From: "Jacqueline Lubinski" Subject: Garrison-Tharp Cemetery Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 20:32:21 -0400 Here is the final listing for all of the found readable headstones in the cemetery with notations. Garrison-Tharp Cemetery, County Road 579 Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, NJ James Garrison b. February 1767 d. December 1825 Dinah Robins b. October 9, 1772 d. May 31, 1857-wife of James Garrison John Garrison - son of James and Dinah - b. January 12, 1792 d. December 12, 1851 Martha Titus b. Abt. 1790 d. July 2, 1866-wife of John Garrison John Garrison - son of John and Martha - b. May 24, 1832 d. June 8, 1845 Joseph Jarrard b. Abt. 1767 d. December 17, 1818 Mary (unknown) b. October 13, 1775 d. February 18, 1857-wife of Joseph Jarrard Susannah Jarrard - daughter of Joseph and Mary - b. June 20, 1807 d. July 15, 1874 Ephraim Tharp b. March 8, 1803 d. January 31, 1874-husband of Susannah Jarrard James Tharp - son of Ephraim and Susannah b. July 22, 1836 d. January 22, 1845 Ann Tharp - daughter of Ephraim and Susannah b. May 28, 1838 d. February 28, 1845 George Tharp - son of Ephraim and Susannah b. May 16, 1846 d. August 17, 1851 (The original head and footstones for Ephraim and Susanna Jarrard Tharp were found buried adjacent to the newer single granite stone for both Ephraim and Susannah. These have been reseated next to the newer stone. Susannah's was broken in half and 8 feet away from the newer stone as if it were thrown; however both pieces we were able to set in the ground.) John Hunt b. abt. 1768 d. May 16, 1854 (In the 1850 Federal Census for Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, NJ he is living with the family of John H. Case and wife Elizabeth Bennett Case whose daughter Sarah is married to Jonas Robins-son of Jonathan and Charity Lawshe Robins whose farm is next door. This Jonathan Robins is the 1st cousin of Dinah Robins.) Mary Huff Robins b. abt. 1764 d. February 13, 1817 (Wife of Jonathan Robins Jr. - brother of Isaac Robins. Jonathan and Mary Huff Robins are the Uncle and Aunt of Dinah Robins. Headstone found in the ground covered by 1 inch of dirt, next to upright slate stone that is in poor condition and unreadable-may be Jonathan Robins, Jr.. This is the oldest burial evident in the cemetery so far.) Unreadable stone next to Mary Huff Robins may be husband Jonathan Robins, Jr., b. about 1742, who is the brother of Isaac Robins and Uncle to Dinah Robins Garrison. The stone is in very poor shape. It is slate in which the front has peeled off and no readable inscription can be seen. Joseph Loughhead b. January 13, 1820 in Ireland d. abt. 1851 (In the 1850 census Federal Census for Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ he is listed as born in Ireland and his wife's name is Margaret b. 1822 in New Jersey. He is living next door to Jonathan Robins and wife Charity Lawshe Robins who is the 1st cousin of Dinah Robins who owned the property that the Garrison-Tharp Cemetery is on. There is no headstone visible for wife Margaret in the Garrison-Tharp Cemetery. Probing has not uncovered a stone either.) James Young b. November 19, 1822 d. September 13, 1823 (His headstone is badly cracked slate. It is unknown at this time as to who his parents are or his relationship to the Garrison, Robins, Tharp, and Jarrard families in the cemetery.) There are 18 confirmed headstones and numerous marker stones in rows behind James and Dinah with no inscriptions on them, which may be just footstone markers.