Capt
Elijah
Garten
Jr
Born in Orange County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Garten
and Frances (Dickenson) Garten
Brother of
Uriah Garten, Nathaniel Garten Sr., Griffith Garten, William Garten, Frances (Garten) Shanklin, Elizabeth (Garten) Douglas, Richard Garten and John Brown Jr. [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Boyd) Garton
— married
1782 in Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Died
at about age 81
in Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2017
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Biography
Capt Elijah Garten Jr served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.
Elijah Garten Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A134197.
My ancestor, ELIJAH GARTON (spelled Garten on land records and Garten on his tombstone)was called Captain in a court case dated 24 April 1792 (He may have fought in the Revolutionay War[1]). He was a grantee in a land record dated 1774 in Augusta Co., Virginia, in 1795 in Greenbrier, W. Virginia, & 1804 in Monroe Co., Virginia. He and his sons migrated to Lawrence Co., Indiana, and he had a small "corn cracker" as early as 1819 near Fayetteville, Indiana. He married SARAH BOYD, the daughter of WILLIAM & ELIZABETH (McTEER) BOYD on 16 Mar 1782 in Augusta Co., Virginia. They were the parents of eight known children:
- WILLIAM G. GARTON (my ancestor),
- Elijah Garton,
- James Garten,
- Nancy Rachel (Garton) Browning,
- Fannie (Garton) Hackler,
- Robert Garton,
- Elizabeth "Betsey" (Garton) Rhodes, and
- Amy (Garton) Perkins.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Dec 2020), "Record of Elijah Garton", Ancestor # A134197.
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 75; Image: 00084; Family History Library Film: 0181352
- 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lawrence, Indiana; Page: 101; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 139
- 1830; Census Place: Lawrence, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 26; Page: 111; Family History Library Film: 0007715
Family Data Collection - Births
Family Data Collection - Individual Records Birth year: 1758; Birth city: Orange County; Birth state: VA
- Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Source number: 11348.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJ2
Several generations of Elijah Garten/Garton that can be confused see:
Find A Grave: Memorial #13310284
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~1.56%
Jim Rodriguez
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M292764 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a293396 [compare], Ancestry member jrodriguez46241
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~1.56%
Anonymous Burrowbridge :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Charlene (Ballengee) Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A238890 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Diana (Swan) Reiner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QV4088816 [compare], Ancestry member hawaiithunder13
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~0.78%
Lesli Wall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lesli_Wall
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T179315 [compare], FTDNA kit #334827
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~0.78%
Lance Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KW2093481 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeff Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GD7253924 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lisa Burchette :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Taryn Reiner :
Living DNA, GEDmatch QS6807654 [compare], yourDNAportal TAR5be2bc96
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