Posted on: Falls County Biographies Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/FallsBios?read=280 Surname: BARTON, HILL, BANKHEAD, OAKES, WILSON, CHURCH ------------------------- Robert Barton, b November 16, 1794 in Virginia, d December 21, 1848 in Limestone County, Texas — was a son of David Barton I and his wife, Hannah (Hill) Barton — natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively, who both died in Tennessee. Robert married January 9, 1817 in Rutherford County, Tennessee to Mary (“Polly”) Bankhead, b in Tennessee, died 1848 in Limestone County, Texas. Robert and “Polly” Barton came to Texas about 1837 with their three sons, and a nephew, Richard Albert Barton — a son of Robert’s brother, David Barton II — came with them. In 1840, Robert Barton was listed on the census in Harris County, but they were on the 1846 Tax List of Limestone County, where Robert had purchased a farm on the east side of the Brazos River, but northwest of present-day Marlin in Falls County. Both Robert and “Polly” Barton died before the 1850 Census was recorded, but their sons were in the area of Limestone County which became Falls County. The three sons of Robert and Mary (Bankhead) Barton were: John M. Barton, b ca 1818 in Tennessee, d ca 1867 — married in 1851 in Falls County, Texas to Elizabeth Duty. David G. Barton, b ca 1823 in Tennessee, d 1871 —married first ca 1847 to Fredonia (Oakes) Jackson; married secondly to Mary Paralee Wilson. James B. Barton, b ca 1829 in Tennessee, d ca 1868 — married in 1850 to Elizabeth Marian Church. Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page "Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 36, column 1 Member of Falls County Historical Commission This book can still be obtained from the Falls County Historical Commission. Contact Theresa Carhart for details