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“Descendants of Henry Bare”

  Generation  No. 1 

HENRY BARE was born before 1755. 

Notes for HENRY BARE:

Articles from "The Heritage Book of Ashe Co., NC found at the Ashe County Library. 

ARTICLE 1       "THE BARE FAMILY ORIGINS"

The Ashe County telephone directory contains a long list of residents with the surname of Bare.  Rather remarkable when one considers that all, or nearly all, are descendents of one Henry Bare who came to the area sometime before 1800.  Research to date has not revealed his point of origin, but he was buying land in Wilkes before Ashe was formed.  On August 11, 1797 Henry Bare bought 100 acres of land from Jonathan Courtney.  On December 27 of the same year, he bought 18 1/2 acres on the south fork of New River which "adjoins his old line."  A Wilkes County tax list for 1797 shows one Henry Bare with two polls and 117 acres.

 Early census records seem to indicate that old Henry had at least two sons, Henry and Jacob, and there may have been others.  A Joel appears in 1840, but is not again listed.  Bits of family history mention a Hugh who "went down country."  Judith Bare who married Christian Miller, Catherine Bare who married Andrew Sheets, and Sallie Bare who married John Walters were probably of this family.

 The real problem occurs when trying to decide which Bare listed in the 1850 census belong to Henry and which to Jacob.  On the basis of grouping the birth years, Henry’s sons may have been:  Joseph (b.1798) m. Susie Miller; Jacob (b.1801) m. Dicey Lyall;  Hughlander (b.1807) m. Polly Koontz; Elias (b.1809) m. Lucinda Sheets; Daniel (b.1810) m. Alvey Miller; Jonathan (b.1813) m. Elizabeth Woodie; and Wilborn (b.1815) m. Caroline Severt.  Henry's daughters were probably Elizabeth who married Joseph Miller; Polly who married Jack Farrington; and another who married "a Roten."

 Jacob's family members were possibly:  Absolum (b.1823) m. Ann Hubbard; William (b.1824); Susannah (b.1825) m. Adam Sheets; Parlee (b.1828); Delphe; Milly m. Michael Miller; Alfred (b.1831) m. Sabra Sheets; Jemina (b.1833) m. Jeremiah Miller; and Joseph Collins (b.1837).

Most of the Bare families in Ashe can trace their roots back to the couples listed.   My paternal grandmother, Lou (Bare) Little, was the granddaughter of Hugh and Polly (Koontz) Bare.  My maternal grandmother, Hattie (Bare) Bower was the great-granddaughter of Jacob and Dicy (Lyall) Bare and my maternal great grandmother, Emma Jane (Bare) Bower was the daughter of Elias and Lucinda (Sheets) Bare. 

Many of the young Bare men volunteered for service in the Civil War.  One family member has said that they were hot-tempered by nature and were convinced that they could win the war by them selves.  Jacob's son, Alfred, was killed in an accident on the Weldon military railroad on May 1, 1863, leaving Sabra a window.  Joseph and Susie had three sons in uniform, Lee, Felix and John.  John was wounded (probably at Gettysburg) and died at Petersburg on July 13, 1863, the day Lee's troops reached that city on their retreat. 

Elias and Lucinda had four sons, Lee, Farrow, Hamilton, and Absolum, who served.  Lee was killed July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg.  On the night before the Battle of the Wilderness which took places on the 5-6 of May 1864, Absolum was seen by his first cousin Jesse Bare, but he was never heard from again.  Farrow survived the war, but was later killed in a shooting accident at Cicero Bare's.

 Jacob and Dicey had four sons in the war, Elias, Wiley, John and Jacob.  Elias never returned to his wife Barbara Severt.  Wiley was taken prisoner, but was released after the war.

 Hugh and Polly also had four sons in the Confederate Army, Rudolph, Hamilton, Jacob, and Jesse, who were at the Battle of the Wilderness with Absolum.

 Sources: 1800-1870 Census Records; Ashe marriage and death records; U.S. Archives military records; Miller Genealogy; George C. Bower, James E. Barr, Verl Weight, and B.C. Gwyn (now deceased).

           - Monte L. DeBoard

ARTICLE 2       "BARE OR BARR FAMILY"   

The first record found of a Bare or Barr, in what is now Ashe County, was a grant of land for eighteen and half acres to Henry Barr on a ridge on a branch of the North Fork of New River.  The grant was dated 23 July 1795.

 This Henry Barr or Bare, born before 1755 (possibly in Penn.) is known to have had two sons:

1. Henry Bare, born about 1779 (age 70 yrs in Oct. 1849, when he died). 

2. Jacob Bare, born about 1784 (age 66 years in 1850 census).

Their were possibly four daughters, per the 1800 federal census - three born between 1784 and 1790, and one born in the 1790's 

I  HENRY BARE, born about 1779, and his wife Elizabeth are believed to have had at least eleven children, eight sons and three daughters.  The known sons follow:

1) Jacob, born circa 1801, married Dicy Lyall in 1822.  Their known children: Will, born circa 1824, married Carolina Severt; Henry, born circa 1828, married 1st Amanda Woodie and 2nd Carolina Stamper; Elizabeth, born 21 April 1829, married Henry Woody; WILEY, born 30 Sept. 1830, married   ANNIE Wagoner; John, born 12 June 1834, married Nancy Caroline Lyals; Alie, born circa 1835, married Hugh Farrington or Pennington; Amanda, born circa 1837, married Calvin Woodie; Charity, born 15 Feb 1840, married John Wagoner; Jacob, born circa 1841, died young; Eli, married a Barbara; and Rachael, married John Black. 

2) Joseph, born circa 1804, married Susan or Susie Miller, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Koontz Miller.  Their known children:  Elias, born 5 Jan. 1828, married Nancy Sheets; George, born circa 1830, married Katy Little; John, born circa 1831, married Elizabeth Lyle or Burgess; Sarah or Sallie, born circa 1833, married John Cox; Lavina, born circa 1836, married Talton Woodie; Joseph, born circa 1838, married Margaret Woodie; Elzina born circa 1839, married Troy Miller; Felix, born 6 May 1841, married Martha Sheets; Americee or Markee, born 10 May 1842, married Ephraim Osborne; Clemenzie, born circa 1850, married James Osborne; and Minney, born circa 1844.

3) Hugh, born circa 1807, married in 1829 to Mary or Polly Koontz, daughter of George and Susannah Black Koontz.  Their known children were:  Emaly or Milly, born 22 April 1834, married Francis Marian Woddie; Rudy or Rudolphus, born 29 Oct. 1837, married Fanny Wagoner; Hamilton, born 19 April 1839, married Polly Little; Jacob, born circa 1841, married Cyndia Little; Martha, born circa 1847; Mary, born circa 1849, married Preston Taylor; Jessie, born 17 Oct. 1844 Married Jennie Bowers; and Sallie, married 1st John Walters, married 2nd Matt Farrington.

4) Daniel, born circa 1810, married 1st Alvy; she may have been a Sheets.  It is believed Daniel had a son Jordan.  Daniel is believed to have married 2nd Mary or Polly Black.  It is believed they had the following children:  Victora; Ann; Cisroe and Nathaniel, born 5 March 1859, married Callie Bare.

5) Elias or Lewis, born circa 1809, married Lucinda Sheets.  It is believed they were the parents of fifteen children:  Leander, killed in Civil War, born circa 1841; Pharr, born circa 1842; Hamilton, born circa 1843, married Jane Bare; Absolum, born circa 1844; George, born circa 1846; Ellen, born circa 1848; Mary, born circa 1850; Briget, born circa 1851; Catherine, born circa 1853; Margaret, born circa 1855; BARTLET, born circa 1857, married LOIS Coldiron;

Harrison, born circa 1859; Matilda or Milly, born circa 1862, married George Coldiron; Emma Jane, born 23 Feb. 1862, married James Eli Bower and Freeland, born 8 Aug. 1865, married Sallie Bell Bare.

6) Jonathan, born circa 1813, married Elizabeth or Lizzie Woodie, daughter of James and Margaret Bryant Woodie.  Jonathan and Lizzie are known to have had seven children:  James, born 14 Aug. 1836, married Ansley Wyatt; Henry, born 20 Sept. 1844, married Margaret Cox; Melvin, born Jan. 1845, married Tennesee Stringer; Noah, born 25 Dec. 1848. Married Niece Blevins; Frances or Franky, born 25 May 1851, married Floyd South; Marian, born circa 1856, married Celia Jane Powers and Mathew, born 29 June 1859, married Ellen Henderson.

 7)  Wilborn, born circa 1824, married Carolina Severt.  Wilborn and Caroline are known to hae had seven children:  Randolph, born circa 1849; Susanah, born 22 March 1852, married Noah Mash; Jacob, born circa 1857; Ellis, born March 1860, married Diana Woodie; and Lee, born circa 1862.

II.  JACOB BARE, born circa 1784, married Elizabeth Black.  They acquired land on Koons Creek from Leonard Fauts and Frederick Black  (Believed to be the father of Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Bare).  Jacob and Elizabeth had several children; only three sons are known as follows:

1)  Abslum or Abslom, born 10 July 1823, married Ann Hubbard.  They were the parents of fourteen known children:  Emanual, born 11 Jan. 1849, married 1st Rebecca Eldreth and 2nd Dema Hanks; Jesse born, 8 Sept. 1850, married 1st Nancy Lewis and 2nd Linda Perry; James Marian, born 7 Jan. 1853, married Hanah Sapp; John Nelson, born 10 Oct. 1854, married 1st Ellen Elliot and 2nd Amanda Miller; Jacob, born 30 June 1856; Malvina, born 11 March 1858, married Rufus Elliot; Harson or Carson, born 5 May 1860, married 1st Phebe Dolinger and 2nd Ellen Ashley; Luisa, born 27 Jan. 1862; Mary Jane, born 8 Feb. 1864, married Elcana Ellieott;  Samantha Pearlee, born 9 March 1867; Betty Ann, born 23 Feb. 1870, married Melvin Elliott; Colombia Ellis, born 27 Nov. 1871; Sale or Aley Caldoney, born 14 April 1874, married Dock Osborn; and Joseph, born 3 Sept. 1876, married 1st Bettie Shepard and 2nd Sarah Graybeal.

 2) William was born 12 Sept. 1824.

 3) Alford was born circa 1831.

The Bare or Barr spellings are used interchangeably in the records and among the family.

Sources: Ashe and Wilkes County records; land, probate and court minutes; marriage bonds, federal census; family members and family Bibles.

 -         VERL F. WEIGHT 

HENRY BARE (Henry) was born about 1779, Ashe Co., NC and died October 1849 in Ashe Co., NC.  He married ELIZABETH ?. 

Notes for Henry Bare:                                                                                                                                                                               

JACOB BARE (Henry) was born about 1784.  He married ELIZABETH BLACK.

   Generation  No. 3 

JACOB BARE (Henry, Henry) was born about 1801.  He married Dicy Lyall in 1822.  She was born about 1801.

JOSEPH BARE (Henry, Henry) was born about 1804 in Ashe Co., NC.  He married SUSAN MILLER, daughter of DANIEL MILLER and CATHERINE KOONTZ.  She was born about 1805 in Ashe Co., NC.

Notes for Joseph Bare:                                                                                                                                                                           

HUGH BARE  (Henry, Henry) was born about 1807.  He married MARY or POLLY KOONTZ in 1829.  She is the daughter of GEORGE KOONTZ and SUSANNAH BLACK. 

ELIAS LEWIS BARE (Henry, Henry) was born November 09, 1809 and died March 1880.  He married LUCINDA SHEETS, daughter of ? and Katie Sheets.  She was born April 11, 1826 and died May 26, 1878.

Notes for Elias Lewis Bare: 

DANIEL BARE (Henry, Henry) was born about 1810.  He married (1) Alvy ????.  He married (2) MARY or POLLY BLACK.

Notes on Daniel Bare:                  

JONATHAN BARE (Henry, Henry) was born about 1813.  He married ELIZABETH or LIZZIE WOODIE.  She is the daughter of JAMES WOODIE and MARGARET BRYANT.  She was born about 1822.

Notes for Jonathan Bare:      

WILBORN BARE (Henry, Henry) was born about 1824.  He married CAROLINE SEVERT, daughter of FREDERICK SEVERT and SUSANNAH ?.

ABSLUM or ABSLOM BARE (Jacob, Henry) was born July 10, 1823.  He married (1) ANN HUBBARD.  He married (2) DEMA HANKS.

WILEY BARE (Jacob, Henry, Henry) was born September 30, 1830 or Sept. 24?  And died Sept 12, 1915.  he  married ANNIE WAGONER April 1, 1853 in Ashe Co., NC. Witness by John H. Waggoner. She is the daughter of HENRY WAGGONER and ELLEN/NELLY TAYLOR.  She was born September 15, 1832 and died May 17, 1925.

Notes for Wiley Bare:      

GEORGE BARE (Joseph, Henry, Henry) was born about 1830.  He married CATHERINE or KATY LITTLE.  She was born about 1830.

Notes for George Bare:                                                                                                                                                                            

BARTLET PARKS BARE (Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) was born October 15, 1856 and died September 30, 1909 in Wit: Elias Bare and Lucinda Sheets. He is buried in Bare Cemetery.  He married LOIS COLDIRON on September 27, 1874.  She was born March 12, 1854 in Wagoner, Ashe Co., NC and died December 20, 1939. She is buried in Bare Cemetery.  She was the daughter of AMROSE COLDIRON and SALLY LITTLE.  Ambrose Coldiron was the son of James and Nancy Coldiron.  Sallie Little is the daughter of Isaac Little and Elizabeth Poe.

Notes for Bartlett Bare:      

HENRY BARE (Jonathan, Henry, Henry) was born September 20, 1844.  he married MARGARET COX.  She was born about 1844.

 Notes for Henry Bare:      

MELVIN BARE (Jonathan, Henry, Henry) was born January 1845.  He married TENNESSEE STRINGER.  She was born about 1850.

REID BARE (Wiley, Jacob, Henry, Henry) was born March 2, 1862 in Ashe Co., NC. And died November 2, 1899.  He married MISSOURI KANSAS HALSEY on September 25, 1889.  She was born August 22, 1871  and died April 29, 1947.  She was the daughter of FRANK HALSEY and LOU DEMA.  Frank is the son of Troy Halsey and Dolly Jane Hash.  Lou Dema is the daughter of Gooch? and Malinda Halsey.  Troy and Malinda were first cousins.  This Halsey family line is also the line for Admiral Bull Halsey who settled in New York, Long Island in the 1700’s.

 Notes for Reid Bare and Missouri Halsey:

Ashe Co. Marriage records show Reid Bare married Oere Hall Sept. 25, 1889.  This information was added to the records at a later date.  Marriage license for their daughter Chessie show witness as Souri Sheets.  I believe this to be the name she Missouri went by and she married a Sheets after the death of her husband Reid.

JESSE BARE (Bartlett P., Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) was born May 14, 1885 in Ashe Co., NC and died November 26, 1955.   He married CHESSIE ROBENIA BARE February 9, 1911 in Obids, Ashe, NC.  She was born August 13, 1892.  She is the daughter of REID BARE and MISSOURI HALSEY.  (See previous Bare)

Notes for JESSE BARE and CHESSIE BARE

***Marriage License***

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, County of Ashe.  Office of Register of Deeds dated February 6, 1911.

To any ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, or any Justice of the Peace of said County:

JESSE BARE having applied to me for License for the marriage of  JESSIE BARE of Ashe Co., NC, age  25 years, color white the son of BART BARE and LOIS BARE, the father now dead the mother living, resident of Ashe Co., NC and CHESSIE BARE of Ashe Co., NC aged 18 years, color white, daughter of REED BARE and Zourie Sheets, the father dead, the mother living, resident of Ashe Co., NC.

State of North Carolina}

Ashe County }

I  J. C. Bowlin, a Justice of the Peace united in matrimony Jesse Bare and Chessie Bare the parties licensed above, on the 9^th day of Feb. 1911 at The residence of Jay Sheets, in Obids Township, in said County, according to law.

*WITNESSES PRESENT AT MARRIAGE:

DW BLEVINS of Jefferson (unsure of name)

C. H. Sheets of Glendale Springs

R Caudiel of Glendale Springs

JC Bowlin JP - Officiating Officer

AMBROSE P. BARE (Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) was born April 27, 1889 and died March 29, 1967.  He married (1) PEARL WOODIE PHIPPS.  She was born January 03, 1894.  He married (2) DAISY LENA BOWERS in 1915. She is the daughter of MARION BOWER and SARAH WALKER.  She died in 1964.

Notes for Ambrose P. Bare:

Article from "The Haritage Book of Ashe Co., NC"  found at the Ashe County Library.

"AMBROSE P. BARE"

My father, Ambrose P. Bare, was the youngest son of Bart and Lois Coldiron Bare.  He was born at Ebenezer out on the Blue Ridge, April 27, 1889 and had five brothers and sisters: Lee 1875-1945 married Dora "Bit" Bare; George 1877- 1937 married Edith Bare; Rebecca Jane 1878-1944 married Wylie Severt;  Mertan "Tine" 1880-1952 married Hiram Gratsy Bare; James F. 1882-1917 married Nellie (Todd) Doom; William J. 1884-1935 married Callie Wyatt; Jesse 1885-1955 married Chessie Bare; Mack 1887-1954 unmarried; Coreallis 1891-1966 married Jesse Morgan; Cordie Mae 1893-1980 married Mont Estell Little.  They all remained in Ashe county to raise their families.  Their father was a farmer and a justice of the peace all his life.

In 1909 Bart Bare moved his family from the Blue Ridge to Orion Community of Ashe County.  Shortly thereafter Dad (Ambrose) attended a special school in the Boggs Community studying law.  He had earlier gone to Ebenezer Primary School.

Dad tended a general store owned by a Bare fellow in the Idlewild Section in the early 1900s.  Later he operated his own store in the Orion Community.  After selling the store he became a farmer and raised sheep and cattle.

He married to Daisy Lena Bower in 1915, daughter of Marion and Sarah Walker Bower and took his bride to the old home place on Boggs road to live with his mother and his brother Mac, who never married.  there they raised ten children (All listed in Family Tree).

In 1925, Dad's older brother Lee, who lived in Nathan's Creek section, was one of the largest cattlemen in Ashe County at that time.  He came to Dad and said he had a herd of cattle sold in Durham, NC if he could acquire that many.  Lee didn't have the cash to buy the cattle so Dad and Lee bought the herd together.  It took about all the money Dad had.  They drove the cattle to Wilkesboro with horses, two dogs, and several other men.  They corralled the herd in Wilkesboro to put on the train later in the day.  Lee went on ahead while Dad rode with the livestock but when the train arrived at Durham, Lee was no where to be found and Dad couldn't find who the cattle had been sold to.  He inquired around and found a man close to Raleigh who had a farm where he could corral the cattle for a few days.  They drove the herd to the farm, his brother Lee showed up at the farm and said he had been detained for two days in Greensboro.  Mr. A. A. Thacker who lived near Raleigh said he would buy the cattle.  So he gave Dad a check, then Lee and Dad came back to Wilkesboro by train and from there rode horses on to Ashe Co. Dad deposited the check in First National Bank in West Jefferson but the check came back marked insufficient funds.  They were never able to collect the money, so being almost broke, he went to West Virginia and got a job working in the the coal mines.  He worked at the mines for about two years and saved his money, then came back to Ashe county and started again in the livestock business.

While riding through the Helton Community in 1828, Dad came upon a man who owned a rolling mill that he wanted to sell, so he and his brother Jesse purchased the mill, bought land in West Jefferson and moved the mill there.  They operated the mill for about 9 years and then sold it to Mr. Troy Little.

Dad once again became a farmer, livestock dealer and fur trader which he continued to do for the remainder of his life.

Around 1936 he bought part of the John Dent farm in Orion community and moved his family there.  After his first wife died in 1964 he married Pearl Woodie Phipps b. 1-3-1891. He died at the age of 78 on march 29, 1967 and is buried at Orion Baptist Church Cemetery beside his first wife, Lena.

Sources:  Family Bibles, personal knowledge and traditions.

                  - Burman P. Bare

CHESSIE ROBENIA BARE (Reid, Wiley, Jacob, Henry, Henry) was born August 13, 1892 in Peak Creek Twp. Ashe Co.  She married JESSE BARE February 9, 1911 in Obids, Ashe, NC, son of BARTLETT BARE and LOIS COLDIRON.  He was born May 14, 1885 in Ashe Co, NC and died November 26m 1955. 

Notes for Jesse and Chessie Bare:

See Married license and children listed under JESSE BARE notes in Generation No. 5.

THOMAS RUSSELL BARE (Jesse, Bartlet, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) was born August 2, 1925 in NC and died October 23, 1984.  He married WILLIE COREEN PHIPPS, daughter of CHARLES PHIPPS and MARGARET COX.  She was born in NC.

(SEE ADDITIONAL PAGE FOR PHIPPS & COX FAMILY) 

JUDY BARE   (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) She married CHUCK ?. 

Child of Judy Bare and Chuck ? is:

1) JASON ?

PAT BARE (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) She married (1) GENE COOK.  She married (2) GENE WHITEHEART. 

DIANE LYNN BARE (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) She married (1) THOMAS FRANKLIN SIMMONS son of CARL SIMMONS and MARY NELL ANDERSON.  She married (2) CHRISTOPHER LOUIS KNIERIM, son of GENE KNIERIM and RAY ?. 

THOMAS CHRISTOPHER BARE, SR. (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry)  He married LYDIA DIANE DUBUSK.   

RANDY BARE  (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) He married RITA ?

LEISA BARE  (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) She married EDDIE CARTER. 

CINDY BARE (Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) She married DANNY BOWER.

              Generation No. 8

MARK ROBERT SIMMONS (Diane, Thomas Russell, Jesse, Bartlett, Elias Lewis, Henry, Henry) He married ANGELA DAWN PRIESTLEY.

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