Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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James Mercer Garnett was mentioned in the 25[?] April 1800 will of his father, Muscoe Garnett. To son James Mercer Garnett land I purchased of Bernard Gaines, Thomas Thorp, Thomas Thorpe junior, William & Thomas Ayres & James Rutherford. If he should die without heir, then those lands to son John Mercer Garnett. Negroes to be equally divided amongst my children, subject to the resolution of a dispute over land with George Morton. My son James Mercer Garnett to serve as executor. On 21 February 1803, presented in court by James M. Garnett. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 201-202.]
On 18 April 1803, James M Garnett, Carey Selden, John T. Brooke, James G. Taliaferro, Charles Taliaferro and James Hunter were bound in the penalty of $70,000 for James M Garnett’s executorship of the estate of Muscoe Garnett. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 208–209.]
On 20 June 1814, James M. Garnett, Paul Micou, Thomas Pitts and Jno. Taylor Lomax were bound in the penalty of $5,000 for James M. Garnett’s administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Grace Fenton Garnett, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, page 31.]
On 19 July 1820, William Garnett, John M. Garnett, and James M. Garnett acting as commissioners under a decree of the Chancery Court in Fredericksburg dated 10 May 1820 of the one part sold to John Augustine Smith of the City of Williamsburg of the second part. For $15,500 [according to a detailed payment schedule], a tract of land in the County of Westmoreland commonly known by the name of Mount Pleasant, containing one thousand and thirty one acres or thereabouts, being all that tract of land sold by Giles Fitzhugh to the late Muscoe G. Hunter. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 24, pages 113–114.]
On 19 July 1820, Doct. John A. Smith of the City of Williamsburg executed a deed of trust of William Garnett, John M. Garnett and James M. Garnett, commissioners appointed by the Chancery Court of Fredericksburg in the sale of a tract of land called Mount Pleasant in the County of Westmoreland. To secure the payment of the several sums of money, Doct. John A. Smith hath conveyed to the said William Garnett, John M. Garnett and James M. Garnett a tract of land in the County of Westmoreland commonly known by the name of Mount Pleasant, but this to be void if payments are made. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 24, pages 114–115.]
The estate of Grace F. Garnett in account with James M. Garnett, administrator, from 1814 to 1821 was settled on 29 November 1821 by D. W. Pitts, Robt. P. Waring, and Wm. T. Brooke. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, pages 307–308.]
On 18 April 1803, James M Garnett, Carey Selden, John T. Brooke, James G. Taliaferro, Charles Taliaferro and James Hunter were bound in the penalty of $70,000 for James M Garnett’s executorship of the estate of Muscoe Garnett. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 208–209.]
On 20 June 1814, James M. Garnett, Paul Micou, Thomas Pitts and Jno. Taylor Lomax were bound in the penalty of $5,000 for James M. Garnett’s administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Grace Fenton Garnett, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 18, page 31.]
On 19 July 1820, William Garnett, John M. Garnett, and James M. Garnett acting as commissioners under a decree of the Chancery Court in Fredericksburg dated 10 May 1820 of the one part sold to John Augustine Smith of the City of Williamsburg of the second part. For $15,500 [according to a detailed payment schedule], a tract of land in the County of Westmoreland commonly known by the name of Mount Pleasant, containing one thousand and thirty one acres or thereabouts, being all that tract of land sold by Giles Fitzhugh to the late Muscoe G. Hunter. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 24, pages 113–114.]
On 19 July 1820, Doct. John A. Smith of the City of Williamsburg executed a deed of trust of William Garnett, John M. Garnett and James M. Garnett, commissioners appointed by the Chancery Court of Fredericksburg in the sale of a tract of land called Mount Pleasant in the County of Westmoreland. To secure the payment of the several sums of money, Doct. John A. Smith hath conveyed to the said William Garnett, John M. Garnett and James M. Garnett a tract of land in the County of Westmoreland commonly known by the name of Mount Pleasant, but this to be void if payments are made. [Westmoreland County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills 24, pages 114–115.]
The estate of Grace F. Garnett in account with James M. Garnett, administrator, from 1814 to 1821 was settled on 29 November 1821 by D. W. Pitts, Robt. P. Waring, and Wm. T. Brooke. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 19, pages 307–308.]