Jehu Barnes (bef. 1756 - 1820)

Born before 1756 in Orange, North Carolina

Husband of Hannah (Teague) Barnes — married about 1774 in North Carolina

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1820 after age 64 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

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Biography

Jehu Barnes served with Chatham County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

• Birth Date and Birth Place - Jehu's date and place is clearly a guess. It can be proven by church records that Jehu's mother was in Pennsylvania until the Fall of 1753. Military service records proves that he was born before 1756 because he was a soldier in the Revolutionary militia in 1772 and would have had to have been at least 16.

• Military Service - appears on the Chatham County Revolutionary War militia muster rolls of Captain Jeduthan Harper in 1772. He served in the same unit with his brothers Thomas Barns and James and brother-in-law Jacob Teague. Noted in the source as {1} and {2}

• Jehu's Family - The 1876 Supreme Court case and supporting deposition recognize the existence of six children and recognize specifically Zachariah and Hannah. Circumstantial evidence supports Mary Polly (Barnes) Whitten, Jesse Barnes, and Lydia Isabella Barnes as children.

• Migration to Wilkes County - Jehu was a resident of Chatham formerly Orange County where he served in the militia in 1772. He cannot be documented in Wilkes prior to the 1790 Census. Under various spelling, he appeared in the Censuses of 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1820. 1800 US Census, : Morgan Dist, pg 30, line 12. - BARNES, Gehue - Free White Males: one 10-15, one 45+, - Free White Females: two under 10, one 10-15, one 16-25, one 45+, - One slave.^[1]

• Becomes father's caregiver and raises ire of other family members - Promised father's estate in exchange for providing care for the remainder of Brinsley's life. (item {3} in source below.) - The above agreement is disputed by brothers John and Brinsley II (See {4} - and {5} in source). The courts find that the Will support by Jehu's brothers was overturned by the Jehu-Brinsley agreement.

• Death of Jehu Larkin Cearly was {7} found guilty by twelve men comprising the Coroner Inquest. {8} Larkin Carley escaped from jail and a reward was offered for his capture. {9} The court case of the State v. Larkin Kerley occurred in Wilkes County, September Term 1822. The Solicitor in the case was Joseph Wilson and he accepted a Defense plea for a Statute of Limitations and Kerley was set free. {10} Wilson was a Jeffersonian Democrat with political ambitions.

• Speculation on the Murder – as of April 18, 2016 we were unable to determine if the law in 1822 permitted accepting a plea of the statute of limitations. Present day North Carolina does not permit such pleas in capital cases. The website listed below speculates that Jehu’s brother John (Barnes-1169) a moderately successful planter and therefore most like a Jeffersonian Democrat was possible involved. He had been a party to three court cases involving Jehu.

Source

1. ↑ 1800 US Census, see Index and Image below

• NC: Wilkes; 1790 Fed Census Barnes, Jehu. Free White Males: 16&upward: one, under 16: two, Free White Females: five
• NC: Wilkes; 1800 Fed Census, Morgan Dist, pg 30, line 12. BARNES, Gehue (01001/21101). Free White Males: one 10-15, one 45+, Free White Females: two under 10, one 10-15, one 16-25, one 45+, One slave.
• NC: Wilkes; 1810 Fed Census, pg. Barnes, Jehu, Free White Males: one 45+, Free White females: one 45+
• NC: Wilkes; 1820 Fed Census, pg , line. Barnes, Jehu, Free White Males: 45+, Free White Females: 45+,

• Hannah Barnes, maiden name not specified is shown as Jehu' spouse in the 1876 NC Supreme Court case of Samuel Reid and others vs. Joseph Chatham and others Link

• {1} Barnes, Warren E. “Mick”, "Descendants of Brinsley Barnes & Elizabeth Lindley along the lineage of William Howard Barnes (1907-1974) & Ethel Garnell Davis (1907-1946)", 1998, Revised 2012.

• {2} A list of the men on the muster rolls of Capt. Jeduthan Harper's Regiment, Chatham County Militia Regiment, Sept. 1772. List No. 6 taken from the original document in the NC State Archives extracted from {1}. North Carolina State Archives, Military Collection: Troop Returns Chatham County, 1772, Box 2, folder 42.

• Online source for militia service is available at [1].

• {3} Articles of Agreement Between Brinsley Barnes and Jehu Barnes, Wilkes County Court Minutes, July term 1790-1798, NC Archive citation C.104.30001.

• {4} Wilkes County, NC Court Minutes, Vol. IV, 7 May 1795.

• {5} Wilkes County, NC Court Minutes, Vol. IV, 5 August 1795.

• {6} December 1820. State Archives Record C.R.104.913.1

• {7} Jehu's death date and places of death and the name of the murderer, Larkin Cearley, is determined by Corner's Inquest. It states that he was struck December 22, 1820, and died about three days later. ( State Archive Record CR.104.9.3.1)

• {8} Newspapers.com. The Raleigh Register November 23, 1821.

• {9} State v. Larkin Kerley, Wilkes County, September Term 1822. Image of case found on Carley-292 profile.

• {10} Ervin, Jr., The Honorable Sam J. NCpedia, Wilson, Joseph, 1996.

• {11} Beard, Charles Austin. Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy. New York, Macmillan Co., 1915.

• "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 8 March 2016), Gehue Barnes, 1800.
  • [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22845-16592-52?cc=1804228 Image

• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 3 March 2016), Jehu Barns, 1821; citing Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,317,510.
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• Fact: True Story of Jehu's Life and His Murder
• Fact: True Story of Jehu's Life and His Murder

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 July 2017, 15:42), entry for Jehu Barnes(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDSF-YVM); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 April 2017, 17:23), entry for Jehu Barnes(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDSF-YVM); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgements

• There are five contributors and numerous sources for this profile. Although it contained significant errors the profile was created by the import of Terry Fisher Family Tree.ged on 09 May 2011. Substantive posts have been made by A Swinney, Research provide by Larry Gentry 4th great-grandson of Jehu and by Warren E. "Mick" Barnes an expert on Brinsley Barnes and his descendants (see citation below) and a copyright web post written by Hugh Barnes and located at [ https://competitivestrategies.us/jehu-barnes-his-death/ ] were used in the preparation of this profile. Phillip Rich a Wikitree volunteer and non-family member has raised questions as to the actual spouse of Jehu. . Hannah Barnes , maiden name unspecified seems to be the likely party but additional research is underway.