Jarrett Bolyn (Bouldin/Bolden) Garrett

  General Notes:

In 1843 the Garrett family went to Missouri and stayed. Jarrett Bolden and William Starling returned to Rockingham Co., N.C. Other Garretts returned occasionally for visits.

The North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 at ancestry.com records the Jarrot B Garrett marriage to Clarisa W Hill
Bond Date: 13 Nov 1834
Bond #: 000119648
ImageNum: 003661
County: Rockingham
Record #: 01 084
Bondsman: John Lewis
Witness: J Holderby, Clerk of Court

The 1840 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., North Carolina (image 91 of 125) records Garrett B. Garrett (20-30) as head of household. Also in the household are 1 female (20-30) and 3 females (under 5). Note: Thomas H. Sneed, who is married to Jarrett's Aunt Sarah (Sally) Sims Sneed, is on the same page. Jarrett's Uncle Powhatan (Poet) Garrett wrote about Thomas Sneed in a 1906 letter to James Price Garrett.

The 1850 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., North Carolina,Western District, page 83B records J. B. (38 - NC) and Clarisa (38 - born in New York) Garrett with children Sarah A. (14), Susan E. (12), Elizabeth (5), and Emaline (2). Nearby is the James Sharp family whose son, James Marshall Sharp, will marry Elizabeth Merrit Garrett in 1866. J. B. has real estate valued at $1,000. Next door to J. B. is Isaac Hand and family whose wife is the sister of J. B.'s wife.

The 1860 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., North Carolina, Southern Division, page 57B records J. B. (46) and Clarisey W. (48 - born in New York) Garrett with children Suan E. (21), Eliza (15), Emeline C. (12), James W. (9), Robert (5), and Joseph W. (2). J. B. has real estate valued at $3,000 and personal property at $500.

The 1880 Federal Census for Rockingham Co., North Carolina, North Williamsburg Township, Reedsville, District 233, page 128B records J. B. Garrett (65) boarding at the home of W. W. (28) and Elizabeth A. (28) Vernon. Children in the household include Ida (9) and Annie Lee (7) Vernon. W. W. is a "Picker of Tobacco" while J. B. is listed as a widowed Mail Carrier.

In a 1906 letter to his nephew Jimmie P. Garrett, Poet (Powhatan) Garrett writes of his "Brother Bole".

Jarrett married Eliza Goolsby on 15 Dec 1865 in Rockingham Co., NC. (Eliza Goolsby was born about 1822.)

  Marriage Notes:

The North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000 - Rockingham Co. at ancestry.com lists the marriage of J. B. Garrett to Eliza Goolsby on Dec 15, 1865.

Jarrett next married Clarissa Walton Hill, daughter of William Spaulding Hill Sr. and Sarah Anna (Sally) Walton, on 13 Nov 1834 in Rockingham Co, NC. (Clarissa Walton Hill was born on 7 Apr 1812 in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, died in 1864 in Rockingham Co, NC and was buried in Garrett Family Cemetery, near Madison, N. C..)