Quillian Garrison Research Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0042

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Quillian Garrison Research Collection is a genealogical research collection compiled by Garrison for her book, Descendants of Caleb Garrison, Sr. and His Wife, Sarah Fleming 1791-1966. Caleb Garrison is the namesake of Garrison, TX. The collection is composed of approximately 750 items. Included are military records for the Mexican-American War and the Confederacy, obituaries, census data, newspaper clippings, copies of death certificates, copies of bible records, marriage records, documents about the Methodist Church in East Texas, and deeds. Records focus on the Garrison family and the Gillespie family, prominent East Texas families, and mention other families such as Adams, Askins, Avery, Baker, Barrett, Bell, Brown, Dale, Daniel, Dillen, Faulk, Frederick, Hamilton, Hickey, Jackson, Kelly, Kocens, Langston, Lee, McNair, Moore, Nelms, Oxsheer, Powell, Preston, Price, Rainbolt, Ross, Sanford, Shipp, Sockwell, Stripling, Strong, Tinkle, Turner, Tyler, Watson, Watt, Wilson, Womack, and Young. Researchers working on East Texas families or East Texas Methodism may find this collection useful.

Dates

Creation: 1831-1973

Creator

Garrison, Quillian (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Quillian Garrison was born on March 11th, 1909 in Wharton, TX and was a lifetime resident of Angleton, TX. She worked as a speech therapist and a teacher for the Angleton Independent School District. Garrison was a member of the church choir at First Presbyterian Church in Angleton, TX, the Angleton Business and Professional Women’s Club, the Texas State Teachers Association, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She wrote Descendants of Caleb Garrison, Sr. and His Wife, Sarah Fleming 1791-1966 in 1966. Garrison was the Chairwoman of Book Committee of the Brazoria County Historical Commission from 1977 to 1980 and was involved in writing the first two volumes of the Narrative History of Brazoria County. Quillian Garrison died on July 1st, 1980 in Angleton.

Source Citations:

“Services set Sunday for Quillian Garrison.” The Brazosport Facts, July 20th 1980, pages 1, 5.

Quillian A Garrison (1909-1980), Family Search [online database]. Online at: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MQMW-R8P/quillian-a-garrison-1909-1980 (accessed July 10th, 2025).

Quillian Garrison (1909-1980), Find A Grave. Online at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57908203/quillian-garrison (accessed July 10th, 2025).