When Josiah Garlington was born in 1797, in Moncks Corner, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Ball Garlington, was 44 and his mother, Dorcas Hamilton, was 36. He married Elizabeth Davis about 1822. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Western Division, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1860. He died on 1 December 1871, in Wilcox, Alabama, United States, at the age of 74.
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from Girlington Hall (North Yorkshire) or Girlington (Yorkshire).
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