Fulton County, GA, at one time was part of DeKalb, Milton, and Cambell Counties. Check out these web pages for more information on Fulton County, Ga. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gafulton/toc.html Fulton Co, was Formed 1853 from DeKalb and Campbell counties. http://www.mindspring.com/~ednab/ (Milton County, GA, web page) http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacampbe/ (Campbell County, GA web page) Campbell County was formed by an act of the Georgia Legislature December 20, 1828 taking land from Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb, and Fayette Counties. In 1832 land from the Cherokee Land Lottery was added, for a total to about 192 square miles. On October 17, 1870 the land lying north of the river was taken along with some of eastern Carroll to form what is now Douglas County. The rest merged with Fulton on January 1, 1932. Campbell County was named in honor of Colonel Duncan G. Campbell. He and James Meriwether negotiated the Indian Springs Treaty in which the Creek Indian land was ceded on February 12, 1825. The County seat was Campbellton until 1870. It was then moved to Fairburn where it remained for the life of the county. http://www.rootsweb.com/~gadekalb/ (DeKalb County, Ga. web page) My Barnetts were in Gwinnett and Milton County Ga. As of now I don't have any information on Francis Marion Barnett, but this family has been hard to find anything. They keep changing Names. I will be more than happy to share what I have on them. Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mic Barnette" <mic@barnettesbooks.com> To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [BARNETT] Francis Marion Barnett > George: > > While I can not answer your question you have some administrative problems > to deal with. > First, there was no Fulton County, GA until 1854. The land was there but it > was in DeKalb County. > Fulton was created in 1854 from DeKalb. > It is possible your family was living in DeKalb County in 1840 you can see > which Barnetts lived there then by checking teh 1840 census. > > Atlanta (now in Fulton County) did not even become a village until the late > 1840's. It was not untill about 1849 when the train companies decided to > create Terminus which is where Atlanta is today. It was the point where > several train companies ended their train lines at what they called Mile > Post 0. It became an important location by the time of teh Civil War. > > You should also be checking the 1850 census as it is the first to name all > persons in the household. Your Francis Marion would be a 10 year old child > in his father's household. I would look at all the counties from DeKalb > eastward in Goegria to the South Carolina line-They were probably coming > from the western area of SC-Pendelton-Spartanburg-Greenville counties would > be a likely area. > > With a name like Francis Marion Barnett you are definitly looking for a > Barnett family with South Carolina roots. You guy's ancestor likely was in > the Revolution from SC and probably fought under Francis Marion. > > MIC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bigbirl@cox.net> > To: <BARNETT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:05 AM > Subject: [BARNETT] Francis Marion Barnett > > > > Looking for information on Francis Marion Barnett who was born around 1840 > in Fulton Co., Georgia. Died in Cherokee Co., Kansas in 1869. Married to > Samatha Lane (Swiss). > > > > > > George H. Parker > > > > Bigbirl@cox.net > > > > > > ==== BARNETT Mailing List ==== > > Haven't got a reply to your posting? Don't despair. People join the list > from time to time and others seach the archives looking for people with a > common interest. The response may come quite some time after you post it. > > > > ============================== > > 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 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 > >