This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oVC.2ACIB/228.482.1236.1237.1.1 Message Board Post: My Barr line is from the Franklin./Owen Co area of Kentucky. My ggrandfather was Green Barr s/o William and Nancy ? Barr. Green was b. abt 1843. Both William and wife Nancy committed suicide. Green was killed in a shootout in Scott Co. I don't know if I have a Silas in my line or not but I would be more than happy to share what I do have. I have not had a good time finding any information on my line.