Thanks Erline for the BARRON Information. Ingrid ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [ALPERRY] BARRON pictures > I have one of the first edition Perry Co. Heritage books. Only three mentions > of Barrons in the index and they are skimpy. > > Page 40 mentions Barron's Beat and describes the location, also that early > settlers were mostly ffrom VA, NC, and GA. names mentioned in the area are > Scott, Hanna, Hogue, Barrons, Billingsleas, Browns, Evans, Evins, Fosters, > Lees, Moores, Wallaces, Weissingers, Hardie, Howze, DeYampert, Phillips, > Stollenwerck, Chambers, Walthall, Webb, and White. No given names, just a > list of early families. > > On page 33 and 34 are mentions of the name of "a wealthy lady, Mrs. Julia > Barron" who financed a school for women, which was Judson Female Institute; > one of the dorms is named for Mrs. Barron. The school was given to the > Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1843. Her husband's name is not given. > > This is all that I found. Hope this can be of some help in locating the > Barrons you are searching for. > > Erline Steed > > > ==== ALPERRY Mailing List ==== > Would you like to know where your ancestors lived in Perry County?? > Go to http://glorecords.blm.gov/logon/logon.asp and fill in the blanks! > You will be pleased with the results. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >