"Our earliest know BARKER ancestor was JESSE BARKER who we find in EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, South Carolina as early as 1785. It is believed that he was born about 1755 either in North Carolina or in Virginia, and that he was probably a Grandson of our immigrant BARKER ancestor." "The first name of BARKER of which we found record in VIRGINIA was James of Shropshire, England. He came to Virginia in 1636. George Barker from the same place lived in James City, Virginia, and Jonathan Barker lived in Charles City County; William and JAMES BARKER from SUFFOLK, ENGLAND settled in HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA the same year; and a George Barker settled in Charles River County. In 1637 Jeremiah Barker from Shropshire, England, settled in Accomac County; Sylvester Barker in Upper Norfolk County and Robert Barker in James County." Apparently the above information was from Thomas Pace Barker who lived in CALIFORNIA and died in 1971. Apparently Thomas Pace Barker had done extensive research on this Barker Family. I understand that he wrote a book. However, apparently all of his research and all of the books burned in a house fire in California. I understand that at the time of the fire he was an elderly gentleman and that he never reconstructed his research. Also, I HEARD THAT HE MAILED A COUPLE OF THE BOOKS BEFORE THE FIRE. If this is correct someone somewhere out there is sitting on a real treasure of information --- information that we are having trouble reconstructing. It has been reported that he served in the Revolutionary War from NC in 1777. It has also been reported that he was a member of "Marion's Men" better known as the "Swamp Fox" in the Revolutionary War. I have no documentation to support any of the above information. I guess you could say that it is just the word of mouth information -- information that we keep and hope someday to be able to prove or disprove. JESSE BARKER is in the 1790 census of Edgefield County SC.