Family Bible of Henry Barron & Sarah Callaway of Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 11/2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Henry Barron and Sarah Callaway Family Bible The following is a precise transcription of the information recorded on the family pages of the Bible belonging to Henry Barron and Sarah Callaway. I have retained the spelling and punctuation of the original record. This information gives the births, deaths, and marriages for their children and some of their grandchildren. Also included are the birth dates for their slaves. Henry Barron and Sarah Callaway were both born in Hancock County Georgia and moved with their families to Jones County about 1809. After marrying there in 1824, they moved back and forth between Jones, Upson, and Monroe Counties near various relatives until 1827, when they bought a farm in Upson County. In 1833, they sold their farm in Upson County Georgia, and by 1836 had moved to Barbour County Alabama. They were in Macon County by 1843 and Tallapoosa County by 1849. In February 1852, they sold their farm in Tallapoosa County Alabama and moved to Union Parish Louisiana, the trip taking them exactly two weeks. Henry Barron purchased a farm in the Camp Creek community on Bayou Cornie, several miles south of Spearsville. All white Barrons in Union Parish after 1870 descend from Henry Barron, and all black Barrons descend from his slaves. Henry Barron was born August 4th 1803 Sarah Barron was born Jan. 12th 1802 Henry Barron & Sarah Barron were married Jan. 8th 1824 Sally Barron, the wife of Henry Barron Died June the 28 1863 being 61 years five munths & 18 days ould Henry Barron died April 7 1870 adged 66 years 8 months & 3 day Zilleann F. Barron was born Nov. 9th 1824 William J. Barron was born Dec. 24th 1825 James D. Barron was born June 9th 1828 Hyram Barron was born April 7th 1830 Henry C. Barron was born Dec. 4th 1831 Sarah Amanda Barron was born Nov. 27th 1833 Milton L. Barron was born february 14th 1836 Mary A. Barron was born April 24th 1838 Emily Aramanta Barron was born May 1st 1840 Georgia An Elizabith Barron was born February 20th 1842 BenJamon Franklin Barron was born January the 21 1845 James D. Barron woz bornd June th 9th 1828 Lucy Barron the wife of James D. Barron woz bond Sept 27 1828 & woz married to J. D. Barron on July th 5th, 1849 & Dide June the 17th 1850 Wm. Henry Barron the sun of J. D. Barron woz bornd Apr the 16th 1850 Wm. J. Barron the sun of Henry & Sally Barron Died August the 14th 1845 & BenJaman F. Barron the sun of H. & S. Barron Dide Sept the 9th 1845 Ainfent dughter of Francis & Wilson Upshaw still borned on June th 4th 1848 M. L. Barron wos kild on the battle field at Atlanta, ga July the 28 1864 beeing 28 years & 5 munth ould Wilson Upshaw & Zillan F. Upshaw wos maried June the 10th 1847 Sarah F. Upshaw wos borned June the 4th 1849 La. Slave’s Births Andrw Jack (Slave) was Borned May 2nd 1840 Aron, a Slave wos borned nov th 3 1850 J____?___ wos borned Apriel th 20th 1855 Dock wos borned martch the 5th 1841 Sanfore wos borned march th 22 1846 Mariah wos borned August 14 1853 Lucasear wos borned July the 7th 1855 Manura Jane wos borned nov the 1 1856 Ellen wos borned may th 25: 1857 Lear was born January the 10th 1859 Allen wos born January the 31: 1859 John S. Post and Emily A. Barron was married October the 28 1866 John S. Post was borned January 3, 1841 Henry Samuel Post Son of John S. Post was borned Novembe 15 1867 Amanda Elender Post was borned Feby 25, 1870 Sarah Emily Post was Bored Dec the 15 1871 Winney Josephine Post was Bored Nov the 5 1873 John Sidney Post Son of J. S. Post was Borned Feb 28th 1876 May Alma Post was Borned May 24th 1880 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Here is further information on Henry & Sarah Barron and their family: Henry Barron b. 4 Aug 1803, Hancock Co GA m. 8 Jan 1824, Jones Co GA d. 7 Apr 1870, near Spearsville, Union Par LA buried: Spearsville Cemetery father: John Barron mother: Frances Garrard Sarah Callaway b. 12 Jan 1802, Hancock Co GA d. 28 June 1863, near Spearsville, Union Par LA buried: Spearsville Cemetery father: Jonathan Callaway mother: Sarah Dennis children: 1. Zilleann Frances Barron b. 9 Nov 1824, Jones Co GA m. 10 June 1847, probably Macon Co AL to Alexander Wilson Upshaw d. between 4 Feb 1892 and 16 Nov 1899, near Spearsville, Union Par LA buried: Spearsville Cemetery 2. William J. Barron b. 24 Dec 1825, Jones or Monroe Co GA d. 14 Aug 1845, Macon Co AL 3. James Daniel Barron b. 9 June 1828, Upson Co GA m. (1) 5 July 1849, location unknown, to Lucy Freeman (2) 2 Jan 1861, Union Par LA to Martha J. Cherry d. 12 May 1912, near Spearsville, Union Par LA buried: Spearsville Cemetery 4. Hyram G. Barron b. 7 Apr 1830, Upson Co GA m. 18 Dec 1856, Union Par LA to Savillia Raborn d. 19 Jan 1885, Union Par LA 5. Henry Callaway Barron b. 4 Dec 1831, Monroe Co GA m. (1) 30 Mar 1856, Union Co AR to Satsey Ann Taylor (2) 2 Jan 1859, location unknown, to Amanda E. Files (3) 22 July 1876, Hempstead Co AR to Sophonia Ellen Moses d. 21 Jan 1911, near Spearsville, Union Par LA buried: Spearsville Cemetery 6. Sarah Amanda Barron b. 27 Nov 1833, Upson Co AL m. (1) 25 Apr 1852, Union Par LA to Frederick M. Hawkins (2) 14 Dec 1864, Union Par LA or Union Co AR to Dr. John V. Arrington d. 3 June 1888, Union Co AR or Union Par LA buried: Spearsville Cemetery 7. Milton L. Barron b. 14 Feb 1836, Barbour Co AL d. 28 July 1864, “killed in action” at the Battle of Ezra Church while helping the Confederate Army defend the City of Atlanta from Union General Sherman’s troops 8. Mary Almira Barron b. 24 Apr 1838, Barbour Co AL m. (1) 3 May 1855, Union Par LA to William L. Johnston Beck (2) 3 May 1865, Carroll Co MS to Aaron B. Lott d. 8 Nov 1923, Osage, Coryell Co TX buried: Osage Cemetery 9. Emily Aramantha Barron b. 1 May 1840, Barbour Co AL m. 28 Oct 1866, Union Par LA to John Sidney Post d. 15 Nov 1912, Haskell, Haskell Co TX buried: Willow Cemetery 10. Georgia Ann Elizabeth BArron b. 20 Feb 1842, Barbour or Macon Co AL m. c1859/1860, Union Par LA to James Morris Post d. 17 Nov 1916, Texarkana, Bowie Co TX buried: Nash Cemetery 11. Benjamin Franklin Barron b. 21 Jan 1845, Macon Co AL d. 9 Sept 1845, Macon Co AL -------------------------------------------------------------- Union Parish Barrons of African Descent There is no record that Henry Barrons grandparents William and Prudence Barron nor his parents John and Frances Garrard Barron owned slaves. However, several of John and Frances’ sons owned a few slaves. Similarly, the records indicate that Sarah Callaway Barron’s parents and grandparents did not own slaves. However, Sarah’s brothers did acquire slaves during their lives. Her brother William Callaway never married, and he accumulated a large plantation with many slaves in Monroe County Georgia between 1828 and his death in 1854. In 1830 when he was living near his mother and brothers in Upson County Georgia, Henry Barron. But between 1833 and 1836, Henry and Sarah Barron moved from Georgia to Barbour County Alabama, settling near her brother Daniel Callaway. In 1840 Henry was listed as the owner of 4 slaves, one male under 10, 2 females under 10, and one female slaves aged 24 - 36. It is not known how Henry and Sarah acquired these slaves, if they owned them at that time. It is possible they belonged to one of her brothers. By 1850, Henry Barron was listed as the owner of 1 female slave aged 18 years, 1 male slave aged 10 years, and 1 male slave aged 30 years. Although the names of the older slaves are not known, the younger male is most likely Andrew Jack Barron, whose birth was recorded in Henry’s Bible as occurring on 2 May 1840. When Sarah Callaway Barron’s single brother William died in Monroe County Georgia in 1854, she became the partial owner of his property, including his many slaves. The slaves were divided up into families and the slave families were distributed to the seven surviving siblings of William Callaway. Sarah and Henry Barron become the owners of a slave family consisting of a man Lewis (valued at $1050), a woman Sarah and her child (valued at $1050), a boy Dock (valued at $800), and a boy Sanford (valued at $675). The birth dates for Dock and Sanford were recorded in Henry Barron’s Bible, but those for Lewis and Sarah were not. Sarah’s child was almost certainly Mariah, whose birth was recorded in the Barron Bible as 14 August 1853. After the end of slavery in the United States in 1866, the slaves owned by Henry Barron took the surnames “Barron” and “Callaway”. Andrew Jack Barron lived near Henry Barron’s children between 1870 and his death in the 1920s. Also living next to them in 1870 was a black man named Sam Caly (probably Callaway), aged 47, his wife Harriett, aged 36, and a younger boy Allen, apparently their son. Allen’s birth was recorded in the Barron Bible, 31 January 1859. Harriett is apparently the female slave owned by Henry Barron in 1850 and 1860. Sam could have been the man called “Lewis” in William Callaway’s estate papers. # # #