William Fleming Barksdale (1787 - abt. 1863)

Born 8 Sep 1787 in Charlotte, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rosanna (Smith) Barksdale — married 1810 in Hancock, Georgia

Descendants

Died about 31 Dec 1863 at about age 76 in Pike, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

William Barksdale was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

William Barksdale born 1787 in Charlotte County, Virginia is the son of Abner and Elizabeth "Betsy" Garrett. ^[1] Bible Record of Davis Short Family shows that William F's Father was name Albner not Abner. This is most likely due to pronunciation of the name and spelling mores of the time.^[2]

Marriage Hancock County, Georgia 1810

Records indicate that William Barksdale married in Hancock County, Georgia to Rosanna Smith in 1810. Rosanna Smith is most likely the daughter of Clark Smith show on the 1820 Census living two doors down from Abner and William Barksdale in Pike County, Mississippi.^[3]

Comment

It should be noted that a second William Barksdale married in Hancock County, Georgia in 1808 to Nancy Long. This William Barksdale remained in the Hancock County, Georgia area.

Census

Shown on Pike County, Mississippi Census for 1820.^[4]

Pike County, Mississippi 1840.^[5]

1850, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Falby and Obed Mixon.^[6]

Land

William F Barksdale acquired two plots of land in Pike County, MIssissippi on November 10th 1840. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Davis Short Family Bible: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/state/bible/lghsbible/bible1-1.txt
2. ↑ "Davis Short Family Bible: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/state/bible/lghsbible/bible1-1.txt
3. ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWHZ-V4Z : accessed 22 October 2015), William F. Barkesdale and Rosanna Smith, 1810; citing , Hancock, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,074
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-YD5 : accessed 23 October 2015), Wm F Barksdale, 1820.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-VZF : accessed 23 October 2015), Wm F Barksdale, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 159, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 216; FHL microfilm 14,841.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJD-FL7 : Mon Jul 17 23:01:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Obed Mixon and Falby C Mixon, 1850.
7. ↑ Land Records Pike County, MIssissippi:[1]

• Genealogy of Some of the Barksdale Family of America published 1895 by Sarah Donelson Hubert Franklin Print. and Publishing Company, 1895
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWDW-V5B : accessed 22 October 2015), William Barkesdale and Nancy Long, 09 Nov 1808; citing , Hancock, Georgia; FHL microfilm 0222074 V. 1-3.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWHZ-V4Z : accessed 22 October 2015), William F. Barkesdale and Rosanna Smith, 1810; citing , Hancock, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,074.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-VZF : accessed 22 October 2015), Wm F Barksdale, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 159, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 216; FHL microfilm 14,841.
• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-YD5 : accessed 23 October 2015), Wm F Barksdale, 1820.
• "Davis Short Family Bible: [2]
• "Land Records Pike County, MIssissippi:[3]