THE KENNETH JARRETT FAMILY TREEUpdated April 1, 2009 |
Kenneth Warren Jarrett 282 North County Line Road Sylvester, GA. 31791-7922 United States kjarrett1962@gmail.com |
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| THE KENNETH JARRETT FAMILY TREE DESCENDS FROM 13 GENERATIONS OF JARRETTS THAT COME FROM ENGLAND THROUGH SIR THOMAS GERRARD. I DESCEND FROM SIR THOMAS THROUGH HENRY GERRARD/JARRETT, NICHOLAS GERRARD/JARRETT, THOMAS JARRETT SR., THOMAS JARRETT JR., PETER JARRETT, WILLIAM BUCKNER JARRETT, NATHAN WRIGHT JARRETT, JOHN FRANKLIN JARRETT, PERRY FRANKLIN JARRETT, WILLIAM BOYD JARRETT AND MY FATHER DWIGHT TERRELL JARRETT. WE HAVE THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS JARRETT JR. (1735-1806)FROM 1806. WILLIAM BUCKNER JARRETT (FEB. 17,1799-NOV.8,1883) HELPED TAKE THE LAST INDIANS TO OKLAHOMA IN 1838. THEY WERE TAKEN WEST FROM A PLACE ONE MILE WEST OF RANGER, GA. NEAR LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH. WILLIAM BUCKNER JARRETT DONATED LAND TO START THE LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH DEEDED ON APRIL 16, 1859 AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. HE IS BURIED IN THEIR CEMETERY. NATHAN WRIGHT JARRETT (MAR.23,1825-APR 2,1886) WAS SECTION FOREMAN OF THE GEORGIA RAILROAD NEAR STONE MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. HE CAME TO GORDON COUNTY IN 1837. HE WAS CAPTURED DURING THE CIVIL WAR WITHIN ONE MILE OF HIS HOME NEAR SANORAVILLE, GA. BY THE YANKEES AND WAS TAKEN TO INDIANA. HE SENT FOR HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO CAME TO HIM ON A ONE-HORSE WAGON. THEY LIVED IN INDIANA FOUR YEARS THEN RETURNED TO GORDON COUNTY, GA. THOUGH HE IS BURIED IN BARTOW COUNTY, GA AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. JOHN FRANKLIN JARRETT (NOV.27,1859-SEPT 5,1943) WAS A FARMER AND OWNED A ROCK QUARRY. HE MARRIED SAMANTHA ELLA SPARKS AND THEY HAD TEN BOYS. SAMANTHA WAS KILLED IN A TRAGIC TRAIN/HORSE AND BUGGY WRECK THAT BROKE ALMOST EVERY BONE IN JOHN'S BODY. YOUNG DAVE GOT OUT OF THE BUGGY BEFORE THE TRAIN HIT THEM. IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF THE JARRETT STORE THAT PERRY FRANKLIN JARRETT AND BROTHER CHARLIE FRANKLIN JARRETT OWNED IN DOWNTOWN ADAIRSVILLE, GA. IT WAS A GROCERY STORE AND THEN A HARDWARE STORE. CHARLIE AND HIS SON WILTON A.(WICK)JARRETT ALSO OWNED JOHN'S ROCK QUARRY BUSINESS AND WICK BECAME MAYOR FROM 1950-1954 IN ADAIRSVILLE, GA. PERRY LATER SOLD HIS PART IN THE STORE TO CHARLIE. PERRY FRANKLIN, TRADED HIS PISTOL, AND OTHER ARTICLES, GOT HIM A TEAM OF MULES, AND WAGON, AND STARTED HIS TREK SOUTH. JOHN'S SECOND MARRIAGE WAS TO SUSAN ETTA (MISS SUTY) BURNS ON JAN 31,1917. SHE DIED JUNE 3, 1930. HIS THIRD MARRIAGE WAS TO MYRTLE EFFIE MANN IN FEB. 1931 WHEN HE WAS 72. THEY HAD ONE SON JOHN FRANKLIN (JAY) JARRETT (AUG 15,1931-AUG 19,1962). PERRY FRANKLIN JARRETT (DEC 9, 1885-FEB 21, 1935) KNOWN AS "POTS" MARRIED WINNIE DAVIS DUNNAWAY IN ADAIRSVILLE, GA, BARTOW COUNTY WHERE CLAY AND WILLIAM BOYD WERE BORN. HE MOVED THE JARRETTS FROM ADAIRSVILLE, GA. FOR A TIME TO DOOLY COUNTY, GA. AND BACK TO BARTOW COUNTY, GA. FARMING IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND THEN TO EARLY COUNTY, GA. TO THE FARM THEN OWNED BY JOE NEWTON OWEN ON THE CHANCEY MILL ROAD. AT THIS FARM WYATT AND MACK JARRETT WERE BORN. THEY LIVED IN THE OLD OWEN HOUSE THAT BURNED. THE FAMILY THEN MOVED AND FARMED THE CALHOUN (FUQUA) FARM WHERE DORIS JARRETT WAS BORN. THE LAST CHILD OF WILLIAM BOYD JARRETT, PERRY'S SECOND SON, JESSIE L.(RUDY)JARRETT, LATER FARMED BOTH OF THESE PLACES IN EARLY COUNTY. ON FEB. 21, 1935 POTTS WAS KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. AFTER HIS DEATH, THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE URGUART COMMUNITY AND CONTINUED FARMING. WILLIAM BOYD JARRETT (NOV 18,1909-NOV 16,1968)MARRIED VARENA MAE SHEFFIELD ON DEC 23,1931 IN BLAKELY, GA. AFTER PERRY'S DEATH THE FAMILY CONTINUED TO FARM THE JARRETT HOME PLACE. AFTER HIS WIFE DIED IN 1949, HE CONTINUED TO RAISE HIS EIGHT CHILDREN WHO GAVE HIM 20 GRANDCHILDREN. FONDLY CALLED "BO-JAY" BY HIS FRIENDS, HE DIED AT AGE 57 FOLLOWING SEVERAL HEART ATTACKS. THE JARRETT TRADITION REVOLVES AROUND FARMING AS A WAY OF LIFE AND GATHERING AROUND THE PIANO AND SINGING CHRISTIAN HYMNS ESPECIALLY OUR THEME SONG, "I'LL FLY AWAY". EWELL LEADS THE SINGING AND ANN PLAYS THE PIANO WHILE CLINT KEEPS THE HARMONY. |
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