MOSES BARBER
I've been searching far afield lately, and found something that every Moses researcher should at least look at. At www.freeafricanamericans.com under the heading Virginia, N Carolina and S Carolina I found a Barber family that I've not seen mentioned here so far. A brief description: William Barber, b. 1745 Dinwiddie Co. VA, living in Surry Co. NC, made petition for Revolutionary War pension, stated he was living Halifax Co. VA when entered military service, moved to Surry Co. 1805. Widow Amey or Noama (Naomi ??) He was head of Surry Co. household of 8 "other free" in 1810 and 6 "free colored" in 1820. He was probably the father of:
William, jr. head of Surry Co. household of 3 "other free"
1810
Elizabeth b. before 1776
Jenny born before 1776
Sarah m. Peter Godett 1797 Craven Co.
John head of Frederick Co. household of 7 "other free" 1810
Judy
Harry
Samuel head of Norfolk Co. household of one "other free" and a slave 1810
Marina b. say 1820
That gives us a William, John and Samuel to work with. William's wife and children are not listed, but the 2 Williams are there, at about the right time frame, with the first William a Rev Soldier. That's as far as I've been so far. A few words about this web site: I confess I at first ignored this site, as it concerned Black African American families, and I assumed the Barbers weren't Black, and then I read the introduction, and left with the distinct impression that, back then, "Mulatto" had an entirely different meaning, apparently meaning anyone "not white", including Native Americans. I've assumed all along that "our" Barbers had a hefty dose of Indian. I found this site while studying the "Melungeon" forum, and that one is worth a careful, and open-minded, look by any Barber researcher. Exciting news is quickly developing with the advent of DNA testing, and with the introduction of newly-published material concerning the REAL history of the South. I'm glad to see the "new attitude" toward a lot of our history being put out there by people WITHOUT the previous biases. I sense a good "air-clearing" going on, about time.
Other families mentioned were an Alvis family, also called Alvarez, of York Co. VA, including Mariah b. 1810, "a mulatto woman 5 feet 4-1/4 inches tall, straight black hair". Also: Alford, Arnold, Bass, Bell, Bizzell, Davis, Ferrell, Findley, Griffin, Ivey, Rowe, Sweat, Thomas, and Thompson, amoung many others.
Slightly further off, in another site www2.gasou.edu/facstaff/dpanther under "heirs" I found an 1826 Emanuel Co. GA document signed, sealed and delivered by William Barber concerning the sale of some land by the heirs of Peter Yates, namely to Joseph Yates by John, Matthew, James, William and Susanna Yates. This is by Dr. Don Panther-Yates, and includes material about the Needham Yates killed in the Barber-Mizell feud.
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