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Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ==================================================================== Chapter 8 George Barber, Jr. George Barber Jr, born 1786 in Wilkes County, Georgia, was the youngest child of George and Margaret (Watkins) Barber. George married Elizabeth Reynolds 11 May 1806 in Clarke County, Georgia. Elizabeth was the daughter of Spencer Reynolds. War of 1812 Service of George Barber Jr. The State of Texas ) On this the 1st day of July A. D. one County of Shelby ) thousand eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and state aforesaid George Barber, aged sixty five years, a resident citizen of the County of Shelby in the State of Texas, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical George Barber who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain William Ford in ____ Regiment of Georgia Troops (infantry) commanded first by an officer who died in camp (and whose name is not now recollected) and afterward said regiment was commanded by Col. Newman under General Floyd in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 13 June 1812, that he volunteered in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, on or about the first of September A. D. 1813, for the term of six months and continued in actual service for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Lexington, Oglethorpe County in the State of Georgia on or about the first day of March A. D. 1814, as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company. He declares that he received his pay for the full six months, but does not recollect whether or not any written discharge was given to him if it was not it was only from neglect and not from any other cause, and if it was given it has long since been lost. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been in the Military service of the United States prior September 28th, A. D. 1850. George Barber Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I believe the said George Barber to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated. W. A. Holland, J.P. The State of Texas ) On this the first day of September A. D. County of Panola ) one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public witness and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Barber aged 66 years a resident of Nacogdoches County in the State of Texas who being Sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of George Barber deceased who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain Ford in the Georgia Regiment of Militia men Commanded by General Floyd in the War of 1812 against the Creek Indians. That her said husband volunteered at Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia on or about the 7th day of August A. D. 1813 for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Fort Hawkins on the first day of February A. D. 1814-- as will appear by the Muster rolls of Said Company as the discharge wa forwarded to the Department with a former declaration he made out by himself in his lifetime and recieved a land Warrant for 80 acres No. 35 527. She further states that she was married to the said George Barber in Clarke County, Georgia on the 11th day of May A. D. 1806 by one Alex Hall a Justice of the Peace for Clark County, Georgia and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Reynolds and that she has no children under the age of 21 years. Surviving that her said husband died at his residence in Shelby County, Texas on the 2nd day of July A. D. 1854 and that she is now a widow at the date of executing this her declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. her Elizabeth X Barber We, B. T. Hudman and Samuel B. Barron residents of Nacogdoches County in the State of Texas upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Barber in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and Statements of the applicant the she is the identical person she represents herself to be. B. T. Hudman Samuel B. Barron National Archives File Designation: George Barber BLWt 35646-80-55 Children of George Barber Jr. and Elizabeth Reynolds George Barber Jr. died 2 July 1854, Shelby County, Texas. his widow Elizabeth was living in 1860 in Nacogdoches County, Texas with her daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Turner Hudman. 1. Samuel Reynolds Barber, born 1809-1810, Oglethorpe County, Ga., married Adaline Flake Perry ca. 1829. Samuel was first treasurer of Parker County, Texas, and he also signed a petition for that county's formation.[1]62 Samuel died 1881, buried Barber Mountain near Mineral Wells Texas. Adaline was the sister of General William Flake Perry. A. daughter, born ca. 1830, DeKalb County, Georgia.[2]63 B. Dr. George Perry Barber, M. D., born 22 August 1834, Georgia, married Sarah Ann Amanda Smith 1859. (see chapter 10) C. Solomon P. Barber, born 9 November 1837, Chambers County, Alabama, died 5 August 1856, buried Dean Cemetery, Weatherford, Texas. D. Samuel C. Barber, born 31 October 1839, Chambers County, Alabama, died 20 February 1857, buried in same grave with his brother Solomon.[3]64 E. Olivia A. Barber, born 1842, Chambers County, Alabama, married H. H. McLean, 24 January 1860, Palo Pinto County, Texas. H. H. McLean died prior to 1880.[4]65 a. Georgia B. McLean, born 1861, Texas, married Samuel Spears. b. John H. McLean, born 1863, Texas. c. Lutie M. McLean, born 1865, Texas. F. Milton Flake Barber, born 11 May 1848, Chambers County, Alabama, was first county clerk of Throckmorton County, Texas. He made his home with the Barber Watkins Reynolds family for several years. He married Nancy Jane Franz, October 1870. Flake Barber died 10 January 1929, Floyd County, Texas.[5]66 a. Frances (Fannie) Barber, born 1871, Texas. b. Lee Barber (female) born 1872, Texas. c. Ida Barber, born 1874, Texas. d. Ollie Barber (female) born 1876, Texas. e. Eula Barber, born 1877, Texas. f. Charles Barber, forn 1879, Throckmorton County, Texas. g. Roy F. Barber, living Tulia, Texas, 1929, when he signed the death certificate of M. F. Barber. G. Hiram Barber, born 1851, Texas, lived with the B. W. Reynolds family near Rocky Ford, Colorado in 1874, where he was a school teacher for the younger Reynolds children. When most of the Reynolds family moved back to Texas in November 1875, Hiram Barber and Glenn Reynolds went prospecting for gold in Colorado.[6]67 H. Mildred Josepine Barber, born 1854, Texas, married Sanford Boon. She died in 1903.[7]68 I. Oliver W. Barber, born 1856, Texas, married LUcie Haynes. J. Louisa Barber married Steve Jones. She died 14 May 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri. 2. Louisa Marion Barber, born 1813, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, married Rev. Basil E. Lucas ca. 1833 in Tennessee. Louis died in 1868, Hill County, Texas. (see chapter 9) 3. Elizabeth Barber married Burwell H. Hambrick. 4. Nancy Barber married WIlliam Center. They had the following children by 1838.[8]69 A. Julia E. Center B. Sarah I. Center C. Lututia Center D. Martha T. Center E. George C. Center F. Nathan Center 5. Phoebe Barber married Samuel B. Barron, 13 September 1838, Chambers County, Alabama.[9]70 They later moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. The children listed on the 1860 census of Nacogdoches County are: A. Sarah Elizabeth Barron, born 1840, Chambers County, Alabama, married Drayton Lambert, 10 February 1855, Nacogdoches Co. Tx. a. Thomas Lambert, born 1856, Nacogdoches Co Tx. b. Ann Lambert, born 1859, Nacogdoches Co Tx c. Mooryviah? born 1861, Nacogdoches Co Tx d. P. H. (Phineas?) Lambert, born 1865, Texas. e. Josephine Lambert, born 1872, Texas. f. Esabella Lambert, born 1874, Texas. g. Ella Lambert, born November 1879, Nacodoches Co Tx B. Mahala Barron, born ca. 1843, Alabama, married William H. Walker 13 September 1863, Nacogdoches County, Texas. C. Samuel Barron, born ca. 1846, Alabama. D. Phineas Barron, born ca. 1854, Nacogdoches Co Tx E. Lafayette Barron, born ca. 1857, Nacogdoches Co Tx. F. Louisa J. Barron, born ca. 1859, Nacogdoches Co. Tx. 6. Josiah Barber 7. Phineas Watkins Barber, born January 1821, Oglethorpe County, Georgia married (1) _____, (2) Mrs. Susan Noble, 1844, San Augustine County, Texas.[10]71 A. C. Q. Barber, born 1842, Texas (male) B. Thomas Barber, born 1844, Texas C. R. T. Barber, born 1846, Texas. D. George C. Barber, born April 1847, Shelby County Texas. E. S. E. Barber, born Dec. 1850, Shelby Co Tx (female) 8. Margaret W. Barber, born 1825, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, married Benjamin Turner Hudman, 17 September 1840, Chambers County, Alabama. B. T. Hudman was the son of Hezekiah and Martha (Turner) Hudman.[11]72 A. Louisa Hudman, born 1842, Chambers County, Alabama, died before 1880, married Moses Summers, 3 April 1860, Nacogdoches County, Tx a. Jefferson Summers, born 1861, Texas. B. Hezekiah Hudman, born 1845, Chambers County, Alabama. C. George H. Hudman, born 1847, Chambers County, Alabama, killed during the Civil War. D. Phineas Watkins Hudman, born 1848, Sabine County, Texas, married Sarah C. ____. Sarah died in the summer of 1881 near Mineral Wells Texas, leaving Phineas to raise five young sons.[12]73 a. John Benjamin Hudman, born ca. 1873, Texas, died ca 1963, Post, Texas. b. Joseph A. Hudman, born 1875, Texas. c. Samuel V. Hudman, born 1877, Texas. d. Elmer Hudman, born 1879, Texas. e. son Hudman, born 1880-1881, Palo Pinto County, Texas. E. Elizabeth Hudman, born 1849, Shelby Conuty, Texas. F. Mary Ann A. Hudman, born 1851, Texas, married Elizha Turner 31 December 1865, Hunt County, Texas.[13]74 a. John C. Turner, born 1867, Texas. b. Ophelia Turner, born 1870, Texas c. Louisa C. Turner, born 1872, Texas d. Margaret Turner, born 1874, Texas e. Nancy Turner, born 1877, Texas f. Dova Turner, born 1879, Palo Pinto County, Texas. G. Joseph Lucas Hudman, born 1853, Texas, married Alice Hood.[14]75 H. John Hudman, born 1856, Texas. I. Theodocia Hudman, born 1860, Texas, married J. M. Bockman, 25 October 1877, Johnson County, Texas.[15]76 J. Benjamin Monroe Hudman, born 26 May 1863, Palo Pinto County, Tx died 18 April 1919, Alamogordo, New Mexico. He married Sophronia Parile Smith, 8 April 1888, Lincoln County, New Mexico.[16]77 a. Ernest Hudman, died young. b. Jesse Earl Hudman, born 1891, died 1964, married Elizabeth Scott. c. Emmett Eddy Hudman, born 1892, died 1936, married Ophelia Maples. d. Minnie Lois Hudman, born 26 May 1894, died 30 May 1972, married Edward Young Billups, 7 January 1912, Cloudcroft, New Mexico. aa. Benjamin Edward Billups, born 5 December 1912 Alamogordo, New Mexico, married WIlma Hust, 25 November 1937. He was writing a genealogy of the Billups family in 1975. World World II veteran. aaa. Barbara Ann Billups, born 9 August 1947, married (1) Kenneth Eugene Field, 1968, (2) James L. Grider, 1970. aaaa. Kimberley Dea Ann Field, born 3 March 1969? bbbb. James Zane Grider, born 25 March 1972. bb. Robert William Billups, born 16 September 1914, Alamogordo, N.M. married Elizabeth Murphy, 1947, Phoenix, Arizona. WWW II vet aaa. Susan Marie Billups, born 28 January 1949, Ellensburg, Washington, maried Wilfred Allen McClurg, 1967. aaaa. Jack Albert McClurgn, born 22 June 1968. bbb. Robin Lynn Billups, born 9 January 1951, Ellensburg, Washington, married Neal Cramer, June 1968, Tuscon Arizona. ccc. Patricia Josephine Billups, born 1952, Kirkland, Washington. ddd. Laura Billups, born 25 June 1955. cc. Jesse Ralph Billups, born 21 August 1916, died 11 Feb 1917 dd. Ernest Eugene Billups, born 29 September 1918, veteran of WW II, graduate of New Mexico State University, never md ee. Thelma Mae Billups, born 7 November 1920, Alamogordo, NM died 1938, Phoenix, Arizona, accidental drowning. ff. Charles Leon Billups, born 1922, killed when USS Astoria was sunk off Guadalcanal 2 October 1942. gg. Virginia Ruth Billups, born 9 October 1925, Alamogordo, NM married Derwin Delemere Turberville, 31 July 1950, Phoenix, AZ, lived in Grants, NM in 1974. aaa. David Derwin Turberville, born 16 October 1953 Tucson, Arizona bbb. Debra Jo Turberville, born 18 January 1956, Phoenix, Arizona. ccc. Bruce Edward Turberville, born 12 February 1960, Albuquerque, NM ddd. Richard Wayne Turberville, born 22 July 1962. hh. Albert Lewis Billups, born 1929, lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1974. ii. Sarah Parali Billups, born 14 October 1934, Alamogordo, NM married Kenneth Don Stafford, 25 October 1951. Lived in La Luz NM in 1974. aaa. Sherry Lynn Stafford, born 16 June 1952, Alamogordo bbb. Lois Faye Stafford, born 11 April 1955 ccc. Duaana Lee Stafford, born 1 December 1956 ddd. Charles Edward Stafford. jj. Fannie Beall Billups, born 3 June 1938, Alamogordo, NM married Lawrence Russell Marker 24 November 1957. They were living in St. Paul Minnesota in 1974. aaa. Laura Kathleen Marker, born 30 November 1958 NM bbb. Tracey Diane Marker, born 25 July 1960, La Cruces NM ccc. Carl Richard Marker, born 28 February 1962. e. Ollie Josephine Hudman, born 21 January 1896, died 1 November 1971, married Robert W. Zenker. f. Mary Ethel Hudman, born 24 October 1897, living in 1974, married Oscar F. Burns. g. Benjamin Vernon Hudman, born 1899, died 1961, married Ruby Scott. h. Frederick Vaughn Hudman, born 1902, living in 1974, married Mary Lou Scott. 9. George C. Barber, born ca. 1826-27, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, married Eliza W. Edwards, 6 November 1849, San Augustine County, Texas.[17]78 Eliza was born 16 July 1827, died 13 November 1910, buried Courtland Cemetery, Cass County, Texas. George is buried in Courtland too. He served in Co. I, 3rd Texas Cavalry, CSA. (new info: [18]Lillie Ruby) A. George C. Barber Jr. born ca 1853, Shelby County, Texas B. Mary J. Barber, born 1857, Cass County, Texas, married Richard Law, 13 November 1876, Cass County, Texas. She died in 1940 and is buried in Law's Chapel Cemetery, Cass County, Texas. (New info from [19]Lillie Ruby) C. R. R. Barber (male), born 1858, Cass Co Tx, died 1935, buried Hughes Springs Cemetery, Cass Co. Tx. D. Alfred C. Barber, born 10 August 1863, Cass County, Texas, died 4 October 1925, buried Courtland Cemetery, Cass County, Tx. E. Annie Barber, born ca. 1866, Cass County, Texas, married J. E. Leigh 20 February 1885, Cass County, Texas. F. Catherine (Kitty) Barber, born January 1870, Cass Co. Tx, married J. H. Birmingham, 28 February 1891, Cass County Tx. Proof on Some of the Children of George Barber Jr. Chambers County ) Alabama ) George Barber to William Center Deed Book 2 ) Page 1 ) This indenture made and intered into Deed of Trust ) this 20th day of July Eighteen hundred and Thirty Seven, between George Barber of the county and State aforsaid, of the one part and William Center of the same place as trustee of Elizabeth Barber, the wife of said George Barber, and also as trustee of Nancy Center formerly Nancy Barber, Phoebe Barber, Margaret Barber, and Phineas Barber, legitimate children of said George Barber. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I the said George Barber have and bear toward my said wife Elizabeth, and my said children Nancy Center formerly Nancy Barber, Phoebe Barber, Margaret Barber and Phineas Barber aforsaid named and for and in consideration of the sum of one Dollar in hand paid, do by these presens, grant, give, amin, convey and confirm and deliver unto the said William Center trustee as aforsaid the following negroes to wit, Willis, a man about twenty eight years old -- Nathan about about twetny one years of age, Pender a negro woman about forty five years of age, which said negroes and their increase and profits I the said George Baber do by thee presents warrand and defend from mysefl my hears and assigns and form the claim of all person or persons whatsoever utno the said WIlliam Center as trustee as aforsaid in fee simple. In testimoney whereof I the said George Barber have her unto set my hand and seal the day and year aforsaid. Test George Barber (seal) William Blackburn Recorded August 14, 1837, Joseph Williams, Ct. Clk. ******** There is an identical deed of trust made to William Center on behalf of George Barber's son George C. Barber, recorded Chambers County, Alabama, Deed Book 2, page 2. ******* Deed of Gift George Barber to Louisa Lucas, wife of Bazil Lucus. Know all men by these presents that I George Barber of the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee, for and in consideration of the love and natural affection which I have and do bear unto my daughter Louisa M. Lucus, wife of Bazil E. Lucus of the County and State aforsaid have and by these presents do give, grant bargain and sell and deliver unto my said daughter, for her own exclusive use and benefit, during her natural life, free from the control of her said husband or any other person ,the following negro slaves, to wit, Jenney,aged about 50 years and Harreitte aged about two years and after the death of my said daughter the remainder in said slaves and their increase, I do hereby for the consideration aforsaid, give, grant, bargain and sell unto the children of my said daughter, who may be living at the time of her death and the children of such as may be dead (if any) it being the true intent and mening of these presents to give to said daughter during life, the use only of said Slaves and their increase so as not to be subject to the control of any other person or persons and after her death to be disposed of in manner aforesaid. Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of November 1835. M. Panwe? Geoge Barber (seal) William Center State of Tennessee, Franklin County I Solomon Wagner Register of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing deed, together with the above certificate, was duly registered in my office on the 7th of November 1835 in Book O and page 358. Solomon Wagner Register by W. B. Wagner D. R. The originial of the foregoing deed of gift was deposited in this office for record, certified as above and on the 20th day of January 1838 was duly recorded in record of dees, Volume Two, page 52-53 (Chambers County, Alabama) Jos. Williams, Clerk