To all BARTON and GALLOWAY researchers. I am posting this to both lists in the hopes we can continue trying to piece together our families in Greene and Clark Co.s OHIO. The BARTON researchers are at the point where we are trying to tie together, Mary BARTON, wife of "Clark" James GALLOWAY, Catherine BARTON, wife of George GALLOWAY, Thomas BARTON, husband of Mary GALLOWAY and finally John BARTON (in Greene Co.), spouse unk. We believe that these BARTONs are siblings. Steve von Hitritz in Richmond, VA Below is courtesy of Jack Walton: A DISCUSSION OF THE BARTON, GALLOWAY AND JUNKIN FAMILIES IN CLARK/GREENE COUNTIES, OHIO CIRCA 1790-1860. This "investigative report" has been distilled from numerous sources such as published genealogies, wills, newspaper articles, obituaries, D.A.R. records, census returns etc. It is important to keep in mind that no conclusions should be drawn from the material presented here. The 1850 Federal Census identifies Thomas J. Barton and locates him as living in the village of Enon, Ohio. The names of each member of his family is listed with their ages and place of birth. In 1850 there were also a number of other Bartons living in Clark county, Ohio, especially in Mad River township. On page #84, Mad River township are enumerated: Thomas Barton age: 82 place of birth: Fermanaugh, Ireland Mersa Barton age: 60 place of birth: Virginia Mary Galloway age: 80 place of birth: Fermanauth, Ireland Thomas Barton of Mad River township was the father of Thomas Junkin Barton that lived in Enon. According to her obituary published in the Springfield, Ohio paper in April 1878, Thomas Barton of Mad River township married Mascena Loyd on the 16th of October 1805. Mascena Loyd was born 22 October, 1790 in Frederick county, Virgina. There can be no doubt that "Mascena" and the "Mersa" reported on the 1850 census are one and the same person. It should be kept in mind that Thomas Barton was 36 years old and his wife a few days less than sixteen when they married. Although marriages with a 22 year difference in ages did and do occur, we should keep in mind that there is a possibility that this was Thomas Barton's second marriage. Mary Galloway, aged 80 and born in Fermanaugh, Ireland was undoubtedly Thomas Barton's sister and the widow of James Galloway, the blacksmith of Clark county who died 21st April, 1832. Thomas Barton and James Galloway the blacksmith were therefore brother-in-laws. James Galloway's will mentions the following people: George Galloway James Galloway Thomas Crawford and Margaret his wife Thomas Barton James Galloway Barton s/o John Barton, dec'd James Galloway Crawford s/o Thomas Crawford Thomas Johnson and Catharine Johnson, the children of Arthur Johnson, dec'd Anthony Galloway Thomas Barton Galloway s/o George Galloway Henry P. Galloway s/o James Galloway, Jr. Henry Barton s/o John Barton Jenkins Barton s/o Thomas Barton Witnesses: William Barton Daniel McGrovy Arthur Johnson ********************************************** The parents of George Galloway, "Esq." who was born 3-12-1771, were William Galloway and Rebecca Mitchell. The children of William and Rebecca Mitchell were: Mary, William, John, Ann, JAMES MITCHEL GALLOWAY, Joseph, Rebekah, Samuel JUNKIN Galloway. [note: George Galloway, "Esquire's" grandmother on his father's side was REBEKAH JUNKIN.] George Galloway, "Esq" Married CATHERINE BARTON on 2-8-1798. The children of George and Catherine Galloway were: Martha Galloway bn 10-17-1801 Mary Galloway bn 1-20-1803 William Galloway bn 8-18-1805 Catherine Galloway bn 7- 9-1811 THOMAS BARTON GALLOWAY bn 1-28-1808 Rebekah Thompson bn 2-25-1814 QUESTION: Who was CATHERINE BARTON that married George Galloway, Esq. and who was JOHN BARTON mentioned in James Galloway the blacksmith's will? How are they related to Thomas Barton, father of Thomas Junkin Barton? We seem to be missing a piece of the puzzle.....if we could find it, it would tell us a lot about our Barton family. I hope all this doesn't give everybody a migraine!! I probably have spent eight or ten hours sorting through Barton/Galloway/Junkin papers. You would not believe the number of intermarriages between these families, cousins marrying cousins etc. Add to this the sometimes careless documentation that seems to have taken place in developing the histories of the James Galloways of Greene and Clark counties makes for a challenging project. If the either of the two James Galloways were in my direct line I'd love to spend some time on it.