I have copied a note I had sent to someone else who was searching the Barnes family and hope it will help you. , I went through all my photocopies the other night & think I may have something to help you. The Book is History of Oneida County, New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. 1667-1878. Philadelphia: Everts & Fariss. This is what I found about any Barnes under Camden, Oneida, NY: pg.432: The first permanent settler of this town was Judge Henry Williams. The date of his arrival cannot now be satisfactorily ascertained. Previous to this time Jesse Curtiss had been here, and erected a saw-mill, but his family did not arrive until aftr that of Judge Williams.-------Following Williams, came Levi Matthews, Daniel Parke, Seth and Joel Dunbar, Aaron Matthews, Thomas Comstock, Jesse and Elihu Curtiss, Samuel Royce, Noah and Andrew Tuttle, Benjamin Barnes, Sr., Benjamin Barnes, Jr., Philip Barnes etc. pg. 433: A school was kept soon after the war of 1812 in the log house of Manning Barnes, at West Camden, and was probably the earliest in the neighborhood.-------Under the heading First Congregational Church, Camden (Extracts from a sermon delivered by its pastor, Rev. E. Curtis, in 1875) "The First Congregational Church of Camden was organized in Paris, on the 19th of February, 1798, by Rev. Eliphalet Steele, pastor of the Congregational Church at Paris Hill, Oneida Co., N.Y. It consisted of eight members, - Benjamin Barnes and Jemima, his wife; Noah Tuttle and Thankful, his wife; Philip Barnes and Laura, his wife; Marshal Meriam and Benjamin Barnes, Jr., - all dismissed from Mr. Steele's church. pp.434-435:Camden was fformed from the town of Mexico, March 15, 1799. At this first election the following officers were chosen,-----Commissioners of Highways, Benjamin Barnes, Abner Matthews, Ephraim Wright -----Overseers of Highways, Philip Barnes, Daniel Parke, John Rogers, Ephraim Church;---- pg. 436 lists W.W. Barnes as a trustee of the Village of Camden in 1875. pg.438-439: about 1800, Manning Barnes came to this town from the State of Connecticut, and located where the village of West Camden now stands. He built a log house on the site of the present hotel at the place, and a frame part afterwards added is now a portion of the hotel. Some time after he settled, having been obliged to keep persons over night who were on their way north and nortwest ( into Jefferson and other counties), he erected a sign and made a business of tavern-keeping for many years. Mr. Barnes was accompanied to this town by his brothers, Whiting and Lyman They selected land upon which to locate, and afterwards moved in the family of their father, Zopher Barnes. The other sons were Zopher, Street, and Pliny Barnes. Whiting Barnes settled on the farm now owned by A. Barnes, westward of West Camden. The first store at this place was established by Wilburt Barnes, who erected a small building and placed a stock of good therein. He continued in business for some time. He was a son of Manning Barnes. Later in the book, it mentions "Benjamin Wright, a prominent surveyer, who was afterwards associated with Mr. James Geddes, of Onondaga County, in the construction of the Erie Canal." He surveyed Scriba's Patent. I hope this is of some help to you. Kathy Johnson