Robert Harvey Barrett Sr. (abt. 1803 - bef. 1863)

Born about 29 Jun 1803 in Tazewell Co, VA

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth (Maxwell) Barrett — married 1823 in Tazewell Co, VA

Descendants

Died before 24 Nov 1863 before about age 60 in Tazewell Co, VA

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Biography

Son of Thomas E. Barrett (1775-1866) and Mary "Polly" McIntosh (1780-1858).

DOB also given as 29 Jan 1803.

Robert Harvey Barrett, Sr., married Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell (1798-1876) in 1823 in Tazewell Co, VA. They had seven children: Rebecca M. (1825-?); Robert Harvey, Jr. (1829-1883); Elizabeth McIntosh (1828-?); John Thomas (1833-1930); Susannah Ellen (1835-?); Margaret R. (1838-?); James M. (1840-1889).

Sources

• Ancestry.com entries for "Robert Harvey Barrett" (2).

• Mary Ann Fields, "Maxwell-Witten," in John Newton Harmon, Sr. Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922, Vol. II (Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1925), pages 374-380. Mrs. Fields’ article is an important source for information about her great-grandfather, James Maxwell, and his descendants.

• Larry E. Smith, “McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals,” at URL http://www.coalexchange.com/ smith/, accessed 17 Oct 2016.

• Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

• "1854 Register of Tazewell County, (VA) Marriages", Tazewell Co, VA. (Genweb Site).

• Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (Census Year: 1840; Census Place: Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: 579; Page: 66; FHL Film No.: 0029693). Listed as Robert Barrett, head of household (10 free white persons).

• Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. (Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: M432_979; Page: 297A; Image: 172; Family No.: 1117). Listed as "Robet Barrett", age 47, head of household.

• Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (database on-line), Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. (Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Western District, Tazewell Co, VA; Roll: M653_1381; Page: 890; Family No. 1364; FHL Film No.: 805381). Listed as Robert Barrett, age 56, head of household.

• John Newton Harman, Sr., Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800 to 1922, Vol. I (Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Co., 1922), page 71.

• Ancestry.com, Catherine Beavers search, 23 Nov 2000, submitted by glenn@carolsweb.com.