This Information concerns the ancestry leading to Bessie Ervin Barbee through her mother, Caroline C. Jarman, (Thomas Jarman , John Jarman , Thomas Jarman , Thomas Jarman , Robert Jarman , Ann ) as traced in the Jarman Geneology and Family History http://german.jarman.net/annsfamily/pafg01.htm
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Ann (nee unknown) Jarman of Calvert Co., MD and "of the Extraction of the Portigees":
Depostion of Grace Dwiggins:
Caroline
County May 29th 1775 Then came before me one of his Lordships Justices of the
Peace for Caroline County in the Province of Maryland Grace Dwiggens aged sixty
nine years a Woman of good reputation and made Oath on the holy Evangelest of
Almighty God that above forty eight years ago she was acquainted with one Ann
Jarman residing on the Western Shore in Calvert County a very old Woman of a
dark Complexion being the Mother of the Jarmans and Grand Mother of the Yoes
and that she has heard her Grandmother say that she was of the Extraction of
the Portigees and she was a Woman of good reputation and likewise all the rest
of her Family and nothing Scandilous mean or blame Worthy to her knowledge ever
laid to her or their charge and that she heard People say that Robert Jarman
served as a Church Warden and Vestry Man in the Time of her Living on the
Western Shore. Sworn to the 29th Day of May 1775
Before Joshua Clark [Queen Anne's Co., Maryland, Land Records, vol. RTI RTK,
folio 531-2, MSA roll CR49085]
They had the following children:
· Ann
· John, born about 1677, died about 1756
· Robert, born abut 1679, died Aug 1761 in Craven County, North Carolina. Robert assessed for 1in 1728 in Queen Anne's Co., MD.
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Notes re: 4. Robert Jarman: WILL: Craven Co. wills (original), North Carolina State Archives: In the name of god amen I Robert jarman of Craven County being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty god for it doe make this my Last Will and Testament disanulling and disalowing of any other will or wills made heretofore I therefore commit my soul to Almighty god that gave it and my body to be buried in such a desent manner as my executors hereafter mentioned shall think fit Item i leave and bequeath to Margret
Wilkinson fifty acres of land at DEATH:
Robert Jarman died between 6 August 1761 and 27 August 1761, the date of
Margaret Wilkinson'a will. In this will she bequeaths to her son the land on
Tuckahoe Swamp devised by "Robert Jermain Late of Craven County now in
Occupation of John Jermain Son of the Late Robert..." [abstracted by
William L. Murphy in GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS: ********************************** |
Robert Jarman married Mary Mead daughter of John Mead. They had the following children:
· Thomas, died about 1759
· Joseph, died about 1762
· Robert, Jr., died about 1748
· William, born about 1705, died about 1748
· John, born after 1719, died before 1780.
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Thomas Jarman died about 1759 in Onslow Co., North Carolina. Thomas married Mary. Mary died about 1784 in Onslow County, North Carolina. They had the following children:
· William, died about 1756
· Thomas born about 1740, died about 1789
· John
· Moses
· Lawrence, died in 1807
· Mary
· Nancy
Notes
re: 17 Thomas
Jarman: FATHER: 20 June 1739 - Robert Jarman conveyed to his son
Thomas Jarman, 150 acres on south side of Neuse River, it being half of the land
patended by Robert Jarman and Thomas Smith on 1 July last. (Craven
Co., NC, deeds, bk. 1, p. 3 (abstract provided by Donald E. Collins, 207
Staffordshire Rd., Greenville, NC 27834, 23 January 1986.))
LAND: 8 October 1756 - Benjamin Stidham, St. John's Parrish, Onslow County, NC to Thomas German of same place for 55 pounds a tract taken up by William Mainor containing 640 acres, May 22 MMDCXLIX, and 200 acres on east side of Cox branch. Tests: Chas. Markland, Elmor Anderson, John Gentry. (Onslow Co., NC, deeds, bk. E, p. 26 (as abstracted by Zae Hargett Gwynn in ABSTRACTS OF THE RECORDS OF ONSLOW COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1734-1850 (Z. H. Gwynn, 1961), vol 1, p. 97)).
WILL:
North Carolina Sec. of State, wills (original), N.C. State Archives: In the
name of God amen the fifth day of April in ye year of our Lord one Thousand
seven hundred and fifty nine I Thomas Jarman of Onslow County in the province
of North Carolina planter being sick in body but of good and perfect memory
thanks be to God and calling to remembrance the uncertain estait of this
transatory life and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please
God to call I do make and declare this my Last will and Testament in manner and
form following first being penitent and sory for all my sins most humbly
desiring forgiveness for the same I commend my soul unto Almighty God my
Savoure and redeemer in whom by whose merit I trust and beleive assuradly to be
saveed and to inheret the kingdom of heaven and my body I commit to the earth
to be dcntly buried at the discretion of my Loving wife I give and bequeath to
my Loving wife ye thirde part of my estate and lends hire my Negro wench during
hire widerweed [?] and then to my Children with the rest of my Esteate to be
equally devided amunt them all that as here named Thomas Jarman John Jarman
Moses Jarman Larrrance Jarman Mary Jarman and Nancey Jarman the increase of the
Negro wench to be devided a monst then all I give and bequeath to my son Williams
Children William and Mary one sartan plantation that is on tuckaho Creek and
one sarten mare and hire increase to be devided equal between them this aoly to
be my Last will and testament -------- ---- I have set my hand and seal day and
date above written Sealed signed published and Declared as the Last will and
testament of the said Thomas Jarman sineed in the presents if us A Jn Jarman
his Thomas Jarman
Testes Jacob X Maner mark
I Leave John Jarman and Mikel Kunc Executors No Carolina } Onslow County} At a
Court beggan & held at the Crt House on the first Tuesday in January 1760
in and for the County of Onslow.
Present Ste. Lee and the rest of the Justices -
The within Will of Thos. German decd. was proved by the Oaths of John German
and Jacob Maner - And Michael Koone one of the Executors therein Named
Qualified by taking the Usual Oath. Ordered that he have Letters Testamentory.
Test Willm. Cray, CC
Letters Testamentory Granted the 3 May 1760
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Thomas Jarman was born about 1740. He died in Onslow County, NC. Thomas married Susannah Padgett, daughter of James Padgett, Jr. about 1770. Notes re: Susannah Padgett: "5 June 1792 Susannah Jarman 'single woman' having a bastard child charges Hustes Humphrey as the father." Lawrence Jarman signed as security for Humphrey. (North Carolina State Archives, Onslow Co. bastardy bonds, 1764 - 1809). Thomas and Susannah had the following children:
· Anny
· Luke, born about 1772, died about 1800
· Spice, born about 1773
· Thomas, born about 1774
· Moses, born about 1774
· Robert, born after 1774, died about 1846
· John, born about 1775, died about 1842
Notes re:48 Thomas Jarman: Most of the information presented here covering descendants of Thomas and Susannah (Padgett) Jarman is from THE JARMAN FAMILY, FIRST FIVE GENERATIONS SINCE 1740 compiled in 1969 by Council T. Jarman of Kinston,North Carolina. Genealogists can criticize this work for its lack of documentation, however, the information is still valuable, and many thanks are owed to Mary (Jarman) Karr who produced the GEDCOM from which these pages were created. Some citations are now added and hopefully more will follow; meanwhile, unless otherwise noted, Council Jarman's work is the source.
LAND: 8 October 1756 - Benjamin Stidham, St. John's Parrish, Onslow County, NC to Thomas German of same place for 55 pounds a tract taken up by William Mainor containing 640 acres, May 22 MMDCXLIX, and 200 acres on east side of Cox branch. Tests: Chas. Markland, Elmor Anderson, John Gentry. (Onslow Co., NC, deeds, bk. E, p. 26 (as abstracted by Zae Hargett Gwynn in ABSTRACTS OF THE RECORDS OF ONSLOW COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1734-1850 (Z. H. Gwynn, 1961), vol 1, p. 97)).
LAND: 12 March 1767 - Thomas Jarmon to John Jarmon for 25 pounds 50 acres at Tarkiln Branch which was conveyed from William Mainor to Benjamin Stedman and conveyed by him to Thos. Jarman Sr., deceased, and fell by heirship to Thomas Jarman who now deeds a dividend of 50 acres to John Jarman at Cox's Branch. Tests: Aaron Cox, Chas. Markland (Onslow Co., NC, deeds, bk. I, p. 15 (as abstracted by Zae Hargett Gwynn in ABSTRACTS OF THE RECORDS OF ONSLOW COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1734-1850 (Z. H. Gwynn, 1961), vol 1, p. 196)).
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John Jarman was born about 1775. He died about 1842. John married Elizabeth Killigrove on April 13, 1795 in Onslow County, NC. John and Elizabeth had the following children:
· Job, died about 1845
· Braddock, born about 1798, died about 1881
· Hardy, born about 1800
· Thomas, born Feb 1, 1805, died in 1881
· Sarah, born about 1813
· John, born about 1816
· Luke, born about 1821
Notes re: 82. John Jarman: WILL: Posted at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/onslow/will2/jarman02.txt
JOHN JARMAN SENIOR WILL, State of North Carolina, County of Onslow,
Will Book 2
I, John Jarman Senior, of the County of Onslow and State of North Carolina, being
of sound mind and memory, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence,
do make and declare this my last will and testament, in manner and
form following; That is to say first, that my Executor (hereinafter named)
shall provide for my body a decent burial, suitable to the wishes of my
relatives and friends; and pay all funeral expences together with my just
debts however and
whomsoever owing, out of the monies that may first come in his hands as a part
or parcel of my estate.
No. 1) Item - I lend unto my beloved wife Elizabeth, during her widowhood, the
following property to wit; all that part of my plantation whereon I now live so
as to include my mansion house, all out houses and their improvements thereon, with
the privilidge of timber on any part of my land to fence the same, in satisfaction
for and in lieu of her dower and thirds of and all my real estate. Also, four
beds and furniture and the balance of my household and kitchen furniture. Also
all my stock of cattle (with the exception of four cows and calves, which I
shall hereafter dispose of in the latter part of this my will.) Also two head
of horses, her choices. Also all my stock of sheep about twenty head in number.
Also all my flock of geese about twenty six in number. Also two horse carts and
gear, four plows and gear, her choices, five sows and pigs, fifty barrels corn,
two thousand five hundred pounds of pork, two thousand pounds blade fodder, one
barrel of hogs lard, my stock of bees, ten pounds sugar, fifty pounds coffee,
one barrel flour, and other articles that she may think necessary to make out a
years support for herself and family. Also, I lend unto my beloved wife during
her widowhood the following Negroes (viz.)-Leah, Sarah, Nelly, Mary Harriet,
& Harriet (Spaight), Hannah a child, in satisfaction for and in lieu of her
part of my
personal estate. Also I give unto my beloved wife fifteen dollars.
2) Item - I give and devise to my daughter Sarah one Negro slave named Eliza,
aged about three years old and two cows & calves.
3) Item - I give and devise to my son Luke, one negro slave named Sam, aged about
twelve years old, one horse named Darby, about four years old, one
(y)earling filly named Culpeper, aged about eighteen months and two cows and
calves.
4) Item - I give and devise to my son John Jarman one hundred and twenty dollars
(for which I consider as a deficiency in land with my other children that I
have given land to heretofore).
5) Item - I give and devise to Luke Jarman all that tract or parcel of land that
I now live on adjoining the lands of Hannah Mashborne, Braddoe Jarman, Joseph
Brock, and Edward Ervin, containing by estimation nine hundred acres be the
same more or less except the widowhood estate of my wife lent to her in a former
Item No. 1 of this my will, to have and to hold to him and his heirs in fee
simple forever.
6) Item - My will and desire is that all my property as mentioned and described
in the first Item of this my will lent to my beloved wife Elizabeth during her widowhood
at her deceased to be disposed of in manner and form following. First, my
Negroes as above named and lent, (viz.) Leah, Sarah, Nelly, Mary Harriet and
Harriet Spaight & Hannah (a child), to be equally divided amongst all my
children to share and share alike absolutely & forever, also the balance of
property as mentioned in the first Item of this my will lent to my beloved wife
during her widowhood, the residue of my property (if any) after taking out the
devises and legacies above mentioned shall be sold and the debts owing to me
collected and the surplus over and above the payment of debts, expences and
legacies, that such surplus to be equally divided among all my children in
equal proportion to share & share alike to them and each and every of them
their executors administrators and assigns absolutely forever.
And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Thomas Jarman & John
Jarman my lawful Executors to all intents and purposes to execute this my last
will and testament, according to the true intent and meaning of the same and
every part and clause thereof, hereby revoking and declaring utterly void, all
other wills & testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof, I the said
John Jarman Senior do hereunto set my hand and seal, this 12th day of
September AD 1842. (signed his mark) John Jarman In presence of us
Wm. Humphrey
Joseph Brock
State
of North Carolina}Onslow County} Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, November
Term 1842.
Then was the foregoing will of John Jarman offered for probate and admitted on
the oath of William Humphrey, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and John
Jarman and Thomas Jarman, the executors therein named, appeared in open
court and was duly qualified as Executors to the same. It is therefore ordered
that letters testamentary be granted to the executors and this will be recorded.
Attest: Jasper Etheridge, CCC (clerk of county court)
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Thomas Jarman was born on Feb 1, 1805. He died in 1881. Thomas married Uerrania Cox. They had the following children:
They had the following children:
· William C., born about 1829. Married Sarah Basden. Children were William Cox, Mary Holland, Greenza Ann, Julia Caroline, John David and Nelson Petaway. [Notes – Known as “Mean Bill,” he disappeared about the time of the Civil War.]
· Sarah, born about 1830, married William Basden. Children were Thomas andSally C.
· John Alfred, born about 1832. Married Susan Edwards. Children are Cora, Ellen, Martha Catherine, Mabry, Ira, Jacob Thomas, Miranda, Mary C., and Dora.
· Willoughby, born Nov 26, 1833. Children by Julia Williams are Hannah E., Alonzo Hardy, Hannah Maud, Katie Caroline. No children listed from marriage to Leah Smith.
· Emanuel, born Mar 26, 1836. Married Margaret Ann Jones Williams. Children are Elizabeth, Albert, Lillian Matilda Lewis, Margarett Ann, Martah Urania, Rotus, Thomas Forrest, and Zebulon.
· Julia Ann, born Dec 11, 1836, died in 1881.
· Edmund, born about 1837
· Elizabeth, born Mar 14, 1844, died in 1918
· Indiana, born in 1847, died May 30, 1918
· Susan Jane, born about 1848. Married John A. Koonce on Nov 25, 1877. Children are Annie, Rannie and Dunnie
· Mary, born on Nov 19, 1848, died on Oct 12, 1928. Married William H. Banks. Children are Charles Devaughn, Luther McKinley, Myrtle D., and Thomas Jefferson
· Furnifold, born on Jul 21, 1848. Married Mary C. Sandlin in 1877 in Duplin County. Children are Mamie and Thomas Henry.
· Caroline C., born on Dec. 20, 1853. Married Edward A. Ervin on Jan 19, 1882 in Onslow County. Children are Nannie V born on Dec. 4 1882 and Bessie Ervin born on Mar 26, 1887.
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Caroline C. Jarman was born on 20 Dec 1853. Caroline married Edward A. Ervin on 19 Jan 1882 in Onslow County, NC.
They had the following children:
· Nannie V. Ervin was born on 4 Dec 1882.
· Bessie Ervin was born on 26 Mar 1887.
This was the line leading to Bessie Ervin Barbee through her mother Caroline C. Jarman (Thomas Jarman , John Jarman , Thomas Jarman , Thomas Jarman , Robert Jarman , Ann )
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The following is from research and recollection by Martha Hodnett and Ann Morton Davis:
Grandma Bessie Ervin married Cader Gordon Barbee on 12-25-1912.
Grandma Bessie Ervin Barbee’s father was E.A. [(Edward Averitt (pronounced Everitt) Ervin. Grandma Bessie’s mother was Caroline Catherine Jarman. Catherine Caroline Jarman (b. 12-20-1853) was daughter of Urania Cox and Thomas Jarman. (verify b & d dates at cemetery). Caroline Catherine had “a gob” of brother’s and sister’s.
These are the children of Thomas (Feb. or Nov. 1, 1805 – July 27, 1881) & Urania (or Uerrania) Cox Jarman (Aug 29, 1808 – April 24, 1878):
1. William (Mean Bill) C. - b 1829 [Enlisted in 1863 Civil War in Duplin County at age 37; disabled and returned to Invalid Corp in 1864]; His daughter Mary Holland married Bryce Trott, father of Newt Trott and Dolly Barbee (who is mother of Ormond, Cliff and Harvey Barbee)
2. Sarah b. 1830 d
3. John Alfred b. 1832 d 1905; married Susan Edwards in 1858. Question as to whether he served in Confederate Army 35th Carolina Co. A , possibly April 30, 1862; had ten children from 1860 – 1871.
4. Willoughby b. Nov 26 1833 - was a private in the Confederate army and wounded at Sharpsburg; Married Julia Willams. After she died, he married Leah Smith (Aunt Lear); lived in Jones Co and later in Onslow County near Jarman’s Fork School house (the same school house where Caroline Catherine and then later, her daughter Bessie taught). Willoughy & Julia had a son who died in infancy. His little girl, Hannah (called Little Sissy) was burned to death. Alonzo Hardy who married Blanche Thompson died in Burlington. Another daughter named Hannah Maude and Katie Caroline. He is buried on Hwy 258 across from Warren Taylor Road.
5. Emanuel most likely Mar 26, 1836 (tho Jones County tombstone date is Feb 22, 1846, or March 22, 1846 )– Sept 4, 1927 (lived as a adult in Jones County and also the Seven Springs area; buried in Jones county) (enlisted at age 23 on Sept. 6, 1861 served in 35th Carolina Co. A and served until Sept. 17, 1962; wounded at Sharpsburg, promoted to musician?, busted before April 9, 1865; surrendered at Appomattox Court House). Married in 1866 to Margaret Ann Jones Williams. Children listed by not verified. [Side story – During the Civil War, Union soldiers came by and asked Grandpa Thomas Jarman how many boys he had in the war, and he said, “two.”
6. Julia Ann Dec (11 or) 16, 1836 – Jan. 6, 1881 (never married; buried in Thomas Jarman cemetery)
7. Edmund Mar 26, 1837 – Nov 6, 1862; believed to have been in the Confederate army, enlisting on April 30, 1862 at age 25; died in a hospital in Richmond of hemorrhage of the bowels.
8. ?? Thomas b. 1841 - 1842? - Aug 29, 1864; enlisted in 35th Carolina Company A from Lenoir County in spring of 1862 at age of 21; wounded in the hand and captured near Globe Tavern, Va, in 1864. Died Aug 29, 1864 at Philadelphia or Chester, Pa., probably of wounds; Ann found nothing on Thomas in her research.
9. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Mar 14, 1844 – May 10, 1918; her boyfriend was killed in the Civil War. She never married. Aunt Lizzie came to Grandma Bessie’s to stay when she (Aunt Lizzie) was sick with typhoid; See Aunt Indy below who also got sick around the same time with typhoid. When Aunt Indie who was also contracted typhoid came to Grandma’s to be taken care of, Aunt Lizzie had to go to Maysville to stay with someone else b/c Grandma Bessie could not take care of both of them. Her house was built by her brother Furnifold and it was said to be constructed upside down.
10. Indiana or India Anna (Indy) May 7, 1847 - May 13, 1918 (or according to Internet source May 30 which may have her confused with Susan Jane, so 3 – 20 days after Aunt Lizzie) She never married. Aunt Indy came Grandma Bessie’s for a while to live when she was sick. When Aunt Indie came to Grandma’s to be taken care of, Aunt Lizzie had to go to Maysville b/c Grandma Bessie could not take care of both of them.
11. Susan Jane b. deduced to be around February or March 1848 - died May 30, 1918, probably of typhoid, 17 days after Aunt Indie, and 20 days after Aunt Lizzie; she married John A. Koonce on Nov 25, 1877; possibly buried in Koonce cemetery (almost across from Koonce Fork Rd); Susan had a son who died infancy; a daughter named Urania who was at Susan’s sister Lizzie’s when she died of hemorrhage from typhoid fever; Surviving daughters were Bertha Dunnie (Len Mattox) and Annie (Jenkins) who lived in Maysville;. Annie was the first woman mayor in Jones County; (Bessie Barbee and some of her children witnessed her holding a trial in the front yard of her house before a big crowd.) The 1900 census lists Indiana as Elizabeth’s sister and Annie, Urania (Rannie?), and Bertha Dunnie (Susan’s children) as Elizabeth’s nieces, implying that Susan’s children were at that time living with her sisters Elizabeth and Indiana in Lizzie’s house due to Susan’s illness.
12. Mary (Polly) Nov 19, 1848 – Oct 12, 1928; [The grave in the Thomas Jarman cemetery with the confederate flag is the grave of Polly’s husband, William H. (Billy) Banks] They had four children: Charles Luther, Mrytle (Mert) , and Thomas Jefferson. They lived in a house on what is now the Warren Taylor Road. That house was moved by Barbara Barbee to just past the branch on Barbee Road.
13. Furnifold (Furney) – July 21, 1850 – Dec 23, 1908; married Mary C. Sandlin (born 1841)from Duplin County in 1877; rumor was they did not get along too well. He would come up and tell Bessie about it. After a time, Mary left to return to Duplin County and never returned. Children were Thomas Henry b. 1879 and Mary S. (Mamie) b. 1882; Mamie (who, according to Bessie was brilliant) became a nurse who went to China where she met and married a missionary, T. A. Hern. They had four children, Sandy, Andy, Betty and T.A. When they came back to the United States, they moved to Arkansas where they tried many ventures. Sadly, their finances collapsed. Mamie ended up in a mental institution. After visiting her there and seeing Mamie’s dire straits, her first cousin Annie and her husband Frank took the youngest children, Betty & T.A., back home with them. The two older children asked if they could also be taken with them, but Annie and Frank were unable to do that. Every summer Annie would bring Betty and T.A. to Bessie Barbee’s and would stay for a good while. Later Sandy came back to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Furnifold build the house for his sister, Elizabeth. This is the house known as the “Lizzy House.” The house was between the Thomas Jarman cemetery and what is now the Richlands Loop Road. The house had a double porch was constructed entirely upside down. Gordon and Lois Barbee lived in the Lizzie house before they moved over to Barbee Road.
14. Caroline Catherine (Bessie Ervin Barbee’s mother) – Dec 20, 1853 – Aug 12, 1915; Her husband called her Calinnie. She married Edward Averitt (E.A.) Ervin on Jan. 19, 1882. She had two daughters, Nannie Virgina and Bessie. Nannie Virgina Dec. 4, 1882 – May 7, 1900. She died at age 17 of typhoid fever. Bessie ( Mar 26, 1887- July 8, 1965) Bessie was only 12 at the time of her sister’s death. Caroline Catherine got the homeplace. This was passed on to her only living daughter, Bessie Ervin who married Cader Gordon Barbee. The home place was at the current home of Bessie Ervin Barbee’s daughter, Martha Barbee Hodnett.
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