In a message dated 3/5/99 11:49:23 AM EST, thedelaughters@worldnet.att.net writes: > B. Barton's parents or siblings. I suspect that he had a brother Samuel, who > was b. ca. 1810 in KY. Samuel > and his family are living in Brazos Co., TX in 1850. > > Elder B. and Samuel Barton both rec'd 1st class land grants in Brazoria Co. > > I thumbed through my 1850 Bartons and there were only two head of households > that were born in KY. Samuel > (wife,Evavline, was b. TN ca. 1816) and Kimber Barton b. ca. 1793 (Kimber's > wife, Margaret, was b.IL ca. > 1800). > > By 1850, the places that the head of the household stated they were born in > are: SC, KY, TN, Germany (1), > Ireland (1), AL, England (2), TX, NC, IN (1), and NY (1). > > Looking at family birth places in the 1850 TX census: > there are SEVERAL that came from SC to GA to TX; > TN to MO to TX; > AL to TN to TX; > TN to TX; > TN to AL to TX; > TN to MS to AL to TX; > and SC to AL to TX. > > I have a hunch there was a connection with the CLEVELAND family, since > according to a sworn affadavit Elder > B. Barton was living with J. A. H. CLEVELAND in 1835. According to the book > "Austin Colony Pioneers", under > Washington County, there is a short bio. on the Horatio N. Cleveland family. > It states that he was b. in AL > in 1800 and came to Austin's Colony in Oct. 1835 with his wife and four sons. > It also mentions a John > Cleveland, W. H. Cleveland and J. A. H. Cleveland that all lived in > Washington Co. at some point. > > If you think I may have some info that will help you, just ask, I'll be > happy to share. At this point, I > just don't know if we connect or not. > > Harriet DeLaughter > Atlanta (Cass Co.), TX Harriet, I suspect there almost has to be a connection here somewhere. Then name Kimber is from Thomas BARTON b. abt. 1710 in Cecil, Maryland, d. Nov. 16, 1784 in New Britian Twp. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary KIMBER Nov 6, 1784 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They had a son Kimber BARTON b. Nov 26 1746. The other children were Joseph, John, Sara, James, Pethany, Deborah, Eliazbeth, Eli, and Levi. I also have some samuel's but at a later date than yours and they were born in Ill. Do you have any other information on your Kimber Barton? Who his parents were? Siblings or anything you have. I would love swap information because with the name Kimber I know there is a connection here somewhere. Thanks for the reply and help and I look forward to hearing from you soon.