Timeline of brothers? Asa and William Barber 1789 Chatham Co., NC Asa born (per 1850 census Mitchell Co., GA) 1792 Chatham Co., NC William born 1820 Federal Census of Washington Co., GA Asa (2 sons & 3 dau.) Frederick (5 sons & 2 dau.) age 26 to 45 William (he and female are 45 & older) - possible father of Asa and William ??? 1820 Washington Co., GA Asa is land lottery winner: Jenkinsons Militia Dist., Lot 14 Sec. 7 in Irwin Co. and Lot 355 Sec. 28 in Early Co. William, Jr. is land lottery winner: Jenkinsons Militia Dist., Lot 345 Sec. 19 in Early County Frederick Barber is land lottery winner: Wimberlys Militia Dist., Lot 74 Sec. 4 in Walton Co. and Lot 435 Sec. 7 in Irwin County. Moses Barber is land lottery winner: Jenkinsons Militia Dist., Lot 66 Sec. 6 in Early County Rebecca Barber (widow) is land lottery winner: Jenkinsons Militia Dist., Lot 298 Sec. 26 in Early County 1825 Washington Co., GA tax digest Asa Rebecca (b. 1770) - possible mother of Asa and William ??? William 1827 Washington Co., GA - Ohoppie Baptist Church Asa received into membership 1829 Washington Co., GA - Ohoppie Baptist Church Asa and wife dismissed by letter in December. 1829 Asa purchased land from Isaac Johnson in Decatur Co. in May. 1829 Gadsden Co., FL - land patents William 1830 Asa purchased land from George Royce in Decatur Co. 1830 Federal Census of Gadsden, Co., FL William (7 sons & 1 dau.) 1830 Federal Census of Decatur, Co., GA Asa (5 sons & 3 dau.) 1832 Gadsden Co., FL - Land patents William 1834 Asa purchased land from McCreless in Decatur Co. 1834 Asa sold land to Jesse Collins in Decatur Co. 1836 Gadsden Co., FL - Land patents Asa - patent No. 5893 Jordan 1838 Gadsden Co., FL - Land patents William Solomon Jerdin 1839 Gadsden Co., FL - Land patents Asa - patent No. 7962 & 7963 Solomon Darius B. 1840 Federal Census of Gadsden, Co., FL William ( 6 sons 1 under 5) Asa Soloman Jordan 1844 Asa marries Sarah Godwin in Decatur Co. on Nov. 7 (Book A, Page 70) listed as Asa Barbour & Sarah Goddin 1845 Florida's first statewide election 5/20/1845 - Gadsden Co voters William, Sr. Asa Soloman Jarratt Lawson Jordan William, Jr. Darius 1850 Federal Census of Gadsden, Co., FL (Nov. 9) Asa age 60 (counted 2x, see below) Wiliiam, Sr. age 58 William, Jr. age 31 Gerald age 28 Jerdon age 26 1850 Federal Census of Baker Co., GA (Jan. 2) Asa age 61 (counted 2x, see above) Bennett age 22 1850's late William wife and sons moved to Henry Co., AL from Gadsden Co., FL 1860 Federal Census of Mitchell Co., GA Asa age 71 Darius age 46 Spencer age 49 Mary L. age 10 Wiley H. age 35 Lawson age 40 1863 Asa had a land transaction in Decatur Co., GA 1864 Asa had a land transaction in Decatur Co., GA 1869 Asa had a land transaction in Decatur Co., GA 1870 Census of Decatur Co., GA Asa (listed as Acy) 1872 Decatur Co., GA Asa died June 5th ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Striggow <bstriggo@peachnet.campuscwix.net> To: <BARBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 11:00 PM Subject: [BARBER-L] Barbers on the move: Medium-long post > I'd like to try an experiment: I wanted to map out where the various > Barber bunches started out from and ended up . > Could you send me the names of your Barbers, the years involved, where > they started out and where they settled? And where they lived in > between? > I was struck by the number of Barbers who are seemingly unrelated but > who lived in Bertie Co., N.C....for example. Or the number of Barber > families who happened to move to Washington, Ga. in Wilkes Co. Or to > Clarke County, Ga. Or the whole bunch who moved to Fla. or to Texas.If > there are a number of Barbers who lived in North Carlina, for example, > and who moved to Washington, Georgia in the same time frame and who > lived in close proximity....then there are questions to ask. > Maybe we could compare notes that way or brainstorm and see what > documents we could be hunting. > I'm primarily interested in the Southern Barbers, but maybe someone > would like to do this for the Northern Barbers, the English Barbers, and > the Australian Barbers. If we're stuck at brick walls and don't have > brickbats we may have to use brute force to tear it down! > I live in Athens, Georgia which is one hour away from Washington, > Georgia and plan to go genealogy hunting when I'm back on my feet. (I've > had 3 surgeries and shingles in the last 13 months....actually, since I > really got into this Barber hunt......hmmmmm.) So maybe I can look for > some information. I plan to start looking at the old newspapers for > Washington and Oglethorpe County. > Any comments, suggestions? > Becky > > > ==== BARBER Mailing List ==== > BARBER Family Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: BARBER >