Sorry, most of my Barbers were in Ky and came from Va > -----Original Message----- > From: zoe sedgwick [mailto:zoee@dreamsoft.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 10:20 PM > To: BARBER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BARBER-L] Barbers on the move: Medium-long post > > > Hi Harold, I am just trying to get started and really don't know > what I am doing > .....My G Grandmother was Sarah G Barber b abt 1855 Unk m March > 08,1874 in > Sumner Co. Tenn to James Madison Absher. Her date and place of death is > unknown. I wonder if you have anything about her or her parents > ( I don't have > their names yet) in any of your records? > > Thank You > Zoe Byford Sedgwick > > > > > Harold L Phillips wrote: > > > The furthest I can go back is a Lander Barber who, according to family > > stories, came from England. I have him on the payroll of George > Rogers Clark > > at Fort Pitt in 1775. Then in Washington Co. Pa in 1783 and > finally in Ky > > from 1790 thru 1830. His family and their decendents, thru the 1800's, > > lived in the NE 1/4 of Ky. I have a record of most of them. > While he was > > in Washington Co., Pa there was also an Andrew Barber in the > same precinct > > of that County. The Rev War records lists him as being from Va. I have > > been searching for him and his 1st wife and their ancestors for over 20 > > years. I feel that his true given name might not have been > Lander, that he > > could have taken his given name from people he lived with or > worked for. I > > came to this conclusion due to the fact that while he was in Ky > there were > > quite a few people with the surname Lander. As a matter of fact a John > > Lander was surety on one of his daughter's wedding. > > > > Also puzzeling is the fact that he remarried in 1810 to > Catherine Starr in > > Clark Co. Ky. When he disposed of his personal property in > 1828 a Riley and > > Mahala Barber were the witnesses on the document. Could they > be children by > > the second marriage? Lander was born between 1750 and 1760 according to > > census records. Riley Barber has been traced to Ill and then Kansas. In > > 1850 his wife was a Diane according to the Ill census. I hope > this info is > > of use to you. > > Hal Phillips > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Becky Striggow [mailto:bstriggo@peachnet.campuscwix.net] > > > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 10:00 PM > > > To: BARBER-L@rootsweb.com > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== BARBER Mailing List ==== > Post a query! > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/> ~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Barber > > Post a will! > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/BarberWill > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/ > >