Sturdy Garner
Painting by Archibald M. Willard |
| Born: | May 9, 1762, Fauquier County, Virginia |
| Died: | May 22, 1844, Madison County, Alabama |
| Buried: | Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama |
Notes:
• "Sturdy Garner is apparently the progenitor of hundreds of Garners in the Western United States. Sturdy himself must have been a restless type. He was born in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1762. In 1779, at the age of 17, Sturdy entered the service of the Revolution, in his own words, when his "brother Lewis Garner was called out to go after the Tories, (my) brother being a man of family, (I) entered as a substitute in his place, in a company commanded by Captain William Gwinn." According to further testimony in his application for a pension, Sturdy was living in Orange County, N. C. when this company of Revolutionary soldiers was raised. In three short-term enlistments during the Revolution, Sturdy Garner saw ten months active duty and was granted a pension of $38.33 per year, beginning March 4, 1831. Sturdy's third enlistment was under General Robert Lawson. After Sturdy's company was raised, they rendezvoused at Prince Edward Courthouse in Virginia, 135 miles north of Sturdy's family home in Orange County, N. C.
Sturdy Garner married Sarah Smith about 1787 and moved to Pendleton County, S. C. along with his brother James. Sturdy's family did not stay long. Some time between 1800 and 1808, Sturdy took his family to the Tennessee-Alabama border area (then Mississippi Territory). Sturdy died in Madison County, Alabama in 1844." - Jaimie Garner
• Married Sarah Smith (Born 1770, Died 1846). - RootsWeb
• Father of:
1. Samuel Garner, born in 1789. He married Rachel Pugh and she died in 1840.
2. Sarah Garner who married Thomas Chennualt.
3. Argy L. Garner who married Sharah M. Burton.
4. Daniel H. Garner, born 1806 and married Catherine Drinkwater.
5. Milton C. Garner, who was probably was the father of Robert Milton Garner who lived in Colbert County for many years and married Miss Atkisson on Valentine Day in 1862. There were five sons and three daughters born to this union. Robert Milton bought his first land in Colbert County from Argy Lender Garner. It was located three miles south of Tuscumbia Alabama and is still in the Garner family today.
6. Sturdy F. Garner
7. William L. Garner
8. Elizabeth Garner who married Lawrence Nobles.
There were four other sons in this family who died young. - RootsWeb
• James Record created a list of early settlers in Madison County, Alabama. This is what he says about his list: "The earliest known county residency is shown. Various spellings of names from source records are listed. Sources were: the 1809 Census (actually an 1808 "Squatters List" ); 1810 and 1811 tax records; Records of Superior, Orphans, and early Justice courts; and various genealogical records and histories. Many of these settlers were in Madison County before the dates shown, but proof is sparse." Sturdy Garner is on this list and the date for Record is 1808. - Record
• Application for Public Lands Nov.3, 1810. Madison Co., Mississippi Territory (Section 7, Township 1, Range 1E). - Barefield
• "Sturdy Garner is shown in the 1809 census in what was then the Mississippi Territory, before Alabama was a state." - RootsWeb
• Included in this book are the minutes of the Enon Church (later evolved to become 1st Baptist Church of Huntsville) in 1809. This is the note connected to those minutes: "Note: One 'Sturdy Garner' appeared in the 1809 census and made application to purchase 160 acres of land located about one mile south of the Alabama-Tennessee state line. It is assumed that this was the same 'Mister Gamer' mentioned in the Enon minutes." - Bobo and Johnson
• Sturdy Garner was a charter member of the Enon Baptist Church - Bobo and Johnson
• Census of Madison County (Jan 1809):
Free White Males Under 21 Years of Age - 5
Free White Males Over 21 Years of Age - 2
Free White Females Under 21 Years of Age - 2
Free White Females Over 21 Years of Age - 1
Total Free White Inhabitants -10
Total Slaves - 0 - 1809 Census.
• 1840 Census:
1 Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79
1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9
1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59
1 Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69
4 Free Colored Persons - Males - Under 10
1 Persons Employed in Agriculture
1 No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write
1Free White Persons - Under 20
4 Total Free White Persons
4 Total Free Colored Persons
8 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves - 1840 Census
• Private, North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary War. - Patriot Database
• "GARNER. STURDY, aged 72, and a resident of Madison county; private N. C. Militia; enrolled on April 23, 1833, under act of Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from March 4, 1831; annual allowance, $33.33; sums received to date of publication of list, $72.33.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Madison county, June 1, 1840, aged 72.- Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148." - Revolutionary Soldiers
• Birth Date and Place: 9 May 1762, Fauquier County, Virginia
Death Date and Place: 4 March 1845 Madison Co., Alabama
Burial place: Madison Co., Alabama
Additional information: Private, North Carolina Militia
Cemetery Location: Hazel Green, AL - Patriot Database
Related Links:
• 1809 Census. - Census of Madison County (Jan. 1809) in Three Capitals: A Book About the First Three Capitals of Alabama St. Stevens, Huntsville & Cahawba, by William H. Brantley, 1947, 1976, page 216.
• 1840 Census - The view of the Census is through an ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Sturdy&gsln=Garner&msypn__ftp=Madison+County%2c+Alabama%2c+USA&msypn=1851&msypn_PInfo=7-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3246%7c3%7c0%7c1851%7c0%7c0%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=61g&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1315698&recoff=6+7&db=1840usfedcenancestry&indiv=1.)
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by Randy Bryant1958 and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16832051/person/434435863.)
• Barefield - Old Huntsville Land Office Records & Military Warrants 1810-1854, by Compiled by Marilyn Davis Barefield, 1985, pages 101 & 143.
• Bobo and Johnson - First Baptist Church of Huntsville, Alabama: The First 175 Years: 1809 - 1984, by Mildred Burden Bobo and Catherine Ryan Johnson, 1985, pages 2, 3, 315.
• Find A Grave - Page created by Tricia
• Jaimie Garner - Note posted by Jaimer Garner in Ancestry.com. (Paid subscription required to view.) (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11643626/story/fdb924b7-8962-4239-a872-733bb2e93a53.)
• Patriot Database - Tennessee Valley Chapter Alabama Society of Sons of the American Revolution, List of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Madison County, Alabama.
• Rankin - Legal document showing where Sturdy Garner substituted for his brother Lewis Garner in military service. (Paid subscription required to view.) (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16832051/person/434435863/story/3cb6f26e-2ce3-41fc-8156-4f3d7af1e216?src=search.)
• Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 523.
• Revolutionary Soldiers - Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama, by Alabama Department of Archives and History, page 41.
• RootsWeb - This is geological information by Lewis c. Gibbs, Jr., focuses on his son, Argy Leadnder Garner, but it includes information on Sturdy.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Patriot Database
• Record
• Revolutionary Soldiers