Sharon, I have traced my Barr Line to Frederick Co. Va., parts of which became Berkley Co. Wv. They left Va. abt 1818 and moved west to Franklin Co. Oh. My GGgrandfather was John Peter Barr b: 1825 Oh. GGGgrandfather was Peter Barr b: Va. h/w Margaret Bosteyon, m: 1802. GGGgrandfather was also a Peter Barr d: Va. 1803 h/w Elizabeth ?? Some of the other family names are Fredrick, Robt., and Burwell. As well as Sarah, Mary, Polly, and Catran. Anything ring the Bell? russ Barr & Shaffer Lines

Hi Russ, In reading your letter, I noticed that you have SHAFFER listed. I have been working on some of my GROVE/GROFF family from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Originally the name was GROFF, and they were Mennonites from someplace in Germany. They moved to Virginia/West Virginia, and then to Ohio. I can't find my papers right now, but I believe there were BEAR'S/BARR'S and SHAFER'S. On the 1850 census for Woodford Co., Ohio, my ggg-grandmother, Elizabeth, (REINHART/RINEHART) GROVE, born in Virginia in 1791, has 5 children of her own, and a child named Mary Ann SHAFER, age 8, living with her. One of Elizabeth's daughters, Barbara GROVE, born 1810, married a Willis SHAFER/SHAFFER, born 1812, so I suspect, this child, Mary Ann, is a grandchild of Elizabeth's. Barbara later married a Joseph MEEK. I think there are also McFADDEN'S somewhere in this family, and I know there are BROWNFIELD'S, KENDIG'S, STINE/STEIN, MEEK, HERR, TANTON, STEWART, PAGE, THOMPSON, STINE, HALL and HOUCKS. These names are the names of the people Elizabeth's children married. As far as I know there were 11 GROVE/GROFF children. Some of these people also lived in Arkansas. Just found my papers, and the name of mine is Anna BARE/BEAR/BARR. Do any of these names ring a bell with you? Cheers, Dee **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** *************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "R Livingston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:19 PM Subject: [BARR] Re: Barrs of Wv & Va. > Sharon, I have traced my Barr Line to > Frederick Co. Va., parts of which became Berkley Co. Wv. They left Va. > abt 1818 and moved west to Franklin Co. Oh. > > My GGgrandfather was John Peter Barr b: 1825 Oh. GGGgrandfather was > Peter Barr b: Va. h/w Margaret Bosteyon, m: 1802. GGGgrandfather was > also a Peter Barr d: Va. 1803 h/w Elizabeth ?? Some of the other family > names are Fredrick, Robt., and Burwell. As well as Sarah, Mary, Polly, > and Catran. > > Anything ring the Bell? > > russ > > Barr & Shaffer Lines > > > ==== BARR Mailing List ==== > Fred W. Reese [email protected] > List owner and Rootsweb Donor > > >