BARTON FAMILY BACK-TO-OUR-ROOTS RETREAT

“COME BACK HOME!”  OCTOBER 13-15, 2006

We Just Can’t Help Getting ! EXCITED ! Thinking About It

 

Dear Cousins,

We’re getting serious! 

It’s time to think about registering for the “Back to Our Roots Retreat!” 

Prepare thyself:  there are costs though we wish it were not so!  Our reunions have always been “free” except for bringing food.  Remember that this is different.  You will not have the task of buying and bringing food.  We will have “served buffet” meals.  The special Whole Weekend fee includes lodging for 2 nights.  The costs we list are  reasonable, less than would be anywhere else!  Also, fun outdoor activities are offered.  We will be together in a very pleasant place where we can stroll about if we wish, or play ball, for example, attend genealogy programs, or perhaps take part in entertainment. 

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! for us to be together in such a nice way to honor the memory of our Barton ancestors.  We know our early ancestors were not perfect, but we also know there was goodness in them, and intelligence, strength, courage, faith in God.  We can think of them and visit some actual places where they set up homesteads.  It is our hope to erect a marker at the site where Thomas and Sarah lived during the time of the Revolution when our nation was being born.

The Registration Form:  Fill in your information and select either Part A or Part B to indicate your choices.  If you plan to be here for the entire weekend (& we hope you will!), use part A.  If you can only attend for part of the weekend, use B.  The reunion starts at 2 pm on Friday and ends at 3 pm on Sunday. 

Local folks:  We hope you will also choose to take advantage of getting out of the house for the entire reunion program and sign up for the Whole Weekend! 

Sleep arrangements:  This is primarily a summer camp for youth.  There  will be around 5 double-deck beds per room, very comfortable camp beds -- one set per room capable of being transformed into a queen-sized bed.  Each room in the Lodge has a bathroom that includes a shower, wash basin and toilet.  The rooms have heat and air conditioning available.  Floors are carpeted. While there are a number of beds per room,  ONLY ONE FAMILY PER ROOM will be assigned. 

Out-of-towners desiring the highest degree of privacy and comfort:  we will be happy to help you make overnight arrangements at a Bed & Breakfast or Motel.  There are excellent ones in Hendersonville and Tryon, North Carolina, or Travelers Rest and Greenville, South Carolina.  In the past visitors have often stayed at the Comfort Inn motel in Greer, SC, and always gave good reports.  Make lodging arrangements early.   

If you wish you may send 25% of your total cost now –Balance due by September 15, 2006.    Please let us hear from you soon!

Bette Pitman                            bettebar@alltel.net                                864-468-5166  
 

REGISTRATION 

Barton Family Back to Our Roots Retreat --October 13-15, 2006

NAME:  
ADDRESS:  
 CITY,   STATE,  ZIPCODE:  
 PHONE / EMAIL:  

 

GENERAL REGISTRATION

No. Attending    Total Amount   ($5 per family )
  $5.00

Next -  CHOOSE EITHER SECTION (A)  or  SECTION (B)  BELOW (not both)

(A:)  I wish to register for entire event (2 nights lodging, meals, all events) 

 

Number

 Cost

Amount
Adults   @$130 per adult       
Children    @$65 per child     
*Children under 4  

Free

 $00.00

Total:

  

Total:

  

(*Note:  at Look-Up, children under 4 years of age –free)       

(B:) I will not join in all events but want to be part of items checked below 

Event Number Cost Amount
*FRIDAY RETREAT ONLY
 including supper		      
Adults   @$20 per adult   
Children   @$10 per child  

*SATURDAY RETREAT ONLY including breakfast, lunch &  BBQ extravaganza

      
Adults   @$34 per adult  
Children   @$17 per child  
*SATURDAY MORNING TOUR   @$20 per person  
*SUNDAY LIGHT LUNCH 
at Tyger Baptist Church		   @$5 per person    

*OVERNIGHT LODGING 

      
    $35 per adult per night   
    $17 per child per night   
   

(Children under age 4 –free)

  
   

Total:

  

Total Registration

No. of Attendees            Total Cost $
   

Make check to: Tyger Barton Reunion.  Mail to:  Bette Pitman, PO Box 362, Campobello, SC 29322

Send Total Cost, or 25% now with Balance due by September 15, 2006.   

 OR

I am not ready to declare my choices now, but wish to sign up for the Barton Family Back-To-Our-Roots Retreat.
In order to reserve a place for my family, I am enclosing the $5 family registration fee.

(Make out check to Tyger Barton Reunion.  Mail to:  Bette Pitman, PO Box 362, Campobello, SC 29322.)

Barton Historical Society Membership

I want to thank all of you who have already become members of Barton Historical Society.  Membership enables us to get to know each other and to learn more about how our families are connected. Our dues not only take care of the cost of the newsletter and other mailings but they also help in our research, including partial sponsorship for  DNA testing.  If you have Internet access, you'll find an application form available at www.bartonsite.org that you can copy and submit.  Otherwise, simply write your lineage, your name, address and phone number on a card and mail it, along with your check for $20 directly to:

Mary Chapman Barton
1135 Erwin Hill Church Road, SE,
Calhoun, GA
30701.
 
Mary Chapman Barton
Treasurer, Barton Historical Society

Presidency Message

This is the first newsletter of 2006.  We wish to thank Kathy Barton Leckie for her many years of service as Newsletter Editor.  These duties are now being assumed by Cherry R. Barton.  We of course welcome volunteers with whatever skills they can provide. If you have a story about a favorite Barton ancestor, a research success you'd like to share, or a particular blank wall in your research that you'd like help with, please share with us for the next newsletter. This will help us meet our goal of quarterly newsletters. We especially are looking for individuals with artistic talent and writing skills.

In this issue of the newsletter, we present the introductory histories of two Barton family Patriarchs: Samuel Barton of Nashville, Tennessee and Anthony alias Aaron Barton of Charleston, South Carolina. It is our intention to continue to make such articles a regular feature of the newsletter and stimulate research in all Barton lineages.

This year we will be revamping most of the Barton Historical websites. We have just completed a move to faster and more reliable servers.  After much delay we will soon debut a new Barton Database. We will also place greater emphasis on Barton family research. The Summer newsletter will detail the changes.

Critical to all our endeavors is membership in the Barton Historical Society.  A robust membership would enable us to have sufficient resources to move forward in very significant ways. 

Richard Barton
Vice-president

Family Histories

---Samuel Barton - Soldier - Patriot - Pioneer---

SAMUEL BARTON was born May, 1749. He died January, 1810 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married MARTHA ROBERTSON March 10, 1778 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Samuel was an early explorer of Tennessee and one of the prominent citizens of Nashville.

Recent y-chromosome DNA testing of a descendent of Samuel Barton has shown that this branch of Bartons is part of Barton Lineage XII whose earliest known patriarch is Lewis Barton of Maryland.  Other lines include James Barton of Grainger, Tennessee, who married Nancy Flora; and Stephen Barton of Pennsylvania who married Elizabeth. 

The noted historian Lyman Copeland Draper in writing about the early history of what is now Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee penned the following:

“Gen. James Robertson, Col. Sam Barton and Maj. John Buchanan were the most prominent men of Davidson. Col. Sam Barton, lived four miles from Nashville, fought at Brandywine - was one of the earliest settlers in the Cumberland country - he was badly shot to pieces by the Indians.  His oldest son Lt. Samuel Barton was killed at Talledega Battle in the Creek war. The Colonel was a great land trader - was a prominent and useful man in those early and trying times."

At the time the Revolutionary War broke out, Samuel Barton was living in New River, Virginia. Very little of his early life is documented.  Family tradition, which may or may not be true has him as an orphan and an apprentice.  It is known that he was born in the month of May, 1749 although the location of his birth remains a mystery.   He is said to have come from Virginia. Robert Weakly, a personal acquaintance of Samuel Barton, said the he was a "native" of the Augusta Valley.  In 1770, part of this region became Botetourt County, Virginia where Samuel was married.

Samuel Barton was among a group of explorers who made a trip to the Nashville area in 1771 and Barton's Creek was named after him.  Samuel may also have been part of the group that explored the area previously in 1769.  Indeed he may have been in the area as early as 1765, coming and going.

In 1774, Samuel was in Dunmore's War in Virginia, protecting the borders of Pennsylvania and Virginia from the Native Americans.  At the end of the Colonial Era, these rangers were considered among the best in the colonies. From them came the famous Morgan's Rifles which won glory in the Revolution. Samuel's Revolutionary War record lists him in the Seventh Virginia Regiment, Morgan's Rifles.

In 1778, Samuel Barton married Martha Robertson in Botetourt County Virginia (near Roanoke). They had seven children, Jane, Samuel Jr., Stephen, Margaret, Joseph, Elizabeth, and Gabriel. In 1780 Samuel Barton came to middle Tennessee then part of North Carolina. His original home was called BARTON STATION and was located on Browns Creek where the David Lipcomb College now stands. Samuel was a land trader.  He bought and sold land grants given for military service in the Revolution.

Two large parties (Donaldson; Robertson) arrived from the East in 1780 which increased the Cumberland settlement to several hundred people. No law existed West of the Appalachian Mountains at that tine; and the settlers were obligated for the sake of law and order to draw-up a ''Compact" - similar to the famous Mayflower Compact. On May 13, 1780. Samuel Barton signed the Cumberland Compact. The two hundred and fifty-six men who signed this compact created a voluntary association whose purposes were to provide for both law in the wilderness and protection of land claims. The original document was later discovered in a trunk belonging to Samuel Smith.

Documentation is scarce for the years from 1780 to 1783.  During this period, the settlement was governed by twelve men called "Twelve Notables" or just "The Notables' Samuel Barton was one of the twelve.

On January 7, 1783, a second compact was drawn up and signed by ten leaders. one of whom was Samuel Barton. From the wording of the compact, it appears that many of the settlers had left. Lawlessness and strife seemed to abound. These ten men pledged themselves to administer justice, without fear or favor. until such time as the General Assembly of North Carolina ''grants us the salutary benefit of the law duly administered by their authority."

In April, 1783, the General Assembly of North Carolina responded to their plea by creating a new county called Davidson. Eight men were appointed as Justices of the Peace. The eight were: Anthony Bledsoe, Isaac Bledsoe, Samuel Barton, Francis Lindsey, Isaac Lindsey, Thomas Malloy, and James Robertson.

The Court proceeded to elect a clerk, a sheriff, an entry taker, a surveyor, and a register. Samuel Barton was elected unanimously to the post of entry taker. He gave bond of fifty thousand pounds. (The British Pound was still in use).

In 1784, the North Carolina Legislature passed an act setting aside two hundred acres at the place called ''The Bluffs on the south side of the Cumberland River to be called Nashville. Samuel Barton was named one of the five Directors, as well as Treasurer.

In the years which followed. Samuel Barton continued to be active in the civic and political life of Davidson County. North Carolina. On April 23, 1796, Davidson County, North Carolina became Davidson County. Tennessee. Samuel Barton was commissioned one of its Justices of the Peace. He was also voted a colonel in the Militia.

In 1798, Colonel Barton, with his family, moved to Sumner County. Tennessee. He settled on a large plantation (1000 acres) on Jennings' Fork of Round Lick Creek in what is now Wilson County. This is, perhaps, the site of the thousand acres of land that he had just received as a grant.

In addition to running a large farm, Samuel Barton's civic activities consisted of appraising land and allocating lots in the town of Lebanon. Since he was a surveyor, he most likely enjoyed this relatively easy work.

Samuel Barton was evidently a man of some education. Documents at the State Library in Nashville, written by him, are well written, well worded, and correctly spelled. His use of legal terms and form indicate a familiarity with the law. His peers showed their respect and confidence in his ability by selecting him for numerous positions of trust. It would be gratifying to know the forces which forced this man into a leader of this stature. His descendants have reason to point with pride to his record of service and achievement.

A website for the descendants of Samuel Barton is being developed and may be found at www.samuelbarton.org.  Special thanks to Bruce Barton and Robert Puryear for much of the wording and information contained in this article. There is much more to be written about Samuel Barton and his descendants and we look forward to future articles.

---Anthony Barton---

by Rev. Richard Barton
Cheltenham, England

Anthony Barton was the son of Richard Barton of Gloucestershire, England. He was baptized at North Nibley on 14th March 1790. He married Maria Ford on 2nd December 1809 at the Church of St Philip and St Jacob in the City of Bristol. The witnesses at the wedding were George and Elizabeth Barton. It is possible that Maria was the daughter of William Ford and Sarah his wife whose daughter Maria was baptized at Tortworth on 18th April 1787. Anthony and Maria had three children who were born and baptized in Gloucestershire - William Ford, George and Hannah. Anthony was described as a Carpenter of Morton. On 8th January 1819 Henry Barton made a will leaving part of his estate to William Ford, the son of his brother Anthony Barton. Anthony also witnessed his sister Harriet Barton’s marriage to Henry Sheppard in October 1815.

On Thursday 18th January 1816 Anthony Barton was one of the young men who accompanied John Allen on a poaching expedition to Catgrove Wood where Thomas Clarke, Colonel Berkeley’s park keeper with nine other keepers were concealed. Inevitably, a clash occurred. The poachers formed into a double line and advanced slowly towards the keepers. When some fifteen yards away, a shot was fired and then another, allegedly by John Penny, which hit and instantly killed William Ingram advanced in good order past their opponents towards Bowling Green leaving Ingram dead and six or seven wounded. Hearing the shots, other keepers arrived on the scene but were too late to pursue the poachers who pressed on past Rockhampton Church towards Morton. According to Greenaway John Penny had significantly remarked “Now Tom Till’s debt is paid”.

Anthony Barton escaped. In the evidence we find:

William Greenaway said ‘Allen said to him, “Henry will you go? Your brother John and Anthony Barton are going.” … I met Barton and Reeves there. They had two guns. There was some black on Barton’s face…We went on to Catgrove. Barton said, as we were going along, pretty loud, “If any of our party runs, I will blow his leg or arm off.” This was after some one had said that the keepers had been seen.’
Elizabeth Nelmes: “I saw Anthony Barton there that night”

Newspaper article ‘The Great Poaching Affray at Berkeley’-August 21st 1909:

‘Earl Fitzhardinge had a picture painted of the encounter between the poachers and keepers, which for many years hung in what was, I think, called the breakfast-room of Berkeley Castle, but the late Lord Fitzhardinge had it taken down from the wall and removed out of sight.’

Anthony/Aaron Barton was born about March 14th 1790 in Gloucestershire and died between 13th and 20th April 1834 in Charleston, South Carolina. It would seem that his wife Maria died on 26th February 1825.From this point all the evidence for Anthony, Maria and their family comes from research in the United States of America. Richard Byrd takes up the story:

‘As you may or may not be aware, there is a bit of confusion surrounding Anthony Barton from Thornbury, England, who immigrated to Charleston, SC. In my research, I (have been unable to find any record of an Anthony Barton married to a Maria Ford in Charleston. I have, however, uncovered a Maria Barton gravestone which indicates that she was married to an Aaron Barton. The Gravestone location is at The Cathedral Church of St Luke and St Paul, 126 Comings Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

The gravestone reads as follows:

‘Sacred to the Memory of Maria Barton, consort of Aaron Barton who departed this life on the 26th of February 1825. A native of Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England. She has left a husband and five children to lament their irreparable loss. One who was a loving wife, one who was a mother, one who was a friendly neighbor, now in silence rested here.’

According to the “Return of Death within the City of Charleston”, Maria Barton, female, white, aged thirty-six, died of Dropsy and was buried at St Paul’s. Her attended physicians were Frost &Dickson. According to this record she died on February 27th 1825. Following on this lead, I found in the “Returns of Deaths within the City of Charleston” where a Aaron Barton, male, white, aged forty three, died of consumption and was buried at St Philip’s. According to this record, he died between the 13th and 20th April 1834. The records of St Philip’s Episcopal Church, 142 Church Street, Charleston, includes the following grave W547 Barton A. (Carpenter). This grave is probably unmarked. Other information that I have uncovered includes the returns of the 1820 and 1830 censuses where there a household of Aaron Barton is listed in the Charleston District. Trade Directories\include details of an Aaron Barton, Carpenter of 20 Wall Street in 1825 and an Aaron Barton of 10 St Philip Street in 1830/31. In 1835/6 there is a Jane Barton, widow, at 8 Pitt Street and in 1837/8 at 9 Pitt Street. There are later entries for A.J. Barton, a clerk, and A.G. Barton a Carpenter in later directories of the 1850’s which are probably Aaron’s sons.

Other evidence is found in ‘South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850’ compiled by Brent H. Holcomb. Here we find an Aaron Barton who gives notice of intention on 3rd October 1831.

This Aaron apparently remarried after Maria’s death in 1825. Aaron Barton married Jean (Jane) Livel, a widow, and the marriage settlement was dated 7th June 1827, both of Charleston. They would seem to have had a child, Aaron J. Barton who was born on 2nd March 1828 (gravestone). Aaron’s earlier children include the three born in England and then two born in the United States – Elizabeth Barton, born 21st November 1818 (gravestone) and Anthony G. Barton who was born on 3rd December 1822 (gravestone). Elizabeth, the daughter of a deceased Aaron Barton was married in October 1836 – ‘Married on Tuesday evening 18th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Trapier, Mr J.F. Alderson, of Iberville, La., to Miss Elizabeth Mary, youngest daughter of the late Aaron Barton of this city’

Story line from:
THE GREAT BERKELEY POACHING AFFRAY OF 18th JANUARY 1816.
by Edwin J. Ford:


On the night of 18 January 1816, one John Allen, and a group of other young men from the Thornbury district gathered at his house to prepare to mount a 'poaching' expedition on the estate of Colonel Berkeley, at Berkeley Castle.

Pursuit of game was the least of their concerns; they were 'up in arms' - payback for the slights they'd received as a result of actions of the landed gentry was long overdue. The previous year, a man named Thomas Till had been killed by the discharge of a 'spring gun' on the estate of Lord Ducie, one of the chief landholders of the district, and he, and his fellow landowners were greatly resented. Colonel Berkeley was no exception, and his estate was considered a viable target of their concern.

Such is the price to be paid by political activists, whether intentionally so or otherwise! The setting of such a gun was not made illegal by statute until 1827, more than 10 years later.

With hindsight it is difficult to imagine how they expected to emerge from the expedition unscathed, as they went armed with guns, and Allen had the foresight to plan should any of them get 'caught'. He had requested a friend of his, William Adams Brodribb, who was an attorney living nearby in Lower Moreton, to join them 'on business'. Brodribb arrived about 10 p.m. with two other men, a Dr Keene and Mr Hasell, another attorney - both men were relatives of Brodribb. Brodribb was requested to swear each of the men present to an oath of secrecy, and that they would not 'peach' should they be apprehended during the expedition. He produced a book, upon which all the men swore - such oaths were taken very seriously at the time, and all the men believed they were swearing upon a Bible.

The scene was therefore set - these men 'blackened up', and about eleven o'clock, set out into the proverbial "bright and shiny" - a frosty moonlit night. Unfortunately, it would appear that they had been "set up" - Colonel Berkeley's park keeper, Thomas CLARKE, with nine other keepers, were waiting for them. Inevitably, a clash occurred. When the poachers realized their dilemma, they decided attack was the best form of defense, and formed a double line, advancing on the keepers. When some fifteen yards apart someone fired a gun, allegedly the poacher John PENNY. One of the keepers, William INGRAM, was hit and killed instantly. The gamekeepers were armed only with sticks, but other guns were then fired, and six or seven of the gamekeepers were wounded in the confusion that followed.

The outcome was that most of those involved in the affray were apprehended during the following weeks; however four of the men fled the country that night, one escaping to Ireland (William Collins), one to the United States of America (Anthony BARTON) and two to the West Indies. Two were subsequently released after capture, and nine others were tried and transported to Australia for life; the remaining two poachers, John ALLEN and John PENNY were hung for their respective parts in the crime.

Brodribb was also convicted for administering an unlawful oath to the participants, although he hadn't been on the poaching trip himself.

In his defense he said that the book he produced for the poachers to swear upon was in fact a 'Young Man's Best Companion', not a Bible. Therefore it was not a true oath. This defense was not accepted, since the belief of the young men was that they were swearing on a Bible.

The poachers who were apprehended and the dates of their admittance to Gloucester Jail were as follows:

Name

Age

 Residence

Committal
John Allen

28

 Thornbury

22 Jan 1816
John Burley

19

 Moreton

28 Jan 1816
Benjamin Collins

33

 Littleton

27 Jan 1816
Thomas Collins

30

 Littleton

27 Jan 1816
William Greenaway

27

 Moreton

1 Feb 1816
Robert Groves

19

 Thornbury

8 Feb 1816
James Jenkins

21

 Thornbury

27 Jan 1816
Daniel Long

23

 Hill

27 Jan 1816
Thomas Morgan

19

 Thornbury

27 Jan 1816
John Penny

25

 Littleton

29 Jan 1816
William Penny

30

 Littleton

27 Jan 1816
John Reeves

28

 Thornbury

27 Jan 1816
James Roach

24

 Thornbury

27 Jan 1816



All were tried at the Lent Assizes on 3rd April 1816 for the murder, and for aiding and abetting in the murder of William Ingram, a gamekeeper of Colonel Berkeley, the sentence for which was death. John Allen and John Penny were to be executed; for the rest sentencing was held over until 20 May when it was commuted to transportation for life. All except William Greenaway and Benjamin Collins were transferred during May and June 1816 to the Prison Hulk Justitia moored at Woolwich in the Thames Estuary, and transported subsequently to Sydney, on the Sir William Bensley, and thence to Hobart, Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land - VDL).

William Greenaway made a full confession and was admitted evidence for the Crown in return for his life and the life of his step-son John Burley. This was conditional on John Burley also making a full confession which he refused to do; his conviction was therefore sustained and he was sent to Hobart with the other men. Benjamin Collins was locked up initially, but later released,

Amongst others known to have been involved, and who escaped were brothers John and Thomas Hayward, sons of a Moreton farmer, believed to have sailed for America, William Collins (a brother of Benjamin and Thomas) and Anthony BARTON (who had lived with John Reeve's family) who also went to America.

William Collins had escaped to Ireland, but returned to the area as an old man, to tell of the terrible grief he caused his parents, and his deep regret of the whole incident. He said: "how my father and mother suspected I was there, and the painful scene that followed my admission of the truth. But that same night my father drove me to Bristol, and from thence I took my passage on board a vessel bound to Ireland, where I remained for many years."

Maria Ford Barton's gravestone in Charleston, South Carolina

YOUR NAME

Your name is very special,
Something to protect and behold.
Keep it clean as crystal,
Untarnished and pure as gold.
Guard your name while young,
It'll honor you when you're old.
The sands of time never wash away
Good deeds you do--kind words you say.
Your name, it came from your father,
It was all he had to give,
So it's yours--to use and cherish,
As long as you may live.
If you lose the watch he gave you,
It can always be replaced,
But a black mark on your name, son.
Can never be erased.
It was clean the day you took it,
And a worthy name to bear.
When I got it from my father
There was no dishonor there.
So make sure you guard it wisely--
After all is said and done,
You'll be glad the name is spotless
When you give it to your son.
---Anonymous

Passings

Mary Betty Anders Barton

Published December 9, 2005

Landrum, SC -- Mary Betty Anders Barton,  72, died December 8, 2005 at Spartanburg Regional.  a native of Landrum, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Mae Forrester Anders and wife Bill Barton.  She was a home maker, and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. In addition to her husband she is survived by a son, Nelson Barton of Landrum; a daughter, Jane Kyle of Wellford; two sisters, Margie Pittman and Louise Howard both of Landrum; and on granddaughter, Brandy Kyle.  She was predeceased by a granddaughter, Bridgett Kyle.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Petty Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11:oo a.m. Saturday at Fairview Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Chuck Mullinax.  Burial will be in Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery. 

Mark Andrew Barton

Published in the Greenville News: December 9, 2005

Mr. Mark Andrew Barton of Simpsonville, passed away on Dec. 7, 2005.  He was the son of Mr. Joe Barton and the late Mrs. Shirley Humphries Barton.  Mark was of the Baptist faith and served in the U.S.  Army.  In addition to his father, he is survived by two sons, Matthew Barton of Georgia and James Barton of Laurens; two daughters Dawn Barton of Georgia, and Christina White of Georgia; two brothers Sammy Barton of Simpsonville and Danny Barton and his wife, Ann of Simpsonville; two grandchildren, Terry White and Amera White, both of Georgia; and grandmother, Kathleen Humphries of Greenville. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. in the Jones Chapel at Cannon Funerals and Cremations, Simpsonville.  The visitation will be held tonight, Dec. 9, 2005, at Cannon Funerals and Cremations Simpsonville from 6:30 to 8 p.m.  The burial will be in the Graceland East Cemetery following the service.

Mary Ann BARTON

Published in the Hartford Courant on 1/1/2006.

Mary Ann (Allen) Barton, 75, of East Hampton, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, Friday, (Dec ember 30, 2005) at Chestelm Health & Rehab Center, East Haddam. Born in Middletown, June 26, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Dorothea (Mead) Allen and was a lifelong East Hampton resident. Before her retirement she was employed by Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown as a genealogical researcher. She was a graduate of East Hampton High School, class of 1948, a graduate of the University of Connecticut and received a Masters degree from the University of Hartford. Mary Ann was active in the East Hampton Community. She was the first woman to be elected to the East Hampton Board of Selectmen. She served on the East Hampton Republican Town Committee, served on Connecticut Republican Central Committee and several Gubernatorial Campaigns. She was a contributing member of the American Genealogical Society, a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, and member of the Mayflower Society. She was a member of the East Hampton Congregational Church, and served as a volunteer for the VNA and United Way. Her hobbies included gardening, reading and knitting. She will be remembered for being a loving mother and grandmother. Mary Ann's family would like to thank the many caregivers who provided her with such loving care throughout her illness. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Betsy and Bob Klemba of Lebanon, Jim and Rene Barton, Sheila and Peter Engel, and Claudia Dean all of East Hampton; her grandchildren, Elise and Hunter Klemba, Ben and Sarah Engel, Jasen Jackson, and Bridget and Peter Dean; a sister, Judith Pease of Dublin, OH; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Richard Allen. A Memorial Service and celebration of Mary Ann's life will be held on Thursday, Jan. 5, 11 a.m.at the East Hampton Congregational Church. The Reverend Thomas Kennedy will officiate and private burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. There are no calling hours. I n lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to East Hampton Library, 105 Main St., East Hampton or Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St., Middletown 06457. Spencer Funeral Home 112 Main St., East Hampton has care of arrangements.

Elizabeth L. Gosnell Barton

Published in The Greenville News: 01-04-2006

Elizabeth L. Gosnell Barton, 79, formerly of Wellford, widow of John C. (J.C.) Barton, died January 2, 2006 at Piedmont Living Center. A native of Spartanburg County, daughter of the late Benjamin H. and Louise Burrell Gosnell, she was a retired employee of Startex Mills and a member of Jackson Baptist Church. Surviving are five sons, Glenn Barton of Lyman, Pete Barton and Joe Barton both of Duncan, Johnny Barton of Greenville, and Robbie Barton of Wellford; a daughter, Darlene Rios of Duncan; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Barton was predeceased by one daughter, Bernice (Snooky) Barton.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wood Mortuary, conducted by Rev. Keith Kelly, Rev. Jim McMakin, and Rev. Bill Jolly. Burial will follow in Wood Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Lance Barton, Matthew Barton, Brian Barton, Bobby Rios, Daniel Barton, David Barton, and Tony Rios. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Wood Mortuary. The family is at the home of her son, Glenn Barton, 201 Hampton Road, Lyman. -- The Wood Mortuary, Inc.

Ruth Willis Barton


Published in The Greenville News: 01-10-2006

Ruth Pauline Willis Barton, 97, formerly of Taylors, wife of the late T.E. Barton, died on her birthday, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 8, 2006, at National Healthcare in Greer. Born on Jan. 8, 1909, she lived her entire life in the Locust Hill Community. She was a daughter of the late Charles Irwin and Lula Jordan Willis. Mrs. Barton was a graduate of Furman University, and a school teacher at Taylors Elementary and Brushy Creek Elementary. She retired after 40 years of service. She was a member of Locust Hill Baptist Church and was a former Sunday School Teacher.
Surviving are a sister, Norma Skinner of Liberty; six nephews, Gary Johns and wife, Ann, of Simpsonville, Willis Johns and wife, Knolf, of Taylors, Douglas Carroll Johns and wife, Tibia, of Easley, Dan Skinner, Earl Skinner and Glenn Skinner; and two nieces, Suzanne Potter and Judith White. She was predeceased by a brother, Dr. Larry Willis; and two sisters, Lillian Willis and Thalia Willis Johns.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Locust Hill Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church.  The family will be at their respective homes. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Locust Hill Baptist Church, 5534 Locust Hill Road, Travelers Rest, SC 29690. The Howze Mortuary, Travelers Rest is in charge of arrangements.

Helen Jane Johnson Barton 1917 ~ 2006.

Helen Jane Johnson Barton passed away on Monday February 20, 2006 at the age of 89 at her eldest daughter's home in Highland, Utah. She was born on January 2, 1917 in Garland Utah.  Helen met Sterling Cheney Barton at a weekly dance held at the Lion House in Salt Lake City. They married October 28, 1939. Two years later, when Sterling was called up for active duty in World War Two, Helen and the first two baby boys awaited her husband's return from the war at the family farm. In 1947, Helen and Sterling and their young family of now three sons moved to Schenectady, New York where Sterling began his career with General Electric. They had five additional children during the Schenectady years, three more sons and then -as a reward for perseverance and patience- two beautiful daughters. Helen served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as president of stake and ward Relief Societies and Primaries, as well as faithfully fulfilling numerous other callings. She loved her neighbors on Bromley Place, and all remember well her cheerful laugh, ready smile, ever helping hands and listening ear. In 1982, Helen and Sterling returned to Utah, eventually settling in Centerville. She and Sterling served a mission during the years in Centerville. They celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary surrounded by children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Helen is survived by her husband, Sterling C. Barton; seven of her children; 35 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.  Throughout her life, Helen was a cherished wife, a loving mother, and a faithful friend. She touched the lives of many and will be held in fond remembrance by all who knew her.  Funeral services were held Friday, February 24, at the Park Meadows Ward meetinghouse at 950 N. Main Street, Centerville, Utah. Interment was in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Utah.

Bob and Pam Barton are owners of Barton's Bay and Lori's Landing Campground on Brookville Lake, Brookville, Indiana.  Their thriving business has grown from a storage-only capacity for 10 boats in 1986, to one with 76 nice units and sales and boat service --plus a camping facility that operates from April 15 to October 15.  You can check them on the web at:    http://mysite.verizon.net/resojp1c/.  Bob is a direct descendant of Thomas Barton Jr. and Bethire Williamson.

NEWS FLASH
1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES.

It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry HYDENWELL sits at his desk by
candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New
Year's resolutions.

1. No man is truly well-educated unless he learns to spell his family
name at least three different ways within the same document. I resolve
to give the appearance of being extremely well-educated in the coming
year.

2. I resolve to see to it that all of my children will have the same
proper names that my ancestors have used for at least six generations in
a row.
 
3. My age is no one's business but my own. I hereby resolve to never
list the same age or birth year twice on any document.

4. I resolve to have each of my children baptized in a different church
-- either in a different faith or in a different parish. Every third
child will not be baptized at all or will be baptized by an itinerant
minister who keeps no records.

5. I resolve to move to a new town, new county, or new state at least
once every 10 years -- just before those pesky enumerators come around
asking silly questions.

6. I will make every attempt to reside in counties and towns where no
vital records are maintained or where the courthouse burns down every
few years.

7. I resolve to join an obscure religious cult that does not believe in
record keeping or in participating in military service.

8. When the tax collector comes to my door, I'll loan him my pen, which
has been dipped in rapidly fading blue ink.

9. I resolve that if my beloved wife Mary should die, I will marry
another Mary and again make no mention of her family name.

10. I resolve not to make a will. Who needs to spend money on a lawyer?

11. I resolve to leave lots of family photographs, but never to inscribe
the names or relationships of those in the pictures.

12. In the above manner, I will enshrine myself and my progeny to the
whims of all those descendants who wish me to be more like they believe
they are.
 

The following individuals have been elected to the Congress of the United States:

Information obtained from Congressional Bioguides and Lineage identified

BARTON, Bruce, (1886 - 1967) Barton Lineage A-52

BARTON, Bruce, a Representative from New York; born in Robbins, Scott County, Tenn., August 5, 1886; educated in the public schools of Ohio, Massachusetts, and Illinois; graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1907; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1900 and engaged in literary and editorial pursuits; moved to New York City in 1912 and continued literary work; also engaged in the magazine and advertising business; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Theodore A. Peyser; reelected to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from November 2, 1937, to January 3, 1941; was not a candidate for renomination but was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the United States Senate; delegate to the Republican State convention in 1938 and to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1940; resumed advertising business in New York City; died in New York City, on July 5, 1967; interment in Rock Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
 
BARTON, David, (1783 - 1837) Barton Lineage VI
Senate Years of Service: 1821-1831
Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Adams Democrat; Anti-Jacksonian

BARTON, David, a Senator from Missouri; born near Greeneville, N.C. (now Tennessee), December 14, 1783; read law; admitted to the Tennessee bar; moved to the Territory of Missouri in 1809; elected attorney general of the Territory in 1813; first circuit judge of Howard County in 1815 and presiding judge in 1816; member, Territorial house of representatives 1818 and served as speaker; member and president of the convention which formed the State constitution in 1820; upon the admission of Missouri as a State into the Union was elected as a Democratic Republican (later Adams-Clay Republican) to the United States Senate; reelected in 1825 as an Adams Democrat and served from August 10, 1821, to March 3, 1831; unsuccessful candidate for reelection as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1830; chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Eighteenth through Twenty-first Congresses); member, State senate 1834-1835; died in Boonville, Mo., on September 28, 1837; interment in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
 
BARTON, Joe Linus, (1949 - ) Barton Lineage I

BARTON, Joe Linus, a Representative from Texas; born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., September 15, 1949; graduated from Waco High School, Waco, Tex., 1968; B.A., Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University, College Station, Tex., 1972; M.S., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., 1973; business executive; White House Fellowship, served as aide to Secretary of Energy James B. Edwards, 1981-1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-present); chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congress).
 
BARTON, Richard Walker, (1800 - 1859) Barton Lineage F-10

BARTON, Richard Walker, a Representative from Virginia; born at “Shady Oak,” near Winchester, Frederick County, Va., in 1800; pursued academic studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Winchester, Va.; member of the State assembly in 1823-1824, 1832-1835 and 1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Winchester, Va.; died on his estate, “Springdale,” near Winchester, Frederick County, Va., March 15, 1859; interment in the family burying ground at “Springdale.”
 
BARTON, Samuel, (1785 - 1858) Barton Lineage II

BARTON, Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in New Dorp, Richmond County, N.Y., July 27, 1785; attended the common schools; agent for Commodore Vanderbilt’s steamship lines; served in the State militia as a major in 1818 and as a colonel in 1833; member of the State assembly in 1821 and 1822; served on the Andrew Jackson reception committee in 1833; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; resumed his former pursuits in the steamship business; director of the Tompkinsville Lyceum in 1842; died in New Dorp, Richmond County, N.Y., January 29, 1858; interment in Moravian Cemetery.
 
BARTON, Silas Reynolds, (1872 - 1916) Barton Lineage ?

BARTON, Silas Reynolds, a Representative from Nebraska; born in New London, Henry County, Iowa, May 21, 1872; moved to Hamilton County, Nebr., in 1873 with his parents; was graduated from the Aurora High School and attended the Peru (Nebr.) State Normal School; engaged in agricultural pursuits and taught school; deputy treasurer of Hamilton County 1898-1901; grand recorder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Nebraska 1901-1908; president for two terms of the Grand Recorders’ Association of the United States; State auditor 1909-1913; during his two terms as auditor and insurance commissioner was a member of the National Executive Committee of Insurance Commissioners; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); was a candidate for election to the Sixty-fifth Congress, but died before election day in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebr., November 7, 1916; interment in Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebr.
 
BARTON, William Edward, (1868 - 1955) Barton Lineage I

BARTON, William Edward, (cousin of Courtney Walker Hamlin), a Representative from Missouri; born in Pickens District (now County), S.C., April 11, 1868; in 1869 moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Crawford County, near Bourbon; attended the public schools and the Steelville Normal and Business Institute, Steelville, Mo.; employed as a farm hand, miner, and in a railroad office; taught school near Bourbon, Mo., 1889-1892; graduated from the law department of the Missouri University at Columbia in 1894; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Houston, Mo.; delegate to the State judicial conventions in 1896 and 1906; during the Spanish-American War served as a sergeant in Company M, Second Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry; prosecuting attorney of Texas County in 1901 and 1902; judge of the nineteenth judicial circuit 1923-1928; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; again elected judge of the nineteenth judicial circuit of Missouri and served from 1934 to 1946; resumed the private practice of law; died in Houston, Mo., July 29, 1955; interment in Houston Cemetery.