Notes for George Barber: George and Margaret Barber, with two infant sons, William and Matthew, moved from the Wake-Johnston Counties area of North Carolina shortly before the outbreak of the Revolution, and settled on Long Creek of the Broad River in present-day Wilkes County, Georgia.
George Barber served as a Lieutenant and Captain in the Revolutionary War, and as a Lt. Colonel in the Creek Indian war, all in Georgia. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GEORGE BARBER was awarded tracts of land totalling 1670 acres in three counties, Franklin, Wilkes, and Oglethorpe, for his service in the Revolution. The land in Wilkes County was bounded on the northeast by a land grant to Matthew Patton.13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George and Margaret Barber were living in Wilkes County, Georgia between 1774 and 1786 because the last five of their ten children were born in Wilkes County. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Willof GEORGE BARBER Senior
Georgia ) In the name of God Amen, I GEORGE Oglethorpe County ) BARBER Senior of the County and State Will Book B. ) aforesaid, being of sound disposing mind Page 207 ) and memory, do make and order this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills. First I desire all my debts to be paid. Secondly, I give devise and bequeath to my beloved wife MARGARET BARBER all my property, both real and personal of which I may be possessed, for and during her natural life, to be used and enjoyed by her during that time, and after her death and not till then, to be disposed of in the following manner, to wit: It is my will and desire that my said wife have the following negroes, namely, Mat, his wife Rhoda, and Temp, and their and future increase, to dispose of in any manner she may think proper, absolutely and unconditionally by her last will or by deed to take effect after her death. Again I give and devise to my son William Barber one hundred acres of land lying on the south side of the branch adjoining George Runnels, on the east side including the plantation whereas the said William now living by the same, are left to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Again I give and bequeath to my son Mat Barber two negroes, to wit, Fed and Jane, to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Again I have heretofore given my son Robert Barber a certain tract of land lying on the Oconee River in Clark County, including the plantation whereon he now lives, this same being two hundred and forty acres, be the same, more or less, which together with the negroes. to wit, Lige and Chainey, that I do now assign and bequeath him is and shall be his full share of my estate to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Again I have hereto fore given my son Samuel Barber two hundred two and a half acres of land, more or less, lying in Jones County on Walnut Creek, which shall be his full share of my estate. Again I assign and bequeath to my son Reece Barber one negro man named Edmund, which together with a tract of land lying on the Oconee River in Clark County joining Robert Barber, and consisting of two hundred and forty acres, already given by me to him which he had disposed of and is now enjoying the profits of shall be his full share of my estate. Again I have heretofore given to James Scott, who intermarried with my daughter Martha, a tract of land lying in Clarke County joining Robert Barber and containing two hundred acres, including the plantation whereon he now lives, which is and shall be the full share of the said James Scott or his children by the said Martha, in and to my estate. Again I give devise and bequeath to my sons Robert and George Barber as trustees for my daughter Sarah Runnels and her children by George Runnels, and in trust for her, and their use, one hundred acres of land, on the south side of the branch, be the same more or less, including the plantation whereon she now lives. Also, two negroes, to wit, Clesia and Kate and their increase, and the said property is not to be subject in any manner to the use or control the same in trust aforesaid, for the said Sarah and her said children, and in case of the death of the Said George Runnels, the trust is to cease, and the said property is to be equally divided between the said Sarah and her said children. Again I give and bequeath to my four grandchildren to wit, Sally, Nancy, Aggy and Margaret, the two negroes, to wit, Harriet and Renny, that I have already given them, which shall be in full their share of my estate. Again I give devise, and bequeath to my son George Barber all the tract of land which has not already been herein disposed of, and on which I now live, being the balance of said tract, and also six negroes, to wit, Jack, and his wife Pindder, Reuben, Burwill, Willis, and Nathan to him and his heirs and assigns forever. I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Robert and George Barber to executors to this my last will and testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of October, 1820. Witnesses: GEORGE BARBER SEAL Abram J. Hill Thomas W. Goulding Henry Blake J. P. recorded 4 September 1822
More About George Barber and Margaret Watkins: Marriage: December 1766
Children of George Barber and Margaret Watkins are:
George Barber (b. 1743, d. 1822)
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