Jedediah Garrison Bible Contributed by Jacqueline King

Bible owned by D. H. P. Garrison, Godfrey, Morgan Co., Ga.

 

Jedediah Garrison, Rev. Soldier, was a son of Christopher Garrison, who came from Scotland in 1700. * (See disclaimer 
below.)  The family came to Franklin Co., Ga., in 1784 and moved into Fort Norris to protect themselves from hostile 
Indians; they lived in this fort long enough to make one crop.

 

MARRIAGES:

Freeman A. Morgan, son of Levi, b. 10-22-1822, m. 2-7-1855, Lucretia Ann Morgan.

Doctor H. P. Garrison, son of Freeman, b. 12-14-1855, m. 8-22-1877 Nancy Ann Ragsdale, d. 12-13-1923, b. 6-22-1856.

Leona Irene Garrison, b. 2-23-1885, m. Richard Lee Crump.

Francis Davis Garrison, b, 10-4-1886, m. Ruth Pierce Shelton.

Flora Cordelia Garrison, b. 8-17-1901, m. L. Grover Hicks.

 

BIRTHS:

David Garrison, 4-___-1777, son of Jedediah.

Levi B. Garrison, 1798, son of David.

Children of D. H. P. Garrison and Nancy Ann Ragsdale:

Leone Irene

Francis Davis

Flora Cordelia

 

DEATHS:

Francis Garrison, Jr., infant son of F. D. and Ruth Shelton Garrison.

 

*Disclaimer-Present day Garrison researchers do not believe their family comes from Scotland.

 

Source: Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters, Daughter of the American Revolution.

Transcribed 2005 by Jacqueline King