Dawson Barnes (1771 - 1850)

Born 1771 in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Poole) Barnes — married 29 Sep 1794 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA

Descendants

Died 1850 at about age 79 in Southampton Twp, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

1771 Birth and Parents

Dawson Barnes was born in Maryland, on 1771 to Caleb Barnes and Honor Stevens. ^[1]

Dawson Barnes was born about 1771 in Maryland. ^[2]

Dawson Barnes was the son of Caleb Barnes, born before 1755 in England, and Honor Stephens, born in Baltimore, Maryland. ^[3]

1794 Marriage to Mary Poole

On 29 September 1794 in Frederick, Maryland, Dawson Barnes married Mary Poole, born about 1774 in Maryland. ^[4]

Dawson married Mary Poole and had 2 children. ^[1]

1799 Bedford County, PA Tax Lists

He appears on Bedford County, Pennsylvania Tax Lists from 1799 to 1830. ^[2]

1799: Dawson BARNS Colerain Twp. Improved Land: 100; 1 stable 1800: Dawson BARNS Colerain Twp. 1805: Dossan BARNES Southampton Twp. 1807: Dawson BARNS Southampton Twp. Improved Land: 100; 1 horse 1808: Dawson BARNS Bethel Twp. 1809: Dawson BARNES Bethel Twp. 1810: Dawson BARNS Bethel Twp. Improved Land: 100; 2 horses; 1 cow 1811: Dawson BARNS Bethel Twp. 1812: Dawson BARNES Bethel Twp. 1813: Dawson BARNES Bethel Twp. 1814: Dosin BARNES Bethel Twp. Improved Land: 100; 2 horses; 2 cows 1817: Dawson BARNES Bethel Twp. Improved Land: 200; 2 horses; 2 cows 1820: Dawson BARNS Bethel Twp. Improved Land: 200; 3 horses; 1 cow 1823: Dosson BARNS Bethel Twp. Improved Land: 200; 1 horse; 1 cow 1825: Dosson BARNS Bethel Twp. 1826: Dosson BARNS Bethel Twp. Improved Land: 200; 1 horse; 1 cow 1827: "Deakin" BARNS Bethel Twp. 1828: "Deakin" BARNS Bethel Twp. 1829: Dosson BARNS Bethel Twp. 1830: Dosson BARNS Bethel Twp. p son (?)

1800 Census

In 1800 Dawson Barnes was at home with 1 male and 1 female ^[5]

1808 Trienniel Tax Assessment

In 1808, Dawson Barns was assessed on 100 Improvements; Horse; $65; Tax $.26 ^[6]

1810 Census

In 1810 Dawsin "Rosin" Barns was at home in Bethel Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. ^[7] "Rosin" BARNS {?} 01010-01010

1820 Census

In 1820 Dawson Barns was at home in Bethell Township, Bedford County with 1 male over 45 and 1 female over 45. 1 person was engaged in agriculture. ^[8]

1830 Census

In 1830 Dawson Barnes was at home in Allegany County, Maryland with 1 male 60-70 and 1 female 50-60. ^[9]

1840 Census

In 1840 Dawson Barnes was at home in Allegany County, Maryland, Election District #8, with 1 male and 1 female, each 60-70. ^[10]

1843 Sale of Allegany County Land to Levin Shipley

On 15 August 1843 Dawson Barnes and his wife Mary Barnes of Allegany County, Maryland, sold land to Levin Shipley. ^[3]

15 August 1843: between Dawson Barnes and Mary Barnes of Allegany County, Maryland of the one part and Levin Shipley of Elijah of Bedford County, Pennsylvania of the other part. . .the said Dawson Barnes and Mary Barnes his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars current money of the United States. . .have given, sold [etc.] to Levin Shipley, his heirs and assigns all that parcel of land lying and being in Allegany County in the state of Maryland called "Tambarine" [?] beginning for the outlines of the whole at a bounded pine standing on the West side of Town Hill and near the top and on the North Side of a Hill on the south side of a deep hollow . . . [mentions land both above and below the Pennsylvania border]. . .[mentions a stake near Barnes' Spring]. . .

[a second deed follows, dated the same day]

Dawson & Mary Barnes, for the sum five hundred dollars convey to Levin Shipley of Elijah that tract of land lying & being in Allegany County, Maryland called "Family *****". . .[mentions tract called the "Fiddle & Flute" surveyed for Denton Pool on the fifth day of April 1813]. . .[mentions tract called "Tambarine" surveyed for the said Dawson Barnes the thirteenth day of January 1829]. . .[mentions tract called "Jenkins Deer Park Resurveyed"]. . .

1850 Census

In 1850, Dawson Barnes was at home in Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, aged 79, with wife Mary, 76. ^[11]

1850 Death

He died 1850 in Southampton Twp, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[1]

He died after 1850 in Bedford Co, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

Children

Dawson Barnes and Mary Poole had these children:

1. Honor BARNES b: 16 JUL 1795. She died 27 October 1873 in Mann Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She was living with Levin in 1860 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Mann Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. ^[3] She married Levin SHIPLEY b: 1793 in MD and they had these children:
   1. Matilda SHIPLEY b: 26 OCT 1815
   2. Nimrod SHIPLEY b: 8 FEB 1818
   3. Nancy SHIPLEY b: 30 SEP 1819
   4. Dawson SHIPLEY b: 1824
   5. Elijah SHIPLEY b: 19 JUN 1824
   6. Mary SHIPLEY b: 25 AUG 1826
   7. Bernard Dean SHIPLEY b: 6 MAR 1829 in Mann Twp. Bedford Co. PA
   8. Elizabeth SHIPLEY b: 19 JUN 1831
   9. Samuel SHIPLEY b: 2 APR 1835
2. Samuel BARNES b: BET. 1795 - 1800 in Bedford Co. PA or Frederick Co. MD ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Dawson Barnes
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jane Curci. Re: Caleb and Ozias Barnes, Message on Genforum #11905, March 1, 2005. Accessed 12/8/2019 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3}
4. ↑ Robert Barnes, Maryland Marriages 1778-1800, p. 10. Cited by Cursi
5. ↑ 1800 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence & Colerain Twps. p. 400. Cited by Cursi.
6. ↑ 1808 Triennial Tax Assessment: PA, Bedford Co. Bethel Twp. Cited by Cursi.
7. ↑ 1810 PA Census: Bedford Co. Bethel Twp. p. 506. Cited by Cursi.
8. ↑ 1820 PA Census: Bedford Co. Bethell Twp. p. 62. Cited by Cursi
9. ↑ 1830 MD Census: Allegany Co. Cited by Cursi.
10. ↑ 1840 MD Census: Allegany Co. Election district #8. Cited by Cursi.
11. ↑ 1850 PA Census: Bedford Co. Southampton Twp. p. 148b. Cited by Cursi.

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