UTLEY PICKENS BARRETT
Utley Pickens Barrett was born about 1812 in South Carolina, the son of Joseph Barrett and Emily Unknown, and grandson of Reuben Barrett. Utley married Margaret McKey on March 15, 1838 in Noxubee County, MS. In 1836 Utley built a log cabin in Neshoba County,MS. It is still standing today although it is not in the Barrett family anymore.
"Utley Pickens Barrett (wife is Margaret McKee) built a log cabin about 1836. U.P. Barrett is the oldest son of Joseph Barrett, This is recorded in the book, Red Clay Hills of Neshoba County. Although damaged some, the cabin still stands. About 1996 it was sold separately and the cabin was moved from atop it's steep hill to Hwy 16 at Edinburg,MS There is a Barrett Cemetery and a Barrett landing (river) near the original homestead site. The cabin has not been owned by Barrett's for many years." Letter from Melba Barrett 11/2/1999
"Another account tells us that Mr. and Mrs. Pickens Barrett moved to this county in 1836, about fifteen miles west of Philadelphia in the area known as the Barrett Community, on the hills of Pearl River, and reared a big family. They came in contact with very few other people and had no contact with the outside world. Conditions at that time were very hard because they had to make everything..for example, their own wagons, plowstocks, shoes, and clothes. The way they tanned their hides for shoes is of intrust. They used the following method.
..They went out in the river swamp and cut down a big poplar tree and dug out a big trough in it. They put the trough down in a big hole of water and filled the trough full of water and put the hides in and let them stay for sixty or ninety days, Then, when the hair would slip off, they would take the hides out and rub them across a log until they were dried out. Then, they would take a big knife and scrape the flesh side of the hide till it was clean. It was then softened by rubbing salt, ashes and eggs into it. It was then ready to make shoes. All saddles were handmade. The saddle form was cut out of the root of a tree and then covered with leather or beaver hide...Homes like the Barretts' were built of split logs hewn down with a broad axe. People would pick good splitting trees, usually pine....Chimneys were made of rocks and a mortar of mud..How we wish there were more like the Barrett's who gave insight into what it was like "back then." src: Book: Red Clay Hills of Neshoba, Roots- Reflections-Ramblings, The Early History of Neshoba County, Mississippi compiled by Janelle B. Yates and Theresa T. Rideout 1992; Recieved from Melba Barrett GR 11/19/1999
Barrett Home ca. 1836; "In 1836, about 15 miles west of Philadelphia, near Pearl River, a Mr. and Mrs. Pickens Barrett built a log home, of hand hewn logs and split planks. The door and window shutters were also of planks, and the chimney of rocks and mortar mud. The floor was packed dirt. Some improvements were made later.;src: Book: Red Clay Hills of Neshoba, Roots- Reflections-Ramblings, The Early History of Neshoba County, Mississippi compiled by Janelle B. Yates and Theresa T. Rideout 1992; Recieved from Melba Barrett GR 11/19/1999
Utley Pickens Barrett died about 1870 in Neshoba Co.,MS and is buried at White Oak cemetery.
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Descendants of Reuben Barrett 1755 to 2000 by Janet Barrett Walker
Descendants of Utley Pickens Barrett
Generation No. 1
1. UTLEY PICKENS3 BARRETT (JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born Abt. 1812 in SC, and died Abt. 1870 in Neshoba Co.,MS. He married MARGARET MCKEE March 15, 1838 in Noxubee Co.,MS.She was born in 1816 in South Carolina;Birth records Source: Terri Duiett records.
Children of UTLEY BARRETT and MARGARET MCKEE are:
i. ELMIRA E. BARRETT
ii. MARGARET M. BARRETT, m. J.T. WILLIAMS
iii. PICKENS TAYLOR4 BARRETT, m. NARCISSA ELIZABETH HARPER.
2. iv. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE BARRETT, b. December 25, 1841;Neshoba Co., Mississippi; d. June 18, 1932,White Oak Cemetery, Edinburg, MS; m. IRENE L. SHORT,May 2, 1867; b. March 7, 1847; d. March 20, 1918, White Oak Cemetery, Edinburg,MS
3. v. GEORGE WASHINGTON BARRETT, b. April 02, 1855, Neshoba Co.,MS; d. September 03, 1940, Linwood,Neshoba,MS.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE4 BARRETT (UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born December 25, 1841, and died June 18, 1932 in Neshoba Co.,MS. He married IRENE L. SHORT. She was born March 07, 1847, and died March 20, 1918 in Neshoba Co.,MS.
Children of WILLIAM BARRETT and IRENE SHORT are:
4. i. LEONARD "LEE" EVERETT5 BARRETT.
ii. DORA J. BARRETT, b. November 1872.
iii. ARMEDA BARRETT, b. December 1876.
iv. LUCY J. BARRETT, b. September 1878.
v. ELVIRA BARRETT, b. May 1888.
vi. WILLIAM E. BARRETT, b. July 1889.
vii. OSCAR H. BARRETT, b. September 1877.
3. GEORGE WASHINGTON4 BARRETT (UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born April 02, 1855 in Neshoba Co.,MS, and died September 03, 1940 in Linwood,Neshoba,MS.He is buried in Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery. He married (1) CARIN"CARRIE" W. WHINERY March 06, 1879. She was born May 12, 1861, and died April 14, 1884 in Neshoba Co.,MS. She is buried in Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery. He married (2) SARAH EUGENIA WALLER November 20, 1887 in Neshoba Co.,MS, daughter of CHARLES WALLER and PENNY TUCKER. She was born February 1865 in MS.
Children of GEORGE BARRETT and CARIN"CARRIE" WHINERY are:
i. JAMES REUBEN5 BARRETT, b. April 14, 1884; d. August 28, 1884.
ii. EMMER DELLER BARRETT, b. August 26, 1884; d. October 31, 1961; m. J. R. STANTON.
Children of GEORGE BARRETT and SARAH WALLER are:
5. iii. WILLIAM EDGAR5 BARRETT, b. March 02, 1889, MS; d. May 23, 1964.
iv. BRUCY TALER BARRETT, b. April 1890; d. March 27, 1907.
v. ROSIE CORDELIA BARRETT, b. July 25, 1895; d. September 30, 1953; m. CARTER R. BETHANY, November 25, 1915.
6. vi. GEORGE AUSTIN BARRETT, b. July 12, 1897;d. Febuary 25, 1975; buried in Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery; Social Security # 427-07-9671;m. NELLIE CUMBERLAND, October 7, 1923
vii. HARDY ETHEL BARRETT, b. June 1899; d. September 30, 1899.
viii. ORA LEE BARRETT, b. August 08, 1902; m. CARTER R. BETHANY, 1954.
7. ix. GENIE EARL BARRETT, b. May 22, 1906,d. April 21, 2000, Philadelphia,MS Neshoba Co.,MS.
x. MARTHA E. BARRETT, b. August.
Generation No. 3
4. LEONARD "LEE" EVERETT5 BARRETT (WILLIAM LAFAYETTE4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) He married NANCY "NANNIE" ADCOCK October 25, 1891 in Neshoba Co.,MS.
Children of LEONARD BARRETT and NANCY ADCOCK is:
8. i. THOMAS JEFFERSON6 BARRETT, b. January 15, 1898, Ludlow,MS; d. June 29, 1967, Ludlow,MS.
Added 8/23/2002 ii. ETHEL BARRETT, born about 1904/5 married PRESLEY AND GOBER
iii. LOVELLE/LAVELLE BARRETT born 1912, married LEHNER.
5. WILLIAM EDGAR5 BARRETT (GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born March 02, 1889 in MS, and died May 23, 1964. He married LOTTIE MAE NICHOLSON December 05, 1909. She was born August 20, 1889 in MS, and died February 13, 1963.
Child of WILLIAM BARRETT and LOTTIE NICHOLSON is:
9. i. EDDIE LEE6 BARRETT, b. August 03, 1919.
6. GEORGE AUSTIN5 BARRETT (GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born July 12, 1897. He married (1) NELLIE CUMBERLAND October 07, 1923. He married (2) VERGIE MAE ELLINGBURG July 28, 1945.
Children of GEORGE BARRETT and NELLIE CUMBERLAND are:
i. UNKNOWN6 BARRETT, b. July 04, 1924; d. July 04, 1924.
ii. UNKNOWN BARRETT, b. March 11, 1927; d. March 11, 1927.
7. GENIE EARL5 BARRETT (GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born May 22, 1906 in Neshoba Co.,MS.And died April 21,2000 in Philadelphia,MS; buried in Linwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Social Security # 427-28-4002; He married ARIZONIA (ZONA) MARIE KEA/KEY April 28, 1928.She was born August 11, 1915.
Children of GENIE BARRETT and ARIZONIA KEA/KEY are:
10. i. GEORGE DONNELL6 BARRETT, b. March 14, 1938, Neshoba Co.,MS.
ii. JETHRO EARL BARRETT, b. June 11, 1941, Neshoba Co.,MS; m. (1) BRENDA JEAN POSEY, June 01, 1962; m. (2) RUBY KATE BRELAND, March 10, 1967, Neshoba Co.,MS. Jethro was born in a four room house on state highway 15 about a mile north of Linwood, MS. With Doctor Banks attending.
11. iii. ROMA JEAN BARRETT, b. January 23, 1944, Neshoba Co.,MS.
iv. ROBERT KEITH BARRETT, b. April 17, 1949, Neshoba Co.,MS; m. (1) SHERRY HANNA,1972, ; m. (2) DEBRA HENRY, April 08 or 18, 1975, m. (3) Victoria Gerkin, September 09 or08, 1988
Generation No. 4
8. THOMAS JEFFERSON6 BARRETT (LEONARD "LEE" EVERETT5, WILLIAM LAFAYETTE4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born January 15, 1898 in Ludlow,MS, and died June 29, 1967 in Ludlow,MS. He married MELINDA " LENNIE V." VALENTINE DAVIS January 01, 1924 in Rolling Fork, Sharkey,MS, daughter of JAMES DAVIS and PRUDENCE WARD. She was born August 11, 1900 in Edinburg, Leake, MS, and died April 25, 1988 in Long Beach, Harrison, MS.
Children of THOMAS BARRETT and MELINDA DAVIS are:
i. MARY DELOIS7 BARRETT, b. June 1924, Ludlow,MS; m. ROY HARPER.
ii. JOYCE BARRETT, b. 1926, Ludlow,MS; m. (1) GUY WHITFIELD; m. (2) HOMER CARLISLE, 1948.
12. iii. ALBERT WARD BARRETT, b. July 31, 1930, Ludlow,MS; d. October 25, 1997, Woodsboro, Texas.
13. iv. WILLIAM "BILLY" BARRETT, b. November 20, 1931, Ludlow,MS.
v. RICHARD BRAXTON BARRETT, b. April 23, 1933, Ludlow,MS; m. MABLE MAURINE WILLIAMS, August 15, 1956; b. 1932.
9. EDDIE LEE6 BARRETT (WILLIAM EDGAR5, GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born August 03, 1919. He married MATTYE MAE MYERS September 17, 1938.
Children of EDDIE BARRETT and MATTYE MYERS are:
i. CHARLES DARRYL7 BARRETT, b. December 20, 1939; m. ROMA JEAN BARRETT, February 14, 1970; b. January 23, 1944, Neshoba Co.,MS.
ii. BILLY RANDALL BARRETT, b. 1944.
iii. LYNDA SUE BARRETT, b. January 29, 1947; m. HARVEY EDSELL KEEN, December 22, 1963.
10. GEORGE DONNELL6 BARRETT (GENIE EARL5, GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born March 14, 1938 in Neshoba Co.,MS.George was born at home in a small two room shack, situated on a dirt road, far out in the country, with an old doctor by the name of "Banks" attending. Svc no: Bet: 1958-1964. US24906191. He married LENA MAE HOSEY December 07, 1957 in Whitfield, MS; b. February 1, 1939, White Oak, MS
Child of GEORGE BARRETT and LENA HOSEY is:
14. i. THERESA LYNN "TERRI"7 BARRETT, b. 1962.
11. ROMA JEAN6 BARRETT (GENIE EARL5, GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born January 23, 1944 in Neshoba Co.,MS.She graduated on 1962 from Neshoba Central High School, Philadelphia, MS. She married (2) CHARLES DARRYL BARRETT February 14, 1970, son of EDDIE BARRETT and MATTYE MYERS. He was born December 20, 1939. She married (1) ROBERT MARK HOLZBEIRLEIN;August 11, 1963. Robert graduated in 1960 from Suitland High School, Washington, DC, Military: Keesler Air Force Base, Gulfport, MS. When they married Rev. Jerry Henderson officiated.
Child of ROMA BARRETT and ROBERT HOLZBEIRLEIN is:
i. DEBBIE LYNN7 HOLZBEIRLEIN, b. May 07, 1964.
Generation No. 5
12. ALBERT WARD7 BARRETT (THOMAS JEFFERSON6, LEONARD "LEE" EVERETT5, WILLIAM LAFAYETTE4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born July 31, 1930 in Ludlow,MS, and died October 25, 1997 in Woodsboro, Texas. He married BETTY LOIS ALLEN July 28, 1951. She was born February 17, 1931 in Gulfport,MS.
Children of ALBERT BARRETT and BETTY ALLEN are:
i. PATRICIA A.8 BARRETT.
ii. DIANNA BARRETT.
iii. LOUIS R. "RUSTY" BARRETT.
13. WILLIAM "BILLY"7 BARRETT (THOMAS JEFFERSON6, LEONARD "LEE" EVERETT5, WILLIAM LAFAYETTE4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born November 20, 1931 in Ludlow,MS. He married OLGA LOUISE HORN March 30, 1958. She was born October 08, 1934.
Children of WILLIAM BARRETT and OLGA HORN are:
i. RHONDA KAY8 BARRETT, b. June 16, 1961, Long Beach,MS.
ii. WILLIAM BRADLEY BARRETT, b. August 23, 1964, Long Beach,MS.
iii. THOMAS WESLEY BARRETT, b. February 17, 1968, Long Beach,MS.
iv. MELBA LEIGH BARRETT, b. January 18, 1959.
14. THERESA LYNN "TERRI"7 BARRETT (GEORGE DONNELL6, GENIE EARL5, GEORGE WASHINGTON4, UTLEY PICKENS3, JOSEPH2, REUBEN1) was born 1962. She married UNKNOWN DUEITT.
Children of THERESA BARRETT and UNKNOWN DUEITT are:
i. UNKNOWN8 DUEITT.
ii. UNKNOWN DUEITT.
All above information from Melba Barrett and Terri Dueitt.
