John Barnes II (abt. 1741 - 1822)

Born about 1 Jul 1741 in Kennett Square, Chester, Pennsylvania

Husband of Ruth Elizabeth (Fisher) Barnes — married 1 Jan 1764 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died Feb 1822 at about age 80 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Sgt. Brinsley Barnes II served with Chatham County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Birth

Brinsley was born in Chester Pennsylvania in 1747,^{[citation needed]} the son of Brinsley Barnes and Sarah Unknown.^{[citation needed]}

Military Service

Brinsley Barnes, Jun'r was a Revolutionary War soldier. He was listed on the Muster Role of Capt. Joab Brooks Company, Serving with him was his brother John Barns and brother-in-law Samuel Carter.^[1][2]

Brinsley was granted 390 acres of land on the east side of the Rocky River (about 30 miles southeast of Chatham) in consideration for his Revolutionary War service.^[3]

Migration and residence

Brinsley is indicated on this profile to have moved from North Carolina to Kentucky.

• A Brinsley Barnes appears in the Kentucky Tax lists 1799-1801 in Fayette on 7 November 1800.^[4]

• A Brinkley Barnes (member note with a correction to Brinsley Barnes) appears in Estill, Kentucky on the 1810 census.^[5]

• The Brinsley in Fayette County appears in Lexington on the 1810 census.^[6]

• The Fayette Brinsley appears again in the 1820 census^[7] making it unlikely that he is the subject of this profile if the death date of 1816 is accurate.

Death and burial

Brinsley Junior passed away in 1816 or 1823.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

There appear to be three Junior Brinsley Barnes: one remained in North Carolina and two appear in Kentucky, one in Fayette and another in Estill. It would be possible to reconcile them except that they both appear, simultaneously on the 1810 census. This profile shows a death in Estill and this census record shows Brinkley Barnes. After this search no evidence was found that shows that Brinsley Jr. even migrated away from North Carolina. Additional research is warranted. Baty-260 00:33, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• The Barnes-Oxford Research Foundation is currently trying to determine how many Brinsley Barnes's descend from Baines, Sr. (1713-1794) [Barnes-145]. It is this Brinsley who remained in North Carolina where he died. See an article by John LaRue regarding the settling of his estate complete with many original Wikes County, NC Court document https://competitivestrategies.us/how-many-brinsleys/). Fifteen may be found in the copyrighted article by Gail Lindeman How Many Brinsley’s? on the Foundation's website. Brinsley II paid a Fayette County, Kentucky Poll tax in 1792 and his son Brisley III aka Brinsley of Rush was born in North Carolina in 1784 lived in Kentucky earlier. A Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76827963/brinsley-barnes may be found for Brinsley III. The Barnes-Oxford Genealogy Research Foundation received Brinsley II estate paper from the Estill County Clerk's office. They are on Will Book A, pages 254 and 256. They are in poor condition and once enhance and available on theFoundations website.
  

  Sgt. Brinsley Barnes II served with NC Artillery 1st Company, North Carolina Line during the American Revolution.

John was born in 1741. His parents were Brinsley Barnes (1713 - 1794). He is the third of seven siblings:

1. Mary Barnes Carter (1734 - 1823)
2. James Barnes (1740 - 1832)
3. John Barnes (1741 - 1822)*
4. Ann Barnes Hobson (1744 - 1775)
5. Brinsley Barnes (1745 - 1816)
6. Lydia Barnes Teague (1750 - 1811)
7. Jehu Barnes (1753 - 1820)

• There have been several ill-informed attempts to add Louis "Thomas" Barnes (Barnes-11987) as a child of Deaf John Barnes and Elizabeth Fisher Barnes. Please note the Will which is a part of this profile and the fact the Barnes-11987 died after Deaf John. Deaf John died in 1822; Barnes died in 1855. It is highly unlikely that a child would have been written out of a Will without that fact being mentioned in the Will itself.

John married Ruth Elizabeth Fischer when he was 22 years old in Swedes Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1 January 1764. They had one known child:

1. Brinsley Barnes (1766 - 1852)

Timeline

• John, his brother James and his father Brinsley, signed the Petition protesting taxes to North Carolina Royal Governor Tryon in May of 1768. This was part of what was known as the War of Regulation (1765-1771). The war culminated with the Battle of Alamance, which was considered a prelude to the American Revolution.
• John Barns was a Revolutionary War soldier. He first enlisted and is found on the Muster Roll of Capt. Joab Brooks Company. Serving with him were his brother Brinsley Barnes, Jun'r and brother-in-law, Samuel Carter.
• Enlisted in the Continental Army on October 1, 1776, serving in Captain John Kingsbury's artillery unit. Served with Commander-in-Chief General George Washington at Valley Forge and the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse.
• Migrated to Morgan District, Wilkes County, North Carolina, before 1790. He is found in Wilkes County Censuses for 1790, 1800 and 1820.

Will

Will of JOHN BARNES
Proved February Term 1822
Wilkes County, North Carolina
Will Book 4, Pages 21-22

In the Name of God Amen, I JOHN BARNES Sen'r of the Province of North Carolina & County of Wilkes planter being very sick & weak in body but in perfect mind & memory calling to mind immortality that it is appointed for all men once to die, doth recommend my Soul to my Great God who gave it to me my body to the Earth to be buried in decent form according to the discretion of my Executors not doubting but I shall receive the same again at the General Resurrection by the same Mighty Power of God & doth ordain, constitute & appoint my well beloved sons BRINSLEY BARNS & THOMAS BARNS my sole Executors of this my last Will & testament & do by these presents revoke & disannul all other writings, Will or Wills Testaments to the contrary of this my last Will & Testament & to the disposal of my worldly Estate & do dispose of it in the manner & form as follows.
1st. To my dear beloved wife RUTH BARNES one Negroe named PATTY her life time & after that to my son THOMAS BARNES & mare & cow & the household furniture.
2d. I give & bequeath to my well beloved son BRINSLY BARNS one half of the grist mill & the fourth part of the saw mill & two Negroes named PHILLIS & SAM & one boy named BILL by paying four Hundred dollars to the rest of the legatees or return said Negroe to the Estate and if the said PHILLIS hath any more children they are excepted with the rest of the Estate untill the children all gits one a piece the ballance if any to him the said BRINSLEY BARNES & the said BARNES is to keep said Negroes if any till they are one year old. And the said Owners of the mills is to have al privileged at & round said mills to keep up & tend the same as f the land was there own.
3d. I give & bequeath to my well beloved son EDWARD BARNS one Negroe boy named SQUIRE & the fourth part of the saw mill to have & to hold for ever.
4th. I give & Bequeath to my well beloved Son THOMAS BARNES One Negroe girl Named PATTY after my Wife dies & one fourth part of the Saw Mill to have & to hold for ever & one Negroe boy named JOSHUA by paying four hundred dollars to the rest of the Legatees that is not willed anything or return it back to the Estate.
5th. I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter RUTH FORTNER one tract of land lying between NEWEL FORTNER & JOHN BARNS JUN'R & one Negroe girl named POLLEY & one chest to have & to hold fore ever & one fourth part of the saw mill & one half of the Grice mill till EDWARD comes of age.
6th. And my daughter LURANAH TEAGUE has received her portion & I cut her off with five shillings special money.
7th. I give & bequeath to my well beloved grandson EDWARD BARNES the land I now live on after he comes of age, one colt, saddle & bridle & my wearing clothes to have & to hold forever.
8th And as for the rest of the Estate that I have not willed away I want it divided equally amongst the rest of the children & my grandson that I have not willed anything their names is as follows, JAMES BARNES, JOSHUA BARNES, ELIJAH BARNES, ELIZABETH FORTNER & ROBERT MITCHELL my grandson. Given under my hand & seal in the presents of
JOHN BARNES

Test
SOLOMON BARNES Ju't
WILLIAM ODOM ("x" his mark)

December the 31st day 1821. The addition to the Will is as follows, I give & bequeath to my well beloved son in law ROBERT MITCHELL one Negroe boy named JOSHUA. To my two grandsons ELISHA TEAGUE & EDWARD BARNES the still, one half to one & the other likewise the land one half to one & the other to the other & the big colt to my grandson EDWARD BARNES.

North Carolina
Wilkes County
Feby. Term 1822

The above Will was duly proven in open court by the oath of SOLOMON BARNES & BRINSLY BARNES & THOMAS BARNES was duly qualified as Executors to said Will.

Test
R. MARTIN, Clk.

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina State Archives, Military Collection: Troop Returns Chatham County, 1772, Box 2, folder 42.
2. ↑ "Militia Officers of Chatham County in the Revolutionary War and Other County Officials", extracted and transcribed by Sue Ashby, 1998-2010.
   Note: Listed as "Brindsley Bearns, Jun'r."
3. ↑ North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960. Original data: North Carolina Land Grants. Microfilm publication, 770 rolls. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Accessed 25 February 2019 by SJ Baty at Ancestry.
4. ↑ Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801. Original data: Clift, G. Glenn. Second Census of Kentucky, 1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005. Accessed 25 February 2019 by SJ Baty at Ancestry.
5. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Estill, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 6; Image: 00017; Family History Library Film: 0181351. Accessed 25 February by SJ Baty at Ancestry.
6. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 19; Image: 00031; Family History Library Film: 0181351. Accessed 25 February by SJ Baty at [1].
7. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Fayette, Kentucky; Page: 104; NARA Roll: M33_17; Image: 118. Accessed 25 February by SJ Baty at Ancestry.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-PZ3 : accessed 25 September 2018), Brinkley Barnes, Estill, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 6, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 181,351.
• Brinsley Barnes II in a copyrighted article by Margaret Olgivie on the Barnes-Oxford Genealogy Research Foundation website..

See also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99605013 : accessed 07 February 2019), memorial page for Brinsley Barnes, II (1745–5 Apr 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #99605013, ; Maintained by CZNBJL (contributor 47647261) Unknown.

Acknowledgements

This profile created through the import of Terry Fisher Family Tree.ged on 09 May 2011.

• An extensive biography by Dr. Linda S. Kimberling is available in John “Deaf John” Barnes/Barns (1741-1822) located at Link
• Birth date and birth date of spouse and seven children and the fact that the family lived a Quaker life until John enlisted in the Continental Army was confirmed in Salem Monthly Meeting: Hinshaw, William Wade et al. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, . Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948. (Database online at ancestry.com)
• Marriage Record: Pennsylvania Marriage Records,1700-1821, page 368. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6. Available online on ancestry.com.
• Barnes family member’s signing Petition to Governor Tryon: [2]. To understand the significance of the War of Regulation see: [3]
• North Carolina State Archives, Military Collection: Troop Returns Chatham County, 1772, Box 2, folder 42.
• Online source for militia service [4]
• Enlistment in the Continental Army, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Roster of the North Carolina troops in the Continental Army [5]
• Promotion to Gunner Sargeant in the Continental Army., Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, [6]
• Promotion to the rank of Sergeant in the Continental Army, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Roster of North Carolina troops in the Continental Army Volume 16, page 1196 [7].
• U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, p.81; Documenting the American South, p735.
• Wilkes County, North Carolina Census of 1790. [8]
• Ancestry Family Trees, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18112781/person/845595202/facts
• Find A Grave: Memorial #164831369
• John Deaf John Barnes Link
• North Carolina Artillery, Continental Line, Capt John Kingsbury's
• Established himself as a Regulator by signing the May 1768 Advertisement No. 9 against Governor Tryon at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina over higher county taxes. Barnes-Oxford Genealogy Website

Acknowledgements

• Created through the import of Terry Fisher Family Tree.ged on 09 May 2011.