David Barton (abt. 1777 - 1859)

Born about 17 Nov 1777 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1859 at about age 82 in Cass, Georgia, United States

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Biography

1. David (b. 11-11-1777; probably in Laurens Co., SC/d. 12-4-1859: Cass Co., GA (became Bartow Co.) md. Elizabeth Cox, the daughter of [Cox-4325|Philip Cox] who lived in Pendleton District, South Carolina.

Children of David and Elizabeth:

1. Joseph (b. 1802; Pickens Co., SC) md. Mourning Cannon

2. Jemimah (b. 1804; Pickens Co., SC) md. John M. Dunlap

3. Nancy (b. 1806; Pickens Co., SC) md. Daniel Johnson

4. James (b. 8-11-1808; Pickens Co., SC) md. Sarah Ellis

5. Mary (b. 1810; Pickens Co., SC) md. William Woodrow Griggs

6. William T. (b. 1812; Pickens Co., SC) Rebecca  ?

7. Pendleton J. (b. 1815; Pickens Co., SC) md. Sarah Bradberry

8. Alsey A. (b. 1818; Pickens Co., SC) md. Simion W. Stallings

9. Joshua (b. 1821; Pickens Co., SC) md. Catherine Moore

10. Asberry (b. 1822; Pickens Co., SC) md. Huldah  ?

11. Sarah E. (b. 1824; Pickens Co., SC) md. William E. Davis^[1] and research by Blanche M. Wallace

Records for David Barton are found first in Pendleton County/District, South Carolina. His father, Joseph, was enumerated in Laurens County in the 1790 U.S. census. David is probably one of the males under 16.

Pendleton was formed in 1789 from Cherokee lands. In 1826 it was divided into Pickens (north part) and Anderson (south Part). The Pendleton land records went to Anderson County. In 1868, Oconee County was formed from the western part of Pickens County.

The description of David's land being on the south fork of Cane Creek, waters of Keowee River, indicates that the land is now in Oconee County because the Keowee River forms the boundary between Oconee County and Pickens County and Cane Creek flows east from Oconee County into the Keowee River.

1800 U.S. census - Pendleton District, South Carolina The only household under the name David Barton consisted of: 2 white males <10; 2 W M 26-44; 1 W F 16-25; and 2 slaves (page 38). I do not believe this is David Barton, son of Joseph, for the following reasons: David would have been 23 and all his known children were born after 1800. He lived two doors from Presley Barton, a name not known to be associated with 1777 David Barton, son of Joseph Barton.

Joseph Barton's household consisted of: 1 W M <10; 1 W M 16-25; 1 W M 45 and over; 2 W F <10; 2 W F 10-15; 1 W F 26-44; 1 W F 45 and over (page 34). David could be the male 16-25.

1810 U.S. census - Pendleton District, South Carolina There are two men named David Barton. both households have a male in the appropriate age bracket to be David (33 years old). The David Barton family enumerated on page 231 fits the expected family structure: 2 males 0-9 [Joseph and James], 1 male 26-44 [David], 2 females 0-9 [Jemima and Nancy], and 1 female 26-44 [Elizabeth]. Daughters Jemima and Nancy were born in 1802 and 1806. Sons Joseph and James were born 1807 and 1808. David and Elizabeth would have been 33 and 28. Additionally, Philip Cox, Elizabeth's father, lived two doors away. Also on the page are several Head families, including John Sr. and John [no suffix] who lived side-by-side. John Head is a known associate of this Barton line.

1810 December 10, Pendleton District - Philip Cox sold 90 acres on a branch of Cain Creek, waters of Keowee River, to David Barton. Cox sold an additional 50 acres on the creek for a total of $200 for both parcels. Witnesses: Thomas Collins and William Taylor Cox. On 22 October 1813, William Taylor Cox appeared in court before W. Nicholson, J.P. and swore that he saw Philip Cox sign and deliver the deed and Thomas Collins sign as witness. This deed was recorded 10 December 1813. [Philip Cox was David Barton's father-in-law.]

David Barton served in War of 1812 as a private in Captain Jephtha Norton's Company of Drafted Militia in Lieutenant Colonel William Austin's Regiment, South Carolina Militia. 1815 February 1 to February 25 Muster Roll: present. Enlisted February 1 for 6 months unless discharged sooner. 1815 February 1 to March 24 Company Pay Roll: served 1 month 24 days at $8 per month. Paid $14.19. Service record obtained at NARA, Washington, D.C. on 23 July 2015.

http://www.carolana.com/SC/1800s/antebellum/war_of_1812_military_units.html The troops in the War of 1812 were basically of two kinds - the regular army, known as regulars, and the militia. The regulars were entirely volunteers. All men belonged to the militia, but not all militias were called into service. Those who were actually enrolled were known as the detached militia; they were obtained preferably by volunteers from the total militia or by conscription if not enough volunteered. The militia in the past had been thought of as a body of men only used for home defense, but in the War of 1812 they were not only used at home but were also sent out of the state to aid at other danger points.

David was discharged at Two Sisters Ferry, South Carolina, per his 15 October 1850 Bounty Land Application. The Ferry at that time was located in Beaufort County. Due to formation of new counties,, the location was later in Hampton County (created from Beaufort, 1878) and is now in Jasper County (created from Beaufort and Hampton, 1912). According to the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the historical Two Sisters Ferry is located at Latitude 32.5143496, Longitude -81.2323279. Source - Mills Atlas: Atlas of the State of South Carolina, 1825.

1820 U.S. census - Pendleton District, South Carolina There are two men by the name David Barton. Both households have one white male, 45 years old and up. The David Barton family enumerated on page 219 (stamped) fits the expected family structure: 3 males 0-9 [William, Pendleton, and Asberry], 1 male 10-15 [James], 1 male 16-18 [Joseph],1 male 45 and over [David]; 2 females 0-9 [Mary and Alesy], 1 female 10-15 [Nancy], 1 female 16-25 [Jemima], 1 female 26-44 [Elizabeth]. Three persons were engaged in agriculture.

1826 - Pendleton District was split into Pickens (north) and Anderson (south) Counties. The Pendleton land records went to Anderson.

1830 U.S. census - Pickens County, South Carolina There are two men by the name David Barton. Both households have one white male, 50-59 years old. The David Barton family appearing on page 263 (penned) fits the expected family structure: 1 male 0-9 [Joshua], 1 male 10-14 [Asberry], 2 males 15-19 [William and Pendleton], 1 male 50-59 [David]; 1 female 0-9 [Sarah], 1 female 10-14 [Alesy], 1 female 15-19 [Mary], 1 female 40-49 [Elizabeth]. James and Joseph, Jemima and Nancy have married and left the household.

Evidence that David Barton was a son of Joseph Barton: see images in David's digital folder under Land_Pickens District, South Carolina 1839 May 07 - David Barton to Joseph Grisham of same (all of Pickens District.) for $35. Deed Book 1 : 98-99. ---60 acres, being part of 237 acres surveyed by S. H. Dickson for William Steele; sold by said Steele to Joseph Barton and willed by him to his children; the 60 acres "willed to my brother James Barton who requested me to sell the same for him" and located on both sides of the South Fork of Cane Creek of Keowee River in Pickens County, adjoining lands of Wm. D. Steele. ---deed dated 7 May 1839, recorded 15 May 1839 ---witnesses: Tyre B. Mauldin and Elijah E. Alexander

1840 U.S. census - Pickens County, South Carolina There are two men by the name David Barton. Both households have one white male, 60-69 years old. The David Barton family enumerated on page 34 is consistent with the expected family structure: 1 male 15-19 [Joshua], 1 male 20-29 [William*], 1 male 60-69 [David]; 1 female 15-19 [Sarah], 1 female 20-29 [Alesy], 1 female 50-59 [Elizabeth]. Pendleton and Asberry would also have been in the 20-29 age group but census records indicate they married about 1837 and 1840, respectively. William married about 1856. Mary is also missing; she married about 1834.

1845 December 02 - David Barton of Pickens District to Joseph Grisham of West Union, Pickens District, for $640 -- Deed Book E1 : 360 ---307 acres whereon I now live on the South Fork of Cane Creek at the Crossroads from Pendleton to Clayton, Ga., and from Double Cabbins to White's Tanyard. Same being described in the Plat made by Martin S. McCay, D.S. 09 March 1844 and annexed to the Grant to me dated 29 day of June 1844 and recorded in Grant Book Vol. 85, Page 257. Bounded by two lines by Alexander Newell and all other lines by said Grisham. ---deed dated 2 Dec 1845, recorded 15 Jan 1846 ---witnesses: L. N. Robins and William T. Barton ---Elizabeth, wife of David Barton, voluntarily released her dower rights on 3 Dec 1845.

Cane Creek appears on the USGS Quadrangle Maps: Walhalla and Pickens. Cane Creek flows into the Keowee River which forms the boundary between Oconee and Pickens Counties. Shortly thereafter the Keowee joins the Savannah River.

1850 March 11, Cass [now Bartow] County - E. L. Hamilton borrowed $675 from David Barton, giving him two promissory notes. The first ($300) was due 25 December 1851 and the second ($375) was due 25 December 1852. Hamilton's collateral was the divided west half of Land Lot 168 (80 acres) and the divided west half of Land Lot 169 (80 acres) in District 6, Section 3 of Bartow County. The witness was William E. Davis. Bartow County Deed Book I, pp. 469-470. [Davis was David's son-in-law.]

1850 U.S. census - 12th Division, Cass [now Bartow] County, Georgia David Barton (73) and Elizabeth (67) lived in the household of William E. Davis (37), his wife Sarah E. (26) and their son, Lewis B. (5). William was a farmer with real estate valued at $600. All family members were born in South Carolina. Sarah was a daughter because Lewis B. Davis and Huldah J. Davis were named in David Barton's will as grandchildren. Sarah must have died before David made his will in 1854. In the 1860 census for Polk County, Georgia, Lewis B. Davis (15) and Hulda J. Davis (9) lived in the household of their uncle, William T. Barton.

1850 October 15 - David Barton appeared before Charles M. Griffin, Justice of the Inferior County of Cass [now Bartow] County, Georgia, and swore to his service in the War of 1812 for the purpose of applying for a grant of Bounty Land. He was 73 years old and a citizen of the county. He served as a private in the company commanded by Captain Jephtha Norton, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wm. Austin. He was drafted at Two Sisters Ferry in South Carolina. He signed his name. [His signature is very shaky. In the application, David, did not give his service dates, but they are given in a subsequent application.]

1851 January 10 - B. T. Gallaher of the Third Auditor's Office attested to a record of David Barton's service. He entered into service on 01 February 1815 and served until 24 March 1815, when he was discharged.

1855 March 26 - David Barton, 77, appeared before Ephraim Porter, an active magistrate in Cass [now Bartow] County. David reiterated his service and included the dates noted above. He stated he had applied for and received a Bounty Land Warrant, No. 721 for 40 acres, issued 01 February 1851, under the Act of September 28, 1850, and that he had legally disposed of it. Other numbers associated with this grant: 1,892, 1,894 and 30,612. He made this declaration for the purpose of applying for additional Bounty Land under the Act of March 3, 1855. He signed his name with his mark. Elisha King and T. G. Hamilton were witnesses. It appears he received 120 acres under Warrant No. 13,165. There is no indication in the file as to where the land for either warrant was located or how it was disposed.

Bartow County, Georgia, Will Book A, pages 197-198, obtained at Ancestry.com. Summary: David made his will on 01 May 1854. He bequeathed all his real and personal property to his wife, Elizabeth, for her life time. After her death the estate was to be equally divided among his children: Joseph Barton, Jemima Dunlop, Nancy Johnson, James Barton, Mary Griggs, William T. Barton, Pendleton J. Barton, Alesy Stallings, Joshua F. Barton, Asberry Barton [sons and daughters], Lewis B. Davis, grandson, Huldah Jane Davis, granddaughter. One-half of Alesy's share was to go to her son Robert Hamilton Barton. All grandchildren to have a child's share. David signed by his mark. Executors: William T. Barton and Joseph Barton Witnesses: Jacob Mosteller, John M. Elrod, William Hays, James Winburn, Rily Goss, JP Will proved 08 February 1860

1860 U.S. census - Mortality Schedule - Cass County, Georgia David Barton, 80, married, died December 1859 of Dropsy [congestive heart failure] after an illness lasting 30 days. Elizabeth is not listed, even though she is said to have died on the same date [grave marker].

Georgia, Court of Ordinary (Bartow County), Vol. E 1853-1869 Court Minutes Book February Term 1860 p. 174 "The last will and testament of David Barton late of Cass County Dec'd having been proven in vacation and no objection being made and motion being made at this term of the Court to admit said will to record it is therefore considered that said probate is sufficient and that said will be admitted to record and that letters testamentary do issue to William F. Barton one of the executors in and by said will named and appointed he having taken the usual oaths. And it is further ordered that Marion T. Hays Esq., James Blalock, Berryman Mosteller, Jackson Moore, and Wm Hays be and they are appointed appraisers of said estate. N. Land, Ordinary" Source: obtained copy 2012 Nov 16, Family History Center, Par Street, Orlando, Fla. FHL film no. 0283526

Bartow County, Georgia, Appraisement Book A, pp. 389: 1860 August 7 - An inventory of the notes and accounts of David Barton was filed in court. 1 note on Jas. Barton due 25th December 1857 with a credit of $7 November 20, 1858. $100.00 1 note on Daniel Johnson due 26th December 1857 with two credits - one for $7 January 6th 1859 and the other for $7 September 28th 1859. $100.00 1 note on William ?Costephenes? & Burton Bradley due 22nd September 1857 for $222.44 with two credits - one for $22.20 16th September 1858 and the other for $22.50 September 26th 1859. 1 note on John Shewler and Emanuel Shewler for $175.00 due August 12th 1857. Credit August 11th 1858 for $7. Credit for $17.50 August 10th 1859. 1 note on James Barton due March 27th 1859 for $100.00. 1 note on S. G. Hamilton due January 1st 1857 $100.00. Credit $10 January 1st 1858. Credit $10 December 30th 1858. 1 note on S. G. Hamilton due January 1st 1858 $3.00. 1 note on S. G. Hamilton due September 21st 1858 $55.00. Credit $5 August 29th 1858. Credit $5 September 27th 1859. 1 note on S. M. Stallings due December 25th 1856 $100.00. Credit $7.50 January 1st 1858. Credit $7.50 January 1st 1859. 1 note on Joshua Barton due October 28th 1855 $100.00. Credit $7 January 1st 1857. Credit $7 January 1st 1858. The above note considered doubtful as to part. Accounts 1 account on A. B. Barton for $12.00. 1 account on Mary Griggs for $3.00. Total $1070.00

Georgia, Cass County} Before me Nathan Land Ordinary for said county personally came William T. Barton Executor of David Barton deceased, who being duly sworn, says the within is a true and correct inventory of all the notes and accounts belonging to the estate of the said deceased. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th of August 1860. William T. Barton, Nathan Land, Ordinary Filed in office August 7th 1860 and recorded October 9th 1860. Nathan Land, Ordinary

Bartow County, Georgia, Appraisement Book A, pp. 390: 1860 August 7 - A report on the sale of the personal property of David Barton on February 17, 1860 upon a credit of six months, was filed in court. 1) 1 oil cloth purchased by Wm. T. Barton $0.35 2) 2 cherry tables purchased by William Collins $3.25 3) 3 chairs purchased by Daniel Johnson $1.80 4) 1 wooden clock purchased by A. G. Hendrick $5.00 5) 1 pair hand irons & shovel purchased by Daniel T. Johnson $1.45 6) 1 pine chest purchased by Daniel Johnson $2.00 7) 1 jug & bucket purchased by Daniel Johnson $0.35 8) 1 bedstead & cord purchased by James Barton $0.85 9) 1 bed & furniture purchased by James Bumgarner $8.30 10) 1 tester bedstead purchased by William Collins $3.00 11) 1 bed & furniture purchased by James Barton $10.85 12) 1 lot of bed covers purchased by James Barton $0.30 13) 1 lot of bed covers purchased by Daniel T. Johnson $0.35 14) 1 lot of bed covers purchased by William T. Adcock $0.75 15) 1 lot of covers purchased by James Barton $0.30 16) 1 lot of quilts purchased by James Barton $1.55 Total $ 40.45 William T. Barton, Executor

Georgia, Cass County} Before me Nathan Land Ordinary for said county personally came William T. Barton Executor of David Barton deceased, who being duly sworn, says the above sale bill is correct and true. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th of August 1860. Nathan Land, Ordinary} William T. Barton Filed in office August 7th 1860 and recorded October 9th 1860. Nathan Land, Ordinary

Copies of the Appraisement Book entries were obtained at the Bartow County, Georgia, Court House, Probate Office, 25 October 2017.

There are two grave markers for David Barton in Hayes Cemetery. One is a relatively modern flat marker with his death date inscribed as Dec. 4, 1859. A vertical marker, also modern, commemorates his service in the War of 1812 and gives his death date as Dec. 3, 1859.

Note

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Sources

1. ↑ The Joseph Barton Line, by Charles A. Barton, 1987

• "United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-7NN : accessed 28 May 2015), David Barton, Not Stated, Pendleton, South Carolina; citing p. 219, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 120; FHL microfilm 162,023.
• The Joseph Barton Line, by Charles A. Barton, 1987
• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYJ-YPF : accessed 6 May 2015), David Barton, Cass county, part of, Cass, Georgia, United States; citing family 1262, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave Memorial# 33076634
• Source: S791609107 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 165948405