Doris, It could very well have been that he slipped over into SC and fought for a while. He was a Sharpshooter, and therefore would have been valuable in the guerilla type war that F. Marion sometimes fought. Wayne/Duplin County is not too far from the SC border, so he could have slipped over. BUT, I'm one of these odd balls that accept nothing, genealogically speaking, without proof. So until something more positive turns up, I'll treat it as a charming myth!! As my good husband says, "It makes good copy." Thank you for your interest, and I hope something about your GGGrandfather will eventually turn up. Hope, an searching, makes this such an interesting hobby!! Marguerite -----Original Message----- From: Doris Priest <wacmaw@weblnk.net> To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup >Marguerite, >You are welcome. Do you think it possible that this is not a complete list. >My husbands GGGrandfather was in the civil War. We have documentation from >the National Archeries that he enter service of the Confederacy, he was sent >home when it was discovered he was so young. He reentered in another unit, >however, I nave never seen his name on a list. >Doris > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "MWhitley" <mwhitley@coastalnet.com> >To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:07 AM >Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup > > >> Thanks,Doris. This is a great site, but >> just as I thought, Solomon Barfied's service >> with F. Marion, was a myth. I could find no >> evidence that he served. >> >> Again, many thanks. >> Marguerite W. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wacmaw <wacmaw@weblnk.net> >> To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup >> >> >> >Marguerite W. >> >Search Marion County site, >> >http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html >> >You will find the list of men serving under Gen. Francis Marion, >> >Doris >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "MWhitley" <mwhitley@coastalnet.com> >> >To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:10 PM >> >Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup >> > >> > >> >> Hi Dee, >> >> Is there anyway to find out the names of the sharpshooters >> >> who served with Francis Marion, (Swamp Fox) in SC. >> >> I had an ancestor, Soloman Barfield, Rev. War Soldier, >> >> who was a sharpshooter from Duplin Co., some say that >> >> he also served with Francis Marion. Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Marguerite W. >> >> mwhitley@coastalnet.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> >> >> To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> >> >> Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:35 AM >> >> Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup >> >> >> >> >> >> >Thank heavens you got on the site. I found it grossly inadequate, but >> at >> >> least a starting point. I wish someone would spearhead a North Carolina >> >(and >> >> South Carolina) site. The people on the Lists that I copied (on that >> >> original e-mail) have a ton of information on plantations that is >really >> >> fascinating, not to mention historically beneficial. It might also be >a >> >> good reference for researching slave information on these plantations. >A >> >> number of the books that I have are indexed by Plantation name and >slave >> >> names. >> >> >I got this this morning from the Georgia State Archives - >> >> > >> >> >"The list is a good starting place, but this does not list all the >> >> >plantations in Georgia. Remember that plantations were large farms, >and >> >> >property records would show up in the Superior Court of the county. >> >Also, >> >> >there are Slave Schedules in 1850 and 1860 which list the slave owner >or >> >> >overseer and enumerate the slaves (with no names). This will give you >a >> >> >better picture of slave ownership in Georgia during this time period." >> >> > >> >> >Pamela W. Coleman, Public Programs Coordinator >> >> >State Archives of Georgia >> >> >www.GeorgiaArchives.org >> >> > >> >> >Dee >> >> >For details on sources used, refer to this link: >> >> >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm >> >> > >> >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >> >From: Robert Hill >> >> >To: d7777@worldnet.att.net >> >> >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:30 AM >> >> >Subject: Bladen_County_lookup >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Plantation List for NC. IT is missing two of the largest. (1)Th >22,000 >> >> acre Avirett Plantation with slave-partners in the vicinity of >Richlands >> >& >> >> Catharine Lake, NC of Onslow County. John A.Avirett called his house >> Loch >> >> Katrine Hall Geo Washington ate breakfast there on his Southern >Tour.Mr. >> >> Avirett lost a son in the Civil War and another son was a Chaplain. I >> will >> >> send you an address where you can read thee book his son the chaplain >> >wrote >> >> 6 years after the war. http://docsouth.unc.edu/avirett/avirett.html >> (2) >> >> Palo Alt, 19,000 acres, dated 1830, owned by D. W. Sanders in Onslow or >> in >> >> Cartaret next to Onslow. (3) Burns Plantation large also & was next to >> >Palo >> >> Alto. RObt. H. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > >