Henry Barron and Sarah Callaway, Union Parish, LA
submitted by: Tim Hudson

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HENRY BARRON & SARAH CALLAWAY

Henry Barron was born in Hancock Co GA in 1803, the son of John Barron and Frances Garrard
Barron. His family moved to Jones Co GA in 1809/1810. John Barron was a Revolutionary War
soldier, as was his father "Captain" William Barron. John Barron died in Jones County in 1823.
Later that year, Henry married Sarah Callaway, the daughter of Jonathan Callaway and Sarah
Dennis. The Callaways had moved to Georgia from Somerset Co MD and Guilford Co NC, and
Sarah had been born in Hancock Co GA in 1802.

In 1824, John Barron's widow Frances and all of their children moved from Jones to Upson Co
GA, while the Callaways remained in Jones County. In 1825 and 1826, Henry and Sarah went
back and forth between Upson and Jones Counties. But the Callaways moved to Monroe County
in 1827, and Henry bought a farm in Upson that year and lived there until the end of 1833. At that
time he sold his farm and moved to Alabama to join relatives. Henry and Sarah first settled in
Barbour Co AL, where her brothers Daniel and Henry Callaway lived. By 1843, Henry Barron
was north in Macon Co AL with Sarah's brothers Henry and Benjamin. Finally, in 1848, Henry
and Sarah Barron moved to Tallapoosa County, not too far from his brothers Hiram and Milton
Barron in Randolph County. In early 1852, Henry and Sarah sold their Alabama farm and moved
to Union Parish Louisiana, settling a few miles south of Spearsville on the Cornie Bayou.

Henry and Sarah lived there for the rest of their lives. Henry and a few other men bought two
acres of land in 1860 and donated it to the community for a "graveyard", now called the
Spearsville Cemetery. Sarah died in 1863, and Henry died in 1870, with both buried in the
cemetery just under the large cedar tree towards the back.

Henry and Sarah had these children:

  1. Zilleann Frances Barron married Alexander Wilson Upshaw

  2. William J. Barron

  3. James Daniel Barron

  4. Henry Callaway Barron

  5. Hiram G. Barron

  6. Sarah Amanda Barron married (1) Frederick M. Hawkins and (2) Dr. John V. Arrington

  7. Milton L. Barron, joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and fought in the battles of Shiloh,
      Corinth, Jackson, and Chickamauga, besides others. He died from a gunshot wound at the
       Battle of Ezra Church in July 1864, while defending the city of Atlanta from Sherman's
horde.

  8. Mary A. Barron, married (1) W. Beck and (2) Aaron B. Lott

  9. Emily Aramantha Barron married John Sidney Post

  10. Georgia Ann Elizabeth Barron married James Madison Post

  11. Benjamin Barron, died as an infant

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Sources:
I wrote this brief biography based upon information first given to me by Mr. Gene Barron, as well
as my own personal research into the Barron family. In particular, I utilized these sources:

+++ the court records of  Hancock, Jones, & Upson Counties Alabama
+++ the court records of Macon & Tallapoosa Co AL
+++ the court records of Union Parish LA
+++ US census records
+++ National Archives records
+++ family Bible records