The McGarrity family of Scotch-Irish descent came to America from Ireland. Abner McGarrity was born in 1780 in Ireland, arriving in Culpeper County, Virginia, and later migrated through the Carolinas, and was one of the first McGarritys to settle in Elbert County, Georgia around 1797-1798.
Abner moved to what is now known as Lakewood Heights of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, where he died in 1828 at age 48, and was buried on his large farm (DeKalb County).
In May of 1937, 104 years later, his remains were moved to make way for I-75 and placed beside his wife, the former Mary Scales (b. 1787, Culpeper, VA, d. 29Jul1872, Ben Hill, GA), in the Mt. Gilead Methodist Church cemetery on Fairburn Road, Atlanta.
Abner moved to what is now known as Lakewood Heights of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, where he died in 1828 at age 48, and was buried on his large farm (DeKalb County).
In May of 1937, 104 years later, his remains were moved to make way for I-75 and placed beside his wife, the former Mary Scales (b. 1787, Culpeper, VA, d. 29Jul1872, Ben Hill, GA), in the Mt. Gilead Methodist Church cemetery on Fairburn Road, Atlanta.
The McGarrity family of Scotch-Irish descent came to America from Ireland. Abner McGarrity was born in 1780 in Ireland, arriving in Culpeper County, Virginia, and later migrated through the Carolinas, and was one of the first McGarritys to settle in Elbert County, Georgia around 1797-1798.
Abner moved to what is now known as Lakewood Heights of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, where he died in 1828 at age 48, and was buried on his large farm (DeKalb County).
In May of 1937, 104 years later, his remains were moved to make way for I-75 and placed beside his wife, the former Mary Scales (b. 1787, Culpeper, VA, d. 29Jul1872, Ben Hill, GA), in the Mt. Gilead Methodist Church cemetery on Fairburn Road, Atlanta.
Abner moved to what is now known as Lakewood Heights of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, where he died in 1828 at age 48, and was buried on his large farm (DeKalb County).
In May of 1937, 104 years later, his remains were moved to make way for I-75 and placed beside his wife, the former Mary Scales (b. 1787, Culpeper, VA, d. 29Jul1872, Ben Hill, GA), in the Mt. Gilead Methodist Church cemetery on Fairburn Road, Atlanta.
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