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Simeon F. Garriott (1792 - 1868) Generation #2 Simeon F. Garriott was the 12th child of Ambrose. He was born May 16, 1792 in Kentucky and died October 3, 1868 with burial in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Little York, IN. Simeon was married twice - first to Nancy Vaughn (1795 - 1835) sometime before 1814 in Jefferson County, KY, which is where we trace our ancestry. His father (Ambrose) along with his brother Loving both were living in Jefferson County at that time. Later he married Mary Roberts (1816 - 1909) on June 8, 1847 in Floyd County, IN.Simeon and Nancy had 7 children together:
Simeon and Mary had 4 children together:
Marion Lee Garriott traces his family history as Simeon Garriott & Mary Roberts à Francis Garriott & Mary Taylor à Paul Garriott & Jesse Rutherford. A picture of Francis and Mary was published in the last issue of the newsletter. Similarly, Homer Garriott (he was spoken of frequently) was the 7th child of Francis and Mary. Simeon was a very popular name among our heritage. As of this writing, I have recorded 11 occurrences. Another interesting branch of this tree: Simeon Garriott & Nancy Vaughn à James Garriott & Jerrimia Johnson à Matilda (Tillie) Garriott & George Woodford Gamble à the son of George & Tillie Gamble (first name unknown) went on to become the co-founder of Proctor & Gamble, Inc. The Ravenscroft genealogy (1952) noted: "In 1819, Simeon Garriott bought 320 acres in Elk Creek Valley and this land has never been out of the Garriott name. Hager D. and Homer A. Garriott now live on part of this land on Route #3, Scottsburg, IN."
More on Simeon Garriott: "The first settlers went to Clarke county to have their corn ground, but later went to Hockett’s horse mill, just west of the Quaker church. Simeon and William Garriott built a horse mill, in 1821, the first in the township, but it was scarcely ever in good order and was run only a short time. ...Simeon Garriott conducted a distillery between 1820 and 1830, on Elk Creek, in section 26. ...Isaac Vaughn had a yard in section 26, built about 1820: probably the first tannery ever started in the township. He ran it several years and sold it to Simeon Garriott. ...When the first newspaper was published in Salem, in 1818, Moses Thompson told his boys that they might take the paper if they could pay for it. They got a job at Simeon Garriott’s to flail out his flax seed and were to take their pay in seed. They performed the labor and got enough as their share to pay a year’s subscription, and they ‘toted’ the seed to Salem on their backs and had their names enrolled on Booth & Patrick’s subscription list. John C. Thompson, one of the boys, said he as well as most of the other children learned to read by means of this paper..."
I found an interesting article in family research regarding a fistfight involving John V. Garriott (Ambrose - Simeon - John Vaughn; older brother of Amos Milton Garriott): "The early inhabitants of Gibson township stood strictly on their "honah" at all times, and at any considerable gathering fights were common occurrences: in fact, a muster, an election, convention or public sale was considered a rather tame affair unless one or more fights were indulged in. At a muster in 1832, at Little York, John V. Garriott and Madison Still conceded to settle an old grudge by a "pitched-fight," as it was called. Joseph Cathcart was the former’s second, and B. R. Still the latter’s. It was a terrific fight and lasted quite a while, when they were separated by their seconds with honors about equal." |
Simeon Garriott’s Will: "In the name of the benevolent
Father of all I, Simeon Garriott of the County of Washington and State of Indiana do make
and publish this my last will and testament. First it is my will that my funeral expenses
and all my outstanding debts be paid out of my personal property and 2nd it is my will
that my wife Mary Garriott and her and my two sons to wit: Francis M. Garriott and David
G. Garriott have the home farm, the household and kitchen furniture and two cows and two
young sows and three hundred bushels of corn and four good hogs, also that the said
Francis M. Garriott is to have the mare and colt that he now claims and the said David G.
is to have the white colt that he now claims and the two boys Francis M. and David G.
Garriott are to have all the farming utensils that are now on the farm and 3rd it is my
will that the balance of my personal property rights credits and effects be equally
divided between my children by my first wife to wit: John V. Garriott, William D.
Garriott, Mary Roice, James M. Garriott, Amos M. Garriott, Simeon A. Garriott and
Zecharah S. Garriott after deducting from said John V. Garriott portion $700 and also
after deducting $700 from Zecharah S. Garriott’s interest in my estate and I hereby
constitute and appoint James M. Garriott my true and lawful agent or attorney to collect,
receive and receipt for all money rights and effects now due me and to dispose of all my
personal property not before named in this my last will as he may think best, the same as
I might do even I living and make distribution as set forth in this my last will and
testament in testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of
September A.D. 1868."