Dear Jo, I was delighted that Dee Thompson of the Bladen List forwarded your email on your "favorite unrelated family"---very delighted to have a cogent summary, with names, dates, and sources, of what is actually known versus what is speculation. Here is some of my information that is accurate. Some came from wills, some from family Bible, some from deeds: I am descended from Willis Barfield b abt 1748 d 1818 m. Elizabeth Cade d Oct 21, 1820. Children: Willis, Cade, Cornelius, Maban, Needham, Richard, Barna, Stephen, and one unnamed child. I don't know if my Willis is the same Willis that is son of the Richard Barfield, who left the will. We think he probably is. My ancestor Maban, son of Willis, was born Oct. 31, 1792 in Robeson/Bladen County, m 1) Abscilla Rowland Jan 20, 1822 Robeson/Bladen Co, NC 2) Widow Martha Purcell Clark Jan 15, 1852 Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas. (Martha Purcell was born Feb 14, 1809 Abbeville District, South Carolina, but seems to have grown up in Alabama--she married Patrick Calhoun Clark in Alabama in 1825.) Maban and Abscilla left North Carolina, moved to Choctaw County, Mississippi. Don't know when they left Bladen County, but their son, Needham died in Mississippi March 1834. Abscilla died and Maban moved on to Caldwell County, Texas--was there by 1852, when he married second wife. Maban died Oct 8, 1855 also in Caldwell County, Texas. Our family story is that "7 Barfields and 4 Cades" landed off the shore of North Carolina and had to swim ashore, having come from Scotland---and were also said to be "Scots-Irish." So I seem to be descended from one of those disappearing Barfields--and can contribute the Cade name as one associated with Barfield. I have wondered if the Barfields had connection with the Willis family, but only because of the given name "Willis" showing up a couple of times. Random information from books on other family lines, regarding early female Barfields: Mary BARFIELD b 1773 North Carolina m. William Curtis Jr. and died 1836 in Mississippi. William Curtis, Jr. was born about 1780 in the Natchez District, Miss--but William Curtis, Sr. was born about at Half Moon Swamp, Onslow County, North Carolina. (Got this from LINGERING SHADOWS by Jack Curtis and COLE FOOTPRINTS by Camille Denys.) Would love to know for sure whether my Willis Barfield is the same Willis named in Richard Barfield's will. Would like to know who Elizabeth Cade's parents were. What is the Sellers account of the Barfields? Do references to North Carolina Barfield's show up on the Georgia list? Barbara Jo

Well, I don't know whether any BARFIELD families show up on the GA list but, yes, indeed there is at least one BARFIELD/BAREFIELD in GA 1850. Her name was Winiford [Winifred?] BAREFIELD born NC ca 1800 living in household with two daughters, Anna Jane and Civil Sarah at the time of the Baker Co., GA census of 1850. Winiford was head of that household. Both her known daughters married sons of Gibson WEST. Winiford and girls lived next door to Gibson 1850. Fran fpowellsr@starpower.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <BJBrothers@aol.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:18 AM Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: BARFIELDS What is the Sellers account of the Barfields? Do references to North Carolina Barfield's show up on the Georgia list? Barbara Jo