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John Barnett, the son of James Barnett and his wife, Anne (Davis) Barnett, was born 6 March 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia.[1][2]
John married Lucy Matlock (also seen as Medlock) on 23 February 1772.[2][3] Seven children were born to John and Lucy.
John served in the Revolutionary War from 1780-1783 in Benjamin Brigg's Company, 7th Virginia Regiment.[4]The 7th was based at Fort Pitt in the Western Region. John served as a sergeant from his enlistment sometime in 1780 to 22 March 1782 and then was reduced to private. He was confined (ill) in August of 1782 and on furlough in June of 1783.
John purchased land from his son James Barnett that included a grist mill and a saw mill. The canal that was built for the mill and the mill were sold to John Morehead, the founder of a textile mill. The mill grew into the town of Spray, North Carolina, now known as Eden. John later sold this land to his nephew and son-in-law, William Barnett.[5]
The John Barnett household of 1820 consisted of one male age under ten, one male age forty-five and upwards (John), one female age forty-five and upwards (likely wife Lucy) and eleven enslaved people.[6]
In 1823, John Barnett deeded property to his grandchildren (the children of his daughter, Ann (Barnett) Walker, namely James, John, David, William, Thomas, Samuel, Lucy, Martha and Henry Walker.[7] The gift included four enslaved people: Jacob, age 14; Charles, age 8; Nancy, age 20; and Dafney, age 17 as well as a wagon, four horses, a sugar chest, and $700. This gift may have coincided with the Walker family's move to Perry County, Tennessee.
A deed from 1838 indicated John had given his daughter Ann the following enslaved people: Nancy, Charles, Mehala, Sand, Dick and Pleasant.[8]
John's will named his children Ann Walker, Betsey Phillips, Lucy Barnett, James Barnett, Thomas Barnett, Nathaniel Barnett.[9] Also mentioned were Micajah Davis (uncle) and (son-in-law) Adam Walker. Boarding for Edward Barnett's children began in 1826 indicating Edward was likely deceased by that time. The will named enslaved people who had worked for John's son Nathaniel in prior years and money was owed to John Barnett for their labor. Those named included Jim, Tom, Pleasant, Peter, and Bob. The years of their labor were 1825-1832.
John is buried in the Barnett Family Cemetery, Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina.[5]
1820
1823
1825-1832 (working for Nathaniel Barnett)
Date unknown, prior to 1833, documented in 1838
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