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Barton
Historical Society Newsletter
SPRING 2003
Message from our President
Greetings from Georgia! We’re looking
very forward to the Barton Historical Society reunion in Pine Log, Georgia on
June 21 & 22, 2003. I really hope that all y’all can come! Elsewhere in the
newsletter is info on the agenda (still in draft form at press-time),
directions and details for making motel reservations. This will be my fourth
consecutive reunion (I’m still a newcomer) and I’ve enjoyed every one. I’ve
met many special folks at the reunions and look forward to meeting you this
year! We’ll have a variety of genealogy presentations on Saturday, plus many
chances to meet and visit (actually beginning Friday night at the motel). On
Sunday, we’ll have our traditional worship service in the Pine Log Methodist Church
(hopefully, we’ll have a Barton preaching) followed by lunch and our annual
business meeting. And, again, more visiting.
Our thanks to Kathy
Barton Leckie for her great work in pulling together our Newsletter. Look how
large and interesting it’s become under her guidance! Speaking of large:
check out our website at
http://www.bartonsite.org/ and see how it’s grown. As Rich says on
the homepage “This is the official web site of the Barton Historical Society.
It is a gateway to the largest collection of materials related to Barton
Family History on the Internet.” And then, take a look at Gary’s
Database at
http://www.bartondatabase.info/ It continues to grow as more folks share
their data with
Gary.
Again, I hope that you’ll
come to Pine Log. You’ll get a chance to meet Kathy, Rich, Gary and many
others who help make Barton Historical Society a success if you can come.
May God Bless you and your
family.
Terry
The
Upcoming 2003
Reunion
The 2003 Barton Reunion
will be held June 21 & 22 in Pine Log, GA which is near Cartersville, GA,
about 50 miles northwest of Atlanta. The Pine Log Bartons are part of two
other groups of Bartons in northwest Georgia.
The three groups are known as the Everett Springs Bartons, the Adairsville
Bartons and the Pine Log Bartons. It is believed that all three descend from
Thomas Barton, Sr. and Sarah Wilson.
The Everett Springs Bartons started with William Barton, born 1788, son of
David Barton and Nancy Barrett in Tigerville, SC. Research
is still being done on William. It is believed that he was living in Georgia
with his son Allen Barton at the time of
his death, having gone there after the death of his wife Elizabeth. In the
Tigerville Baptist Church cemetery, there is a monument "in memory" of
William, indicating that he is not actually buried there. The original Barton
homestead still stands today.
The Adairsville Bartons began with James Barton,
son of David Barton and Elizabeth
Cox, and grandson of Joseph Barton and Indiana Rebecca Anderson. James went
to Bartow County, GA in the early 1830s. He received land from the Cherokee
land lottery in what is now the Folsom area of Bartow County. Folsom is near
Adairsville and some of James's descendants moved there, becoming known as the
Adairsville Bartons. James began building a house and stayed some in Pine Log
with Rev. Stephen Ellis and his family. It was at this time he met and
married Sarah Ellis, daughter of Rev. Ellis. James brought his parents, David
and Elizabeth Cox Barton to Bartow County, probably after the house was
built. David and Elizabeth died one day apart and are buried in a common
grave in Hayes Cemetery.
The house James built in the late 1830s still stands today and is owned by
Cannon Barton, James's great great grandson. It was formerly owned by
Cannon's father, R.D. Barton, Jr. who owned the Barton Funeral Home in
Adairsville, and is still owned and
run by the Barton family. For many years this line of Bartons had their
annual family reunion at "Happy Hollow", the old home place.
About the same
time that James Barton came to Georgia, his second
cousin, Joshua Lane Barton moved with his family to Bartow County, GA and
settled near Pine Log which is about 7 miles from Folsom. Joshua Lane was the
son of Benjamin Franklin Barton and Dorcus Anderson, born July 5, 1784 in
South Carolina. He was married to a Miss Stephens, daughter of Daniel
Stephens.
Vinson Anderson Barton was the oldest son of Joshua Lane, born March 2, 1814.
He was married in 1836 to Susan Ellis, daughter of Rev. Stephen Ellis. Susan
was the half-sister of Sarah Ellis, who married James
Barton. Many descendants of Joshua Lane Barton are buried at Pine Log. James
Monroe Barton was the son of Vinson Anderson Barton and Susan Ellis, was
married to Collista Ann Collins.
Many Pine Log Bartons descend from James
Monroe. Stephen Ellis, father of both Susan Ellis Barton and Sarah Ellis
Barton, was born March 25, 1787 in NC. Stephen was a Methodist minister and
established the Pine Log Methodist Church in 1834. This is where the 2003
reunion will be held. The church is on the National Register of Historic
Places and has an interesting history.
This gives you some history and insight into the Pine Log and other
Northwest Georgia Bartons and how they fit in with other Bartons. Pine
Log Bartons are making plans and looking forward to seeing many other
Bartons in June.
Shirley Keith
Also at the Reunion
Lester Barton family will
make a presentation about their Solomon Barton family who hails from Kent,
England and Rich will make a presentation about his Josiah Barton family which
hails from Lancashire.
Twenty rooms have been
blocked off at Holiday Inn for June 20-23, in
case some want to arrive on the night of the 20th and leave on the
morning of the 23rd. The Holiday Inn is on US 411 at its intersection
with I-75 (Exit 293).
Group rate is $54.00 a
night, rooms have 2 double beds. Reservations can be made at 770-382-0830 or
fax at
770-382-0867, specify the Barton Reunion. The Hospitality Room will be
open Friday evening for Bartons. The hotel has a continental breakfast
and a restaurant/bar in their facility that opens at
5 PM. It is within
3 miles of Ryan's, Cracker Barrel, Shoney's. Waffle House is across the
road. Pine Log is 7 1/2 miles north on US 411.
Also, there is a Comfort Inn at the Adairsville Exit on I-75 (Exit 306)
which is 13 miles from the church. Rooms have NOT been blocked off
here. Their number is 770-773-2886.
Let me know if you need anything else.
AGENDA
for
FRIDAY,
JUNE 20, 2003
Holiday Inn, I-75 (exit
293) Cartersville, Ga.6:00–10:00 pm Meet the Out-of-Town Bartons in
the Hospitality Room
AGENDA
for
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2003
Holiday Inn, I-75 (exit
293) Cartersville, Ga.
6:00-9:30 am Continental Breakfast in lobby or at local restaurants.
(for those staying at motel)
Pine Log United
Methodist Church, Pine Log, Ga.
(10:00-noon; 2:00-5:00)
We’ll
have a series of presentations, probably including most of these and possibly
some others (details and sequence still to be finalized)
Update
on Barton DNA Project
- Terry Barton
Northwest Georgia Bartons
– Mary Barton & Shirley Keith
Rhode Island Bartons
– Dale E. Barton, if he can come
Some
of the Kent, England Bartons – Lester & Michael Barton
Some
of the Lancashire, England Bartons – Rich Barton
Barton
Migrations – Dave Barton
Thoughts on the Stafford Co VA Bartons
– Terry Barton
Update:
Gary’s
Data Base & Rich’s websites –
Gary & Rich Barton
Story Time (tell your favorite Barton story)
Discussion & Questions: Barton Historical Society
Line
Leaders roles and responsibilities
Board
of Bartons
About
noon
Break for Lunch (Location to be announced)
7:00 pm
Dinner (location to be announced)
AGENDA
for
SUNDAY,
JUNE 22, 2003
Holiday Inn, Cartersville,
Ga.
6:00-10:00 am Continental Breakfast in lobby (for those staying at
motel)
Pine Log United Methodist Church, Pine Log, Ga.
11:00 Church Service (sermon by:
TBA)
12:00
Registration
12:30
Lunch in Social Hall
2:00
Business Meeting of Pine Log Bartons
Welcome
Mark Eubanks
Business Meeting of Barton Historical Society
Hymn:
“Faith of our Fathers”
Welcome
Terry Barton
Secretary’s Report Bette Howard
Treasurer’s Report Beth Banton
Announcements
Recognitions
Memorial Service
Nominations
New &
Old Business
2004
Reunion Location & Date
Hymn “Blest be the Tie”
Benediction
3:00
pm Continue Social Gathering
5:00
pm Diehards begin to leave
Bring
your favorite Barton memorabilia and show it off on Saturday and Sunday
Please Let Us Know….
Please let us know if
you are planning to come so we will know how many people to count on.
You can send an e-mail
to the newsletter and it will be forwarded to the reunion planners.
2003 EXTENDED CAVINESS
FAMILY REUNION
My
brother Ray Caviness and I will be co-hosts for our 2003 Extended-Caviness
Reunion to be held in Bavarian-Style town of Leavenworth, Washington on
the WEEK OF JULY 21-27, 2003. We would like to invite the Barton relatives
who either live in the Pacific Northwest or Bartons from through out the world
who might be vacationing in the State of Washington at that time.
WHEN: WEEK
OF JULY 21-27
WHERE: KOA
CAMPGROUND, LEAVENWORTH, WASHINGTON
FACILITIES:
CABINS, RV-HOOKUPS, TENT SITES, MOTELS
CONTACT FOR RESERVATIONS:
1-800-562-5709
CONTACT FOR FAMILY
INFORMATION:
WALLY CAVINESS, 360-733-6233, EVENINGS AFTER 8:00pm PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
Wally
Caviness
TYGER BARTON REUNION
Sunday, August 3, 2003
is the date set for the 64th annual
Barton Reunion at Tyger Baptist Church, 2764 Hwy 414, Tigerville, SC. (
more
info in next newsletter
)
From
Our Readers:
( This letter was sent to
us before the hostilities with Iraq began )
2nd Lt. Jonathan Barton
My name is 2nd Lt. Jonathan
Barton. I was born in Lincoln, Dec. 31, 1979. My parents are Pamela Ridgway
and Bill Barton. I spent my entire life in Lincoln and graduated from Lincoln
Community High School in 1998. From LCHS, I attended the United States
Military Academy at West Point and graduated June 1, 2002.I am engaged to
Carolyn Larson of Rockford. She is a speech pathology graduate student at Illinois State University.
Our wedding is planned for this December. She is light of my life and having
her makes everything over here easier because I know I have her to look
forward to the rest of my life. I am here with the 1st Battalion, 41st Field
Artillery Regiment. We are stationed out of Fort Stewart, Ga. I am a fire
direction officer, which basically means I help turn the information observers
close to the battlefield send about targets into data our artillery pieces can
use to shoot at those targets. This is my first assignment in the Army. My
living accommodations here in Kuwait
are better than I expected. I live in a climate-controlled tent and have
access to a semi-warm shower every three days. Our days are filled with
different training events to make sure we are ready to accomplish whatever
orders the President issues. Our evenings are filled with many different
activities. Some of the soldiers brought computers or portable DVD players to
pass the time. Others sit around and play every imaginable type of card game.
Spades is the game of choice for me. I'm not very good but I am getting
better. The food here is not too bad, but we have the same meal for breakfast
everyday and a rotation of about three meals for dinner. On Valentine's Day we
did get a special steak. It wasn't exactly a Guzzardo's prime rib, but it was
a nice change of pace. The camp where I live has very limited phone and e-mail
access. Other camps in the area have better facilities, which our leadership
tries to get us to every week or so. The largest facility here in Kuwait is
Camp Doha, just outside Kuwait City and it is basically a little city for
military personnel. Unfortunately, that is a several-hour drive from where I
am and people can only get there on official
business. I have very
little access to the regular Kuwaiti culture. There is no interaction with
Kuwaitis but there are Pakistanis who work in our mess tent. The only thing I
know about Kuwait is that there is sand as far as the eye can see. There is
very little wild life or vegetation. I can count on one hand the different
types of wild life I have seen in my five weeks here in Kuwait. As far as I
know there are mice, beetles and a strange type of bird that looks like a
sparrow with feather horns on top of its head. I have seen one tree since I
have been here. Things here are getting pretty busy as the newest UN deadline
approaches. I just want to thank everyone back home for all their thoughts and
prayers. I am the person I am today thanks to many of the people who are
probably reading this article right now. Most of all, I have my parents to
thank for all their love and support. See you all soon.
Jon Barton
You may write to Jon at:
2Lt Jonathan Barton
Alpha
Battery
1-41 FA
Unit # 93115
APO,
AE 09303-3115
** If you have or know of a
Barton overseas, please send us their address to publish/ Include a picture if
you have one. EDITOR: kbleckie@earthlink.net
Jon Barton
ANCIENT BARTON LINES
After I finished the update
to "Seven Early Bartons" I got to thinking "what about the
really early i.e., ancient
Bartons"?
I mined the
following from my database:
We have three
"Ancient Barton Lines" (pre-1588).
1.
Randolphus
(Ralph) de Barton ["... was living in
County York,
England,
during the time of King Henry II (1154-1189)"]. This is the progenitor (12
generations back) of Alexander Barton who married Susan Stedman abt. 1509 and
who changed his name to Stedman. "On the death of Susan (Stedman) Barton, in
1565, Alexander applied to Queen Mary (1542-1567) of Scotland and was granted
'arms of adoption' by which he was empowered to obtain the estate bequeathed
to his wife by her father, on the condition that he assume the name and arms
of the deceased father. - (Burke - The General Armory, p. XL.). Alexander
Barton thus became 'Charles Stedman." Alexander's father was the great
Scottish Admiral Sir Andrew Barton who died 2 Aug 1511 in a battle at sea.
2.
William
Barton who died in 1588 in
Cheshire,
England,
(daughter-in-law = Jane Sclater) whose 7th Great-Grandson Edmund Barton (b.
1804, London, England; died 1864, South Australia) is the oldest progenitor of
one of our Australian lines.
3.
Ralph Barton
who married Johanna Radcliffe and had a son John Barton who died bef. 1516
4.
All three of
these lines are shown in my database. The Randolphus (Ralph) line has five
pages of descendants (many, many Bartons not just Stedmans). We have other
Australian lines but William's is the only ancient one. The information about
Ralph m. Johanna came from The Barton
Banner, Vol. 1, No. 5, which quotes from
Lancashire Life, Nov. 1980, p.55
"Is Your Name Barton". Altogether there are over 280 descendants of these
three lines shown. We have no links, yet, to these ancient Bartons through
the Barton DNA Project
5.
Current
researchers of these three ancient Barton lines are:
6.
Randolphus
- Leo Barton
lbarton@wizzards.net
7.
William - Robyn L. Burrows
robynlb@dingoblue.net.au
8.
Ralph - none noted
Gary Barton
Douglas
Barton
Church
A Barton web
page for everyone to reference is:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~klondike98/index.htm.
Thanks,
Douglas Barton Church
James “Lee” Weaver
It has been almost two
years since I updated all of my personal family tree
web pages. I tried to enter all of the thousands of changes that y'all sent
since the last update. There are still a few that I haven't resolved and I'm
not sure how to resolve them yet. I added several new family trees to the
collection. I added over 5,000 links to Georgia Genealogy documents. They
are alphabetical by the last part of the URL. I added about 500 links to
some of my favorite pages. There are about 8,000 links on the home page now.
I have not tested every link so some possibly won't work. I will be dropping
Earthlink within the week and using the new Bellsouth email address and URL
for my home page. The link to the new home page is below. It looks kind of
weird but it does work. If you have any constructive criticism or otherwise,
please let me know. I hope someone will find something they can use or
something interesting as a result of all the work I put into creating this
mess.
James "Lee" Weaver
A Certified, "Son of the South."
My Home Page:
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&ext=1&groupid=105670&ck=
David Barton
My name is Bonnie Toole and
my husband is a descendant of Nancy Caroline Barton Stewart Barton and
Anderson Freeman Flinn. I sent Gary Barton the inscription on David Barton's
tombstone and asked him to include it under the notes on the data base for
Bartons.
Would you consider adding this to the Barton Newsletter for those who
do not have access to the Internet?
I really like the quote on David Barton's tombstone. Could or would you add
it to your notes? Good idea!
Done! It is beginning
to be hard to read and may be lost in years to come. I also am not sure if
any of his
other current-day descendants know it is on the tombstone.
Inscription on David Barton's tombstone
:
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SACRED
to the memory of
DAVID BARTON
who was born in
Greenville District, S. C.
Jan. 28th, 1777
died
Nov. 27th, 1848
I came in the morning
it was Spring and I smiled.
I walked out at
noon,
it was Summer and I was glad.
I sat me down at evening,
it was Autumn, I was sad.
I laid me down at night,
it was Winter and I slept.
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John Milton and Sophie Kytle
You can check out some nice photo’s of the descendents of John Milton and
Sophie Kytle Barton
At
http://turnerarchives.freeservers.com. Harold Wayne Turner and his
daughter Cassandra Turner Foster have done a nice job.
BARRETT FAMILY
REUNION
The Barrett Family Reunion
will be at Tyger Baptist Church over Memorial Day Weekend.
For more information,
please contact Lee Barrett.
leenanbarrett@msn.com
Did You Know...?
The Barton Database (www.bartondatabase.info)
contains Bartons from
seven
different countries of Birth besides the USA?
Bartons from:
England,
Wales,
Canada,
Ireland,
Australia,
Norway,
Germany.
These Barton ancestors from outside
of the US are especially important when considered in the context of the
ongoing BARTON DNA Project. It behooves us all to encourage as many Barton
males to participate in the DNA Project as possible (especially those
foreign-born cousins) so that we can "track down" our immigrant ancestors!
The Barton Cemetery in Oates, Reynolds Co., MO,
has (by far - 70+) the largest number of residents.
I'll bet that there are
some interesting stories about these cemeteries if someone would like to take
on the project of doing the research! Perhaps by soliciting input from the
readers of the Newsletter? Maybe this could be a project of one or more of
the members of the Board of Bartons? Are there other Barton Cemeteries
elsewhere in the USA
or overseas?
Regards,
Gary
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Barton
Cemetery |
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Elmore |
AL |
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Marion
Barton
Cemetery |
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Knox |
KY |
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Taylor-Barton
Cemetery |
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Pendleton |
KY |
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Barton
Cemetery |
Cuba |
Graves |
KY |
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Barton
Cemetery |
North Sidney |
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ME |
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Barton
Cemetery |
Oates |
Reynolds |
MO |
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Stukey
Barton
Cemetery |
New Lisbon |
Otsego |
NY |
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Barton-Stev. Cemetery |
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Allen |
OH |
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Barton Mem. Cemetery |
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Greenville |
SC |
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Barton-Archer
Cemetery |
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Pickens |
SC |
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Barton
Cemetery |
Normandy |
Coffee |
TN |
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Jones-Barton
Cemetery |
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Shelby |
TN |
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Barton
Cemetery |
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Bosque |
TX |
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Barton
Cemetery |
Davenport |
Buchanan |
VA |
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Barton
Cemetery |
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Summers |
WV |
Check out the seven-page
tellinwww.electricscotland.com/history/leith/17.htmg
of the exploits of "The Fighting Bartons" of Leith, Scotland, during the
period 1476-1513. Fascinating! t brings to mind the question of what happened
to this Barton line? I don't recall seeing much about the Scottish Bartons
.It mentions that the middle son, Sir Robert Barton, "... assumed the name
and arms of Moubray" following his marriage to Barbara Moubray "... the only
daughter and heiress of the long and noble line of the Moubrays, whose
ancestor, Sir Philip, had held Stirling Castle for Edward I." But, what of the
children of Sir Robert Barton's two brothers Admiral Sir Andrew Barton and his
brother John Barton? One of Andrew Barton's sons, Alexander Barton, went on to
assume the name of Stedman. This is now of great interest to the Barton DNA
Project and is a sidebar story that Terry and Leo are working on. Based upon
the above it now appears that the current surname Moubray (if there are any)
could also in fact be ancient Barton's!Where oh where are the Scottish Bartons?
Stedmans? Moubrays?
Gary Barton
email:
garymbarton@garymbarton.com website:
www.garymbarton.com
BARTONS IN THE CLERGY
Here's a list of the
clergymen and women in the database at
www.bartondatabase.info. Is your listed?
Do you have an interesting story or tale about him/her?
Send updates to (me or an
assigned volunteer).
Gary Barton
email:
garymbarton@garymbarton.com
website: www.garymbarton.com
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Birth/*Chr Date
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Mar Date
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Death/*Bur Date
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Rev. Thomas BARTON |
1730 |
1753 |
25 May 1780 |
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Rev. Rutherford BARTON |
Bef
1830 |
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Rev. Rufus BARTON |
4
Aug 1836 |
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6
Oct 1862 |
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Rev. Isaac BARTON |
16 Aug 1746 |
9
Oct 1772 |
10 Nov 1831 |
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Rev. Lonnie BARTON |
18 Jun 1925 |
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Rev. William BARTON |
1794 |
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Rev. Leonard BARTON |
9
Jun 1816 |
6
Aug 1839 |
20 Feb 1880 |
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Rev Joshua BARTON |
27 Nov 1757 |
1780/1784 |
Aft Jun 1834 |
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Rev. Thomas BARTON |
1730 |
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25 May 1780 |
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Rev. William BARTON |
1794 |
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Rev. Jefferson “Brother” Thomas BARTON |
13 May 1801 |
Jul 1823 |
30 Aug 1864 |
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Rev. Paris A. BARTON |
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Rev. Robert A. BARTON |
24 Jan 1877 |
27 Jun 1895 |
24 Mar 1965 |
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Rev. Charles Barkus BARTON |
1
Sep 1810 |
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