The Barrons of
Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper
and Jones
Counties, GA (1789 – 1820s)
Vicki Barron
Kruschwitz
114 Kingston
Drive
Waco, TX 76712
(254) 235-1437
Updated January
2003
Note:
The data in this article comes from many sources, including shared data
from a number of Barron researchers. I
extend a special thanks to Ken and Bill Barron, Darrell Johnson, Bill Maddocks,
Donna Sarchet, and especially Tim Hudson for the information provided that made
this article possible. Darrell offered
a key suggestion that we compare signatures of John Barron on early documents. And Bill Maddocks’ contribution of the
second Garrard letter and Tim’s of the Greene, Hancock and Jones Counties, GA,
tax lists were invaluable.
However, the
reader should keep in mind that there are still many gaps in our knowledge
about this family. And, as in all such
documents, mistakes will be found. But
this information is offered to generate input from other researchers to correct
and expand our knowledge of the Barron family.
I welcome and encourage you to contact me and will attempt to
incorporate new data as quickl0y as possible.
Barron researchers have long been confounded by the many references to various Barrons found in the early records of Greene and Hancock Counties, GA. Upon first scans of deeds, court records and tax digests, multiple John and Samuel Barrons appear. On the surface, it seems possible that as many as three men of each name existed. However, by carefully reviewing all of the available records and comparing the names of recurring neighbors and watercourses, virtually every record can be attributed to specific individuals. The resulting count indicates that there were likely only two Samuel Barrons and two John Barrons living in those counties from the 1780s through 1800s. Each of these men will be discussed in separate sections with explanations of the records that can reasonably be attributed to him. These records lead to unexpected conclusions about the identities and relationships of these men, challenging long-held traditions and speculations of Barron researchers. However, it must be admitted that no one document was found that clearly and concretely states the specific relationships of all of these men; so the conclusions drawn from this study must be viewed as a theory strongly supported by evidence currently available. New information about the Barrons of Greene and Hancock Counties is welcomed to shed further light on this tangled family.
Part I: Which Samuel Barron was really the son of Prudence Barron of Wilkes County, GA? This section discusses the two Samuel Barrons who lived in Greene and Hancock Counties in the 1790s – early 1800s. One appears to have been a son of (William and) Prudence Barron – but which one???
Part II: A tale of two John Barrons. This section discusses John Barron of Greene, Hancock, Jackson and Jasper Counties and John Barron of Wilkes, Hancock and Jones Counties. The first John Barron seems relatively unknown to most Barron researchers. The second is well-known as the son of (William and) Prudence Barron.
Part I: Which Samuel Barron was really the son
of Prudence Barron of Wilkes County, GA?
The two Samuel Barrons:
1. Samuel Barron (1767 – 1801) of Greene and Hancock Counties, GA
has been a puzzle to Barron researchers, with his
parentage and origins remaining significant question marks. However, this Samuel Barron is the man who
owned land in Wilkes County, the man who lived near John and William Barron,
presumed sons of Prudence Barron, and the man who named a son “Davis.” Further, it appears that John Barron, son of
Prudence, was the administrator of this Samuel’s estate. If so, Samuel and John are identified as
brothers in estate records, which would make this Samuel a son of Prudence
Barron also!
2. Samuel Barron (1768 – 1826) of Greene, Hancock and Jones
Counties, GA. No records have been found connecting this Samuel Barron to
Wilkes County. He did not live near Prudence’s
presumed sons, John and William Barron.
And biographical articles written about one of his sons and grandsons
raise questions about his origin. Yet,
based on a letter by John Davis Garrard in 1892, this Samuel Barron is the man
family researchers have identified for the last 110 years as a son of William
and Prudence Barron. It may be
worthwhile to now ask: “Have we included the right Samuel Barron in our
family tree???”
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1. Samuel
Barron (1767 – 1801) of Greene and Hancock Counties, GA
Perhaps
the most misinterpreted man of the Barrons of Greene and Hancock Counties was
the Samuel Barron who first appeared in Greene County, GA, in 1791 and died in
Hancock County, GA, in 1801.
Researchers have previously assumed that this Samuel was not related to
the family of Prudence Barron of Wilkes County, GA, (her husband is presumed to
have been William Barron, who died before 1785). Because of the widely circulated August 1892 letter written by
John D. Garrard to J. D. Barron, most researchers have accepted that a second
Samuel Barron who also lived in Greene and Hancock Counties and later in Jones
County, GA, (where he died in 1826) was the son of Prudence Barron. New evidence indicates that Garrard may well
have been wrong in his identification.
Let’s
first examine the limited information available about the Samuel Barron who is
mentioned in Wilkes County, GA, in the 1790s and is presumed to have been
Prudence Barron’s son. The only tax
digest in which Samuel Barron was listed was 1790 in District J (Frank Hudson’s
designation in Wilkes County Georgia Tax Records), where he paid taxes
on 280 acres of land. In the same
district was found John Barron (another presumed son of Prudence), Jacob
Garrard (a documented son-in-law of Prudence) and “Widow Barram” (Prudence) who
was a tax defaulter. Samuel Barron was
listed next to Lydia Brooks, whose land bounded that of Prudence Barron, so it
is likely that he was paying taxes on Prudence’s behalf.
Though
Prudence, John and William Barron (another likely son) were listed in 1791,
1792 and 1793 Wilkes County tax lists, Samuel Barron is not found in later
Wilkes tax digests. (Prudence and
William also paid taxes in Wilkes in 1794 and 1795). Samuel Barron did not appear in Wilkes public records again until
July of 1796, when “Prudence Barron widow of state and county aforesaid” sold
100 acres adjacent Mills (and others) to “Samuel Barron of state aforesaid and
county.” This deed implies that Samuel
Barron was “of” Wilkes County. However,
in a deed dated October 1796, James Willis of Wilkes County and Samuel Barron of
Hancock County, executors of Prudence Barron’s estate, sold 140 acres of
her property in Wilkes County.
The
last mention of Samuel Barron in Wilkes County records took place in January
1798 when he sold the 100 acres that he had purchased from Prudence Barron to
John Smith (who is believed to have been a son-in-law of Prudence Barron). Both men were identified as being “of Wilkes
County.”
The
various close relationships described in these Wilkes County records between
Samuel Barron and Prudence Barron and other likely members of her family
provide support to John D. Garrard’s identification of Samuel as a son of
Prudence. However, it should be noted
that Garrard’s limited knowledge of Prudence’s sons John and Samuel came from
conversations with his father -- and that Garrard had not recorded their family
lines in his files. He deduced that the
John Barron and the Samuel Barron, who both died in Jones County, GA, were
Prudence’s sons from correspondence with their descendants.
Garrard
explained the rationale he used to identify Samuel Barron of Jones County as
Prudence’s son in a little-known second letter to J. D. Barron dated September
1892. He stated that his father knew of
only two Samuel Barrons “in that part of the State”: one was identified as his
father’s cousin (likely the son of John Barron who was presumably a son of
Prudence Barron); the other was his father’s uncle (who would have also been a
son of Prudence Barron). Because
Garrard believed that his father knew of no other Samuel Barron in the
vicinity, Garrard was influenced to conclude that Prudence’s son Samuel must
have been the man who eventually moved to Jones County and died in 1826. Apparently, John D. Garrard was not aware of
the Samuel Barron who died in Hancock County in 1801. (See Appendix I below for the full
text of both the August 1892 and September 1892 letters; also see the section “Samuel Barron (1768 – 1826) of Greene,
Hancock and Jones Counties” for a more detailed examination
of what appears to have been a false identification by Garrard of Samuel
Barron, son of Prudence.)
Just
who was this Samuel Barron who was unknown to John D. Garrard? The following in-depth discussion provides
evidence that he was actually the man of that name who had ties to Wilkes
County and to members of Prudence Barron’s family – and was most probably the
“uncle” Samuel Barron described by Garrard’s father.
Because
it is easy to confuse the two Samuel Barrons in question, this “unknown” Samuel
Barron will be referred to as Samuel Barron who died in 1801. The “other” Samuel Barron, who Garrard
believed (likely wrongly) was the son of Prudence Barron, will be identified as
Samuel Barron of Jones County.
The
Samuel Barron who died in 1801 at the relatively young age of 34, was born on
23 August 1767, according to a family Bible see Appendix II for full transcription of records). He was very close in age to the other Samuel
Barron (of Jones), who was born on 4 July 1768 (according to his family’s Bible
-- see Appendix III
for full transcription of records).
This similarity in ages may create difficulty for researchers trying to
identify the heritage of the two men.
Either of the Samuel Barron’s birth dates is reasonable to have made him
a son of Prudence Barron. However, it
should be noted that the birth date of a presumed younger son, William, is
known (also from a family Bible) as being in May 1769. William’s birth date would put a mere 10
months between him and the birth of Samuel Barron of Jones, which is certainly
possible, but creates some skepticism about the likelihood of Prudence bearing
two children in such quick succession.
The birth date of Samuel Barron (who died in 1801) allows about 20
months between the two children. The
comparison of birth dates may be a small matter and inconclusive, but should be
considered in sorting through the identities of the two Samuels.
The
next known event in the life of the Samuel Barron who died in 1801 was his
marriage to Jane --??-- on 8 July 1790 (spelled Jain in the family Bible). Greene County, GA, probate records in the
1790s provide evidence that his wife was Jane Miller, daughter of Alexander and
Eleanor Miller. Prior to moving to
Greene County in the late 1780s, the Millers lived in a Wilkes County tax
district (Frank Hudson’s designation I) adjacent to that where Prudence
Barron’s family lived. So it is
possible that the Barrons and the Millers were acquainted in the 1780s when
their children were nearing adulthood.
The
“other” Samuel Barron (who moved to Jones) married Joannah --??-- (per the
family Bible) on 22 March 1793. John D.
Garrard gave her maiden name as Braswell, though it has not been otherwise
confirmed to date. There were Braswells
in Wilkes and Greene Counties, but so far none have been linked to Prudence
Barron’s family. It should be noted
that this other Samuel Barron first appeared in Greene County public records
later that same year. He was taxed for
property in the 1793 Greene County Tax Digest and was listed just prior to John
“Barnes” (Barron), another Barron who has not yet been connected with Prudence
Barron’s family.
The
Samuel Barron who died in 1801 first appeared in public records in Greene
County in 1791. In May of that year,
Jane Miller Barron’s brother, Brice, chose Samuel Barron as his guardian
(Inferior Court records). And in
December, Samuel witnessed a transaction for property on Sandy Run and Logdam
Creek of the Oconee River situated in the southwest section of Greene
County. This was the first of many
references to this Samuel Barron in relation to watercourses in that portion of
Greene. Sandy Run, Logdam Creek, Island
Creek and Town Creek were all situated in the same small area that Samuel
Barron made home for the next ten years.
Near neighbors listed over and over included Anderson Comer, Shadrack
and John Roe, and John Hudman.
It
is not known when this Samuel Barron purchased his first land in Greene
County. No deed has been found for such
a transaction. However, a January 1792
deed from Anderson Comer to Shadraik Roe identifies property as lying adjacent
John Hudman, John Roe, Samuel Barron and David Chriswell. And in the 1793 Greene County Tax Digest,
Samuel Barron was listed with 123 ½ acres in Tully Choice’s District, located
near John Roe, George Vest, John Hudman, James McKisach (McKissack), Jesse
Clemons and Anderson Comer. Of particular
note, this Samuel Barron was also taxed on 100 acres of land in Wilkes
County.
There
are two important points to consider regarding Samuel Barron’s land ownership,
both of which tie this Samuel Barron to Wilkes County. First, of course, is that in 1793 he paid
taxes on 100 acres located in Wilkes, adjacent Flournoy. This Flournoy could have been Jacob
Flournoy, whose Wilkes County property was found across the Little River from
that of Prudence Barron. His land on
the south bank of the river was situated in a different tax district (Frank
Hudson’s designation MM), but one that was adjacent to the district in which
Prudence lived. Jacob Flournoy was
found in this district in 1790, 1792 and 1794.
Many of Flournoy’s neighbors, as well as many of Prudence Barron’s
immediate neighbors, were members of Phillips Mill Baptist Church in
Wilkes. This fact indicates that their
properties were found in the same small vicinity since poor roads discouraged
long-distance travel for church attendance.
Not
only did Samuel Barron pay taxes on 100 acres in Wilkes in the 1793 Greene Tax
Digest, but also in the 1794 Hancock Tax Digest, where the land was described
as lying adjacent William Mims. (Note
that in December 1793, Hancock County was created and the portion of Greene
County in which Samuel Barron was living became a part of the new county). It is possible that the name Mims should
have been Mills or Miles (though there was a William Mims living elsewhere in
Wilkes County during this time). William Miles or Mills was listed as a near
neighbor to Prudence Barron in the various Wilkes Tax Digests from the
1790s. When in July 1796 Prudence
Barron sold to Samuel Barron 100 acres in Wilkes County on the north side of
Little River, the land was bounded on one side by “Milles.” And when Samuel Barron of Hancock County and
James Willis of Wilkes County, executors for Prudence Barron’s estate sold her
real estate in Wilkes, the land was described as adjacent Samuel Barron and
William Miles.
Note
that this Samuel Barron of Greene and Hancock Counties paid taxes on 100
acres of land in Wilkes in 1793 and 1794 and that in 1796 Prudence
Barron formalized by deed a sale of 100 acres to a
Samuel Barron. It is not unreasonable
to assume that Samuel Barron paid taxes (in Greene and Hancock) on land in
Wilkes prior to a deed being made. A
known example of this situation is when Samuel Barron sold the 100 acres in
Wilkes to John Smith. Smith paid taxes in Wilkes on the land in 1797, but a deed was
not made until January 1798 (Wilkes County Deed Book RR, p. 293). (In the incomplete 1796 Hancock County tax
digest, this Samuel Barron is not recorded, so it is not known whether he paid
taxes for land in Wilkes that year.
However, the 1797 Hancock tax list does not include the
Wilkes property under the listing for Samuel Barron, which seems to corroborate
its transfer to John Smith, who did pay taxes on the property in
1797 in Wilkes. It should further be
noted that Samuel Barron is not attributed with any Wilkes County property in
what is apparently the 1798 Hancock County Tax Digest [incorrectly identified
in a DAR transcription as the 1795 Tax Digest]. This again fits the proposed scenario, as the property was
officially deeded to John Smith in January of that year.)
The
similarities in acreage and names of adjacent landowners of the Wilkes County
property on which Samuel Barron (who died in 1801) paid taxes -- first in
Greene, then in Hancock County -- to the land that Prudence Barron sold to her
presumed son Samuel Barron in Wilkes provides strong evidence that the two men
were likely one and the same.
A
second tie to Wilkes County can be found in the Greene (later Hancock) County
property of the Samuel Barron who died in 1801. As mentioned previously, in January 1792, a deed was made in
Greene County between Anderson Comer and Shadraik Roe describing the land sold
as lying on Sandy Run and Big Island Creek and bounded (among
others) by Samuel Barron and David Chriswell.
David Criswell / Creswell / Chriswell was a neighbor of Prudence Barron
in Wilkes County, living in adjacent District I (Frank Hudson’s
designation). He was named a surveyor
in Greene County and owned property there.
When John Barron “of Wilkes County” (the presumed son of Prudence
Barron) bought his first land in Hancock County located on Town and Island
Creeks in December 1793, the named adjacent landowner was David
Creswell. Further, John Barron
purchased this tract from John McCarthy/McCarty, a former Wilkes neighbor of
David Criswell (Hancock County Deed
Book AB, p. 108). (See Frank Hudson’s Wilkes
County, Georgia, Tax Records for specifics on the landholdings of McCarty
and Criswell). Interestingly, McCarty’s
name turns up as the adjoining landowner to Samuel Barron on a piece of property
listed in the 1797 Hancock County Tax Digest.
So, the Samuel Barron who died in 1801 lived very near John Barron of
Wilkes in an area settled by old Wilkes County neighbors of Prudence Barron.
This Samuel Barron lived in southwest Greene (later Hancock)
County near the Oconee River. John
Barron (in about 1793/1794) and William Barron (about 1795), both presumed sons of Prudence Barron,
moved nearby. In addition, several
allied families and neighbors of Prudence Barron moved to that area by the
early 1790s. To place this land
ownership in perspective, it should be noted that the land of the other Samuel
Barron (who later moved to Jones) was located in a different part of the county
on Fulsom’s Creek near the Ogeechee River in the northeast section of Greene
(later Hancock) County. There is no
indication in known records that this other Samuel Barron ever owned land in Wilkes.
One of the most puzzling aspects of John D. Garrard’s August 1892
letter to J. D. Barron was his assertion that his father had a cousin named
Davis Barron. In this letter Garrard
states that he is “tolerably sure” that Davis Barron was a son of William
Barron, Jr. Since there was no child
named Davis recorded in the family Bible, those of us researchers descended
from William, Jr. have struggled to find such a son. In the little-known second letter to J. D. Barron, dated
September 1892, Garrard admits that he was mistaken that Davis Barron was a son
of William, Jr. He wrote in his
September letter:
“… I thought that he (Davis Barron) was
a son either of your grandfather, John Barron, or his brother Samuel, but when
Mrs. Austin, the grandaughter of Samuel Barron, gave recently the names of her
grandfather's sons and you gave those of your grandfather, and both of you left
out Davis Barron, and knowing so well that my father had a cousin Davis Barron
whom he had associated with frequently, I necessarily concluded that I had
forgotten that he was a son of William Barron, of Newton. But I got to
thinking about it after mailing that letter to you, and became pretty well
satisfied that Wm. Barron of Newton, your grandfather's brother, had no son by
the name of Davis…”
Instead, he decided that Davis Barron must have actually been John
Davis Barron, an uncle of J. D. Barron.
If J. D. Barron had had such an uncle, this man would have been a son of
John Barron. The problem is that John
Barron (presumed son of Prudence Barron) is not known to have had a son named
John or Davis. Therefore, J. D.
Barron had no uncle named John Davis Barron. – though he did have a brother
with that name. But J. D.’s brother was
a whole generation younger than John D. Garrard’s father. It seems that, in his eagerness to find a
relative named Davis Barron, Garrard must have confused the relationship of John
Davis Barron to J. D. Barron.
Unfortunately, this second wrong conclusion by Garrard about the
identity of Davis Barron may have caused some descendants of John Barron to
attempt to manufacture for John a son named Davis. Correspondence exists from the 1940s and 1950s adding Davis
Barron to a list of John’s children.
However, tax, will and estate records do not corroborate such a
claim. Some researchers even speculated
that John Barron’s youngest son, Milton Decatur, was actually named Milton
Davis. This speculation further muddled
attempts to identify the cousin Davis Barron recalled by John D. Garrard’s
father.
It is very apparent that Garrard was having difficulty somehow
connecting his father’s cousin, Davis Barron, with a known branch of the
family. Garrard was looking for a man
named Davis Barron who would have been the son of John, William or Samuel
Barron. Davis Barron clearly did not
fit in the families of either William or John.
And the Samuel Barron of Jones County (ancestor of the referenced Mrs.
Austin), whom he believed to be one of the brothers, did not have
a son named Davis. However, the Samuel
Barron who died in Hancock County in 1801 did have a son named
Davis – the only known Davis Barron of that generation. Garrard’s father, Hiram, born in 1800, grew
up in Putnam County, GA. Davis Barron,
born in 1794, likely spent much of his youth in Putnam County as well. His stepfather, John McKissack, was there by
1807. Davis Barron was named as
guardian of his younger siblings in Putnam County in 1816.
Therefore,
it appears very credible to conclude that the Davis Barron whom Hiram Garrard
“had associated with frequently” was the son of the Samuel Barron who died in
1801 – a man unknown to John D. Garrard.
It can be speculated that Davis Barron was named for the family of
Prudence Barron, whose maiden name Garrard seemed quite sure was Davis. However, it must be admitted that none of
the names of Davis Barron’s siblings seem to connect them with the family of
Prudence (and William Barron). The
other children of Samuel Barron who died in 1801 were Sarah, Tillitha, Edmond
and Agesilaus (named for a Greek king).
During
his lifetime, the name of Samuel Barron who died in 1801 was often associated
with John Barron (presumed son of Prudence Barron) in Hancock County. This association continued after Samuel’s
death as John Barron assumed estate administration responsibilities.
In
Hancock County in March 1799, Mary Vest and the Samuel Barron who would die in
1801 were named as administrators of the estate of George Vest, Mary’s deceased
husband. It is not known how Samuel
Barron was related to the Vest family.
However, upon Samuel’s death, the administration was taken over by John
Barron, presumed son of Prudence Barron.
The identity of this John Barron is certain, as he retained the
responsibility for the estate throughout his residence in Hancock County and
after his move to Jones County in about 1809.
In Hancock’s 1804 and 1808 tax digests and 1811 in Jones, John Barron
was listed with his recognizable land on Island Creek granted McCarty, followed
by his tax payment on land as administrator for George Vest’s estate. By the 1813 Jones County Tax Digest, John
Barron had sold his Hancock County property, but continued as administrator for
the George Vest estate, as he did in the 1814, 1817 and 1818 Jones Tax
Digests. For John Barron, son of
Prudence Barron, to assume the responsibility of administering the Vest estate
from Samuel Barron (after his death in 1801) there must have been a close
relationship between these two men. And
since John Barron carried the administration for so many years there also must
have been a strong tie to the Vest family.
When
Samuel Barron died in December 1801, Anderson Comer and a John
Barron were named as administrators of his estate. We learn that this John Barron was the brother of the deceased
Samuel Barron from a June 1802 horse theft claim filed in Hancock County by
John Barron on behalf of the estate.
The theft took place in 1792 on Logdam Creek in what was then Greene
County. Witness to the claim was John
Hudman. (Recall this article
established a few paragraphs earlier that this Samuel Barron resided near
Logdam Creek and John Hudman per a deed dated January 1792.)
But
how does the researcher know which John Barron was this Samuel Barron’s
brother? In addition to the presumed
son of Prudence Barron, there was in this same time frame a second John
Barron living first in Greene, then Hancock Counties. The question is a not an easy one. It is known that Prudence Barron’s presumed son John moved to
Jones County in about 1809. The other
John Barron moved to Jackson County between 1797 and 1802. The John Barron who co-administered his
brother Samuel’s estate appeared in Hancock court records irregularly through
1807. Anderson Comer was more often
identified as administrator – and after 1807 was the only named administrator in available Hancock and Jones records (Comer
moved to Jones in about 1808). Why John
Barron “disappeared” as co-administrator is not known.
However, there are two pieces of evidence that seem to pinpoint
which John Barron was brother to Samuel who died in 1801. First, in the Hancock County Ordinary Court
minutes of 28 January 1804, a John Barron made returns on both the George Vest
and Samuel Barron estates. These
returns were recorded on the same page of the court record. It is likely that the same John Barron acted
in both instances. As discussed previously, it is known that John Barron, who
later moved to Jones County (and who was the presumed son of Prudence Barron),
was the administrator for George Vest.
The proximity of returns for both Vest and Samuel Barron indicate that
this same John Barron was administrator for Samuel Barron’s estate as
well.
Second, when John Barron’s signature on the 1802 Hancock County horse theft claim is compared with the signature on the will of Prudence Barron’s presumed son, John Barron, the handwriting similarities are striking – especially if one considers that these two signatures were written twenty-one years apart. It appears that John Barron who died in Jones County in 1823 may well have been the brother of Samuel Barron who died in Hancock County in 1801 – which means that both men were likely sons of Prudence Barron.
If so, Barron researchers must
consider changing their records regarding the heirs of Prudence Davis
Barron. Samuel Barron (1768-1826) who
married Joanna Braswell should likely be removed – to be replaced with Samuel
Barron (1767-1801) who married Jane Miller.
The two signatures can be compared by clicking on the following
link:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/r/u/Vicki-Barron-Kruschwitz/PHOTO/0018photo.html
Samuel Barron’s widow, Jane, participated in the 1805 Georgia Land
Lottery from Hancock County with John and William Barron and a host of men from
allied families. Jane Barron drew a
prize in the 1805 lottery, which settled the first five land districts of
Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties, as well as Wayne County. It is known that Jane Barron married John
McKissack sometime between 1805 and 1815, the year of his death. Perhaps the couple removed to Baldwin County
as McKissack was found in the 1807 Baldwin Tax Digest in Stephens’
District. Later in 1807 a portion of
that district was placed into newly formed Putnam County. William Barron, Jacob Garrard and John Smith
(all related by blood or marriage to Prudence Barron) were also living in that
district, as well as Alexander Miller and John Vest, whose families were
previously tied to the Barrons in Greene and Hancock Counties. McKissack was listed as a slaveholder in
Putnam in 1810 and later in the 1813 tax digest. McKissack died there in 1815, identifying in his will his wife
Jane.
In
Putnam County on November 1816, Samuel Barron’s oldest son, Davis, aged 22, was
appointed guardian for Samuel’s minor children. The following year, Davis Barron paid taxes in Jones County
on his father’s old property on Logdam Creek in Hancock County on behalf of the
orphans of Samuel Barron. Perhaps he
later sold the land as he did not pay taxes on it again in 1818. However, in the 1818 Jones County Tax Digest,
Davis Barron did pay taxes for Jane McKissack on 50 acres lying on Falling
Creek in Jones County, indicating that the family may have moved from Putnam to
Jones sometime after John McKissack’s death.
The
1818 Jones County tax listing was the last record known to date of Samuel
Barron’s family in Georgia. By 1820,
the family had removed to Pike County, MS, where Davis Barron and Jane
McKissack were enumerated in adjacent households in that county’s census records
(p. 26). They had joined others in her
family who had settled there a few years earlier. Perhaps this move was a factor in eradicating the memory of this
Samuel Barron family from later Barron generations (exemplified by John D.
Garrard) who attempted to piece together the Barron heritage.
In
summary: there is no conclusive proof currently available providing a
continuous record to identify the later life of the Samuel Barron found in
1790s Wilkes County, GA, records (who is believed to have been a son of
Prudence Barron). However, at the time
of this writing, mounting circumstantial evidence points to the Samuel Barron
who died in Hancock County in 1801 as being this man.
Please
click on the following hyperlink to read about the man John D. Garrard
apparently wrongly believed to be the son of Prudence Barron: Samuel Barron (1768 – 1826) of Greene,
Hancock and Jones Counties, GA.
The following are some key events (listed chronologically)
involving the Samuel Barron who died in Hancock County, GA, in 1801. Color-coding is used to help identify
persons, places or events that are associated with Samuel Barron over the
years. The Barron names are always in
caps and bold, but this Samuel Barron is further highlighted in bright
blue.
Samuel Barron (died 1801)
Key events in Wilkes County that most likely
should be attributed to this Samuel Barron:
1790
1790
Wilkes County tax returns,
Captain
Lipham’s District:
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22 - JOHN BARRON, 200 acres, 3rd quality
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30 - John Jarrett, 160 acres total
Line
31 – Jaccob Jarrett, 200 acres total
Line
40 - Lydia Brooks, 500 acres total, 3 slaves
Line
41 - SAMUEL BARRAN, 140 acres, 2nd
quality, 140 acres, 3rd quality
Widow
BARRAM - defaulter
1796
07/06/1796, Wilkes County, GA: Prudence BARRON widow of state
and county aforesaid to SAMUEL BARRON of state aforesaid and county, 100 acres on N. side of
Little R., adj. Mills, Porter, Barron & Prudence Barron. Witness: A. Lipham (Wilkes Dd. Bk. OO,
p.30-32)
10/19/1796, Wilkes County: Prudence BARRON, late of Wilkes Co., decd., did by her last will & testament appoint
James WILLIS & SAMUEL BARRON,
exors. WILLIS & BARRON made a sale of the personal estate of Prudence BARRON & now about to make
sale of the real estate. We the
undersigned indemnify the exors. for the sale already made & about to be
made, 19 Oct 1796. (signed) SAMUEL BARRON for Nancy BARRON, Jacob GARRARD, John (X)
SMITH, Polley BARRON. Test: R. B.
WASHINGTON, A. LIPHAM, J.P. Rec 17 Mar 1798.
Deed Book QQ, p. 156.
10/19/1796, Wilkes County, GA: James Willis of Wilkes & SAMUEL BARRON of Hancock,
exrs of Prudence BARRON estate, to A. Lipham, 140 acres on Little River,
adj. Job Brooks,
John Mason, Aaron Lipham, Samuel Barron, William Miles & William Hardwick. wit: R.B.
Washington & Peter McFarlin (Wilkes Dd. Bk. OO, p. 77-79)
1798
01/09/1798, Wilkes County, GA: SAMUEL BARRON of state and
county aforesaid to John Smith of county and state aforesaid, both of Wilkes
County, 100 acres granted to Prudence BARRON on Little River, adj. Mills, Porter, Brooks
and Lipham. (Wilkes Dd RR, p. 293)
Key events that can be reasonably attributed to this Samuel
Barron:
1767
8/23/1767,
SAMUEL BARRON was born (Family Bible of Agesilaus
& Betsy BARRON)
1790
7/8/1790, SAMUEL BARRON married Jane ___ (probably Miller) (Family Bible of Agesilaus
& Betsy BARRON)
1791
5/9/1791,
Greene County: On application of Brice Miller, minor, to be permitted to
"chuse" a Guardian & he "chusing" SAMUEL BARRON. . . . Ordered that the Clerk issue
Letters of Guardianship to the said BARRON
& take his bond with a sufficient security for the faithful performance of
his duty. [Brice Miller was the brother
of Jane Miller Barron.] Minutes of Inferior
Court Record, Vol. 1, containing Record Book A, Feb. 1790 - 1797, and part of
Book B, p. 39.
12/21/1791, Greene County: Jesse Clements to James Kilpatrick, 100
acres on Sandy Run and Logdam Creek of Oconee River. Witnesses: Anderson Comer, SAMUEL BARRON. Greene
County Deed Book__, p. 406.
No Greene County Tax Digest available.
1792
01/26/1792, Greene County: Anderson Comer to Shadraik Roe, 122.5
acres on headwaters of Sandy Run and Big Island Creek of Oconee River, adjacent John Hudman, John Roe, SAMUEL BARRON, David Chriswell. Witness: John Mitchell. Greene Deed Book 2, p. 13.
No Greene County Tax Digest available.
1793
1793 Greene County Tax Returns,
Tully Choice’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 123 ½ acres adjacent Spencer, near John Roe.
100 acres in
Wilkes adjacent Flournoy.
12/20/1793, Hancock County: John & Mary McCarthy of Columbia
County to JOHN BARRON of Wilkes County, 287 ½ acres on Town and Island Creeks in Greene County, bounded west by David Creswells land. Witnesses: Benjamin Rees, Thomas White. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 108.
1794
1794 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Tully Choice’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 140 ½ acres adjacent J. Whell.
100 acres in
Wilkes County adjacent William Mims.
12/02/1794, Hancock County: Clement Mullins to JOHN BARRON, 115 acres on
Rocky Creek, adjacent Talbert, adjacent Clemons, Mullins. Witnesses: SAMUEL BARRON, Tapley,
McKensie. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 49.
1795
01/01/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to SAMUEL BARRON, 115 acres on
Rocky Creek, adjacent Clamons, Talborts, Williams, Mullins. Witnesses: A. Comer, JOHN BARRON, JR. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 58.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available. The digest identified in a DAR transcription as belonging to the
year 1795 obviously was not, as it referenced land holdings in Jackson County,
which was not created until 1796!!
1796
1796 Hancock County Tax Digest incomplete, with pages
missing. SAMUEL BARRON not found in
available pages.
1797
1797/99 (probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Brown’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 141 acres on Logdam Creek, adjacent Howard
87 ½ acres on Town Creek
115 acres on
Rockey Creek, adjacent McCartey
(note: SAMUEL BARRON did not pay on 100
acres in Wilkes County, but John Smith began paying on 100 acres in Wilkes
County in 1797)
JOHN BARRON, 287 ½ acres on Island Creek, adjacent Howard
12/18/1797, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON to Brice Miller, 115 acres on
Rocky Creek adjacent Clemons, Williams, Talbort & Mullins. Witnesses: Jesse Griggs & Isaac
Vaughan. Hancock Deed Book C, p. 28.
6/4/1797,
Hancock County: John Bailey & SAMUEL BARRON
for the heirs & distributees of Alexander Miller vs. Andrew Frazier &
Wm. Bivins. Wit. for the plaintiffs: [torn page] _______ Ragan, Yarborough,
Jesse Talbort. Jury found for the plaintiff $1,152 with cost of suit. (Inferior Court Minutes, 1794 - 1809, 2nd
Book, p. 7).
1798
3/1/1798,
Hancock County: attended and sworn in on the Grand Jury were: Charles
Abercrombie,
foreman; John Bond, SAMUEL BARRON, SAMUEL
BARRON, junr., Jonas Shivers, Andrew Maddux. (Superior Court Minutes,
1794 - 1805, p. 232).
6/1/1798,
Hancock County: Ordered that SAMUEL BARRON
be appointed Guardian to Andrew Miller [James written, then marked out and
replaced by Andrew] & Alexander Miller, orphans of Alexander Miller with
James Comer & John Ragan, Esq., securitys and that they enter into separate
Bonds with a penalty of $600 each. (Inferior Court Minutes, 1794 - 1809,
p. 97).
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Capt. BARRON’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 144 on acres Logdam Creek, adjacent Roe
87 ½ acres on
Buffaloe Creek, granted Mitchell, adjacent Mitchell
287 ½ acres on
Town
Creek,
granted Miller, adjacent Moore
JOHN BARRON, 237 ½ acres on Island Creek, granted McCartey, adjacent Smith
1799
01/12/1799, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON & Jenny
BARRON, his wife, and Brice Miller, and Gideon Bond & Mary Bond, his
wife and John Bond, Allenor Bond, his wife, of Hancock County, Georgia to
William Sallard of same place for 87.5 acres.
Wit: Saml. Halley and Jesse Grigg, J.P. Deed Book C, p. 329 -331.
03/21/1799, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON & Mary
Vest, administrators of estate of George Vest.
JOHN BARRON, Andrew & Michael Mattocks, securities. Hancock Will Book , p. 7.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1800
07/21/1800, Hancock County: SHADRACK Roe to William Barber, 132.5
acres on headwaters of Sandy Run and Big Island Creek of Oconee River, adjacent John Hudman, SAMUEL BARRON, David Creswell & John
Roe. Witnesses: Wm Sanford, Jesse
Grigg, Lloyd Kelley. Hancock Deed Book
E, p. 235.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1801
01/29/1801,
Hancock County: Charles Abercrombie and SAMUEL
BARRON, executors of will of Michael Maddux. Witnesses: A. J. and Gilly Comer. Hancock Misc. Book F, p. 120-2.
12/16/1801,
Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON
died. (Family Bible of Agesilaus & Betsy BARRON).
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1802
1/6/1802,
Hancock County: Granted application to Anderson Comer & JOHN BARRON
to administer on the estate of SAMUEL BARRON,
deceased. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817, p. 50).
3/3/1802,
Hancock County: Granted letters of administration to Anderson Comer and JOHN
BARRON on the estate of SAMUEL BARRON
dec'd. Ordered that Mark Sanders, Zeroabel Williamson, John Roe and Jesse M.
Pope, or any three of them be, and they are hereby appointed to appraise the
estate. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817, p. 58).
1802 Hancock Tax Returns,
Captain G. Lewis’ District:
A. Comer, administrator for SAMUEL BARRON, 115 acres
adjacent Herdman on Logdam Creek in Capt. G. Lewis District. 2 negroes.
6/10/1802, Hancock County: Horse theft claim by JOHN BARRON
for deceased brother SAMUEL. Theft took place in 1792 on Logdam Creek (then in Greene
County). John Hudman, witness. JOHN
BARRON’s signature very similar to that of JOHN BARRON who died in Jones County
in 1823.
9/25/1802,
Hancock County: Ordered that letters of administration be granted to JOHN
BARRON on the estate of George Vest, dec'd., In the place of Polly Rogers,
late Polly Vest, whose former administration is revoked, and that Mark Sanders,
Jesse McKinni Pope, Zerobabel Williamson, and James Ross or any three of them
be, and are hereby appointed to appraise the personal estate of George Vest,
dec'd. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary
1799 - 1817, p. 69).
1803
5/28/1803,
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON the late administrator of the estate of
George Vest, dec'd., returned an account, accompanied with vouchers which
shows, that SAMUEL BARRON the former administrator
paid out of the above estate in debts & supplies for the orphans of said
dec'd., the sum of
$257.43 3/4 cts. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817, p. 96).
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1804
01/13/1804, Hancock County: Heirs of Alexander Miller: Brice
Miller, John and Gideon Bond, A. Comer for Jane BARRON (“rellick” of SAMUEL BARRON) to William
Bivins, 287.5 acres on Town and Denises Creeks of Oconee River. Witness: John Reed. Hancock Deed Book G, p. 117.
1/28/1804, Hancock County:
JOHN BARRON administrator of the estate of George Vest Decd returned
an account of money paid out of said estate amounting to $340.21 ¾.
JOHN BARRON administrator of SAMUEL BARRON decd returned
an account of money, paid out of said estate.
Proven account by Chas W. Daniel of $13.68 ¾.
Both entries from Hancock County, GA, Minutes Court of Ordinary
1799-1817, p. 120.
1804 Hancock County Tax Digest
No listing for the property of SAMUEL BARRON under either
Anderson Comer or JOHN BARRON, co-executors.
1805
1805 Georgia Land Lottery
SAMUEL BARRON, #1000 (the
“other” Samuel Barron)
WILLIAM BARRON, #1001
John Smith, #1004 (Wm's Bro-in-law?)
Jane BARRON, #1010 (widow of SAMUEL BARRON)
John Bond, Jr., #1011
Henry Bond, #1012
JOHN
BARRON,
#1032
1806
1806 listing of land lottery participants from Hancock County:
neither Jane BARRON nor John McKissack were listed.
1807
2/18/1807,
Hancock County: William Pigg vs. Comber & BARREN, adminr of
S BARREN - debt. Hancock Superior Court Minutes, no page
number.
1807 Baldwin County Tax Returns,
Stephens 2nd Land Lottery District (now Baldwin
and Putnam Counties):
John McKizzick
1808
02/29/1808, Hancock County: James Comer to James Savage, land
bounded north by Wayne & ‘late’ SAMUEL BARRON, east by JOHN
BARRON, west by Henry Bond, southeast by C. McDonald & John Reid. Witness:
JOHN BARRON. Hancock
Deed, Book I, p. 155-6.
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Harper’s District:
Anderson Comer, admr. for SAML. BARRON, 115 acres on Logdam Creek, adjacent BARRON
1810
1810, Putnam County: John McKisac owned 11 slaves. A Researcher’s Library of Georgia,
History, Genealogy and Records Sources, by Robert Scot Davis, Jr., 1987, p.
250.
1811
1811 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Richard Ratcliff’s District:
Anderson Comer, admr. for S. BARRON, 215 acres in
Hancock County
1813
2/09/1813, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON of Jones
County to James Easter, 214 acres in Hancock on Town and Island
Creeks, bounded at time of surveying west by David Chriswell, other sides
vacant. Witnesses: Peter McFarlin, Daniel Hightower.
1813 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain John William’s District:
Anderson Comer, admr. for SAML. BARRON, 115 acres in
Hancock County on Rockdam (sic) Creek, adjacent J. BARRON.
1815
6/14/1815,
Putnam County: "Will of John McKisic of Putnam County, Dated 14 June 1815
. . .to my loving wife Jane one bay mare once owned by _________ . . .illegible . . . . 4th. in which mentions
a son _______McKisic (perhaps Winnie
Lee?) . . .5th. to Duncan McKisic my oldest son a Negro girl. . .6th. the
orphans of my son Jonathan McKisic have as much of Estate . . . . .. . .
illegible. . . . . . . . .7th. son Thomas McKisic a Negro and child . . .8th.
Archibald McKisic a Negro . . .and Archibald to pay his brother William
$150 . . .9th. son John have land whereon I now live and a Negro boy . . .10th.
to 2 daus. Elizabeth Budington $300 and Polly Pennington $300 out of estate . .
.11th. to dau. Nancy Allen a Negro boy . . .and to dau. Lucy Stewart a
Negro girl . . . Appt's. son Thomas McKisic and my worthy friend Thos.
Stephens. Signed: John McKisic. Wit:
Richard Repass, Bailey Stewart, James Miner."
Georgia Genealogical Magazine - "Putnam County, Georgia, Will Book A Pages
47 -49".
1816
11/4/1816,
Putnam County: Guardian Certificate: "Ordered that Davis BARRON be
and is appointed guardian of the persons and property of Tabitha, Edmond and
Justless [Agesilaus] BARRON, orphans of SAMUEL
BARRON, deceased. Signed,
John I. Smith, John C. Mason and Willie Abercrombie." (Extracted from
Putnam County, Georgia, Records by Betty Houston, Barron descendant, of
Clinton, MS).
1817
Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Arnold Seales District:
Davis BARRON, guardian of orphans of SAMUEL BARRON, 174 ½ acres in
Hancock County on Logdam Creek, granted Comer, adjacent Grant.
1818
Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Seals District:
Davis BARRON, for Jane McKissack, 50 acres on Falling Creek,
adj. Wynn, etc.
1820
Davis BARRON and Jane (Miller Barron) McKisick live in adjacent
households on p. 26 of the 1820 Pike County, MS census. Nearby are Jane’s brother Brice Miller and
her sisters who married John and Gideon Bond.
**********
2. Samuel
Barron (1768 – 1826) of Greene, Hancock and Jones Counties, GA
According to an abstract of his obituary, Samuel Barron, who died
in Jones County, GA, in 1826, was a Revolutionary soldier who fought at the
Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina. [Source: Marriages and Deaths 1820 to 1830 abstracted from
Extant Georgia Newspapers, by Mary Bondurant Warren, with Sarah Fleming
White, 1972, p. 7.] It is not known
from what state he served.
However, a chronology given in a write-up about his grandson,
James Finney Barron, indicates that Samuel Barron may have served in a militia
unit from Virginia or North Carolina: "Dr. Barron's great-grandfather, Barron, (that
would be Samuel Barron’s father) was a native Irishman, who came to this
country in colonial days, and settled in Maryland. From Maryland the
family moved to Virginia, where the doctor's grandfather, Samuel Barron,
married and went to North Carolina, where he lived until about 1792, when he
migrated to Georgia, and settled in Hancock county. In 1809 his
grandfather moved into Jones county, then just organized, and settled about six
miles north of what is now Clinton, the county seat...." [Source: Memoirs of Georgia, volume
II, Southern Historical Association, 1895, p. 444].
A brief biography of Samuel’s son, Benjamin Barron, (written in
1908) made similar claims about Samuel Barron’s origins, stating that “Major
Barron’s grandfather (Samuel’s father) came from Maryland and settled in Hancock County,
Ga., in the first settling of the new country. Here Major Barron was born
on July 3, 1802 and came with his parents to Jones in 1810 when eight years
old…” [Source: History of Jones
County, by Carolyn White Williams, pp. 480-481].
From these accounts it appears that Samuel Barron may not have
arrived in Georgia until he was a young man.
His grandson’s version states that he migrated to Georgia in about
1792. That date coincides with the
first public record found for this Samuel Barron in Greene County, GA. Barron was living in an area of Greene that
became a part of Hancock County in December 1793. His name is found in the 1793 Greene County Tax Digest just prior
to that of John Barnes (actually Barron), who had recently married Eleanor,
widow of Alexander Miller.
It is noteworthy that in the biography of Benjamin Barron, it is
claimed that not only Samuel Barron came to Georgia in the first settling of
new country, but also that Samuel’s father came to Hancock County, GA. It is known from family Bible records that
Samuel Barron married Joannah ___? on 22 March 1793 see Appendix
III for full transcription of records). Since Samuel Barron is found soon after his marriage next to John
Barron in the Greene County Tax Digest, it is interesting to conjecture whether
the older John Barron might have been Samuel Barron’s father.
These accounts of this Samuel Barron’s origins and approximate
arrival date in Georgia contradict the traditionally accepted view of John D.
Garrard as stated in his August 1892 letter to J. D. Barron. Numerous Georgia county histories and Barron
researchers have recounted Garrard’s correspondence as fact, with little
independent investigation to confirm his statements. Recently, however, a second letter from Garrard to Barron came to
light that indicates Garrard did not have proof that this Samuel Barron was the
descendant of William and Prudence Barron, but deduced it from correspondence
with a descendant. (This statement
assumes that the husband of Prudence Barron of Wilkes County, GA, was actually
named William. But that issue must be
addressed in a separate article).
Garrard wrote to Barron in September 1892:
“It has only been a few months since I learned of the descendants
of Samuel Barron, the brother of your grandfather. Mrs. Lizzie Austin, of
Fort Valley, Ga., knowing that her father, Capt. Wm. Barron, of Jones County,
Ga., son of Samuel Barron, of same place, was closely related to the Garrards,
and by some means, having learned that Miss Lizzie Henrietta Mahone, of
Belleview, Talbot County, Ga., was a daughter of the late Gen. Th. H. Mahone
and Elizabeth Mahone, nee Garrard, wrote to her to ascertain how the Garrards
and Barrons were related and to find out, if possible, who her
great-grandfather was. Not being able to give her the information sought,
my cousin's daughter sent the letter to me.”
(See
Appendix I below for the full text of both the
August 1892 and September 1892 letters).
Garrard concluded that this Samuel Barron must be the son of
William and Prudence Barron because: “The fact that my father had an
uncle Samuel Barron and a cousin Samuel Barron and that he knew of no other
Samuel Barron in that part of the State (italics mine) coupled with her
knowledge (Mrs. Austin's) of the relationship of her father to the Garrards and
the date of his birth as well as the place of his birth--Warren County, assures
me that I am correct in placing Samuel Barron, the grandfather of Mrs. Austin,
as the son of Capt. William Barron, Sr., of Ireland and Warren County, Ga.”
Garrard
says that his father had an uncle and a cousin Samuel Barron and that he
knew of no other Samuel Barron in that part of the state. The cousin
Samuel, of course, was the son of John Barron (who is presumed to have been a
son of William and Prudence Barron). Without knowledge of other Samuel
Barrons, it would seem natural to Garrard that Samuel Barron of Jones was his
father's uncle -- especially since that particular Samuel was the right age and
lived in the right area. We must keep in mind that John D. Garrard had
personal knowledge of only two lines descended from William and Prudence
Barron: his own line (Elizabeth Barron Garrard) and that of William Barron
(Jr.). His letters make it clear that he knew that William and Prudence
had (at least) two other children, John and Samuel, but that he knew nothing
about their descendants. He was putting together jigsaw pieces to
identify the proper descendancy lines with each son -- and it may be that he
put Samuel's together wrong..... But it must be admitted
that Garrard did say that Mrs. Austin knew that her family (descended
from Samuel Barron of Jones) was closely related to the Garrards. At
present, that part of his reasoning cannot be explained away.
It is important to emphasize that Garrard did not realize that
there was another Samuel Barron of a similar age to Mrs. Austin’s Samuel
Barron “in that part of the State.” By
1791, the other Samuel Barron was in a part of Greene County that became
Hancock. He resided there until his
death in December 1801 at age 34. There
is strong circumstantial evidence that indicates that the other Samuel
Barron most likely was the son of William and Prudence Barron. That evidence (which is examined above in Samuel
Barron (1767 – 1801) of Greene and Hancock Counties, GA), in addition
to the above-related accounts of the origins of this Samuel Barron in
his son’s and grandson’s biographies, must make the serious Barron researcher
reconsider Garrard’s opinion that this Samuel Barron was descended from
William and Prudence Barron. Rather
than naively depending on Garrard’s writings, Barron researchers must make the
effort to document this Samuel Barron’s origins. (Frankly, Garrard would probably be shocked
that his correspondence had become “the Bible” for Barron researchers and would
encourage such efforts to confirm the identity of both Samuel Barrons).
Because
it is easy to confuse the two Samuel Barrons in question, this Samuel Barron
who Garrard believed (likely wrongly) was the son of Prudence Barron, will be
identified as Samuel Barron of Jones County.
The other Samuel Barron, of whom John D. Garrard had no knowledge, will
be referred to as Samuel Barron who died in 1801.
Given the limits of data available at this point, all that can be
said is that the Samuel Barron (who moved to Jones County) first appeared in
the 1793 Greene County tax digest.
(Some researchers might point out that a Samuel Barron was named in the
1790 Wilkes County tax digest near Prudence Barron. However, evidence shared in Samuel Barron
(1767 – 1801) of Greene and Hancock Counties, GA indicates that
the Samuel Barron in Wilkes was likely the other Samuel Barron, who died
in 1801).
From this beginning, researchers can track the Samuel Barron of
this article through records in Greene, Hancock and Jones County which indicate
that he was the Samuel Barron listed in Bible records who married Joannah ___?
(last name unknown) and who died in Jones County in 1826. (John D. Garrard’s August 1892 letter is the
only known source for the possible surname of Braswell for Joannah. No other documents have been located to date
that corroborate Braswell as her maiden name.)
The 1793 Greene County, GA, tax digest shows Samuel Barron (who
later lived in Jones County) in Captain William Rabourn’s District as the owner
of 100 acres of “Ogeeche lands” located adjacent James Orick. Nearby lived several men who were later
associated with this Samuel Barron in various ways: Etheldred Wood, Zachariah Glass, Jonas Shevers (Shivers) and
Richard Ship, Sr. – as well as the previously mentioned John Barnes (Barron).
In July 1793, this Samuel Barron purchased from William Andrews
200 acres in Greene County (filed in Hancock County), granted to Robert
Middleton, adjacent Orrick (who also was the landowner adjacent the 100 acres
owned by Samuel Barron in the tax digest).
Witnesses were neighbors John Barron and Zachariah Glass. Samuel Barron sold this property soon
afterwards in February 1794 to neighbor (and relative??) John Barron. Witnesses were neighbors Ethelred Woods and
Zachariah Glass.
That same year, Samuel Barron (later of Jones) was granted 130
acres. He “and wife Joannah” sold this
land in 1798.
In the available Hancock County tax digests from 1794 through
1808, this Samuel Barron is easily tracked as he was listed in each digest as
owning varying acreage on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Sanford. To date, no purchase transaction has been
located for this property. During his years
in Hancock County, Samuel Barron is often found living near Richard Ship and
Benjamin Welch (who were closely associated with the John Barron who lived near
Samuel in 1793), Jonas and Willis Shivers and Jonathan Davis.
While in Hancock, and especially later in Jones County, Barron
gradually accumulated slaves, becoming a major slaveholder. In Greene County in 1793, he owned no
slaves. However, by the time of Hancock
County’s 1798 tax digest he had acquired three slaves. This number grew to five in 1802 and 12 in
1808 Hancock County. Soon afterward,
Barron moved to newly formed Jones County.
By the time of that county’s first tax digest in 1811, he owned 16
slaves. Two years later, the number had
grown to 19, and by 1817 to 36.
Few records indicate that there was interaction between the Samuel
Barron who moved to Jones County and the men believed to be descendants of
Prudence Barron (and presumed husband William), who had also moved to Greene
and Hancock Counties in the early to mid-1790s. These other Barrons: John, William and the other Samuel all lived
near one another with common neighbors in southwest Hancock. The names of John (likely son of Prudence)
and the other Samuel Barron were often linked in various legal
transactions, both during the other Samuel’s life and years after his death in
1801. (John Barron was co-administrator
of his brother, Samuel’s estate).
On the other hand, Samuel (who migrated to Jones County) did not
live near that branch of Barrons (his land was located in northeast
Hancock County); he did not share common neighbors and was never linked to them
in legal transactions. The only time
that his name may have been mentioned in proximity to these other Barrons was
in the 1805 land lottery drawing. This
Samuel Barron was given the number 1000, William Barron 1001, John Smith (who
likely married a daughter Prudence Barron) was 1004 and Jane Barron (widow of
the other Samuel Barron) was 1010.
However, it is interesting that this Samuel Barron and the
John Barron descended from William and Prudence Barron both moved to Jones
County. This Samuel Barron received
land in the 1807 lottery that apparently was located in the 8th
District of Baldwin County, later located in southwest Jones County. Various Jones County tax digests indicate
Samuel Barron did not live on that land, instead choosing to reside on property
in the 10th District that he purchased in November 1808 from
longtime associate Willis Shivers. The
land was located near what became the Round Oak community, in north central
Jones. Barron may not have moved to
Jones County until late 1809 or early 1810 (consistent with the accounts
written about his son and grandson). In
November 1809, Samuel Barron “of Hancock County” sold his land in Hancock on
Dry and Fulsom’s Creek to Willis Shivers of Jones County.
John Barron of the other Barron group also moved to Jones by 1811,
settling in the 11th District in the northwest sector of Jones
County. His property was probably less
than ten miles from the home of this Samuel Barron. But, once again, no interactions have been found in Jones County
between John and this Samuel Barron.
And their lifestyles were very different. John Barron was a yeoman farmer who owned no slaves and who
struggled financially to keep his land.
Samuel Barron owned much land and many slaves.
It is apparent by the bequests in his will written in 1823 that
this Samuel Barron had become a well-to-do planter in Jones County. He left the homeplace in District 10,
purchased from Willis Shivers in 1808 – as well as thirteen slaves – to his
wife Joannah. Son James had already
received $1700; son Wiley a slave and $1000.
Other children also received slaves, with the balance of his property to
five younger children.
The grave of this Samuel Barron has not been identified in Jones
County, though there is a family cemetery where several of his children are
interred. In that same cemetery are two
stones with the cryptic inscriptions: “Samuel Barron born March 16, 1749 died 1802.
Rev. Soldier” And “Annie Brazil Barron (1st wife of Samuel) born 1754 died
1809” (per History of Jones County, Georgia 1807-1907 by Carolyn White
Williams). A brief discussion of Barron
researchers’ conjectures about the identity of this couple is presented in Appendix IV following.
Below are some key events involving the Samuel Barron who moved to
Jones County. Color-coding is used to
help identify persons, places or events that are associated with Samuel Barron
over the years. The Barron names are
always in caps and bold, but this Samuel Barron is further highlighted in
bright blue.
Events that can be reasonably attributed to this Samuel Barron
(listed chronologically):
1793
1793 Greene County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 11
Etheldred Wood
Zachariah Glass
Jonas Shevers (father of Willis Shivers, longtime
associate of Samuel Barron who moved to Jones)
p. 13
JOHN BARNES, 2 slaves, 180 acres land adjacent Ben. Thompson
As
Trustee for ____, 87 ½ acres on Buffalow Creek, adjacent William Mitchel
For
James Cohorn, 100 acres on Broad River in Wilkes County.
SAMUEL BARRON, 100 acres, Ogeeche lands, adjacent James Orick. No slaves
listed.
Richard Ship, Senr.
07/31/1793, Hancock County: Wm Andrews of Greene County to SAMUEL BARRON, 200 acres,
part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton, adjacent Orrick. Witnesses: JOHN BARRON, Zach.
Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 39.
1794
02/15/1794, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON to JOHN BARRON, 200 acres,
part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton.
Said land adjoining Orick's line. Witnesses: Ethelred Woods, Zach. Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 40.
1794, Greene County: SAMUEL BARRON received land
grant of 130 acres.
1794 Hancock County Tax Digest incomplete, with pages
missing. SAMUEL BARRON not found in
available pages.
1795
No Hancock County Tax Digest available. The digest identified in a DAR transcription as belonging to the
year 1795 obviously was not, as it referenced land holdings in Jackson County,
which was not created until 1796!!
1796
1796
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Daniel Bankston’s District:
p.
2
SAMUEL BARRIN, 60 acres on Fulsom’s Creek,
adjacent B. Walch. 2 slaves.
1797
02/02/1797,
Hancock County: John Tapley of Pendleton Co, SC to Jonathan
Davis, land on Dry Creek, adjacent SAMUEL BARRON and B. Hall. Witnesses: John Dennis & Isaac
Blackwood. Hancock Deed Book D, p. 383.
1797/99
(probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis’ District:
p.
15
Agrapa
Atkins
Davis Ship
p.
16
Jesse Pope
Abner
Atkins
SAML. BARRON, 150 acres on Fulson Creek, granted
Welch.
3 slaves.
Cullen Pope
p.
17
Richard Ship
Jonathan Davis
Benjn. Welch
1798
03/01/1798,
Hancock County: Samuel Barron and SAMUEL BARRON Jr
listed as Grand Jurors. Hancock
Superior Court Minutes, 1794-1805, p. 232.
1798
Hancock County Tax Returns,
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Captain Davis District:
p. 53.
SAMUEL BARRON, 150 acres Fulsomes Creek, granted Sanford,
adjacent Walsh. 3 slaves.
11/30/1798, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON & wife
Joannah to James George of Warren County, land on north side of Oconee
River, originally granted Samuel
Barron. Witnesses: Elizabeth Battle,
Gideon George & W. Battle. Hancock
Deed Book C, p. 272.
1799
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1800
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1801
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1802
1802 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis District:
p. 33
SAM BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsomes Creek, granted
Langord, located near Shivers, adjacent Davis. 5 slaves.
1803
05/29/1803,
Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON purchased
at estate sale of James Davidson.
Hancock Will Book AAAA, p. 116-20.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1804
1804
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Strother’s District:
p.
1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted
Sanford, adjacent Davis. 5 slaves.
p.
3
Mark
Gonder, 63 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Woods, adjacent BARRON.
p.
4
Richard Ship
Jonas Shivers
Jonathan Davis
1805
1805 Georgia Land Lottery
SAMUEL BARRON, #1000
WILLIAM BARRON, #1001
John Smith, #1004 (Wm's Bro-in-law?)
Jane BARRON, #1010
John Bond, Jr., #1011
Henry Bond, #1012
JOHN
BARRON,
#1032
1806
1806 listing of land lottery participants from Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRO‘W’ was listed in
Capt. Shivers’ District with Willi‘e’ Shivers, orphans of Benjamin Ship and
Richard Ship.
1807
1807, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON
of Shiver’s District drew
a prize in lottery for land in what is now Jasper, Jones & part of Putnam
Counties.
1808
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Crowder’s District:
p. 5
SAMUEL BARRON, 2 acres on Powel’s Creek.
Captain Shiver’s District:
p. 1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Sanford, adjacent Davis. 12 slaves.
202 ½ acres in
Baldwin County, lot 144, 8th District, granted BARRON (self).
11/12/1808, Jones County: Willis Shivers to SAMUEL BARRON lots 6-17, 10th
dist. Jones Deed. Book D, p.76
1809
11/05/1809, Hancock County, SAMUEL BARRON of Hancock
County to Willis Shivers of Jones County 250 acres on Fulsomes &
Dry Creeks, adj. Col. Davis, Atkison, Pope &
Mason. Wit: Mark Gonder, Lewis Atkison,
John C. Smith. Hancock Deed. Book. I,
p. 202-4.
1811
1811
Jones Co. Tax Digest.
Capt.
Evans’ District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek granted Shivers, adj. Carson.
16 slaves.
202 ½ acres on Town Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
1813
1813 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain Ezekial Smith’s District:
SAML. BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Cabiness. 19 slaves.
202 ½ acres on
Walnut Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
202
½ acres of pineland in “Twigs” County on Sandy Creek, granted J. BARRON.
1814
1814 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain E. F. Smith’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Kirk. 19 slaves.
202 ½ acres on
Town Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
202
½ acres of pineland in “Twigs” County on Big Sandy Creek, granted BARRON.
1815
06/25/1815,
Jones County: Jonathan Davis to SAMUEL BARRON
lot 73, 9th dist. Jones Deed Book H, p
232.
1817
01/07/1817,
Jones County: William Pelham to SAMUEL BARRON lot 73, 10th district. Jones Deed. Book. J, p. 30
1817 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain James Locketts District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 607 ½ acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Cabaness. 36 slaves.
1818
1818 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain Bells District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 607 ½ acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Cabiness. 35 slaves.
202 ½ acres
on Hog Creek, adjacent Carter.
1820
08/08/1820,
Jones County: I.C.B. Mitchell to SAMUEL BARRON 202.5
acres 10th district. Jones Deed Book L,
p182
1823
07/10/1823,
Jones County: SAMUEL BARRON writes will.
wife: Joanna, daus: Sarah, Nancy, Rebekah (Lockett), sons: James, Wiley,
Wm, Benjamin, Jonathan, Willis, Thomas Green, Aventon.
1826
06/20/1826,
Jones County: SAMUEL BARRON dies. Per
family Bible.
1827
04/28/1827,
Jones County: Joannah BARRON writes
will. McDowell, Bridges, Carson.
1834
02/05/1834,
Jones County: Joanna BARRON dies.
Events that can be reasonably attributed to this Samuel Barron
(grouped by recurring person or place, highlighted by
color-coding):
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1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
JOHN BARNES
SAMUEL BARRON, 100 acres, Ogeeche lands, adjacent James Orick. No slaves
listed.
07/31/1793, Hancock County: Wm Andrews of Greene County to SAMUEL BARRON, 200
acres, part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton, adjacent Orrick. Witnesses: JOHN BARRON, Zach.
Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 39.
02/15/1794, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON to JOHN BARRON, 200
acres, part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton. Said land adjoining Orick's line. Witnesses: Ethelred Woods, Zach. Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 40.
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1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 11
Jonas Shevers (father of Willis Shivers, longtime
associate of Samuel Barron who moved to Jones)
p. 13
JOHN BARNES
SAMUEL BARRON, 100 acres, Ogeeche lands, adjacent James Orick. No slaves
listed.
1802 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis District:
p. 33
SAM BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsomes Creek, granted
Langord, located near Shivers, adjacent Davis. 5 negroes.
1804
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Strother’s District:
p.
1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted
Sanford, adjacent Davis. 5 slaves.
p.
4 Jonas Shivers
1807, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON
of Shiver’s District participated in lottery for land in what is now Jasper,
Jones & part of Putnam Counties.
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Crowder’s District:
p. 5
SAMUEL BARRON, 2 acres on Powel’s Creek.
Captain Shiver’s District:
p. 1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Sanford, adjacent Davis. 12 slaves.
202 ½ acres in
Baldwin County, lot 144, 8th District, granted BARRON (self).
11/12/1808, Jones County: Willis Shivers to SAMUEL BARRON lots 6-17, 10th
dist. Jones Deed. Book D, p.76
11/05/1809, Hancock County, SAMUEL BARRON of Hancock County
to
Willis
Shivers of Jones County 250 acres on Fulsomes & Dry Creeks, adj. Col. Davis, Atkison, Pope &
Mason. Wit: Mark Gonder, Lewis Atkison,
John C. Smith. Hancock Deed. Book. I,
p. 202-4.
1811
Jones Co. Tax Digest.
Capt.
Evans’ District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek granted Shivers, adj. Carson.
16 slaves.
202 ½ acres on Town Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
1813 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain Ezekial Smith’s District:
SAML. BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Cabiness. 19 slaves.
202 ½ acres on
Walnut Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
202
½ acres of pineland in “Twigs” County on Sandy Creek, granted J. BARRON.
1814 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain E. F. Smith’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Kirk. 19 slaves.
202 ½ acres on
Town Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
202
½ acres of pineland in “Twigs” County on Big Sandy Creek, granted BARRON.
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1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 13
JOHN BARNES
SAMUEL BARRON, 100 acres, Ogeeche lands, adjacent James Orick. No slaves
listed.
Richard Ship, Senr.
1797/99
(probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis’ District:
p.
15
Davis Ship
p.
16
SAML. BARRON, 150 acres on Fulson Creek, granted
Welch.
3 slaves.
p.
17
Richard Ship
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1794, Greene County: SAMUEL BARRON received
land grant of 130 acres.
11/30/1798, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON & wife
Joannah to James George of Warren County, land on north side of
Oconee River, originally granted Samuel
Barron. Witnesses:
Elizabeth Battle, Gideon George & W. Battle. Hancock Deed Book C, p. 272.
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1796
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Daniel Bankston’s District:
p.
2
SAMUEL BARRIN, on Fulsom’s Creek, adjacent
B. Walch.
2 slaves.
02/02/1797,
Hancock County: John Tapley of Pendleton Co, SC to Jonathan
Davis, land on Dry Creek,
adjacent SAMUEL BARRON and B. Hall. Witnesses: John Dennis & Isaac
Blackwood. Hancock Deed Book D, p. 383.
1797/99
(probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis’ District:
p.
16
SAML. BARRON, 150 acres on Fulson Creek,
granted Welch. 3 slaves.
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Captain Davis District:
p. 53.
SAMUEL BARRON, 150 acres Fulsomes Creek, granted
Sanford, adjacent Walsh. 3 slaves.
1802 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis District:
p. 33
SAM BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsomes Creek, granted
Langord, located near Shivers, adjacent Davis. 5 negroes.
1804
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Strother’s District:
p.
1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted
Sanford, adjacent Davis. 5 slaves.
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Crowder’s District:
p. 5
SAMUEL BARRON, 2 acres on Powel’s Creek.
Captain Shiver’s District:
p. 1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Sanford, adjacent Davis. 12 slaves.
202 ½ acres in
Baldwin County, lot 144, 8th District, granted BARRON (self).
11/05/1809, Hancock County, SAMUEL BARRON of Hancock
County to Willis Shivers of Jones County 250 acres on Fulsomes &
Dry Creeks, adj. Col. Davis, Atkison, Pope &
Mason. Wit: Mark Gonder, Lewis Atkison,
John C. Smith. Hancock Deed. Book. I,
p. 202-4.
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1796
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Daniel Bankston’s District:
p.
2
SAMUEL BARRIN, on Fulsom’s Creek, adjacent B. Walch.
2 slaves.
1797/99
(probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis’ District:
p.
16
SAML. BARRON, 150 acres on Fulson Creek, granted
Welch.
3 slaves.
p.
17
Benjn. Welch
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Captain Davis District:
p.
53.
SAMUEL BARRON, 150 acres Fulsomes Creek, granted Sanford,
adjacent Walsh. 3 slaves.
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02/02/1797,
Hancock County: John Tapley of Pendleton Co, SC to Jonathan
Davis, land on Dry Creek,
adjacent SAMUEL BARRON and B. Hall. Witnesses: John Dennis & Isaac
Blackwood. Hancock Deed Book D, p. 383.
1797/99
(probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis’ District:
p.
16
SAML. BARRON, 150 acres on Fulson Creek, granted
Welch.
3 slaves.
p.
17
Jonathan Davis
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Captain Davis District:
p. 53.
SAMUEL BARRON, 150 acres Fulsomes Creek, granted Sanford,
adjacent Walsh. 3 slaves.
1802 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis District:
p. 33
SAM BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsomes Creek, granted
Langord, located near Shivers, adjacent Davis. 5 negroes.
1804
Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain
Strother’s District:
p.
1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted
Sanford, adjacent Davis. 5 slaves.
p.
4
Jonathan Davis
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Crowder’s District:
p. 5
SAMUEL BARRON, 2 acres on Powel’s Creek.
Captain Shiver’s District:
p. 1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Sanford, adjacent Davis. 12 slaves.
202 ½ acres in
Baldwin County, lot 144, 8th District, granted BARRON (self).
11/05/1809, Hancock County, SAMUEL BARRON of Hancock
County to Willis Shivers of Jones County 250 acres on Fulsomes &
Dry Creeks, adj. Col. Davis, Atkison, Pope &
Mason. Wit: Mark Gonder, Lewis Atkison,
John C. Smith. Hancock Deed. Book. I,
p. 202-4.
06/25/1815,
Jones County: Jonathan Davis to SAMUEL BARRON
lot 73, 9th dist. Jones Deed Book H, p
232.
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1797/99
(probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Davis’ District:
p.
16
Jesse Pope
SAML. BARRON, 150 acres on Fulson Creek, granted
Welch. 3 slaves.
Cullen Pope
11/05/1809, Hancock County, SAMUEL BARRON of Hancock
County to Willis Shivers of Jones County 250 acres on Fulsomes &
Dry Creeks, adj. Col. Davis, Atkison, Pope &
Mason. Wit: Mark Gonder, Lewis Atkison,
John C. Smith. Hancock Deed. Book. I,
p. 202-4.
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1807, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON
of Shiver’s District participated in lottery for land in what is now Jasper,
Jones & part of Putnam Counties.
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Crowder’s District:
p. 5
SAMUEL BARRON, 2 acres on Powel’s Creek.
Captain Shiver’s District:
p. 1
SAMUEL BARRON, 250 acres on Fulsom’s Creek, granted Sanford, adjacent Davis. 12 slaves.
202 ½ acres in
Baldwin County, lot 144, 8th District, granted BARRON (self).
1811
Jones Co. Tax Digest.
Capt.
Evans’ District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek granted Shivers, adj. Carson.
16 slaves.
202 ½ acres on Town Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
1813 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain Ezekial Smith’s District:
SAML. BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Cabiness. 19 slaves.
202 ½ acres on
Walnut Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
202
½ acres of pineland in “Twigs” County on Sandy Creek, granted J. BARRON.
1814 Jones County Tax Digest,
Captain E. F. Smith’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 405 acres on Shoal Creek, granted Shivers, adjacent
Kirk. 19 slaves.
202 ½ acres on
Town Creek, granted BARRON, adjacent Gregory.
202
½ acres of pineland in “Twigs” County on Big Sandy Creek, granted BARRON.
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Part II: A tale of two John Barrons
The two John Barrons:
1. John Barron of Greene, Hancock, Jackson and
Jasper Counties, GA. Little seemed to be known about this John Barron when this
researcher began to investigate him for the purpose of attributing records
found in Greene and Hancock Counties to a particular John Barron. His origin and heritage are still a
mystery. But now his movements in the
time frame of 1789 through 1810 are better documented.
2. John Barron of Wilkes, Hancock and Jones
Counties, GA, presumed son of
(William and) Prudence Barron, has been researched rather extensively by his
descendants. For this reason – and
since this is not my Barron line, I hesitate to even offer a summary work. However, to complete the analysis of the
John Barrons found in Hancock County, some explanation of the records
associated with this man is necessary.
Therefore, the purpose of this section is not to write a defining
work on this John Barron, but merely to identify those records in Wilkes and
Hancock Counties that clearly are attributable to him rather than the John Barron
written about in section one.
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1. John
Barron of Greene, Hancock, Jackson and Jasper Counties, GA
A John Barron first appears in Greene County, GA, in September
1789 as the husband of Eleanor Miller, widow of Alexander Miller (Inferior
Court records). He has not been
identified on either the 1788 or 1789 Greene County tax digests, though Eleanor
Miller was listed in both, owning 87 ½ acres of land.
This is apparently the same John Barron who purchased 180 acres in
Greene County from Benjamin and Grace Welch in August 1790. Benjamin Welch had been an appraiser of
Alexander Miller’s estate in October 1789.
In 1793, John Barron was listed as John “Barnes” on the Greene
County Tax Digest. Despite the
misspelling, he can be identified as the man who married Eleanor Miller because
of his property holdings. In addition
to the 180 acres he had purchased from Benjamin Welch, John Barnes as Trustee
for ___ (left blank) paid taxes on 87 ½ acres on “Buffalow” Creek, adjacent
William “Mitchel”, the exact acreage listed for Eleanor Miller, before her
remarriage, in 1788 and 1789.
John “Barnes” is listed immediately preceding Samuel Barron, who
owned “Ogeeche lands”, adjacent James Orrick and near Zachariah Glass
and “Etheldred Wood”.
This Samuel Barron has been identified as the one with wife named
Joannah who later moved to Jones County.
This Samuel Barron purchased 200 acres of land granted Middleton,
adjacent Orrick in July 1793 and resold the property to a
John Barron in February 1794. John
Barron and Zachariah Glass witnessed the initial sale, Zachariah
Glass and Ethelred Woods the resale.
It seems reasonable that John Barron, husband of Eleanor Miller,
was the John Barron who purchased this land since he was a close neighbor of
Samuel Barron. Further, Ethelred Woods
was familiar to this John Barron and the Millers; he had participated in the
estate auction of Eleanor’s previous husband, Alexander Miller, in April 1790.
In December 1793, that part of Greene County on which John Barron
resided became part of newly formed Hancock County.
Unfortunately, the 1794 Hancock Tax Digest is incomplete and does
not list John Barron. The R.J. Taylor
abstract of the 1794 Hancock digest records what is likely the 1797 tax
listing! And what the DAR calls in its
transcription the 1795 Hancock Digest appears actually to have been for the
year 1798! So the next available tax
digest listing for this John Barron is from 1796 Hancock. John Barron’s property holdings had
undergone several changes between the recording of the 1793 Greene and 1796
Hancock tax digests. Apparently, John
Barron sold the property which he had purchased from Benjamin Welch in
1790. There is a deed for “160” acres
to Jonathan Davis that year, witnessed by Ben “Walsh” (probably Benjamin Welch,
whose name was misspelled Walsh and Walch in other documents). John Barron also applied for “dismission”
from administration of Alexander Miller’s estate.
In 1796, John “Barrin” was shown in the Hancock Tax Digest with
the 200 acres on the Little Ogeechee, adjacent S. Townson and 250 acres on the
Little Ogeechee adjacent S. Shy. Though
there was no notation, it is likely that the 250 acres actually belonged to the
Thomas Gilleland estate, as John Barron was shown as executor in 1797 and 1798,
paying taxes for the same acreage.
Thomas Gilleland had died prior to 1793, when his widow and
executrix, Ann “of Washington County” sold 77 acres in Greene located on Sandy
Run Creek (Hancock County Deed Book E, p. 22).
It is noteworthy that this creek was located in the southwest part of
the county where Samuel (the one who married the daughter of Eleanor Miller and
who died in 1801), John and William Barron (presumed sons of Prudence Barron)
chose to reside.
It should also be noted that in 1796, John Barron no longer paid
taxes on the Miller estate’s 87 ½ acres.
Notices of the property’s impending sale were made in 1795, but no
record of the sale has been found.
Interestingly, however, Samuel Barron (not the man who
moved to Jones, but rather the man who married Eleanor Miller’s daughter, Jane)
is shown paying taxes on the identical tract of land: 87 ½ acres on “Buffaloe”
Creek, granted Mitchell, adjacent Mitchell.
Though John Barron had been relieved of his administration duties
on the Alexander Miller estate in 1796, a case initiated in Hancock County
Superior Court by the year 1795 continued through 1799. John Barron, as administrator for Miller,
filed a claim against Isham Hogan (Hagin) and Ethelred Woods for a debt. The case was not closed until August of
1799.
In an undated Hancock County Tax Digest, but likely from 1797,
John Barron continued to pay taxes on his 200 acres on the Ogeechee River and,
as executor on behalf of the Gilleland estate, for 250 acres of pine land on
the Little Ogeechee.
The Hancock tax digest incorrectly identified as for the year 1795
– but more likely covering 1798 -- listed John Barron with his 200 acres of
land on the Ogeechee, granted Middleton, adjacent Orrick. Once again, he is identified as executor for
Thomas “Gilland”, paying taxes on 250 acres on the South Ogeechee, granted
Middleton, adjacent Huckaby. (Note: the
digest could not possibly have been for 1795 as for some individuals it
recorded taxes on property lying in Jackson County, GA, which was not created
until 1796! Other land transfers
pinpoint the tax year as most probably being 1798.)
In 1798, John Barron purchased two tracts of land, 18 ½ acres from
James Woods on Turkey Creek (located near the Little Ogeechee River) and 100
acres on the Little Ogeechee River from John Patterson. Though Barron retained ownership of his land
for several years, he has not been found on the 1802, 1804 or 1808 Hancock
County tax digests. Perhaps it is
because he moved to Jackson County, GA.
At present, it is unclear when John Barron settled in Jackson
County. In August of 1797 a John Barron
registered his brand or “ear mark” in Jackson County. And in January 1801, John Barron was appointed overseer of the
road from the Court House to Beach Creek.
But no record of his purchasing property has yet been located. Other deeds, however, document Agrippa
Atkinson’s and William Ship’s ownership of land on Beach Creek. These men were recurring neighbors of John
Barron in Jackson County tax digests.
In 1802, John Barron, as husband of Nancy Gilleland, widow of
Thomas Gilleland, applied for executorship of Gilleland’s estate in Jackson
County, GA. Barron had been listed as
“trustee” or “excecutor” of the estate since 1797 in Hancock County. Perhaps he had to formalize the arrangement
again once he had moved to Jackson County?
The really interesting point is that, sometime between 1794 and 1802,
Barron had married Ann “Nancy” Gilleland.
If he was indeed the same John Barron that had married Eleanor Miller by
1789, then it appears that Eleanor had died.
An abstract from the 1804 Jackson County Tax Digest indicates that
Barron continued his administration through that time. Both he and ___ (left blank) Gilleland are
found listed on the same digest page.
Nearby were Ethelred Wood, a name associated with Barron as early as
1790, William Ship and Agrippa Atkinson.
An 1805 Hancock County deed confirms John Barron’s new residence,
identifying him as “of Jackson County.”
He sold the 18 ½ acres on Turkey Creek that he had bought from James
Wood in 1798 back to Wood. In 1806,
John Barron “of Jackson County” sold 200 acres in Hancock County, also
described as lying on Turkey Creek, to John Dixon, Jr.
Barron did not remain in Jackson County. In February 1808, William Ship of Jackson County sold to John
Barren (sic) of same 202 ½ acres in the area of Baldwin County that became
Randolph County in 1807 and was renamed Jasper County in 1812. This deed, recorded in Jasper County Deed Book
1, was witnessed by John Ship and Agrippa Atkinson
Though John Barron no longer resided in Jackson, he retained his
property there until late 1809. An
abstract of Jackson County’s 1809 Tax Digest lists a John “Barton” near
Ethelred Wood, William Ship and Agrippa Atkinson. This must have been John Barron, who apparently did not sell his
Jackson County property until October of that year. A Jackson County deed identified John Barron “of Randolph county,
Ga.” selling 100 acres on Beach Creek to Joseph Bagby of Jackson County. (Joseph Bagby was a brother of Dicey Bagby,
wife of Ethelred Wood).
It is not currently known what happened to John Barron. He sold the land he had purchased in
February 1808 in Randolph (Jasper) County less than two years later, in
December 1810. In that deed he was
described as being “of Randolph County.”
John Barron sold this property to Robert Bickerstaff, also of Randolph. The deed was witnessed by J. Head and
William Head. It appears that
Bickerstaff and the Head family had also moved from Jackson County. Bickerstaff was identified as owning Jackson
County property in an 1804 deed (Jackson County Deed Book D, p. 120). This may be the land he sold in March 1809
to John Justice (Jackson County Deed Book E, p. 197), in which he was described
as “of Randolph County, Georgia.”
Bickerstaff was also listed in
the 1801 and 1804 Jackson County tax digests.
William Head “of Jackson County”
sold property granted William Head in a 1798 Jackson County deed that was
witnessed by James Head (Jackson County Deed Book B, p. 28). It is quite possible that John Barron may
have known Bickerstaff and the Heads while living in Jackson County.
On 17 April 1811, a John Barron married Mary “Polly”
Head in Jasper County, GA (per Barron’s War of 1812 pension application). Polly Head was a daughter of James
Head. From the 1860 Carroll County, GA,
census, it is known that this John Barron was born in about 1791. He appears on the 1820 Jasper County census
(p. 202), residing near Robert Bickerstaff and several Head families. Is it possible that this younger John Barron
was the son of John Barron, subject of this article (and John’s probable wife
in 1791, Eleanor Miller)??
In January 1820, a John Barron sold a part lot in
Jasper to Allen McClendon. A witness
was William R. Head. The land was
located near the lot in Randolph (later Jasper) County, which had been bought
and sold by the elder John Barron a decade earlier. The deed by which John Barron purchased this land is not
available, so it is not known which John Barron was involved in its sale. However, it should be noted that the elder
John Barron was not enumerated on the 1820 Jasper County census.
No further record has been found regarding the elder John Barron.
Below are some key events involving the John Barron who married
Eleanor Miller and Nancy Gilleland.
Color-coding is used to help identify persons, places or events that are
associated with John Barron over the years.
The Barron names are always in caps and bold, but this John Barron is
further highlighted in bright blue.
Events that can be reasonably attributed to this John Barron
(listed chronologically):
1788
1788
Greene County Tax Returns,
Captain
Borland’s District:
Elliender
Miller, 0 white polls, 3 slaves and 87 ½ acres.
JOHN BARRON not listed.
1789
1789
Greene County Tax Returns,
Captain
Borland’s District:
Ellenor
Miller, 0 white polls, 3 slaves and 87 ½ acres.
JOHN BARRON not listed.
09/04/1789,
Greene County, citation to JOHN BARRON and wife
Ellinor, rellict of Alexander Miller
10/05/1789,
Greene County, letters of administration to JOHN and Ellinor BARRON on Alexander
Miller estate; appraisers John Bailey, Benjamin
Welch, Charles Abercrombie. Names appearing on estate sales included Wm.
Mitchell, Etheld Wood, Anderson Comer.
1790
08/03/1790, Greene County: Benjamin Welch and Grace Welch to JOHN BARRON, 180 acres. Witnesses: Wm. Glass, Nath. Wood, Isham Hogan. Greene County Deed Book C, p. 411.
No Greene County Tax Digest available.
1791
No Greene County Tax Digest available.
1792
No Greene County Tax Digest available.
1793
1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 11
Etheldred Wood
Zachariah Glass
Isham Hogin
Jonas Shevers (father of Willis Shivers, longtime associate of
Samuel Barron who moved to Jones)
p. 13
JOHN BARNES, 2 slaves, 180 acres land adjacent Ben. Thompson
As
Trustee for ____, 87 ½ acres on Buffalow Creek, adjacent William Mitchel
For
James Cohorn, 100 acres on Broad River in Wilkes County.
SAMUEL BARRON, 100 acres, Ogeeche lands, adjacent James Orick
Richard Ship, Senr.
07/31/1793, Hancock County: Wm Andrews of Greene County to SAMUEL
BARRON, 200 acres, part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton, adjacent
Orrick. Witnesses: JOHN BARRON, Zach.
Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 39.
1794
01/25/1794, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to Benj
Thompson, Jr, a slave from Alexander Miller estate. Witnesses: Charles Abercrombie, James Mitchell. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 274.
02/15/1794, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON to JOHN BARRON, 200 acres, part
of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton.
Said land adjoining Orick's line. Witnesses: Ethelred
Woods, Zach. Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 40.
12/02/1794, Hancock County: Clement Mullins to JOHN BARRON, 115 acres on
Rocky Creek, adjacent Talbert, Clemons, Mullins. Witnesses: SAMUEL BARRON, Tapley, McKensie. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 49.
1794 Hancock County Tax Digest incomplete, with pages
missing. JOHN BARRON not found in
available pages.
1795
01/01/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to SAMUEL
BARRON, 115 acres on Rocky Creek, adjacent Clamons, Talborts, Williams. Witnesses: A. Comer, JOHN BARRON, JR. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 58.
06/03/1795.
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON vs. Isham Hagin
& Etheld Wood. Case confess debt to Jno.
Barron, administrator of estate of Alexander Miller. Note: Econe iss. 04/29/1799. Superior Court Minutes, 1794 - 1805, page 41.
06/24/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON, admr of
Alexander Miller, applied to sell a “Certain Tract of Land in the said County
adjoining William Mitchel, James Cain and unknown land.” Inferior Court Minutes, 1794-1809, p. 15.
09/10/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON, administrator
of Alexander Miller estate, applies for leave to sell 87.5 on Buffalo
Creek. Southern Sentinel & Univ. Gaz.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available. The digest identified in a DAR transcription as belonging to the
year 1795 obviously was not, as it referenced land holdings in Jackson County,
which was not created until 1796!!
1796
02/01/1796, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to Jonathan
Davis, 160 acres. Witness: Ben
Walsh. Hancock Deed
Book C, p. 328-9.
06/09/1796, Greene County: JOHN BARRON applied for
letters of dismission from administration of estate of Alexander Miller
deceased. Greene County Wills, vol.
A-G, p.40.
1796 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Kirkes District:
JNO. BARRIN, 1 slave, 200 acres on Little Ogechee adjacent S. Townson
250
acres pine land on Little Ogechee adjacent S. Shy
1797
1797/99 (probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Kirk’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 1 slave, 200 acres on O. G., granted Middleton
Executor
for Gilleland, 250 acres pine land on L. O. G.
Captain Brown’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 141 acres on LOGDAM CREEK, adjacent HOWARD
87 ½ acres on TOWN CREEK
115 acres on
Rockey Creek, adjacent MCCARTEY
08/07/1797, Jackson County: JOHN BARRONS Ear Mark – Crop
and slit in Left Ear and under heel in Right.
Jackson County Deed Book A, pp. 81.
1798
03/17/1798,
Hancock County: James Woods to JOHN BARRON, both of
Hancock, 18 ½ acres on Turkey Creek, part of a tract originally granted John Newnham
on 24 May 1793, adj. Van Lofton and James Woods. Wit: Wm Gilliland, JP,
John Patterson. Book D, p. 230.
05/19/1798, Hancock County: John Patterson to JOHN
BARRON, both of Hancock, 100 acres on the Little Ogechee, adj. Wyatt
Oates and Patterson, part of a 200 acre tract granted to Thos Lofton on 19 Oct
1797. Signed: John Patterson, Edward Denton. Test: Allen Jones
Whatley, Wm Gilliland, JP. Book D, p. 242.
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Capt. BARRON’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 144 on acres LOGDAM CREEK, adjacent ROE
87 ½ acres on BUFFALOE CREEK, granted
Mitchell, adjacent Mitchell (see also 1797/99 tax list)
287 ½ acres on
TOWN CREEK, granted Miller, adjacent Moore
JOHN BARRON, 237 ½ acres on ISLAND CREEK, granted MCCARTEY, adjacent
Smith
Captain Kirk’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 2 slaves, 200 acres on B. D. Ogechee, granted Middleton,
adjacent Orrick.
200
acres on S. Ogechee, granted Peace, adjacent Phillips.
As executor of Thos. Gilland, 250 acres
on S. Ogechee, granted Middleton, adjacent Huckaby
1799
04/24/1799,
Hancock County: Edmond Beard to JOHN BARRON,
both of Hancock, 100 acres on the
Little Ogechee, adj. Barron, Patterson, Shelby and Gilliland, originally
granted Benjamin Thompson, 6 Feb 1799. Wit: Wm Gilliland, James Gary,
Solo (?) Phillips. Deed Book D, p. 281.
08/31/1799,
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON vs. Isham Hogan & Ethelred
Wood. ?Fifa? Sheriff's report
"Stopped by an affidavit of ilegality." Ordered that the execution
proceed for balance. Superior Court
Minutes, 1794 - 1805, p. 345.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1800
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1801
01/29/1801, Jackson County: JOHN BARRON appointed
overseer of road from Court House to Beach Creek. Jackson County Inferior Court Minutes, no page number).
1801 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Wood District:
p. 9
JOHN BARRON
David Ship
Aaron Wood
Agrippa Adkerson
p. 10
Ethaldred Wood
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1802
08/1802, Jackson County, JOHN BARRON praying that he
may be appointed Executor of the last will and testament of Thomas Gilleland, deceased,
in room of Nancy Barron who was formerly the wife of said deceased. Jackson Inferior Court Records.
1802 Hancock County Tax Returns: JOHN BARRON was not listed.
1804
1804 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Woods District:
p. 31
JOHN BARRON
___ Gilleland
William Ship
p. 32
Etheldred Wood
p. 34
Agrippa Atkinson
p. 35
Etheldred Wood
1804 Hancock County Tax Returns: JOHN BARRON was not listed.
1805
1/24/1805, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON of the County of Jackson, selling to James Wood 18 1/2
acres on Turkey Creek, part of a tract originally granted John Newnham on 24
May 1793, adj. Van Lofton and James Woods. Deed book H, p. 244.
1806
2
Jan 1806, JOHN BARRON of the County of
Jackson, to John Dixon Junr 200 acres on Turkey Creek, adj. Blount and Woods.
Wit: Edmond Beard, others unreadable on my copy. Deed Book G, p. 304.
1806 listing of land lottery participants from Hancock County: JOHN BARRON was not listed.
1808
02/02/1808, Jasper County: William Ship of Jackson County to JOHN BARREN of same for
$403, lot 82 in 17th District of Baldwin County, 202 1/2 acres. Wit: John
Ship, Agrippa Atkinson. Jasper Deed Book
1, p. 42.
1809
1809 Jackson County Tax Returns,
p. 43
Agrippa Atkinson
JOHN BARTON (sic)
William Ship
p. 47
Etheldred Wood
10/06/1809, Jackson County: JOHN BARRON of Randolph
County, GA, to Joseph Bagby of Jackson County, $450 for 100 acres on waters of
Beach Creek, said parcel granted to Ignatius Few by Edward Telfare, Governor of
Georgia, on 4 October 1786. Wit:
Josiaher McLeroy, James McLeroy, J.P.
Deed Book E, p. 329.
1810
1810 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Hays District:
NO JOHN BARRON listed
p. 52
Etheldred Wood
Richard Shipp
William Shipp
p. 54
John Shipp
p. 56
Agrippa Atkinson
12/10/1810,
Jasper County: JOHN
BARRON of Randolph County to Robert Bickerstaff of Randolph County,
202 ½ acres, lot 82, in 17th District in Randolph. Wit: Patton Wise, J. Head, Wm. Head. Jasper Deed Book 3, p229-30.
1820
01/11/1820, Jasper County: JNO BARRON to Allen McClendon, 40 acres, part lot 101 in District
17. Wit: Willam R. Head, P. Lindsey,
J.P. Jasper County Deed Book B, p. 343.
Events that can be reasonably attributed to this John Barron
(grouped by recurring person or place, highlighted by
color-coding):
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10/05/1789,
Greene County, letters of administration to JOHN and Ellinor BARRON on Alexander
Miller estate; appraisers John Bailey, Benjamin
Welch, Charles Abercrombie. Names appearing on estate sales included Wm.
Mitchell, Etheld Wood, Anderson Comer.
08/03/1790, Greene County: Benjamin Welch and Grace Welch to JOHN BARRON, 180 acres. Witnesses: Wm. Glass, Nath. Wood, Isham Hogan. Greene County Deed Book C, p. 411.
1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 13
JOHN BARNES, 2 slaves, 180 acres land adjacent Ben. Thompson
02/01/1796, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to Jonathan
Davis, 160 acres.
Witness: Ben Walsh. Hancock Deed
Book C, p. 328-9.
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10/05/1789,
Greene County, letters of administration to JOHN and Ellinor BARRON on Alexander
Miller estate; appraisers John Bailey, Benjamin
Welch, Charles Abercrombie. Names appearing on estate sales included Wm.
Mitchell, Etheld Wood, Anderson Comer.
08/03/1790, Greene County: Benjamin Welch and Grace Welch to JOHN BARRON, 180 acres. Witnesses: Wm. Glass, Nath. Wood, Isham Hogan. Greene County Deed Book C, p. 411.
1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 11
Etheldred Wood
Zachariah Glass
Isham Hogin
Jonas Shevers (father of Willis Shivers, longtime associate of
Samuel Barron who moved to Jones)
p. 13
JOHN BARNES, 2 slaves, 180 acres land adjacent Ben. Thompson
02/15/1794, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON to JOHN BARRON, 200 acres, part of
1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton.
Said land adjoining Orick's line. Witnesses: Ethelred Woods, Zach. Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 40.
06/03/1795.
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON vs. Isham
Hagin & Etheld Wood.
Case confess debt to Jno. Barron, administrator of estate of Alexander
Miller. Note: Econe iss.
04/29/1799. Superior Court Minutes,
1794 - 1805, page 41.
08/31/1799,
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON vs. Isham Hogan & Ethelred
Wood. ?Fifa? Sheriff's
report "Stopped by an affidavit of ilegality." Ordered that the
execution proceed for balance. Superior
Court Minutes, 1794 - 1805, p. 345.
1801 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Wood District:
p. 9
JOHN BARRON
p. 10
Ethaldred Wood
1804 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Woods District:
p. 31
JOHN BARRON
p. 32
Etheldred Wood
p. 35
Etheldred Wood
1809 Jackson County Tax Returns,
p. 43
JOHN BARTON (sic)
p. 47
Etheldred Wood
1810 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Hays District:
NO JOHN BARRON listed
p. 52
Etheldred Wood
Richard Shipp
William Shipp
p. 54
John Shipp
p. 56
Agrippa Atkinson
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1793 Green County Tax Returns,
Captain William Rabourn’s District:
p. 13
JOHN BARNES, 2 slaves, 180 acres land adjacent Ben. Thompson
As
Trustee for ____, 87 ½ acres on Buffalow Creek, adjacent William Mitchel
For
James Cohorn, 100 acres on Broad River in Wilkes County.
SAMUEL BARRON, 100 acres, Ogeeche lands, adjacent James Orick
07/31/1793, Hancock County: Wm Andrews of Greene County to SAMUEL
BARRON, 200 acres, part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton,
adjacent Orrick. Witnesses: JOHN BARRON, Zach.
Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 39.
02/15/1794, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON to JOHN BARRON, 200 acres,
part of 1700 acres granted Robt. Middleton.
Said land adjoining Orick's line. Witnesses: Ethelred Woods, Zach. Glass. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 40.
1797/99 (probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Kirk’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 1 slave, 200 acres on O. G., granted Middleton
Executor
for Gilleland, 250 acres pine land on L. O. G.
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Captain Kirk’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 2 slaves, 200 acres on B. D. Ogechee, granted
Middleton, adjacent Orrick.
200
acres on S. Ogechee, granted Peace, adjacent Phillips.
As executor of Thos. Gilland, 250 acres
on S. Ogechee, granted Middleton, adjacent Huckaby
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12/02/1794, Hancock County: Clement Mullins to JOHN BARRON, 115 acres on
Rocky Creek, adjacent Talbert, Clemons, Mullins. Witnesses: SAMUEL BARRON, Tapley,
McKensie. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 49.
01/01/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to SAMUEL
BARRON, 115 acres on Rocky Creek, adjacent Clamons, Talborts, Williams. Witnesses: A. Comer, JOHN BARRON, JR. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 58.
1797/99 (probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Brown’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 141 acres on LOGDAM CREEK, adjacent HOWARD
87 ½ acres on TOWN CREEK
115 acres on
Rockey Creek, adjacent MCCARTEY
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06/24/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON, admr of
Alexander Miller, applied to sell a “Certain Tract of Land in the said County
adjoining William Mitchel, James Cain and unknown land.” Inferior Court Minutes, 1794-1809, p. 15.
09/10/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON, administrator
of Alexander Miller estate, applies for leave to sell 87.5 on Buffalo
Creek. Southern Sentinel &
Univ. Gaz.
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Capt. Barron’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 144 on acres LOGDAM CREEK, adjacent ROE
87 ½ acres on BUFFALOE CREEK, granted
Mitchell, adjacent Mitchell (see also 1797/99 tax list)
287 ½ acres on
TOWN CREEK, granted Miller, adjacent Moore
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03/17/1798,
Hancock County: James Woods to JOHN BARRON, both of
Hancock, 18 ½ acres on Turkey Creek, part of a tract originally granted John
Newnham on 24 May 1793, adj. Van Lofton and James Woods. Wit: Wm
Gilliland, JP, John Patterson. Book D, p. 230.
1/24/1805, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON of the County of Jackson, selling to James Wood 18 1/2
acres on Turkey Creek, part of a tract originally granted John Newnham on 24
May 1793, adj. Van Lofton and James Woods. Deed book H, p. 244.
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1801 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Wood District:
p. 9
JOHN BARRON
David Ship
Agrippa Adkerson
1804 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Woods District:
p. 31
JOHN BARRON
___ Gilleland
William Ship
p. 34 Agrippa Atkinson
02/02/1808, Jasper County: William Ship of Jackson County to JOHN BARREN of same for
$403, lot 82 in 17th District of Baldwin County, 202 1/2 acres. Wit: John
Ship, Agrippa Atkinson.
Jasper Deed Book 1, p. 42.
1809 Jackson County Tax Returns,
p. 43 Agrippa Atkinson
JOHN BARTON (sic)
William Ship
1810 Jackson County Tax Returns,
Hays District:
NO JOHN BARRON listed
p. 52
Etheldred Wood
Richard Shipp
William Shipp
p. 54
John Shipp
p. 56
Agrippa Atkinson
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2. John Barron
of Wilkes, Hancock and Jones Counties, GA
Among the children of (Captain William and) Prudence Barron
identified by John D. Garrard are John and Elizabeth. According to Garrard, who was a grandson of Elizabeth Barron, she
and her brother John married Jacob and Frances Garrard, also brother and
sister. Wilkes County tax records in
the 1780s and 1790s and the 1796 indemnification of the executors of Prudence
Barron’s estate by some of the apparent heirs provide strong circumstantial
evidence of the ties between the Barron and Garrard families. (Click here to
see the indemnification summary.)
Further, John Barron named a son Jarrett (Garrard) and his widow was
called “Frankey” in his 1823 will.
These are but examples from a large body of evidence that indicates John
D. Garrard was correct in his identification of John and Elizabeth as children
of Prudence Barron.
John Barron is likely the man so named in the 1785 Wilkes County
Tax Digest, residing adjacent Prudence Barron in the tax district Frank Hudson
specified as ‘J’ in his Wilkes County Tax Records. John Barron is listed with 200 acres,
Prudence with 250. Though John does not
appear in the next extant Wilkes County return for this district dated 1787,
Prudence is shown as owning 440 acres total (only 10 acres less than the
combined acreage listed for John and Prudence in 1785). In addition, Prudence paid tax on one poll,
indicating a male over 21 years in her household – probably son John. John D. Garrard estimated John Barron’s
birth year as 1763 to 1766. The earlier
birth date would account for both the requirement for John Barron to pay taxes
in 1785 as well as the 1787 listing of the poll for which Prudence paid. Further, unless there was another son of
whom John D. Garrard was unaware, no other male in Prudence’s household had yet
turned 21. Samuel was born in 1767 (or
possibly 1768), William in 1769.
John Barron reappears in the next available Wilkes County Tax
Digest, 1790, once again owning 200 acres in District J. ‘Widow Barram’ defaulted, but a ‘Samuel
Barran’ (likely Prudence’s son) was listed very near John Barron; Samuel paid
taxes on 280 acres. Adding the acreages
together, the total is 480, very similar to the totals for John and Prudence in
1785 and Prudence in 1787.
John Barron also appears in the 1791, 1792 and 1793 Wilkes County tax digests, living in District J near Prudence Barron. Both apparently sold land prior to 1791, as John was shown owning only 100 acres and Prudence 147 acres (140 in 1793). However, no deeds have been found explaining the change in their land holdings.
John is found for the last time in Wilkes County records in
October 1793 as a member of a militia company commanded by neighbor Aaron
Lipham. His brother, William, and
brother-in-law, Jacob Garrard, served in the same company.
In December of that year, John Barron “of Wilkes County” purchased
287 ½ acres from John McCarthy, located on Island Creek, adjacent David
Creswell. Both McCarthy (McCarty) and
Creswell (Criswell, Chriswell) owned land in the vicinity of Prudence and John
Barron in Wilkes County. It can be
speculated that John Barron moved to this area of Hancock to live near Samuel
Barron, apparently John’s brother, and other old Wilkes County neighbors. (See Samuel Barron (1767 – 1801) of Greene
and Hancock Counties, GA above for detailed
discussion connecting John Barron, son of Prudence, with this Samuel
Barron). Samuel Barron was identified
as owning land on Logdam, Sandy, Town and Rocky Creeks, all found in the same
area as Island Creek, where John Barron settled. Despite this land purchase, John Barron’s name is not recorded in
the 1794 Hancock County Tax Digest – nor is he listed in that year’s Wilkes
County Tax Returns. In fact, John
Barron was never again mentioned in (known) Wilkes County records.
The 1795 Hancock County Tax Digest is missing (despite the DAR’s
misidentification of what is more likely the 1798 digest) and the 1796 digest
is incomplete, so John Barron is not found in Hancock tax records until
1797. However, he is mentioned twice
during that period in deeds.
In January 1795, the other John Barron living in Hancock
sold to Samuel Barron (likely the brother of John Barron, son of Prudence) 115
acres on Rocky Creek. John Barron, Jr.
witnessed the deed. In this time
period, the use of Sr. and Jr. following a man’s name did not necessarily mean
that the men were father and son.
Instead, the term differentiated between elder and younger men of the
same name. It is accepted that the
other John Barron was the senior. He
had married a widow with a daughter of marriageable age in 1789 and so may have
been (at least) several years older than John Barron, son of Prudence. It is likely that that the witness to the
deed, John Barron, Jr. was the man from Wilkes County, who was witnessing his
brother’s property purchase.
In September 1796, John Barron was mentioned as owning land
bordering that being sold by Hardy Smith, located on Island Creek. Smith and other adjacent neighbors were
referenced as owning land adjoining John Barron in several later deeds and tax
records.
John Barron appears in the same Hancock tax district as his
presumed brother, Samuel, in both 1797 and 1798. The 1797 entries are particularly interesting, as both men owned
property adjacent Howard and Samuel also owned property adjacent McCarty, the
same man who sold John Barron his land in 1793. John is shown with his 287 ½ acres. However, he must have sold 50 acres sometime before the next tax
assessment, as he paid taxes on only
237 ½ acres in 1798. No
document has been found recording any such sale.
In March 1800, John Barron sold 37 ½ acres of his remaining 237 ½
acres to John Bond, brother-in-law to John Barron’s brother, Samuel. This reduction of property was reflected in
the 1802 Hancock County Tax Digest, showing John Barron paying taxes on 200
acres.
1802 was an eventful year for John Barron. His brother, Samuel, had died in December
1801. The following spring, John Barron
and Anderson Comer were appointed administrators of Samuel’s estate. Later, John was appointed administrator of
George Vest’s estate, a responsibility previously held by his deceased brother,
Samuel. A point of interest is that for
each estate the court named four men to appraise the property. Though the appraisals were set six months
apart – Samuel Barron’s estate was appraised in March, George Vest’s in
September – three of the four men named were the same for both appraisals: Mark
Sanders, Jesse M. Pope and Zerobable Williamson. This fact, as well as others discussed in the section on Samuel
Barron, (Samuel
Barron (1767 – 1801) of Greene and Hancock Counties, GA), indicate that
there was a close relationship between the Barron and Vest families.
John Barron retained the administration on the Vest estate at least
through 1818 (as shown by his payment of taxes on property owned by the estate
through that year). He retained
co-administration on the estate of his brother, Samuel, at least through 1807. However, it appears that Anderson Comer took
the lead on handling the tax payments and claims until his death in 1813.
John Barron continued to reside on his Island Creek property, as
indicated by the 1804 Hancock County Tax Digest. And in 1805 and 1806, he drew (with no success) as a Hancock
taxpayer in the two respective Georgia land lotteries. He was shown with his 200 acres again in the
1808 Hancock tax list, but the adjacent landowner was Comer and the watercourse
was recorded as Sandy Creek (a watercourse on which his brother Samuel had
previously lived). So, it is likely
that John’s land actually lay between Island and Sandy Creeks. In February 1808, James Comer sold a tract
of land in Hancock County described as bounded north by the ‘late’ Samuel
Barron and east by John Barron. John
Barron served as witness to the transaction.
Sometime between 1808 and 1810, John Barron apparently left
Hancock for newly-opened Jones County lands.
In 1810, he purchased 202 ½ acres, lot 149, in District 11 from William
Stokes. The property was situated in
the neighborhood where long-time associate Anderson Comer re-located in the
same time frame. In early 1811, Jones
County deeds indicate that John Barron sold off sections of his
recently-acquired property to his adult sons.
Except for a period around 1814, when he lost his land due to financial
difficulties, John Barron paid taxes on a portion of the same Jones County land
lot through 1818. In February 1813,
almost twenty years after he purchased it, John Barron sold his old Island
Creek property in Hancock County.
John Barron died in Jones County in 1823.
Whether John Barron maintained close ties with his remaining
brother, William, and his sister, Elizabeth, after his move to Jones County is
not known. Both siblings had removed to
adjacent Putnam County. However,
Elizabeth’s father-in-law, John Garrard, settled in Jones County, as did John
Smith, who was believed to have married another of John Barron’s sisters
(Prudence?). And Davis Barron, eldest
son of John’s deceased brother Samuel, paid taxes in Jones in 1817 on behalf of
his minor siblings and in 1818 for his mother.
And we cannot overlook that the other Samuel Barron – the man John
D. Garrard had apparently wrongly concluded was John Barron’s brother – also
settled in Jones County. So far, no
connections indicating a close relationship between John Barron and any of
these other Barrons have been identified in available Jones County records.
Below are some key events involving the John Barron who is
presumed to be the son of Prudence Barron.
Color-coding is used to help identify persons, places or events that are
associated with John Barron over the years.
The Barron names are always in caps and bold, but this John Barron is
further highlighted in bright blue.
Events that can be reasonably attributed to this John Barron
(listed chronologically):
1785
1785
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
McCain’s District:
Line
117 - JOHN BARRAN, 200 acres, 2nd
quality
Line
118 - PRUDENCE BARRAN, 250 acres, 2nd quality
1787
1787
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
Lipham’s District:
Line
9 - Jacob Garrard (poll only)
Line
37 - PRUDENCE BARRON , 1 poll, 140 acres, 1st quality, 300 acres, 3rd
quality
JOHN BARRON is not listed, but may be the poll on whom Prudence paid.
1790
1790
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
Lipham’s District:
Line
22 - JOHN BARRON, 200 acres, 3rd
quality
Line
31 - Jaccob Jarrett, 200 acres total
Line
41 - SAMUEL BARRAN, 140 acres, 2nd quality, 140 acres, 3rd
quality
Widow
BARRAM –
defaulter
1791
1791
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
Lipham’s District:
Line
21 - Jacob Garret, 200 acres total
Line
26 - John Garrett, 160 acres total
Line
40 - JOHN BARRON, 100 acres, 2nd
quality
Line
43 - WILLIAM BARRON, poll only
Line
44 - PRUDENCE BARRON, 147 acres, 2nd
quality
1792
1792
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
Lipham’s District:
Line
6 - JOHN BARRON, 100 acres, 2nd
quality, waters of Little River, adjoins Mason
Line
7 - PRUDENCE BARRON, 147 acres, 2nd
quality, waters of Little river, adj Lydia Brooks
Line
8 - Jacob Jerrod - 200 acres total--adj. Anthony Jerrard
Line
20 - WILLIAM BARRON - poll only
1793
1793
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
Lipham’s District:
Line
8 - Jacob Garrett[Garrard], Wilkes Co., 180 acres total, on Little River, adj.
Hansford & Lipham
Line
13* - WILLIAM BARRON, poll only
Line
14 - PRUDENCE BARRON, 140
acres, 3rd quality, on waters of Little River, adj. Jno. Mason
Line
19 - JOHN BARRON, 100 acres, 2nd
quality, on waters of Little River, adj. Mason & Lipham
* Note: Info per 1978 letter referencing Hudson
correspondence. (1996 book skips 013 in
1793).
10/18/1793, Wilkes County, return of 5 companies, giving listing
of members. 4th Co., commanded by Maj.
Aaron Lipham, Infantry of 2nd Batt., 1st Reg. Wilkes Co. Militia:
WILLIAM
BARRON
JOHN BARRONS
JACOB
GARROTT
12/20/1793, Hancock County: John & Mary McCarthy of Columbia
County to JOHN BARRON of Wilkes County, 287.5 acres on Town and Island
Creeks in Greene County, bounded west by David Creswells land. Witnesses: Benjamin Rees, Thomas White. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 108.
1794
1794
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
Peter McFarlin’s District:
Line
37 - Jacob Garrett, 180 acres total, on waters of Little River, orig. granted
Wm. Downs
Line
39 - WM. BARAM (poll only)
Line
40 - PRUDENCE BARAM, 70 acres,
2nd quality, 70 acres, 3rd quality, on waters of Little
River, orig. granted to Widow Brooks.
JOHN BARRON is not listed.
1794
Hancock County Tax Returns,
JOHN BARRON is not listed.
1795
01/01/1795, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to SAMUEL
BARRON, 115 acres on Rocky Creek, adjacent Clamons, Talborts, Williams,
Mullins. Witnesses: A. Comer, JOHN BARRON, JR. Hancock Deed Book AB, p. 58.
1795
Wilkes County Tax Returns,
Captain
McFarlin’s District:
Line
9 - Jacob Garrett - 187 acres total, Little river, adj. Wm. Downs, orig.
granted to Jas. Scarlett
Line
35 - James Willis, three tracts of land--330, 150, and 403 acres & 8
slaves; all on Little River
Line
40 - PRUDENCE BARRON - 240 acres, 2nd quality, on waters of
Little River, adj. Daniel Evans, originally granted to PRUDENCE BARRON
Captain Thornton’s District:
WILLIAM
BARRON, 125 acres, 3rd quality, on waters of
Rocky Creek, adj. Jno. Carter, originally granted to John B. Ruston
JOHN BARRON is not listed.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available. The digest identified in a DAR transcription as belonging to the
year 1795 obviously was not, as it referenced land holdings in Jackson County,
which was not created until 1796!!
1796
1796 Wilkes County Tax Digest incomplete, with district in which PRUDENCE
BARRON resided missing.
1796 Hancock County Tax Digest incomplete, with pages
missing. JOHN BARRON not found in
available pages.
09/26/1796, Hancock County: Hardy Smith & wife
Elizabeth Goodwyn to John Reed, 25 acres on Big Island Creek, bounded south
by
Hardy Smith, east by JOHN BARRON, north by Benj Shipp and west by James
Scarlett. Hancock Deed Book D, p. 135.
1797
1797/99 (probably 1797) Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Brown’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 141 acres on Logdam Creek, adjacent Howard
87 ½ acres on Town Creek
115 acres on
Rockey Creek, adjacent McCartey
JOHN BARRON, 287 ½ acres on Island Creek, adjacent Howard
1798
1798 Hancock County Tax Returns
(NOTE: these returns were transcribed by the DAR and identified as
belonging to 1795. However, careful
review indicates that the returns must be from the year 1798)
Capt. BARRON’s District:
SAMUEL BARRON, 144 on acres on Logdam Creek, adjacent Roe
87 ½ acres on
Buffaloe Creek, granted Mitchell, adjacent Mitchell
287 ½ acres on Town Creek, granted
Miller, adjacent Moore
JOHN BARRON, 237 ½ acres on Island Creek, granted McCartey, adjacent Smith
1799
03/21/1799, Hancock County: SAMUEL BARRON & Mary Vest,
administrators of estate of George Vest.
JOHN BARRON, Andrew & Michael Mattocks, securities. Hancock Will Book , p. 7.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1800
03/13/1800, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON to John Bond, 37
½ acres on Big Island Creek, adjacent Hardy Smith, John Reed & JOHN BARRON. Witnesses: Richard Wallace, Wm Williamson,
John Ragan. Hancock Deed Book D, p.
501–2.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1801
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1802
1/6/1802,
Hancock County: Granted application to Anderson
Comer & JOHN BARRON to
administer on the estate of SAMUEL BARRON,
deceased. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817, p. 50).
3/3/1802,
Hancock County: Granted letters of administration to Anderson
Comer and JOHN BARRON on the
estate of SAMUEL BARRON dec'd. Ordered
that Mark Sanders, Zeroabel Williamson, John
Roe and Jesse M. Pope, or any three of them
be, and they are hereby appointed to appraise the estate. (Minutes of
Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817, p. 58).
1802 Hancock Tax Returns,
Capt. G. Lewis District:
JOHN BARRON, 200 acres
6/10/1802, Hancock County: Horse theft claim by JOHN BARRON for deceased
brother SAMUEL. Theft took place in 1792 on Logdam Creek (then in Greene
County). John Hudman, witness. JOHN
BARRON’s signature very similar to that of JOHN BARRON who died in Jones County
in 1823. See
original signatures above by clicking on this sentence.
9/25/1802,
Hancock County: Ordered that letters of administration be granted to JOHN BARRON on the estate of George Vest, dec'd.,
In the place of Polly Rogers, late Polly Vest, whose former administration is
revoked, and that Mark Sanders, Jesse McKinni Pope,
Zerobabel Williamson, and James Ross or any three of them be, and are
hereby appointed to appraise the personal estate of George Vest, dec'd. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817,
p. 69).
09/25/1802,
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON adminstrator
of estate of George Vest. A. Comer,
security. Hancock Will Book , p. 8.
1803
5/28/1803,
Hancock County: JOHN BARRON the late
administrator of the estate of George Vest, dec'd., returned an account,
accompanied with vouchers which shows, that SAMUEL
BARRON the former administrator paid out of the above estate in
debts & supplies for the orphans of said dec'd., the sum of
$257.43 3/4 cts. (Minutes of Court of Ordinary 1799 - 1817, p. 96).
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1804
1/28/1804, Hancock County:
JOHN BARRON administrator of the estate of George Vest Decd returned
an account of money paid out of said estate amounting to $340.21 ¾.
JOHN BARRON administrator of SAMUEL BARRON decd returned an
account of money, paid out of said estate.
Proven account by Chas W. Daniel of $13.68 ¾.
Both entries from Hancock County, GA, Minutes Court of Ordinary
1799-1817, p. 120.
1804 Hancock County Tax Returns
Capt. Lewis’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 200 acres on Island Creek, granted McCarty, adjacent Reid
Admr.
George Vest, 100 acres on Logdam Creek, granted Flournay, adjacent Culverhouse
1805
1805 Georgia Land Lottery
SAMUEL BARRON, #1000 (the
“other” Samuel Barron)
WILLIAM BARRON, #1001
John Smith, #1004 (Wm's Bro-in-law?)
Jane BARRON, #1010 (widow of SAMUEL
BARRON)
John Bond, Jr., #1011
Henry Bond, #1012
JOHN BARRON, #1032
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1806
1806 listing of land lottery participants from Hancock County:
Captain Weeks’ District:
JOHN BARRON
Anderson Comer
James Comer
Orp. Of Geo. West
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1807
2/18/1807,
Hancock County: William Pigg vs. Comber & BARREN,
adminr of S BARREN -
debt. Hancock Superior Court Minutes,
no page number.
02/22/1807,
Hancock County: Weldon Owsley of Baldwin County to JOHN
BARRON (administrator of George Vest), 50 acres bounded 1 side by
Leo Abercrombie, on Logdam Creek. Hancock Deed Book H, p. 426.
No Hancock County Tax Digest available.
1808
02/29/1808, Hancock County: James Comer to James Savage, land bounded
north by Wayne & ‘late’ SAMUEL BARRON, east by JOHN BARRON, west by Henry
Bond, southeast by C. McDonald & John Reid. Witness:
JOHN BARRON. Hancock Deed,
Book I, p. 155-6.
1808 Hancock County Tax Returns,
Captain Harper’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 200 acres on Sandy Creek, adjacent Comer, 3 slaves
Admr.
George Vest, 116 acres, adjacent Thompson
1810
??/08/1810, Jones County: Wm Stokes, et al, to JOHN BARRON, 202 ½ acres,
lot 149 in the 11th District.
Jones County Deed Book C, p. 246.
1811
1811 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Huckaby’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 200 acres in
Hancock County on Island Creek, granted Mcarty, adjacent Comer
202
½ acres in Jones County on Butlers Creek, granted Stokes, adjacent Bond
for
William Barron, one poll
for
Jarrett Barron, one poll
As
Admtr. Of G. Vest, 116 acres in Hancock County on Logdam Creek, granted Fox,
adjacent
Fox
1813
2/09/1813, Hancock County: JOHN BARRON of Jones
County to James Easter, 214 acres in Hancock on Town and Island
Creeks, bounded at time of surveying west by David Chriswell, other sides
vacant. Witnesses: Peter McFarlin, Daniel Hightower.
1813 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Sylous Down’s District:
JNO. BARRON, 202 ½ acres on Butler’s Creek, granted Stokes, adjacent
Milliamson
As administrator of George Vest,
deceased, 116 acres in Hancock County on Lockdam Creek, adjacent
Binion
1814
1814 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain William Huckaby’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 1 white poll (his land had been seized by the court)
Admr.
Jno. Dest, 116 acres in Hancock County on Logdam Creek, adjacent Binion
1817
1817 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Thomas Spencer’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 107 ½ acres on Butler’s Creek, adjacent Ellis
For
James Barron, 50 acres on Butler’s Creek
JOHN BARRON, as Administrator of George Vest, Dc., 116 acres in
Hancock County on Sandy Run, adjacent
Binon
1818
1/3/1818, Jones County: James Butt, Sr., to JOHN BARRON, lot 149, 11th
District. Jones County Deed Book K, p.
8.
1818 Jones County Tax Returns,
Captain Burkhalter’s District:
JOHN BARRON, 105 ½ acres on Butler’s Creek, granted Stokes, adjacent
Williamson
As
Administrator on the Estate of George Vest, Desd., 111 acres in Hancock County
on Logdam
Creek
1823
3/15/1823, Jones County: JOHN BARRON wrote
will. Jones County Will Book A.
**********
APPENDIX I
Transcription of the first
letter from John D. Garrard to J. D. Barron in September 1892:
East Lake, Alabama
August 18, 1892
Honorable J. D. Barron
Secretary of State of Alabama
Dear Sir:
Your communication came to hand in due time but up to the present time, I have
been so unwell that I have not felt like replying. I am satisfied that
your father was not a son of Samuel Barron, but a son of his brother, John. The names of your father and his brothers,
to my mind plainly indicate this.
I have all the names of Samuel Barron's heirs and they do not correspond at all
with those of your father and his brothers, nor was there, I think, any other
Samuel Barron in that portion of eastern and middle Georgia old enough
to be the father of your father. My father, Hiram Garrard has an uncle
Sam Barron and a cousin Sam Barron. Of the latter I have heard him speak
as if he had been with him frequently. And, I am tolerable sure that I
have heard
him speak of his cousin Hiram Barron.
When, in my youth, I commenced to keep a record of my foreparents, I designed
keeping but little more than an account of my ancestors in a direct line down
to myself. My father told me a good deal about his kin folks, and
proposed at the time I was writing down many things, to give me the names of
his Garrard and Barron relatives. I only wrote down a few of their names then,
but after his death in 1871, I commenced keeping a record of names and facts
that I could recollect and gather from others. This will serve to explain
to you the reason that I can give so complete an account of some of the
families while I know so little of others of the same household.
I will commence back with two brothers, John Barron, Sr., and William Barron,
Sr., of Ireland; which is as far back as I can trace the history of the Barrons
on my ancestors side.
John Barron, Sr. was an old bachelor, and came to America some years before his
brother, William, for he had returned to Ireland several times on visits before
he persuaded William to come with him. My father told me that he did not
know what became of him. It is probable that he was killed in the
Revolutionary war and left no heirs. If he was ever married and left
heirs they were not, I think in the middle or eastern part of Georgia, among
the
other Barrons, for my father was well acquainted in all that portion of the
state and knew nothing of any Barrons other than the descendents of William
Barron, Sr. Nor did he ever meet any Barrons in the western part of
Georgia
or in Alabama whose ancestors he could not readily trace back to William
Barron. Nevertheless, it is possible that there were others in that part
of Georgia.
William Barron, Sr. of Ireland and his children, are Capt. William Barron of
Warren County, Georgia, and his children. About 1762 (or 1760) as near as
I can ascertain William Barron, Sr., and Prudence Davis were married in
Ireland. Two or three of their children were born in Ireland. About
1766, I estimate they came to America and settled in Warren County,
Georgia. William Barron served as Captain in the Revolutionary war and
was at Augusta, Georgia and fell into the hands of the Tories, and was through
their instigation beheaded by the Indians. They then placed his head in
the center of the city where it remained until the Whigs recaptured the city
about three weeks afterwards. He was hated by the British and the Tories
for his bold and daring attacks on them. Therefore, they had previously
offered a considerable reward for him. Hence, the cruel act of
theirs. The widow, Prudy Davis Barron died in Warren County, Georgia as
late as 1815 to 1820.
The heirs of Captain William Barron of Warren County, Georgia were:
1. John Barron, Jr. probably born in Ireland about 1763 or 1765
2. Elizabeth Barron, about April 1766
3. William Barron, Jr. born in Warren County, Georgia, June, 1767
4. Samuel Barron, Warren County, July 4, 1768
Elizabeth was about the third and John was the first or second, but I am not
sure John was older than the other three. He may have been younger than
Samuel and born in America. He did not come between the other three.
I think that John, William were the sons that left heirs, at least in that
section of Georgia. There were probable from two to four more
daughters.
JOHN BARRON, JR. OF JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA
John Barron, Jr. of Jones County, Georgia, a son of Captain William Barron of
Warren County, Georgia, and was most likely born in Ireland but grew to manhood
in Warren, County, Georgia. I guess that if older than Elizabeth, he was
married at about 1788 or 1790. He married a daughter of John Garrard of
Wilkes County, Georgia. He settled most likely at first in Warren County,
though not unlikely in an adjoining county to Warren farther west than
Hancock. In 1805 and 1806, there seemed to be a general breaking up and
moving west to newer counties of the Barron, Garrard, Roquemore, and other
families related to them, and in 1806 there was a general rush to Jones
County. John Barron's father-in-law, John Garrard, sold out in Wilkes and
moved to Jones late in 1806, and I guess as John was among the first settlers
of Jones, that he moved about the same time. John lived in this county
many
years, and I think my father stated that he and his wife died in this
county. They left heirs, but I did not
write down their names. But the names you gave me are just as I would
have expected to find among the names of John
Barron and his Garrard wife. John's wife had a brother Jacob, who married
Elizabeth Barron, John's sister, and thus their children were double
cousins. Hence how natural for them to
name one of their boys after his brother
Samuel, another after his brother, William, another after her father GARRARD,
NOT GARRETT; another after her brother, Jacob, and still another after her
brother Jacob, and his sister Elizabeth's son, Hiram, born the year before,
March 24, 1800. Many of the Barrons and other relatives have persisted in
calling our names Garrett and I judge that your uncle's name was Garrard, but
miscalled Garrett. Though not unlikely intended to be for my
greatgrandfather's name but spelled wrong, as some of the older children, and
especially the girls grew up without an education. My father found one of
his cousins in the lower part of Georgia without any education whose name the
people spelled incorrectly.
Now, I would like to hear from you as to what you think about the way I have
mended the broken link in your ancestors. I should like to have stated
that Barron's wife had an uncle James Garrard for whom your uncle James may
have been named if the son of John Barron, Jr.
ELIZABETH, BARRON, A DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BARRON OF WARREN COUNTY, GA.
Elizabeth was most likely born in Ireland and always spoke with a little Irish
brogue as long as she lived. Judging from the age of her oldest and
youngest heirs and my mothers recollections of her age at her death, she must
have been born sometime in the forepart of the year 1766. She died in the
spring of 1828 at the age of 62. About 1787 or 1788, she was married to
Jacob Garrard, son of John Garrard of Wilkes County, Georgia. They first
settled in Wilkes County, Georgia. In December, 1805, they settled in
Putnam County, then a part of Baldwin, fourteen miles north of Milledgeville
and eight miles south of the present location of Eatonton. Jacob Garrard
died at this place in spring of 1823 (see tombstone data). He died of
fever and about the same date four of his children. Elizabeth on the same
place in 1828.
Their heirs are nine in all. All but four died without marrying.
The oldest, Mrs. Nancy Roquemore, of Putnam, died about 1835 without
issue. The second, William Garrard of Putnam County was born December 7,
1791, and died
Nov. 22, 1862. His two sons, John Marion of Putnam County , then Hancock,
then Talbot, then of Columbus, Georgia and William T. of Putnam are both
dead. Both left heirs. The late General T. H. Mahone of Talbot
County, his two brothers, Gip and Peter and Dr. Abraham married daughters of
William Garrard, Sr. of Putnam County.
The sixth heir of Jacob and Elizabeth Garrard, was Hiram Garrard, my
father. He was born in Wilkes County,
March 24, 1800 and was six years old, less three months, when his father moved
from Wilkes to Putnam-Baldwin. He was married to Martha B. Goss, of
Newton County, Georgia in November, 1824 and moved to Newton County, in
December, 1825 and from Newton County to Montgomery, County, Alabama, near Pine
Level, in December, 1852, where he died, November, 7th, 1871, and my mother
April 30, 1880. They reared nine children, three sons and six
daughters. The 7th and 8th, two grown daughters, 18 and 20 died near the
close of the late Internal War. The 3rd Prof. Hiram Jesse
Garrard, dropped dead in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas., in December
1890. He left two grown sons. The rest are all living in Alabama
and Texas. I am the 2nd heir born December 16, 1827. Have only one
son and one daughter living: George Davis Garrard and Mrs. Alice Jessie McCrary
and have three motherless grandchildren, daughters of Mrs. Lillian G. Miles,
who was my second daughter. My other brothers Rev. Joseph W. Garrard, a
Baptist minister of Scurry, County, Texas, (living in 1924 at Margarget, Texas)
12 years younger than myself, has four sons and three daughters. His sons
are Hiram, William, Malone and Joseph. So you see that we are keeping up
the Barron and Garrard names.
The 7th heir of Jacob and Elizabeth Garrard was named Zillah Ann. She
married Rev. James M. Roquemore of Jones County Ga. They settled in
Talbot County, and then they and all their children moved to Carthage, Texas,
Panola, County. Aunt Zillah died about 1875. They left a good
number of grandchildren, but only one or two children living.
WILLIAM BARRON, JR., OF WARREN COUNTY SON OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM BARRON
The next heir of Captain William Barron and Prudy Barron, of Warren County was
William Barron, Jr., of Warren, later of Newton county, Georgia. I am
pretty sure that he was born in America, and about June, 1867. He was
married about 1791 to Mary Farr, and moved from Warren county to Newton about
1805 or 1806, where he lived for many years, till in his old age he broke up
and lived with his son James, and then with his son Henry of Butts county, Ga.,
where he died in November, 1848, being 81 years and some five or six months
old. I have forgotten the exact number of months, but not the number of
years. I saw him frequently until I was near 21 years of age. Was
present at his death and burial. Was the only one besides his wife who
witnessed his death, as he died very suddenly, altho complaining of hurting in
his breast all the fore part of the day. I had gone on a fisit (DR note:
as typed) to see him from Newton county, presuming that I would not have the
opportunity to visit him any more. The heirs of William Barron, Jr. of
Newton County, Georgia, were, James Barron, of Meriwether county; the father
of Dr. Barron of Troy, Alabama, Rev. Thomas Barron of Whitesville, Harris
county, Georgia; the grandfather of Rev. Alonzo C. Barron, editor of the
Baltimore Baptist. Next Joseph Barron of Troup county,
Georgia. Next Smith Barron of the lower part of Meriwether or the
upper part of Talbot county. Next HENRY
BARRON (DR note: all caps and underlined in pen) of Butts county, and later of
Walton County, Georgia. Next Mary Elizabeth Barron nee Mrs. John
Roquemore of Newton county, Georgia. I think this includes all the heirs
of William Barron, Jr., that lived to maturity. All of them reared a large
number of children; and excepting the descendents of Henry Barron and Mrs. John
Roquemore, most all if not all, of William Barron's descendants are in Alabama
and Texas. A host of them in Pike county, Alabama. (I I (DR: as
typed) had forgotten Davis Barron who was a cousin to my father and I am
tolerably dure (DR: as typed) a son of William Barron, Jr., I think he settled
somewhere in the western part of Georgia. (DR: there is no parenthesis close)
SAMUEL BARRON, SON OF WILLIAM BARRON
Samuel Barron was born in Warren county, Georgia, July 4, 1768 and died in
Jones county, June 20, 1826. He was married to Miss Joannah Braswell,
March 22, 1793, and lived in Warren county most probably till he moved to Jones
county, about 1806. He left a widow, eight sons and three daughters.
His children were lst., James, 2nd, Sarah; 3rd Willie; 4th Capt. William;
5th Nancy; 6th Rebecca; 7th Benjamin; 8th Jonathan 9th Willis; 10th
Green; 11th Abington.. Willis, Nancy, Green and Abington died
and left no heirs. Capt. William Barron the 4th heir of Samuel Barron
left eight children, four of whom yet living (the first of the year, at least)
namely, Mrs. Mary Morris of Jones county; Dr. James F. Barron of Clinton, Jones
County; Capt. Robert H. Barron of Macon, Georgia, and Mrs. Lizzie Austin or
Mrs. J. E. Austin of Fort Valley, Georgia. Perhaps I will draw of your
patience, but as you may conclude that John Barron, Jr., was your grandfather,
and hence, that John Garrard of Wilkes county was your great-grandfather of
your grandmother Barron's side, I will append a little about him and his
people.
John Garrard, pronounced Gar-rard' - was of French parentage. But my
father thought that his grandfather Garrard's parents had left France and had
come to England before John was born as his grandfather never spoke with any of
the French brogue. And that was his understanding, that he came directly
from England. John with his two brothers, Robert and James, came to
America to South Carolina; and a cousin of theirs settled in Penna., the
grandfather of Garrard, once Governor of Kentucky, for whom a county named in
that state. Robert settled in South
Carolina, and perhaps James also. One of James' son's grew up and settled
in Wilkes County, Georgia. On an adjoining farm to Jacob Garrard's. He was
the ancestor of Col. Louis F. Garrard of Columbus, Georgia. John Garrard
was born as early, I suppose in 1730. (James should be Jacob according to
Garrard history.)
He came to America about 1750 to 1755. (About 1755 to 1760 Garrard
History 1758) he was married to Mary Bolt of South Carolina, a sister of Abram
Bolt, of that state. He followed overseeing, first in South Carolina and
then in Georgia, until he accumulated enuf to buy a farm in Wilkes County, Ga.
about 1772. He moved to Jones county 1806, and died in the spring of
1807, having married his second wife about three months prior to his
death. The heirs of John Garrard of Wilkes county, were two sons and
three daughters. Jacob and Robert were the two sons. Jacob as
previously stated, married Elizabeth Barron and one of his sisters, John
Barron. Robert Garrard, about 1806, settled in Wilkes county,
Georgia. He left three sons: John, James, and William, and several
daughters. One daughter of John Garrard married Ledloe. The settled in Jones county about
1806. I do not know whom the other daughter married.
Now, I would like very much to know something about the history and pedigree of
that Barron family in Ireland and America that you mentioned having. If
possible, I would like to have a copy. Is it printed? And can
another copy be secured.
Yours truly,
John Davis Garrard.
This is an exact copy of the letter of (DR: to) J. D. Barron written Aug. 18,
1892. This letter is in the possession of his daughter, Miss Theodora
Barron #9 North Jackson Street Montgomery, Ala. It was sent to Petrona
Garrard Humber Hean Feb. 1, 1924 thus this copy. (Copied by Mrs. Newt
Etheredge Jackson, Georgia, April 5, 1949,)
The pencil marks are my corrections from gravestone datas at Watt Field
Dennis Ga., Old Garrard cemetary, and from Gov. Garrard of Kentucky, His
Descendants and Relatives, history. The section relating to our branch of
the Garrards was compiled by the above John D. Garrard.
Garrard
Petrona/Humber Hean
(Transcribed by Davis Reese, April 2000).
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Transcription of the second
letter from John D. Garrard to J. D. Barron
in September 1892:
East Lake, Ala
September 17th, 1892.
Hon.
J. D. Barron,
Montgomery,
Alabama
Dear
Sir:
As Mr. Rogers was absent when I called there the first of
the present week, and was not to be back until Monday next, I had your book put
away till he returns. Will call next week and mail to you. I am truly
obliged by the use of it. Many thanks to you for your kindness in sending
it to me. It affords me much pleasure to trace the history of the Barron
family back to the origin of the name. I knew that they were Barons in
Ireland and that the title had been changed to a family name and an additional
letter "r" added, but I did not know how it came about. What is
the meaning of Fitz as prefixed to Gerald? Am also pleased to learn of
the descendants of my father's double uncle and aunt, John and Francis Barron,
as I have been on the lookout for some member of the family for ten or fifteen
years. Also glad that I was the means of your finding out the names of
your ancestors. It has only been a few months since I learned of the
descendants of Samuel Barron, the brother of your grandfather. Mrs.
Lizzie Austin, of Fort Valley, Ga., knowing that her father, Capt. Wm. Barron,
of Jones County, Ga., son of Samuel Barron, of same place, was closely related
to the Garrards, and by some means, having learned that Miss Lizzie Henrietta
Mahone, of Belleview, Talbot County, Ga., was a daughter of the late Gen. Th.
H. Mahone and Elizabeth Mahone, nee Garrard, wrote to her to ascertain how the
Garrards and Barrons were related and to find out, if possible, who her
great-grandfather was. Not being able to give her the information sought,
my cousin's daughter sent the letter to me. The fact that my father had
and uncle Samuel Barron and a cousin Samuel Barron and that he knew of no other
Samuel Barron in that part of the State coupled with her knowledge (Mrs.
Austin's) of the relationship of her father to the Garrards and the date of his
birth as well as the place of his birth--Warren County, assures me that I am
correct in placing Samuel Barron, the grandfather of Mrs. Austin, as the son of
Capt. William Barron, Sr., of Ireland and Warren County, Ga.
Yes, my father and yours were first cousins. They were
little more than first cousins. They were double cousins, which made them
of the same blood as much so as own brothers, --both being Garrard and
Barron. Which makes me and you, so far as blood is concerned, the same as
first cousins. I am one-half Garrard and Barron and so are you. You
see, your John Barron, your grandfather, a son of Capt. Wm. Barron, Sr., of Ireland
and Warren County, Ga., married Frances Garrard, a sister of Jacob Garrard, my
grandfather, and Jacob Garrard married Elizabeth Barron, a sister of John
Barron, your grandfather. Jacob and Frances Garrard being children of
John Garrard of Wilkes county. John Garrard of Wilkes County married Mary
Bolt of S. C. She was of Welch parentage, and Wales, I believe, was
settled largely by German. The origin of the name Bolt is said to be
German. No; you uncle John Davis was not named after the Davis Barron I
alluded to in my letter. He was the one himself that I alluded to, as
your letter in reply proved to me. I did not have Davis Barron's name
with the sons of Wm. Barron of Newton, nor did I recollect ever seeing him in
Newton; therefore, I thought that he was a son either of your grandfather, John
Barron, or his brother Samuel, but when Mrs. Austin, the grandaughter of Samuel
Barron, gave recently the names of her grandfather's sons and you gave those of
your grandfather, and both of you left out Davis Barron, and knowing so sell
that my father had a cousin Davis Barron whom he had associated with
frequently, I necessarily concluded that I had forgotten that he was a son of
William Barron, of Newton. But I got to thinking about it after mailing that
letter to you, and became pretty well satisfied that Wm. Barron of Newton, your
grandfather's brother, had no son by the name of Davis; and was determined to
write two of his grandsons to know if they had an uncle Davis Barron.
Your letter explains it; your uncle John Davis Barron was called by his second
name, when my father knew him. You can therefore erase Davis Barron's
name from the names of William Barron's sons. I did not mention it, I
believe, but I recollect hearing my father speak a few times of his cousin
Garrard Barron, as he called him, but I could not recollect it so distinctly as
I could his mention of Davis and Samuel, whom he seems to have been with
oftener than the others. Perhaps they vistied Putnam County more than the
others. I have only a faint recollection of his mentioning that had a
cousin Jacob Barron, and no recollection at all of the others you mention
except your father, of whom he did not speak as often as of Davis and
Samuel. No, he (John Davis Barron) was named Davis after his grandmother
Barron. Capt. William Barron, his grandfather married in Ireland, perhaps
in Waterford or Kilkenny County, Lucy (Prudence) Davis, who was of the Royal
Family of Davises of England and of Ireland.
[note from VK: probably should be ‘Prudy’, not ‘Lucy’] His father
(John Davis Barron's) being named John who had an uncle John Barron, and his
mother's father being named John was the origin of the name JOHN. My name
came down through the same channel on my father's side. In addition, he
my father, had a brother John Goss and a brother Davis Goss, and uncle John
Davis, and a grandfather Jonathan Davis, Sr. So my father and mother, as
they said, readily agreed to name me, their first son, John Davis.
Jonathan Davis was of the Royal family of Davises of England; so my father and
mother thought that their ancestors, on the Davis side, were distantly related
in the old country, or rather was of the same family away back. Jonathan
Davis, my great-grandfather was an uncle of the late ex-President Jefferson
Davis's father, my mother and Jefferson Davis being second cousins. I had
a sister, Frances B. Garrard, but I did not know for whom my father named her;
but it now looks as if he had named here after his aunt, your
grandmother. Sister Elizabeth was named after her grandmother, Elizabeth
Garrard, nee Barron, your grandfather's sister.
You suggest tracing the Barron family pedigree back from
Capt. Wm. Barron, our great-grandfather, to the Barron's in Ireland, I
suppose. This I think a good idea. If we cannot succeed in tracing
it all the way back, perhaps we can trace it far enough to ascertain whether
that estate left back there for one Barron justly belongs to the heirs of Capt.
William Barron of Warren County. The marriage records in Ireland may help
out considerably to do so.
It will be a good thing for you to do, while that aged aunt
(grandmother Barron) is alive, to get all the information from her that you can
of your grandfather's family--their names, including their children's
grandchildren, etc., their places of residence, births, deaths, etc. The
age of the oldest child of your grandfather would help us to get at his age
pretty closely, probably. But closer to the date of his marriage,
The latter, however, unless the courthouse has been burned, can readily be
found recorded at Washington, Wilkes County, Ga. I would examine the
record first from about 1785 to 1795. As your father was born in 1801,
and you probably can learn about how many brothers and sisters were older than
he was, from your aunt, you can come very close to the date of his
marriage. I would be pleased to have all the facts that you can learn, as
I am thinking that I will be compelled to publish my little history of the
Garrard and Barron and of the Goss and Davis families. So many are
writing me to copy my account of these families and send them that it would be
quite a tiresome undertaking. I have over one hundred and fifty pp
written on 9 x 11 inch paper. Six pages about Captain William Barron and
fourteen more about his descendents, not including my grandmother's
descendents, which are given with the history of the Garrard family; nor that I
copied from your book.
Perhaps you know something of these Barrons whom I mention
below.
There is a very prominent man at Birmingham--Lakeview, I
believe--known as Major Barron, whom I have not yet met, and whose initials of
given names I do not now recollect, but have them somewhere among my papers, I
think.
There was a fine old Baptist lady, the widow Julia Barron,
who lived at Marion, Ala., for many years. She died a year or two ago;
and I think she had but one son, who died probably fifteen or twenty years ago
or more, and left two daughters, Julia and Olive, who now reside at Marion.
There was also a widow Barron, who lived ner Farmersville, Lowndes, County,
Ala., who also had daughters and no sons living. One daughter, Frances
Barron, accompanied a married sister of mine on a visit from that place to my
father's in Montgomery County, and remained at father's several weeks. My
father said she was a descendent of Samuel Barron, I suppose he ment his cousin
Sam Barron, your uncle; though he may have alluded to the elder Samuel Barron,
his uncle. The widow and her daughters went to Texas, about twenty or
twenty-five years ago, I think.
I am very nervous and have written very herredly, but
suppose you will be able to read most that I have written and allow for all
mistakes. I intended to give you a description of the Garrard and Barron
families, but am too tired now to do so. Will do so, however, at some
future time, if you desire it.
Will be plesed to hear from you at any time.
Yours truly,
Jno. D. Garrard
(Transcribed by Vicki Barron Kruschwitz from a typed
copy in the possession of William Maddocks, 2002).
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Transcription
of pages listing the family of Samuel and Jane Barron taken from the Bible of
Agesilaus and Elizabeth Bond Barron.
Births
Samuel
Barron was Born 23 of Augist 1767
Jain
Barron was Born Febuary 1..st 1772
(Note: Mrs. Seth Barron of
Columbia, MS, who submitted the Bible record to the
GA Archives in 1971 gave the birthdate as the 16th,
but the copy of the original page does not appear to support this.)
Sarah
Barron was Born October 18..th 1791
(Note: Mrs. Seth Barron gave the
birthdate as the 19th. The
copy from the GA
Archives is not clear, but appears to be the 18th.)
Davis
Barron was Born July the 21..st
1794
Tillitha
Barron was Born December the 7..th 1796
Edmond
Barron was Born March 5..th 1799
Agesilaus
Barron was Born May 3..th 1801
Elizbeth
Barron was Born April the 4 1807 (Note This was Elizabeth Bond, who married Agesilaus
Barron).
(Note: the remainder of the page was devoted to
birthdates of Agesilaus and Elizabeth Barron’s children.)
Marriages
Samuel
Barron was marrid the 8 of July 1790
John
C Weeks was marrid January 12..th 1817
Edmond
Barron was marrid December 20..th 1821
Agesilaus
Barron was marrid 23 December 1823
(Note: the remainder of the page listed marriages
dating from 1870 through 1916.)
Deaths
Samul
Barron Deceist of this life December the 16..th 1801
Jain
Barron Deceist of this life March the 17..th 1835
Agesilaus
Barron Deceased of this life Jan. the 12..th 1852
Elizabeth
Barron deceased of this life Jan the 3 1884
(Note: the remainder of the page listed deaths of
Agesilaus and Elizabeth Barron’s children and grandchildren.)
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Samuel
and Joannah Barron - Family Record
Births
Samuel
Barron was born 4 July 1768.
Joannah
Barron, S. Barron’s wife was born 10 December 1771.
Sally
Barron was born 2 February 1794.
James
Barron was born 8 May 1795.
Wiley
Barron was born 5 September, 1796.
William
Barron was born 1 January 1798.
Nancy
Barron was born 5 May 1799.
Rebecca
Barron was born 29 December 1800.
Benjamin
Barron was born 3 July 1802.
Jonathan
Barron was born 16 May 1804.
Willis
Barron was born 9 August 1805.
Thomas
Green Barron was born 28 July 1807.
Abington
Barron was born 3 October 1809.
Isac
Jones Barron son of Jothathan and Judy Barron was born on the 6th of
April
1845.
Marriages
Samuel
Barron and Joannah, his wife were married 22 March 1793.
James
Barron was married on the 18th of August 1818
Rebecca
Barron was married on the 1 day of March 1821
Wilie
Barron was married on the 17 of June 1821.
William
Barron was married on the 21 of January 1823
Sarah
Barron was married on the 20 of Febuary 1823
Willis
Barron was married on the 25 of January 1827
Johnathan
Barron was married on the 22 of January 1829
Benjamin
Barron was married on the 14 of July 1831
Nancy
Barron was married 21st July 1835
Thomas
G Barron married 28th April 1836
Deaths
Samuel
Barron died the 20 June 1826.
Sarah
Jane Barron the daughter of Willis Barron died the 14 of November 1832
Joannah
Barron the wife of Samuel Barron died on Wednesday morning at four
o'clock
the 5 of Febuary 1834
William
Barron died 20th Detm 1836
Nancy
Morrow died 25th Dec 1864
Willis
Barron died 17th July 1840
Sarah
Pryorey died 21st Nov 1841
Johnathan
Barron died 3rd of April 1845.
Judy
Barron wife of Johnathan Barron died 23d April 1845
Abington
Barron died March 11th 1852
Wiley
Barron died January 6th 1856
William
G Barron died 29th day of July 1854.
James
Barron died 1st Sept 1857
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The following listing of graves from the Barron Cemetery are transcribed from Carolyn White Williams’ History of Jones County, Georgia 1807-1907:
THE BARRON CEMETERY
Near Rogers place southeast of Round Oak
on abandoned road
Sarah,
Consort of James Finney and oldest daughter of Samuel and Johanna[sic] Barron
born in Hancock, Ga., Feb. 2, 1794, died in Jones Co., Ga., Nov. 21, 1841.
Abdington[sic] Barron youngest son of Samuel and Johanna Barroon[sic], born
Oct. 3, 1809, died Mar. 11, 1852.
William Barron, son of Samuel and Johanna Barron.
Elizabeth Barron, consort of William Barron, 2-14-1810, died 2-11-1848.
Samuel Barron born March 16, 1749 died 1802. Rev. Soldier.
Annie Brazil Barron (1st wife of Samuel) born 1754 died 1809.
William Greene Barron, third son of William and Elizabeth Barron, b. Dec. 5,
1828, d. July 29, 1854.
Many other graves, inscriptions obliterated by time. (bolding mine –
VBK)
Note: the parenthetical
statement that Annie Brazil Barron was the first wife of Samuel appears to be
an author’s note – not part of the inscription on the headstone.
Since
markers for three of the children of Samuel (1768-1826) and Joanna Barron were
identified in this cemetery, it seems likely that Samuel and Joanna may also
have been buried here. (See the
section, Samuel Barron
(1768 – 1826) of Greene, Hancock and Jones Counties, GA, for more information on
this family). Unfortunately, no second
source has been located to provide corroboration of the inscriptions copied by
Carolyn White Williams. So the Barron
researcher is left with the rather mysterious appearance of another (??) Samuel
Barron and a woman identified as Annie Brazil Barron (his wife?), who were
apparently somehow related to the family of Samuel and Joanna Barron. Just who were this Samuel and Annie Brazil
Barron that were buried with Samuel and Joanna’s family? This is a question that is not easily
answered for the Barron researcher. But
we can attempt to more clearly consider the possibilities.
First,
it should be realized that 1802 is a curious date of death for the Samuel
Barron buried in this cemetery. Jones
County, GA, did not exist in 1802. The
land was held by the Creek Indians. So
it is quite unlikely that this Samuel Barron lived in this area in 1802. Is the grave stone inscription in error? Did Mrs. Williams misread the
inscription? She did note that
inscriptions on other stones were obliterated by time. Could the monument to Samuel Barron have
been erected years later as a memorial and either he was not buried there or
the family members who placed the stone there erred on the date?
And
how do you explain the parenthetical notation (probably made by Carolyn White
Williams) following Annie Brazil Barron’s inscription that she was the first
wife of Samuel Barron? Annie apparently
died in 1809, Samuel in 1802. How could
a first wife outlive her husband?
1802 is very close to the death date (December 1801) of
the Samuel Barron who married Jane Miller.
See Samuel Barron (1767 – 1801) of Greene and
Hancock Counties, GA for more details on the family). But that Samuel Barron died in Hancock
County. And his widow, Jane, continued
to live in Hancock for several years after his death. Further, that Samuel’s birth date has been documented by the
family Bible as occurring in 1767 – not 1749, as indicated by Mrs. Williams as
appearing on the gravestone for the Samuel Barron in Jones County.
The
name Annie Brazil Barron is uncannily like the maiden name John D. Garrard
provided for Joanna Barron, wife of the Samuel who died in Jones in 1826. Annie Brazil Barron >>> Joanna
Braswell Barron. Is it possible that
the mysterious couple buried in this Jones County cemetery was actually Samuel
and Joanna Barron? Once again, a family
Bible furnishes birth and death dates that are very different for Samuel and
Joanna than those Carolyn White Williams copied from the Jones County cemetery
for (another?) Samuel and Annie. (See
cemetery record transcription above for death dates of Samuel and Annie Barron;
see Appendix III for the death dates of Samuel
and Joanna in the family Bible).
There
are several other references to a Samuel and an Ann Barron. In the book, Roster of Revolutionary
Soldiers in Georgia, Mrs. Howard H. McCall wrote:
"Samuel
Barron (brother of William, Sr.), mar. Ann ______. A Rev. Sol. of Ga.
John Barron (brother of William, Sr., was a captain at the Siege of Augusta,
and was wounded and captured by the British." (p. 32)
It
is not known where Mrs. McCall obtained her information – or if that
information was solidly documented.
When it was unquestioningly accepted by researchers that the Samuel
Barron (1768-1826) who married Joanna and moved to Jones County was the son of
William and Prudence Barron, it seemed reasonable to use Mrs. McCall’s
statements to speculate that Samuel’s uncle (William’s brother), Samuel, was
buried in the family cemetery. Now it
appears that Samuel (1768-1826) was not the son of William, so
speculation about an uncle Samuel and aunt Ann doesn’t make sense anymore. But could the older Samuel and Annie Brazil
Barron have been the parents of Samuel Barron (1768-1826)?
The
other reference to Samuel and Ann Barron occurred in a 1784 Georgia land grant
to Ann Barron, widow of Samuel Barron, on behalf of their son,
Samuel. But if that Samuel was deceased
by 1784, then this couple could not be the one buried in Jones County.
To
date, Samuel and Annie Brazil Barron remain as mysterious as ever. Without additional information on the
inscriptions from this Barron Cemetery in Jones County, it is extremely
difficult to determine who this couple was.