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1. | Capt. William Garton was born about 1668 in Shenadoah County, Of St. George, VA; died in 1709 in Lancaester County, VA. Notes: MILITARY: VIRGINIA COLONIAL SOLDIERS, By Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, page 230: LANCASTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 14 DEC. 1687. (Court Orders) May it please your Excellency. In obedience to your Excellency directed to this court for the returning an accou nt of all such persons that are able to bear arms both for horse and foot service in this county we have duely examined ye list of the freeholders and housekeepers inhabiting ye said county and we do find upon ye due enquiry that many of them ar e very poor despicable persons. We have returned your Excellency the full number expressed by your order as followeth. Persons appointed for horse service; . . . . at Corotman; William Garton William married Margaret Angell about 1688 in Lancaster County, VA. Margaret (daughter of William Angell and Mary) was born about 1650 in Of Lancaster County, VA; died in 1702 in Lancaster County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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