James Jonathan Garland Jr. (1753 - 1781)

Born 1753 in North Garden, Albemarle, Colony of Virginia

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Died 1781 at about age 28 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Captain James Garland Jr. served with Albemarle County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

James Garland Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A043988.

James Garland, Jr. was born in 1753, in Hanover county, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, James served as an officer in Albemarle county, Virginia. ^[1]

Captain James Garland lost his life in 1781. On August 2, 1832, Jesse Beck of Albemarle County took and oath that he served three tours at Albemarle Barracks under Captain James Garland, who was killed by a sentinel at the barracks. William Turner makes the same declaration on 21 December 1832. James Garland, (1753-81), commanded the company detailed to guard the surrendered troops of Burgoyne. When officer of the day at the barracks, James Garland was shot by the sentry at night as he did not give the password. ^[2]

Captain James Garland is honored by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolutionary War, as DAR Ancestor #A043988. DAR records indicate that his wife's name was Anne Wingfield. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of their sons, David S. Garland, who married Jane Henry Meredith; Husdon Martin Garland, who married Elizabeth Philips; and James Parker Garland, who married Keturah "Kitty" Stone.^[3]

"James Garland, Jr., an officer of the guards, was killed by Lawrence Mansfield while on duty as a sentinel. According to all the traditions connected with the case, it was a justifiable homicide. It was owing to a refusal to halt and give the countersign. The motive of Garland is differently explained. One account represents him as designing to test the competence and fidelity of the guard. Another version has it, that he was indulging a spirit of frolic... The will of the unfortunate man is on record, and from the serious spirit with which it is pervaded, one would judge that the first account more probably indicates the reason of his conduct." ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wood, Albemarle Co in VA, p. 44
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHM9-JVF
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 Apr 2018), "Record of Garland, James Jr", Ancestor # A043988.
4. ↑ * Albemarle County in Virginia; giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it, by Rev. Edgar Woods; The Michie Company; VA, USA; 1901, p. 200.

• Source: S33 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Nancy Hadley for creating WikiTree profile Garland-916 through the import of dinwiddiemaupinmerge_2013-10-06.ged on Oct 7, 2013

• The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy, by Alexander Brown; Houghton, Mifflin & Company; 1895, pp. 275, 276.
• Rootsweb: "A Tree of Life"
• Lineage Book, Volume 29; Daughters of the American Revolution; 1910, p. 165. James Garland, Jr., (1753–81), commanded the company to guard the surrendered troops of Burgoyne. When officer of the day at Charlottesville he was shot by the sentinel by mistake.