Josiah Barnes was born on November 27, 1798, in North Carolina. In 1800, he was living in Wayne, NC with his parents, Jesse and Elizabeth. Between 1804-1807 it appears the family left NC for SC. This was where they were found in the 1810 census. Josiah married Rebecca in South Carolina in 1822. In the 1830 census, Josiah and his family were living in Henry, AL. Found in "Some Old Settlers of Dale County Alabama", by Preston Mathes: "Barnes, Josiah - 1831 Sons John, Stephen, Josiah, Jesse & William. John and Stephen were good Blacksmiths. Jesse taught school. John was Justice of the Peace in 1865 Reconstruction times." Josiah was in Dale County in the 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. He died in 1875, at the age of 77 and was buried at Mt Gilead Primitive Baptist church, Geneva Co Rd 41 in Geneva Co at the Mt Gilead Primitive Hardshell Baptist church, up the road a few miles north of Wesley Chapel Methodist church, the burial site of his wife, Martha Brewer Barnes. Research has not determined why she chose to bury her husband at Mt Gilead in 1875 and then request her own burial at Wesley Chapel in 1914. We have placed this file under Wesley Chapel for the convenience of Barnes and Brewer and allied families' researchers.
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Josiah Barnes, Sr married twice. He married Rebecca Bina b. 1803- d. 1860 They lived in Covington County, Alabama. He later married Martha Brewer b. 1832- d. 1914. They lived first near Skipperville, Dale County, Alabama and later lived near Beaver Dam, renamed Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama after the 1910 census.
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Researched by Margie Barnes Dent, Raegan Barnes and Jim Frank Martin Jr.
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Josiah Barnes, Sr married twice. He married Rebecca Bina b. 1803- d. 1860 They lived in Covington County, Alabama. He later married Martha Brewer b. 1832- d. 1914. They lived first near Skipperville, Dale County, Alabama and later lived near Beaver Dam, renamed Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama after the 1910 census.
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Researched by Margie Barnes Dent, Raegan Barnes and Jim Frank Martin Jr.
Josiah Barnes was born on November 27, 1798, in North Carolina. In 1800, he was living in Wayne, NC with his parents, Jesse and Elizabeth. Between 1804-1807 it appears the family left NC for SC. This was where they were found in the 1810 census. Josiah married Rebecca in South Carolina in 1822. In the 1830 census, Josiah and his family were living in Henry, AL. Found in "Some Old Settlers of Dale County Alabama", by Preston Mathes: "Barnes, Josiah - 1831 Sons John, Stephen, Josiah, Jesse & William. John and Stephen were good Blacksmiths. Jesse taught school. John was Justice of the Peace in 1865 Reconstruction times." Josiah was in Dale County in the 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. He died in 1875, at the age of 77 and was buried at Mt Gilead Primitive Baptist church, Geneva Co Rd 41 in Geneva Co at the Mt Gilead Primitive Hardshell Baptist church, up the road a few miles north of Wesley Chapel Methodist church, the burial site of his wife, Martha Brewer Barnes. Research has not determined why she chose to bury her husband at Mt Gilead in 1875 and then request her own burial at Wesley Chapel in 1914. We have placed this file under Wesley Chapel for the convenience of Barnes and Brewer and allied families' researchers.
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Josiah Barnes, Sr married twice. He married Rebecca Bina b. 1803- d. 1860 They lived in Covington County, Alabama. He later married Martha Brewer b. 1832- d. 1914. They lived first near Skipperville, Dale County, Alabama and later lived near Beaver Dam, renamed Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama after the 1910 census.
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Researched by Margie Barnes Dent, Raegan Barnes and Jim Frank Martin Jr.
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Josiah Barnes, Sr married twice. He married Rebecca Bina b. 1803- d. 1860 They lived in Covington County, Alabama. He later married Martha Brewer b. 1832- d. 1914. They lived first near Skipperville, Dale County, Alabama and later lived near Beaver Dam, renamed Coffee Springs, Geneva County, Alabama after the 1910 census.
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Researched by Margie Barnes Dent, Raegan Barnes and Jim Frank Martin Jr.
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