I62193: Benjamin "the Bearhunter" BARROW (24 Apr 1808 - 7 Feb 1877)

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Benjamin "the Bearhunter" BARROW

24 Apr 1808 - 7 Feb 1877

ID Number: I62193

  • OCCUPATION: cattle ranch on Turtle Bayou
  • RESIDENCE: Opelousas, LA and Liberty and Chambers Co. TX
  • BIRTH: 24 Apr 1808, near Opelousas, Louisiana
  • DEATH: 7 Feb 1877, Chambers Co. Texas [305449]
  • RESOURCES: See: notes
Father: Rueben (Robert) BARROW
Mother: Mary Jane JOHNSON


Family 1 : Permelia Jane WHITE
  1.  Mary A. BARROW

Notes


"The Handbook of Texas online" http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/fbabh .html
"an early settler, rancher, and official of Chambers County, the son of Reuben and Mary Jane (Johnson) Barrow, Sr., was born on April 24, 1808, near Opelousas, Louisiana. Although he may have traveled to Texas with family members as early as 1824, he did not permanently settle there until 1827. In 1838 he received a headright near the site of present Devers in Liberty County, but he does not appear to have lived on the grant. He was married on June 4, 1835, to Permelia Jane White, daughter of cattleman James Taylor White.qv Family legend has it that Benjamin was caught in a rainstorm around 1830, stayed at White's home for the night, and resolved to wait until Permelia, then about ten, was old enough to marry. They had nine children. After Permelia died in 1861, Barrow married Mrs. Mary Jane Middleton Bryan. They had no children.


Barrow received a pension for service in the Texas army from May 10 to August 10, 1836. He is also listed as a second lieutenant in a Liberty militia company organized during the Republic of Texas period. He established a cattle ranch on Turtle Bayou five miles northeast of Anahuac and became one of the county's largest ranchers and wealthiest men. He was a substantial slaveholder and raised cattle, blooded horses, swine, and sheep on his ranch. His upside-down-wineglass brand was a familiar sight on the prairies of Southeast Texas.


A number of legends revolve around Barrow's bear-hunting exploits. On one occasion when his dogs surrounded a bear in a briar patch, he is said to have climbed into the briars and killed the bear with a knife in order to save his hounds. Family members recall that he also kept pet bears around his house. Barrow was elected justice of the peace in 1843 and county commissioner in 1854. In April 1868, during Reconstruction,qv he was appointed district clerk, a position he held for a year. He died during a smallpox epidemic on February 7, 1877. Mrs. Barrow died of the same disease three days later.


BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jewel Horace Harry, A History of Chambers County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940; rpt., Dallas: Taylor, 1981). Margaret S. Henson and Kevin Ladd, Chambers County: A Pictorial History (Norfolk, Virginia: Donning, 1988)." Kevin Ladd


[305449]
from smallpox epedimic


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 _Rueben (Robert) BARROW _|
| (1768 - 1818)           |
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|--Benjamin "the Bearhunter" BARROW 
|  (1808 - 1877)
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|_Mary Jane JOHNSON ______|
  (1772 - ....)           |
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THOMAS de FURNIVAL

ABT 1200 - ____

ID Number: I54956

  • RESIDENCE: ENG
  • BIRTH: ABT 1200
  • RESOURCES: See: [S2002]

Family 1 :
  1. +BERTHA FURNIVAL
  2. +SARAH de FURNIVAL

Notes


Spouse: Maud ? birt: Abt 1185 deat: Aft 1222 marr: Bef 1222.


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Orman Kimbrough GEE Sr.

ABT 1900 - ____

ID Number: I29752

  • RESIDENCE: Carroll Co. MS
  • BIRTH: ABT 1900
  • RESOURCES: See: [S717]

Family 1 : Riesie GILLESPIE
  1. +Orman Kimbrough"Pete" GEE Jr.

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James GOODWIN

ABT 1838 - ____

ID Number: I46272

  • RESIDENCE: Madison Co. AL
  • BIRTH: ABT 1838
  • RESOURCES: See: [S1673]
Father: John W. A. GOODWIN
Mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY


Notes


perhaps a cousin? Maybe same James, but there is an age difference and none of the children named after his parents.
Census Place: District 185, Limestone, Alabama
Source: FHL Film 1254020 National Archives Film T9-0020 Page 412C
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
James GOODWIN Self M M W 50 AL
Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: AL
Nancy GOODWIN Wife F M W 44 AL
Occ: Keeps House Fa: GA Mo: GA
Columbus GOODWIN Son M S W 11 AL
Occ: At Home Fa: AL Mo: AL
Mary GOODWIN Dau F S W 9 AL
Fa: AL Mo: AL
Samuel GOODWIN Son M S W 5 AL
Fa: AL Mo: AL
Alaxander GOODWIN Son M S W 4 AL
Fa: AL Mo: AL
Nancy GOODWIN Dau F S W 2 AL
Fa: AL Mo: AL
Patsy JOHNSTON Other F S B 65 GA
Occ: Servant

                                                   _________________________________________________
                                                  |                                                 
                       _(RESEARCH QUERY) GOODWIN _|
                      |                           |
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                      |                                                                             
 _John W. A. GOODWIN _|
| (1800 - 1879) m 1837|
|                     |                            _________________________________________________
|                     |                           |                                                 
|                     |___________________________|
|                                                 |
|                                                 |_________________________________________________
|                                                                                                   
|
|--James GOODWIN 
|  (1838 - ....)
|                                                  _(RESEARCH QUERY) LINDSAY MD & VA & TN & AL & SC_
|                                                 |                                                 
|                      _William H. LINDSAY _______|
|                     | (1780 - 1815) m 1802      |
|                     |                           |_________________________________________________
|                     |                                                                             
|_Elizabeth LINDSAY __|
  (1808 - ....) m 1837|
                      |                            _David ALVIS II__________________________________+
                      |                           | (1748 - 1814) m 1768                            
                      |_Mary "Polly" ALVIS _______|
                        (1780 - 1817) m 1802      |
                                                  |_Mary CAUTHON ___________________________________+
                                                    (1750 - 1784) m 1768                            

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William Henry LACEY


!LIVING

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James LEGGETTE


!LIVING

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Dr. Opie John LINDSAY

1806 - 1863

ID Number: I23497

  • TITLE: Dr.
  • OCCUPATION: Physcian & Rep Of Grant Co. KY
  • RESIDENCE: Grant Co. Covington, KY
  • BIRTH: 1806
  • DEATH: 1863
  • BURIAL: Highland Cemetery, Covington, KY
  • RESOURCES: See: [S802] [S920]
Father: Thomas LINDSAY
Mother: Rebecca BRANNIN


Family 1 : Emily Trabue CLARKSON
  1. +Alice LINDSAY
  2.  Davidilia "Davie" LINDSAY

Notes


Buried in Highland cemetry at Covington, KY. Very Large monument with large statue of Angel on top. He was the first elected representative of Grant County to the State Legislature and long a practicing physcian of his county.



                                             _Robert LINDSAY of The Mount_+
                                            | (1710 - 1784) m 1744        
                       _Opie LINDSAY _______|
                      | (1745 - 1814) m 1773|
                      |                     |_Susanna OPIE? ______________
                      |                       (1720 - 1791) m 1744        
 _Thomas LINDSAY _____|
| (1780 - ....)       |
|                     |                      _____________________________
|                     |                     |                             
|                     |_Margaret LAMPKIN ___|
|                       (1750 - 1785) m 1773|
|                                           |_____________________________
|                                                                         
|
|--Opie John LINDSAY 
|  (1806 - 1863)
|                                            _____________________________
|                                           |                             
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________________
|                     |                                                   
|_Rebecca BRANNIN ____|
  (1780 - ....)       |
                      |                      _____________________________
                      |                     |                             
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________________
                                                                          

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[S920]


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Junius Earl MCCANTS Sr.

14 Sep 1898 - ____

ID Number: I10893

  • RESIDENCE: LA
  • BIRTH: 14 Sep 1898
  • RESOURCES: See: [S11] [S804]
Father: John Collinsworth MCCANTS
Mother: Elizabeth Barbara KLEIN


Family 1 : Geneva J. WHICHARD
  1.  Elizabeth Naomi MCCANTS
  2.  Constance Genevieve MCCANTS
  3.  Junius Earl MCCANTS Jr.
  4.  Emile Harold MCCANTS
  5.  John Collingsworth MCCANTS
  6.  Lydia Virginia MCCANTS
  7.  Ida Mae MCCANTS
  8.  Shirley Anna MCCANTS

Notes


Deed to William D. McCants, Jr. from Junius McCants for his part of property from Imogene McCants inheritance. Recorded in Book X-2, Folio 44 of the conveyance Records of East Feliciana Parish, LA.


JUNIUS EARL8 MCCANTS (JOHN COLLINGSWORTH7, MARY ANNA6 COLLINGSWORTH, LEONORA5 HIGGINBOTHAM, CALEB4, FRANCIS3, BENJAMIN2, JOSEPH (?)1) was born September 14, 1898. He married GENEVA J. WHICHARD June 13, 1921. She was born September 17, 1899. [S804]


                                                                       _David Scott MCCANTS ____+
                                                                      | (1781 - 1864) m 1839    
                              _Robert Young Livingston MCCANTS C.S.A._|
                             | (1840 - 1907) m 1865                   |
                             |                                        |_Maria Young LIVINGSTON _+
                             |                                          (1814 - 1877) m 1839    
 _John Collinsworth MCCANTS _|
| (1872 - 1945)              |
|                            |                                         _John R. COLLINSWORTH ___+
|                            |                                        | (1820 - 1859) m 1843    
|                            |_Mary Anna COLLINSWORTH ________________|
|                              (1846 - 1925) m 1865                   |
|                                                                     |_Lenora HIGGINBOTHAM ____+
|                                                                       (1826 - 1883) m 1843    
|
|--Junius Earl MCCANTS Sr.
|  (1898 - ....)
|                                                                      _________________________
|                                                                     |                         
|                             ________________________________________|
|                            |                                        |
|                            |                                        |_________________________
|                            |                                                                  
|_Elizabeth Barbara KLEIN ___|
  (1872 - ....)              |
                             |                                         _________________________
                             |                                        |                         
                             |________________________________________|
                                                                      |
                                                                      |_________________________
                                                                                                

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Frances TERRY

ABT 1765 - ____

ID Number: I77731

  • RESIDENCE: Louisa Co. VA
  • BIRTH: ABT 1765
  • RESOURCES: See: [S2959]
Father: (RESEARCH QUERY) TERRY


Family 1 : John SMITH

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 _(RESEARCH QUERY) TERRY _|
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|                               
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|--Frances TERRY 
|  (1765 - ....)
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|_________________________|
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Meshack TURNER

16 Aug 1799 - 21 Apr 1878

ID Number: I71476

  • RESIDENCE: of Henry and Franklin Co. VA
  • BIRTH: 16 Aug 1799, Franklin Co. Virginia
  • DEATH: 21 Apr 1878
  • RESOURCES: See: [S2447] [S2849]
Father: William TURNER
Mother: Jane HUNTER


Family 1 : Nancy MARTIN

Notes


Children:
2 Tereshey Turner + James Gardiner
2 Lucinda Turner b: 18 Feb 1825 d: 13 June 1906 + Robert Venable Ross b: 11 Dec 1820 d: 30 Oct 1890.
2 Andrew Harden Turner b: Abt 1826 d: Abt 1918 + Martha E. Prillaman b: 1834
2 Jane Turner b: Abt 1828
2 Sereptia Turner b: 26 March 1831 + William Henry Smith b: 15 April 1828 d: 3 Nov 1875
2 Mary Frances Turner b: 26 Feb 1833 + David Gardner Goode b: 18 July 1827 d: 5 Mar 1900
2 William B. Turner b: Abt 1835 + Frances Goode
2 John B. Turner b: Abt 1837 + Mary W. Jamison b: 1837
2 Charity Ann Turner b: Abt 1841 + George Arnold Prillaman b: 1844
2 Adelphia Elizabeth Turner b: 1844 d: 1936 + Thomas M. Hatcher b: 1845 d: 1887
2 Martha Texas Turner b: 6 Oct 1849 d: 14 Apr 1906 + James Madison Young b: 26 Mar 1851 d: 2 Oct 1911



                                             _John TURNER Sr.______+
                                            | (1690 - 1742) m 1718 
                       _Shadrack TURNER ____|
                      | (1725 - 1784) m 1745|
                      |                     |_Elizabeth BRASHEARS _+
                      |                       (1699 - 1744) m 1718 
 _William TURNER _____|
| (1753 - 1845) m 1773|
|                     |                      ______________________
|                     |                     |                      
|                     |_Anne Pollard HILL __|
|                       (1724 - 1811) m 1745|
|                                           |______________________
|                                                                  
|
|--Meshack TURNER 
|  (1799 - 1878)
|                                            _Andrew HUNTER Sr.____
|                                           | (1702 - 1764) m 1725 
|                      _William HUNTER Sr.__|
|                     | (1738 - 1813) m 1758|
|                     |                     |_Jane_________________
|                     |                       (1713 - ....) m 1725 
|_Jane HUNTER ________|
  (1758 - 1851) m 1773|
                      |                      ______________________
                      |                     |                      
                      |_Charity LOFTIS _____|
                        (1738 - 1810) m 1758|
                                            |______________________
                                                                   

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