Finding Aid to the Garland Family Collection

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GARLAND FAMILY COLLECTION
The collection contains copies of the wills of Samuel GARLAND and General Samuel
GARLAND, Jr., copies of court reports concerning the settlement of their estates, and a
research paper by Stephen J. GARLAND about General GARLAND. Also included are
journals and ledgers (1857-1866) of the law firm of GARLAND and SLAUGHTER, the
day books (1850-1863) of General GARLAND, and a journal (1859-1862) of Samuel
GARLAND, Sr. An account book (1845-1853) of the partnership of Samuel
GARLAND, Maurice H. GARLAND and George T. WILLIAMS, recording slave sales,
giving names and ages of the slaves, is also included.
BOX 1

1-1 GARLAND, Samuel, Jr. - "Sans Peur et Sans Reproche" (Article by
Stephen J. GARLAND)
1-2 GARLAND, Samuel, Jr. - Letter to Caroline M.
GARLAND from A.B. GARLAND regarding the
Death of General GARLAND
1-3 GARLAND, Samuel, Jr. - Will (Copy)
1-4 GARLAND, Samuel, Sr. - Will (Copy)
1-5 GARLAND/SLAUGHTER Family
1-6 Court Case - GARLAND's Admr vs. GARLAND's Admr
1-7 Court Case - HAWKINS, Samuel G. vs. GARLAND's Admr et al
1-8 Court Case - MORRIS, C.Y. et al vs. GARLAND's Admr et al

BOX 2

2-1 Day Book 1 (1850-1855) - GARLAND, Samuel, Jr.
2-2 Day Book 2 (1861-1863) - GARLAND, Samuel, Jr.
2-3 Journal (1857-1866) - GARLAND and SLAUGHTER

[BOX 3]

Account Book (1845-1853) - GARLAND, GARLAND,
and WILLIAMS

[BOX 4]

Journal M (1859-1862) - GARLAND, Samuel, Sr.

[BOX 5]

Ledger A (1857-1861) - GARLAND and SLAUGHTER

[BOX 6]

Journal A (1857-1862) - GARLAND and SLAUGHTER

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SAMUEL GARLAND (1789-1861)
Samuel GARLAND, son of Rice GARLAND and Elizabeth HAMNER, was born 5
May 1789 in Albemarle County, Virginia. During the War of 1812, he served as a
Sergeant in an artillery company in Campbell County, Virginia, commanded by Captain
James DUNNINGTON. The company was stationed at Camp Holly, Virginia, from 22
March 1813 until 22 August 1813.
Samuel GARLAND married 26 August 1818 Mary Lightfoot ANDERSON, daughter
of Captain Jesse ANDERSON and Elizabeth West JONES, of Bedford County.
A lawyer by profession, Samuel GARLAND was also involved in other enterprises,
including a partnership in the tobacco trade with his brother, M. H. GARLAND, and
George T. WILLIAMS, tobacconist. The GARLAND brothers each put up $5,000 as
capital and WILLIAMS provided his services as his portion of the capital.
By the time of his death, Samuel GARLAND had amassed a sizeable estate in
Virginia and Mississippi, including over $400,000 in stocks and bonds in Virginia, and
three large cotton plantations in Mississippi: Tudor Hall and Barrens in Hinds County,
near Jackson, Mississippi, and a plantation in Coahoma County, Mississippi, on the
Mississippi River, just below Memphis, Tennessee.
Samuel GARLAND died 9 November 1861 at his plantation in Coahoma County,
Mississippi.
["Miscellaneous Notes on the Garland Family," Mss., FF2194, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA;
Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1988), p. 62;
Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts, Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty (Microfilm copy)
(Richmond: William F. Ritchie, 1851), p.168; "Widow's Certificate WC10632," Virgil D. White, Index to
War of 1812 Pension Files, Vol. II (G-M) (Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1989), p.
791; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book NSDAR, Vol. 10 (1895)
(Washington: NSDAR, 1899), p. 324; Ruth H. Early, Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches
(Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1927), p. 415; "Account Book (1845-1853), Garland and Williams," Garland
Family Collection, Mss., MS1939, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; "Garland's Admr. vs.
Garland's Admr.," Garland Family Collection, 1-6, MS1939, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]

MAURICE HAMNER GARLAND (ca.1783-1840)
Maurice Hamner GARLAND, son of Rice GARLAND and Elizabeth HAMNER, was
born ca. 1783 in Albemarle County, Virginia. A lawyer by profession, he was partner
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MAURICE HAMNER GARLAND (ca.1783-1840), Cont’d.
with his brother, Samuel GARLAND, in the firm of S. and M.H. GARLAND in
Lynchburg, Virginia.
Maurice H. GARLAND married 10 March 1830 Caroline Matilda GARLAND,
daughter of Alexander Spotswood GARLAND and Lucinda ROSE of Nelson County,
Virginia.
Maurice H. GARLAND was also involved in enterprises other than law, including a
partnership in the tobacco trade with his brother, Samuel GARLAND, and George T.
WILLIAMS, tobacconist. The GARLAND brothers each put up $5,000 as capital and
WILLIAMS provided his services as his portion of the capital.
Maurice H. GARLAND, a member of Marshall Lodge No. 39, A.F.& A.M. in
Lynchburg, also served as Worshipful Master of the lodge from 13 September 1828 until
14 March 1829. He died 15 September 1840 in Lynchburg.
[Ruth H. Early, Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches (Lynchburg: J.P. Bell, 1927), p. 415; John
Lipscomb Johnson, University Memorial (Baltimore: Turnbull Bros., 1871), p. 263; Christine Rose,
Ancestors and Descendants of the Brothers Rev. Robert Rose and Rev. Charles Rose of Colonial Virginia
(San Jose, CA: Rose Family Assoc., 1985), p. 100; "Marriage of Maurice H. Garland and Caroline
Garland," Lynchburg Virginian, 15 March 1830, p. 3 col. 3; Virginia Genealogical Society, Death Notices
from Richmond, Virginia, Newspapers 1821-1840, Special Publication No. 9 (Richmond: The Society,
1987), p. 113; "Account Book (1845-1853), Garland and Williams," Garland Family Collection, Mss.,
MS1939, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; William Moseley Brown, Marshall Lodge No. 39
A.F.&A.M. (Staunton: McClure, 1953), pp. 185, 523; Burial record, Presbyterian Cemetery Burial Book 1,
p. 18 (Range 9, Lot 1), Presbyterian Cemetery Trustees Papers, Mss., MS1817, Jones Memorial Library,
Lynchburg. Age given in burial record as 57 years.]

SAMUEL GARLAND, JR. (1830-1862)
Samuel GARLAND, Jr., son of Maurice Hamner GARLAND and Caroline Matilda
GARLAND, was born 16 December 1830 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was educated at
Randolph-Macon College and at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1849.
While at the Virginia Military Institute, he was acting assistant professor of languages.
He entered the law school of the University of Virginia in 1849 and was graduated in
1851. He returned to Lynchburg to practice law with his uncle, Samuel GARLAND, Sr.,
and with his cousins, John F. SLAUGHTER and Charles R. SLAUGHTER. When
Lynchburg College ("Old Lynchburg College") was opened, Samuel GARLAND, Jr.,
was professor of constitutional law.
Samuel GARLAND, Jr., married 15 May 1856 Eliza Campbell R. MEEM, daughter of
John Gaw MEEM and Eliza Campbell RUSSELL of Lynchburg.
In 1859, Samuel GARLAND, Jr., organized the Lynchburg Home Guard and became
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SAMUEL GARLAND, JR. (1830-1862), Cont’d.
its Captain. The unit was mustered into Confederate service as Company G of the
Eleventh Virginia Infantry. During the Civil War, GARLAND was promoted to Colonel
of the Third Virginia Regiment. He was later promoted to Brigadier General and was
given command of four North Carolina regiments. On 14 September 1862, he was killed
in action near Boonsboro, Maryland. He was buried in Lynchburg.
[Christine Rose, Ancestors and Descendants of the Brothers Rev. Robert Rose and Rev. Charles Rose of
Colonial Virginia (San Jose, CA: Rose Family Assoc., 1985), p. 100; John Lipscomb Johnson, University
Memorial (Baltimore: Turnbull Bros., 1871), pp. 263-271; Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray (New
Orleans: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1959), pp. 98-99; "Faculty," Register of Former Cadets, Memorial
ed. (Lexington, VA: Virginia Military Institute, 1957), p. 376; J. T. Oakey, The Story of Old Lynchburg
College (Lynchburg: Author, 1936), p. 20; Ruth H. Early, Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches
(Lynchburg: J.P. Bell, 1927), p. 415; J. Lawrence Meem, Jr., John Gaw Meem and his Descendants
(Charlottesville: Author, 1985), pp. 1, 3; "Marriage of Samuel Garland, Jr. and Eliza Meem," Lynchburg
Daily Virginian, 17 May 1856, p. 3 col. 1; "Miscellaneous Notes on the Garland Family," Mss., FF2194,
Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA. (Name of wife of Samuel Garland given as Eliza C. R. Garland);
Slaughter Family Collection, Mss., MS1938, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]

GEORGE T. WILLIAMS (ca.1794-1852)
George T. WILLIAMS was born ca. 1794 in Virginia. He married 28 May 1834
Elvira TOMPKINS, daughter of John TOMPKINS and Elvira POE of Lynchburg,
Virginia.
George T. WILLIAMS, tobacconist, entered into partnership with Samuel
GARLAND and his brother, Maurice H. GARLAND. The GARLAND brothers each put
up $5,000 as capital and WILLIAMS provided his services as manager for his portion of
the capital. The profits of the concern were to be divided with WILLIAMS receiving one
half. Following the death of Maurice H. GARLAND in 1840, WILLIAMS continued as
manager from 1 January 1841 until 31 December 1846.
George T. WILLIAMS was buried 8 July 1852 in the Presbyterian Cemetery,
Lynchburg, Virginia. Nothing further is known at present.
[1850 Census, Campbell County, VA, National Archives and Records Service, M-432, Roll 938, p. 120,
Dwelling 717, Family 724, George T. Williams, age 56 years (born ca. 1794); Marriage Register,
Lynchburg Corporation Court, Book 1 (1805-1853), p. 50; "Thompkins/Tompkins Family," Kent Gregory
Collection, Mss., MS1288, File 4-14, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; "Account Book (18451853), Garland and Williams," Garland Family Collection, Mss., MS1939, Jones Memorial Library,
Lynchburg, VA; Burial record, Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA, Book 1, p. 26, Range 10, Lot 2,
Presbyterian Cemetery Trustees Papers, Mss., MS1817, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]

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