her grandmother was Mildred Washington, the aunt and godmother of George Washington, who married Colonel Henry Willis.
Maria's aunt, Jane Champe, married Samuel Washington, a brother of George Washington. Her half brother, Major Byrd Charles Willis married Mary Willis Lewis, daughter of Major George Washington Lewis, a nephew of George Washington.
Children of MUSCOE GARNETT and MARIA BATTAILE are:
i. | JAMES MERCER6 GARNETT, d. Unknown; m. EVELINA LANSING; d. Unknown. | ||
156. | ii. | WILLIAM GARNETT, b. 1808; d. July 1833. | |
157. | iii. | ALFRED HAY GARNETT, b. October 05, 1810; d. May 16, 1880. | |
iv. | JOHN MERCER GARNETT, b. 1812; d. Unknown; m. ELLEN A. BAYLOR, May 14, 1850, Caroline Co., Virginia; d. Unknown. | ||
v. | ANNE HAY GARNETT, b. 1814; d. May 04, 1839. | ||
vi. | MARTHA TALIAFERRO GARNETT, b. 1816; d. December 03, 1837. | ||
158. | vii. | ALEXANDER YELVERTON PEYTON GARNETT, b. September 19, 1819, Essex Co., Virginia; d. July 11, 1888. | |
159. | viii. | EDGAR MALCOLM GARNETT, b. April 28, 1821, Essex Co., Virginia; d. December 22, 1900. | |
160. | ix. | MARIA CHAMPE GARNETT, b. 1825, Essex Co., Virginia; d. October 1909, San Francisco, California. | |
x. | MUSCOE GARNETT III, b. 1827; d. August 11, 1899. | ||
161. | xi. | EMILY HENRIETTA GARNETT, b. April 07, 1829; d. Unknown. | |
xii. | GEORGE BROOKE GARNETT, b. 1831; d. March 10, 1850. | ||
162. | xiii. | ROBERT PAYNE GARNETT, b. September 19, 1833; d. January 19, 1921, Alexandria, Virginia. |
64.WILLIAM5 GARNETT (MUSCOE4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born July 12, 1786, and died 1866.He married ANN MARIA BROOKE June 04, 1787, daughter of RICHARD BROOKE and MARIA MERCER.She was born 1787, and died 1854.
Children of WILLIAM GARNETT and ANN BROOKE are:
i. | ANNA MARIA CATHERINE6 GARNETT, b. August 19, 1808; d. Unknown. | ||
ii. | MUSCOE GARNETT, b. May 07, 1810; d. 1826. | ||
iii. | CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA GARNETT, b. June 04, 1812; d. 1872; m. DERRIL HART DARBY, 1840; d. Unknown. | ||
iv. | HENRIETTA LOUISA FENTON GARNETT, b. September 18, 1814; d. 1859; m. THOMAS H. WILLIAMSON; d. Unknown. | ||
163. | v. | RICHARD BROOKE GARNETT, b. November 21, 1817, Essex Co., Virginia; d. July 03, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. | |
164. | vi. | WILLIAM HENRY GARNETT, b. November 21, 1817; d. 1855. | |
vii. | MARIA MERCER GARNETT, b. October 20, 1819; d. Abt. 1820. | ||
165. | viii. | MARY ELIZABETH SELDEN GARNETT, b. March 01, 1826; d. Unknown. | |
ix. | MARGARET MERCER GARNETT, b. July 27, 1828; d. April 1829. | ||
x. | ROBERT MERCER GARNETT, b. October 1830; d. Abt. 1831. |
65.ROBERT SELDEN5 GARNETT, SR. (MUSCOE4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born April 26, 1789, and died August 15, 1840.He married OLYMPE CHARLOTTE DE GOUGES 1812.She was born May 05, 1796 in Paris, France, and died Unknown.
Notes for ROBERT SELDEN GARNETT, SR.:
From Doug Garnett:
Robert Selden Garnett Sr. was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1827. He married Charlotte Olympia de Gouge in 1812, and they had 4 sons and 2 daughters.
Children of ROBERT GARNETT and OLYMPE DE GOUGES are:
i. | ROBERT SELDEN6 GARNETT, JR., b. December 16, 1819, Essex Co., Virginia; d. July 13, 1861; m. MARY NEILSON, 1857; d. Unknown. |
Notes for ROBERT SELDEN GARNETT, JR.: From Doug Garnett: Robert Selden Garnett Jr. was born at "Champlain", in Essex County, Virginia. Robert attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and graduated 27th in his class in 1841, two places ahead of his cousin Richard Brooke Garnett. He was commissioned a Bvt. Second Lieutenant in the 4th Artillery, and served in Buffalo and Fort Ontario, New York. In 1842, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant and served at Fort Monroe, as a aide de camp in the military occupation of Texas, and as an instructor at West Point specializing in infantry tactics (1843-44). Robert served in the Mexican War from 1846-48, fighting in the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey (1846), and Buena Vista (1847). He served as aide-de-camp to General Zachary Taylor from 1846 to 1849. In 1848 he was transferred to the 7th Infantry and fought in the Seminole Uprisings, served on a national board of proper military dress in Washington D.C., and served on frontier duty at Corpus Christi. In 1851 he was promoted to Captain of the 7th Infantry and served in Ringold Barracks, Fort Monroe, and perhaps his most important position he held before the Civil War, serving as Commandant of Cadets at West Point, under General Robert E. Lee, from November 1852 to July 1854. On March 27, 1855, he was promoted to Major of the 9th Infantry, and sent to the Northwest, where he commanded the Puget Sound and Yakima expeditions, and remained on there, mostly at Fort Simcoe,until 1858. He distinguished himself in operations against the Indians in the Washington Territory in this period. He married Mary Neilson of New York City in 1857. From 1858 to 1861, he requested and was granted a leave of absence to travel to Europe and study military tactics in the Crimea. He returned when the Civil War broke out. He was torn between his loyalty to the "old Army" and the rising support for independence in the South. On April 30, 1861, he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army, and offered his services to the Confederacy. Robert was initially appointed adjutant general of the state troops of Virginia, a given the task of organizing the heterogeneous force into an army. In early June, he was commissioned Brigadier General and given command of the Confederate troops operating in the northwestern area of Virginia. Circumstances were against him from the start of his campaign. Sentiment in that part of the state was against the Confederacy, he lacked cavalry and guns, and he had serious problems obtaining supplies. He saw that his little army could not hope to accomplish much against the overwhelming enemy forces, but undaunted he established headquarters at Laurel Hill, entrenching half his forces there and half at Rich Mountain under Pengram. When the Federal troops dislodged the Confederates from Rich Mountain, General Garnett was compelled to abandon Laurel Hill. He saved his army, outnumbered more than six to one by McClellan's men, by a masterly retreat. In the heat of the retreat, Robert shouted, "They need a little lesson. They may get away if they like." These were said to be his last words. On July 13, 1861, General Robert Selden Garnett was killed instantly while directing the conduct of his rear guard after the sharp engagement at Carrick's Ford, on Cheat River. Robert Garnett had the distinction of being the first General killed in the Civil War. |
166. | ii. | LOUIS ANARCHARSIS GARNETT, b. 1821; d. 1901. |