BARRS History CD-Rom Book Summary
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YEAR |
COUNTY |
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BARRS / |
NOTE: |
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Lenoir, Duplin and other
NC Counties were neighboring counties in North Carolina and were formed
from Dobbs County, NC. Dobbs County was formed 1758 from Johnson
County, NC. |
The Barrs & Bell
families made parallel moves, lived in the same and adjoining US
counties, and were perhaps, and I stress perhaps as a speculative
"maybe," farmers in South Central England and were definitely farmers
in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida from the mid 1600's to 1900's,
thereby cross-validating family history connections of my ancestral
line of Barrs and Bell families. The families may, and
again I stress "may," have known each other in |
1665 |
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Town and district of
birth is not known, but may have been Warwickshire |
Robert Bell was born 1665, perhaps
in |
1718 |
Unknown |
Unknown but could have
been |
George Bell was born 1718 in an
unknown county and died 1792 in |
1400s to 1500s |
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Warwickshire |
Early Barrs
ancestors that we have validated are the following, but we know very
little about their family, birth place or history. The first Barrs
ancestor we know was named Robert Barrs born about 1530 and
died in 1595 in Bulkington Village Warwickshire |
1608 |
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Warwickshire |
Abraham Barrs of Toft was born about 1610 and
died in 1682. He was married to Joan. He had the following
children: Thomas, Abraham, Nathaniel, Alice, Elizabeth, Ann and
Margaret. |
1633 |
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Toft Hamlet Warwickshire |
Abraham Barrs (2nd) was born in 1633 in Toft
Hamlet Warwickshire |
1678 |
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Toft Hamlet and |
John Barrs of Toft was married to Mary
and they had the following children: John (To become John
Barrs, Sr. about 1758 when he and Sarah Spears-Barrs, his
wife, had their first son, John Barrs, Jr. in America.):
Abraham, Mary, Elizabeth, Henry, Rachel #1, Benjamine, Daniel the twin
to Joseph, Susannan and Rachel #2. Rachel #1 had died in 1729 and
Rachel #2 was born in 1735. John of Taft died in 1746 and Mary
died in 1776. |
1727 1749 |
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Toft Hamlet and |
John Barrs, (Sr.) was born |
1776 |
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John Barrs, Sr. volunteered and served
in the Dobbs County NC Militia during the American Revolutionary War
during the period 1776-1777. He served in 1776 in Charles Young's
Regiment of Dobbs County, NC. |
1756 |
Dobbs |
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Mother's (Evia
Adetha Bell-Barrs/Knouse) ancestral Grandfather George Bell was deeded property on three separate
entries in Dobbs Co., NC. Book 4 1756-1757 pages 294, 459 and 314.
District #9 |
1755 |
Dobbs |
Dobbs formed 1758 from
Johnson. ( |
John Barrs, (Sr.) owned farmland in |
1758 |
Duplin |
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Hezekiah Bell was born 1758 in |
1769 |
Dobbs |
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John Barrs, Sr. and George Bell
were both on the Dobbs County, NC Tax List for 1769. |
1770 |
Surry |
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Surry is north of the
Yadkin and |
NOTE: My mother,
Evia
Adetha Bell's
family also lived in and was plantation owners during the American
Revolutionary War. The |
1774 |
Dobbs |
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George Bell, Lieutenant, returned
home to |
1777 |
Dobbs |
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John Barrs, Sr.
returned to |
1779 |
Dobbs and Wayne |
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Wayne County, NC was
formed from |
1781 |
Duplin |
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Hezekiah Bell served in the military in
1781 in NC. The American Revolutionary War |
1787 |
Sampson |
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Duncan Bell born 1787 or 1795 and
died about 1861 in |
1790 |
Surry |
Formed 1770 from |
1790 |
1791 |
Dobbs |
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Dobbs was split into
Lenoir, south section and into |
1790 |
Dobbs |
Formed 1758 from Johnson.
Became Glasgow & Lenoir Counties in 1791. |
1790 |
1790 |
Dobbs |
Formed 1758 from
Johnson. Became Glasgow & Lenoir Counties in 1791. |
1790 |
1790 |
Dobbs |
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John Barrs, (Sr.) and George Bell were
both in the first (1790) Federal Census Report for |
1796 |
Lenoir |
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Arthur Barrs was born 1792 in |
1800 |
Lenoir |
Formed 1791 from west
section of |
1800 |
1810 |
Lenoir |
Formed 1791 from |
1810 |
1820 |
Lenoir |
Formed 1791 from |
1820 |
1820 |
Twiggs |
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Isaac L. Barrs was born to Arthur and
Nancy Barrs 1820 in |
1821 |
Twiggs |
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James C. Barrs was born to Arthur and
Nancy Barrs 1821 in |
1824 |
Twiggs |
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William W. Barrs was born to Arthur and
Nancy Barrs 1824 in |
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Twiggs |
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Two unknown daughters were born in |
1835 |
Twiggs |
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Julian (Julia) Barrs was born 1835 in |
1826 |
Twiggs |
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James M. Barrs, 1st
cousin to Isaac L., James C. and William W. Barrs,
was born to Dempsey and Unknown wife in 1829 in |
1829 |
Duplin |
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Duncan Bell his family, his two
sisters and their husbands sell their holdings in NC in 1829 and move
to |
1830 |
Early |
Early County, GA |
Abram Bell born |
1830 |
Twiggs |
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1830 Twiggs County GA
Federal Census: Arthur Barrs born 1792 in |
1830 |
Twiggs |
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1830 Twiggs County GA
Federal Census Dempsey Barrs born in |
1830 |
Twiggs |
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1830 Twiggs County GA
Federal Census: James Barrs born 1795 in |
1830 |
Pike |
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1830 Pike County GA
Federal Census: Gideon Barrs born 1796 in |
1830 |
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Duncan Bell and family move to and
are in |
1840 |
Twiggs |
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1840 Twiggs County GA
Federal Census: Nancy Elizabeth Campbell-Barrs (Arthur Barrs'
wife) ? 2 males 1-14; 1 male 15-19 and 1 male 40-49 (Arthur Barrs...very
ill) 1 female 10-14; 2 females 15-19 and 1 female 50-59 and 4 slaves |
1840 |
Twiggs |
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1840 Twiggs County GA
Federal Census: Dempsey and James Barrs were still in Twiggs County GA.
Dempsey Barrs had 2 males 0-5; 1 male 5-9; 1 male 40-49; 1 female 10-14
and 1 female 40-49 in his household. James Barrs had 1 male 0-5; 1 male
10-14; 1 male 15-19; 1 male 40-49; 1 female 30-39 and 57 slaves. |
1840 |
Lowndes |
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In 1840 Federal Census. Duncan
Bell and family lived in |
1850 |
Lowndes |
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1850 Lowndes County, GA
Federal Census: James C. Barrs age 30 (actually 29) Household:
Elizabeth (Martha E. Land), wife age 30 (actually 29) born
1821 in North Carolina James Henry L. Barrs age 6 born 1845 in GA
William T. Barrs age 3 born 1848 in GA Isaac Newton Barrs age 1
born 1849 in GA |
1850 |
Lowndes |
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1850 Isaac L. Barrs
dies at age 30 and leaves a wife Elizabeth Barrs 23 and 4 children:
Joseph 4, Frances 3, James T. 3 and Martha 1. |
1850 |
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1850 Madison County, FL
Federal Census: Duncan Bell age 55 farmer, son
of Hezekiah Bell, and his family are living in Madison County,
FL. Madison County, FL is adjacent to Lowndes - Brooks County, GA.
Abraham Bell 18 M Georgia Martha Bell 17 F Georgia Patrick Bell 15 M
Georgia Duncan Bell 13 M Georgia Lydia Bell 12 F Georgia Enoch
Bell 9 M |
Mid 1850's |
Wakulla |
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James C. Barrs and his family took
slaves to the mouth of the |
1855 |
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Duncan Bell purchased 320 acres of
Federal Homestead Act land in the North part of |
1860 |
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Judge W. Bell born |
1860 |
Brooks |
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1860 Brooks County, GA
Federal Census: James C. Barrs age 39 born GA Overseer
Household: Elizabeth 39 born North Carolina James Henry L. Barrs age 15
born GA William T. Barrs age 12 born GA Isaac Newton Barrs age
9 born GA Francis Marion Barrs age 8 born GA John Wesley Barrs age 5
born GA Henry J. Barrs (aka Andrew J.) age 3 FL Parmelia Barrs (female)
age 1 born GA 1860 Brooks County, GA Federal Census: William W. Barrs
age 36 born GA Farmer and a younger brother to James C. Barrs.
Lauraney Barrs age 19 born GA Isabella Barrs age 1 born GA 1. Hireling John Robinson
age 19 2. Hireling G. B. Vickey age
27 |
1861 |
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James C. Barrs, giving his residency
address as “ |
1898 |
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There is a James C.
Barrs born 1898 and died 1967. (James Carl Barrs was born
March 5, 1898 with relative living in Boyd FL who registered in the WW
2 draft in Lafayette County FL) He was buried in |
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NOTE: Ref. Florida Atlas
University Press of Florida by E. A. Dernald and E. D. Purdum 1992,
page 90. The
resident address, “ |
1861 |
Twiggs |
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James M. Barrs born 1829
in |
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Brooks |
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James C. Barrs was in the Brooks County
Militia during 1860-61 at age 42 enlisted |
Cont. |
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James C. Barrs was 5' 7” tall, had a
dark complexion, dark hair and blue eyes. He was admitted to Hospital
#2, |
1863 |
Brooks |
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James C. Barrs had fortunately not been
wounded in battle. All captured CSA troops from |
1865 |
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Civil War history related
by a young CSA veteran in |
“History of |
Cont. |
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There was nothing but a
marsh between us and the bridge, and we boys stood on the battery walls
and saw the fight, which lasted about an hour. We knew that our time
would come the next day, and the necessary preparations were made to
give Mr. Sherman as warm a reception as we could. The roll was called
the next morning and 155 men answered for duty. About |
Cont. |
Brooks |
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The officer shot him with
his pistol and the weight of the body, when he fell, pulled the
lanyard. Some of the enemy was not three feet from the mouth of the
cannon and the ball opened a space through the crowd. We killed more
men than the number on our side at this battle. General Sherman made
the McAllister homestead his headquarters and the wounded from both
sides were taken there for medical treatment. I was on the sick list
and was placed on a bunk with a badly wounded Yankee boy who died
before morning. I told the nurse the boy was dead and he said 'Alright
I will take him out directly.' I guess he forgot it for the body was
still there when I awoke the next morning. The nurse came and said he
was sorry he had not removed it. I told him that was alright, it had
not disturbed me at all. We, the prisoners, were carried to Hilton
Head, |
Cont. |
Brooks |
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I was at |
Cont. |
Brooks |
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My shoes were lost over
board, but I did not feel the loss of them until I reached |
Cont. |
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James C. (Jim) Barrs'
family in The Nankin District of Brooks County, GA had given him up for
dead, when in October 1865 lice and vermin ridden he reached home. His
son John Wesley Barrs said that he stripped outside, bathed, put on
clean clothes and burned his old clothing before going into their home. |
1866 |
Brooks |
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James C. Barrs served on a committee to
help destitute widows from The War during April of 1866. (See page 8
“Brooks County Georgia: Echoes of Its People.”) |
1870 |
Pulaski |
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1870 |
1870 |
Brooks |
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1870 |
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1870 Brooks County, GA
Federal Census: William Barrs age 46 (J. C. Barrs' brother)
Raney age 30 Florence age 13 John age 12 Jackson age 9 William age 7
James age 2 Nancy Barrs age 78 born 1792 (She is the Widow of Arthur
Barrs and mother of Isaac L. Barrs, James C., William W.
Barrs. Also, 2 unknown daughters and Julian F. Barrs. |
1870 |
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James C. Barrs and some family members
moved to |
1872 |
Brooks |
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Isaac Newton Barrs is mentioned in a Nankin
Community Newspaper abstract dated |
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William Barrs appears on
page 94 as Postmaster appointed |
1874 |
Brooks |
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Isaac Newton Barrs married Mary
Elizabeth Boyet on |
1879 |
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Oscar Marion Barrs born to Isaac Newton
Barrs and Mary Elizabeth Boyet on January 5, 1879 in Day,
Lafayette County, FL. He was the father of Alfonso Barrs, (Sr.)...
my Father. He married Bertha Lee Newman. Both died in |
1880 |
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1880 |
1880 |
Pulaski |
Pulaski Co, GA borders
Twiggs Co., GA on the southwest side. |
1880 |
1887 |
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Isaac Newton Barrs and Mary Elizabeth
Boyet - Barrs last child is born in Day, Lafayette County, FL.
Household: Mollie Campbell Barrs born 1875 FL ("Campbell"
was G-G Grandfather James C. Barrs middle name and
his mother G-G-G Grandmother Nancy Elizabeth Campbell-Barrs' surname.) William
Newton Barrs born 1877 FL Oscar Marion Barrs born 1879 FL Eddie
J. Barrs born 1881 FL Ille Effie Barrs born 1884 FL Gilley Orel Barrs
1887 |
1890 |
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1890 Suwannee County
Federal Census: the 1890 Federal Census was mostly destroyed and
information is scarce. James C. Barrs died between 1880 and
1887. Elizabeth Barrs may have died between 1880 and
1890 in |
1894 |
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Grandfather Wilford
Franklin Bell born |
1900 |
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Grandfather Oscar Marion
Barrs
married Bertha Lee Newman |
1904 |
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Isaac Newton Barrs builds a “large General
Store in Day, |
1905 |
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Oscar Marion Barrs purchased 80+ acres of
Federal Homestead Act land in |
1907 |
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Isaac Newton Barrs take on partners in his
general store in Day, FL. Free Mason Lodge Number 166 was formed |
1910 |
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1910 Lafayette County
Federal Census: Oscar Marion Barrs Bertha Lee Newman - Barrs
wife of Oscar Barrs was born |
1917 |
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Evia Adetha Bell born |
1917 |
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Alfonso Barrs, (Sr.) son of Oscar Marion
Barrs and Bertha Lee Newman / Barrs was born |
1939 |
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Alfonso Barrs, Jr. was born on |
Updated and revised March 17, 2005 by Al Barrs
FOOT
NOTE:
1745 |
Rowan |
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To clear-up confusion
about the Barrs and Barr families who lived in |
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1745 |
Rowan |
Rowan County, NC |
Continued Research of
England records has validated that the surname BARRS has its
roots in England rather than Scotland or Ireland. We see the surname
Barr in Ireland and Scotland a great deal, but generally Barrs
appears consistently in numbers within England. Barrs is a
surname in use in England by families even today whom we have had
occasion to communicate (Amy Barrs). This being the case, the Barr
families in Rowan County, NC was probably related to the Barr families
of Virginia and not the “BARRS” family of Dobbs-Lenoir
Counties North Carolina. The John Barrs' (Senior and Junior)
who shows up in Dobbs and Lenoir Counties, NC in the mid to early
1700's could have migrated there from Virginia or England. Records in
Warwick, Warwickshire, England indicate an Abraham Barrs who
had a son named John Barrs who was born in 1727 in Dunchurch,
Warwick, England. This Abraham Barrs may have been the last
generation of our Barrs line to have been born and died in the
“old” country of Warwickshire, England. The Barrs in Dobbs and
later Lenoir County, NC would have probably been acquainted with the Bell
family of Dobbs, later Lenoir, and Duplin Counties, NC.
Possibly the families knew each other in England before immigrating to
America. All these NC counties were intermixed and adjoining during the
1700's. The BELL family probably came to North Carolina from
either Virginia, or directly from England. |
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1600's |
England |
Leicester, Warwickshire,
Worcestershire, Cambridge, Stafford, and Huntingdon, England all have
Barrs candidates for the first of “our” Barrs line to arrive in
America. |
Continued: The Barrs
and |
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1600's |
England |
Leicester, Warwickshire,
Worcestershire, Cambridge, Stafford, and Huntingdon, England all have
Barrs candidates for the first of “our” Barrs line to arrive in
America. |
There are many Barre
who immigrated to American directly from |
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Noted
soldiers of the Barrs and
American Revolutionary
War Service information.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION... |
John Barrs, Sr. served during 1776 in
Charles Young's Regiment of Dobbs County, NC Militia. John Barrs,
Jr. served during 1777 in Captain Kennedy's Company of Dobbs
County, NC Militia. Hezekiah Bell served during 1781 in North
Carolina Militia. George Bell served in the Regiment of Militia
of Dobbs County, NC. 1773-4. He was a Lieutenant of the Regimental
Officers of Dobbs County, NC Militia. |
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James C. Barrs served in 1863 in
Captain Wiley W. Groover's 11th Georgia Calvary, Georgia State Guards
Company "D" CSA for a regular 6-month enlistment. He then re-enlisted
and served "for the duration" in 1864-65 with Company "E", 1st Regiment
(Symon's), Georgia Infantry State Reserves CSA and was appointed 4th
Sergeant. He was captured along with the entire garrison at |
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Duncan Bell enlisted in 1837 during
the Seminole Indian Wars, many years before the Civil War began, in the
2nd East Mounted Regiment (Colonial Mills' regiment), Florida Mounted
Volunteers in Captain Livingston's Company. He enlisted at |
People's
ages will vary by plus or minus one year on census reports depending
upon
the
date the census was taken and the month of birth of the individual named
Please e-mail information
to the following address: albarrs@wfeca.net
Al Barrs
Verification
of this particular, my, line of BARRS is the evidence
that my BARRS and BELL families essentially are known to have lived in
the same
and/or adjoining North Carolina counties since the early 1700's and may
have
know each other earlier in England. The Barrs and
Barrsville is prominent in and old 1877 area map. Barrsville was
located near
or at the same location as was Ellisville, FL of 1845, but west of
present day
Ellisville at Interstate 75 twenty some miles south of Lake City, FL
today.
Barrsville, Florida suffered the same fate, as did the nearby town of
Leno, FL
and other fledgling towns along what was to have been a new rail line.
The
railroad line by passing these little settlements and was discontinued.
This
sealed the fate of these pioneer rail line settlements. Corrections and
/ or
additions to this information are requested. Please e-mail or
snail-mail
information to one of the following addresses.
By Al Barrs, Jr. |
Compiled by: Alfonso (A.
F. / Al) Barrs, Jr. E-mail Address:
albarrs@wfeca.net Telephone:
1(850) 569-5142 |
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