Joseph Garrett and Nancy Elizabeth Emily Mashburn and Their Descendants

Joseph Garrett (1822 - 1900).  Joseph Garrett, son of Joseph and  Sarah Stroud Garrett, was born in North Carolina, and died in Fannin County, Georgia.  At age 26, 28 October 1848, in Gilmer County, Georgia,  24 year old  Nancy Elizabeth  Emily Mashburn (1823-1921), daughter of David and Mary "Polly" Woody Garrett.  Nancy was born in in Tennessee and died in Fannin County, Georgia.    Joseph lived 77 years and Nancy lived 97.  They are both buried in the Garrett family cemetery in Fannin County.

Joseph was a farmer and had a gold mind on his property.  Some believed that he was secretly wealthy with hidden gold.

     From the GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, HERITAGE BOOK:

... Joseph Garrett married Nancy Mashburn and owned a large farm on Newport Road. He was a very wealthy man and owned two gold mines on his property on Rall Mountain.  Even today, you are able to look down into 20 feet shafts, where gold was mined.

     It also has been handed down that his wealth was left to his descendants and in-laws who squandered it away.

     Sometime before he died he went up on a hill above his house and was gone for long while.  When he returned he told his wife Nancy that he had found a beautiful place for a family cemetery.  Becky was his maiden daughter and was cook and housekeeper.  She was setting up a new bed in one of the upstairs rooms when Joseph came in.  He told her that he didn't think that was a good place for the bed.  She turned to him only in time to see him falling.  He died instantly with a heart-attack.  He was buried on the hill under the tree he had sat under and cracked walnuts on the day he found the cemetery spot.  It has become now become a large cemetery for family and friends.

     Joseph Garrett owned a large farm on Newport Road.  He was a very wealthy man owned two gold mines on his property on Rail Mountain.  Even today, you are able to look down into 20 feet shafts, where gold was mined.

- THE HERITAGE OF GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1832 -1996

     Edna G. White is a descendent of Joseph Garrett. Unfortunatly, it is not recorded how she is a descendent.  Her obituary:

Edna G. White, 80, former Mariettan

     Edna G. White, 80, of Blue Ridge, formerly of Marietta, died Monday.

     Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta.

     Born in Pickens County, Mrs. White was a former office supervisor and computer analyst for the Georgia National Guard.  She was a Baptist.

     She is survived by her sister, Jewell Prather of Blue Ridge.

     Contributions may be made tot he Fannin County Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 1883, Blue Ridge, 30613.

     Akins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

-Marietta Daily Journal, Wednesday, July 13, 1994.

Joseph and  Nancy Elizabeth Emily Mashburn Garrett had eleven children,  3 daughters and 8 sons:

John Garrett (1849 - 1934).

Sarah Jane Garrett (1850-1939).

Mary A. Garrett (1855-   ?   ).

James Garrett (1856-1901).

Willis Garrett (1858 -   ?   ).

Joseph Garrett (1860 -   ?   ).

Rebecca Louise Garrett (1862 - 1947).

Nancy Alice Garrett (1865-1945).

William Virgil Garrett (1867 -    ?   ).

Peter Garrett (1870 -    ?   ).

Lewis David Garrett (1872 - 1955).

John Garrett (1849 - 1934).  At age 23, 22 December 1872, in Gilmer County, Georgia, John married Jane Pell.  Gilmer County, Ga., marriage book said that Jane's last name is KELL.

John and Jane Pell Garrett had  1 daughter and 6 sons:

John Garrett, Jr (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Joseph Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Mack Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Marion Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Webster Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Nancy Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Lewis W. Garrett (1880-1904).

Sarah Jane Garrett (1850-1939).  She married Daniel Webster Petty.  They are ancestors and have their own section.

Mary A. Garrett (1855-   ?   ).  At age 18, 3 February 1873, in Fannin County, Georgia, Mary married 17 year old James Thomas Greenway (1855-1905), son of William Francis Marion Greenway and Lucinda Haygood Greenway. 

"My grandmother heard tales of this Mary A. Garrett being related to Pat Garrett*, the famous lawman" - Brian Hood, GARRET Surname site on Internet, Sept 6, 2001.

* Pat Garrett is credited for killing the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid.

James lived 50 years it is unknown (by me) how long Mary lived.

James Thomas Greenway and Mary A. Garrett Greenway had twelve children, 4 daughters and 8 sons:

Lucy D. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Lydia A. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Mary Liza Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Nancy E. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Dave A. "Davey" Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Thomas V. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

James Wesley Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Wilburn J. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Wiley Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Johnny H. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Joseph M. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

William F. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

James Garrett (1856-1901).   At age 26, 12 Feb 1882, James married 20 year old Mary Harris (1861 - 1948).  James lived 45 years and is buried in the Garrett Family Cemetery in Fannin County, Georgia.  Mary lived 87 years.  She died in Cobb County, Georgia.  They had six children, 3 girls and 3 boys:

Lula Garrett (1883 - 1969).  She lived 86 years.

Henry C. Garrett (1885 - 1931).  He lived 45 years.

Dane Garrett (1888-1957).  He lived 68 years.

Ada Garrett (1892 - 1967).  She lived 75 years.

Alice Garrett (1897 - 1933).  She lived 35 years.

Buford Garrett (1900 - 1977).  He lived 77 years.

Willis Garrett (1858 -   ?   ).  At age 31, 21 April 1899, in Gilmer County, Georgia, married Elizabeth E. Bearden.

They had four children, 1 daughter and 3 sons:

Waldo Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Frank Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Dewey Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Callie Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Rebecca Louise Garrett (1862 - 1947).  She lived 84 years and is buried in the Garrett Family Cemetery in Fannin County, Georgia.

Nancy Alice Garrett (1865 - 1945).  Nancy was born in and died in Fannin County, Georgia.  At age 33. 1 September 1898, in Fannin County, married 24 year old Andrew J. Long.  They are both buried in the Garrett Family Cemetery in Fannin County.

They had six children, 4 daughters and 2 sons.  Only one daughter and one son reached adulthood:

Ivory J. Long (1900-1900).  She lived 19 years.

Myrtle Long (1901-1963).  She lived 62 years.

Mae Long (1903-1909).  She lived 5 days short of 6 years.

Minnie C. Long (1905-1916).  She lived 11 years.

Venlin Long (1907-1916).  He lived 9 years.

Alfred Long (abt 1910-1931).  He lived about 21 years.

Dr. William Virgil Garrett (1867 -   ?   ).  William was born in Fannin County, Georgia.  At age 27, in Gilmer County, Georgia, 7 February 1895, he married Marlena Cinia Edmondson.  

He studied medicine and became a doctor.  He once had to cut off a Petty nephew's toes because they were frost bit.

They had three sons:

Stanton Garrett (1895 -    ?   ).

Clarence Garrett (1895 -    ?   ).

Wayne E. Garrett (1911-1956).  He lived 44 years.

Peter Garrett (1870 -   ?   )  He was born in Fannin County.  He married Annie Goss.  They had two sons:

Guy Geneva Garrett (aft 1899 -   ?   ).

L. Garrett (aft 1899 -   ?   ).

Lewis David Garrett (1872 - 1955).  Lewis was born in Fannin County, Georgia.  He Married Lydia Laveda "Tilly" Jones (1882-1965).  He lived 83 years and Lydia lived 83 years also, ten years apart.  They are both buried at Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia.

They had two children, a daughter and a son:

Florence Marie Garrett (aft 1900-   ?   ).

William McCellon Garrett (aft 1900 -   ?  ).

Florence Marie Garrett (aft 1900 -   ?   ).  Florence married Hubert A. Story. 

I think Florence was a caregiver for my first cousin Jack Hunter, Jr.  I don't know how my mother did, but she figured out her and Florence Garrett Story were cousins and they became friends.  My mother was good about raking up kin.

They had one son: 

John James Story.