Heinrich Garner
(Abt 1714-1786)
Mary
(1718-)
Ludwig "Lewis" Winkler
(1726-1799)
Catherine Dietz
Philip Garner Sr.
(1740-1814)
Barbara Elizabeth Winkler
(1744-1811)
Barbara Garner
(Abt 1767-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henry Beeker Sr.

Barbara Garner 1 2

  • Born: Abt 1767, , Davidson, NC 2
  • Marriage (1): Henry Beeker Sr. about 1784 in , Rowan, NC
  • Died: , Davidson, NC

   FamilySearch ID: L62G-YDM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1790 in , Rowan, NC. 3 The 1790 census recorded in Rowan County Henry Beger with this household:
Males Under 16 (born 1775-1790) = 1 son (John)
Males 16 and older (born <=1774) = 1 father (Henry Sr.)
Females = 3 (daughters Catherine "Caty" & Margaret & mother Barbara)
Unfortunately list is alphabetized so we cannot identify other famiies living near Henry.

2. Census in 1800 in , Rowan, NC. 4 The 1800 census recorded Henry Becher with this household:
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 5
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 8
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10.

3. Census in 1810 in , Rowan, NC. 5 6 The 1810 census recorded Henry Beker with this household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 2 sons (Philip & Henry Jr.)
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 father (Henry Sr.)
Females (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 4 daughters (?, ?, Anna, Sophia)
10-15 (1795-1800) = 2 daughters (?, ?)
16-25 (1785-1794) = 2 daughters (Catherine, ?)
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 mother (Barbara)
1810 neighbors are 4 Garner households: father-in-law Philip, and David, John and Henry, and Peter Tysinger who married Henry's daughter Margaret.

4. Census in 1820 in Lexington Side, Rowan, NC. 7 In the 1820 census, the "Lexington Side" district was a part of Rowan County, North Carolina, located on the northern and eastern side of the Yadkin River. Just two years later, in 1822, this territory was officially separated to form the new Davidson County, North Carolina. The town of Lexington, which had been founded in the late 1700s, became the county seat of the new Davidson County.
The 1820 census recorded Henry Baker (sic) with this household:
Males (born)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 1 son (Henry Jr.)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father (Henry Sr.)
Females (born)
10-15 (1805-1810) = 2 daughters (Anna & Sophia)
16-25 (1795-1804) = 2 daughters (?)
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 mother (Barbara)
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7.

5. Henry lived on Lick Creek, in today's Davidson County formed in 1822 from east Rowan County. Census in 1830 in , Davidson, NC. 8 9 The 1830 census recorded Henry Beeker Sr. with this household:
Males (born)
60-69 (1761-1770) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
20-29 (1801-1810) = 2 daughters (Anna & Sophia)
60-69 (1761-1770) = 1 mother (Barbara)
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4.

6. Census in 1840 in , Davidson, NC. 10 The 1840 census recorded Barbary Beaker with this household:
Females (born)
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 daughter
70-79 (1761-1770) = 1 mother (Barbary)
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2
On the same census page is her son, Henry Jr.


Barbara married Henry Beeker Sr., son of Johann Henrich Buecher and Catharine, about 1784 in , Rowan, NC. (Henry Beeker Sr. was born in 1759 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA 11 12 13 14 15, christened on 7 Oct 1759 in West Cocalico Twp.: Swamp Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA,14 15 16 died in Feb 1839 in , Davidson, NC 15 and was buried in , Davidson, NC.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, Barbara Garner (c1767) m. Henry Beeker.

2 David H. Garner, A Garner family's heritage of love : Hyrum Elihu Garner and Mary Virginia Bigler (David H. Garner, 2004. Online in Family Search Books https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/), pages 11-21.

3 1790 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-YDJ.

4 1800 United States Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 33; Page: 396; Image: 337; Family History Library Film: 337909 Henry Becher.

5 1810 United States Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Carolina, Rowan, North Carolina; Roll: 43; Page: 330; Image: 00166; Family History Library Film: 0337916 Henry Beker.

6 1810 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2V-S9M.

7 1820 United States Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Battalions 2 and 4 or Lexington Side, Rowan, North Carolina; Page: 358; NARA Roll: M33_81; Image: 202 Henry Baker.

8 1830 United States Census, 1830; Census Place: Davidson, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 120; Page: 192; Family History Library Film: 0018086 Henry Beeker (indexed as Henry Paicker).

9 1830 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPM-W9L.

10 1840 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYZ-NXL Barbary Beaker, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 274, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 359; FHL microfilm 18,093.

11 Ancestry.com, Family Data Collection (Not verified from original sources; use with caution.).

12 AD. Osborne, Clerk of the Court, List of Taxable Property In the County of Rowan, North Carolina, Anno 1778 (Now availabe on Ancestry.com).

13 Waldschmidt, Rev. John, Baptismal and marriage records, Rev. John Waldschmidt, 1752-1786 (In Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Vol VI. Also available on Ancestry.com or download PDF at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/183430).

14 Wright, F. Edward., Church records of the 18th century, Lancaster County, Pa. (Westminster, MD Family Line Publications 1994), Vol. 5, Page 196.

15 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261893410.

16 Waldschmidt, Rev. John, Baptismal and marriage records, Rev. John Waldschmidt, 1752-1786 (In Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Vol VI. Also available on Ancestry.com or download PDF at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/183430), Page 162.



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