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Note: HISTORICAL MARKER FOR GARRISON IN GEORGIA
FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF JEDEDIAH GARRISON, WHO WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF GEORGIA YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS A HISTORICAL
MARKER IN FRONT OF OLD MT. PLEASANT METHODIST CHURCH AND CEMETARY
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO READ. THE LOCATION IS OFF I-85 NEAR 100 MILES NORTH
OF ATLANTA IN HOMER, GEORGIA. JEDEDIAH AND JANE GARRISON AS WELL AS
MANY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE BURIED THERE.
The old James Garrison, who shows up in Franklin county, Georgia in
land draws in the lotteries, also came from Greenville county, South Carolina 1790
census. He was said to have been a brother of Jedediah Garrison, and also from Duplin county, North Carolina, and a revolutionary War Soldier. Some of those
earliest marriage records are probably children of his. I believe he moved later
into Tennessee (1820 census) but have not been able to verify this.
The 1790 census of Greenville county, South Carolina has Jedediah's children:
James C. Garrison born 1775 North Carolina David Garrison born 17 April 1777 North Carolina Levi Garrison born 1779 North Carolina Thomas Wesley Garrison born 18 Jan 1780 North Carolina Rebecca Garrison born 1782 North Carolina Jane Garrison born 22 Sept 1785 Christopher Garrison born 1781 Caleb Garrison born 1789 North Carolina Records of Swedish Lutheran Church, Racoon and Penn's Nech (1713-
1786) Salem county, New Jersey. This is written in Swedish and translated in 1970,
found New Jersey Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. Page 251, Racoon Church, Swedesboro New Jersey, Baptismal records.
DAR proven by descendants on Jedediah Garrison Revolutionary War Soldier.
Family representative, David James Hoover, 1727 N.74 St. Scottsdale, Arizona.
LDS files, Salt Lake City, Utah, Morman Temple.
In the spring of 1804, Jedediah and his family moved from South Carolina to
Franklin county, Georgia, the area now is Banks county, Georgia. His father
Christopher Garrison, being quite old, came with them to Georgia. Jedediah
Garrison was a Revolutionary War Soldier, and in 1827 drew Lee county in
the land lottery. It was granted on 21 December 1833.
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church near Homer, Georgia, in Banks county, was organized by Jedediah Garrison, two sons and some cousins. David and
Levi Garrison, sons of Jedediah, were Methodist ministers. Levi returned to
South Carolina and preached on a circuit for 10 years. Levi also built and
operated the first cotton mill in South Carolina.
Jedediah, Christopher and other members of his family are buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetary in Banks County, Georgia.
In 1989 a marker was placed at Jedediah Garrison's grave by the Daughters
of The American Revolution and the Veterans Association, stating that he
was a Revolutionary War Soldier. Jedediah Garrison is listed in the 1790
Census of South Carolina and in the county deed books of North Carolina
and in Franklin County, Georgia. It shows the amount of land he owned a
where it was located. This was posted by B.D. Garrison.
fought in the Revolutionary War; War of 1812.
Goodspeed's History of Arkansas 1898 states Jedediah was a descendants of
five brothers who migrated from England to America.
Active member of Methodist Episcopal Church.
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