FWD -----Original Message----- From: Patsy Quick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, October 02, 1999 6:17 AM Subject: Re: WILLIAM BARNETT AND MARY HEASLETT >Wanda Ellis wrote: >> >> My Barnett line begins with William Barnett who served in the Revolutionary >> War from Mecklenberg, N. C. I have no idea as to who his parents are. >> >> William married Mary in 1795 in Knox County, Tennessee >> >> Their children were >> 1. John Wilson Barnett b. 1796 >> 2. Polly Clark Barnett b. 1798, who married Fredrick S. Williams >> 3. Sally Morrow Barnett b. 1800 married a Hale >> 4. William Heaslett Barnett. b. 1802 married Elizabeth O'Donelly >> 5. James Mitchell Barnett b. 1804 m. Elizabeth Coker >> 6. Joseph Thompson b. 1805 and d. 1812 >> 7. Samuel Henderson Barnett b. 1807 m. Anna Cultan >> 8. Robert Carrick Barnett b. 1809 m. Mary Ann Wilson. >> >> Some of these family member stayed in McMinn County, Tennessee. My direct >> line, William Heaslett Barnett went to Bradley County, Tennessee. He had >> several children. >> >> There again, my line son of William Heaslett Barnett, John Wilson Barnett >> went to Whitfield County, Georgia and then onto Fannin County, Texas and >> into Oklahoma. He is buried in Bryan County, Oklahoma. >> >> If anyone connects to any of these families, I would appreciate hearing from >> you. >> >> Wanda Ellis >> [email protected] > >Wanda - Nothing is written in stone when dealing with these Barnett's >Are you absolutly sure that Your direct ancestor is not the son of Wm. >that served in the Rev. War. from N.Carolina? They come down to Tn. >and are really mobil people. Part of Meckburgh (hope I spelled it >right) was taken into S.Carolina The William from there was the Son of >John..I think...or it appears.. 1860 census shows in Tx. Barnett >Children Born in Ky. Living in the household of Joseph Hardin (his >mother was the daughter of Wm. Barnett) A Samuel Barnett about the same >age as Joseph's Mother was living near by with some of the Children. >William Barnett of South Carolina built the first Court house of Wayne >County Tn. shortly after that there was a Sheriff and Preacher in >Hardin County. William of Wayne County wife was named Margret - Her >Obituary was in the paper. All most every body that served in the Rev. >War received a land grant... did you check the Fed. Archives to see >where his land was located send off for a application for th land.. >Pat Quick <[email protected]> Looking forward to hearing from you >