GEORGE BARBER - 533
MARGARET WATKINS - 522
BARBER GENEALOGY Part I Page 1
GEORGE BARBER; born circa 1737; died 1822 Oglethorpe Co., Ga.;
married circa 1767 MARGARET WATKINS; born circa 1743 Vincent,
Chester County, Province of Penn.; died circa 1825 Oglethorpe Co., Ga.
Children: William Matthew, Robert, Elizabeth, Samuel, Reese, Martha,
Sarah, Josiah, George, Jr.
William Barber, born circa 1767, N. C. Children: daughter
Copied From Barber Genealogical Folder in Search room of Georgia State
Archives - Ask attendant for help Sketchy notes
GEORGE BARBER b. ? Eng 1727 Settle NC bro. Plye? m. MARY
MARGARET
WADKINS in N.C. came to Wilkes
Col. 1787 - Indian fighter
d. Oglethorpe Co. 11 Jan 1829 (102 yrs.)
(See will of George Barber)
MARY WADKINS of Welch descent
Long Creek - Wilkes Co.
Appendix - GEORGE BARBER, son of George Barber, who died in 1750 in
Augusta Co., Va. and his wife, Elizabeth. He had a brother, Ply, and a
sister, Sarah. He came from England to America (probably to Chester,
Co., Penn.) when young. He married MARGARET WATKINS (probably
Bedford Co., Va.); a settled in the Wake-Johnston County area of North
Carolina: and later moved to Wilkes Co., Ga. He served as a lieutenant and
captain in the Revolutionary War and as a lieutenant-colonel in the Creek
Indian War under Elijah Clark--all in Georgia. Ply Barber married and had
3 sons and 3 daughters prior to the 1st U. S. Census. Sarah Barber married
Reese Watkins, brother of George's wife.
MARGARET WATKINS, granddaughter of Cadawalader Watkins, born
1660, died circa 1718 and daughter of Robert Watkins, born circa 1695, died
Feb., 1753, Augusta Co., Va., both immigrants from Wales.
1820 Oglethorpe Co., Georgia Census
p. 175 GEORGE BARBER, SR.
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS RECEIPTS FOR GEORGIA BOUNTY
GRANTS - GA. STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY
p. 71, 77 GEORGE BARBER 350 ac #877 served under Elijah Clark
GEORGIA CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION by Robert S. Davis, Jr.
The following are the longest of the accounts for payment due for supplies
and services rendered the Georgia Patriots that are in the Telamon Cuyler
Collection, Special Collection, University of Georgia Libraries.
p. 34 No. 55. To GEORGE BARBER for building a Fort near Isiah Goolsby
on the Waters of Long Creek 100 feet Square as pr account dated 3d Jany.
1780 [dollars] 2000
p. 50 State of Georgia Daniel Gunnell & GEORGE BARBER
Wilkes County Being Sworn to Value Two Certain
Horses The property of John Clark,
One A Grey Horse about 5 years Old 14 Hands Hy's -- The Other a
Sorrell about 6 years old 14 Hands Hy's. We Say on there oaths
that according to the Best of their Judgment the Grey Horse is
Valued @ L 25 Specie The Sorrill
@ L 30 Do
___ Sworn to this 21 Feby 1782
55 Barnard Heard J. P. Danl Gunnells
GEORGE BARBER
State of Georgia
County of Wilkes John Clark Being Sworn sayeth that the Above
Mentioned Horses was his property when Lost &
That they were both Lost in the field of Battle
Sworn to before Me John Clark
this 22nd Feby 1782
M. Manadue J.P.
I do certifye that the above mention'd Horses were Lost in Action
E. Clark, Colo (Reverse) John Clark Amts
GEORGIA REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS, SAILORS, PATRIOTS &
DESCENDANTS Compiled by Mary Carter 1977 Volume I
p. 16 BARBER, GEORGE (RS - Capt, Ga.) c. 1745 - 1822 m. MARGARET
1805 GEORGIA LAND LOTTERY
Oglethorpe County
GEORGE BARBER 1692 BB
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1807 GEORGIA LAND LOTTERY
Oglethorpe Co. Military District Lot No. Dist. No.
BARBER, GEORGE Sr. Pope's 115 8 B
Barber, George Jr. Pope's 35 18 W
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GEORGE BARBER'S Military Records
Georgia No. 877
These are to certify, that GEORGE BARBER a refugee, Lieut is entitled
to Three hundred and fifty acres of land as a Bounty, agreeable to an Act
and Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at August the 19 August 1781
As per certificate E. Clark Colo.Attest Given under my Hand, at Savannah,
the 25th Day of March D. Rees Secy in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four Mouston
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May it please your honour to grant your petitioner GEORGE BARBER four
hundred and two acres of land agreeable to the within certificate in
Franklin County and your Petitioner will pray &
To the Honourable the President ) GEORGE BARBER
and members of cornish holding )
Land court at Augusta Lieut GEO BARBER No. 923
Georgia No. 988
These are to certify that Lieut GEORGE BARBER a citizen is entitled to
two hundred and fifty acres of land, as a bounty, agreeable to an act and
Resolve of the General Assembly, passed at Augusta the 20 August 1781
As per certificate E. Clark Colo
Given under my Hand, at Savannah, the 25th Day of March in the Year of
our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four
Attest
D. Rees Secy Moustown
State of Georgia
These are to certify, that GEORGE BARBER was an inhabitant of this
State prior to the reduction thereof by the British Arms, and was a refugee
from the same, during which time he cheerfully did his Duty as a Lieut and
Friend to this and the United States.
Given under my Hand, this 2nd Day of Feby 1784
By his order Elijah Clarke Colo
H. Truman
GEORGE BARBER prays your Honourable Board for these certificates (orig)
One 250 or 287 acres for Citizen Bounty J the other 350 or 402 acres for a
refugee Bounty in two equal tracts in the County of Franklin J your
petitioner will pray GEORGE BARBER
Georgia
By the Court of Justices of the County of Wilkes. To Samuel Criswell,
Esquire, County Surveyor for said County. You are hereby authorized and
required to admeasure and lay out, or cause to be admeasured and laid out
unto GEORGE BARBER a Tract of Land, which shall contain five hundred
acres in the said County of Wilkes in of warranted of four hundred and
one for one hundred acres on long creek including the plan where he
now lives. Taking especial Care that the same has not heretofore been laid
out to any person or persons: and you are hereby also directed and
required to record the Plat of the same in your office, and transmit a copy
thereof, together with this warrant, to the surveyor General, within three
months from this date. Given under my Hand, as Senior Justice of the
said Court, this tenth day of October 1783. John Truman C.W.C.
Georgia By a Court of Justices for Oglethorpe County
Jno Moore J. P. To James Hay Esq Surveyor for the county of Oglethorpe
County
Burl J.P
Jno
You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out or cause
to be admeasured and laid out, unto GEORGE BARBER a Tract of land,
which shall contain five hundred acres, in the said County of Oglethorpe on
his Family Head rights
Taking especial Care that the same has not hereto fore been laid out to any
other person or persons: And you are hereby also directed and required to
record the Plat of the same in your Office, and transmit a copy thereof,
together with this warrant to the surveyor General within the term of (three
months from the date of - is marked through) two years from the date given
under my hand this second day of Feby 1794 Jno. Hardeman C.L.C.
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BARBER, GEORGE
To John Gorham Surveyor for the County of Franklin
You are hereby authorized and required to admeasure and lay out, or cause
to be admeasured and laid out unto GEORGE BARBER a tract of land, which
shall contain Six Hundred and ninety Acres, in the said County of Franklin.
Taking especial care that the same has not heretofore been laid out to any
other person or persons: And you are hereby also and required to record
the Plat of the same in your office and transmit a copy thereof together
with this warrant to the surveyor General within the term of three months
from this date
Given under my hand this seventeenth day of May
Secretary's Office John Habersham
D. Reece Deputy Sheriff Price E. C.