General Notes

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MARRIAGE: Married: 1800 in Edgefield, South Carolina
MARRIAGE: CHILDREN:
Robert Jackson Garrett , Jr. b: 24 AUG 1820
William Walter Garrett b: 7 JUL 1802 in Edgefield County, South Carolina
John M Garrett b: 6 MAR 1805
Elizabeth Ann Garrett b: 7 NOV 1807
Sophia Garrett b: 18 JAN 1810
Francis Ann Garrett b: 18 MAR 1811
Mary E Garrett b: 1812 in Edgefield County, South Carolina
Thomas B Garrett , Sr b: 18 FEB 1813 in Edgefield County, South Carolina
Sarah Annie Garrett b: 13 FEB 1815
Overstreet Wiley Garrett b: 21 MAR 1818 in Edgefield County, South
Carolina
Joshua English Garrett b: 30 NOV 1824 in Montgomery County, Alabama
Julia Ann Garrett b: 8 MAY 1827 in Alabama
James C. Garrett b: 30 NOV 1822 in Alabama
MARRIAGE: -----------------------
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Name: Mary Clackler
Sex: F
Birth: 6 MAR 1782 in Edgefield Co, SC
Death: 1840-1850 in Coffee Co., Alabama
Note:
What is the evidence for Mary Clackler being the wife of Robert Garrett?
Prior to this research, we knew that our Robert Garrett's wife's name was
Mary, and that she was born March 6, 1782. Who were her parents? What
proof was there that Mary Clackler was Robert's wife?
A record was found in the book, Edgefield County South Carolina Records,
that a John Clackler named his daughter, Mary Garrett, in his 1814 will
which was written in Edgefield Co., South Carolina.
Another abstract indicated that John Clackler had land bordering
"Garretts".
A study of the other Garretts in Edgefield did not allow for a
Clackler/Garrett marriage.
A check with the 1790 Edgefield census found a John Clackler (Mary's
father) listed in the general area of John Garrett, father of our Robert,
and the Callihams. The 1810 census found Clackler near Morris Calliham,
John Garrett's wife Fanny's brother. 1820 census found Clackler's widow,
Mary, still near Morris and in the John Garrett neighborhood. All of
these would have been in the same area.
I found the abstract of this John Clackler's will, written in Edgefield
in 1814, in which he named his daughters, Sarah Rice, Mary Garrett,
Margaret Jones, Elizabeth Butler, and joy of joys - Sophia Roper. That
Sophia did it for me, and I knew we had our Mary's parents! We all know
that our Robert and Mary named one of their daughter's Sophronia and she
was called Sophia. I had previously told Gloria that if we ever found
Mary's parents, we'd probably find a Sophia, and here it was!
Mary's grandmother was named Sarah (accounting for our Robert's daughter,
Sarah Annie).
Mary has been reported to be born in Pennsylvania. We can see from the
research that the Clacklers, her parents, never lived in Pennsylvania,
and their daughter, Mary Clackler, wife of our Robert Garrett, would have
been born in South Carolina rather than Pennsylvania, as some of her
children reported in census records. (Just as many said she was born in
South Carolina). However, her grandparents Fudge were born in
Pennsylvania, which would have led to the confusion.
Mary was noted by age in the 1830 and 1840 census but was dead when
Robert's second wife, Rebecca was listed by name in the 1850 census, so
Mary's death occurred between 1840 and Robert's 2nd marriage.
Change Date: 10 AUG 2002
Father: John Clackler b: 1755-1765 in South Carolina
Mother: Mary Fudge b: 1755-1765 in Pennsylvania
Marriage 1 Robert Garrett b: 5 NOV 1777 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Married: ABT 1800
Children
William Walter Garrett b: 7 JUL 1802 in Edgefield Co., South Carolina
John Mason Garrett b: 6 MAR 1805 in Edgefield Co., SC
Elizabeth Ann Garrett b: 7 NOV 1807 in Edgefield Co, SC
Sophronia "Sophia" Garrett b: 18 JAN 1809 in Edgefield Co, SC
Francis Ann Garrett b: 18 MAR 1811 in Edgefield Co, SC
Thomas B. Garrett b: 31 JAN 1813 in Edgefield Co, SC
Sarah Annie Garrett b: 28 FEB 1815 in Edgefield Co., SC
Overstreet Wiley Garrett b: 21 MAR 1818 in Edg