Hi! I submitted this information to the list in August of 2003 and thought I would try again. I am a descendant of John Oliver Barnett, listed here as the fifth child of William Barnett and Susannah Short. John Oliver Barnett came to Texas in 1845-46 with his wife, Elizabeth Redford and her family. He became a Primitive Baptist minister and pastored a church near Brenham, Texas in his adult life. I have a great deal of documentation on him and his descendants. For a long time, I could not link John Oliver Barnett to a set of parents, and then received a great deal of information from Barbara Barnett Suddeth, a descendant of Ephraim Barnett, first child of William Barnett and Susannah Short. She said that her information was compiled for her family by a professional genealogist, but I have lost touch with her. I would like to confirm this documentation, principally the content that this same William Barnett b. 1790 had two families. I have seen the children from each family listed with one set of parents, but would like to find a source or sources that give this same William Barnett b. 1790 as the husband of first, Susannah Short and secondly, as the husband of Susannah White. I have a great deal of additional information on each set of children (marriages and children down through several generations). If anyone is a descendant of the children from either marriage of William Barnett b. 1790, I would very much like to exchange information with you. 1. WILLIAM BARNETT (???1) was born 1790 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1870 in Lawrence Co., TN. He married (1) SUSANNAH SHORT Abt. 1811 in Barren Co., Ky. She was born April 01, 1792 in Virginia, and died July 08, 1833 in Lawrence Co., TN. He married (2) SUSANNAH WHITE Abt. 1835. She was born Abt. 1816 in Tennessee. Notes for WILLIAM BARNETT: The father of William Barnett is thought to be Absoleum Barnett. Notes for SUSANNAH SHORT: The parents of Susannah Short are thought to be: Thomas Short, b. abt. 1751 and Elizabeth ???, b. abt. 1755. Children of WILLIAM BARNETT and SUSANNAH SHORT are: 2. i. EPHRIAM BARNETT, b. August 06, 1812, Barren Co., KY; d. Aft. 1887, Michie, McNairy Co., TN. 3. ii. MALINDA BARNETT, b. July 11, 1813, KY; d. July 12, 1892, Lawrence Co., TN. 4. iii. JESSE BARNETT, b. June 11, 1815, Barren Co., KY; d. March 27, 1890, Wayne Co., TN. 5. iv. CHARLES BARNETT, b. 1816, Barren Co., KY. 6. v. JOHN OLIVER BARNETT, b. May 08, 1822, Tennessee. 7. vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON BARNETT, b. September 19, 1829; d. February 22, 1893. Children of WILLIAM BARNETT and SUSANNAH WHITE are: vii. FRANCIS M.3 BARNETT, b. 1837; m. MATILDA MADORY, Abt. 1851; b. Abt. 1824. 8. viii. NEWTON C. BARNETT, b. 1839. 9. ix. LYDDIA M. BARNETT, b. 1842. 10. x. PIETY ANN BARNETT, b. October 16, 1844; d. May 09, 1926, Tennessee. 11. xi. ABSOLEUM R. BARNETT, b. 1848. 12. xii. MELISSA J. BARNETT, b. 1856, Giles Co., TN. 13. xiii. ANDREW N. J. BARNETT, b. February 1860, Giles Co., TN; d. August 02, 1935, Giles Co., TN. Happy Holidays! Mary J. Barnett