From Pennsylvania, the couple moved to that area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina now known as Cabarrus.  They made their home among the German settlers and Daniel Jarrett's name is found in the early histories and courthouse records of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties along with Martin and John Fifer (Phiffer), John Paul Barringer and others.

     Mary Catherine and Daniel became the parents of ten children.  It is believed that all of them were born in North Carolina.  They were:  John b. May 9, 1773; Mary b. June 23, 1775; Daniel, Jr. b. March 20, 1777; Moses b. January 17, 1779; Rachel b. January 5, 1782; Joanna b. September 2, 1784; Catherine b. November 23, 1786 d. September 3, 1795; Aaron b. October 4, 1788; Noah b. May 28, 1791; and Leah b. August 8, 1795.

     Evidently Daniel and his family were members of the Lutheran congregation of Dutch Buffalo Creek Church.  (Moses Jarrett, believed to be Daniel's Moses, was confirmed in Buffalo Creek Church in 1796 by Pastor Carl August Gattlieb Storch; Rachel Jarrett was confirmed the same year.)  This Church housed both the Dutch Reformed and the Lutheran congregations.  John Paul Barringer, a devout Lutheran, decided that his congregation would have a church of its own. With Captain Barringer acting as the building committee, Daniel Jarrett undertook the construction of a new church.  It was known henceforth as St. John's Lutheran Church.

     On February 12, 1776, Daniel was one of several who accompanied Major John Fifer on an expedition against the insurgents to Cross Creek.  Daniel served as a clerk for twenty-eight days and was paid five pounds and twelve shillings.

     As early as 1778 and several years following, Daniel was appointed as Tax collector in Mecklenburg County.

     He was instrumental in the formation and organization of the government of Cabarrus County.  When the North Carolina Legislature voted to cut Cabarrus out of Mecklenburg in 1792, it appointed a group of commissioners to select the site for the county seat.  Daniel was a member of this commission.

     When the first court was held in the home of Robert Russell on the third Monday of January 1793 - a few days after Cabarrus County's government became formally organized - Daniel was a member of the jury.

     He was also, one of a committee of five authorized to buy fifty acres of land in the name of the county and contract for the erection of the necessary buildings.  However, a disagreement arose between the settlers of German origin and those of Scotch-Irish as to where the location of the county seat should be.  When the final decision was made, three years later the list of commissioners did not include Daniel's name.  It may be that he had moved by that time.

     After leaving Cabarrus sometime prior to 1799, Daniel and his family lived for a brief time in that part of Burke that is now McDowell County; then they settled in Buncombe.  From October 17, 1799 to December 18, 1812, Daniel received sixteen land grants.  The acreage totaled 1719 acres.  All but three of these grants were described as being located on the west side of the French Broad River.

     Around 1800, Daniel asked the North Carolina Legislature for some compensation for the continental money paid from 1778 to 1782 for his service as tax collector during the Revolutionary period.  He stated that he "was appointed to assess and collect in the County of Mecklenburg."  He was paid $1,500 which he thought was worth $550 in "good money."  The North Carolina Assembly rejected his petition stating that there were others with similar requests and that the Assembly could not come up with a fair way to compensate everyone.

     Daniel Jarrett died on February 11, 1822.  It is not known where he is buried.  It is speculated that his grave may be on property belonging to the Biltmore Estates or on the property which the Estates donated to Pisgah National Forest as he was a former owner of some of this land.  Correspondence with the curator of the Biltmore Estates revealed no record of a grave marker. 

Mary Catherine Moyer(s) Jarrett died February 19, 1850.  Her burial place is in Jarrett Cemetery, Patton Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina.  Her handcarved marker reads:
 

     Noah moved with his family to Buncombe County around 1797.  He remained there until he died.

     He married Elizabeth Israel circa 1818.  She was the daughter of Jesse and Mary Jones Israel.  Elizabeth was born November 25, 1796 in Buncombe County.

     It is reported that Elizabeth Israel and his brothers and sisters were reared by a slave named Hannah because their father died in 1806 and their mother remarried.  The step-father did not want the Israel children.

     Very little is known about Noah Jarrett.  He reported to the census authorities that he was a farmer.  It is recorded in the Buncombe County Deeds that Daniel Jarrett deeded Noah 409 acres in 1821.     Noah and Elizabeth Israel Jarrett had six known children.  They were:
 

Noah Jarrett died December 13, 1872.  His wife, Elizabeth, died June 23, 1888.  There are no markers, but it has been recorded that both of them are buried in Jarrett Cemetery, Patton Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina.

• Francis A. Jarrett= born Abbotts Creek N.C.,1883
• Cora E. Jarrett    =born Deep River, N.C.,1887
• Bessie M. Jarrett=born Deep River N.C.,1887
• Pinkney E. Jarrett=born Lowell N.C., 1891
• Alice V. Jarrett =born 1894 Abbotts Creek N.C.
• Juonious R. Jarrett=born 1896  Jamestown N.C.
• John M. Jarrett=born1898 Reidsville, N.C.
• Lillie B.(Bell) Jarrett=born 1900 Burlington,Alamance County, N.C.

Elizabeth Jarrett was born November 25, 1796 in Buncombe Co., NC, and died June 23, 1888 in North Carolina.

David Howell was born July 13, 1796 in Haywood Co., North Carolina, and died April 20, 1866 in Haywood Co., NC

Naomi (Edwards) Howell was born November 29, 1802 in Haywood Co., NC, and died March 4, 1850 in N.C.

Jesse Israel Jarrett was born April 9, 1820 in Buncombe Co., NC, and died November 21, 1904 in Ellijay, Georgia.

Charlette Howell Jarrett was born July 2, 1829 in Haywood Co., NC, and died November 4th, 1917 in Ellijay, Georgia.

Martha Jarrett Kelly was born Jan. 27, 1872 in Ellijay, Georgia.