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Below is a copy of an old map of Buckingham County, Virginia that shows the location of
various land owners. There was an index with the map that gave the name of the land owner
associated with each number. Number “23” is labeled “Garrett land”. Apparently that is where
Charles Burton GARRETT and wife Mary Mollie Ayers lived and raised their children.
The Ware family also lived in Buckingham County for several generations. The legend for the
map (below) did not contain the “Ware” name but I believe they lived in the large blank area
north of the Garrett land, #23. Besides marrying into the Garretts, one of the daughters married a
Moseley whose land is #24. For several generations, the Ware’s had at least one minister in the
family. There are a good number of marriage records for Buckingham County where a Rev.
John Ware conducted the marriage ceremony.
Number “42” (near the bottom) is the location of President-to-be Thomas Jefferson’s brother,
Randolph Jefferson’s land. This is where an ancestor of Frances, Isaac Bates, whipped one of
Randolph’s slaves until she died.
Number “50” is the location of Peter Francisco’s land who played an important role in my
efforts to trace the Garrett linage. More on that later.
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Of Charles Burton GARRETT’s and Mary Mollie Ayers’ eight children, the one that is my
direct ancestor is Isaac Ayers GARRETT.
Isaac Ayers GARRETT marries a Huguenot
Isaac Ayers GARRETT was born between 1758 and 1761 in Buckingham, VA and died
October 28, 1825 at “Henry Rives Place”, Montgomery, TN. He married 1st Mary Elizabeth
Ford Agee in 1780. She was born between 1755 and 1764 in Buckingham, VA and died about
1803 in Buckingham, VA
Children of Isaac Ayers GARRETT and Mary Elizabeth Ford Agee were::
Chloe Garrett was born 1782 in Buckingham, VA and died August 1868 in TN.
Hercules A. Garrett was born about 1784 in Buckingham, VA and died 1822 in
Greene Co., KY.
Edmond Garrett was born 1786 in Buckingham, VA and died September 5,
1850 in Belle Mina, Limestone Co., Alabama.
Elizabeth Garrett was born May 5, 1787 or March 5, 1789 in Buckingham, VA
and died April 2, 1869 or Sept. 2, 1867 in Christian Co., KY.
Polly Garrett was born June 20, 1788 in Buckingham, VA.
Ruth Garrett was born 1790 in Buckingham Co VA.
Isaac Agee Garrett was born July 7, 1792 in Buckingham, VA and died August
16, 1868 in Christian Co., KY.
Martha Garrett was born 1794 in Buckingham Co, VA and died Before 1827.
Susanna Garrett was born 1796 in Buckingham, VA and died After 1870.
Nancy Garrett was born August 9, 1797 in Buckingham, VA and died May 10,
1876 in Christian Co., KY.
Jacob Garrett was born 1798 in Buckingham, VA and died in Ile De Brbehat,
Ccotes-Du-Nord, France.
. Virginia Ann Garrett was born September 7, 1800 in Buckingham, VA and
died June 7, 1837 in TN.
Pleasant Bonaparte Garrott was born June 5, 1802 in Buckingham, VA and
died December 12, 1875 in Christian Co., KY.
Note that all of these 13 children were born in Buckingham County probably on the “Garrett
Land” marked on the map on the prior page.
Mary Elizabeth Ford Agee was a Huguenot. She descended from the Agee’s who were one of
the 700 Huguenots that arrived in 1700 and settled on land that had belonged to the Manakin
Indians before they were driven off. The settlement was about 60 miles east of the Buckingham
Garretts at a place on the James River named Manakitowne (now Manakin). At the time,
Manakitowne was in Henrico County but is now in Powhatan County.
Mary Elizabeth Ford Agee was the daughter of James Agee who was born 1725, near
Manakintowne, Virginia. He died in 1821, near Maysville, Buckingham County, Virginia. He
married Mary Elizabeth Ford in 1747. He and his wife were married 76 years, and most of their
married life was spent in their home in Buckingham County, in which preaching services were
held for seventy years. James Agee was a Revolutionary soldier in the Seventh Virginia
Regiment. They had 12 children, one of whom was Mary Elizabeth who married Isaac Ayers
Garrett..
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After Mary Elizabeth Ford Agee had 13 children, she died in about 1803 leaving Isaac with no
wife and small children. So, Isaac Ayers GARRETT remarried a woman named Phoebe
Fossee.
Children of Isaac Ayers GARRETT and Phoebe Fossee were:
Charles Francisco GARRETT was born 1812 in VA, His place of death is
unknown, but I think it was in Indian Territory, now OK.
George Garrett was born in 1814 and died in infancy.
Soon after the birth of the 2 nd child, George Garrett, Phoebe Fossee died, again leaving Isaac
Ayers GARRETT with a small child and no wife at the age of 54.
But, Isaac Ayers GARRETT’s son, Edmond Garrett was living in Virginia, married with 3
children, the youngest of which was the same age as Charles Francisco GARRETT. So, it
appears that Edmond Garrett ‘took in” his half brother, Charles Francisco GARRETT,
possibly because that was cheaper than buying a slave. (Edmond owned over 20 slaves at the
time.) There is some evidence that Edmond also raised another male that may have been Isaac
Garrett, whose parents are unknown. I will give more information on this later.
Edmond’s Garrett had a son that was two years older than Charles Francisco GARRETT,
named Peter Francisco Garrett. Why Francisco? Two Franciscos within two years and a name
that had never shown up before.
Then I found Peter Francisco on the internet and I found Peter Francisco’s name on the same
map as the Garretts in Buckingham County, Virginia. See map on page 20.
Peter Francisco is an Hero
Peter Francisco made a mysterious appearance in Buckingham County as a child. He was
abandoned by a ship's captain at City Point, VA in the year 1765. No one knew his age or where
he came from, but his clothing and silver buckle shoes would suggest that he was of a prosperous
family, apparently from Portugal and undoubtedly he had been kidnapped.
Captain Anthony Winston took him home and cared for him. Anthony Winston lived in
Buckingham County, Virginia and became the foster-father of Peter Francisco. Captain Winston
was a sheriff of that county, member of the first conventions of 1775, Burgess of that county in
1775 and a Revolutionary War soldier.
Peter Francisco grew up to be a man of enormous size and strength. He was said to have been
six feet and six inches in height and to have weighed 260 pounds. He volunteered for service in
the Revolutionary War when very young and was noted for a number of single-handed exploits.
On the battlefield of Gilford Courthouse there is a monument marking the spot where he killed
eleven men in fierce combat. He made many exhibits of his enormous strength and valor that are
on record. There is a place in Nottoway County, VA, for example, that marked where he defeated
single-handed nine of Tarleton's British dragoons soldiers in July of 1781.
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Early in the war he complained that the regular swords were not big enough for him and one was
specially made at General Washington's direction over five feet from hilt to point. A massive
sword given him by Colonel Mayo is in the Virginia State Library. After the war he served for
many years as door-keeper of the House of Delegates.
So, in 1810 Edmond Garrett names his son Peter Francisco Garrett and in 1812 Isaac Ayers
GARRETT names his son Charles Francisco GARRETT.
Isaac Ayers GARRETT’s Family Divides
Around 1820, Isaac and his children left Virginia, as listed below:.
Isaac Ayers GARRETT went to Montgomery Co., TN.
Chloe Garrett went to Christian County, KY.
Hercules Garrett went to Greene County, KY.
Edmond Garrett went to Limestone County, AL.
Elizabeth Garrett went to Christian County, KY
Polly Garrett went to Christian County, KY.
Isaac Agee Garrett went to Christian County, KY
Martha Garrett married in Mecklenburg Co. VA
Susanna Garrett married in Christian Co., KY then moved to Montgomery Co., TN.
Nancy Garrett married in Christian County, KY.
Jacob Garrett had died in France.
Virginia Ann Garrett married in Christian Co., KY and dies in TN.
Pleasant Bonaparte Garrett went to Christian County, KY.
Charles Francisco GARRETT went to Limestone Co., AL
Pleasant Bonaparte Garrett started spelling his name, “Garrott” and names one of his sons,
Marcellus Aurelias Garrott.
Isaac Ayers GARRETT dies “at Henry Rives Place” in Montgomery Co., TN in 1825. I found a
Henry Rives living in Tennessee whose parents were from Virginia. Apparently, Isaac Ayers
GARRETT and the Rives knew each other in VA.
Most of Isaac Ayers GARRETT’s offspring’s go to Christian County, Kentucky but Edmond
and family go to Belle Mina, Limestone County, Alabama.
The map on the next page shows the “settled areas” in 1820 but more importantly, the roads that
were present. I have spotted Buckingham County, VA as the light blue dot, Christian County,
KY as the green dot; Montgomery County, TN as the yellow dot (almost covered up by the green
dot) and Limestone County, AL as the dark green dot. All of Isaac Ayers GARRETT’s family
moved as shown by the light blue lines.
I have not been able to find why the family moved. Of course, the daughters moved according to
where their husbands lived. As for the sons, it was likely a search for fertile land. They had
farmed the same fields for over 40 years and had probably depleted them. The most likely reason
for Edmond Garrett splitting from the others was slavery. While in Virginia, Edmond (or
sometimes listed as Edward) owned 13 slaves in 1810 and 23 slaves in 1820. None of his siblings
owned slaves. His father, Isaac owned one slave.
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When Isaac Ayers GARRETT was 44 years old, Thomas
Jefferson was president and had just made the “Louisiana
Purchase”. On March 10, 1804 the formal ceremony was held
transferring the purchase to the United States. Thirty-five days
later, Lewis and Clark left Camp Wood (on the Wood River in
Illinois) to begin their exploration up the Missouri River "under a
gentle breeze."
A map showing the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis & Clark’s route
is on the next page.
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At the time, President Jefferson was smarting under the European allegations that everything in
the New World was small and inferior. He hoped that Lewis & Clark would find mastodons and
other large critters. Also, it would be nice to find a water route to the Pacific.
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Lewis & Clark did find large animals
named, buffalo. They also found many
Indian tribes. One of the first were the
Mandans whose village is depicted on
the left.
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During Isaac Ayers GARRETT’s
lifetime:
The Revolutionary War was fought
and America gained its independence.
The first “washing machine”, the
“scrub board”, was invented.
Previously, clothes were hit on rocks.
In 1769, James Watt patented an
improved version of the steam engine that ushered in the Industrial Revolution.
In 1787, the era of the steamboat began in America when John Fitch made the first successful
trial of a forty-five-foot steamboat on the Delaware River.
Robert Fulton successfully built and operated a submarine in 1801. Later, he is credited with
turning the steamboat into a commercial success.
George Stephenson invented the first steam locomotive engine for railways.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born when Isaac Ayer Garrett is 9 years old and meets his Waterloo
in 1815, ten years before Isaac’s death.
Woldgang Amadeous Mozart was born about the same time as Isaac GARRETT but died
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Edmond Garrett Moves Family and Slaves to Alabama
Edmond Garrett was born 1786 in Buckingham, VA and died September 5, 1850 in Belle Mina,
Limestone Co., Alabama. He married Sarah Sallie Gough in 1807 . She was born 1789 in
Buckingham, VA and died August 17, 1850 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
Children of Edmond Garrett and Sarah Sallie Gough were:
Sarah Judith Garrett was born 1808 in Buckingham, VA and died between
1854 and 1855 in Lawrence Co., AL.
Peter Francisco Garrett was born April 25, 1810 in Buckingham, VA and died
January 24, 1894 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
Nicholas Garrett was born 1813 in Buckingham, VA and died 1869 in
Galveston, TX.
William H. Garrett was born March 19, 1816 in Buckingham, VA and died
February 22, 1875 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
Edmond Agee Garrett was born March 3, 1818 in Buckingham, VA and died
May 24, 1856 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
Between 1820 and 1830, Edmond Garrett moved
his family to Belle Mina, Alabama. In addition to the
family, Edmond took with him 22 or 23 slaves. It is
hard to conceive them all traveling by covered
wagons for 600 miles via the Great Valley and
Nashville Roads as shown on the page 32 map.
Possibly, part of the trip was via the Tennessee
River. My ancestor Charles Francisco Garrett was
between 8 and 18 years of age.{
The following account was found to have happened
in 1817 within three years of when Edmond Garrett’s family and Charles Francisco Garrett
arrived in Limestone Co., AL.
That the petitioner (a Mr. Williams) represents that, in the year 1817, he resided in Madison
County, (which adjoins Limestone Co.) of the then Territory of Alabama; that his cattle would
frequently, and unavoidably, run off to range upon the Indian lands; that, during this time,
Lieutenant Houston, (Sam Houston of Texas fame) of the army of the United States, was
ordered to remove intruders from the Indian lands, and to take all their stock; that, under this
order, he forcibly took and carried from the lands aforesaid eighteen head of the petitioner’s cattle,
whereby he has sustained considerable loss, and for which he asks Congress to make him
compensation.
It appears, by information the committee have received from the War Department, that General
Jackson, at the time aforesaid, was ordered to cause to be removed, by military force, all persons
who should be found upon the Indian lands, and to destroy their houses and improvements. In
executing this order, General Jackson gave directions to Lieutenant Houston to destroy not
only their houses and improvements, but also to seize their stock, and deliver it over into the
hands of the marshal. Pursuant to order, Lieutenant Houston delivered to the agent of John
Childers, marshal for the district of West Tennessee, fifty-one head of cattle and one horse
creature, which were advertised and sold according to the laws and customs of that State. Other
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cattle, besides these, were subsequently taken, but the marshal refused to receive them. There is no
evidence in the Treasury Department that any money arising from the sale has been paid to the
United States.
The above must have been on the mind of Edmond Garrett when he moved to Limestone
County next door to Madison County. Edmond was about 35 years old at the time.
Edmond Garrett was in the 1830 US Census in Limestone County, AL where Belle Mina is
located with 22 slaves. Before 1850 the US Census takers did not list the names of wives or
children in the household – just the name of the head-of-household, then the number of children
grouped by sex and age brackets and lastly the number of slaves. In the 1830 Census, there are
two more males in the household than can be accounted for by the four male children of Edmond
Garrett. This supports my theory that Edmond Garrett had “taken in” Charles Francisco
GARRETT and included him with the rest of his family when they moved from Virginia to
Alabama. The second extra male in Edmond’s family is not known; but some believe that it was
an Isaac Garrett who was 6 years older than Charles Francisco GARRETT.
In the 1840 Census for Limestone County, AL, Edmond Garrett had 29 slaves and his son,
Peter Francisco Garrett had 9 slaves. Charles Francisco Garrett and the mysterious Isaac
Garrett are married and have children, but no slaves.
In the first Census (1850) where the names of everyone in the household is listed, we find in the
same household:
Edmond Garrett, a male, age 64, head of household, farmer from VA
Sarah a female, age 62, keeping house from VA (wife)
Edmond A. Garrett, a male, age 32, farmer (son)
Elizabeth Maria a female, age 24 from TN (wife of Edmond A. Garrett)
Maria, a female, 11 months old, from AL (daughter of Edmond and Elizabeth)
Peter F. Garrett, a male, age 39, farmer from VA (son)
William Garrett, a male, age 34, farmer (son)
Edmond’s son, Nicholas (age 37) and daughter, Sarah Judith (age 42) are unaccounted for in the
1850 Census.
By the 1860 Census, Edmond Garrett and wife Sarah have both died. In fact they died within
one month of each other in the fall of 1850. Edmond A. Garrett has also died and his widow,
Elizabeth is living next door to Peter F. Garrett with her 10 year old daughter and an Overseer
by the name of Thomas B. Robertson, age 20. Peter F. Garrett and his recent 26 year old wife
(Mary Goodson Peete) have a 10 month old son by the name of Edmond.
In the 1870 Census, Peter F. Garrett was 59 years old, head of the household and living with his
wife, Mary and three children; Edmond age 10, Mary Orlean age 6, and son Thomas age 4. Also,
living with Peter F. Garrett was his brother, William Garrett, retired farmer, age 52. These 6
Garretts are the only white Garretts in the County in 1870; however, there are 57 black Garretts.
Apparently, Peter had owned a lot of slaves.
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In the 1880 Census, Peter F. Garrett and wife, Mary were still alive and living in AL. with his
son Edmond, age 20 and a daughter age 6. Roda Peete age 47 and Darthula Peete age 27 are
listed as borders. Since Peter’s wife is Mary Peete, the two “borders” are probably her sisters.
In the 1930 Census, Peter’s grandson, Edmond P. Garrett age 32 was now the head of
household. He had a wife, age 35 named Elizabeth; a son age 6 named Edmond P. Garrett; a
son age 4 named James. In the same household is his Uncle Thomas Garrett, age 63 who is one
of Peter F. Garrett’s sons.
I found on the internet a notice of a 2003 home tour in Belle Mina, AL where the main home was
that of Peter Francisco Garrett’s great grandson Edmond P. Garrett (the 6 year old in the
above paragraph) and his wife Virginia. The home reportedly was built by Peter Francisco
Garrett in 1859 and is named “The Cedars”. Edmond P Garrett and wife Virginia live in the
house today (March 2004). I contacted Virginia Garrett there in Belle Mina who wanted to help
in my genealogical research but she was 80 years old and had cancer with only a few weeks to
live. She has not responded to my last email so I am afraid that she has passed away.
Charles Francisco Garrett Raises Family in Alabama
Charles Francisco GARRETT was born in 1812 in Virginia and died (I believe) in the
Cherokee or Creek Nation, which is now OK. His wife, Rutha (Bertha) Miller was born about
1811 in North Carolina and I believe also died in the Cherokee or Creek Nation. Rutha’s
parents were in Somistoni, AL in 1833.
I found the marriage record where Charles GARRETT (I’m dropping the Francisco because he
did – probably because he could not write) married Rutha Miller on October 29, 1835. His
name does not appear in the 1830 US Census for AL but there are two extra male children in the
Edmond Garrett household – one of which must be Charles Francisco GARRETT.
By 1840, Charles Francisco Garrett has left his half brother Edmond Garrett’s household and
is on his own. While his nephew, Peter Francisco Garrett in starting his plantation in Belle
Mina, AL and buying slaves, Charles Francisco Garrett settles a little north of Belle Mina, AL
within 3 miles of the TN state line.
In the 1840 Census, he is with a wife and two females under 5 years, which is correct.
In the 1850 Census he is in Yell County, Arkansas with 7 children plus an Isaac Garrett and a
Merrill Simpson Garrett. Merrill Simpson Garrett is the son of Isaac Garrett but Isaac’s
relationship cannot be determined. Most Garrett researchers feel that Isaac Garrett was Charles’
brother, but I don’t think so. If he had been Charles’ brother, that would mean that Isaac Ayers
Garrett had two sons by the name of Isaac. And, Charles’ half brother, Isaac is 14 years older
than the Isaac who was staying with the Charles GARRETT family in 1850.
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Children of Charles Francisco GARRETT and Rutha (Bertha) Miller were:
Elizabeth Garrett was born 1837 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
Molly or Polly Garrett was born 1839 in Limestone Co., Alabama and died
February 5, 1925 in Siloam Springs, AR.
James Carter Garrett was born December 29, 1840 in Limestone Co., AL and
died January 13, 1933 in Llano or Burnet Co., TX.
Louisa V. Garrett was born 1842 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
John GARRETT was born November 25, 1844 in Limestone Co., Alabama and
died February 25, 1919 in Benton County, AR.
Joseph (Joel) Garrett was born 1847 in Limestone Co., Alabama.
Millie F. Garrett was born 1849 in Yell Co., AR.
Samuel Garrett was born 1852 in Yell Co., AR.
Note that the last two children were born in Arkansas whereas the others were born in Alabama.
So, between 1847 and 1850 the family moved from Limestone County, Alabama to Yell County,
Arkansas.
Before they moved to Arkansas, we have 1846 records of Charles GARRETT buying land in
Limestone County, AL. In fact he bought two 40 acre tracts on August 4, 1846 that are only 2½
miles south of the Tennessee border. This acreage was purchased from the U.S. government
“according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24 th of April, 1820, entitled An act
making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands. The land was sold for $1.25 per acre.
A copy of the actual records involved are below. There is also a copy of the receipt where he
paid $50.01 for 40.01 acres. I have copies of the paper work on the second 40 acres.
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On July 17, 1849, Charles GARRETT sold these two tracts of land preparatory to moving to
Arkansas. I can’t figure why he wanted to move when his relatives in the same neighborhood
were building a plantation and buying slaves. Perhaps, Charles GARRETT had an aversion to
slave ownership – he, or his sons, never owned a slave.
Charles’ oldest son was named James Carter Garrett and from his obituary, we find how the
Garretts moved from Alabama to Arkansas. The obit states, he (James Carter) removed to
Arkansas when nine years of age. His parents and other family kin went by way of the Tennessee
and Mississippi Rivers, on a boat constructed especially for the pioneer movers’ use. They built
the boat themselves. There he grew to manhood just as the civil war rent our frail land.
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The map on the prior page shows the route taken by the Charles GARRETT family. The small
red dot in northern Alabama was their starting point and the red “x” is where they stopped. This
was in about 1849. Some 17 years earlier, many of the Cherokee Indians took this same water
route on the way to what is now Oklahoma. The blue hatched area on the map above was the
location of the Cherokee Nation, East.
Evidence of Charles GARRETT and family being settled in Yell County, AR are (1) copies of
land purchases from the US government that Coy Garrett from Raleigh, North Carolina obtained
from National Archives in Washington DC.; and (2) records of his payment of land tax in
Danville, Yell Co., AR. Coy Garrett noted that he had records of Charles Garrett’s tax
payments for 1851, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1861, 1862, 1867 and 1868. During the war years,
the records were not kept. Initially, Charles was paying tax on 40 acres, but starting in 1862 he
paid taxes on 200 acres. From this it appears that Charles left Yell Co., AR between 1868 and
1870, about 4 years after the end of the Civil War.
During Charles Francisco GARRETT’s life time:
Charles Darwin made a 5-year scientific expedition starting
in 1831 that formed the basis of his book On Origin
of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Rowland Hill, an English schoolmaster, invented the
adhesive postage stamp in 1837, for which he was
knighted. The first stamp was issued in 1840.
The Colt revolver was invented and patented in 1836.
John Deere invented the cast steel plow in 1837.
Isaac Singer went into mass production
in the 1850’s building the first
successful sewing machine.
George Pullman invented the Pullman
sleeping train car.
The Civil War was fought.
The battle of the Alamo was fought, the
Republic of Texas formed and
Texas became a state
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Samuel Morse
(above)
invented Morse code in 1840.
Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper and
in 1847 began mass production.

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The Garrett Neighborhood in Yell County
Rutha Miller Garrett’s brother, William Hudspeth Miller, his wife Matilda Morgan and
children were neighbors of the Garretts in Yell County. (The Millers and Garretts had previously
been neighbors in Limestone Co., AL) Six years after the end of the Mexican-American War, all
of the Millers (except oldest son, Rufus) moved to Texas in around 1854. They were
accompanied by several other families from Yell County including the Maxwells and the Davises.
According to a research contact, Karolyn Russell, in Llano County, TX, Ike Maxwell arrived in
Texas after crossing the Colorado River on Sept. 8, 1854. It was Ike Maxwell who named the
community of Bluffton, Texas after his old home in Bluffton, Yell Co., AR.
This move to Texas occurred 8 years after Texas became a state; 6 years after the Mexican-
American War when Mexico gave up all claims to Texas; and 18 years after the Battle of the
Alamo.
The mysterious, Merrill Simpson Garrett who was in the Charles GARRETT household in the
1850 Census also immigrated to Texas probably in 1854 at which time he would have been 20
years old. The whereabouts of Isaac Garrett, who was in the same Census, cannot be found.
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The picture on the left shows the experience of
moving in Arkansas in the mid 1800’s.