Hello from Orlando, FL. I guess I'll join the chorus of frustrated Barker researchers who've hit the proverbial brick wall. My apologies to those of you who've seen the same tired old info I've posted before, but here goes. My brick wall, GEORGE BARKER, d.o.b. unknown, parents unknown, married DENISA SHARP in Rockingham Co,NC on Dec.26, 1833. Surety was John B.Murray. Thats the one & only record I have for old George. DENISA BARKER (age 33) is listed with sons HENRY T (age 15) & JOHN A (age 6) on the 1850 Rockingham Co NC census. No sign of GEORGE BARKER, so I assume he had died. There are other BARKERS in the county, but can't connect to them. (There is even a GEORGE BARKER who md. in Rockingham Co. a month before my George!) And I can't find any connection with the GEORGE BARKER SR & JR from Caswell Co NC. GEORGE'S son JOHN ALLEN BARKER md. NANCY JANE McKILLOP in 1867 & moved to Jackson, Hancock Co, IN around 1870. From there, they moved to Laurel Co,KY in 1883. My grandfather CHAS.OLIVER BARKER (b.1873) had an older brother WM.HENRY BARKER (b.1867) & younger bros,. HAINES BARKER & ARTHUR BARKER. A relative told me that WM.HENRY BARKER drove his model T all over the Rockingham Co NC area & the route between there & LaurelCo,KY looking for his grandfather's roots. All to no avail. Sure would be nice to finish the job! The only clues I have are, that, since GEORGE BARKER didn't need a parent's permission to marry in Dec.1833, he must have been 21 or over. Thus born 1812 or earlier. And there is a tradition passed down in the family that JOHN ALLEN BARKER never knew his father, & was "bound out" to work with slaves on a local plantation. He served in the 45th NC Confederate Infantry & was released from Pt,.Lookout (MD) Prison camp on June 23 1865. Any connections, suggestions, leads, admontions, etc. would be welcomed. Regards, Gerald Eaton also researching EATON,COBB,CORNN,BARTON,PHIPPS, STEPP,KUYKENDALL,HENSLEY,SPURLOCK, ANGELL,FULLER,RADFORD,KIRK,BLACK, HICKS,JONES,FADDIS,McKILLOP,PERRY, WYATT,WATSON,COOK,LOWERY,HANNAH, PARR,KNIGHT,WOODARD and others