Thanks a bunch for telling me about the pictures. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] TEST > Donna, > I have just finished posting a page with all the pictures that I have of > Tyger Baptist Cemetery on it. I put a link to it on the Reuben Page The box > says Tyger Baptist Cemetery Pictures, located in the second set of boxes, or > you can click on this link: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/Reuben.html > > There are several overview pages of the cemetery and also pictures of the > building. > I hope this helps you. Thanks to Hallie and Larry Johnson for donating the > pictures. > Janet > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Reuben Barrett Family Website > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches > Look For your Reuben Barrett Ancestor Page Here > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Gaye, Thank you for the kind words, but it is not me, it is all of you that make it possible. I agree with you about a familys name. It was nice to hear from you again, be well. Hugs, Janet

I have a question because I well never be able to go to SC or Tyger Cemetery, Janet have you ever been there and if so, could you or anyone tell me what it looks like and what part the two stones are in the cemetery. If anyone has other pictures of the cemetery or the graves I would love to see them so I can see what it look like. For my minds sake. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] TEST > Donna and everyone else on list, > > The list has been very quiet the last week. I am sure all of us right now are > glued to our newscasts because of what happened yesterday. I guess we kinda > settle in to "no big deal" attitude after the space program has made so many > launches and landings. I believe this family needs to pray for the families > of the seven people who died yesterday. They all believed in what they were > doing and as President Bush said "They may not have made it back to earth, > yet we can hope they are all safely home." > > Well, I wasn't going to say anything for a while but to try to stir up some > activity on the list I will share a little bit of this with you. > Karen Hett and I have been working with Mr. Bob Jackson. I believe most of > you know who he is. He has agreed to put all the old documents on our website > from the Dr. Jackson Archives. These include old documents, letters, and > research from the 1920s, including the findings of the Researcher he hired in > Virginia to try to find out if Reuben Barrett migrated from there. He would > like to dispel a lot of the things that have been circulating over the years > that are not true. For instance that our family was from Virginia, that Mary > Barrett was born in VA, and a few others. > > We will scan the old documents so that you can see them for yourself. It is > taking some time as Mr. Jackson is in Connecticut and is caring for his elder > family, and he has to approve everything that Karen puts together before she > sends it to me to post on the website. Karen also has some things going on in > her life that she has to stop and take care of now and then. > > But I think it is very exciting that we will finally have access to all these > valuable letters that were written by our family in the 1800s. And it is > thanks to the wonderful sharing spirit of Mr. Jackson. It is a wonderful > thing that he is doing and I would like to thank him very much. (I believe he > is on our list.) > I will not make a link to the page until we get a few more things on there, > but there will be a link from the Mary Barrett Jackson page and also a link > from the index page. > > It is because of people like Mr. Jackson that we know as much as we do about > Reuben Barrett and our family. He has carefully protected our heritage as his > sister and his grandfather did. I am very excited about this project, but as > I said it will take awhile to get set up. I will let everyone know as soon as > I get the link up. > > Several people have sent me new information in the last couple of weeks for > the website. > Gerry Dickens sent some on the Reuben Barrett, Jr., and Steve Mitchell sent > data on the John Napoleon Barrett line (which includes some Watson data). > Hallie and Larry Johnson sent many many pictures of Tyger Cemetery in South > Carolina. Betty Neimann has sent the court transcripts of Bill Bobo's murder > charges and also the prison record of my great great grandfather Steven > Barrett. > > I want to thank everyone for taking the time to share this valuable data with > all of us. I believe we have the most valuable and extensive research data on > the Reuben Barrett Family and it is all because of you all. I am very proud > of all of you and I am proud to be a part of a family who is caring and > doesn't give a second thought to sharing or trying to help someone in their > quest of genealogy. > > I would love to hear any comments or suggestions, or just a hello from > everyone. > Hugs, > Janet Barrett Walker > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Please remember to hit "Reply All" so everyone on the list can see your response. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Janet, I commend you on your wonderful website and to the preserving of OUR family heritage. A person's name is a badge of honor, something to be proud of and cherish as long as we live. Nothing should tarnish our namesake.Although, I'm not a Barrett by name, the same bloodline runs in my veins, thanks to my grandmother, Ollie Bertram Barrett, the daughter of Miles Barrett, the fourth grandson of our patriach , Reuben Barrett. Thanks a million from a grateful heart, Gaye

Donna and everyone else on list, The list has been very quiet the last week. I am sure all of us right now are glued to our newscasts because of what happened yesterday. I guess we kinda settle in to "no big deal" attitude after the space program has made so many launches and landings. I believe this family needs to pray for the families of the seven people who died yesterday. They all believed in what they were doing and as President Bush said "They may not have made it back to earth, yet we can hope they are all safely home." Well, I wasn't going to say anything for a while but to try to stir up some activity on the list I will share a little bit of this with you. Karen Hett and I have been working with Mr. Bob Jackson. I believe most of you know who he is. He has agreed to put all the old documents on our website from the Dr. Jackson Archives. These include old documents, letters, and research from the 1920s, including the findings of the Researcher he hired in Virginia to try to find out if Reuben Barrett migrated from there. He would like to dispel a lot of the things that have been circulating over the years that are not true. For instance that our family was from Virginia, that Mary Barrett was born in VA, and a few others. We will scan the old documents so that you can see them for yourself. It is taking some time as Mr. Jackson is in Connecticut and is caring for his elder family, and he has to approve everything that Karen puts together before she sends it to me to post on the website. Karen also has some things going on in her life that she has to stop and take care of now and then. But I think it is very exciting that we will finally have access to all these valuable letters that were written by our family in the 1800s. And it is thanks to the wonderful sharing spirit of Mr. Jackson. It is a wonderful thing that he is doing and I would like to thank him very much. (I believe he is on our list.) I will not make a link to the page until we get a few more things on there, but there will be a link from the Mary Barrett Jackson page and also a link from the index page. It is because of people like Mr. Jackson that we know as much as we do about Reuben Barrett and our family. He has carefully protected our heritage as his sister and his grandfather did. I am very excited about this project, but as I said it will take awhile to get set up. I will let everyone know as soon as I get the link up. Several people have sent me new information in the last couple of weeks for the website. Gerry Dickens sent some on the Reuben Barrett, Jr., and Steve Mitchell sent data on the John Napoleon Barrett line (which includes some Watson data). Hallie and Larry Johnson sent many many pictures of Tyger Cemetery in South Carolina. Betty Neimann has sent the court transcripts of Bill Bobo's murder charges and also the prison record of my great great grandfather Steven Barrett. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to share this valuable data with all of us. I believe we have the most valuable and extensive research data on the Reuben Barrett Family and it is all because of you all. I am very proud of all of you and I am proud to be a part of a family who is caring and doesn't give a second thought to sharing or trying to help someone in their quest of genealogy. I would love to hear any comments or suggestions, or just a hello from everyone. Hugs, Janet Barrett Walker

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--part1_1ee.b5f6c6.2b6c24c3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's a message from Sheryn that she meant to send to the list. I've managed to get her as confused as I've gotten myself, as to who our messages are being sent to! --part1_1ee.b5f6c6.2b6c24c3_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (rly-zd02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.226]) by air-zd02.mail.aol.com (v90_r2.5) with ESMTP id MAILINZD22-0131134651; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:46:51 -0500 Received: from flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net (flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.232]) by rly-zd02.mx.aol.com (v90_r1.1) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINZD210-0131134628; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:46:28 1900 Received: from sdn-ap-001watacop0089.dialsprint.net ([63.187.192.89] helo=earthlink.net) by flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18egBG-0004Ck-00 for [email protected]; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:46:27 -0800 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:51:30 -0800 From: Ross Welburn <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Organization: welburn X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] RE: BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D Digest V03 #5 References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Karen, I do live with my name being misspelled as it is so unusual. Don't worry for a moment. We are shirttail relatives through your husband and my aunt and yet directly related, what 3rd cousins? I have forgotten exactly. Must look that one up to. We are moving in March, 10 miles closer to town and therefore, closer to the LDS Library there. So, there is hope for me to get more done in the genealogy dept. I am packing, as you can imagine, and living in more of a mess each day. Will be glad when I am reorganized and up and running again. Give me to April. One reason to move is to be closer to the grandchildren and daughters in town. We have such fun. And, .. .. Ross and I loved parenting our own and see this as a continuation of that. To all researchers, keep up the good work. I 'lurk' here occasionally, and hope to contribute more with time. Sheryn [email protected] wrote: > Sorry I misspelled your name in what I sent to the List. I know better. I > hate it when people do that, but I just didn't see it before it went out. I > hate it when people do that. Sorry. Karen --part1_1ee.b5f6c6.2b6c24c3_boundary--

Here is a message I received from Sheryn concerning the Gallatin name. Since it also mentions Lewis and Clark, I thought it would be of general interest. Following are my comments, also. Karen Hett ---------------- As an aside, the Gallatin River in Montana is one of three rivers that are the source of the Missouri, meeting near Three Forks, MT. The other two are the Jefferson and the Madison Rivers. This is a fact. I believe, they were named by either Lewis or Clark on their exploration 1805 and 1806, when they were in the area. (I know L & C began in 1804, but they did not get to MT until 1805). When I find my glasses I can do more research to refine the namers of the River. If it is important to anyone. Sheryn Welburn ------------- Thanks for this interesting side note, Sheryn. I think all of this helps to confirm the fact that the original Albert Gallatin was a man of fame, at least in his day. I may have said this before, but I was told back in my early days of research that we should recognize that, when families named a child after a famous American, we can be sure that this will tell us not only whom the family admired, but also what their political sentiments were. It's a good tidbit to add to the person's biographical sketch; and it's important that we keep in mind that our ancestors were true patriots who loved their country passionately. And speaking of Lewis and Clark, remember that this is the Bicentennial celebration year and that there are many events to commemorate their famous trek west. And a side note, sorry to bore you: Sheryn's grandparents and my husband's mom's family were neighbors in the early days of North Dakota homesteading; the local historical museum (Alexander, N. D.) is called the Lewis and Clark Trail Museum. Although it focuses on early settlers and not on Lewis and Clark, stop if you go through and ask about the Timmreck's and the Rogers' museum displays. It's a small world. Karen Hett

As an aside, the Gallatin River in Montana is one of three rivers that are the source of the Missouri, meeting near Three Forks, MT. The other two are the Jefferson and the Madison Rrs. This is a fact. I believe, they were named by either Lewis or Clark on their exploration 1805 and 1806, when they were in the area. (I know L & C began in 1804, but they did not get to MT until 1805). When I find my glasses I can do more research to refine the namers of the Rr. if it is important to anyone. Sheryn Welburn [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 1/21/03 8:05:22 PM, [email protected] writes: > > <<Whether > > the Rev. R. G. Barrett's middle name was "Gallatin" or "Gatlin" seems to be > > in question as I've seen it both ways but my family has it as "Gatlin".>> > > I think I've written this before, but people named "Gallatin" were being > named in honor of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849). He was a U. S. statesman, was > Secretary of Treasury from 1801-1813. At the moment, I can't remember what > exactly he was known for, but it was some sort of westward expansion project. > He was greatly admired in his day, and many boys were named for him, as well > as a town in Tennessee. > > Reuben's son David (my ancestor) named his oldest son "Albert Gallatin > Barrett," and he was called "Gallatin" instead of Albert. It was sometimes > misspelled as "Galitan." > > So, I'm quite sure that R. G.'s name was originally supposed to be Gallatin, > and that it was corrupted along the way. Obviously, as time passed, people > would have forgotten the original Mr. Gallatin, and probably wouldn't have > known exactly what the name was supposed to be. In my records, I would write > it correctly as "Gallatin" and then put (Gatlin) in parenthesis or quotation > marks to show that this is what he was actually called or nicknamed. We > should always note the nicknames of individuals in our family history, > because often the names are used interchangeably even on official records. > > Hopes this helps a bit. Karen Hett > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Please remember to hit "Reply All" so everyone on the list can see your response. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

----- Original Message ----- From: "Brown, Frank" <[email protected]> To: "Keith Dowdy" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: RE: Revolutionary War Soldier Memorial story Marilyn... I'm going to submit this information to our "reunions" person. Our reunions run on a space available basis, so hopefully it will appear a few times in the near future. I'm also going to submit it to our family trees writer Nancianne Parkes Suber, for possible use in her Saturday column. Thanks Frank Brown Features Editor The Clarion-Ledger 601-961-7060 [email protected] www.clarionledger.com > ---------- > From: Keith Dowdy [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 2:12 PM > To: Brown, Frank > Subject: Revolutionary War Soldier Memorial story > > Dear Mr. Brown, > > I have copied to this email information I'd like to see printed in the newspaper. As I don't know what your policy for unsolicited material is, I'll leave it to you to decide what to do with it. As the subject pertains to a fairly large group of people in Mississippi, I believe you could justify covering it. I'd be happy to provide you with more information about the mentioned historical Mississippi family. > > Please acknowledge receipt of this email and whether you plan to use the article. > > Sincerely, > > Marilyn Dowdy > > > BARRETT FAMILY TO ERECT MEMORIAL FOR REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER ANCESTOR > > > > REUBEN BARRETT was a horseman in the South Carolina Militia and fought for America> '> s freedom in the Revolutionary War. His descendents migrated South and West, with many settling in central Mississippi counties, including Kemper, Noxubee, Neshoba, Leake, Attala and Madison. Barrett will be memorialized along with his first wife Hannah, during a memorial service at Tyger Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina on Sunday, May 25, 2003. A family member of a Barrett descendent will preach the Sunday morning sermon at Tyger Baptist Church, followed by a ceremony in the adjoining cemetery to dedicate the new headstone marking the graves of Reuben and Hannah Barrett. Until now, the graves have been marked only by two fieldstones with the initials R.B. and H.B. carved into them. The cost of the double headstone grave marker will be approximately $1730.00. Barrett descendents also hope to obtain approval and place an emblem from the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution on the headstone, which will require additional funds. Donations are welcome and may be made to the Reuben Barrett Memorial Marker Fund, c/o James P. Barrett, 917 Gettysburg, Bedford, TX 76022-7621. Make checks or money orders payable to James P. Barrett. > > > > The BARRETT FAMILY REUNION, organized by descendents of Reuben Barrett across the United States, will be Friday, May 23-Monday, May 26, 2003, at Quality Inn Haywood, Greenville, South Carolina. Registration at the hotel and a > "> Get-Acquainted> "> meeting will be Friday afternoon and evening. Scheduled activities on Saturday include genealogy research, a visit to the area where the Barrett family lived, and a Saturday evening gathering at the hotel for Swapping Stories. On Sunday, a meal will be served following a memorial service at Tyger Baptist Church. On Monday, plans include Library Research (genealogy), Show and Tell, and Wrapping Things Up. With the exception of the Sunday memorial service, meetings will be held at the Quality Inn. There is no charge to attend the reunion, but a donation may be made toward the cost of the meal. > > > > Rooms are available at Quality Inn Haywood, 50 Orchard Park Drive, Greenville, SC at $59 per night if at least 15 rooms are filled. Reservations may be made by calling Quality Inn at (864)297-9000 and asking for a room with the BARRETT REUNION. Due to the Memorial Holiday, please make your reservations early. > > > > This event has been organized by people researching their Barrett heritage through the internet. If you are interested in Barrett genealogy, you may visit the website of Janet Barrett Walker at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/. From there you may also request a flyer and map for the reunion, and view the design plans for the grave marker. For additional information, contact: Janet Barrett Walker, 11693 Rychlik Rd., Boling, TX 77420, EMAIL [email protected] ; or Jim Barrett, 917 Gettysburg, Bedford, TX 76022-7621. Locally, you may contact Marilyn Dowdy at: Barrett Family Reunion, 1322 Old Robinson Road, Louisville, MS 39339; Phone (662)773-3601, email: [email protected] > > (Marilyn Dowdy, author.) > >

I don't mean to say we have a missing link but the last thing we want to do is picture of the 2 rock with RB and HB on them, I have looked at many graves and I have lots of questions about these stones being placed in 1812, I am not saying that they are not buried there but no one as offered the proof that I have seen, maybe I missed it and if so would someone tell me what it is so I can put my mind to rest on this, The RB and HB just are not worn and are to clean to be 1812 and under one of the stone you can see a larger rock maybe someone placed these there so they could be seen better and the real stones are at ground level. Please if I am wrong then let me know I as much as any Barrett want this to be there grave and hope that we are right but show me the proof we will need it. Thanks Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 7:28 PM Subject: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] Reuben Barrett's Grave > We have agreed to place a marker in the Tyger Baptist Church Cemetery at the > location of the two stones marked RB and HB. We have also agreed to try to > place a DAR emblem on the marker. > > As you may know Marilyn has been trying to obtain DAR approval for the > emblem. Today she asked, "Do you know who has the documented evidence that > these are in fact Hannah and Reuben Barretts' graves? DAR will want to > know. A source from a publication is acceptable." > > Let's be realistic, anyone could have come along and placed two stones in > the cemetery after scratching the letters RB and HB in them. Looking at the > pictures of the stones, the scratched letters could be new, compared to > 1814. If we assume that the letters do date back to 1814, what proof do we > have that these are the stones for Reuben and Hannah. Do you think DAR will > believe that there were only two people in the area with those initials? > > Please understand, I'm not questioning this, but I am trying to look at it > from the DAR's point of view. If you have anything we need it now. Please > send me copies as soon as possible and post to the list what you have sent. > > Thanks. > > > Jim Barrett > Bedford, TX > [email protected] > Barrett Surname DNA Project > http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm > Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/reunion2003.html > > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Reuben Barrett Family Website > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches > Look For your Reuben Barrett Ancestor Page Here > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

More about the progress on the grave marker. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Barrett Grave Marker > I will forward your letter to the church trustees and I'm sure they will answer you quickly. I hope your reunion plans are progressing well, Susan Darnell >

Barrett friends, I received this email as a Postem from my file on Rootsweb WorldConnect. Since it contains information about Barrett descendents, I am forwarding it to the list. This information was not solicited and I cannot attest to the validity of the source nor verify the facts. Descendents of Sarah Barrett may wish to correspond with the sender. Marilyn Dowdy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:28 PM Subject: WorldConnect: Post-em posted > Database: mleedowdy > Individual: I30 > Link: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mleedow dy&id=I30 > Name: Karen Cotter > Email: [email protected] > URL: > URL title: > Note: > Alexander Deal, born 1835, MS, is shown to be the son of Lemarcus Deal and Sarah E. Barrick in the book Old Times not Forgotten. Other researcher shows her as Sarah Barret. > Born: 20 February 1835, Noxubee County, MS per Gail Howell and Civil War info. > Died: 21 February 1914 per tombstone > Buried: Deal Cemetery, Drew County, AR under "Alex Deal" > Married Margaret West, daughter of James and Elizabeth West on 17 January 1856 per Gail Howell, a direct descendent; After his first wife's death he remarried a Sicena Unknown. This is believed to be Sirena Moore > ---------------------------------------------------- > CIVIL WAR INFO > ALEXANDER DEAL - Private - Enlisted in Company L, 6th Arkansas Cavalry at Monticello, AR on 1 June 1862; captured at Mound City, KS on 24 Ocober 1864; confined at U. S. Military Prison, Rock Island, IL; exchanged at city Point, VA on 23 March 1865; born in Mississippi on 20 February 1835; died in Arkansas, 21 February 1914; buried in Deal Cemetery, Drew County, AR; listed in 1911 Arkansas Confederate census at Lace, AR; widow Sicena Deal filed Arkansas pension application #22714 form Drew County on 16 August 1915; listed in Ashley County census with first wife Margaret E (West); occupation farmer. > ------------------------------------------------------ > Alexander Deal info came from book "Old Times...., tombstone, LDS and Gail Howell website > -------------------------------------------------------- > 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS > Household: > Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace > Alex DEAL Self W Male W 45 MS Farmer SC AL > James DEAL Son S Male W 23 AR Farmer MS AL > William DEAL Son S Male W 16 AR Works On Farm MS AL > John N. DEAL Son S Male W 13 AR Works On Farm MS AL > Robert T. DEAL Son S Male W 11 AR Works On Farm MS AL > Henry L. DEAL Son S Male W 6 AR MS AL > Charles DEAL Son S Male W 4 AR MS AL > Louisa DEAL Dau S Female W 18 AR Keeps House MS AL > Elizabeth DEAL Dau S Female W 9 AR MS AL > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Source Information: > Census Place Veasey, Drew, Arkansas > Family History Library Film 1254043 > NA Film Number T9-0043 > Page Number 541A > > There is some more info as to descendants if you're interested.

Nancy, I understand how life can keep everyone busy. I would like to schedule a time that those of us working on the Reunion can all get together in the chat room and see where we all stand. And what still needs to be done. If you all can find a free time. Hugs, Janet

Janet, Once again, thank you for making our Ancestry come alive. The chat room is a wonderful idea and addition to all of our other resources now available. Research has not been a priority with me lately due to other family and church obligations but I really appreciate everything that you, Karen, Jim, and all of our other cousins are doing for us. I signed in on the chat room this morning and though no one was there at the time, everything seemed in order. I'll surely look forward to catching up with all of you in the near future. God Bless! Nancy (Reuben-Joseph-John N.-John C.-Laveta Barrett Brown and Me)

If anyone can help Betty please send an e-mail to her. I have already sent her a message. Thanks. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX [email protected] Barrett Surname DNA Project http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/reunion2003.html -----Original Message----- From: Betty & Del Meischen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Georgia Barretts Hello I need help researching Georgia Barretts. Does anyone have any info on twins being born in December of 1849. Jacob Allen Barrett (I am told probably descends from Arthur or Rueben) was born then. I am told he had a twin brother. He married Lettie Austin and died in Austin County, Texas. I am trying to trace these Barretts back to Virginia or Ireland. My g-grandfather's name was James (he was the eldest son) and we think that this could have been his father's name too. I find only 3 James on the 1850 census. They were located in Houston, Lumpkin and Pike counties. There is a Reuben in Lumpkin County. Jacob had a grandson named Reuben. and a son named Arthur. Betty Meischen www.bettystrails.com Author From Jamestown to Texas and Trails West ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 1/22/03 6:55:57 AM, [email protected] writes: <<Not to mention the 'town' in Texas, which is north of Rusk. Jim Barrett>> Gee, Jim, you're a walking encyclopedia, that's for sure! Karen

" He was greatly admired in his day, and many boys were named for him, as well as a town in Tennessee" Not to mention the 'town' in Texas, which is north of Rusk. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX [email protected] Barrett Surname DNA Project http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm Barrett Family Reunion - Greenville, SC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/reunion2003.html

Marilyn, You didn't send the address for the website. Janet

Hello all, I forgot to mention that in the chatroom you can increse the size of your writing so that it makes it easier to see for those of you who have a hard time seeing the writing. Hugs, Janet