JARMAN.
The first of the Jarman name settled in the county was
Thomas, who obtained a grant of land on Moorman's River
in 1762. His children were Elizabeth, the wife of Zachariah
Maupin, Mary, the wife of Benajah Brown, William,
Martha, the wife of Daniel Maupin, Frances, the wife of John
A. Michie, and James. James had his residence on the east
side of the road in Brown's Cove, about a mile south of
Doylesville. He was appointed a magistrate in 1819, and
was frequently employed in the county business of his district.
He died in 1847, and was succeeded in the homestead
by his son, Miletus, who departed this life in 1874.
William established himself in 1790 near the present
Mechum's Depot. He soon after built the mill at that place,
which was for many years known by his name, and on the
site of which one has existed ever since. In 1805 he and
Brightberry Brown undertook the construction of Brown's
Turnpike, beginning at a point called Camping Rock, crossing
the Ridge at Brown's Gap, descending through Brown's
Cove, and terminating at Mechum's Depot. A formal acceptance
of it took place the next year by Commissioners
appointed from both sides of the mountain. William Jarman
died in 1813. He married Sarah, daughter of John Maupin,
and had five sons and six daughters. In 1819 James, his
eldest son, sold his half of the Turnpike to Ira Harris for one
hundred dollars. His son Thomas bought the land on the
summit of the Ridge at the old Woods Gap, and since his
purchase the Gap has generally gone by his name. His
daughter Mary became the wife of the younger William
Woods, of Beaver Creek, and mother of Peter A. Woods,
formerly one of the merchants of Charlottesville.
