When Zemriah Garrison was born in 1782, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, Capt George Adolphus Garrison, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Hall, was 32. He married Percilla James on 27 September 1811, in Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Monroe Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Saline, Illinois, United States for about 5 years. He died in 1861, in Gallatin, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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English: from a shortened form of Middle English Gerardson, a patronymic from the personal name Gerard + son, or an Anglicized form of its Dutch cognate Gerritsen . The English surname is probably in most cases of Flemish or Dutch origin. It was brought to Britain by immigrants from the Low Countries, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Americanized form of Jewish Gerson (see Gershon ).
Americanized form of Dutch Gerritsen .
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