Military Monday - Confederate William A. Manser

In my many years of research I've always enjoyed military records.  I know many people shy away from them or are intimidated by them.  Whenever I see anyone young enough to be "in the service" of their country and die during the time frame a military action was taking place, I head right out to search for some indication of how they might have died.   I have a subscription to Fold3 and I use it ALOT!  

Such was the case with William Augustus Manser, son of Miles Manser (1798-1873) and his wife, Catherine "Caty" Morris (1797-1887).   William was the fourth of five children born to the couple - Edna, Eunice, Miles Jr., Wm. A. and Virginia.   

Catherine Morris, mother of William was the daughter of Benjamin Morris (1770-1829) and his wife, Nancy Jarrett (1769-1832).  Benjamin & Nancy are direct line for Mark, being his 6th great grandparents.


When I found the death date for William I immediately went to Fold3 and was not surprised when I found several muster roll entries and then this....

Doesn't get much better than finding something like this, confirming my suspicions.  Now I have the rest of the story.

Happy Researching!

Tombstone Tuesday - William Morris Memorial

Virginia's Chapel Cemetery, Cedar Grove, West Virginia

Family of James Jarrett Sr. - The Research Goes On

First of all I apologize for the really bad photo - but its all I have.  I found this so many years ago,  its from that era when I wasn't sourcing, so I have no idea where the photo or most of this information came from.  So if you ask about sources on this material, I will be honest & tell you on this family, I am 95% clueless.  The marriage and parents of Nancy Jarret & Benjamin Morris is from the family bible pages that I received from Mark's grandmother when I first began researching over 20 years ago. Beyond that... your guess is as good as mine. 

So treat this information with caution - its unproven as of this very moment. 

This is one of the families in my data base that I know a bit about, nothing earth shattering or anything.  So today's post is a phishing expidition.  Maybe someone out there has more information on this family??

James Jarrett, photo above is reported in the caption of the photo to have had 24 children.  So far I have seen only 18 of those reported 24 listed anywhere.   Here's what I do know at this point:

James Jarrett (1750-1822) was born, died & married all in Greenbriar County, (West) Virginia.  He married twice.  His daughter, Nancy who marries Ben Morris is Mark's ancestor.

First marriage to Elizabeth Griffey (1754-1802) by whom he had:

1.  William (marr Caty Medsicar 9 Apr 1807 Greenbriar)
2. James (marr Ruth Gwinn 11 Jan 1803 Greenbriar)
3. David
4. Abraham
5. Owen (20 May 1790-27 Jul 1852; marr Elizabeth Vincent 5 Mar 1808 Greenbriar)
6. Leah (marr James Graham 12 Nov 1799 Greenbriar)
7. Elizabeth (20 Jun 1784-29 Dec 1846; marr William Jones
8. Isaac
9. Nancy (4 Sep 1769-14 May 1832; marr Benjamin Morris 12 Nov 1788)
10. Margaret (marr Levi Morris 22 May 1788, bro to Benjamin)

Second marriage to Rosanna Vincent (1 Feb 1779-21 Aug 1864) by whom he had:

1. Delilah
2. Jacob
3. George W.
4. James Madison (marr Ruth Hamilton 16 May 1827 Greenbriar)
5. Morris
6. Evaline (Arlena?)
7. Vincent (28 Feb 1815-2 Apr 1887; marr Rebecca Caraway 10 Aug 1844 Greenbriar)
8. Levi M.

So, any Jarrett researchers out there??

Happy Researching!
Karen

Tombstone Tuesday - Wm Morris 1722-1792

William Morris & his wife, Elizabeth Stepp (Stipp, Stapp)were my husband Mark's 7th great grandparents.