Are there any Barrons buried near Gurley,Cave Springs, or Maysville in Madison County,AL? I have this account of Barrons in Madison There was a Samuel Benton Barron who went to Texas and served in a confederate outfit in that state called the " Lonestar Defenders." Samuel Benton Barron wrote a book called "The Lonestar Defenders",published in 1908. In the book,he mentions that his father was Samuel Boulds Barron born in South Carolina in 1793. All the Barrons on the 1820 census were from South Carolina. The grandfather of Samuel Benton Barron was James Barron of Ireland. Samuel Benton Barron's mother was Martha Cotton or Cotten from Guiliford County,NC. Martha's father and mother were James Cotton and Nancy Johnson. Nancy Johnson's brother was Abner Johnson. The Cottons and their relatives Gideon Pillow,William Pillow and their sister,Mrs. Dew settled in Maury County,TN. in 1808. I noticed a Gideon Pillow on the 1820 census of Giles County,TN. Martha Cotton,wife of Samuel Boulds Barron,had been married before to an Ashworth. Samuel Boulds Barron and Martha Cotton Barron settled near a place called Cave Springs in Madison County,AL. Samuel Boulds Barron taught school near Maysville,in Madison County,AL. Samuel Benton Barron, who wrote the book called "The Lonestar Defenders," mentions that he was born in Gurley in Madison County,AL in 1834. He wrote that he had sisters Tabitha and Nancy Jane. Samuel Boulds Barron died when his son Samuel Benton Barron was a child. This is the family of Samuel Boulds Barron and Martha Cotton Barron: 1850 Madison County,AL. Marthy Barron 53 b. TN William J. 18 b. AL Tabetha C. 17 b. AL Samuel B. 16 b. AL Nancy J. 13 b. AL John C. Ashworth Farmer b. AL The handbook of Texas states that the parents of Samuel Benton Barron died when he was young. I am looking for information on my Barrons of Giles. They lived on Robertson's Fork in Giles County,TN,