BARNEY O. AND NANCY SAMANTHA OWEN GARRISON FAMILY BIBLE

Owned by Marel Burrell

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Barney O. Garrison was borne July the 18 1836 baptis by Levi Garrison

Nancy S. Garrison was borne June the 24 1846 baptis by Georg Hus

Nancy E. Garrison was borne July 14 1866 baptis by Henry Cranford

Jane A. Garrison was borne November the 9 1867 And was baptis by Chs. H. Elliss

Willie B. Garrison was borne September the 24 1869 and was baptis by Britons Sanders

John E. Garrison was borne August the 30 1873 and was baptis by Henry Cranford

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B….and Nansy…. was married March the 30 1865

J. E. Garrison was married November the 14 1897 married by Mr. Prof Christian

Miss Fannie J. Garrison was married July the 18th 1898

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William B. Garrison dide the 30 day of May 1871 and atain monthe old and 3 days old

Eligia L. Garrison Dide September the 4 1880 won years old and fiftine days

Nancy S. Garrison died September the 4 1883 thirty seven years old and three months and seven days old

Jane A. Garrison died September the 10 1887 ninten year and tine month and wone day old

B. O. Garrison Dide March the 26 1894

David G. Garrison Dide March the 20 1898 was 22 year and too month and 11 days old

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David G. Garrison was bornd January the 9 1876 and was baptis by A. G. Worly

Fany J. Garrison was borne Augus the 4th 1877 and was baptis by R. L. Campbell

Eligia L. Garrison was borne Augus the 18 1879 and was baptis by Harry Qillin

Robert B. Garrison was borne May the 29 1882 and was baptis by Rev. J. M. Mylnd

* R. R. Garrison was bornd May the 20 1900

* D. S. Garrison was bornd Oct the 24 1902

* Lora Garrison Born Sept the 8th 1904

* Newt Born Oct the 24 1905

* John Hubert Born March the 31 1909

* Farrie J. was born March 14 1911

* NOTE : These children were the children of John Eldridge and Evelyn Louise “Lou” Allen Garrison.

Biographical Notes on Barney O. Garrison and Nancy Samantha Owen by Shirley Rivers:

Barney and Samantha Garrison were married 30 March 1865 and were the parents of 8 children. Barney did not fight in the Civil War because he had fallen on a sharp rock when he was about 17 years old and walked with the aid of a cane. He worked for his wife’s brother, Francis (Frank ) Owen, who owned the mill in Homer, Ga. Samantha died young and was buried at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery, Homer, Banks County, Ga., next to her two young boys, Willie and Elijah. All three are buried in unmarked graves. After Samantha’s death, the family moved to High Shoals, Ga., (Walton County) where the older children worked in the cotton mill and took care of the family. After the eldest daughter, Nancy Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) married Henry Martin Shelnutt on 29 Feb. 1888, the two younger children went to live with them, and the oldest living son, John, continued to care for Barney until his death. Barney was confined to his rocking chair for the final four years of his life due to strokes.

Barney and two of his children, Jane (“Alice”) and David, were buried in unmarked graves in the Old High Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery. Descendants of Lizzie Shelnutt and John Garrison continue to meet at a family reunion nearly every February at Union Christian Church in Watkinsville, Georgia.

Contributed by Marell Burrell and Shirley Rivers