If you persist in researching with only the name your family used in later years, you will miss many important papers.  It is important to remember that the local residents in Virginia and the early English did not pronounce the 3rd "r" in the Garrard/Jarrard name thus census taker and court clerks often heard Jarrett not Jarrard. Also the Census takers randomly interchanged the G and J as their mood struck them. It was not unusual to find this name spelled several different ways in one document as they covered all bases.

    In the early primogeniture system, land automatically was inherited by the eldest son if there was no will. Thus, if the older children had already been provided for in the family account book kept by the family, only the younger children are who have not received their portion are named in the will.

Was there two men with the same name of Andrew in this area?  A difference of opinion is expressed with different researchers. Thus, we present all the evidence and let you decide for yourself.

Gerrard  - Chapter I -Origin of the Gerrard name - First chapter of book I published in 1990.  Background history found in the old records of England.  Lancaster and Chester Co., England and the alumni records of Cambridge, etc. Scanning in progress of the book I published in 1990.

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Gerret: Early papers referring to the Gerrets of Philadelphia and York Cos., Pa.
Garre(t) a.k.a. Jarret(j) - Southwest Pennsylvania

Descendants of Andrew (Jarret) Jarrard - Andrew Jarrard of Washington Co., Pa. and Brooke Co., W. Va.
Thomas Jarrard - Changed spelling of his name in the estate settlement of his father from Thomas Jarrett to Thomas Jarrard.

Joseph Jarrard - Thomas Jarrard's brother, Champaign County, Ohio. Estate transfer to Thomas (josjar.tif)
Samuel Jarrard - Thomas Jarrard's brother, Brooke County, West Virginia estate transfer to Thomas.(samjar.tif)
Mary Jarrard Diltz and her descendants of Champaign County, Ohio to Henry County, Iowa.Thomas  Jarrard's sister,

Thomas Jarrard's sons: John and George Jarrard - St. Clair County, Illinois
George Jarrard - Washington County, Iowa

Unplaced Jarrards - A collection of documents, land records, on name variations of Gerrard, Jarrett, Jarratt and Jarrard that were located in the U.S. during my research but unused in my manuscripts or Volume I of Silver Trails to Freedom.

Gedcom: No claims to accuracy are made in my FamilyTreeMaker gedcom. It is subject to change from day to day as new information is located and proved or disproved.  Early imports of other gedcoms has resulted in many errors so use with caution.