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Continued: Along with his wife and her parents, Jarrett pioneered the N. GA mountains of Union Co. He had friends among the Cherokee. He owned as much as 2,000 acres of the most choice land in the region, adjacent to his wife's parents' land of some 2,000 acres. Jarrett died prematurely in 1857, at the age of 51. Seven of his 13 children were still at home, underage. Guardianship of at least one child, Phoebe, was given outside the immediate family. According to Union County Guardianship Bond # 26: "Isaac Beach was granted guardianship of orphan Phebee [sic] Turner, daughter of deceased Jarrett Turner and who was left a considerable estate, for him to be sure she was properly educated, etc., on February 1, 1858." On July of 1860, he had reported no money paid out or taken in on the estate for 1859 or 1860. On November 4, 1861, Isaac was honorably discharged from guardianship at his request. The reason for his requesting release was because he joined the Confederate Army in 1861. He was killed in the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1863. There was also a guardianship bond where siblings Olive and William Turner were given to their natural mother Sarah Turner in March of 1861. It is unclear just what Isaac’s relationship was to them. His wife is listed in marriage records as Elizabeth Tanner, but this is now suggested to be Elizabeth Turner, Pheby's sister. Elizabeth was exactly the right age, according to 1850 and 1860 Census records, to have been married to Isaac. Moreover, there is no record of an Elizabeth Tanner contemporaneous with Elizabeth Turner. Along with his wife and her parents, Jarrett pioneered the N. GA mountains of Union Co. He had friends among the Cherokee. He owned vast holdings of the most choice land in the region, adjacent to his wife's parents' land in today's popular Choestoe Valley. Choestoe is known for producing more notable leaders and geniuses of many fields, per capita, than any similarly sized community in the nation. JARRETT IS LISTED ON THE FIRST LOCAL RECORDS OF UNION COUNTY: 1832 UNION COUNTY, GEORGIA LAND RECORDS. 1834 UNION COUNTY, GEORGIA CENSUS ... (A special census under the Act of 1833 taken by William B. Gilliland and completed March 24, 1834). Choestoe District. 1850 SLAVE CENSUS OF UNION COUNTY, GA: Jarrett holds two slaves. POSSIBLE NAMESAKE FOR JARRETT TURNER: Inasmuch as "Jarrett" is a surname, especially prominent in VA whence his parents came, I have essayed to research possible Jarretts for whom he could have been named. At first I felt his mother Nancy may have been a Jarrett, but I find no Nancy Jarretts the right age and place, except one, but she was married to someone other than Jarrett's father all her life. Looking on the Census in SC, where Jarrett was born, I see some Jarrett men who are possibilities: 1810: Peter Jaret, [ Abbeville Co., SC ] Richard Jaret, [ Abbeville Co., SC ] James Jarrett [Pendleton Dist., SC, in which Jarrett's parents then lived] John Jarrett [Pendleton Dist., SC, in which Jarrett's parents then lived] 1820: Richard Jarrett, [Union Co., SC ] 1830: James Jarrett, Jr., [ Abbeville Co., SC ] Joseph Jarrett, [ Anderson Co., SC ] Though some Jarretts eventually came to northern GA, I have found none living near Jarrett Turner or his parents contemporary with him.
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