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Lyman Chalkley, Abstracts From Records Of Augusta County, Virginia (1745-1800) Arlington, Va. Commonwealth Printing Co. Vol I, page 430, Vol II, page 397, Vol III, pages 16,17. 2. Ibid, Vol III, page 502. Grace Gilliam Davidson, Early Records of Georgia (Wilkes County) Vol I, page 16. Johnson County, NC Wills, 1779. Wilkes County Georgia Wills 1806. Georgia Land Grant Book DDD, page 355. 3. Frank B. Russell, Reese Kelso Watkins, His Ancestry and His Descendants and Collateral Lines Smith Kelso Cleveland Bryan-Smith Allison Outlaw 1973, pages 21, 25, 28. 4. Bedford County Virginia Deed Book C, page 40. 5. Lucian Lamar Knight, Georgia' Roster of the Revolution, 1967, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, page 375. 6. Louise Frederick Hays, Hero of Hornet's Nest: A Biography of Elijah Clark 1733 to 1799, 1946, Hobson Book Press: New York NY pages 156, 157. 7. Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 9, No. 3, 1973, pages 162-167 8. Vessie Thrasher Rainer, Henry County Georgia The Mother of Counties 1972, pages 48, 49 9. Mary Bondurant Warren, The Georgia Genealogist, Vol II, 1969, page 44 10. From the original on file at Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia. 11. Hays, pages 199, 200 12. Ibid, page 345 13. Georgia Surveyor General Department, Georgia Archives, Atlanta, Georgia Grant Book DDD, page 355, 18 Sept. 1784, (500 acres), Wilkes Grant Book III, page 2, 17 Aug. 1785 (690 acres) Franklin Co: Grant Book ZZZZ, page 268, 26 Jan 1797 (500 acres) Oglethorpe Co. Chapter 2 14. Marriage Records, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. 15. Georgia Military Records, 1779-1839, pages 24, 25, 26, 29, 32. 16. Marriage Records, Butts County, Georgia. 17. 1850 Census, Butts County, Georgia. 18. Marriage Records, Butts County, Georgia. 19. 1860 Census, Butts County, Georgia. 20. Marriage Records, Butts County, Georgia. 21. 1850 Census, Butts County, Georgia. Not named in will of George W. Barbe r 22. 1880 Census, Butts County, Georgia. 23. Marriage Records, Butts County, Georgia; 1870 Census, Butt Co.Ga. 24. 1850 Census, Butts Co. Ga. Not named in will of George W. Barber 25. 1870 Census, Butts Co. Ga. 26. Marriage Records, Butts Co. Ga. 27. 1850 Census, Butts Co. Ga. Not named in will of George W. Barber 28. 1850 Census, Butts Co. Ga, Marriage Records, Butts Co. Ga. 29. 1850 Census, Butts Co. Ga, Marriage Records, Hill Co. Tx. Mr & Mrs Ken Townsend, Bentonville, Arkansas. 30. 1850 Census, Butts Co Ga. Not named in will of George W Barber 31. Butts County, Georgia Folder, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia. Chapter 3 32. 1850 Census, Clarke County, Georgia. Georgia Military Records 1779- 1839, page 185, 305. 33. D.A.R. Early Records of Georgia, "Christopher Orr Bible," Series III, Vol. page 88, 89, Atlanta Ga. Archives. Russell, pages 12,25 34. Marriage Records, Clarke County, Georgia 35. 1850 Census, Clarke County, Georgia 36. Marriage Records, Clarke County, Georgia 37. Letter, Genevieve Barber Brown (Mrs. Rupert A.) to David Morgan 24 March 1974 38. Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia, Civil War and Pension Records 39. Marriage Records, Clarke County, Georgia 40. Christopher Orr Bible. Albert G. Pitner-Mrs Martha Barber Bible. 1850 Mortality Census, Clarke County, Georgia, Georgia Archives, Civil War and Pension Records. Mrs. Carroll P. Denning, Maitland, Florida, Mrs. Ethel Norton Owen, (Mrs. John Skelton Owen) Birmingham, Alabama. 41. Russell, page 28. Mrs. O. B. Wilson, Birmingham, Alabama. Chapter 4 42. Mrs. C. C. Williams, The History of Jones County, Georgia, 1959, pages 380-381, 464, 465, 690-692. Georgia Society D.A.R. Miscelleneas Genealogical Records, 1967, "Stiles Bible Records" pages 457-458. Marriage Records, Jones County, Georgia. 1850 Census, Jones County, Georgia. Chapter 5 43. Georgia Military Records, 1779-1839, pages 24, 25, 32 44. Stephen F. Tillman, Rennolds-Reynolds Family Roster, 1959, pages 306-307 45. Marriage Records, Madison County, Georgia. 46. Civil War and Pension Records, Georgia Archives, Atlanta Georgia. 47. 1850 Census, Clarke County, Georgia. 48. 1850 Census, Sumter County, Georgia 49. Marriage Records, Sumter County, Georgia. 1850 Census, Sumter Co Ga 50. Marriage Records, Clarke County, Georgia 51. Ibid. Genevieve Barber Brown, Athens, Georgia 52. Stephen F. Tillman, page 307 (1959 edition) Chapter 6 53. Marriage Records, Oglethorpe County, Georgia 53A. Southern Recorder, 16 August 1832, Milledgeville, Georgia 54. Marriage Records, Clarke County, Georgia 55. 1860 Census, Sumter County, Georgia 56. Mrs. Dewitt B. Baker, Bedford, Texs. Mrs. Albert G. Pabst Jr Dallas Texas NSDAR #577497 Chapter 7 57. 1800 Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, shows George Reynolds with wife and a daughter under 10 years of age. 58. Sallie Reynolds Matthews, Interwoven, A Pioneer Chronicle, University of Texas Press Edition, page 158. 1880 Census, Throckmorton Co Tx 59. Marriage Records, Chambers County, Alabama. Interwoven and Reynolds Rennolds Family Roster. 1850 Census, Shelby Co Tx 1860 Census, Palo Pinto Co Tx 1880 Censu, Throckmorton Co Tx 60. Matthews, Interwovem 61. Leon Claire Metz. John Selman: Texas Gunfighter, 1966, Hastings House Publishers, New York. pages 52-60, 62-77, 82-88, 128, 211. Chapter 8 62. _____ Smith. History of Parker County, Texas 1877 63. 1830 Census, DeKalb County, Georgia shows George Barber living there and next door was his son Sam R. Barber with wife and a young daughter 64. "Dennison Files", from the files of Velma Barber Dennison deceased, supplied to David W. Morgan by Mrs. H. D. White, Kearns, Utah. 65. Marriage Records, Palo Pinto County, Texas. Interwoven, pages 57,59, 68,119. Mr. McLean had tuberculosis in 1868, and may have died soon after he made a trip from Texas to Colorado with the Reynolds brothers 66. "Dennison Files" Interwoven, pages 10,27,53,62,149. 1880 Census Throckmorton Co Tx. Death Certificate, Milton Flake Barber, Dept of Vital Statistics, Austin, Texas. 67. 1860 Census, Palo Pinto Co, Texas. Interwoven, pages 95,104 68. 1870 Census, Parker County, Texas. Barber Genealogy by Dr. George Perry Barber. 69. Chambers Co Ala. Deed Book 2, pages 250-251, deed of gift, WIlliam Centers to Samuel Barron, names William's children of 1838. 70. Marriage Records, Chambers County, Alabama 71. Marriage Records, San Augustine County, Texas. 1850 Census Shelby County, Texas. 72. 1850 Census, Shelby Co Tx, 1860 Census, Throckmorton CO Tx, 1880 Census Palo Pinto CO Tx. Marriage records, Chambers CO Ala. Benjamin Billups, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Marriage records, Nacogdoches CO Tx 73. 1880 Census, Palo Pinto CO Tx, Frontier Times "They Called it Content" (Runnels County, Texas) Feb-March 1971, pages 38-43, 62-63 by Juanita Daniel Zachry. 74. Hunt County Tx marriage records. 1880 Census, Palo Pinto CO Tx 75. 1880 Census, Palo Pinto Co Tx. B. E. Billups 76. Marriage Records, Johnson Co Tx. 77. Benjamin E. Billups, Las Cruces NM 78. Marriage Records, San Augustine County, Tx. 1850 Census, Shelby Co Tx Geneaology by Dr. George Perry Barber Chapter 9 79. "McKenzie FIles" From the files of Roberta McKenzie (Mrs. Donald E) which includes marriage records of Texas and California, correspondence from descendants, etc. Acampo, California. 80. Silas H. Barber Family Bible - see chapter 14 81. 1899 Creek Indian Census Card of Robert T. Barber. Also see Part III of this genealogy 82. Silas H. Barber Family Bible, John C. Barber Creek Indian application see part III 83. Letters in possession of Robert McKenzie, Acampo, California Chapter 10 84. Dr. Barber's grandfather, George Barber Jr was in Sabine County, Tx in 1840, when he appears oh the tax digest in that county owning 109 acres and five slaves. 85. "Dennison Files" of Velma Barber Dennision. Chapter 11 86. James Barber will, 1847, Clarke County, Georgia 87. 1850 Census, 1860 Census, Talladega Co ALA. 1870 Mortality Census, Polk County, GA. Marriage records, Clarke Co. Ga. 88. 1880 Census, Polk County, Georgia 89. Deed Records of Clarke County, GA. Allen signs as witness to deeds as "Allen Barber JP" from 1836-1840. No commission as a justice of the peace has been found. Allen Barber disappears from Clarke County tax digest in 1841, as his daughter Susan Jane married in Tallapoosa County, Alabama in 1843. 90. Mortality Census, 1870, Polk Co Ga. 1880 Census, Polk Co Ga 91. 1850 Census, Talladega County, Alabama. Marriage Records, Talladega County, Alabama. 1860 Census, Talladega County and cemetery records of Talledega County, Alabama. 92. 1850 Census, Talladega Co Al, 1860 Census, Talladega Co Al. Marriage records, Tallapoosa Co Al 93. 1880 Census, Haralson County, Georgia 94. 1850 Census, Talladega County, Alabama. Marriage Records, Talladega County, Alabama. Civil War Records, Georgia Archives, Atlanta, Georgia 1870 Census, Lumpkin County, Georgia 95. 1870 Census, Polk CO Ga. Chapter 12 96. Van Wert, Georgia Cemetery. 1840 Census, Paulding Co Ga. 1850-1860 Census, Polk CO Ga. Polk CO Ga folder, Georgia Archives, Atlanta 97. Ledger of the Eagle Tavern, Watkinsville, on microfilm at Georgia Archives, Atlanta Ga 98. Rockmart Centennial Book, Rockmart, Georgia 99. Bobby L. Lindsey, The Reason For the Tears: A History of Chambers County, Alabama, 1832-1900. 1971 Hester Printing Co. West Point Ga page 212. 100. Marriage Records, Paulding Co Ga. Polk County Ga folder, Georgia Archives, Atlanta, GA. 101. Barber Family Bible, in possession of Mrs. Lorabess Doddenhoff. 1850-1880 Census, Polk CO Ga. Van Wert Ga cemetery. Marriage records Polk CO Ga Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Georgia. 102. Mrs. Judson Crabb Barber, Cedartown, Geogia 103. Rose Hill Cemetery, Rockmart, Georgia. Marriage Records, Polk Co Ga. Mrs. Mary F. Bidez, Savannah, Georgia. North West Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society, vol 3, No. 1 Jan 1971, pages 4-12 104. Ibid. Chapter 13 105. Death Certificate, Robert Sanford Barber, Department of Vital Statistics, Austin, Texas. 1850 Census, Talladega Co. Ala. 106. Marriage records, Rusk County, Texas. 107. Civil War Records, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas. 108. 1860-1880 Census, Limestone County, Texas. Marriage records, Limestone County, Texas. Chapter 14 109. 1850 Census, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Marriage records, Nacogdoches County, Texas. 110. Marriage records, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Silas Barber performed a marriage in 1856 in the Linn Flat District, Nacagdoches County, Texas as a Justice of the Peace. 111. National Archives 112. Kiefer cemetery, Kiefer, Oklahoma. Robert's second wife is buried beside him and a Mary A. Grimsley is buried beside Alice, and is old enough to be Alice's mother. see chapters 9 and 17 of this genealogy 113. Marriage records, Hill County, Texas. 1880 Census, Hill County, Texas. see chapter 17. Creek Indian application of Benjamin A. Barber, 1896, on file at Bureau of Indian Affairs Muskogee, Ok 114. Silas H. Barber Family Bible. Creek Indian Census Card, 1901, of John C. Barber. See chapters 9 and 17 of this genealogy. 115. Marriage records, Navarro County, Texas, marriage records, Hill County, Texas 116. Mrs. Agnes Coker Doherty (Mrs. William L.), Tulsa, Ok. Creek Indian application of Martha S. Coker, Aug 5 1896, on file at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma. 117. Information on children of Tinsley Elizabeth Posey Stinson Barber provided by Wayne Stockton, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Ruby Barber Partain, Tulsa Ok. Wayne had slides of all the Indian papers mentioned in this genealogy. Chapter 15 118. Pearl Barber Howard Bible, owned by Jack M. Howard, OKC 119. 1880 Census, Comanche County, Texas 120. Testimony of James Monroe Barber before the Dawes Commission, 1904. Indian papers of Pearl Barber Howard and Doris Barber Powell, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma 121. Mrs. Davis. D. Barber, Oklahoma CIty, Mrs. Alma Clark Barber, Tulsa, OK, Mrs. June Barber Stone, Tulsa, OK, Mr. Jack Mason Howard, OKC, Mrs Doris Barber Powell, Ft. Worth Tx. Mrs. Wanda Hughes Hollis, Pryor, OK. Honest Ridge Cemetery, Limestone County,Texas. 122. Charles Wood Pension #R 11801. Wood-Woods Family Magazine, Vol. II Issue #3, page 89-97. Vol. I, pages 2,3. 123. John Sumner Wood Sr, The Wood Family Index, 1966, page 124. Marriage records, Limestone County, Texas, 1880 Census, Limestone CO Tx. Chapter 16 124. Mrs. Davis D. Barber. Personal knowledge of the author. 125. Ibid Chapter 17 126. 1850 Census, Nacogdoches County, Texas. 1860-1880 Census, Limestone County, Texas. Marrage records, Pike County, Georgia 127. Bobby L. Lindsey, The Reaason for the Tears, 1971, page 72. Plat book, Chambers County, Alabama. 128. Reprints of Biographies from The Lone Star State, Lewis Publishing Co. 1893, biography of Thomas B. Posey. 129. Marriage records, Limestone County & Nacogdoches County, Texas. "McKenzie Files" of Roberta McKenzie, Acampo, CA. which includes interviews of Mrs. Louis C. Hill with Mrs. Dan Dove and Miss Ruth Hicks. Horn Hill Cemetery, near Groesbeck, Texas. 1860-1880 Census Limestone County, Texas. 130. Wayne Stockton, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 131. Creek Indian application of George W. Stinson, 1896 132. Miss Ruth Hicks, Groesbeck, Texas 133. Civil War Records, Texas State Library. 134. Mrs. Ora Posey Nielsen (Mrs. Leroy F> American Fork, Utah. Kiefer Cemetery, Kiefer, Oklahoma 135. Wayne Stockton, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 136. Ibid. 137. Floyd Franklin Posey and Betty Sue Drake Posey, The Posey Family in America, 1971. (Meet Your Ancestors: 1011 Windsor Dr Hattiesburg, Mississippi) page 132-137. Chapter 18 138. Mrs. Ora Posey Nielsen, American Fork, Utah. Creek Indian Census card of Albert W. Posey. Chapter 19 139. Virginia Thompson Brittain, The Berryhill Family in America, 1968. 140. Bobby L. Lindsey, The Reason for the Tears, 1971, pages 71-72