Patience (Wife of William Barrett I) Abt 1732 Moore County, NC

Potpourri

(Family History Endnotes)

Regrettably, each of the 1,689 individuals included in this report does not have information beyond name, dates, and relationships. This section contains only the individual and/or family supplemental notes available to the author. So, in a sense it is a potpourri of information rather than a compressive coverage of all people. Some may call it a conglomeration, a mishmash, a hodgepodge, or a medley of information. Regardless of what one calls it, this division of the family history is valuable in that it provides a lot of the facts that substantiate the basis for many of the family records. Additionally, it provides interesting reading to the diligent reader who is willing to dig for the facts, tradition, drama, and humor surrounding the Barrett and related families.

The notes are organized paternally in alphabetical order of the direct descendants of William Barrett I. Notes about maternal or family members not part of the direct Barrett lineage are imbedded along with the associated direct Barrett descendants. The format starts with the name of the family member in which there is an associated note(s). For example any note(s) that are available for Steven Barrett would follow the caption below:

STEPHEN RALPH⁷ BARRETT (RALPH ADDISON⁶, ROLIN ALEXANDER⁵, ROBERT WILLIAMS⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born July 8, 1951 in Sanford. He married DONNA ROGERS December 1972 in Sanford, NC. She was born December 17, 1952 in Sanford, NC.

Steve is the seventh generation from William Barrett (I), his father, Ralph Barrett is the sixth generation down, etc. So, it is easy to see which Barrett line a person is in when we are reading the notes about them. In virtually all instances, the source of the note is given. Reference should be made to the Bibliography for more information on the sources. Finally, cross references to other sections of this family history can be accomplished by consulting the Index of Individuals at the front of this report.

ALEXANDER⁴ BARRETT (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born September 18, 1833 in Moore County, NC, and died December 16, 1876 in Marble Hill, MO.

Notes From Dorothy Dyson Irvin:

Alexander Barrett enlisted in the Confederate Army, January 27, 1863, Co. D, 49th. Regt., as a private, promoted to 2nd Lieut. June 9, 1863, and served to the end of the Civil War. Shortly after the War, he moved to Marble Hill, MO.

From the History of Southeast Missouri: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888:

· p. 379, Probate Judges. ---Alexander Barrett, 1871-1872,

· p. 400, "Bollinger County may be said to had no resident bar prior to about 1868. The first lawyers to locate here were A.C. Ketchum and Alexander Barrett."

· p. 842, "William M. Morgan grew to manhood on his grandparents' farm, and received his education in the common schools. In 1875 he entered the teachers profession and taught two winters, during which time he became a disciple of Blackstone studying under the direction of Ho. Alex Barrett, of Marble Hill."

BENJAMIN CADDELL⁴ BARRETT (WALTER³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born January 12, 1834 in Bibb, AL, and died June 16, 1920 in Waller County, TX. He married (1) FRANCIS EMMA FULLER January 20, 1859, daughter of JOHN FULLER and SARAH. She was born July 8, 1840 in Perry, AL, and died September 20, 1890 in Waller County, TX. He married (2) JULIA ALICE BOWLIN June 18, 1893. She was born February 13, 1843 in Bibb, AL, and died February 9, 1908 in Milam County, TX.

Notes from MaeAllen Barrett Form:

8/30/99

Folks,

A few years ago when I gave a talk on using slave records for genealogy, a member of the audience recognized a branch of the family that had moved from AL to TX. Later she gave me the following information from the family records of Jewell Westbrook:

Frances E. Fuller, daughter of John B. and Sarah Fuller was born in Perry County, Alabama, July 8, 1840; died in Milam County, Texas, Sept. 20, 1890; buried in North Elm Cem., Milam County, TX; and was married on Jan. 20, 1859 to B.C. Barrett. In the 1850 Census of Gaston Hill, Perry County, Alabama, Perryville Beat, Frances has five sisters and three brothers all born in Alabama.

From Benjamin Caddell Barrett’s Red Letter Testament and Psalms:

· Benjamin Caddell Barrett 12-Jan-1834 - 16 June 1920

· Frances Emma Fuller 08 July 1840 - 20 Sept. 1890 md 20 Jan 1859*

· Julia Alice Bowlin 13 Feb. 1843 - 9 Feb. 1908 md 18 June 1893

Then there is a list of children ending with

· DeCass Barrett 12 Mar 1883 - 19 June 1918 and

· Jewel Barrett 9-May 1909 Daughter of Decass and Donna Barrett

· (Note: DeCass Barrett md 19 Jan. 1908 to Freedona Otts)

· Jewel Barrett died 25 Dec. 1927 she was married to Alpin Ray Westbrook

*My reference shows 17 Jan. 1859 from Vol. 2 of EARLY ALABAMA MARRIAGES, p72

Much of this repeats information you already have, but the woman from whom I got it is a direct descendant in this line and a native of Milam County.

MaeAllen Form

CAPT. DAVID SAMUEL⁴ BARRETT (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born January 23, 1842 in Moore County, NC, and died October 15, 1918 in Moore County, NC. He married MARY ADELAIDE CADDELL May 30, 1866 in Moore County, NC, daughter of PRESLEY CADDELL and HANNAH MCCRUMMEN. She was born August 31, 1847 in Moore County, NC, and died March 9, 1942 in Pinehurst, NC.

Notes From Dorothy Dyson Irvin and Charles M. Barrett:

· Civil War Veteran, Company P, 1st Bat., Lieut. 13 Mar 1862; Capt. 1864,

· Managed the Barrett Hotel in 1870 in Carthage, NC.

· He was a farmer according to the 1880 Moore County Census.

DOCTOR CHALMERS⁴ BARRETT (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born March 11, 1846 in Moore County, NC, and died January 13, 1892 in Moore County, NC. He married MARGARET HASSELTINE STUART January 24, 1869 in Moore County, NC, daughter of SAMUEL STUART and MARTHA LAWHON. She was born October 28, 1852 in Moore County, NC, and died January 20, 1918 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, NC.

Notes from the 1989 family reunion of the descendants of Doctor Chalmers Barrett:

Doctor Chalmers Barrett was Samuel’s youngest child. In 1869, he married Margaret H. Stuart whose farther, Samuel D. Stuart, died in 1863 from Civil War wounds. Dock Barrett was a farmer and was appointed Constable in 1891 before he died 13, Jan. 1892. Dock left a widow and seven children and they moved to Hope Mills, NC about 1894 to work in the mill. The family moved to Massey Hill about 1897 to work in the Holt-Morgan Mill. Margaret H. Barrett died 20 Jan. 1918. Children of Dock and Margaret H. Barrett:

NAME	BIRTH/DEATH	SPOUSE
Agnes Chalmers Barrett	1869-1899	Joe T. Horner
Samuel D. Barrett	1871-1927	Lucy Cameron
Andrew J. Barrett	1874-1937	Jennie Starling
Robert Alexander Barrett	1877-1936	Fannie Cameron
Baby Barrett	1880-1880	None
Franklin M. Barrett	1881-1959	Mattie Brown
Lula C. Barrett	1884-1960	Leland Cashwell
Willis Barrett	1889-1940	None
Clement H. Barrett	1889-1940	Myrtle Morgan

Nine of Dock Chalmers Barrett’s grandchildren are living in 1889: Mary Wells and Lucy Barrett (Sam); Virginia Joyce and Dorothy Stratton (Andrew); Chalmus Barrett, Margaret Lewis, and Harold Barrett (Frank); Virgil Cashwell and Margaret Cashwell (Lula). (According to Charles M. Barrett, the Samuel Barrett Bible was in the possession of Margaret Cashwell in 1990. The Bible had been rebound and was in excellent condition and care. Their family holds regular reunions at the Massey Hill Baptist church, a church they were responsible for founding. Margaret Cashell lived in Parkton, NC)

ELIZABETH³ BARRETT (WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born April 10, 1807 in Moore County, NC, and died November 27, 1899 in Lauderdale County, AL. She married JACOB STUTTS Abt. 1825 in Moore County, NC, son of HENRY STUTTS. He was born 1808 in Moore County, NC, and died January 6, 1877 in Lauderdale County, AL.

Notes From Betty Hill Mason and Katherine Shields Melvin:

The Stutts family were neighbors of the Barretts. Jacob and Elizabeth were living on Big Juniper and McLendon Creeks at the 1850 Moore County, NC Census. Jacob was a comparatively wealthy man for his day, with property worth over a thousand dollars. He was born in 1800. He was called "Drummer Boy Jake" as he had been a drummer boy in the war of 1812. It is said that every fourth of July, he got out his ancient drum whose beat had set the step for Andrew Jackson's troops on their way to New Orleans. (told and passed down by older members of the family). Jacob was thought to be the son of Henry Stutts, born 1775, and Lucy Lakey. Henry was the youngest son of Jacob and Elizabeth Stutts.

Elizabeth and Jacob moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama in 1858, bringing along most of their family and other children followed later.

Jacob "Drummer Boy" Stutts died on January 6, 1877 and was buried at North Carolina Cemetery, Green Hill, AL. His wife, Elizabeth Barrett, lived twenty two years longer, reaching the age of ninety two. She, also, is buried at North Carolina Cemetery, Green Hill, AL. The inscription on her tomb reads, " Sleep on dear Mother, and take your rest, God called you home, he thought it best." Elizabeth and Jacob have many descendants still living in Lauderdale County, but they must have also always remembered North Carolina with fondness, since the Cemetery where they are all buried carries the name of that State.

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, By Rassie Wicker:

pp Comments and Quotations

133	1850 Census: Household 89: Jacob Stutts 50, Elizabeth 42, Henry 24, William B. 21, George W. 17, Lucy 15, Mary 13, Walter 7, Samuel 8, Nancy 5, Martin 1. {These families lived between McLendon’s creek and the Big Juniper.}
334	The Stuttses settled between McCollum’s Fork of Richland Creek, and Buffalo Creek. It is clear that this family, along with the Cagles, Ritters, Garners, Shamburgers, Voncannons, and possibly some others, were “Dutchmen” (Germans) who came first to Pennsylvania, then on down through Virginia, to the upper reaches of Deep River, and thence down into Moore.

Notes on the Children of ELIZABETH BARRETT and JACOB STUTTS:

· Henry Stutts, b. 1826, Moore County, NC. Henry, the oldest child of Elizabeth and Jacob was born in 1826, according to the 1850 census. He was the only child who did not come to Alabama with the others. His wife was unknown. He came to Alabama once on a visit. He was a Baptist preacher and preached at Brush Creek M.E. Church while here. He died soon after he got back to North Carolina. Somehow, I question his being Baptist for all the Moore County Stutts were staunch Methodists, and always have been.

· William B. Stutts, b. 1829, Moore County, NC; d. Bef. 1870; lived near Corinth, Miss. One of his children is known: Lucy, who married an Attaway. A William Stutts died in Arkansas before 1870. His widow moved back to Mississippi with their three small children.

· Lucy Ann Stutts, b. November 1, 1830, Moore County, NC; d. June 4, 1911, Lauderdale County, AL; m. John Martin Frye; b. May 13, 1824, Moore County, NC; d. November 3, 1884, Lauderdale County, AL Both were born in Moore county. They are buried at North Carolina Cemetery, near Green Hill, Lauderdale County, AL. They came to Killen, Alabama (Lauderdale County) during the Civil War, about 1862 or later. Her brother, Walter, went back to Carthage, North Carolina and persuaded them to come. Lucy and the children came by train. The others came in a covered wagon and it took them a month to get to Alabama. Lucy Frye recounted that during the war she would give the Masonic sign and the Yankees would leave them alone. Young William Wesley Stutts fled North Carolina at about this same time. He was sent by his family to escape capture by the Federals for having killed a Negro, and fled to his nearest relative, Jacob Stutts, Lucy's father. He lived with Lucy and John M. Frye after reaching Alabama. A descendant writes that Lucy was an invalid for seven years before her death. Besides her own children, Lucy and her husband reared an orphan boy, Clark Oscar Frye.

· George Washington Stutts, b. January 22, 1833, Moore County, NC; d. November 22, 1897; m. Nancy Bessie Hill; b. Abt. 1838; d. April 6, 1878. George Washington Stutts was a young man when the family came to Alabama from North Carolina. He was overseer on the Wilson plantation out from Florence for some time. On November 27, 1897, he had a group of men cutting wood for his mill near his sister's house (Nancy Stutts Richardson). He went by there for a cup of coffee, and was on his way back home when he fell. He had a stroke and died that night. His home was where the Clayton Owens home now stands. (information by Mayme Stutts Angel)

· Mary Stutts, b. 1836, Moore County, NC; m. Dougal Black; b. 1835, Moore County, NC; came to Lauderdale County with her parents. Her future husband Dougal Black, came from Moore County, NC with the Stutts family, along with his sisters, Margaret and Mary Ann. He also had a brother named Duncan and another older brother, who stayed behind in Moore County. Dougal was born in Moore County, NC in 1835. His family had immigrated to the United States from Scotland. It is believed that his father's name was Peter Black. His sister Margaret, married a Hopkins. Mary "Polly" Stutts bore a striking resemblance to her mother, Elizabeth Barrett.

· Walter “Walt” Stutts, b. February 2, 1841, Moore County, NC; d. July 21, 1923, Lauderdale County, AL; m. (1); m. (2) Mary Marteeni Danley Gray. Walt served as lst. Sgt. in Co. E, 2nd TN Mounted Inf., USA. Walt had a reputation for being a Union officer and marauder.

· Samuel Stutts, b. December 17, 1842, Moore County, NC; d. November 22, 1888, Lauderdale County, AL.

· Nancy Stutts, b. September 2, 1845, Moore County, NC; d. January 28, 1917; m. John Wesley Richardson; b. February 20, 1846; d. April 20, 1938.

· Martin “Dock” Stutts, b. 1848, Moore County , NC; m. Molly Davis; b. Bet. 1845 - 1855. He ran a brewery before Prohibition days.

· John M. Stutts, b. July 25, 1854, Moore County , NC; d. July 22, 1919, Lauderdale County, AL; m. Olive C. Robinson; b. November 30, 1861; d. June 20, 1915, Lauderdale County, AL. John M. and Olive had a home and ran a General store near Richardson Creek on present day Bridge Road, in Green Hill, AL. Both are buried at North Carolina Cemetery, Green Hill, AL.

ELIZABETH K⁵ BARRETT (RODNEY C⁴, WALTER³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born January 18, 1884 in TX, and died July 31, 1974 in Lake Charles, LA.

Notes From Benjamin Lester Carroll:

She never married. Was a school teacher in Lake Charles, La. for many years. All of John Edward Barrett's ( Elizabeth’s nephew) children lived with her while going to McNeese State University, except Robert Don Barrett. She was dead when Don went to school.

Burial: Dry Creek Cemetery, Dry Creek, Beauregard Parish, LA

JOHN ALSTON³ BARRETT (WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1790 in Moore County, NC, and died 1830 in New Orleans, LA. He married ELIZABETH HANCOCK Abt. 1815 in Moore County, NC. She was born February 12, 1795, and died Abt. 1860.

Notes from Kevin Barrett:

In an 1998 message from Kevin Barrett to Glenda Biggerstaff, Kevin says: John had a granddaughter still living in 1995 (Jeremiah Barrett continued having children until age 70) and she was 101 then (in 1995). In a written document she says that John died of cholera while on a raft in New Orleans, LA in 1830. I'm not sure what he was doing there, but I'm talking to a few relatives that know more about this story, so maybe I'll find out soon. Elizabeth Hancock Barrett brought her seven children to Wilson Co., TENN. They arrived in March 1831. Elizabeth rode a horse and carried baby Jeremiah in her lap. The other 6 children rode in a wagon pulled by oxen. The ground was frozen during part of their trip, so the oxen's hooves began wearing down and bleeding. Elizabeth tied burlap sacks around the hooves so they could make it the rest of the way. She then taught school in Vine, TN and remarried Cosby H. Cox in 1836. All of this comes from John and Elizabeth's granddaughter.

Elizabeth Hancock b. February 12, 1795 Moore County, NC

Notes from Kevin Barrett and Benjamin Lester Carroll:

I believe Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Patty Hancock of Moore County, and her grandparents were Samuel Hancock and Mildred Dawson. I do know that Elizabeth left Moore County. She put her 6 children in a wagon pulled by 2 oxen. She rode a horse ahead of them and carried her newborn son, Jeremiah Barrett, in her arms. They traveled from Randolph/Moore county, NC to Wilson Co., TN. They arrived in March 1831. For some strange reason, they traveled during the winter. The ground was frozen, so the oxen's hooves began to bleed and wear down. Elizabeth tied burlap bags around them so they could make it the rest of the trip. She taught school in Vine, Wilson County, TN, and remarried Cosby H. Cox in 1836.

JOHN EDWARD⁶ BARRETT (WILLIAM ROLLA⁵, RODNEY C⁴, WALTER³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born August 10, 1914 in Dry Creek, Beauregard Parish, LA. He married MARY LEONIDE SONNIER September 29, 1934. She was born February 12, 1915 in McNary, LA, and died June 27, 1992 in Dry Creek, Beauregard Parish, LA.

Notes from Benjamin Lester Carroll:

John and his family lived in Dry Creek, Beauregard Parish, LA in a four room house with no plumbing or indoor toilet until about 1954. The house had two bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room. They had an outhouse for a toilet and drew water from a well. Baths were taken in large tubs used for washing cloths. Those living in it were John, Leonide, Rolla, Lizzy, Joanna, John Jr., Martha, Jimmy and Terry. Joanna died in 1946 and Lizzy moved to Lake Charles in about 1950. Rolla continued to live with them until he died in 1976.

JOHN GILCHRIST⁶ BARRETT (WILLIAM CHARLES⁵, JOHN ANDRE⁴, SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born August 24, 1921.

Notes from Charles M. Barrett:

John Gilchrist Barrett is a well known NC Civil War historian, author of Sherman's March Through the Carolinas and The Civil War in North Carolina. He has also done multiple pamphlets for the NC Museum of History. Both his books were UNC Press. He was an undergraduate at Wake Forest and graduate at UNC-CH. He is a retired professor of history at VMI and lives in Lexington, VA. He or one of his children was doing a family history.

The following has been extracted from the June 23, 1982 edition of the Pilot, Southern Pines, NC:

VMI PROFESSOR HAS TIES WITH MOORE AND SCOTLAND

Notes From Edna Coble Farrar Barrett:

Edna Coble Farrar Barrett’s father was L.W. Farrar, a buggy maker who died in 1942. Edna's mother was Mary Amanda Humphries. She became a Registered Nurse and had worked at Rex Hospital for 30 years, where she had served as both Nursing Medical Supervisor and Staffing Coordinator. She received her nursing education at McCain Sanitarium, McCain, NC, and also had nursed at the Wessell Sanitarium in Wilmington, NC, when she made her home in Wilmington for a number of years. Mrs. Barrett was a volunteer instructor for the Red Cross in Raleigh and a member of the Raleigh Business and Professional Women's Club. She was a member of Fairmont United Methodist Church.

MARGARET ANNE⁴ BARRETT (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born June 1, 1829 in Moore County, NC, and died August 31, 1867 in Moore County, NC. She married COL. WILLIAM BRANTLEY RICHARDSON February 14, 1850 in Moore County, NC, son of NOAH RICHARDSON and ELIZABETH CHEEK. He was born June 7, 1826 in Moore County, NC, and died January 4, 1891 in Moore County, NC.

Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff:

According to writings of my g grandmother, Lucy Lee Eccleston Sears, Margaret had a daughter in August 1867, the child and mother died at the same time, and were buried together. (per Sam Richardson, Jr.)

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, p. 332, By Rassie Wicker:

Rev. Noah Richardson, father of William B. Richardson: “William and Thomas Richardson were living on the south side of Deep River as early as 1747, and are thus the first families known to have lived in Moore County. There is no further record of Thomas, but William apparently came down on McLendon’s Creek and lived on the southeast side of the stream, near Bethlehem Church. David Richardson was drawn several times for jury duty, but where he live is not known. Drury Richardson lived near the heads of McCollum’s Fork and Buffalo Creek, in the vicinity of McConnell. He is supposedly the ancestor of later generations of the family in Moore (Rev. Noah, William, Sr.) Stephen Richardson lived on the old Salem road, between Buffalo and Bear Creeks. William Richardson apparently lived in the same area.”

Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff:

William Brantley Richardson was well known throughout Moore Co. He was a Civil War veteran where on March 07, 1862, he was given the rank of Colonel, 51st Reg., Moore Co., 13th Brigade Militia. William was Senator to the State Assembly in 1866 and in 1870 he was the third richest man in the county. He was a farmer, revenue collector, and made and sold whiskey. He married Lexie Barbour after Margaret died in 1867. There were 6 children by the marriage to Lexie in addition to the 7 by the first marriage.

There is some mystery surrounding his death and Louis Grimm Sr.(His son in law.) Tradition has it that the majority of the land that was owned by William was 'stolen'. This land is where the Pinehurst Hotel is currently standing. The court house burned down shortly after William’s death in 1891. A group of businessmen, including a judge, had been trying to acquire the Richardson land, William refused to sale. Shortly after William’s death the courthouse was burned, and the deeds were lost in the fire. Louis Grimm Sr., had taken the deeds in a satchel to Carthage to re-record them. He stopped at the local hotel where he was offered and took a drink from an associate of the businessmen that killed him. The satchel disappeared. Shortly afterwards the deeds were registered to the businessmen. Elizabeth Richardson Kelly sued. It is said that on the death bed of one of the attorneys for the Kelly's that he confessed that he had been in cahoots with the businessmen to acquire the land and had been paid very well to lose the case.

On Alexander Kellys death bed, he wanted Elizabeth to take the children and move to Texas as he was fearful for their lives because of the lawsuit. Which she did.

I suspect that Lexie Barbour Richardson, was also in the goings on as William did not leave a will. For a man that seemed to have his affairs in order to not leave a will is questionable. Also, the remaining land which was not acquired by the businessmen went to Lexie and her children only. Court records pertaining to the administration of William B. Richardson’s estate follow:

Lexa Richardson and M. Kennedy Admin. of W.B. Richardson (784)

North Carolina }In Superior Court

Moore County }Before the Clerk

In appearing to the satisfaction of the court that W. B. Richardson is dead without leaving any will and testament and that Lixa (Lexie) Richardson and M. Kennedy are the proper persons entitled to Letters of Administration on the estate of said W. B. Richardson and the said Lexa (Lexie) Richardson and M. Kennedy having filed the oath prescribed by law and executed bond in the sum of Three thousand dollars with M.C. McDonald, C. McInnis, A.M. Kennedy and D.M. Kennedy as sureties; wherefore Letters of Administration have this day been granted to said Lexa (Lexie) Richardson and M. Kennedy and they authorized to enter upon the due administration of said Estate. This Jan 20th 1891.

D.A. McDonald

Clerk Sup Court

Children of Margaret Barrett and William Richardson are:

· Elizabeth Hasseltine Richardson, b. December 15, 1850, Moore County, NC; d. June 25, 1919, TX; m. John McLeod Kelly, February 14, 1871, Moore County, NC; b. December 10, 1845, Moore County, NC; d. April 7, 1902, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC.

· Mary Blake Richardson, b. 1853, Moore County, NC; m. Charles Postel Jenkins.

· Margaret Ann Richardson, b. Abt. 1855, Moore County, NC; m. Louis Grimm, May 7, 1874, Carthage, NC; b. IN; d. August 25, 1893, Moore County, NC.

· Virginia C. Richardson, b. Abt. 1859, Moore County, NC; m. Joseph Jones.

· Lucy Lee Richardson, b. September 7, 1857, Moore County, NC; d. June 30, 1942; m. Louis Grimm, Moore County, NC; b. IN; d. August 25, 1893, Moore County, NC.

Sanford Hearld, Friday, May 16, 1975, Sanford, NC 27330, By Bruce Smith:

After Louis' death, Lucy Lee Richardson Grimm could not deal with it. She told family and friends that Louis was on a business trip and would return shortly. Elizabeth Richardson Kelly, Lucy's sister, had her committed to Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh.

Louis Grimm, Sr. had several grandchildren; two included: Herman b. February 11, 1902, Pinehurst, NC and Randolph, b. November 1, 1904. Herman was the sheriff of Moore County in the 1930’s while Randolph played on the 1932 Moore County baseball team with Ralph Barrett. See photo.

· Lillian Brantley Richardson, b. June 19, 1864, Moore County, NC; d. February 22, 1945, Norfolk, VA; m. (1) Norris Palmer Eccleston, Abt. 1879, Moore County, NC; b. July 24, 1842, CT; d. January 16, 1897, Philadelphia, PA; m. (2) Sion Buchanan, Abt. 1889; m. (3) Fred A Husted, Aft. 1900.

Lillie married at a very early age; i.e.at fifteen. She was the youngest of 6 daughters - three years old when her mother, Margaret Anne Barrett Richardson died during childbirth in 1867. William, her father, “married off” the daughters as soon as he could. Lillie married Norris Palmer Eccleston, Sr., a much older man from PA (He was 37 when they were married.) What happened after the birth of their last child (James B Eccleston) to Norris is not known. What is known, however, is that by 1900 Lillie had another daughter, Daisy Pauline (Daisy Pauline Buchanan Eccleston), who’s father was Sion Buchanan of Sanford, NC. Sion furnished a house in Jonesboro, present day Sanford, and servants for Lillie and the children. In Sion’s will he left Daisy Pauline a considerable amount of money and property. He also left money to Lillie. It is said that after Sion’s death, his widow moved in with Lillie until the house burned down around 1905. Lillie then moved to Norfolk, VA and opened a boarding house which she ran until her death. Mother realls visiting her as a little girl and remembers every morning Lillie would collect the rent in a basket and take it to the bank.

Lucy Lee Eccleston was the third child of Lillie and William Richardson; b. April 19, 1883 in Carthage, NC; and married Doctor Frank Sears, July 25, 1900. It is said that Lucy and Doctor Frank Sears were divorced, no one knows for sure about this. Evidence indicates that they did not live together for great lengths of time. She is known to have worked in Norfolk, VA and Doctor Frank was in Carthage with the kids farming. She traveled to CA in 1940 with her daughter, Beverly Hortense Sears Breach, Antonio Lamberti, son in law (husband of Daisy Margaret Sears), Jim, her son and Martha Breach, her granddaughter. She wrote numerous letters to Daisy Sears Lamberti recanting the trip. I remember well, shortly after my parents divorced, my mom and sisters and I went to NC to visit Lucy. At the time I was not aware of why we went. It seems that the helicopters of Ft. Bragg were flying over the land and she was shooting at them. The Army did not appreciate it.

Two of Lucy Lee Eccleston’s children were Daisy Margaret Sears, b. February 8, 1904 and Frank Douglas Sears, b. October 28, 1905. Daisy Margaret was truly an independent woman. Even though Daisy was born blind in one eye, she worked her way through William and Mary College in Virginia.. While attending college she would hitchhike on Friday after classes as far as she could stay wherever she was on Saturday, then hitchhike back on Sunday. She attended school with Sue Gallup Morris, wife of Frank D Sears. One summer, Daisy and Sue went to England, bought bicycles and rode across Europe. They ended up in Japan, where Daisy was arrested because she refused to walk behind a man. In 1994 in San Diego, there was a birthday celebration for her 90th year. Daisy worked as a CPA for many years, and even after retiring, she worked from home for special clients. Daisy is also an astrologer, she has devoted many hours into teaching astrology and philosophy. She had no children.

I remember visiting Uncle Frank Douglas Sears and Aunt Sue in the California desert. Uncle Frank smoked a pipe and I loved the smell of it. As a child he would do magic by making the fire turn different colors; we were so amazed. Uncle Frank and Aunt Sue had a dog named Smiley and we would play with him. When we visited after returning from Hawaii, it was with sadness that we learned that Smiley was no longer with them. He had gone outside during a sand storm and never returned. Uncle Frank worked with wood. He made me a toy chest which I still have. Aunt Sue made the design pattern and Uncle Frank carved the designs in the chest. I now use the chest at the foot of my bed. He also made a table with 4 stools for my sisters and me. Our names were carved on each stool and the underside of the table says "To the four Merriwether girls from Uncle Frank and Aunt Sue." I truly loved being with them. Some of the best times of my childhood where spent at Uncle Franks and Aunt Sue’s. Uncle Frank left home, NC, stating he would never go back to NC, which he did not.

Norris Palmer Eccleston, Jr. b. February 21, 1880 and d. January 20, 1902. When a baby, he was in carriage and went down some steps, causing him to walk with a limp the remainder of his life. Norris Jr. was very close to his sister Lucy. She was a second mother to him even though she was younger. Norris Jr. died before seeing his first niece. He died while working at the railroad.

Additional facts about Lillie Brantley Richardson:

Census 1900 Jonesboro, Moore Co., NC,

Burial: February 22, 1945, Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Norfolk, VA,

Cause of Death: pneumonia,

Occupation: boarding house

· Infant Richardson, b. August 1867. Died at birth along with her mother, Margaret Ann Barrett Richardson.

MYRON ULYSSESS⁶ BARRETT (ROLIN ALEXANDER⁵, ROBERT WILLIAMS⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born November 21, 1917 in Pinehurst, and died October 22, 1998 in Pinehurst, NC. He married BETTY MILLEMAN Aft. 1935.

From the Duck Woods Flyer, Duck, NC, February 1999

A Tribute

PATIENCE¹ was born Abt. 1732, and died Bet. 1796 - 1800 in Moore County, NC. She married WILLIAM BARRETT I. He birthdate unknown, and died Bef. 1765 in Moore County,NC.

Patience was an early settler of Moore County, where her name appears on numerous land transactions, as shown on a map drawn by R.E. Wicker in 1956. The map indicates that she may have settled there in 1765 near Campbell and McLeod's Mill (Also known as Martin’s Mill located about where Beulah Hill Road crosses Mclendon Creek.) The 1790 Moore County Census shows a Patience Barrett with 1 male under 16 and 4 females in the household, p44. Patience is estimated to have been born around 1720-30. If this be true the people in the household most likely were here daughters and a male grandchild??? If the male is her child, Patience would most likely have been born circa 1730 or later.

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, By Rassie Wicker:

pp Comments and Quotations:

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1790 Census: Head of household Patience Barrett no age given for females, 3 other females living in household. ,

Deed: Richard Worrill to Patience Barrett, (Wife of William Barrett I) February 24, 1765, 160 acres & 27 Proclamation, Book B, p. 522 {... on both sides of Buck (McLendon’s) Creek. Beginning at a red oak on Horser’s line; thence as it runs, South 62 west, 160 poles, into Thomas Matthews’ line; thence as it , south 35 east to his corner; thence a direct line to Richard Worrill’s second corner; thence as it to the beginning. Being all that patent to Worrill, April 24, 1764. Witness Jacob McLendon, Samuel Williams, Joel McLendon, Richard Worrill}

Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff:

1777 Cumberland County List of Taxables: CPT John Cox District on Mill, Wet, Dry, Cabin, Bear, McLendons, Richland creeks:

· William Barrett 100 acres,

· Patience Barrett 176 acres

Cumberland County, NC, Bk. B-pg. 522:

· Nov. 1792 -- Patience Barrett enters 50 acres on E fork of Dry Creek of McLendons Creek. Border William Barrett land on N side occupied by John McLeod

· Nov. 22 1796 --Thomas Graham enters 100 a on S side of McLendons Creek border Robert Graham Sr. and Patience Barrett; includes Soloman Barretts hog pen on Ridge Path

Using this date, Glenda Biggerstaff estimated the death date of Patience as being 1796-1800.

The LDS file on the Morman WEB site (submitted by Rapp) shows Patience’s birth date as about 1732.

PATIENCE² BARRETT (WILLIAM¹) was born Abt. 1757, and died June 1860. She married JOHN LEWIS. He died December 14, 1829.

Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff:

Patience Barrett, daughter of William Barrett I, sister of William Barrett II, and wife of John Lewis Sr., filed the following statement to brother William Barrett's Rev War Pension Application.

State of North Carolina, Moore County

This day personally appeared before me Daniel B Currie one of the acting Justices of the piece of said County Patience Lewis and after being duly sworn according to Law deposit and sayeth that she is about Ninety Six or Seven years old at this time and that she was at William Barrett’s wedding and he married Ann Sowell some time shortly after the Revolutionary War and that the said William Barrett was a brother to the applicant and the said William died some time before his wife Ann and that he is the same William Barrett alluded to in my affidavit heretofore taken as a Soldier of the revolutionary War.

Patience (her mark) Lewis

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 7th Dec. AD 1854 Danl. B Currie JP

State of North Carolina, Moore County

I Daniel B Currie one of the Justices of the Piece of said County do Certify that I have been well acquainted with Patience Lewis the maker of the above affidavit for the last thirty years and that she is a Woman of veracity and Truth this the 7th day of December AD 1854

Daniel B Currie

RALPH ADDISON⁶ BARRETT (ROLIN ALEXANDER⁵, ROBERT WILLIAMS⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born April 7, 1914 in Moore Co. N.C.. He married WILLA LEA BOZE 1937 in Dillon, S.C.. She was born July 9, 1919 in Bladen Co. NC.

Notes From Allen Barwick:

Ralph Barrett, born and raised in Pinehurst is the reason for this publication. As happens to most of us as we grow older, Ralph developed a keen interest in the Barrett Family History and in the people of Pinehurst in general. His love for people and his penchant for telling stories of his early days in Pinehurst has resulted in a lot of material that needs to be printed, but insufficient space and time will not allow it all here. One interesting story that Ralph likes to tell relates to a trip he once took to Carthage with his older baseball coach and team mate, Randy Grimm.

Ralph as a teenager, with time on his hands, liked to hang around the Pinehurst Corporation Garage to listen to the tales of the mechanics and drivers of taxies, trucks and ambulances that were kept there. Additionally, he would sometimes get a job to drive a taxi or limo to pick up an important guest or dignitary staying in Pinehurst and besides, they gave big tips. As Ralph says, there were two categories of people in Pinehurst; i.e., those that worked and those that played. While Ralph and his brothers got in plenty of play time, they were of the working citizens of Pinehurst. Randolph (Randy) Grimm was an older, more experienced person who had played professional baseball and had seen the world. His age, experience and know-how resulted in the managers of Pinehurst Corporation entrusting him with the bigger jobs coming out of the garage establishment. One such job was driving one of the old ambulances that they kept jacked up in the garage so they could push it off the blocks without having to crank it when an emergency came. Of course, a town like Pinehurst in the 1920’s had very little excitement outside of that the guests paid to see. Thus, when an emergency came calling for the ambulance, it was a big deal and honor to drive it and to ride along if invited. It took two people to drive the contraption; i.e., one to drive and one to hand crank the siren. Ralph’s lucky day came when Randy yelled out to Ralph (who he often called “Shuffling Phil” a name recalled from a sore-armed pitcher of the Moore County Baseball Team.) “Shuffling Phil you want to go with me to crank the siren?” They had a dire emergency in Carthage, some 10 miles away, that required an ambulance. He didn’t have to ask Ralph twice. So off they went. Outside the city limits of Pinehurst, Randy told Shuffling Phil he could let up on the siren since it was about to deafen them both. But, he made it clear that as they went by places or homes of people they knew, especially around the courthouse circle in Carthage, that he was to crank that noisy machine with all his might. Going around the courthouse in Carthage making all that noise and with the ambulance going as fast as it would go was a life changing experience for Ralph - one that he recalls to this day. When asked if the patient lived, Ralph sort of mumbled that it was a false alarm or the person they were going to pick up decided that they didn’t need a lift after all. But who cared- you took what came your way regardless when you lived in Pinehurst during the pre-depression days.

Mary Evelyn de Nissoff, Columnist for the Pilot has captured some of Ralph’s story in a September 9, 1999 article part of which has been reprinted below:

MORE PINEHURST NATIVES AROUND THAN EXPECTED

As mentioned elsewhere, Ralph along with his brother Leonard, have contributed to the vast knowledge base of the Barrett Family History.

Notes on Ralph A. Barrett’s Maternal Ancestors:

John³ Black (Neill², Kenneth¹) was born Abt. 1830, and died Aft. 1899 in Moore County, NC. He married Mary Currie Bef. 1860. She was born Abt. 1832, and died Abt. 1899. Harold Smith, (Black Genealogy Papers, Sept. 29, 1998) contends that Neill Black was one of Kenneth’s sons and the father of John Black.)

Children of John Black and Mary Currie are:

· Conner C. Black, b. Abt. 1858, Sandhill Township; m. Ettie Jane Willard; b. Abt. 1886.

· Elizabeth Jane Black, b. 1860; d. May 5, 1942; (1) McLean; m. Charles E. Glass, b. Abt. 1860. (Mother of Lillie Beatrice Black, Ralph A. Barrett’s mother.)

· Emma Black, b. Abt. 1862, Sandhill Township.

· Linde Malinda Black, b. Abt. 1864, Sandhill Township; m. Willard, Bef. 1891.

· William D. Black, b. Abt. 1868, Sandhill Township..

· Nora Lenora Black, b. Abt. 1869; d. 1940; m. Frank Lucas.

· Dannie Jasper Black, b. June 5, 1871, Moore Co.; m. Mittie Williamson, Bef. 1905; b. Abt. 1878.

· James Martin Black, b. February 4, 1873; d. October 15, 1957; m. Mary Jane McInnis; b. December 15, 1876; d. 1939.

· Jane Black, b. Abt. 1874.

Notes From Allen Barwick:

· The 1850 Moore County Census: Household 172: Margaret 43 (This is Margaret McKennel Black, b. Abt 1807 Moore County, NC), John 20, Mary 16, (John and Mary were man and wife and their children were: Elizabeth 12, Isabella 8.) The Blacks lived in the vicinity of Jackson Springs, between Deep Creek and Drowning Creek, near the current Foxfire Golf Club.

· The 1870 Moore County Census shows this Black family to be located in the Sandhill Township of Moore County, p 593-4. Head of household; John Black age 40, wife Mary (McKennel) Black age 38, Conner age 12, Elizabeth age 10, Emma age 8, Malinda age 6, William age 3 and Lenora age 1. The home is in the Sandhill township dwelling 48.

· The 1880 Census shows John Black Living in Mineral Springs Township, sheet 16, line 16. He is age 52 (b. 1828). Mary is also listed as 52. The children include: Bettie (Elizabeth) 19, Emma 17, Lynda 16, William D. 13, Lenora 9, Dannie J. 8, Jane 6, and Mary 2. Conner doesn't show up in this household in 1880.

· The 1900 Census shows the Black family (without John or Mary) but headed by Dannie age 22(?). The home is in the Mineral Springs Township, sheet 13, line 71. Other members of the household include: Betty (Elizabeth) 37, Linda Willard 34, Nora, 23, Mary 17, Lillie (Lillie Beatrice, Betty’s daughter), 14, Willie Willard 9, Charlie Willard 7 and John McDonald 52.

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, p. 312 By Rassie Wicker:

· “Of this family, there were old Kenneth, Archibald, Alexander, John, (Not the same John mentioned above) and perhaps Hugh. They originally obtained grants on Big Rockfish, in Cumberland. John came up into Moore and in 1765, entered a fifty acre tract upon which the late L. E. Pender built, on the south side of the Pinehurst-Southern Pines road, just beyond Little Creek, and adjoining the Country Club of North Carolina tract. John apparently never lived in Moore. He is buried in Hoke, on Puppy Creek, below Rae Creek, Hoke County. He was shot and left for dead by Wade and Culp, in their raid in retaliation for the Massacre at Piney Bottom, but he recovered, and later removed to Florida. Old Kenneth was the only one of the family known to have lived in Moore.”

ROBERT GRAHAM⁴ BARRETT (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born November 25, 1830 in Moore County, NC, and died June 22, 1910 in Statesville, NC. He married (1) PARTHENIA ELIZABETH ROBBINS October 7, 1856 in Randolph,NC. She was born Abt. 1831 in Randolph, NC, and died January 18, 1871 in Randolph, NC. He married (2) AMELIA A ROBBINS December 3, 1872. She was born November 28, 1836, and died September 17, 1891. He married (3) DORCAS FIDELIA SHARPE February 22, 1899. She was born July 27, 1846, and died August 24, 1902 in Salisbury, NC. He married (4) JANE CORNELIA SHARPE February 1904. She was born October 23, 1851, and died November 25, 1906 in Statesville, NC.

Notes From Charles M. Barrett:

Statesville Landmark Vol. XXXVI Page 1

June 24, 1910

REV ROBERT GRAHAM BARRETT - Aged Methodist Minister Passes

ROBERT WILLIAMS⁴ BARRETT (WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born April 25, 1829 in Moore County, NC, and died January 7, 1897 in Moore County, NC. He married LOUEZER ROSSER SNOW Bef. 1864. She was born December 30, 1840, and died May 16, 1900 in Moore County, NC.

The 1870 Census shows R.W. Barrett, age 41, Lueza age 28, Josaphene age 5, Alexander age 4 (Rolin), Libia G. age 2, and two adult boarders Charity Cox age 56 and Mary B. Cox age 24. They lived in the Carthage Township, p. 496. (Dorothy Irvin indicates that Robert Barrett's wife was Louise Charity Cox)

Sources: 1870 Moore County Census and Leonard Barrett 5-9-1992

Notes on the Children of Robert Barrett and Louezer Snow:

· John D. Barrett, born Abt. 1864 in Moore County , NC. He married Mattie Baldwin December 10, 1896; born in Moore County , NC. John D. left Moore County but later returned to marry Mattie Baldwin. He was a close friend to William B. Richardson Jr. and his wife, Maggie. Mattie and Maggie were sisters. John D. was a witness at Lucy Lee Eccleston's marriage to Doctor Frank Sears. Source: Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff:

· Rolin Alexander Barrett, born April 20, 1866 in Moore County, NC; died November 16, 1955 in Moore County, NC. He married Lillie Beatrice Black 1904; born May 11, 1886 in Moore County, NC; died June 15, 1942 in Moore County, NC. Rolin was born on his father’s farm ten miles from Pinehurst. He saw Pinehurst grow from desert waste into an attractive and thriving year round village - a community of beautiful homes, and become one of the world's finest winter recreational centers. Early in life, though the owner of three farms, this pioneer preferred other vocations to farming. He began work in his father's naval stores and operated a sawmill; he served as US Marshall; was the first Moore County Deputy Sheriff, the first Chief of Police for Pinehurst, and the first property custodian. For six years he served as Postmaster an was the first to stamp a parcel post package sent out of Pinehurst. The package was mailed by Herbert Jilson editor of the Outlook. He trimmed the first privet grown here, and sowed by hand the first Italian rye grass, demonstrating that privet should be pruned and that grass could be grown in sand. He went to work for the late James Tufts, founder of Pinehurst, under a six months' contract and remained seventeen years without a break,. He can recall when the Ralph Pages first landed in Pinehurst to occupy a cottage on Cherokee road, now the home of Mrs. H. P. Hitchkiss, and how he guaranteed Ralph's first grocery account as the Department Store. He saw Walter Hines Page, former ambassador to the Court of St. James' carried from the train to Currituck cottage, where he later died. He saw Pinehurst make history. When Rolin retired, he lived in an attractive little cottage in Hickory on the northern edge of Pinehurts. He had five children Betty, Leonard, Robert, Ralph and Myron. Source: Ralph A. Barrett and The 1943 Pinehurst Outlook.

· Charlotte Barrett, born Abt. 1868 in Moore Co.. She married a McArthur and lived in Durham. They had several children. According to Ralph Barrett, Glen McArthur graduated from college and supported the rest of the children through their education. Glen McArthur became a successful lawyer in the Durham, NC area.

· Rhuhamia (Hamia) Barrett, born Abt. 1870. She married Will McNeill

· Maude May Barrett was born May 2, 1871 in Moore Co.. She married William Henry Thomas 1916 in Darlington, SC. He died in 1916 while at sea during W.W.I. Notes From Ralph A. Barrett: Maude apparently never married. She had a son named Tabor Snow Barrett who became an officer in the US army. He married an English woman and settled in Ga. They had children. His first wife died and he married her sister who came to the US to take care of the children. Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff: Lucy Lee Eccleston Sears writes that "according to Maude Barrett: Maude May Barrett born May 2, 1871; married William Henry Thomas in Darlington, SC around 1916 and he went to war shortly thereafter. Wm. Henry died on the sea. Tabor Snow Barrett was born about 3 AM Jan 12, 1917.”

· Judge Alfred Powell Hill Barrett, born January 16, 1876 in Moore County, NC; died December 10, 1933. He married (1) Flosaie Alma Wallace June 5, 1905; born February 19, 1883; died January 22, 1912. He married (2) Ruth Pearl Hamar January 8, 1915; born November 13, 1892. Alfred owned considerable property in the Rockingham and Hamlet, NC areas. According to Ralph Barrett, Alfred died from complications with a gall stone attack while staying at his hunting club in Moore County.

· Ulysses Leonard Liss Barrett, born February 22, 1877 in Carthage, Moore County, NC; died June 20, 1942 in Carthage, Moore County, NC. He married Elizabeth Sinclair; born November 29, 1879 in Carthage, Moore County, NC; died January 1969 in Carthage, Moore County, NC. Conversations with Leonard and Ralph Barrett confirm that Uncle Liss was an interesting man - a man full of life. He was a piano salesman for the south eastern region of the nation and did extensive traveling. He delivered pianos using a two horse buggy. His constant companion was John Hamar, his piano tuner. John was Ruth Pearl Hamar’s brother. Liss’ passion for life is revealed in two of the photographs shown elsewhere in this book - one with his wife on their honeymoon in Florida in an orange tree grove and the other taken in front of a Hamlet, NC hotel in which he and John Hamer are shown in their horse and buggy.

· Mary Louise Barrett was born Abt. 1879, and died 1934. She married K.C. Garner in 1914. Mary dropped dead on the dance floor in Hamlet, NC. Her husband, Ken C. Garner ran a clothing store in Rockingham, NC and was a joint owner of a Moore County hunting club with Alfred P. Barrett, his brother in law. It is believed that the club was located in the Bethlehem Church community.

· Rev. Robert Garefield Barrett, born 1882 in Moore Co.. He married a Miss Robbins

ROSCOE CONKLIN⁵ BARRETT (DAVID SAMUEL⁴, SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born March 22, 1876 in Moore County, NC, and died February 22, 1932 in Moore County, NC. He married (1) MAE ROBERTSON August 7, 1901, daughter of S. A. ROBINSON. She was born May 11, 1884, and died June 10, 1924 in Clinton, NC. He married (2) ESTHER MAE BROWN July 6, 1927, daughter of ALLEN LEE BROWN. She was born April 1, 1900 in Scotland County, NC, and died July 7, 1989 in Winston Salem, NC.

Roscoe C. Barrett was the first Principal of Pinehurst High School around 1920. His wife Mae Robertson taught Ralph Barrett when he was in the first grade. Two newspaper articles have been found that include stories of interest about Mae and Roscoe, Sr. Ralph Barrett still recalls the time when Roscoe and Mae were involved in a bad automobile accident in 1924 that ultimately resulted in Mae’s death.. Mae is mentioned also in a story printed in the Pilot entitled First Auto In Carthage Owned by Dr. Willcox. The accounts of this accident and her death are given in the two newspaper articles that follow and the article abut the first car follows these two.

Raleigh News and Observer, May 12, 1924, Page 1

TRAIN HITS COUPLE AT CLINTON GRADE; IN HOSPITAL HERE

Dorothy D. Irvin

Sahuarita, AZ

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, By Rassie Wicker:

pp Comments and Quotations

55	Deed: Joel McLendon to William Barrett, October 26, 1779, 100 acres &200, Book G, P. 93 {...on McLendon’s Creek, called Buck Creek. ... Granted to Joel McLendon in 1758. witness Solomon Barrett, Patience Barrett, Joel McLendon }
57	Deed: Jacob McLendon to William Barrot, April 20, 1773, 150 acres & 10 Proclamation, Book F, p. 215 {...on Dry Fork, on the upper side of McLendon’s creek. ..witness Donald Shaw, Franc McLendon Jacob McLendon. William Barrett owned land in various places. It is known that one of his homes was for a time on the north side of Suck Creek, a branch of McLendon’s creek, and in the vicinity of Mt. Carmel church.}
305	1790 Census: Head of household William Barrett 16 or older, 2 males under 16, 3 females, 1 slave.
311	1790 Census: {“This census was the first country-wide count of noses in the United States, but not the first enumeration in Moore County. At the September, 1785 term of county court, the following enumerators were named “to take the number of citizens” in their respective districts: William Barrett in Capt. John Cox’s District; John Jackson in Capt. William Cox’s District; Charles Campbell in Capt. Gaster’s District; Thomas Gilmore in his own District; William Meares in his own District and Abner Chapman in Capt. Crawford’s District. These “districts” were the military subdivision of the county, the township system being a much later innovation. . . Barrett - William Barrett, Sr., settled on McLendon’s Creek just below the Martin Mill tract. He died very early, and his widow, Patience Barrett continued to live at this place. A son, William, Jr., owned considerable land, and for a time at least, made his home on a tract he purchased from Joel McLendon. Situated on Suck Creek, between the Bryant or Tebe Davis place and Mt. Carmel Methodist Church, just north of the Lake built for the Boy Scouts. There is a small graveyard on the hill west of the road. One stone has the inscription “Mary Barrett” and on the reverse, “Remember Attorney” William’s sister also named Patience, married John Lewis, and is buried in the Lewis cemetery in the vicinity of Martin’s Mill place.}
460	William Barrett 100 acres, {Captain John Cox District. On Mill, Wet, Dry, Cabin, Bear creeks and McLendon’s and Richland.}
466	1815 Moore County listing: William Barrett 815 acres at $1600 ($1.96 per acre), Carthage Neighborhood.
466	1815 Moore County listing: William Barrett 280 acres at $500 ($1.78 per acre), Carthage Neighborhood
466	1815 Moore County listing: William Barrett 138 acres at $40 ($.29 per acre), Carthage Neighborhood
466	1815 Moore County listing: William Barrett 100 acres at $20 ($.20 per acre), Carthage Neighborhood

Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff:

Cumberland County NC,

· Bk. G pg. 93, 26 Oct. 1779: Joel McLendon to William Barrett 100 acres t200; on McLendons Creek, called Buck Creek. Runs N5 W179 poles; thence S85 W891/2 poles (sic); thence S5 E179 poles; thence N85 E 89 1/2 poles (sic) to the beginning. Granted to Joel McLendon in 1758 Wit: Solomon Barrett, Patience Barrett, Proved by: Joel McLendon

· Bk. F, pg. 215, 20 Apr. 1773: Jacob McLendon to William Barrott; 150 acres #10 Proclamation; on Dry Fork, on the Upper side of McLendons Creek. Beginning at 4 white oaks, Thomas Matthew’s corner on the NE edge of said prong and runs thence N55 E 26.50 chains, thence N 35 W 38.73 chains thence S55 W 38.73 chains, thence S35 E 38.73 chains to the beginning. Wit; Donald Shaw, Frances McLendon Proved by Jacob McLendon (Note - Grant to John Graham 28 Sept. 1762)

Moore County Abstracts 1784-1797

· 8 May 1785 William Barrett enters 50 acres on a branch of Deep Creek includes his own improvement,

· 20 Aug. 1785 William Barrett enters 100 acres on waters of Wet Creek and the head of Swings Branch,

· Apr. 3 1786 William Barrett enters ? acres between Lick Creek and Wet Creek,

· Sept. 22 1786 William Barrett enters 20 acres on Suck Creek,

· May 14 1787 William Barrett enters 50 acres on N side of McLendons Creek.

· March 20 1788 Soloman Barrett enters 15 acres on both sides of McLendons Creek; includes his own improvement, border Patience Barrett, McLeod and near Robert Graham; warrant issued,

· Nov. 17, 1788 Wm. Barrett enters 50 acres on Suck Creek,

· Jan. 5, 1792 Wm. Barrett enters 50 acres on S side of Richland Creek,

· Sept. 18, 1792 Wm. Barrett enters 100 acres,

· April 20, 1793 Wm. Barrett enters 50 acres,

· May 21, 1793 Wm. Barrett enters 100 acres,

· May 2, 1794 Wm. Barrett enters 50 acres,

· Nov. 20, 1792 Patience Barrett enters 50 acres on E fork of Dry Creek of McLendons Creek. Border William Barrett land on N side occupied by John McLeod,

· Nov. 22, 1796 Thomas Graham enters 100 a on S side of McLendons Creek border, Robert Graham Sr. and Patience Barrett; includes Soloman Barretts hog pen on Ridge Path.

Moore County Court Records pertaining to the children of William Barrett II filing for his Revolutionary War pension:

Claim of William Barrett - a Revolutionary War Soldier

Act of

State of N Carolina,

County of Moore

Be it known that on this thirteenth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty two (May 13, 1852), before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Wm. Barrett (III), Samuel Barrett, Jacob Stutts, Elizabeth Stutts residents of in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the to wit William Barrett, Samuel Barrett & Elizabeth Stutts (wife of Jacob Stutts) are children of William Barrett Sr. & Jacob Stutts husband of said Elizabeth Stutts & son in Law of said William Barrett Sr. who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Fifty Nine 43/100 Dollars per annum; that they have been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments my Agent may us in presenting said claim.

Wm. Barrett (Seal)

Samuel Barrett (Seal)

Jacob Stutts (Seal)

Elizabeth (her mark) Stutts (Seal)

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me SC Bruce J. Peace.

I SC Bruce, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hear by certify that William Barrett, Samuel Barrett, Jacob Stutts and Elizabeth Stutts who executed the foregoing paper are respectable residents of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.

SC Bruce, J. Peace.

I Alexander C Curry Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel C Bruce before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is his signature In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this Thirteenth day of may AD 1852.

A C Curry, Clerk

State of North Carolina, Moore County

We Willis D Dowd, Donald McDonald and Kenneth Matheson three of the Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions in and for the county of Moore in the State aforesaid have caused Henry B Stutts of said county to appear before us in the office of the Clerk of said Court on this 30th day of may AD 1853 (May 30, 1853) and the said Henry B Stutts being now here duly sworn by us according to Law The said Henry B Stutts says that he is acquainted with the children and heirs at Law of William Barrett dead and that said Barrett was a Pensioner under the laws of the Untied States that the children living as applicant believing are, to wit, William Barrett, Samuel Barrett, Walter Barrett, Elizabeth Stutts wife of Jacob Stutts, Charlotte Moore wife of John Moore and that all the rest of the children of Wm. Barrett as defendants believing is dead. Said Witness further states that there has been an administration taken out heretofore on the estate of said William Barrett (pensioner) and as he is informed and believing that Jacob Stutts was the administrator and that he gave as his Security Donald Street and Duncan Murchison think the amount of the ? as he is informed by the Clerk of the County Court of Moore is six hundred Dollars. That said witness is acquainted with the pecuniary situation of Jacob Stutts and the securities to his administration bond that the principal and Sureties are good for a much larger ? than the amount invested in the bond, that Duncan Murchison one of the Sureties is a man of large property both real and personal and that Jacob Stutts administrator owns a valuable tract of land and much personal property

Henry B Stutts (Seal)

Sworn to and subscribed before us this 30th day of may AD 1853

WD Dowd JP;

D McDonald JP;

K Matheson JP

WILLIAM³ BARRETT III (WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born June 3, 1793 in Moore County, NC, and died June 1, 1860 in Moore County, NC. He married MARY GRAHAM Abt. 1826 in Moore County, NC, daughter of ROBERT GRAHAM and MARGARET MCLEOD. She was born 1804 in Moore County, NC, and died October 1885 in Moore County, NC.

Notes From Glenda Merriwether Biggerstaff and Allen Barwick:

· Married sister to brother Samuel Barrett’s wife, i.e.; Mary Graham

· Filed for his fathers, William Barrett, Rev War Pension (See William Barrett II notes.)

· 1852 Moore County Tax list Barrett, William Esq. 612 acres, 890 value and 8 black poll

· The 1850 Census of Moore County NC Shows the following members in household 56, page 335: William age 57: Mary age 46, Robert age 21, Louise age 18, Sylvanus age 16, Elizabeth age 13, William A. age 10. The value of $775. Immediate neighbors included: George Stutts age 55 and William D. Smith age 57.

· The 1870 Census of Moore County NC Shows William Barrett living in the Carthage township, Dwelling 1380, p. 465. People in the household included: William age 67, Mary age 60, Elizabeth M. 23, Wm. A. age 21.

WILLIAM ASHLEY⁵ BARRETT (WILLIAM P.⁴, WALTER³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹) was born November 11, 1866 in Randolph, Bibb, AL, and died September 18, 1953 in Exeter, California. He married HETTIE JANE PUCKETT. She was born October 15, 1874 in Jonesboro, Lincoln, LA, and died October 27, 1946 in Exeter, California.

Notes Provided by MaeAllen Barrett Form:

The Heritage Book of Bibb County, AL, 1998,

Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc.,

PO Box 65 Clanton, AL 35046

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Sources of Information:

1. Samuel Barrett's family Bible

2. Moore County, North Carolina Census Records--1850, 1860, 1900

3. Hardeman County, Tennessee, Census Records--1880

4. Civil War records, National Archives, Washington, DC

5. Bolivar Bulletin, Bolivar, Tennessee, July 15, 1880; October 14, 1880; November 11, 1880; March 5, 1881; May 5, 1881; October 6, 1881; December 18, 1884.

6. The Daily American, Nashville, Tennessee, Report of the General Assembly January 4, 1881-May 16, 1882

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, p 323, By Rassie Wicker:

James Muse, (I) came down from Virginia and settled on the south side of Deep River, above the mouth of McLendon’s Creek in 1755, upon a tract of land purchased of James Barton. He died here, his will being dated 30 March, 1758. He lists James, Thomas and Daniel as his sons. James and perhaps all his brothers came down on McLendon’s Creek in the vicinity of Carthage. James, the most active of these, immediately began the entry of many tracts of land on McLendon’s Creek, Killet’s Creek and that general area, and purchased others. In February, 1776, he joined the “McDonald” army, and was captured at Moore’s Creek. He eluded captors somewhere on their trek to Philadelphia, and returned home. He evidently took the oath, as he remained in the county afterward. His wife, Charity, believed by the writer to have been Charity Dickerson, daughter of Robert Dickerson, who was a near neighbor of the elder James’s family on Deep River, was awarded by the Moore Court, the Cross Hill house and lands which James, Jr. had sold Dr. Alexander Morrison, and which was confiscated on account of Morrison’s part in McDonald’s army. It is the writer’s opinion that she made this place her home during her latter days. Jesse Muse, son James, Jr. married a daughter of George Glascock, and seems to be the ancestor of the Carthage branch of the family. The exact location of James, Jr.’s. home has eluded a long search by the writer. It was probably at or near the present crossing of NC Rt. 27 of McLendon’s and Killet’s Creeks.

Joel McLendon Moore County, NC

Joel McLendon was not a member of the Barrett family, but he played an important role in the overall history in that many of his vast land transactions in the 1700s were with Patience, William, Solomon, and other Barretts. Therefore a brief account of his history as given by Rassie Wicker follows:

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, pg. 448 ff., By Rassie Wicker:

“These families, in common with several early Moore county settlers, came over into this region from along the Pee Dee river in what was then Anson county, they having appeared there as early as 1740. They may have been Ulster Scots who had come down the Yadkin-Pee Dee or the Catawba rivers, from their settlements in what is now Mecklenburg county, though their Christian and given names suggest that instead, they were pure Irish. There was Francis, perhaps the father; Joel, Jacob and Jemima, perhaps the children of Francis, and some others, among them Thomas, who settled on Tom’s creek. between Carthage and Bethlehem church; Samuel, Dennis, Isaac and John., Jemima soon after, married a Dumas and returned to Anson, if indeed she had come with the others to Moore. Francis died in March, 1772, Joel and Jacob being named administrators of his estate. Of them, Joel and Jacob were the more active. They both made entries on Buck (later, McLendon’s) creek, including its mouth, across the river from Alston house, as early as 1748, being preceded only by the Griffith (Alston plantation) grants of 1747. At that time and for a short while thereafter, this stream was called Buck creek, but as was customary in such cases, it soon became known for the first settlers on it - the McLendons. Many additional grants were made to Joel and Jacob, practically all lying on this same stream or its tributaries. In the year 1758, Joel received a grant for two hundred acres, lying on both sides of the creed, and it was on this tract that h made his home; built a grist - mill and cleaned much land. From the Cumberland Court Minutes of May, 1763: “ . . . ordered, that the grist mill which Joel McLendon has built on McLendon’s creed be a public grist mill, he acting in said mill as the law directs.” And at the May, 1764 term, it was : “ . . . ordered, that a road be laid out from Sandhill Smith’s (west of Big Oak Church), to Joel Mclendon’s mill on McLendon’s creek, thence to the Deep River (Old Salem) road about three miles below Dunham’s creek (between Union Church and Vass), and that Joel and Jacob McLendon are appointed overseers of said road.” This road was known then, as it is no, as the Joel Road. On October 26, 1779, Joel conveyed the northern half (100 acres) to William Barrett. In this deed he refers to himself as “of Montogomery county,” indicating that he no longer lived in Moore. Finally, on November 20, 1787, he conveyed the southern half (100 acres) including the house, barns and mill to Robert Graham. It is pretty certain that with this sale to Graham, the McLendons cut their ties with Moore county, and returned to old Anson. Thereafter, Joel appeared on Brown creek, southwest of Wadesboro, in present-day Anson, while Jacob bought and entered land in present-day Stanly county.”

Moore County Places Familiar to Barrett Families:

Notes From Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, By Rassie Wicker:

pp Comments and Quotations

	McLendon’s Creek, Buck, Suck, Big Juniper, Dry Forks, Creeks: Creeks and streams commonly used to establish deed boundaries in the 1700s. They are located in the northwestern part of Moore County and they all flow via McLendon’s Creek into the Deep River near the House in the Horse Shoe. Most of the deeds of interest are located about 6-10 miles west of Carthage or about half way between Carthage and Candor.
353	Joel Road: This was strictly a local road, lying wholly within the county. At the May 1764 term of Cumberland court it was ordered “. . . that a road be laid off from Sandhill Smith’s to Joel McLendon’s mill on McLendon’s Creek and thence to the Deep River (Old Salem) road below Dunham’s Creek, and that Joel McLendon and Jacob McLendon be overseers of the same.” Sandhill Smith lived on Mill Creek, northeast of Samarcand, near the present Neill Dowd place, on the Yadkin road. The present county highway No. 1270 lies very closely to and is probably identical with this road, from it s intersection with county highway No. 1278, west of Big Oak church to its intersection with county highway 1210j, just north of the latter’s crossing of McLendon’s Creek near the old Billy Bryant place. . . . Following county highway No. 1210, the road crossed McLendon’s Creek a short distance below the site of McLendon’s mill, and continued along present No. 1210 to and across Big Juniper creek. It is the writer’s opinion that from here, it departed from the present highway, making in the general direction of Doub’s Chapel Methodist Church, which definitely was on this old road. From this point it passed more or less directly to its crossing of Wad’s Creek. This crossing is now that of county highway No. 1251 which is exactly at the original crossing. This spot is haunted and only the more courageous should attempt this crossing by foot, and especially at night. Until a few years ago. when the highway forces dislodged and moved it, a large, squarish stone, somewhat resembling a bale of cotton, lay athwart the old road, and the ghostly spot became known as the “cotton-bale rock” crossing. The road along this stretch lies upon the Thomas Wadsworth three hundred acre tract which, in 1772 was purchased by old Kenneth Black, and upon which Major Alexander McLeod and his wife, Anne, daughter of Flora McDonald established their home which they called “Glendale.” From this point eastward, for some three miles, the old road has long been abandoned. However, it passed just north of the old county home, and continued eastward to intersect county highway 1833 at a point about a mile southeast of Hillcrest. Following that route and No. 1831 eastward, it came to an end at the intersection of that road with No. 1805; the old Salem or “the Deep River Road.”
359	Martin’s Mill (also thought to be Campbell-McLeod Mill) John Campbell and his brother-in-law, Alexander McLeod built a dam and erected a mill on McLendon’s Creek about four miles east of Eagle Springs, about the year 1775. This mill was claimed as a loss by confiscation by the Campbell family. This mill passed to William Martin, Sr., shortly after the end of the Revolution, and it is understood that it remained in the Martin family until a few years ago. The writer recalls it about 1930, as still standing, though not in operation. The house has now disappeared only the four millstones and the dam-a rip-rap- remaining. It has long borne the name: Martin’s Mill.
450	McLendon’s Mill: No trace of this mill is left, and no tradition as to its location exists. Yet, it certainly was there; on this same 100 acres and on the Joel Road. The writer has minutely examined the creek for some distance above and below the Bryant place, and found only one spot which would readily lend itself to the construction of a dam. This point is southwest of the house and above the present highway bridge. Here a “nigger-head” dike crosses the stream, forming a natural dam with only a short gap to the channel to be filled in. With modern grading equipment, this gap could be filled in, and the cam restored at a very moderate cost.

ENDNOTES INDEX

Barbour, Lexie, 93

Barrett (I), William, 107

Barrett (II), William, 108

Barrett (III), William, 111

Barrett Jr., Roscoe Conklin, 104

Barrett Sr., Roscoe Conklin, 102

Barrett, Alexander, 85

Barrett, Alfred Powell (Judge), 102

Barrett, Benjamin Caddell, 86

Barrett, Charlotte (Lottie), 101

Barrett, David Samuel (Capt.), 86

Barrett, Doctor Chalmers, 86

Barrett, Elizabeth, 87

Barrett, Elizabeth K., 89

Barrett, John Alston, 89

Barrett, John D., 101

Barrett, John Edward, 89

Barrett, John Gilchrist, 90

Barrett, John W., 91

Barrett, Leonard Ward, 91

Barrett, Margaret Anne, 92

Barrett, Mary Louise, 102

Barrett, Maude May, 101

Barrett, Patience, 97

Barrett, Ralph Addison, 97

Barrett, Rhuhamia (Hamia), 101

Barrett, Robert Garefield (Rev.), 102

Barrett, Robert Graham, 100

Barrett, Robert Williams, 101

Barrett, Rolin Alexander, 101

Barrett, Samuel, 105

Barrett, Solomon, 107

Barrett, Tabor Snow, 102

Barrett, Ulysses Leonard (Liss), 102

Barrett, William Ashley, 111

Barrett, William Charles, 112

Barrett, William Riley, 112

Black, Conner C., 99

Black, Dannie Jasper, 99

Black, Elizabeth Jane, 99

Black, Emma, 99

Black, James Martin, 99

Black, Jane, 99

Black, John, 98

Black, Kenneth, 99

Black, Linde Malinda, 99

Black, Nora Lenora, 99

Black, William D., 99

Brown, Ester Mae, 102

Eccleston Jr., Norris Palmer, 95

Eccleston Sr., Norris Palmer, 94

Eccleston, James B., 94

Eccleston, Lucy Lee, 94

Farrar, Edna Coble, 92

Fuller, Frances Emma, 86

Grimm Sr., Louis, 94

Grimm, Herman, 94

Grimm, Randolph (Randy), 94

Hancock, Elizabeth, 89

Horton, Helen, 104

Lamberti, Antonio, 94

Lewis Sr., John, 97

McLendon, Joel, 114

Moore County Places, 115

Muse, James, 114

Muse, Jane C., 112

Richardson, Elizabeth Hasseltine, 93

Richardson, Lillian Brantley, 94

Richardson, Lucy Lee, 94

Richardson, Margaret Ann, 93

Richardson, Mary Blake, 93

Richardson, Noah (Rev.), 92

Richardson, Virginia C., 94

Richardson, William Brantley, 93

Robertson, Mae, 102

Sanders, JoAnna, 91

Sears, Beverly Hortense, 94

Sears, Daisy Margaret, 95

Sears, Doctor Frank, 94

Sears, Frank Douglas (FD), 95

Snow, Louezer Rosser, 101

Stutts, George Washington, 88

Stutts, Henry, 88

Stutts, Jacob (Drummer), 87

Stutts, John M., 89

Stutts, Lucy Ann, 88

Stutts, Martin (Dock), 89

Stutts, Mary, 88

Stutts, Nancy, 88

Stutts, Samuel, 88

Stutts, Walter (Walt), 88

Stutts, William, 88

NAME	BIRTH DATE	DEATH DATE
John Rodney	9 Dec. 1892	9 Feb. 1981
Ashby William	13 Jan. 1894	10 Mar. 1929
Walter Spencer	1895	1897
Terry Franklin	27 Jan 1898	20 Dec. 1962
Viola Florence	13 Aug. 1900	22 Nov. 1965
Joel Alva	4 Oct. 1902	19 Jun. 1979
Mary Lee	11 Sept. 1904	1 Jun. 1962
Louella	2 Aug. 1906	1996