Hi Sonja, Thank you. I'll forward this material on to the Simeon Barber descendant with whom I have been corresponding. I knew that Simeon Barber had gone south several years after the end of the Rev war, but both John and I marveled at the fact people in Saratoga County knew of Simeon's comings and goings after he had pulled up stakes. I am sure that he will find this as interesting as I have. Thanks again, Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: <SONAVAN@aol.com> To: <nysarato@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [NYSARATO] Rev War - where did they go? Simeon went to TN > According to my ggg-grandfather, Samuel Right Brown's book, "The Western > Gazetteer, the Emigrant's Directory", pp.328-329, Simeon went to TN and > settled > there with his wife and eight children. > > "The climate proves congenial to northern constitutions...about a half > dozen > families removed to this state, from the state of New York, nearly 30 > years > ago. Residing in the same county (then Albany, now Saratoga) > from which they migrated. I have twice had occasion to visit them, in > Overton county, near the junction of Oby and Wolf rivers. > > The Unprecedented health and increase of Simeon Barber's family, since > their > residence in Tennessee, deserves to put on record. He left New York with > a > wife and eight children, five girls and three boys: his daughters are > all > married, the eldest has ten children, the second, ten; the third, eleven; > the > fourth, ten; and the fifth, five. The eldest son, ten; the second, seven; > and > the third, three, making a total of sixty six, all perfectly formed, and > living in May, 1816. They have enjoyed almost uninterrupted health. > > Old Mr. Barber has six or seven great grandchildren, which make the > increase > from one family upwards of 70 souls. Not a single death occurred in the > different branches of the family, until two of the sons removed to > Indiana, in > 1816, when two of the children died of whooping cough. Mr. Barber is now > 77 > years of age, and his wife, 74. I do not recollect having ever seen in > the > northern states, the heads of any single family , of so advanced an age, > possessing so great a degree of activity, bodily and mental vigor, or of > so young > and healthful appearance. Mr. B. thinks nothing of walking fifteen or > twenty > miles; and labors occasionally in his fields. None of the other families > which accompanied him, have had the same rapid increase of numbers: but > they > have enjoyed fine health, and all concur in representing the country so > healthy > beyond example. Indeed from my own experience and observation, I do not > hesitate to pronounce the country between Cumberland and Tennessee > rivers, as > incomparably the most healthy of any part of the western country, from > the Great > Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico." > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYSARATO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message