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Archelaus Jarratt

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Archelaus Jarratt

Birth
Goochland County, Virginia, USA
Death
27 Dec 1830 (aged 65–66)
Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
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ARCHELAUS JARRATT WAS BORN ABOUT 1764 TO ARCHELAUS JARRATT (1725-1794) AND ELIZABETH MIMS (1725-1804). HIS FIRST WIFE WAS JUDITH MITCHELL. JUDITH AND ARCHELAUS WERE MARRIED 4 OF JULY 1788 IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

ARCHELAUS AND JUDITH SOLD LAND IN VIRGINIA 19 SEPTEMBER 1803. ARCHELAUS CAME TO TENNESSEE IN ABOUT 1804. ON 4 JULY 1804, HE BOUGHT LAND IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE. ARCHELAUS JARRATT HAD AT LEAST TWO WIVES. HIS WIFE WHEN HE DIED WAS RHODA SMITH MANOR (SEE WILL UNDER RHODA JARRATT-FAG # 11386064). HIS WILL DULY PROVEN AND RECORDED ON 11 JULY 1831 MENTIONED THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN BY NAME: ELIZABETH, POLLY ANN, ROBERT, AND DAVID M. JARRATT. BENJAMIN A. JARRATT WAS MENTIONED WITH HIS FATHER ARCHELAUS IN LAND EXCHANGES. ALL THESE CHILDREN WERE BORN BY 1801. JUDITH WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE THEIR MOTHER.

ARCHELAUS ALSO REFERRED TO "MY BELOVED WIFE RHODA AND ALL MY LAWFUL CHILDREN" IN HIS WILL. THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A MYSTERY IN ARCHELAUS JARRATT'S WILL. ARCHELAUS STATED THAT ROBERT'S SHARE OF HIS ESTATE "BE PLACED IN THE HANDS OF MY SON DAVID M. TO...DISTRIBUTE IT AS HE MAY THINK PROPER FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY SON ROBERT'S FAMILY." ARCHELAUS PUT THE LAND THAT HIS SON ROBERT WAS CURRENTLY LIVING ON UNDER DAVID MITCHELL JARRATT'S CONTROL TO BE USED FOR "THE BENEFIT OF my son ROBERT and FAMILY". DAVID ALSO SELECTED INVENTORY LATER "FOR THE GOOD" OF ROBERT'S CHILDREN. ARCHELAUS' SON BENJAMIN BOUGHT HIS BIBLE OUT OF THE INVENTORY. ANOTHER INDICATOR OF ARCHELAUS' WITNESS FOR CHRIST MAY HAVE BEEN THE PHRASE PUT ON HIS WIFE RHODA'S STONE: "PROFESSED HOPE IN CHRIST IN 1831."

IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN JUDITH DIED OR WHERE SHE WAS BURIED. THE LAST TIME SHE WAS MENTIONED WAS WHEN LAND WAS SOLD IN 1803. ARCHELAUS JARRATT'S LAST THREE CHILDREN (JAMES A., JUDITH ANN, AND MITCHELL) NOT NAMED IN THE WILL WERE PROBABLY HIS WITH RHODA. ARCHELAUS JARRATT'S OBITUARY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "NATIONAL BANNER" AND THE "NATIONAL WHIG": "ARCHELAUS JARRATT, 66, DIED ON THE 19TH INSTANT IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY"; 27 DEC.1830."
ARCHELAUS JARRATT WAS BORN ABOUT 1764 TO ARCHELAUS JARRATT (1725-1794) AND ELIZABETH MIMS (1725-1804). HIS FIRST WIFE WAS JUDITH MITCHELL. JUDITH AND ARCHELAUS WERE MARRIED 4 OF JULY 1788 IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

ARCHELAUS AND JUDITH SOLD LAND IN VIRGINIA 19 SEPTEMBER 1803. ARCHELAUS CAME TO TENNESSEE IN ABOUT 1804. ON 4 JULY 1804, HE BOUGHT LAND IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE. ARCHELAUS JARRATT HAD AT LEAST TWO WIVES. HIS WIFE WHEN HE DIED WAS RHODA SMITH MANOR (SEE WILL UNDER RHODA JARRATT-FAG # 11386064). HIS WILL DULY PROVEN AND RECORDED ON 11 JULY 1831 MENTIONED THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN BY NAME: ELIZABETH, POLLY ANN, ROBERT, AND DAVID M. JARRATT. BENJAMIN A. JARRATT WAS MENTIONED WITH HIS FATHER ARCHELAUS IN LAND EXCHANGES. ALL THESE CHILDREN WERE BORN BY 1801. JUDITH WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE THEIR MOTHER.

ARCHELAUS ALSO REFERRED TO "MY BELOVED WIFE RHODA AND ALL MY LAWFUL CHILDREN" IN HIS WILL. THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A MYSTERY IN ARCHELAUS JARRATT'S WILL. ARCHELAUS STATED THAT ROBERT'S SHARE OF HIS ESTATE "BE PLACED IN THE HANDS OF MY SON DAVID M. TO...DISTRIBUTE IT AS HE MAY THINK PROPER FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY SON ROBERT'S FAMILY." ARCHELAUS PUT THE LAND THAT HIS SON ROBERT WAS CURRENTLY LIVING ON UNDER DAVID MITCHELL JARRATT'S CONTROL TO BE USED FOR "THE BENEFIT OF my son ROBERT and FAMILY". DAVID ALSO SELECTED INVENTORY LATER "FOR THE GOOD" OF ROBERT'S CHILDREN. ARCHELAUS' SON BENJAMIN BOUGHT HIS BIBLE OUT OF THE INVENTORY. ANOTHER INDICATOR OF ARCHELAUS' WITNESS FOR CHRIST MAY HAVE BEEN THE PHRASE PUT ON HIS WIFE RHODA'S STONE: "PROFESSED HOPE IN CHRIST IN 1831."

IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN JUDITH DIED OR WHERE SHE WAS BURIED. THE LAST TIME SHE WAS MENTIONED WAS WHEN LAND WAS SOLD IN 1803. ARCHELAUS JARRATT'S LAST THREE CHILDREN (JAMES A., JUDITH ANN, AND MITCHELL) NOT NAMED IN THE WILL WERE PROBABLY HIS WITH RHODA. ARCHELAUS JARRATT'S OBITUARY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "NATIONAL BANNER" AND THE "NATIONAL WHIG": "ARCHELAUS JARRATT, 66, DIED ON THE 19TH INSTANT IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY"; 27 DEC.1830."

Gravesite Details

BURIAL information in 1831 WILL: "Decently pailed in on FAMILY BURYING GROUND"



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