In Search of Early Barton Ancestors

 Preliminary Statement

I became interested in my BARTON family history about 25 years ago through attendance and participation in family reunions in Brown County, Texas.  This interest was enhanced in 1982 when a copy of a BARTON paper that was compiled during the 1960's by Dottie Parker Lewis, Brownsboro, Texas was secured. Among other details, this paper contained reference to a Barton Family Bible Record that documented the birthday and birth place of our ancestor, Isaac Barton as 31 August, 1799, South Carolina.  That Bible Record has since been located and photographed, with copies filed in my Barton Source Binder system.  Over time, many family details have been accumulated on this Isaac Barton (1799-1865)and his wife, Nancy Snow (1803-1867) and their descendants as they migrated from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and then to Texas in about 1856.  Other records as copied  below indicate that the parents of Isaac Barton were John Barton, and his wife Mary. 

Some John Barton Connection Indicators         

1.  Laurens District, South Carolina: Deed Book E, page 241, 5 March 1790:

 “Lewis Barton and wife Jedidah of Laurens County sold 55 acres to William Goodman on

 Reedy River on Long Lick Creek bounded by lands of William Goodman, David Daldwell            and Lewis Barton.

Signed by Lewis and Jedidah J. Barton (her mark)

Wit: John Barton, Clabourne Goodman, and Mary Barton (her mark)

2.  “Passports of Southeastern Pioneers”, by Dorothy Potter, page 111:

“Cherokee Agency, South West Point, 20th Sept 1803.....Jeremiah Snow, John Barton,

Balos Nations, Eli Snow, Isaac Barton, Daniel Jeffers, and Benjamin Barton, with six

women and 12 children and 21 head of  horses...to..pass...from this place.. to.. Jackson

County in Georgia”.

3.  “Monroe County Census, 1816": Then in Mississippi, now in central Alabama.  This area

includes land that became Blount and Jefferson Counties, Alabama:

Bartons listed were: Isaac, James, John, and Johua.

4.  Jefferson County Alabama Marriage Records, #66, page 169:

Marriage of (son) Isaac Barton & Nancy Snow, 27 Nov 1819

5.  1830 US Population Census, Jefferson County, Alabama reveals the following lived close:

John Barton, age range 60-70 (This is probably my line)

Benjamin Barton, age range 40-50

Avry Barton, age range 30-40

Thomas Barton, age range 30-40

Isaac Barton, age range 20-30   (This is my line)

Ashcroft Barton, age range 120-30

6.  1850 US Population Census, Yalabusha Co MS, North of Yalabusha River, page 441:

* Barton, Isaac      Head   Age-52 

“      Nancy    Wife   Age-49     

“      Samuel   Son    Age-20

“      Avery     Son     Age-19

“      Temperance Dau Age 17

“      Mary       Dau       Age 14

*Five older sons that had already married and enumerated separately (see below).

1850 US Population Census, Yalabusha Co MS, North of Yalabusha River, page 442-A

Barton, Mary          Head    Age-70   Born-NC

“       Edmond      Son      Age-31  Born-AL

“       William      Son      Age-28  Born-AL   

Note: It is believed that widow Mary Barton lived near her son Isaac Barton in 1850

Ruth Coleman, Barton Historian Concludes:

1.  Older Isaac Barton born about 1745 in what is now Newberry County, SC and died between

1816 and 1830.  Bought and sold land.

2.  His son, John Barton was born about 1765 In Laurens District, South Carolina.

By 1815 John Barton may have 8 children....if he had Isaac born in 1799, then one very

two years as the usual pattern, the children would fit.

3.  John’s son Isaac Barton born 31 Aug 1799 in Laurens District, South Carolina

        Children of Isaac Barton (1799-1865) & Nancy Snow (1803-1867)

1.  Jeremiah John Barton (1820-Abt 1880), married Mary Ann Cook (my line)

2.  John Chambers Barton (1822- ?   ), married Partha ?

3.  Eliah S. ‘Eli’ Barton (1824 - ?      ), married Eleanor ?

4.  William Green Barton (1825-1883), married Rhoda Isabell Hughes

5.  Hendrix Snow Barton (1828-1864), married 1) Margaret Johnson

                                                               married 2) Mary Jane Stubbifield

6.  Samuel G. Barton (1830 - 1867), married Catherine ‘Kate’ Robbins

7.  Avery Jackson Barton (1831 -1872), did not marry

8.  Temperance Noe Barton (1833-1899, married William Franklin Hatton

9.  Mary Margaret J ‘Polly’ Barton (1837-1877), married Benjamine Moore

        Conclusion

It is my hope that by sharing these selected details, others might see a familiar name, location, or time frame and provide leads or clues that would help me break through my Barton brick wall in South Carolina.  I am very willing to share. 

Jerry Tyson Barton; <JerryTBarton@cox-internet.com>

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