JOHN HENRY AND SARAH MAY BARWICK FAMILY HISTORY   

FIRST REUNION EDITION

JUNE 29, 1996

 

 

 

 

John and Sarah May Barwick 50th Wedding Anniversary Circa 1941

 

 

Allen Joseph Barwick, Ph.D.

4509 Waterbury Road

Raleigh, North Carolina 27604

 

 

 

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INTRODUCTION AND FOREWORD   3

OUR ENGLISH ROOTS AND COLONIAL ANCESTORS   5

Barwicks  5

Cowards  6

BARWICK/COWARD PEDIGREE  9

THE BARWICKS AND COWARDS OF DOBBS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA   14

William Barwick Sr. (1730-1790) & Joshua (John) Barwick (b. 1753 - After 1800) 14

Isaac Barwick (32) (1789-1854) 18

Craven Tull Barwick (10) (1833-1885) 18

Craven Tull Barwick Will 19

Craven Tull Barwick’s Civil War History  21

John Henry Barwick (1) (1869-1948) 23

William Coward III (2503) (1670 - 1728) 26

John Coward (2497) (c. 1693-1737) 26

Edward Coward I (2462) (1719-1780) 27

Edward Coward II (2461) (Before 1742- after 1820) 28

Arthur Coward (2973) (1782-1849) 30

Edward Coward III (2085) (1785-1863) 30

Samuel Hart Coward (46)  (1815-1851) 31

Eugenia Coward (49) (1838-1902) 32

Nancy Elizabeth (Nannie) Coward (48) (1844-1870  32

Albert G. Coward (19) (1848-1928) 32

Sarah May Coward (2) (1869-1963) 33

SETTLEMENT IN LENOIR COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA   35

Dobbs County, North Carolina  35

Contentnea Neck Township In 1906  35

Grifton In 1906  36

Bethel Academy  37

Edwards Bridge Community  38

Coward Bridge History  38

Building the Bridge  38

Account of Civil War Activity at Coward's Bridge  41

Coward Farm Bell in Tick Bite  42

BIBLE INFORMATION   44

Isaac Tull Bible  44

Tull - Barwick Bible  44

Coward - Pittman Bible  45

CEMETERY LOCATIONS   53

Tick Bite  53

Greene County Brick Kitchen Road Area  53

Grifton  54

Kinston  54

Edwards Bridge Old Barwick Farm   54

QUOTES FROM THE GRIFTON NEWS SECTION OF THE KINSTON FREE PRESS   55

DESCENDANCY CHARTS   59

Isaac Barwick Descendants  59

Edward Coward Descendants  64

John Henry Barwick And Sarah May Coward Descendants  68

CONTEMPORARIES AND PIERS   73

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF BARWICK - COWARD DESCENDANTS   78

POSTSCRIPT: "HAVE A REUNION AND THEY WILL COME"  96

Attendants at the First Barwick Runion  97

Descendants Of Ruth BARWICK-3 (1892-1975) 97

Descendants Of Mary Ethel BARWICK-4 (1894-1966) 97

Descendants Of Samuel Coward BARWICK-5 (1896-1975) 98

Descendants Of Rachel BARWICK-7 (1900-1989) 99