Jane Garris

Female1793–10 August 1865

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Garris was born in 1793, in Duplin Roads, Duplin, North Carolina, United States, her father, Bedford Garris, was 34 and her mother, Susannah, was 23. She married Kendrick Richardson about 1826, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Union, Union, North Carolina, United States in 1850. She died on 10 August 1865, in Union, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Kendrick Richardson
1795–1865
Jane Garris
1793–1865
Marriage: about 1826
Mason James Richardson
1817–1877
Eliz. Or Elizabeth Abigail Richardson
1835–
Mahala Mary Richardson
1819–1880
Mahala Richardson
1819–1880
Jane "Jencey" Richardson
1827–1901
Caroline Richardson
1832–
Frances Richardson
1834–1880
General Kendrick Richardson
1835–1893
Martha Clarissa Richardson
1839–1914
Mason Caldwell Richardson
1840–1916
Martha Missouri Richardson
1862–1909

Sources (5)

  • Jane Richardson in household of Kendrick Richardson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jane Richardson in household of Kindrick Richardson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Garris - Published information: birth-name: Jane Garris

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1826Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
  • Children (11)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

    Age 6

    "In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

    1812

    Age 19

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    English: unexplained. Compare Garriss .

    Americanized form of German Gehres and of its variant Geres, or Gehris . Compare Garis .

    French: habitational name from a place so named in Saint-Palay canton in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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