John B Barnett71, 72, 73, 74, 75 was born Abt. 1824 in Morgan County, Georgia76, 77, and died 14 Feb 1897 in Arnoldville, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Love County, Oklahoma)78.
Notes for John B Barnett: Researcher Kay Harper reports the following information she has found on John Barnett.
Military: In 1836 John Barnett served as substitute for his brother, William R. Barnett in the "Seminolian Florida War."
Also he enlisted at Fort Payne, Alabama as private in the Alabama Volunteers on 12 Mar 1838 in the Indian Wars, was discharged 22 July 1838 at Fort Payne. This information comes from the form "Declaration of Survivor for Pension, Indian War Service Pension" filed by John B. Barnett on 12 Aug 1892, a resident of Marietta in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Ok.
Personal History: According to military pension records, the Barnett family lived in Cedar Bluff, Al; Carrollville,Ms; Baldwin,Ms; Graham, Tx; Arnoldville,Ok; Sivells Bend,Tx and Marietta,Ok. -- Kay Harper, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=katty&id=I16762
Also in regard to the information in petitions for the pension, Susan Ball reports from her research: In affidavits filed in pursuit of this pension, John B. Barnett states that he is called John B. to distinguish himself from his father, John. John B. Barnett further states that he was born in Morgan County, Georgia, moved to Cherokee County, Alabama (prior to 1838) and moved to Mississippi about 1844. -- Susan Ball, RootsWeb Lists, http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/TXMILAM/2007-05/1179752184
This statement by John about the year they moved to Mississippi is consistent with the ages of the children reported in the 1850 census. The 1860 census however, reports them younger and thus born later. In the 1850 census, the age of Elizabeth is 7, which indicates a birth of about 1843 in Alabama. But in 1860 her age is 14 (only 7 years gained in the 10-year period!), which would make it appear she was born in 1846 in Alabama. If John was right about moving to Mississippi in 1844, then the ages in the census of 1850 are closer. The census month in 1850 was November, which meant most of the children had already had their birthday for that year. The census month in 1860 was June.
1850 Federal Census, Itawamba County, Mississippi, 2 November, District 6, page 133 (scan 368), Hse #904, Fam #911 John Barnett 28 M Farmer Georgia [born abt 1822] Minerva Barnett 26 F South Carolina [born abt 1824] Caroline Barnett 12 F Alabama [born abt 1838] Louisa J Barnett 9 F Alabama [born abt 1841] Elizabeth Barnett 7 F Alabama [born abt 1843] Lucinda K Barnett 5 F Mississippi [born abt 1845] Frances Barnett 4 F Mississippi [born abt 1846] John F Barnett 1 M Mississippi [born abt 1849]
Child Lucinda is given the middle initial of K. In the next census she is Lucinda C. The likely name with these two initials is Catherine/Katherine. I also found that Kay Harper has the middle name as Catherine, so I am spelling the name that way, following the 1860 census.
We can tell from this census that John and Minerva married in Alabama, as their first three children were born there. The oldest, Caroline appears to have been born in 1838, so they would have been married about a year earlier. The year of Caroline's birth matches the year that John enlisted in the Alabama Volunteers, so this also supports a date of at least 1837 in Alabama. It could have been earlier.
Following John's statement and the 18509 census, we will say that the family moved into Mississippi about 1844, even though the 1870 census gives us the birth of Sarah Elizabeth in Alabama in 1846. 1870 gives us a birth year of 1848 for Lucinda Catherine, but 1850 yields a birth years of 1845! They added 3 years to Lucinda, not to mention that the census was earlier in 1870, and she might not have had her birthday yet! The same thing happened to Sarah Elizabeth.
1860 Federal Census, Itawamba County, Mississippi, 20 June, PO Gun Town, page 1 (scan 219), Hse/Fam #2 Barnett, John 36 M Farmer $200 real $1125 personal Georgia [born abt 1824] Barnett, Minerva 38 F South Carolina [born abt 1822] Barnett, Louisa J 17 F Alabama [born abt 1843] Barnett, Sarah E 14 F Alabama [born abt 1846] Barnett, Lucinda C 12 F Mississippi [born abt 1848] Barnett, Francis (Frances) A 11 F Mississippi [born abt 1849] Barnett, John F 10 M Mississippi [born abt 1850] Barnett, William A 8 M Mississippi [born abt 1852] Barnett, Lee M 7 M Mississippi [born abt 1853] Barnett, James C 6 M Mississippi [born abt 1854] Barnett, Susan A 3 F Mississippi [born abt 1857] Barnett, Manday [Mandy] 1 M Mississippi [born abt 1859]
Sarah E matches Elizabeth in 1850 and 1870.
John and Minerva switched birth years with the ages given in this census. I surmised that Louisa J was probably Louisa Jane. Kay Harper's Barnett genealogy indeed reports that as her full name. Larry Kingsley also has this name in his genealogy that includes the Barnett family.
By 1870, they are in Prentiss County, Mississippi, near Booneville.
1870 Federal Census, Prentiss County, Mississippi, 11 June, PO Booneville, Township 6 Range 7, pages 5-6 (scan 428), Hse/Fam #31 (page 5) Barnett, John 55 M W Farmer $200 real $1125 personal Georgia [born abt 1815] Barnett, Manerva 53 F W Keeping House Georgia [born abt 1817] Barnett, Elizabeth 24 F W Alabama [born abt 1846] Barnett, John F 19 M W Mississippi [born abt 1851] Barnett, William A 18 M W Mississippi [born abt 1852] (page 6) Barnett, Peter M 16 M W Mississippi [born abt 1854] Barnett, James C 15 M W Mississippi [born abt 1855] Barnett, Susan A 14 F W Mississippi [born abt 1856] Barnett, Amanda 12 F W Mississippi [born abt 1858] Barnett, Mary E 10 F W Mississippi [born bet June-Dec 1860] Barnett, Amos 8 M W Mississippi [born abt 1862]
If the ages are right in this census (and we see that is not likely), they lived in Mississippi until after 1870. I cannot tell when they moved form Gun Town to Booneville. But this might just be an indication of name changes and redistricting within Itawamba County.
We find here in the ages of for John and Minerva one of those wondrous errors in census ages. Note that in 1860 John is 36 (thus born abt 1824) and Minerva is 38 (thus born abt 1822). The children's ages are about 10 years greater in the 1870 census, but John ages 19 years and Minerva ages 15 in that period from June 1860 to June 1870!
In 1870 John's age is reported as 55 (thus born about 1815) and Minerva (Manerva) 53 (thus born about 1817). Also in this great span of years, in 1860 Minerva is two years OLDER than John, but in 1870, she is two years YOUNGER.
Minerva's place of birth has also changed from South Carolina to Georgia, probably in the enumerator's inattention, copying the birth state of her husband as a ditto for Minerva (Manerva).
Elizabeth of 1850 was Sarah E in 1860, and has become Elizabeth again in 1870. The child Lee M in 1860 matches Peter M in 1870. Was he Peter Lee M? Or Lee Peter M?
I note here that the age for Susan matches a birth year of 1856, but in the 1900 census, the birth date is reported as August 1858. In 1860 her age of 3 would yield a birth year of 1858, for an August birthday.
The first daughter Louisa J is now out of the household. Two other daughters are also now and apparently married; Lucinda and Francis (Frances).
Mary E and Amos were born since the 1860 census. Since Mary is 10 years old, we may suppose that she was born between the June 1860 census and December of 1860.
A Barnett family genealogy by Kay Harper lists the children of this family, which I will not include in my primary entries: 1. Frances BARNETT b: 1849 2. Mary Nancy Ellen 'Mollie' BARNETT b: 31 Jan 1861 in Prentiss Co, Miss 3. Lucinda Catherine 'Katie' BARNETT b: 27 Dec 1847 in Wheeler, Ms 4. Louisa J. (Jane) BARNETT b: 1843 in Ala 5. Sarah E. (Elizabeth) BARNETT b: 1846 in Ala 6. John F. BARNETT b: 1850 in Ms 7. William A. BARNETT b: 1852 in Ms 8. James C. BARNETT b: 1854 9. Susan A. BARNETT b: 1856 10. Peter M. BARNETT b: 18 Jul 1856 in Ms 11. Amos BARNETT b: 1862 -- Kay Harper, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=katty&id=I16762
There is a child of this family missing from Kay's and another Barnett genealogy I found. She is listed in two censuses I have found. She is Amanda, age 12 in 1870, and reported as Manday (for Mandy), age 2, in 1860. Larry Kingsley includes Amanda in his genealogy of several families that includes this Barnett family. -- Larry Kingsley, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldkingsley&id=I02794
According to Barnett family genealogies, John died 14 February 1897. Kay Harper gives his place of death as Orinne, Love County, Oklahoma. This is helpful, and confirms the exact location, but is an anachronism. This was Chickasaw Nation until 1907, when Chickasaw was combined with other Nations and the Oklahoma Territory farther west and north to form the State of Oklahoma.
Larry Kingsley says John's place of death is Arnoldville, near Orinne. He also reports burial in Arnoldville. Because of this additional detail and the burial information, I am following Larry on this.
In the 1900 census, we find Minerva living in Chickasaw Nation, the part that became Love County, with her son James and his wife Christina. There are 4 men living with them as boarders. James is listed as a farmer, and his son Christopher is working on the farm.
Note that child number 2 in Kay Harper's genealogy has three given names: Mary Nancy Ellen. This is the only place I have seen the name Nancy for this daughter. Two other genealogies have her as Mary Ellen. All three give Mollie as her nickname.
The genealogy by Larry Kingsley joins Kay Harper in giving the middle name of Lucinda: Lucinda Catherine. Kay Harper gives her nickname as Katie. Larry gives the nickname Bette for Sarah Elizabeth.
More About John B Barnett: Date born 2: 1815, Atlanta, Dekalb, Georgia.79, 80 Date born 3: 1822, Georgia.81 Burial: Aft. 14 Feb 1897, Arnoldville, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Love County, Oklahoma).82 Died 2: 14 Feb 1897, Orinne, Love, Oklahoma.83 Residence: Bet. 1838 - 1844, Alabama; Residence: Seminole Wars service and Marriage.83, 84 Residence2: Bet. 1844 - 1860, Gun Town, Itawamba, Mississippi.85, 86, 87 Residence3: 1870, Booneville, Prentiss, Mississippi.88 Residence4: 1892, Marietta, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.89
More About John B Barnett and <Unnamed>: Marriage: 07 Jan 1841, Cedar Bluff, Cherokee, Alabama.89
John B Barnett (b. Abt. 1824, d. 14 Feb 1897)
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