i. EDWARD5
MOUNTJOY, b. 01 Jan 1735/36;
d. Bef. 1777, FAUQUIER
COUNTY, VA.; m. SARAH
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ii. WILLIAM MOUNTJOY, b. 28
Sep 1737; d. 14 Sep 1820,
STAFFORD COUNTY, VA..
iii. THOMAS MOUNTJOY, b. 04
Oct 1739.
iv. JOHN MOUNTJOY, b. 25 Oct
1741, STAFFORD COUNTY, VA.;
d. 03 Mar 1826, PENDLETON
COUNTY, KY; m. MARY ANNE
GARRARD, 29 Jul 1772,
STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA;
b. 11 Nov 1753, STAFFORD
COUNTY, VA.; d. 13 Jun 1823,
PENDLETON COUNTY, KY.
Notes for JOHN MOUNTJOY:
COLONEL MOUNTJOY WAS WITH
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
WHEN HE CROSSED THE DELAWARE
RIVER TO SURPRISE THE
HESSIAN FORCES.
More About JOHN MOUNTJOY and
MARY GARRARD:
Marriage: 29 Jul 1772,
STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
v. MARY MOUNTJOY, b. 06 Nov
1743; m. //////////// ALLEN.
vi. ALVIN MOUNTJOY, b. 28
Jan 1745/46; d. 03 Nov 1827,
PENDLETON COUNTY, KY; m.
MARY EDWARDS, 02 Sep 1777,
STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA;
b. 13 Jul 1760, STAFFORD
COUNTY, VA.; d. 16 Mar 1839,
PENDLETON COUNTY, KY.
Notes for ALVIN MOUNTJOY:
ALVIN MOUNTJOY WAS ONE OF
THE ORIGINAL TOWN
PROPRIETORS OF FALMOUTH,
KENTUCKY. HE IS BURIED ABOUT
THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF
FALMOUTH AT PENROD, NOW
CONCORD, KY. HE WAS A
LIEUTENANT IN THE THIRD
BIRGINIA REGIMENT AND SERVED
UNDER CAPTAIN WM.
WASHINGTON, 1777 DURING THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HE WAS
IN THE BATTLE OF PRINCETOWN,
BRANDYWINE AND GERMANTOWN.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION, ALVIN
SERVED ON A COMMITTEE OF
THREE TO SELECT THE FIRST
SITE OF THE BOURBON COUNTY
COURTHOUSE AT PARIS, KY.
BUILT AROUND 1790, THE ALVIN
MOUNTJOY LOG CABIN IS
FALMOUTH'S OLDEST STANDING
RESIDENCE AND WAS THE CITY'S
FIRST MEETING PLACE. A
TWO-STORY STRUCTURE WITH A
BASEMENT, TWO FIRST-FLOOR
ROOMS AND TWO SECOND-STORY
BEDROOMS, THE MOUNTJOY HOUSE
HAS MADE INTERESTING AND
COLORFUL HISTORY. THE
CABIN'S FIREPLACES ARE BUILT
OF NATIVE STONE FROM THE
LICKING RIVER AND BRICK, AND
THE ORIGINAL PINE FLOORS ARE
NOW DARKENED WITH AGE. HUGE
POPLAR LOGS STRETCH ACROSS
THE ENTIRE FRONT.
IT WAS DESIGNATED A KENTUCKY
LANDMARK IN 1982. ALVIN AND
MARY MOUNTJOY, THE HOME'S
BUILDERS AND FIRST
RESIDENTS, WERE
WELL-TO-D0 LANDOWNERS WITH
NINE SLAVES, MAKING THEM THE
SECOND-LARGEST SLAVEOWNERS
IN THE COUNTY.
from FORKS OF THE LICKING
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF
PENDLETON COUNTY, KENTUCKY
1798-1993 published 1993
More About ALVIN MOUNTJOY
and MARY EDWARDS:
Marriage: 02 Sep 1777,
STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA
vii. GEORGE MOUNTJOY, b. 09
Sep 1748; d. 01 Jun 1756.
viii. ELIZABETH MOUNTJOY, b.
02 May 1751, STAFFORD
COUNTY, VA.; d. 28 Aug 1832,
BOURBON COUNTY; m. GOVERNOR
JAMES GARRARD, 20 Dec 1769;
b. 14 Jan 1748/49, STAFFORD
CO VA; d. 19 Jan 1822, MOUNT
LEBANON, BOURBON CO., KY..
Notes for GOVERNOR JAMES
GARRARD:
[Brøderbund Family Archive
#312, Ed. 1, Census Index:
U.S. Selected Counties,
1800, Date of Import: Oct
13, 1996, Internal Ref.
#1.312.1.1150.91]
Individual: Garrard, James
County/State: Bourbon Co.,
KY
Year: 1800
Census type code: Tax List
JAMES GARRARD SERVED WITH
DISTINCTION IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY ARMY AND HE
WAS A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA
LEGISLATURE. HE EMIGRATED TO
KENTUCKY IN 1783, AND SHARED
CONSPICUOUSLY IN THE EARLY
HISTORY OF THE STATE. HE WAS
A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTIONS
WHICH MET IN DANVILLE IN
1785, LOOKING TO THE
FORMATION OF A NEW STATE;
SERVED IN THE CONVENTIONS OF
1787-88, REPRESENTING
BOURBON COUNTY; WAS A MEMBER
OF THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
FROM KENTUCKY; WAS A MEMBER
OF THE CONVENTION OF 1792
WHICH FRAMED THE FIRST
CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY,
WAS SEVERAL TIMES MEMBER OF
THE LEGISLATURE AND IN 1806
WAS ELECTED SECOND GOVERNOR
OF KENTUCKY, AND AT THE
EXPIRATION OF HIS TERM WAS
RE-ELECTED, FILLING THE
POSITION FOR EIGHT YEARS
WITH DISTINGUISHED ABILITY,
HIS LONG ADMINISTRATION
BEING CHARACTERIZED FOR THE
PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF THE
STATE.
IN HONOR OF HIM GARRARD
COUNTY WAS NAMED. HE WAS A
MAN OF GREAT STRENGTH OF
CHARACTER; WAS A CHRISTIAN;
POSSESSED A PRACTICAL MIND,
WHICH MADE HIM ONE OF THE
MOST USEFUL MEN IN HIS TIME;
WAS GREATLY BELOVED BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE; IN
EVERY WAY HONORED AS A
FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR. OF
EARLY LEGAL AND OFFICIAL
LIFE IN KENTUCKY FEW MEN
STAND OUT IN THE PICTURE
MORE PROMINENTLY THAN
GENERAL JAMES GOVERNOR. HE
CAME TO THE STATE AT A TIME
WHEN HE WAS MOST NEEDED AND
HE LEFT HIS FINGER MARKS
UPON ITS EARLY HISTORY,
TELLING THE STORY OF HIS
HANDIWORK AND WRITING HIS
EPITAPH IN THE HEARTS, NOT
ONLY ON HIS DESCENDANTS, BUT
OF THOUSANDS WHO REAPED AND
ENJOYED THE FRUITS OF HIS
LABOR.
HE DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE,
MOUNT LEBANON IN BOURBON
COUNTY, JANUARY 19TH, 1822
AND IN THE WINTER OF THAT
YEAR THE LEGISLATURE
DECLARED A MONUMENT TO BE
ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY IN THE
FAMILY BURYING GROUND NEXT
TO THE RESIDENCE.
THE INSCRIPTION READS, "
THIS MARBLE CONSECRATES THE
SPOT ON WHICH REPOSE THE
MORTAL REMAINS OF COL. JAMES
GARRARD. ENDEARED TO HIS
COUNTY, HIS FRIENDS AND TO
SOCIETY BY THE PRACTICE OF
SOCIAL VIRTUES OF HUSBAND,
FATHER, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR,
HONORED BY THE COUNTRY BY
FREQUENT CALLS TO REPRESENT
HER DEAREST INTERESTS IN HER
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, AND
FINALLY BY TWO ELECTIONS TO
FILL THE CHAIR OF GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE;.....A TRUST
FOR EIGHT SUCCESSIVE YEARS
HE FILLED WITH THAT ENERGY;
VIGOR AND IMPARTIALITY,
WHICH, TEMPERED WITH
CHRISTIAN SPIRIT AND WITH
GOD-LIKE MERCY AND CHARITY
FOR THE FRAILTY OF MAN, IS
BUT CALCULATED TO PERPETUATE
THE INESTIMABLE BLESSINGS OF
GOVERNMENT AND HAPPINESS OF
MAN."
INFORMATION ON THE DATES OF
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES OF HIS
CHILDREN WAS TAKEN FROM HIS
BIBLE AND COPIED BY MRS.
JOUETT TAYLOR CANNON,
SUSANNAH HART, SHELBY
CHAPTER, FRANKFORT, KY., AND
MISS GENEVIEVE LINDSEY,
FRANKFORT, KY., MARCH 1928
GENEALOGIES OF KENTUCKY
FAMILIES [REGISTER OF THE
KY. HISTORICAL SOC.] VOL O-Y
PP 689-690]
More About GOVERNOR JAMES
GARRARD:
Fact 1: 1796, CHOSEN
GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY
Fact 2: 1800, ELECTED
GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY FOR A
SECOND TERM BECAUSE OF HIS
POPULARITY
More About GOVERNOR GARRARD
and ELIZABETH MOUNTJOY:
Marriage: 20 Dec 1769
ix. MARGARET MOUNTJOY, b. 25
Aug 1753; d. 01 Mar 1755.
x. GEORGE MOUNTJOY, b. 01
Sep 1757.