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.