This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.barton/2522.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, my name is Wally Caviness of Bellingham, Washington and I am a descendent of Thomas Barton, b.1723-1790. My wife Lee Ann and I attended the Barton Retreat hosted by the Barton Historical Society. It was held at the Look-Up Lodge north of Greeneville, SC on the 2nd week of Oct. 2006. The highlight of the Retreat was the dedication of a large bronze memorial marker on the original homestead of Thomas. He settled there after coming from VA. He could not go further west of the Pacolet River, because that was Cherokee Lands. No white man at that time (1769) was allowed to settle on Cherokee Lands. To get more information on the Barton families who settled in the states that you mentioned you need to get a copy of THE BARTON BOOK, which is offered by the THE BARTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Their address is: Barton Historical Society, P.O. BOX 495 Lyons, SC 29365 Terry Barton is the President of the Society. It lists all the branches of Bartons that are related to Thomas Barton and Sarah Wilson. It also mentions other brothers of Thomas. My Barton lineage is as follows: Wally Caviness Ernest Caviness John Franklin Caviness and Emma Magdalene Barton Francis Marion Barton and Laurentine Permelia Susan Kelly John Milton Barton and Sophia Kytle Thomas Barton and Nancy Ann Easley David Barton and Nancy Barrett Thomas Barton and Sarah Wilson I took pictures of the graves of John and Sophia in Brevard, NC and David and Nancy in Tryon, SC,while I was there. We had church services at the Tryon Baptist Church before we went to the dedication. David and Nancy are buried in the cemetary across the road from the church. I took pictures in Oct. 2005 of John Franklin and Emma graves in the Pleasant Grove Cem. near Sleeper,Mo. and Francis Marion and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Grant Porter in Decateur, AR. I hope this helps, please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Wally