WILLIAM AND PATIENCE BARRETT

OF MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Pinehurst, NC Circa 1915

Allen J. Barwick, Ph. D.

Raleigh, North Carolina

March, 2000

PREFACE

This report concerns itself primarily with the Barrett families that descend from William (b. in 1720’s - d. before 1765) and Patience (b. in 1730’s- d. between 1796 & 1800). They were thought to have lived on the north side of Suck Creek, a branch of McLendon’s Creek, and in the vicinity of Mt. Carmel Church approximately 8 miles due west of Carthage, NC.

Because of the lack of original source information concerning this William Barrett, attempts to tie his lineage to Colonial US or Britain is practically impossible or at least premature at the current time. Facts about his children likewise are scarce and the descendancy presented here has been based on considerable inferential work, originating from secondary sources and the work of other family historians as well as personal interviews with descendants as close as the 6^th generation.. There are considerable data, however, supporting the existence of Patience Barrett, her off spring and their descendants. Because of these limitations of genealogical data the focus of this report centers on the descendants of William and Patience Barrett rather than their ancestors.

DEDICATION

I am indebted to many relatives and friends (that I mention later) for help and the NC Department of Archives and History for providing data, records, and other documents, as will be noted in the notes. Two 6^th generation descendants, Ralph and Leonard Barrett were especially helpful in providing valuable bits of family history. It is to their father, Rolin Alexander Barrett, that the report is dedicated.

Rolin Alexander Barrett (166-1955)

ROLIN ALEXANDER BARRETT (1866-1955)

A brief account of Rolin Barrett follows in the reprinted article from 1943 Pinehurst Outlook:

"In Retrospect"

On a warm mid-July afternoon with the thermometer hovering around 98 in the shade. Pinehurst seemed unusually quiet on this torrid day as I trekked my way towards a coke fountain for a pick-me-up. Small groups of Village oracles were deep in retrospect under the large spreading live oak trees on the Village Green. Under one of these massive oaks, hard by the historic Department Store Building, sat an old-timer who was born on a farm ten miles from Pinehurst seventy-seven years ago, relating to his little coterie interesting incidents of bygone days. He was saying that he had sat under the same tree just forty-three years ago that very day. He saw the Sandhills, with intervals of ups and downs, grow and prosper; 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 U.S. 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 and 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.

This pioneer retired a few years ago and has since lived in an attractive little cottage in Hickory on the northern edge of Pinehurst, where he spends much of his time under an umbrella tree in his garden. His wife passed on about two years ago. He has several children now widely separated; a daughter resides in Colorado; a son, Leonard, is Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, Myron is doing defense work in an airplane factory; Ralph is a manager of a chain store, and Robert is clerk in the Pinehurst Post Office.

This man of parts, who delights in reminiscence and marvels at the changing world, is Rolin Alexander Barrett.

ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT

The report is organized into a Table of Contents followed by an Index of Individuals.

Section I reviews the known Barrett Family publications and deals with the sources of data.

Section II and III display the wealth of data that has been gathered for this report (over 1500 names) by presenting the Barrett Descendancy Chart and, alternatively, the National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGS) Report.

· A Standard Descendancy Chart shows an individual’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on. The primary individual (William Barrett I) appears at the top of the tree and the descendants appear in branches below the individual - like an organizational chart. Because the Standard Descendant trees include so many individuals, they grow to numerous pages very quickly. The format of the descendancy chart used in Section II is referred to as an Outline Descendancy Chart since it presents the lineage data as an outline and is easier to display than the Standard Descendant tree.

· The NGS Quarterly Report is presented in descendant order and is the preferred genealogical report of the National Genealogical Society. The format dates back to 1912. It presents the same information as the Descendancy Chart, but includes more annotations. that related four chapters: and appendix, bibliography and index.

Section IV, Endnotes, is a collection of individual and/or family notes available to the author. This section 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.

Section V is the family photo album - a collection of 75 very interesting photos that are indexed by name.

The Family History concludes with the Bibliography.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INDEX

SECTION I - INTRODUCTION

Purpose Of Report

Review Of Published Barrett Family History Reports

Review Of Barrett Family Group Reports And Compilations

Current Barrett Family Researchers With Computer Files

Interrelationships Of The Providers Of Data

SECTION III - NGS DESCENDANCY REPORT

SECTION IV - ENDNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PHOTO ALBUM

Alphabetical Listing of Individuals

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SECTION I: INTRODUCTION

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Purpose of Report

The fundamental purpose of this publication is to add to the current documented body of information concerning the Barretts of Moore County by providing a "living document." There might be as many contributors as there are relatives or friends who have an interest in adding to or correcting the manuscript as needed. The nature of genealogy is such that, under the best of circumstances, there will always be missing or inaccurate information that begs for correction or addition. Feel welcome to add or correct as you see fit. It would be nice, however, if the changes and additions could be filed with the Genealogy Library, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, since they have the most complete files that are available to the public. Posterity will have to provide the editors to compile the updates into future editions.

Review of Published Barrett Family Historys contents

In an ideal genealogy world, all people would be objectively identified with a birth certificate, a death certificate, a marriage license, a list of all other public record transactions like deeds and wills, and a pedigree list dating back to Adam. In the case of the first William Barrett of Moore County, NC, virtually no public records data exists to establish proof of his ever living in this area or elsewhere. The trail of his existence can only be surmised indirectly through information about the woman, Patience, who tradition indicates was his wife. In subsequent generations, the trail of data becomes richer and more useful for identifying the key descending Barrett family lines. This tradition and a lot of these data are documented in the published sources about the This Barrett family listed below. With the exception of the Sewell Family report, all of the other three documents give the traditional view that William Barrett I was the husband of Patience. The list follows:

1. The Seawell/Sewell/Sowell Families (1544-1954) Notes, Josephine Seawell Daniels (1887-?), Faison, NC, LDS Family History Department, Salt Lake City, Utah, call number 929.273 Se19d.

2. Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC, 1971, by Rassie E. Wicker, Moore County Historical Association.

3. The Stutts Family, 1982, (Section entitled “The Barrett Family of Moore County”), Katherine S. Melvin, Roseboro, NC, NC State Genealogy Library, call number 929.2 S9372m

4. Barretts Of Moore County, By Leonard W. Barrett, A Sixth Generation Member,

October 26, 1986, Raleigh, NC

The Sewell Family report by Josephine Seawell Daniels, implicitly concedes that there wasn’t enough valid information to establish who the father of William Barrett II was and thus makes him the first generation of the Moore County Barretts. Part of the confusion mentioned in the Josephine Seawell Daniels publication, relates to the possibility that William I was not a Barrett but, rather, was “William Williams.” More about this later.

The Rassie E. Wicker report is not a genealogy report and refers to the Barrett clan only through the trail of official records in the Moore County courthouse. This book is listed here because it provides a great resource of genealogical data about the families of Moore county; i.e. there are no less than seventeen references to the Barrett/Barrette/Barrot name in this book.

The most recent of these publications were done in 1982 and 1985. The Katherine S. Melvin and Leonard Ward Barrett documents are very similar in content and are both presented in their entirety with editorial annotations made by the author to reflect more recent data and/or to correct information that is perceived to be incorrect. These annotations are presented in brackets and in bold type; i.e. “{annotation}.” The review of each report follows.

Josephine Seawell Daniels, - Sowell/Sewell/Seawell Family History (Barrett Family Chapter Introduction) (pages numbers not available)

“The first Barretts who came to America, came from County Cork, Ireland; they first settled in Virginia about 1699, then came to North Carolina and made their home in Rowan County, later drifting into Moore County. {An earlier Daniels manuscript in the Moore County Library dated circa 1935 states that: “The Barretts came from Cork County, Ireland to American about 1690, into Moore County NC in 1814,” We know this arrival date to be incorrect as land and Revolutionary Pension records indicate otherwise, e.g., as early as October 26, 1765.} (This was given by U. L. Barrett, Carthage, NC, Nov. 31,. 1933). The Barrett pamphlet in the NC State Library Raleigh, NC says there were two sons of Charles Barrett, named William H. Barrett; {Attempts to identify this pamphlet have not been successful. Additionally, no reference has been found to “Charles Barrett” from Moore County. A closer examination of the Daniels papers in the LDS Family History Library might shed some light on this name} it is not clear as to which William H. Barrette we follow. (the above mention U.L. Barrette made statement that the William H. Barrett, whose descendants we claim, was son of one ... Williams, but because of some business deal, wished to follow his mother’s maiden name, so for $150 he had his name changed in Raleigh, NC to William H. Barrett; this record should easily be found in Raleigh, probably the date was around 1780)”

“Tradition, which was “handed down” through Mrs. Kate (Seawell) Smith (sister of A. A. F. Seawell), of Jonesboro, NC and Dr. V. Newton Seawell of Faison, NC, (both deceased . . now 1941), mentions that Annie, sister of Asa, Isham and Isaac (twins), Sheppard, Abyhus and Rev. Jesse Seawell, was born about 1779 and died 1824; she married 1797 one William H. Barrett. Sr...” { William Barretts’ Rev War Application states he was in Moore County, with his sister Patience giving affidavit that he was married to Anne Sowell shortly after the war.}

Conversations with Glenda Biggerstaff of Red Spring, NC lend some plausibility to the assertion that there might have been a name change.

”My great grandmother (Lucy Lee Eccleston Sears, gggd of Samuel Barrett) wrote in the early 50's, in colaboration with Maude Barrett, that it was rumored that William Barrett came from Scotland and had his name changed. Is the name change plausible? I believe it is. There was a Solomon Williams living close to Patience Barrett. After the one mention of Solomon Williams, he no longer can be found, yet there is a Solomon Barrett. I'd have to dig out all the information on it to give exact dates. If there was a name change it would of been with William Barrett #1. One thing to note. While NC was still a colony, fugitives could come here and not fear of being sent back. It was this law NC had. So creating new identy's were not necessary.

Glenda Biggerstaff August 5, 1999.”

In another correspondence with Glenda she explains the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) pedigree that researchers have used in establishing the possibility of a name change. Additionally she reacts to the reference to “Charles Barrett mentioned in the Sewell Report. She writes:

“The pedigree is as follows: William Barrett and Mary Williams (they were not married) had William Williams (Barrett) who married Patience. Dates given for the above are: William Barrett b 30 May 1703 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, William Williams (Barrett) b 30 Nov. 1728 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA d bef 1765. Again this is from LDS and it would be easy to make a connection there.

As far as the Charles Barrett. This is the first I've seen of it. Based just upon the naming patterns of William 1's and William II's children, that were in Moore County I would say that Charles as the forebearer would be incorrect.

One thing to remember is that complete accuracy in research is a fairly new thing these last few years. Especially when going getting to the 'brick wall' Did Charles Barrett of Rowan County have a son William? I'm sure he did. Is this William the one we are searching about? Not necessarily. There needs to be much more validation to accept Charles as the forebearer.

The whole paragraph doesn't make sense

If William Barrett's father was a Barrett to begin with, then his mother's maiden name would be different. Even if his mother's maiden name was Barrett, there would be no need to change the name.

Researchers have tried to find the so called record of William Williams or William Barrett changing his name. It could not of been around 1780. There is a record of a William Barrette changing his name to William Ashley. This William was in Robeson County and his lineage can be followed, besides the change was done in the late 1700's.

1. William the first was deceased by that time

2. William the second was in the war, and had enlisted under the name Barrett.

Any name change would have had to taken place prior to 1765. Patience used the name Barrett to purchase land in 1765.

There is one thing I do speculate on. That at least Patience was from the North. The name Patience was not widely used in the south as a first name. Even looking at VA records where so many from England came into it's not a common name. However, in New England it was widely used. It's just a theory, and that's all.

I hope the above makes more sense.

Glenda August 10, 1999”

Another reaction to Josephine Seawell Daniels’ paragraph printed above comes from Mae Allen Barrett Form in which she reacts to the source and location of the document which she received from Dorothy Dyson Irvin. (The original documents are in the LDS Family History Library) Mayallen responds to my solicitation for her input into the original source of this paragraph and concerning the validity of a possible name change:

“Dear Allen,

Chuck {Charles M. Barrett} forwarded your message to me. I think the paper you're talking about was in the vertical file at Moore County Library. Dorothy {Dorothy Dyson Irvin} did have a copy of it which she shared with me. I went through it and made corrections according to her information which was usually very good. She corresponded with lots of people. Anyway, I don't know, nor did she ever say, who put the material in the vertical file. BUT she was sure the informant was U L Barrett. She always said U L was a drummer (you know, salesman, not musician) and therefore didn't always have the complete story. There are quite a few errors, one of the most glaring was confusing Robert Graham Barrett with Robert Garfield Barrett. Right now I'm not sure if I ever sent Chuck an edited version of the VF material or not.

I've never been able to track down the name change either and suspect it was one of the other families. The only documented name change I've found (from Index to Colonial & State Records, NC Vols I-XXN, Vol 20 Bill to change Name 22 Barretz, William 993-4 to Barrett and another in Robeson County (it was in ROBESONIAN) about Ashley name change.”

MaeAllen August 9, 1999”

Glenda Biggerstaff and MaeAllen Form both shed enough doubt on the name change to suggest that a lot more research needs to be done before it can be established as being real. This report proceeds with the assumption that William Barrett I was the first generation of Barretts in Moore County, NC.

Rassie E. Wicker, 1971, Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Moore County, NC

This book is indeed a must for all genealogist of Moore County. The list of references presented next are representative of the wealth of data about thousands of names in Moore County. His specific reference on page 311 summarizes the basics concerning William I.

The 1790 Census, Notes, p. 311:

“William Barrett, Sr., settled on McLendon’s Creek just below the Martin Mill tract. {See the accompanying map that Mr. Wicker compiled in 1956} 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, {Suck Creek is the creek that forms the Boy Scout Lake 8-10 miles west of Carthage.} 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 Attornety” William’s sister also named Patience, married John Lewis, and is buried in the Lewis cemetery in the vicinity of Martin’s Mill place. {Dorothy Dyson Irvin and others had a tomb marker for William II erected there in 1982.}”

Location of Barrett Places, Early 1800s

Katherine V. Melvin: 1982, Stutts Family History (The Barrett Family of Moore Co. Chapter located in the Vertical Files of Moore County Library, repeated in its entirety.)

“Since the Barrett family ties in through marriage to the Jacob Stutts, whose history is told on p. 100 of the Stutts Family book, I thought it wise to incorporate as much as I have learned about the Barretts since writing the above book. They comprise one of Moore County's oldest and best-known families, and their descendants are numerous in North Carolina and elsewhere.

This family's record begins with a William Barrett {I} whose wife was named Patience. William died before the 1790 census, so I am told.

In the 1777 Cumberland County taxables (part of Cumberland became Moore County in 1784) a William Barrett is listed as owning one hundred acres. Patience Barrett is listed as owning one hundred, seventy-six acres They are in Captain John Cox's district. The 100 acres was not an exact figure, says the late Rassie Wicker, but extended the right of suffrage to those owning a minimum of 100 acres. How William and his wife acquired this land is listed under Cumberland County Grants, where on April 20, 1773, William Barrett acquired 150 acres on Dry Fork, {about 2 miles south west of the Boy Scout Lake} the upper end of McLendon's Creek, from Jacob McLendon. This was probably granted to William, Sr. as his son, William {II} would have been only nineteen at this time.

Still earlier, in 1765, Feb., 24th, Richard Worrill deeded Patience Barrett one hundred sixty acres on both sides of Buck (McLendon's Creek.) {about 2 miles north of Seven Lakes Community}. However, the fact that Patience bought land in her own name, might also indicate that her husband was deceased prior to that time, in which case the grant to William (above) would have been to William Barrett II.

William Barrett, Sr., settled on McLendon’s Creek, just below the Martin Mill tract. {Martin Mill apparently was just 1 -2 miles north west of the current Seven Lakes Community.} He died very early, and his widow, Patience, continued to live at this place.

Their son, William Barrett II owned considerable land, and for a time made his home on land he purchased from Joel McLendon. This land, on Buck Creek, consisted of one hundred acres, bought from Joel McLendon October 26, 1779. {The witnesses to this deed transfer were} Patience and Solomon {who} were probably a brother and sister of William Barrett II

William Barrett I and his wife, Patience, had the following known children:

1. William Barrett II, born Feb. 1754. or 1755. He married Ann Sowell.

2. Patience Barrett, born ca. 1757. She married John Lewis.

3. Solomon, born ca. 1760; was over 45 in 1810, and died between 1820-30

4. {Samuel Barrett, born after 1760.}

5. {Mary Barrett, born ca. 1764; According to Glenda Biggerstaff, William Cagle b. Abt. 1754 married Mary in November 1787 and moved to Blount, TN. According to the 1850 census they were still living then.}

The first census of the United States, in 1790, shows three Barrett names in Moore County:

· Patience, with one son {Free white male less than 16} under 16, and three daughters {Free white females} {With Patience having this many free white individuals living in her household, it would imply that she had grand children, laborers, William I lived beyond 1765, or she remarried and these are the children of her next marriage.}

· Solomon, with a son over sixteen, one under sixteen, and himself; {and one free white female - his wife.}

· William {II} with a son over sixteen, two over sixteen (one of whom was himself) and three females, including his wife. {one free white male over 16, two free white males under 16 and three free white females.}

William Barrett II, was a Revolutionary soldier, in John Cox's division. His war pension record is on file at the National Archives in Washington, D.C,---no S8046. The D.A.R. roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution lists William Barrett {II} as a private, sum received $178.29, in NC Militia, for March 4, 1831. Age seventy-nine. He died about March 1, 1840.

His wife, Ann Sowell, born ca. 1764 - died December 1840, was a daughter of Isaac Sowell, himself a Revolutionary soldier who died during the war, and was buried at Ashley Hill, SC where he fell. Her mother was Mary Quimby, a sister of Eliazer Quimby, also a Revolutionary soldier. The name Quimby has come down through generations of the Barrett, Seawell and Stutts families.

William Barrett {II} was also a Justice of the Peace for Moore County in 1784, Captain of Moore County Militia in 1789, High Sheriff for Moore in 1790-92, in the lower House of the General Assembly of North Carolina in the years 1792, 1798 and 1806. He is buried in the Barrett cemetery, near county highway #1264 {Beulah Hill Road}, on McLendon's Creek crossing above the Boy Scout Lake. He helped choose the site of the first courthouse in 1795.

The 1815 list of landowners in Moore County lists William Barrett {II} with 1,233 acres, Solomon Barrett with 300 acres and John Lewis, the husband of Patience Barrett with 230 acres.

The children of William Barrett II and his wife, Ann Sowell were:

1. William III, b, June 3, 1793, died June 1, 1860. Married Mary Graham, born 1804. They are buried in the Barrett cemetery.

2. Walter b. 1800. Married Elizabeth Caddell.

3. Samuel, b. Dec. 3, 1802 - d. July 12, 1890. Married Elizabeth Lee Graham 1806-1879.

4. Elizabeth, b. 1808 - d. Nov. 9, 1899. In 1825 she was married to Jacob Stutts, who between 1850-1860 moved his family to Alabama.

5. Charlotte, {b. Abt. 1810} She married John Moore.

6. Junius: 1839 - 1882

Other children moved west. Names not given here.

7. {John Alston Barrett June 03, 1793 -

8. Sarah Barrett Abt. 1794 - Abt. 1819

9. Mary Barrett Abt. 1801 - Bef. 1850}

The 1850 Moore census shows Patience Lewis, 97. Living with her were Mary Martin 38 and John Fry 26. (See p, 30-31 addenda, Stutts book). Next door to Patience was a John Lewis, age 45 whom I am sure was her son. He is married to Elizabeth, 38 and their children range from Patience E. age 16 to Daniel C. age nine months.

At the Barrett grave site are the graves of three children whose birth dates predate the ones listed above. These are:

· Alesebeth Barrett: Feb. 6, 1791- Oct. 11, 1798 (age seven)[i]

· Marey Barrett: Nov. 28, 1787- Sept. 25, 1793 (age six)

· Samuel Barrett: April 5, 1785-Oct. 15, 1799 (four years old)

· Another grave, not marked, is possibly that of William Sr.{II} {Through the efforts of Dorothy D. Irvin, Sahuartta, Arizona, Edward B. "Moss" Fry, Carthage, and the VA have placed a tombstone in memory of their great, great, great grand-father, William · Barrett {II} at the Barrett Cemetery located above the dam on the Boy Scout Lake on County Highway No. 1264 at the McLendon’s Creek crossing.}

The same 1850 Moore census shows the family of William Barrett III. He is married to Mary Graham. He is 56 and his wife 46. Their children are Robert, Louise, Sylvanus, Elizabeth and William.

Samuel Barrett, his brother, is 47 and wife Elizabeth is 44. Their children are William, Alexander, Mary E. John A., Junius A., David and Doctor. There is no record of Walter Barrett {He first moved to Bibb County AL before 1830 - (Betty Mason) and then to Texas after 1860’s where he died in Milam, TX, April 02, 1886} another brother. He may have been one of the children who went west. Charlotte and Elizabeth are married.

William Barrett {III} was a planter and slave owner and a strong Baptist layman. He went to the House of Commons, in North Carolina in 1852. In 1860 he was appointed to take the Moore County census. He owned twenty-six slaves.

Both William {III} and Samuel had sons who fought in the Civil War: William A. Barrett was a second lieutenant. A William R. Barrett was also in the conflict. Alexander, son of Samuel, was a second lieutenant.

Samuel's son David S. born in 1842 - d. 1918 was also in the Civil War. In 1870 he operated the Planter's Hotel on the square in Carthage. I have a note from a descendent that says Samuel Barrett built and operated the hotel, then called the Barrett Hotel. Probably his son D.S. Barrett later changed the name. Samuel is buried at the old home place called the Grove (once called Golden Groves) between McLendon's Creek and Deep River.

If you turn to the 1850 Moore census for the family of Jacob Stutts who married Elizabeth Barrett, you can almost tell which parent named which child. Henry, George W., and Lucy are Stutts names. Walter, Samuel and William B. are Barrett names. I feel certain that William B's full name was William Barrett. By the 1860 census, two more children are found, one of whom is Doc. (the same name as the youngest child of Samuel Barrett.) In the 1850 census he is Martin, so the "Doc" may be a nickname.”

Barretts Of Moore County, By Leonard W. Barrett, A Sixth Generation Member, October 26, 1986, Raleigh, NC

Leonard Barrett, my wife’s uncle shared this account of the Barrett Family History with the participants of the Descendants of Rolin Alexander Barrett Reunion held in Seven Lakes, Moore County, NC, October 26, 1986. It is repeated here in its entirety

BARRETTS OF MOORE COUNTY

By Leonard W. Barrett

A Sixth Generation Member

October 26, 1986

What information I have relating to the Barrett Family of Moore County prior to my generation was passed down by my forefather, obtained from public records or from historical publications regarding Moore County by numerous. authors.

I shall hereby attempt to relate to you, in chronological order, some little information about each of our Moore County forefathers.

I. Around the middle of the 18th century my great, great, great grandparents - William I and Patience Barrett - settled in that part of Cumberland County, North Carolina which later (in 1784) became Moore County. There is very little information available concerning activities of William Barrett I as he died just a few years after his arrival in Moore County. However, records do indicate that his wife, Patience, was left a widow with six children (3 boys and 3 girls). The eldest of those six children was a boy named William II. Records further reveal that on Feb. 24, 1765, Patience Barrett purchased 160 acres of land in her own name.

II. William Barrett II (B. Feb. 1754 - D. Mar. 1840) was my great, great grandfather and according to history had a long and productive life. Records reveal that on Apr. 20, 1773 he purchased 150 acres of land and on Oct. 26, 1779 he purchased 100 acres of land. ---Incidentally, the Oct. 26, 1779 purchase was made exactly 207 years to the day before the first Barrett reunion was held at Danny Barrett's home in Seven Lakes --- He continued to obtain land in various locations and became one of the largest plantation owners in Moore County. He was a Revolutionary War Captain in the NC Militia. One of the 8 Justices of the first Court in Moore County when it was formed in 1784. He was High Sheriff of Moore County 1790 -1792. At intervals in 1789 through 1806 he served 5 terms in the NC Assembly. In 1795 he was appointed by the General Assembly to a Commission of 5 to select a suitable site for the first Moore County Court House. He was appointed one of three managers of the first Moore County Fair held in 1792.

He is buried in a Barrett Cemetery located above the dam on the Boy Scout lake on County Rd. 1264 at the McLendon Creek crossing. I understand the Veterans Administration has recently furnished a marker for his grave.

III. The 3rd generation William Barrett III (B. June 3, 1793 - D. June 1, 1860) was my great grandfather. Following foot steps of his father, he was a large plantation owner and planter with numerous related businesses such as turpentine producing etc. He also served in the NC Assembly. He is buried in the Barrett Family Cemetery .3 of a mile west Co. Rd. 1229. On a recent visit to this grave site I discovered that all grave markers, wrought iron fence and all other above ground signs of a burial place had been removed. Crops are being planted over ground once a family cemetery.

IV. Robert Williams Barrett (B. Apr. 25, 1829 - D. Jan. 7, 1897) and Louezer R Barrett (B. Dec. 30, 1840 - D. May 16, 1900) were my grandparents. They were parents of nine children.----Rolin Alexander, John G., Ulyssess L. , Alfred, Garfield, Maude, Lottie, Haimy and Mary. My grandfather was a business man, planter and churchman. Both grandparents are buried at Bethlehem Church Cemetery located on County Rd. 1261 approximately 200 yards N.W.. of where Co. Rd. junctions.

V. Rolin Alexander Barrett (B. April. 20, 1866 - D. Nov. 16, 1955) Lillie B. Barrett (B. May 11, 1886 - D. June 15, 1942). My parents who were married, by Judge Shaw in the now famous Shaw House located in Southern Pines, in 1904. No child has ever had more kind or loving parents than each of their children.

My father was a business man, merchant, farmer, school teacher, Post Master and a most generous man.

My parents are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Southern Pines, NC.

Leonard W. Barrett {August 29, 1909 - October 09, 1998}

Review of Barrett Family Group Report Compilations and Assorted Memorabilia

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The following three references represent valuable sources of genealogy data from which the computerized files used in this report came. These three sources along with the four previously addressed represent the “foundational” documents for establishing the Barrett lineage presented in this report. The three unpublished sources - Charles M. Barrett, Dorothy Dyson Irvin and Betty Hill Mason - are valuable in the sense that they represent first hand accounts or knowledge of the Barrett clan or they have been compiled from original sources such as personal interviews and/or family Bibles. The Endnotes Section of this Report reveal in the notes the sources of the data - a large part coming from these individuals

1. Assorted Notes, Photographs, And Barrett Family Memorabilia, Charles Martel Barrett, 1008 Manchester Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609 (919-787-1609), Undated

2. Barrett Family Unpublished Family Group Sheets compiled by Dorothy Dyson Irvin, (Great grand daughter of William Riley Barrett and Jane C. Muse) 10498 Nogales Hwy, Tucson, AZ 85706, Undated

3. Barrett Family Unpublished Family Group Sheets compiled by Betty Hill Mason, (Great great grand daughter of Elizabeth Barrett Stutts), 317 Meadow Ln, Kingsport, TN 37663, 423-239-8526, Undated

Current Barrett Family Researchers with Computer Files

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My brief research into the Barrett name has lead to the identification of six individuals who are known to be doing current research on the Barrett name and have computerized their data. It is because of their willingness to share their data using the common exchange language know as GEDCOM that the file of over 1500 names has been compiled for this study. GEDCOM is a standard file format for exchanging information between genealogy programs. The acronym GEDCOM stands for Genealogical Data COMunnications. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints (LDS Church) developed the GEDCOM standard. Interested readers may contact one or more of these people to obtain this data for their own research.

1. Allen Joseph Barwick, 4509 Waterbury Road, Raleigh, NC 27604 (919-872-7592), compiled the database used in this report from all the sources mentioned here and is the major contributor of the branch of descendants from Robert Williams Barrett.

2. Kevin Larry Barrett, 9647 Mount Ayre Way, Murfreesboro, TN 37129I, Submitter of GEDCOM file containing the descendants of John Alston Barrett.

3. Glenda Lee Biggerstaff, 201 N College St., Red Springs NC 28377, Submitter of GEDCOM files related primarily to the descendants of William Barrett I as well as assorted notes and Barrett Family memorabilia.

4. Benjamine Lester Carroll, 2204 North Fisher Court, Pasadena, Texas 77502 (713-944-3463), Submitter of GEDCOM file containing the descendants of Walter Barrett.

5. Juanita R. Frye, 4405 Center Drive, Florence AL 35630, Submitter of data to LDS Ancestral Files, Submission #AF96-101737 (These data were not used in this report, but are reported here for the benefit of the reader.)

6. Audrey Barrett Rapp, 1484 West 4180 St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84123, Submitter of data to LDS Ancestral Files, Submission #AF91-105712, (These data were not used in this report, but are reported here for the benefit of the reader.)

Interrelationships of the Providers of Data for This Report

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The chart displayed on the next page shows the providers of data (in bold) and their relationship one to another and with their direct ascendancy to William Barrett I. Family members in the same row (generation) are “(x-3)” cousins; e.g. all blood kin in the 4th generation were first cousin (Robert Williams Barrett, Rodney C. Barrett, Mary Polly Stutts, Jeremiah Barrett, Margaret Anne Barrett, William Riley Barrett and David Samuel Barrett were first cousins). Kin in the 7th generation are 4th cousins (Carol Leigh Barrett, Martha Ann Barrett, Betty Imogene Hill, John Edmun Barrett, Beverly Hortense Sears and Dorothy Dyson Irvin are 4th cousins). Kevin Larry Barrett and Glenda Lee Merriwether Biggerstaff are 6th cousins. The reader can satisfy him/her self for other combinations.

NGS Descendancy Chart

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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:

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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