Nice to Prove She was a Jarrett
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde-Beatty
Being nice pays. I learned it doesn’t pay to argue when another genealogist believes they are absolutely right. It was nice to prove my ancestor was indeed a Jarrett and not lose a relationship..
Many years ago, while researching my 5thgreat grandmother, Rebecca Jarrett Sappington, a discussion arose with another researcher over Rebecca’s parentage; Rebecca Jarrett Sappington was not named in Frederick “Fadda” Jarrett’s will. Fadda had a son named Jesse Jarrett, who left a widow named Rebecca. The other researcher was convinced that Rebecca was Jesse Jarrett’s widow, Rebecca Bell Jarrett, who had remarried Richard Sappington, the administrator of Fadda’s will. Richard was named as a legatee. Fadda’s sons and daughters were supposedly named in the will, except Rebecca Sappington.
I was a newby genealogist and did not argue. Instead, I continued researching. And I learned what happened to Rebecca/Rebeckah Bell Jarrett/Jarrett from another researcher who was a descendant of that couple.
From researcher and descendant of Rebeckah Bell Jarratt and Jesse Jarratt, Thomas Parson:
Rebeckah Bell was the daughter of The Rev. James Bell and Mildred Robinson. She was born on 14 December 1762 in Sussex County, Virginia. She married Jesse Jarratt (sp.) on 17 February 1780, the son of Fadda Jarratt and Martha Ivey. Rebeckah was widowed in 1781. Jesse Jarratt named their unborn child in his will dated 1781. James Bell Jarratt was born in 1781.
Rebeckah Bell remarried on August 21, 1783, to John Crew Robinson. (Sussex County Marriage Records.) Rebeckah died before 1875. I would imagine Rebeckah Bell Jarratt Robinson died in Greensville County because her second husband, John Crew Robinson, was a resident there and a teacher at the time. It seems he married three times and lived to be 106 years old. I have read the copies of the court guardianship, and they seem to be connected to the Bell family, so I would imagine they raised James Bell Jarratt.
Thomas W Parson IV
Box 242
Jarratt Virginia 23867
My research continues documenting sources:
Rebecca Jarrett was born on December 11, 1765, at the beginning of the American Revolution. She was born to Frederick "Fadda' Jarrett and his wife, Martha Ivey, out of a possible 11 children in Surry/Sussex County, Virginia. The family migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia about 1783 when Cherokee land opened to
On her twentieth birthday, she married Richard Sappington on December 11, 1785, probably in Wilkes County, Georgia. Richard and Rebecca had 12 or 13 children. The family moved from Kettle Creek in Wilkes County to Henry County, Georgia, where they are both buried. Richard died in 1838, and Rebecca in August of 1848.
Richard Sappington purchased and sold a great deal of property in Wilkes County, Georgia and in Henry County, Georgia; some of the deed listings are included in the timeline to assist the reader to follow the migration from Wilkes County to Henry County.
Richard Sappington
July 25, 1763 - Friday, Richard Sappington was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland to John Sappington Jr. and Ann Everett.
1763: Richard Sappington's father died—John Sappington, Jr.
17 October 1765:
Maryland Hall of Records filed in Anne Arundel County, in 1765, Prerogative Court, Box 5, fld. 14 "17 October 1765 - John Sappington of Anne Arundel County, deceased made a deed of gift to his son, Richard.
Gleanings from Maryland News Papers: 1727-1775 by Robert Barnes, 1976.
Annapolis, Maryland Gazette
1764: Richard’s Mother remarried—"Ann, mother of Richard and his three siblings, married Nicholas Ridgely of Baltimore, Maryland."
(Gleanings from Maryland News Papers: 1727-1775 by Robert Barnes, 1976. Annapolis, Maryland Gazette).
11 March 1773: Estate settlement for John Sappington, Jr.
John Richard, and Margaret executors. John Sappington, Jr. was the first-born son of John Sappington, Sr. and his wife, the former Sarah Sherbert of Anne Arundel County, Virginia. John Jr. was born into this world on February 6, 1734; he departed on February 13, in the Year of Our Lord, 1765. John was thirty-one years and one week. John was the 2nd great-grandson of Nathaniel Sappington, the immigrant. Citations: From Linda Starr, a descendant of The Rev. Joshua Starr, on July 3, 2000.
11 December 1785 Sunday, Richard Sappington, Marriage, Richard was 22 years, 4 months and 19 days. Source: Bible Records of William Jarrett Sappington
18 December 1787: Birth—Caleb Sappington, son.
14 November 1788: Deed—Purchase 99 acres on Kettle Creek
21 March 1789: Birth Daughter, Margaret “Peggy” Sappington
10 October 1790: Birth Daughter—Nancy Jarrett Sappington
22 July 1792: Birth Daughter—Mary Elizabeth Sappington
2 December 1803: Birth Son—Henry Thomas Sappington
29 February 1804: Death of Richard’s mother, Ann Everett Sappington Ridgely in Baltimore, Maryland Ridgely exocusus from Anne Arundel Gentry., Vol. III,.
Nicholas Ridgely, one of the children of William and Mary (Orrick) Ridgely, was born about 1743 in Anne Arundel County. By the will of his father in 1780, his legacy was negligible, but at that time it is believed that he was established in Baltimore Town. Before September 8, 1767, he married Anne, the widow of John Sappington, with at least two children: Anne and Caleb. On the foregoing date they filed an account with the court reporting an inventory appraised a #163/4/6 and after all obligations against the estate were met, a balance of #161/14/11 remained for the heirs. Richard Sappington and Thomas Sappington were sureties for the administrators.
6 June 1805: Birth Son—Richard Thadeus Sappington
10 September 1806: Birth Daughter—Sarah Jarrett Sappington
28 Dec. 1814: Estate Settlement of Fadda Jarrett. Early Records of Georgia: Wilkes County Deed Book "OO" Sales for 28 December 1814, Estate settlement of Fadda Jarrett: Richard Sappington, two slaves, 1 negro boy Daniel, 1 Negro boy Sealy.
27 December 1815: Administrator Weaver Estate
Deed Book CCC, 1815-1819, Wilkes County, Georgia; microcopy RH 406-7; Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia
1820 U.S. Federal Census, Wilkes County, Georgia,
Richard Sappington.
Ancestry.com 1820 U.S. Federal Census online. Provo, Utah; MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data; the United States, 1820 United States Federal Census, M33, 142 rolls. National Archives and Records Administrations, Washington, D.C.
Photocopied from microfilm of original and appears transcribed elsewhere in this report.
1837 Tax Digest, Henry County, Georgia; microcopy RHS 21-22; Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
Capt Posey District - Knob
Richard Sappington, overage, 0 polls, 11 slaves, 212 acres land, 2nd & 3rd quality land, lot 184,11th Dt, waters of South River, Henry Co
40 acres 3rd class land, Cherokee Co [gold lot]
40 acres, 3rd class land, lot 340 2nd Dt, sec 1, Cherokee Co [gold lot]
John Sappington, Rev. Soldier, overage, 0 poll, 0 slaves, 160 acres, 3rd class land, lot 229, 10th Dt
Notes: By John Sappington’s entry is the notation that he was a Revolutionary War soldier. Both John and Richard Sappington were over the age of 60 and therefore paid no poll tax. In 1837 Richard Sappington still had the 2-40 acre lots that he won in the 1832 Gold Lottery.
20 May 1837: Richard's Letter to Brother, Caleb Sappington in Maryland, thanks to Claire Sappington Schmidt.
8 January 1838 Monday, Richard Sappington died at the age of 74 years, five months and 17 days.
Documentation Marriage:
a.).)Faddy Jarrett transferred ownership of a Negro girl, Lucy, "unto my son in law, Richard Sappington," dated 21 November. 1793. County of Wilkes, Georgia, reference:Will Book Volume KK, Box 33, Georgia Archives.
b.) Links II, by Elizabeth Ramsey: p. 244: Henry County settlement of Richard's estate: Record books 'H', p. 532 and 'J', p. 145-147. Richard was the administrator of Fadda Jarrett's estate and a legatee. p. 271, "Transfer of sale of the personal estate of John Weaver, widower of Elizabeth Weaver (nee Jarrett). It states that "Richard Sappington, brother-in-law of John Weaver, made a return on the personal estate of John Weaver for $1,987.00 and three tracts of land." (Copies of original documents attached)
c.) Early Records of Georgia, Vol I & II, Wilkes County Will Book 1818 - 1819 p.86
Notes for William Partridge: Executors, signed 31 Jan 1814. Probated 7 July 1817, Richard Sappington, Rebecca Sappington, James Rutledge, Testato, listed as Testator. to the will of William Partridge.
d.)Bankston Cousins 1656-1996, by Anne Martin Haigler, Hardbound, Inc. 737A, N. Highway 67, Florissant, Missouri, 63031
e.) Looking Back II, Edwin Donovan Kuykendall 1985, Vol, II; A copy is in the Dallas, Tx. library, and the East Point, Georgia. Archives. Volume 2 tells about the Sappingtons of Maryland & Georgia. "Descendants of Richard Sappington b. July 25, 1763, Md. moved to Wilkes County, Georgia about 1787/88 married Rebecca Jarrett.) on pg 156 ---" sets forth an abstract of a will signed 31 Jan. 1814 by William Partridge, probated, 1817, and shows witnesses to that will were Richard Sappington, Rebecca Sappington, and James Rutledge. Other documents have shown, hereinafter, in this chapter, identify Richard Sappington's widow as Rebecca Sappington, following his death in 1838 in Henry Co, Georgia. I, therefore, have concluded Richard's wife, before her marriage, was Rebecca Jarrett, daughter of Fadde."
8 January 1838: Death Richard Sappington
Deed Book H (1834-1839), pages 532-533, Henry County, Georgia; microcopy RHS 623-4; Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.
Early Records of Georgia. Wills and Deeds, Georgia, Henry County: Richard Sappington Estate Settlement: 12 February 1838
Know all men by these present that I, Rebecca Sappington, widow of Richard Sappington, late of the county and state aforesaid deceased, and Caleb Sappington and Timothy Collins of the county of Walton, Henry Sappington of county of Monroe, William J. Sappington of the county of Troup, Thaddeus Sappington of county of Newton, William R. Williams of the county of Lumpkin, and Thomas Albert of the county of Henry and all of the state aforesaid being lawful legatees of the estate of said Richard Sappington, deceased, for divers good causes and considerations we here unto moving have made ordained and appointed and by these presents do make ordain and appoint John Albert of the county of Henry and State of Georgia and Richard T. Sappington of the county of Newton and state aforesaid and legatees of said estate our true and lawful attorneys for us and in our names and for our own proper use and benefit to sell and dispose of absolutely and in fee simple all and singular the goods, chattels, lands and tenements both real and personal belonging or appertaining to the estate of said Richard Sappington deceased at public our cry on the premises of said deceased. In the county of Henry and commencing on the 13th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, then continuing from day to day until all is sold to the highest bidder as may be agreed upon. Then to make equal distribution of the remaining balances among legatees of such notes as ten remain. In witness, we here of the said, Rebecca Sappington, Caleb Sappington, Timothy Collins, Henry Sappington, William J. Sappington, Thaddeus Sappington, William R. Williams, Thomas Albert, have hereunto set our hands and seals this the 12th day of February 1838.
Witness; Wiley E. Wood Signed:
Widow: Rebecca Jarrett Sappington
Caleb Sappington (married Martha Bankston)
Timothy Collins (m. Rebecca Sappington)
Henry Thomas Sappington (m. Sarah Owens)
William Jarrett Sappington (m. Martha Hardwick Starr)
Thaddeus Sappington (m. Jerely Turner
William R, Williams (m. Elizabeth Sappington)
Thomas Albert (m. Sarah Sappington)
3 January 1839: Land Sale to Family
It was so very nice to prove Rebecca Jarrett Sappington was the daughter of Fadda Jarrett and Martha Ivey! And the other genealogist was impressed with my work. Being Nice Pays!
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