Robert Barr was born the year after his parents, James and Agnes Barr, were thought to have arrived in North Carolina. His date of death is inscribed on his tombstone as May 13, 1838, further that he died at age 84. Calculating his birth year would place it at 1754, probably in Rowan County, as Guilford County wasn’t created until years later.
Robert married Isabella sometime before 1780, when their first known child, David Barr, was born. Isabella was four years older than her husband and possibly part of the Allison family who were members of the congregation at the Buffalo church.
Robert Barr, I obtained his first land grants in 1782 for two tracts in the northern part of Guilford County totaling 603 acres. Five years later, in 1787, he acquired two more grants for 620 acres on Big Troublesome Creek in Guilford County and the Little Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County. Likely these were nearby parcels, although they were in different counties.
Robert and Isabella Barr had four known children: two sons, David and Robert T. and two daughters: Jane and Martha, known as Matty. David Barr was born in 1780 and Robert Barr, thirteen years later in 1793. Jane appears to be the oldest daughter, born about 1782, married around 1800 with a child by 1805. Martha born about 1787 did not marry until 1806. Both daughters had died before their father prepared his will in 1832 (he died six years later).
Although Robert’s parents were members of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, he became an integral part of the Speedwell Presbyterian Church in Rockingham County. This was likely due to his property being distant (about 15 miles) to the Buffalo church. He was one of its earliest known elders at Speedwell and likely served in that capacity until his death in 1838 when the church had 82 members. He may have also served as an elder at the nearby Haw River Presbyterian Church, which had a short existence.
According to the church history, Speedwell was founded in 1759, with the congregation likely meeting in the homes of members initially. However, in 1834, Robert Barr sold an acre of his property for $3 to provide a new site for the church. The third church structure wasn’t built until 1844 at a cost of $100.
Robert & Isabella were survived by their two sons. David never married and died in 1853. He appears to have inherited his father’s land. Son, Robert T. Barr married in 1820 to Martha Patsy Ross in NC and relocated to Marengo County, Alabama in about 1839, shortly after his father’s death.
Robert married Isabella sometime before 1780, when their first known child, David Barr, was born. Isabella was four years older than her husband and possibly part of the Allison family who were members of the congregation at the Buffalo church.
Robert Barr, I obtained his first land grants in 1782 for two tracts in the northern part of Guilford County totaling 603 acres. Five years later, in 1787, he acquired two more grants for 620 acres on Big Troublesome Creek in Guilford County and the Little Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County. Likely these were nearby parcels, although they were in different counties.
Robert and Isabella Barr had four known children: two sons, David and Robert T. and two daughters: Jane and Martha, known as Matty. David Barr was born in 1780 and Robert Barr, thirteen years later in 1793. Jane appears to be the oldest daughter, born about 1782, married around 1800 with a child by 1805. Martha born about 1787 did not marry until 1806. Both daughters had died before their father prepared his will in 1832 (he died six years later).
Although Robert’s parents were members of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, he became an integral part of the Speedwell Presbyterian Church in Rockingham County. This was likely due to his property being distant (about 15 miles) to the Buffalo church. He was one of its earliest known elders at Speedwell and likely served in that capacity until his death in 1838 when the church had 82 members. He may have also served as an elder at the nearby Haw River Presbyterian Church, which had a short existence.
According to the church history, Speedwell was founded in 1759, with the congregation likely meeting in the homes of members initially. However, in 1834, Robert Barr sold an acre of his property for $3 to provide a new site for the church. The third church structure wasn’t built until 1844 at a cost of $100.
Robert & Isabella were survived by their two sons. David never married and died in 1853. He appears to have inherited his father’s land. Son, Robert T. Barr married in 1820 to Martha Patsy Ross in NC and relocated to Marengo County, Alabama in about 1839, shortly after his father’s death.
Robert Barr was born the year after his parents, James and Agnes Barr, were thought to have arrived in North Carolina. His date of death is inscribed on his tombstone as May 13, 1838, further that he died at age 84. Calculating his birth year would place it at 1754, probably in Rowan County, as Guilford County wasn’t created until years later.
Robert married Isabella sometime before 1780, when their first known child, David Barr, was born. Isabella was four years older than her husband and possibly part of the Allison family who were members of the congregation at the Buffalo church.
Robert Barr, I obtained his first land grants in 1782 for two tracts in the northern part of Guilford County totaling 603 acres. Five years later, in 1787, he acquired two more grants for 620 acres on Big Troublesome Creek in Guilford County and the Little Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County. Likely these were nearby parcels, although they were in different counties.
Robert and Isabella Barr had four known children: two sons, David and Robert T. and two daughters: Jane and Martha, known as Matty. David Barr was born in 1780 and Robert Barr, thirteen years later in 1793. Jane appears to be the oldest daughter, born about 1782, married around 1800 with a child by 1805. Martha born about 1787 did not marry until 1806. Both daughters had died before their father prepared his will in 1832 (he died six years later).
Although Robert’s parents were members of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, he became an integral part of the Speedwell Presbyterian Church in Rockingham County. This was likely due to his property being distant (about 15 miles) to the Buffalo church. He was one of its earliest known elders at Speedwell and likely served in that capacity until his death in 1838 when the church had 82 members. He may have also served as an elder at the nearby Haw River Presbyterian Church, which had a short existence.
According to the church history, Speedwell was founded in 1759, with the congregation likely meeting in the homes of members initially. However, in 1834, Robert Barr sold an acre of his property for $3 to provide a new site for the church. The third church structure wasn’t built until 1844 at a cost of $100.
Robert & Isabella were survived by their two sons. David never married and died in 1853. He appears to have inherited his father’s land. Son, Robert T. Barr married in 1820 to Martha Patsy Ross in NC and relocated to Marengo County, Alabama in about 1839, shortly after his father’s death.
Robert married Isabella sometime before 1780, when their first known child, David Barr, was born. Isabella was four years older than her husband and possibly part of the Allison family who were members of the congregation at the Buffalo church.
Robert Barr, I obtained his first land grants in 1782 for two tracts in the northern part of Guilford County totaling 603 acres. Five years later, in 1787, he acquired two more grants for 620 acres on Big Troublesome Creek in Guilford County and the Little Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County. Likely these were nearby parcels, although they were in different counties.
Robert and Isabella Barr had four known children: two sons, David and Robert T. and two daughters: Jane and Martha, known as Matty. David Barr was born in 1780 and Robert Barr, thirteen years later in 1793. Jane appears to be the oldest daughter, born about 1782, married around 1800 with a child by 1805. Martha born about 1787 did not marry until 1806. Both daughters had died before their father prepared his will in 1832 (he died six years later).
Although Robert’s parents were members of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, he became an integral part of the Speedwell Presbyterian Church in Rockingham County. This was likely due to his property being distant (about 15 miles) to the Buffalo church. He was one of its earliest known elders at Speedwell and likely served in that capacity until his death in 1838 when the church had 82 members. He may have also served as an elder at the nearby Haw River Presbyterian Church, which had a short existence.
According to the church history, Speedwell was founded in 1759, with the congregation likely meeting in the homes of members initially. However, in 1834, Robert Barr sold an acre of his property for $3 to provide a new site for the church. The third church structure wasn’t built until 1844 at a cost of $100.
Robert & Isabella were survived by their two sons. David never married and died in 1853. He appears to have inherited his father’s land. Son, Robert T. Barr married in 1820 to Martha Patsy Ross in NC and relocated to Marengo County, Alabama in about 1839, shortly after his father’s death.
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I would not live always
So welcome the tomb
Since Jesus has lain there
I dread not its gloom
There sweet be my rest
till he bid me arise
To hail him in triumph
descending the skies.
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