Pauline Halburnt Roberts joined the D.A.R. as a descendant of this patriot. Here is the line she submitted:
Pauline Halburnt Roberts was the daughter of:
Henry Landrum Halburnt and Docia Paralee Ruffner, the said Docia Paralee Ruffner Halburnt was the child of
Peter Ruffner b 1839 Switzerland and Nancy Elizabeth Childs b 1845. The said Nancy Elizabeth Childs was child of
Henry Childs b 1797 Anderson Co. TN and Nancy Garner b abt 1803 Anderson Co. TN. Daughter of
John Garner b 2/6/1776 NC and Rachel Henry b 6/26/1780 NC. Son of
John Fushee Garner b 12/25/1749 at Prince Wm. Co., VA, died Blount Co. TN, and Nancy Whittle b 1752 NC.
The CHILDS/CHILES and GARNER families have been traced and documented by many other researchers. I will list here the people I know about in the general Roane County, TN area. Garner-Keen Families of Northern Neck Virginia by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, is a very good source for the Garner family.
Descendants of John Fushee
Garner
1 John Fushee Garner b: 25 Dec 1749 Prince William County, VA (Fauquier) d: 25 Nov 1839
Rev. War Soldier
+Nancy Whittle b: 1752 m: 1770 [first of 3 wives]
2 James Garner b: 09 Mar 1772 NC d: 1865 Ohio
+Mary Moon b: 1775
2 Mary Garner b: 08 Oct 1774 NC d: 08 Sep 1846 Washington Co, IL
+Nathan Farmer b: 1768 Perquimans Co. NC d: 1849 Washington Co, IL
2 John Garner b: 06 Feb 1776 d: 1855
+Rachel Henry m: 17 Oct 1798 in Blount County, TN. d/o James Henry, Sr.,
RWS
3 Pleasant H. Garner
3 John Garner
3 Hugh Garner
3 Joseph B. Garner
3 James Garner
3 Rebecca Garner b: 1807
3 Mary Garner
3 Nancy Garner b: 1803
+Henry Chiles b: 1797 d: 08 May 1881
4 Serelda Minerva Chiles b: 1828
+James Henry Thornton b: 1825
4 James Henry Chiles b: 1830
4 Pleasant H. Chiles b: 1836 d: 04 Aug 1867
Corporal in Union Army, Civil War
+Amanda Rector b: 1838 d: 04 Nov 1899
4 Nancy Elizabeth Chiles b: 30 Oct 1845 d: 15 Jan 1929
+Peter A Ruffner b: 09 Jun 1839 d: 17 Jun 1892
m: 10 Jan 1865 in Coalfield, Tennessee
Union Army, Company K, 1st Reg., Tenn. Inf.
4 Josephine M. Chiles b: 1849
+John Boshears
3 Elizabeth Garner b: Abt 1805
+Aaron Hendrix b: 1804 see Hendrix page for children
3 Catherine Garner
+Alexander J. Hendrix b: 1805
3 Rachel Garner
3 Cynthia Garner
3 Jane Garner
2 Elizabeth Garner b: 13 Jun 1779 NC d: 03 Apr 1826 Blount Co, TN
+Samuel Henry b: 12 Oct 1777 d: 13 Jun 1867 m: in Blount Co, TN s/o James
Henry, Sr.
2 William Garner b: 11 Aug 1781 NC d: 1860 Blount Co. TN 1850 census lists as Doctor
+Dolly Williamson (?) b: Abt 1788 NC m: 05 Jan 1809 in Randolph Co. NC
3 Polly Garner
+Joseph Ashley m: 27 Dec 1827 to GA
3 Nancy Garner b: Abt 1812
+John N. Harris m: 14 May 1829
3 Eliza Garner b: Abt 1817
3 John Fushee Garner b: Abt 1820 d: 1875
+Martha Dewberry m: 04 Jan 18553 William Harrison Garner b: Abt 1824 TN bur in Blount TN
+Mary Dewberry m: 05 Aug 1849
4 William Garner
4 John Garner
4 Pryor Garner
+Tennessee McDonald m: 03 Oct 1895
4 Dolly Garner
3 Samuel H. Garner b: Abt 1827 TN --Union Army, settled in TX
+R. J. Huckaby m: 20 Feb 1854
2 Jane Garner b: 17 Nov 1783 d: 04 Dec 1820
+James Henry b: 30 Nov 1782 d: 05 Sep 1847
2 Bradley Garner b: 06 Mar 1786
2 Dolly Garner b: 01 Oct 1788 d: Bef 1839
+James Williamson
2 Hetty Garner
Page 168-9 of the Garner-Keene book: "John Garner, born February 6, 1776 in NC, married Rachel Henry in Blount Co., TN, October 17,1798. Three of John F. Garner's children married Henrys, all offspring of James Henry, Sr., a Rev. War soldier. A descendant of John Garner said that they were cousins of Patrick Henry. John Garner moved to Anderson County, TN, where he is said to have become a prosperous and respected farmer. He owned 372 acres of Clinch River bottom land and Copper Ridge timber land and 23 slaves. For four years he was Register of Deeds. He died there about 1855, as his will was probated in February, 1855. His executors were his sons, Pleasant H. Garner and Hugh Garner. A descendant has stated that John Garner had fourteen children, five sons and nine daughters."