Thought I would check to see if anyone out there is connected with Nancy (Nannie) Barnett from Wytheville/Bluefield/Tazewell or in that area? I have a picture of her with Uriah McCoy, but I do not know where she is buried. Nannie was born 1848 in Wytheville or Tazewell, VA, we think. The picture of her and Uriah was taken in Bluefield, WV, but they lived in Tazewell, VA, we think. Thanks much. Jackie A family tree can wither if no one tends its roots - Please visit our web site: thehouseofjossey-josey.org And my personal Josey web page MY JOSEY FAMILY

No, My ggrandmother Susan BARNETT from Henderson County NC that married, first James Columbus ALLISON in 1859. He died at camp Douglas during the Civil War as a POW. In 1867 his cousin Francis "Frank" Henry ALLISON married Susan. They are my ancestors. I can take our BARNETT line back to SC and GA, but before the late 1700 I don't know where they were for sure. Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "vze6jy43" <raymond.woods4@verizon.net> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > Joe Was Your Allison a Barnett ? I am looking for the parents of Rev. Allison Barnett born 1822 died in Doddridge Co. Wv. in 1885 Help if you can, anybody Bea Barnett Woods In MD > raymond.woods4@verizon.net > OR: > vze6jy43@verizon.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe McDonald > To: BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:46 AM > Subject: Re: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > > > Thanks Patricia, > I thought that there might be some connection. Many families in the east > coast area would split some went west others went south for the land. Like > my Allison/Allanson from MD. > > Joe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Barnett" <PatriciainAledo@webtv.net> > To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:54 PM > Subject: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > > > > Joe I guess I should have sent this to the Barnett=L and not to you > > directly but I will put this on there. My family is Andrews son > > Peters family. Peter had a son Benjamin Barnett born 1801 in > > Baltimore Maryland. Benjamin married Sarah Fickel and they had two > > children. Lydia and Joseph. Joseph married Sarah Trehune in Ohio > > and they had 4 children . One of these was Benjamin Franklin Barnett > > and he was my Husbands grandfather and they lived in Van Buren > > Co. Ia. Dont think any of these Barnetts went south because Peter > > took his family around 1815 to Perry Co. Ohio and then Joseph and > > Benjamin found their way to Iowa. Patricia > > > > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > > If you write an effective query to the list you are more likely > > to get results. This article by Kelley Kerstens is excellent. > > http://ANCESTRY.COM/library/view/columns/extra/3976.asp > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > If your research is not progressing as quickly as you would like > perhaps a posting to the list outlining what information you have on > your problem area may bring success. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > Make sure you have an up to date virus checker running on your computer. > It is important to keep it up to date as new computer viruses are being > released all the time. Don't risk damage to your valuable research. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Joe Was Your Allison a Barnett ? I am looking for the parents of Rev. Allison Barnett born 1822 died in Doddridge Co. Wv. in 1885 Help if you can, anybody Bea Barnett Woods In MD raymond.woods4@verizon.net OR: vze6jy43@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe McDonald To: BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett Thanks Patricia, I thought that there might be some connection. Many families in the east coast area would split some went west others went south for the land. Like my Allison/Allanson from MD. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Barnett" <PatriciainAledo@webtv.net> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > Joe I guess I should have sent this to the Barnett=L and not to you > directly but I will put this on there. My family is Andrews son > Peters family. Peter had a son Benjamin Barnett born 1801 in > Baltimore Maryland. Benjamin married Sarah Fickel and they had two > children. Lydia and Joseph. Joseph married Sarah Trehune in Ohio > and they had 4 children . One of these was Benjamin Franklin Barnett > and he was my Husbands grandfather and they lived in Van Buren > Co. Ia. Dont think any of these Barnetts went south because Peter > took his family around 1815 to Perry Co. Ohio and then Joseph and > Benjamin found their way to Iowa. Patricia > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > If you write an effective query to the list you are more likely > to get results. This article by Kelley Kerstens is excellent. > http://ANCESTRY.COM/library/view/columns/extra/3976.asp > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== If your research is not progressing as quickly as you would like perhaps a posting to the list outlining what information you have on your problem area may bring success. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thanks Patricia, I thought that there might be some connection. Many families in the east coast area would split some went west others went south for the land. Like my Allison/Allanson from MD. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Barnett" <PatriciainAledo@webtv.net> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:54 PM Subject: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > Joe I guess I should have sent this to the Barnett=L and not to you > directly but I will put this on there. My family is Andrews son > Peters family. Peter had a son Benjamin Barnett born 1801 in > Baltimore Maryland. Benjamin married Sarah Fickel and they had two > children. Lydia and Joseph. Joseph married Sarah Trehune in Ohio > and they had 4 children . One of these was Benjamin Franklin Barnett > and he was my Husbands grandfather and they lived in Van Buren > Co. Ia. Dont think any of these Barnetts went south because Peter > took his family around 1815 to Perry Co. Ohio and then Joseph and > Benjamin found their way to Iowa. Patricia > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > If you write an effective query to the list you are more likely > to get results. This article by Kelley Kerstens is excellent. > http://ANCESTRY.COM/library/view/columns/extra/3976.asp > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Joe I guess I should have sent this to the Barnett=L and not to you directly but I will put this on there. My family is Andrews son Peters family. Peter had a son Benjamin Barnett born 1801 in Baltimore Maryland. Benjamin married Sarah Fickel and they had two children. Lydia and Joseph. Joseph married Sarah Trehune in Ohio and they had 4 children . One of these was Benjamin Franklin Barnett and he was my Husbands grandfather and they lived in Van Buren Co. Ia. Dont think any of these Barnetts went south because Peter took his family around 1815 to Perry Co. Ohio and then Joseph and Benjamin found their way to Iowa. Patricia

Patricia, Can you give us some information about you line after Andrew in MD? My Barnetts were in NC, SC and GA. Joe McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Barnett" <PatriciainAledo@webtv.net> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > Am trying to find Andrew Barnetts father. Andrew was b. 10 Jan. 1720 in > Baltimore, Md. and d. 1793 in Md. Married Elizabeth They had 11 > children one of which was Peter who is a gggggfather . Cannot trace > my Barnett line any farther back then Andrew. Would appreciate any > help I can get and Thank You. Patricia > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > The Barnett list is intended for people researching people with the > family name Barnet, Barnett and Barnette worldwide. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Maybe he came from Ireland or England??? Also have you checked the www.rootsweb.com and other posting places of Family Genealogy?? Try it. pick family trees at the top. Put in your name. A list of those will come up.n If too many of same name . Can pick the Advanced search and get names with the imfo you put in. If don't get any may have to delete some of your imfo and try more times. Maxine mmwaw@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Barnett" <PatriciainAledo@webtv.net> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 12:06 PM Subject: [BARNETT] Andrew Barnett > Am trying to find Andrew Barnetts father. Andrew was b. 10 Jan. 1720 in > Baltimore, Md. and d. 1793 in Md. Married Elizabeth They had 11 > children one of which was Peter who is a gggggfather . Cannot trace > my Barnett line any farther back then Andrew. Would appreciate any > help I can get and Thank You. Patricia > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > The Barnett list is intended for people researching people with the > family name Barnet, Barnett and Barnette worldwide. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Am trying to find Andrew Barnetts father. Andrew was b. 10 Jan. 1720 in Baltimore, Md. and d. 1793 in Md. Married Elizabeth They had 11 children one of which was Peter who is a gggggfather . Cannot trace my Barnett line any farther back then Andrew. Would appreciate any help I can get and Thank You. Patricia

The Barnett DNA Surname website has been updated. See particularly the Participant and Results pages. The website address is http://micbarnette.bravepages.com To date there are 14 participants. The results for 8 have been returned and the results for 4 more are expected within the next few weeks. Two people who received kits have not returned them to the lab. We have two groups of people who have matched one another. The first group contains four people: Participant 0001 (Kit 9386) and Participant 0003 (Kit 10518) and Particpant 0008 (Kit 15986) all match 25 for 25 markers Participant 2 (Kit 10391) matches the other three 24 for 25 markers. The second group has two participants. Participant 4 (Kit 10812) and Participant 5 (Kit 10943) are 25 for 25 marker matches. In addition we have two participants named Barney who have joined the group. You can read more about the test and view the results on the website at http://micbarnette.bravepages.com just click on the DNA website link. You can see the DYS chart on the Results and Anaysis Page. Family Tree DNA publishes a free e-zine each month. Anyone interested in DNA studies will enjoy reading it. There is a link on our wesbite and one from the FTDNA website to subscribe to it. Family Tree DNA now offers a 37 marker Y-DNA test. I will be upgrading to that marker test when I finally get my Christmas bills paid down some. We all to consider upgrading, particularly those who have matches with other participants. The increase in markers will enable us to know more precisly how close we relate to anyone we match. You can read about it on the FTDNA website. Also there is a new free program where anyone can place their marker results in a free database at www.ysearch.org I have not done so yet but will do so in the near future. I have seen a link on my private DNA page of FTDNA where I can click on a link and go to the page to insert my marker information. Anyone, no matter which company tested the sample, can participate in the database. If two people took their tests through different companies, this database is able to determine if the two relate or not. Both parties have to have their marker values in the database. We need more participants. It is not necessary for the person taking the test to pay for it. If you are researching Barnetts try to find a male in your family still named Barnett and who descends from your ancestor. The website describes the website and where to obtani the test kit. MIC MIC

Looking for information on Ned Ray Barnett b. 13 Dec. 1880 in IA d. 16 Oct. 1973 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles Co., CA. m. (1) Rita Woodruff (2) Eunice Unknown. Interested in Ancestors/descendents. Thank you. Shelly Chance Galloway

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Dianne, Which are your BARNETT's? Maybe I can return the favor as I search along. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: <surtees@localline.com> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [BARNETT] David Barnett of Edgefield Co. SC > Hello Joe, I am sorry I can't be more help. This line is not really mine - > I stumbled on it while looking for info about a different John Barnett. It > was old information and in a fairly private collection - I don't know if > it has been photocopied anywhere else or not, so I thought I would share > it with the list. I can use all the help I get and I know there are others > out there with the same issues. Like looking under rocks for any clue, > jsut to know they really did exist. Good luck with your line, and again I > am sorry I can't help more. > > Diane > > > Hi Cousin Diane, > > > > I'm Joe McDonald and one of the gggrandsons of David BARNETT and Mary > > MERRILL. Their daughter Susan married (2) Frank ALLISON and their > > daughter Olivia ALLISON married John Logan BALL from Madison Co NC. > > Their daughter Mary Sue BALL is my mother. I'm still studying you > > posting and would like to know if you have this on "Family Tree Maker" > > program and would be willing to share it with your cousins? > > > > I have a very, very poor photo copy of a page from the "BARNETT Bible" > > that has "John BARNETT was born Sept 1st A.D. 1772. Martha his wife was > > born Aprile the 26 1765" ( the 1765 was marked thru and replaced with > > 1779). "Was married March the 23 1797". Below this is a list of family > > members of the PYRON or PYSON family. I don't know why these are in the > > bible much less on the same page, unless they are members of Martha's > > family. The one I can make out for sure is the first one. "James > > Pyson/Pyron was born May the 28 1776". The next "Was born in June the 23 > > 1783". etc. > > You may have seen this if you visited the Henderson County History > > Center. > > > > Thanx Joe McDonald > > Boynton Beach FL > > > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > Make sure that you include a meaningful subject line. > Subject lines are important. Many people delete messages without opening > them if the subject does not appear to relate to their research. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello Sue; Was there anything in the book about William Anderson Barnett and family who was in Araago in abt 1889 from Tx with his family Sarah Ann Hayes in Tx in 1878.and ch.???? William had been a menmber of the Lodge in Coquille and also I found many ref; of him in the Court house dealing with the Lumber / logging Bussines in the area untill he died in 1919. he at one time had lived in Fairview, but is bur in Mrytle Point. Prob also lived in Coquille. Some Ch also lived in out lying area's. Several son's were Preachers of Brethern I believe, in the area till later when they moved northward. My Grt Uncle Rev.Jessie Barnett was one. See the message I just posted for more imfo. Maxine Baldwin Wilton willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Steward" <ssteward@ccountry.net> To: <ORCOOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [ORCOOS] HAYES, Wallace E. > Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon by Orvil Dodge (1898/2nd > edition 1969) > > This may be your people but not definite. > > "The South Coquille. > If the reader will accompany the writer we will seek the head of this > fertile valley and land at the mouth of a canyon at the foot of Johnson's > mountain, about twenty-five miles south of Myrtle Point. Here the South > Fork valley practically commences, though Squire Land took a home some > distance above the canyon, in a beautiful cove. The mountain was named > after Coarse Gold Johnson, who discovered gold in rich nuggets in 1853-54, > on a creek that skirs the foot of the massive elevation, the stream also > bearing the same name. > > The Wagners, T. C. Land, Hayeses and Henry Wygan settled in this valley in > 1872 and as the three first named families were natives of North Carolina, > they gave their settlement the name of their native state. David Wagner, > the aged sire of the family, was a man of true Southern hospitaility and > enterprise. His two sons, David and John L. Wagener and their families, > settled near the old patriarch, as also did Hayes, who had wedded a daughter > of Uncle David." > > A Century of Coos and Curry by Emil R. Peterson and Alfred Powers (1952) > > "T. C. Land entered the Coquille Valley on November 1, 1871. In 1872, the > "North Carolina Settlement" was established on the South Fork of the > Coquille River about the present town site of Powers, and "Squire" Land was > its first school teacher. The Wagners, Hayeses and T. C. Land were the > original settlers." > > Biographies: > Hayes, John b. North Carolina 1825. Married Susan Wagner 1854. To Coos > 1872, settled on South Fork of Coquille River. Took up 160 acres as > squatter's rights. Martha, Dolly, Julia, Lura, Mary, Eva, Margaret. > General farming, died 1905. > > Hayes, Joseph McD, b. North Carolina 1868. Came as a child to Coos. Farmer, > mail carrier, road supervisor. Married Sarah Hartley 1892. Children: > Adolphus, Harrison, Jesse. Mrs. Hayes died 1902. > > Not Wallace but may be related families. > > Sue > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Browns" <florab@kootenay.com> > To: <ORCOOS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:03 PM > Subject: [ORCOOS] HAYES, Wallace E. > > > > Re: Roll Call > > > > I am interested in any information about Wallace E. Hayes b. ? d.? before > 1900? > > married Lydia Frances Huntley 4 FEB 1889 > > > > Family stories suggest that the HAYES family is from Powers, Coos Co. OR > > > > Any information is very much appreciated. > > > > Afa > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Ah Ha, FAIRVIEW, COOS CO OR. YES you bet there is as I was there in 1985 looking for my Grt Granfa., William Anderson Barnett b in 1853/4 in Farmington , Grayson Co Tx d in Dec 1919 in Fairview but bur in Mrytle Point as I found out in Fairview. when I went there. I talked to the oldest living couple there who wouldn't let me take their picture. They had been to house parties and dances in early 1900's with Wilima's son who died after war at abt 35 and dau lena who died of sleeping sickness when just abt 24. BUT I also have heard and seena address of a FAIRVIEW in either Multomah or Washington Co. near Portland Or ????? The Rarview in Coos Co. is indead abt thw smallest a community can be. I saw one little olf bldg which ahd been a little store and old fashioned gas pumping for ood cars but then new. It had a cornet entrance and on a cornetr. Not far from the old Cem there. I had to walk abck along a fence and all grown up etc. This old couple told me he was bur in Myrtle Point. IRONICALLY, I went there to the City Hall. I asked abt the Cem there. They said just 2 weeks before they had finialy gotten an old safe opened from so many yra before that sat and no one ever got it opened till them,\. GUESS What??? In it was the first book on the Cemetery there. On the first page is where my Grt Grafa. William Anderson Barnett bought a 8 plot cem blk for $5.00, yes only $ 5.00 and I ent there. Grt granpa William and 2nd wife, Sarah Ann Hayes Batrnett were both there. I big oblong Black Onyx Stone bore their names and dates. William had brought it back from Ohio after Sarah had died in 1909 I believe and it is imbeded in a biger concrete stone. Also is bur there dau Lena and a son if I remember corrdtly name of Chester, and also another couple who came from Ohio and are related to William as a either sister or bro, and spouce of his or Sarah's. Name May have been West or Barnett. Would have to check as I also took pictures of them. I can still see that nice beautifull Black Onyx Stone still shinning in the bright warm Sun that day I was there. I also gave the clerk a check for 25.00 to cover her son's work for me to clean up the plotts and cut out a root near by. I also left a note that I was there (but it now has old address on it.) , in the Cem book as they let me attach one to the page which I also got a copy of as William had signed it. My Grt Gran fa and Step grt granmother.. My gran fa John Robert Barentt b 7 oct 1875 in Tx. was but 14 yrs old when he arrived there with his Fa William and family in 1889. Having traveled from Tx up through Utah, Idaho via part of the Old Oregon Trail and south at The Dalles over the Mt. to the Willamette Valley to Araago, Coos Co Or. John's mother having died when he was very young in 1877 in Tx. John had also witnessed a Bear attack on a young mar man in the wagon train which killed him and left a young wife and baby who were left at Boise Id. Name of FREEMAN. from Ky otr Tn. Boy what an expeirence. They must have had and I know I did in looking for the burial them. Maxine Baldwin Wilton. willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <janet.snyder@comcast.net> To: <ORCOOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [ORCOOS] AMEN, Francis M., Martha Elizabeth, Iona > Hello...... > > There is a small community called Fairview that is approx 6 miles NE of > Coquille........ It can be found in the Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer by > DeLorme....... > > Hope this is of some help, > Janet, > formerly of Coos County Oregon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Browns" <florab@kootenay.com> > To: <ORCOOS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:39 PM > Subject: [ORCOOS] AMEN, Francis M., Martha Elizabeth, Iona > > > | Re: roll call > | > | I am researching Francis M. AMEN b. Jul 27, 1846, d. Jun 14, 1926, > m. May 15, 1866 > | Martha Elizabeth WOODRUFF b. Nov 25, 1846 d. Apr 14, 1924 > | > | Francis M AMEN is listed in the 1890 Census Reconstruction in the Fairview > precinct in Coos County at USGenWeb. The site also lists a David T. Woodruff > who might be David P. WOODRUFF, Martha's father. > | > | > | Their daughter Iona F. Amen married Cyrus Milton Brown > | > | I have access to the census images at ancestry.com, but have no idea if > the 1890 census reconstruction project is anywhere. Where was the Fairview > Precinct? Is anybody searching this family? I am willing to share > | > | Afa > | > | > | > | > | > | ============================== > | Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > | Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > | > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hello Joe, I am sorry I can't be more help. This line is not really mine - I stumbled on it while looking for info about a different John Barnett. It was old information and in a fairly private collection - I don't know if it has been photocopied anywhere else or not, so I thought I would share it with the list. I can use all the help I get and I know there are others out there with the same issues. Like looking under rocks for any clue, jsut to know they really did exist. Good luck with your line, and again I am sorry I can't help more. Diane > Hi Cousin Diane, > > I'm Joe McDonald and one of the gggrandsons of David BARNETT and Mary > MERRILL. Their daughter Susan married (2) Frank ALLISON and their > daughter Olivia ALLISON married John Logan BALL from Madison Co NC. > Their daughter Mary Sue BALL is my mother. I'm still studying you > posting and would like to know if you have this on "Family Tree Maker" > program and would be willing to share it with your cousins? > > I have a very, very poor photo copy of a page from the "BARNETT Bible" > that has "John BARNETT was born Sept 1st A.D. 1772. Martha his wife was > born Aprile the 26 1765" ( the 1765 was marked thru and replaced with > 1779). "Was married March the 23 1797". Below this is a list of family > members of the PYRON or PYSON family. I don't know why these are in the > bible much less on the same page, unless they are members of Martha's > family. The one I can make out for sure is the first one. "James > Pyson/Pyron was born May the 28 1776". The next "Was born in June the 23 > 1783". etc. > You may have seen this if you visited the Henderson County History > Center. > > Thanx Joe McDonald > Boynton Beach FL

Hi Cousin Diane, I'm Joe McDonald and one of the gggrandsons of David BARNETT and Mary MERRILL. Their daughter Susan married (2) Frank ALLISON and their daughter Olivia ALLISON married John Logan BALL from Madison Co NC. Their daughter Mary Sue BALL is my mother. I'm still studying you posting and would like to know if you have this on "Family Tree Maker" program and would be willing to share it with your cousins? I have a very, very poor photo copy of a page from the "BARNETT Bible" that has "John BARNETT was born Sept 1st A.D. 1772. Martha his wife was born Aprile the 26 1765" ( the 1765 was marked thru and replaced with 1779). "Was married March the 23 1797". Below this is a list of family members of the PYRON or PYSON family. I don't know why these are in the bible much less on the same page, unless they are members of Martha's family. The one I can make out for sure is the first one. "James Pyson/Pyron was born May the 28 1776". The next "Was born in June the 23 1783". etc. You may have seen this if you visited the Henderson County History Center. Thanx Joe McDonald Boynton Beach FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <surtees@localline.com> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 6:00 PM Subject: [BARNETT] David Barnett of Edgefield Co. SC > List members - I am posting a paper I found on a recent visit to Ashville, > NC. It was in a file of loose genealogical papers kept at the public > library in Ashville. It confuses and muddies the waters a little bit - and > due to the fact there is not much documentation with it, it needs to be > checked as thoroughly as possible before it is taken as true as written. > > Another note I'd like to add here. I have been researching David Barnett > of Person Co, NC and Greenville Co, SC for many years. I have always known > of another David Barnett who was a contemporary of "my" David. Whether or > not they are related has never been established. They both served in the > Revolutionary War, they both moved to South Carolina, they both have > children with some similar names - like John and William and Thomas - > fairly common names for the times. I ran across the following information > because I am trying to locate the family of my David's son, John. There > are several hints I have picked up along the way to lead me in his > direction - I am still trying to work out the tangle that the following > info makes. It may, or may not, be correct. We all know how easy it is for > several people of the same names to be living in the same areas & times - > that's what makes this so much fun! Why couldn't the Chinese have invented > computers along with gunpowder and abacuses? > > I will send this stuff in several parts. > Thanx, Diane in Indiana > > > Ref - N.C. - Genealogy - Barnett Pack Memorial Public Library Ashville, N.C. > > Research and Data Sadie S. Patton > The Barnett Family > > David Barnett, the first ancestor in this family whose record I have > obtained, served in the Lower 96th Regiment in Pickens Brigade in South > Carolina, (as shown in the D.A.R. Magazine of August, 1913, at page 497: > "List of Revolutionary Soldiers prepared by Mrs. Amos Draper." > Salley's Stub Entries, Vol. V-W, shows: > No. 173, Book V. Issued July 8, 1785, to Mr. David Barnett, for eleven > pounds, one shilling and five pence sterling for duty done in the Militia, > as per account audited. Prin. 11lbs. 1s. 5p. Annual Int. - 15s. 5p. > > The next record of activities is gathered from a deed which David Barnett > made on the 2 day of October, 1800 to John Miledge, in the State of > Georgia and County of Richmond. > "Be it known that I, David Barnett of Edgefield County, State of South > Carolina, hath this day sold unto John Milledge of the County and State > aforesaid, two acres of land in the District of Edgefield and State > aforesaid on Sav'h River, commencing in the upper end of the said > Barnett's boat yard to the upper corner of the said Barnett's tract, or > as far as the said two acres to be opposite to the said Miledge Island > Savannah River to run the full extent of the two acres on the said river > and as far back as to make two square acres of land for which said land I > have this day received the sum of ten dollars from the said John Miledge > in full consideration for the said teo acres as aforesaid and bind > myself, my heirs, excr's and assigns to make to the said John Miledge his > heirs, execr's and assigns my good and lawful titles for the two acres as > aforesaid whenever required. > Witness my hand this second day of October, 1800. David Barnett (seal) > Witnesses: P.H. Brown Nathaniel Brown > > > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > Remember to clearly state the area (place, county, state, country) > in which you are interested. Barnett is not an uncommon name and > someone posting a query may miss valuable feeback if not specific. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

John Barnett, Sr., married________ in Edgefield, S.C. Their children: 1. David Barnett, born Jan 19,1798, died May 4, 1864. Married, (1) Loveday Hamilton, born Feb. 2, 1800, d July 1, 1833. Their children: Martha, married Richard Taylor. Went to Texas. Elizabeth, married John Rickman, lived at Mills River. Cynthia Jefferson, moved to South Carolina. Later, lived with children in Punta Gorda, Fla. (2) Mary Merrill Their children: Mathery Datus, married Emily Morgan Napoleon, married _______ Morgan Susan, married ________ Allison Fayette, went to South Carolina Josephine, married John Morgan Aristinus, died at age of 10 years. 2. Charles Barnett. Record shows he was Clerk of Mud Creek Baptist Church about 1840. He lived near that community, but nothing has been found to show whether he ever married, or when or where he died. 3. John Barnett, Jr., married Elizabeth___________ Their children: Piron. There is a record in the office of the Register of Deeds office of Henderson County of his marriage. Louise $. Joseph Barnett, born______1808; died ______1880. Married Permelia Sentell. Both are buried in the Barnett family plot in Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C. Their children: John Jackson George Washington Americus Perry (Perhaps others) * * * * * * Elizabeth Barnett, born April 17, 1826, died Mar. 12, 1911 married John Rickman. Their children: Mary J. and others – see chart of Rickman family. Mary J. Rickman, Born Feb. 27, 1858, died Nov. 7, 1937 married John W. Smathers. Their children: Infants Sadie M. married Preston Fidelia Patton Martha Lee, married Sheldon Cheney

David Barnett owned several tracts of land on Little River. On February 26, 1828, he bought from his brother-in-law, John Hamilton, 200 acres of land, with the cabin, orchard and old tub mill,- the deed witnessed by Abraham and John Kuykendall. The old tub mill, mentioned in this deed, was the earliest type of water operated contrivance for grinding corn that was used by the first white settlers in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The few examples still in existence are being carefully preserved, - most of these have been found and are to be seen in the Smokey Mountain park area. David Barnett and Loveday, his wife on April 19, 1832, only a short time before her death, conveyed their property on Little River to her brother, William Hamilton, and others. In this instrument, Loveday also relinquished any claim which she might have had to the dower right of Ann Hamilton, her step-mother, in lands of Robert F. Hamilton, deceased. John Barnett, Sr., and his wife, in their later life, returned to Edgefield District, where they were buried, in graves which have been lost to sight. The time at which they left North Carolina can not be fixed with certainty. In 1830, when Charles Barnett conveyed some of his property in an instrument witnessed by John Merrill and his brother, John Barnett, this latter signed as “Jr”, which tends to prove that the father was living here at that time. After the death of Loveday Hamilton Barnett, in 1833, her children were cared for by relatives of the two families. One daughter, Elizabeth, (who married John Rickman) was seven years old at the time. She lived until 1911, and often related to her children and grand children stories of the time she spent with her grandparents, John Barnett, Sr., and his wife. She pointed out location of the tavern, (near where Woodfields now stands) where she stayed with them, while they were its proprietors. This old tavern, at the time the first Low Country people came to Flat Rock, about 1824, was kept by William Brittain, Later a family named Summey lived there, and for years, Joseph Barnett and his wife, Permelia Sentell, (daughter of William Sentell and wife, Betty Stevens) kept the place. They were succeeded by their son, Perry Barnett, and it was during his time, in the closing years of the War Between the States, that roving bands of soldiers invaded his home. In their raid, the ruffians overturned a bed where his children were sleeping, and broke up other furniture. After the death of his wife, Loveday, David Barnett moved to a site near the present Mud Creek Church where he engaged in cabinet work, furniture making and wagon building for several years. He spent the closing years of his life manager of a farm which Henderson County maintained as a County Home, not far from location of the present one on the Haywood Road. The second wife of David Barnett was Mary Merrill, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Ashworth Merrill, who had come to the famous Crab Tree Creek section from Fairview. (For further data on the family of William Merrill, see THE MERRILL FAMILY, by Dr. William Ernest Merrill). David Barnett, with both his wives and other members of the family are buried in the old graveyard at Mud Creek Church, near Hendersonville. This historic old church, organized in 1806, stood on the bank of the old State road leading from the Low Country, through upper South Carolina, to Asheville and on to Tennessee. Traces of the old highway are still to be seen there.

Long before white settlers ever found their way into that section, pass ways and travel lanes of the Indians wound through its valleys and around the mountains, - the old Willow Trail of traditions, the Trading Path leading across by Cherryfields to Table Rock, and the Estatoe route. Over these passes by which the Cherokees and others before them had made their way to the little town of Kanastee, near where Brevard is now located, - with their bypaths, - was laid the first beaten track for the road which venerable Bishop Asbury traveled. Over them, from French Broad Valley, he has passed the headwaters of Little River and its sister, Saluda, through the gap in the mountain to “ancient father Douthat’s’ in Greenville County, South Carolina, just after 1800. Did the group of emigrants from the Savannah River know they were coming into the newly opened frontier of North Carolina? It was several years after the first of them arrived before the century-old dispute between North and South Carolina over location of the boundary line was settled. Even when that had been accomplished, the sister state of Georgia still could not be reconciled that Caesar’s Head lay outside her bounds, which she contended should rightly extend almost to the south of “Ben Davidson’s mill creek”, only a few miles from Crab Tree Creek! Remote as that section may seem to us of today, the settlement on Little River remained, until after the organization of Henderson County in 1838, within the centre of population in its area. When, in the generations that have passed since, the hardships of their pioneer years can be forgotten, the little community where these ancestors settled now appears as a group of families who brought here a mode of living, standards of education and such manner of life as existed in the coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia. Several families among them were owners of slaves, and all acquired large boundaries of land. Through much of it was tillable and in cultivation, the surrounding forests abounded with its native game and the streams furnished abundant fishing. At the time the contingent from Edgefield arrived on Little River, they found already living there Robert Franklin Hamilton, an Irishman from Charleston, and William Merrill, whose family were among those who had come from the Jersey Settlement of Rowan County to Cane Creek some time before 1790, as well as Samuel King, a Revolutionary patriot who had moved here from Rutherford County. Merrill had a blacksmith shop on his plantation and also built the first community grist mill erected in this section. The Barnetts, father and sons, reared and trained in the old Boat Yard at Hamburg, were noted for their fine cabinet work and furniture making, - many examples of which are still to be found, well preserved and in splendid condition. The old secretary-table, with its stout money drawer, made for his own use by John Barnett, Sr., is still in use. Specimens of penmanship, on brittle stained paper, and faded ink, and the wording and spelling of ancient documents prove that most of the citizens who lived in the Crab Tree Creek community, and the children reared there has education far beyond the average of their time. Levi Anderson and his sons, who also came from Edgefield followed the profession of teaching, and that there were other tutors in the community is shown by old receipts for sums paid for “Schooling”. In 1827, Charles Barnett, (a son of John, Sr) executed a deed to E. Hightower and William Orr, trustees, for land whereon should be erected a school house and meeting house to be used by Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterians alike. The first record of lands bought by John Barnett, Sr., is on November 12, 1816, when he and Samuel King obtained 300 acres on Little River from Charles Lain. On January 27, 1821, he purchased 200 acres on Blythe Creek, east side of Little River, with the house and outhouses from Thomas Crumley, a deed witnessed by Robert Hamilton. It was only a year or two later that Loveday, a daughter of this neighbor Hamilton, married David Barnett, son of John, Sr.

This land and Boat Yard, sold to John Barnett Covington, was situated in a key position, in later development of this portion of South Carolina. Lying just across the Savannah River from Augusta, the village which developed there was later known as Hamburg, - a town which for many years sank into a state of lifelessness, and when later revived, was called North Augusta. On January 21, 1822, John Barnett Covington, in behalf of himself and his wife, and as guardian for Carolina Fair and John H. Fair, conveyed to Henry Shultz, for a consideration of $4750, a one-fourth interest in this land opposite the city of Augusta. Following this, the bridge leading from Augusta across the river was built, and occupied the original Boat Yard and house site of David Barnett. In what was first the old village of Hamburg, near the junction of the Dixie Highway and another highway, and about half a mile from the old Hamburg Bridge over the Savannah River, there is a handsome old residence, known as the James W. Jackson home, located on a V-shaped lot. When the settlement of Hamburg was in its early days, a graveyard occupied this site, - known as the Hall family burial plot, - a family closely connected with that of the Hammonds and Barnetts. As development progressed, the headstones were removed and stored under the Jackson house, from which they were later carried and thrown in the Savannah River. Search has failed to locate the graves of David Barnett and his wife, Elizabeth, and John Barnett, Senr., and his wife, - and it seems we must assume that they were interred in this spot, from which all trace of burial tombs has disappeared. In some of the early family records of the Edgefield District, the name of Barnett and Burnett appear to be the same, - when relating to marriage between Halls, Hammonds, and Barnetts-Burnetts. Abandonment of the old Boat Yard at Snow Hill, and sale of the home place by John Barnett Covington and others is closely related with history of transportation in the United States. It was from Charleston that the first railroad operating steam engines was built to Hamburg in 1830,- with a terminus near the old bridge built across the river at the David Barnett home and Boat Yard. *There is nothing to indicate its cause, but from about 1800, or somewhat earlier, until after 1810, there was a general exodus of citizens from Edgefield District through upper South Carolina and into that section of North Carolina reached by a route through what, in those days was known as Douthat’s Gap. This route is now the famous Caesar’s Head road, - which brought several families into the Crabtree Creek section of what was later to become Henderson County. Among those pioneer citizens was John Barnstt, Sr., with his wife, and if we may judge from the Census of 1790, a son, David, who is shown as a male of 2 years. His other sons, John, Jr., Charles, and Joseph probably were born after the family came to North Carolina. William Center, (whose family name later became Sentelle) came from the same area of South Carolina, with his wife, Elizabeth Stevens Center, and several children. With them was Solomon Osteen, who in 1808, was married to Nancy Center (Sentelle) who had been born in Edgefield District in 1789.* (the above 2 paragraphs looked like they were excerpts from another item – but no reference was given. - dhs) The Barnett Family Continued: Thomas Osteen, father of the first Solomon among Henderson County residents, was a planter on the Savannah River and had been reared in Edgefield, where he married Sallie Williams. After his death, the widow married Edward Shipman, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, who lived on Little River.