Sheriff Patrick or “Pat” Garrett was best know for killing Billy the Kid, as well as, other desperado’s in the American southwest. His career as a lawman began while he was working as a bartender in Lincoln County, New Mexico, … Continue reading
“CAPT. B.W. HARRIS is of Scotch descent. His father Benjamin Harris, was a native of Albermarle County, Va., and there married Miss Elizabeth Ware. He removed to Ohio about 1834, and to Jasper County, Ill., in 1836, where he entered … Continue reading
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“LONG, Crawford Williamson, physician, was born in Danielsville, Ga., Nov. 1, 1815, son of James and Elizabeth (Ware) Long, and grandson of Capt. Samuel Long, an officer in the American army in the Revolution, who served under Lafayette at Yorktown. … Continue reading
“Jacob Ware and his wife had two children – Elizabeth and Millicent. The latter died young and, unmarried.” Reference Data: … Continue reading
“HARRISON, EDMUND, planter, was born in Petersburg, Va., and died in Montgomery, in 1883; son of Bishop Edmund Harrison, of Petersburg, Va. Long prior to the War of Secession he removed to Alabama, engaging in thee cotton business in Mobile … Continue reading
“COWLES, THOMAS MERRIWETHER, planter, was born in 1794, in Richmond County, Ga., and died March 20, 1857; son of William Marston and Anna (Merriwether) Cowles, the latter the sister of Nicholas Merriwether. His ancestors were located in Virginia in the … Continue reading
“… John B. Utterback was also reared on his father’s farm, where he received an excellent English education, and at the age of eighteen left home and at first worked on the farm of a friend, and finally for several … Continue reading
“WARE.–The Gloucester county records being largely destroyed by the Federal Troops, it has been impossible to learn anything of the ‘Wares’ of that county. Rev. Jacob Ware was in Henrico before 1700, as given by Dashiell. In June, 1698, a … Continue reading
