[4942] 1911 Pitsburgh directory has "BARNETT Bertha wid Oliver G 1935 Watson".
_William BARNETT ______________ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | |_Sarah HART ___________________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _Cornelius Garrison BARNETT ____| | (1849 - 1910) | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________ | | | (1778 - ....) | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| | (1812 - 1894) | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _ | (1784 - 1862) | |--Oliver Garrison BARNETT | (1878 - 1908) | _______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_______________________________ | | |_Sarah (Sadie) Herron MCINTYRE _| (1855 - 1892) | | _______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |_______________________________
_William BARNETT ____ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _John BARNETT _______| | (1813 - 1873) m 1838| | |_Sarah HART _________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _James Calvin BARNETT _| | (1845 - 1915) m 1868 | | | _William COLWELL ____ | | | (1790 - 1860) | |_Matilda COLWELL ____| | (1810 - 1896) m 1838| | |_Anne BINGHAM _______ | (1789 - 1860) | |--Pearl M. BARNETT | (1877 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary S. PAINTER ______| (1850 - ....) m 1868 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_John BARNETT _______+ | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 _James Calvin BARNETT _| | (1845 - 1915) m 1868 | | |_Matilda COLWELL ____+ | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 _Merle BARNETT ______| | (1886 - ....) m 1907| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Mary S. PAINTER ______| | (1850 - ....) m 1868 | | |_____________________ | | |--Ralph BARNETT | | _____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| (1888 - ....) m 1907| | _____________________ | | |_______________________| | |_____________________
_Robert E. BARNETT __+ | (1810 - 1904) _Schuyler Retallic BARNETT _| | (1858 - 1909) m 1883 | | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _+ | (1812 - 1894) _Richard Dudley BARNETT _| | (1886 - 1930) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Flora Belle BAUGHMAN ______| | (1863 - 1910) m 1883 | | |_____________________ | | |--Richard D. BARNETT | | _____________________ | | | ____________________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Zelaya C. HAFFEY _______| (1890 - ....) | | _____________________ | | |____________________________| | |_____________________
Middle initial in question: P. in 1900, D. in 1910. See 1910 census, ED 32, While we were tempted to dismiss this family as unrelated because of the birthplace, the presence of daughter Florabelle confirms the initial identification. 1920: Allegheny Co., PA, ED 263 p. 12. 1930: Aliquippa, Beaver Co., PA. with wife Vivian L.
[4960] 1996 Ancestral File.
_William BARNETT ______________ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | |_Sarah HART ___________________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _Schuyler Retallic BARNETT _| | (1858 - 1909) m 1883 | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________ | | | (1778 - ....) | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| | (1812 - 1894) | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _ | (1784 - 1862) | |--Richard Dudley BARNETT | (1886 - 1930) | _______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_______________________________ | | |_Flora Belle BAUGHMAN ______| (1863 - 1910) m 1883 | | _______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |_______________________________
Robert Barnett owned 132.5 acres of land in Jefferson Co., PA jointly with his father. His father bequeathed his half interest in this property to his daughters Anne and Elizabeth in 1838. A deed in 1840 shows Robert Barnett, Anne Barnett, and Elizabeth Henry grantees (thus completing purchase from the prior owner), and as grantors in 1856, Elizabeth in the mean time having married William Dickey, with no explanation of how Robert and William had acquired their interest in the property in the first place.
The history of this parcel begins with warrants 3397 and 3387, then William Bingham who died in England, then from his estate to John and Sarah Summerville. Robert Barnett et al. purchased it from Summerville in 1840, Jefferson Co. deeds vol. 3 p. 154, 132+ acres in Eldred Tp., and sold it in 1856, vol. 9 p. 79. It is not known whether this William Bingham is related to Anne Bingham, wife of William Colwell, Irish immigrant who settled near the William Barnett family in North Buffalo Tp., Armstrong Co.
The deed in 1856 names Robert Barnett's wife Mahala G., and notes their residence in Birmingham, Allegheny Co. The 1860 census finds them in the borough of Birmingham, post office Buchanan. A directory for 1861-62 has Robert Barnett, pattern maker, Centre near Manor. In 1862-63 he is a "gentleman", Center near Washington. By 1868-69 he has moved, Webster near Francis. In 1869-70 the first listing for the family business appears, Barnett & Bros. Plumbers, Gas & Steam Fitters, 129 4th Ave. Later addresses (from directories and censuses) are on Bedford Ave. near Francis, Ward 13. A map in the 1899 directory shows an alley called Barnett Ave. near this intersection. Sons Cornelius and Oliver lived in this area.
(Barnett Ave. seems to have nothing to do with the family, it was platted much earlier by a Thomas Barnett who owned much property in Pittsburgh.)
Obituaries appeared 13 jan 1904 in the Pittsburg Dispatch and the Pittsburgh Press, giving birthdate as 1806 and 11 sep 1811, respectively. The Dispatch included his picture! The Press says he was born several miles east of Kittanning, but left there for Johnstown, PA as a young man, working as a cabinet maker. After a short period he came to Pittsburgh, working in the same trade. (The Dispatch puts that at about 1830, perhaps too early).
Was his full name Robert Emery Barnett, like his son? If so, who was Robert Emery? This clue has not been investigated. It is possible that one of Robert's great-grandparents was a Robert Emery, so that finding a Robert Emery in association with a Barnett family in records before 1800 might reveal the origins of our Barnett family.
[4905] Per cemetery records. 1850 census (Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh, 5th Ward, p. 182B) shows 1811, and 1860 census (Birmingham Borough, p. 25) shows 1813. 1860 includes a Mary J. Barnett age 18, listed after Mahala's mother.
[4906] Age at death 93 years, 4 months, 8 days, per records of Allegheny Cem. However, obituaries give birth year as 1806 and 1811.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _William BARNETT ____| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798| | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Robert E. BARNETT | (1810 - 1904) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Sarah HART _________| (1779 - 1852) m 1798| | __ | | |__| | |__
In 1890, directory lists residence on Hazelwood near Emahlia, evidently then Ward 23.
[4928] Census taker listed exact birthdates in 1900 census, ED 269, sheet 3, line 22. Listed as father-in-law of William J. Norwood.
__ | _William BARNETT ______________| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 | | |__ | _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART ___________________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 | | |__ | | |--Robert Emery BARNETT | (1848 - 1910) | __ | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________| | | (1778 - ....) | | | |__ | | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| (1812 - 1894) | | __ | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _| (1784 - 1862) | |__
_William BARNETT ____ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _John BARNETT _________| | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 | | |_Sarah HART _________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _Mark Hopkins BARNETT _| | (1850 - 1927) m 1875 | | | _William COLWELL ____ | | | (1790 - 1860) | |_Matilda COLWELL ______| | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 | | |_Anne BINGHAM _______ | (1789 - 1860) | |--Ruby Jay BARNETT | (1895 - 1896) | _David HUGGINS ______ | | | _David Alonzo HUGGANS _| | | (1815 - 1897) m 1837 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Melvira HUGGANS ______| (1858 - 1930) m 1875 | | _____________________ | | |_Mary Elizabeth RILEY _| (1819 - 1918) m 1837 | |_____________________
[4970] 1996 Ancestral File. However, birth year is 1896 in later census records.
[4971] Social Security Death Index: SSAN 011-31-5274 issued MA.
_William BARNETT ______________ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | |_Sarah HART ___________________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _Schuyler Retallic BARNETT _| | (1858 - 1909) m 1883 | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________ | | | (1778 - ....) | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| | (1812 - 1894) | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _ | (1784 - 1862) | |--Ruth BARNETT | (1895 - 1991) | _______________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_______________________________ | | |_Flora Belle BAUGHMAN ______| (1863 - 1910) m 1883 | | _______________________________ | | |_____________________| | |_______________________________
still living - details excluded
_John BARNETT _______+ | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 _James Calvin BARNETT _| | (1845 - 1915) m 1868 | | |_Matilda COLWELL ____+ | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 _Merle BARNETT ______| | (1886 - ....) m 1914| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Mary S. PAINTER ______| | (1850 - ....) m 1868 | | |_____________________ | | |--Samuel D. BARNETT | | _____________________ | | | _Samuel CATHCART ______| | | (1856 - ....) | | | |_____________________ | | |_Laura B. CATHCART __| m 1914 | | _____________________ | | |_Elizabeth HOUSER _____| | |_____________________
__ | _William BARNETT ____| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798| | |__ | _John BARNETT _______| | (1813 - 1873) m 1838| | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART _________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798| | |__ | | |--Sarah Ann BARNETT | (1842 - 1886) | __ | | | _William COLWELL ____| | | (1790 - 1860) | | | |__ | | |_Matilda COLWELL ____| (1810 - 1896) m 1838| | __ | | |_Anne BINGHAM _______| (1789 - 1860) | |__
__ | _William BARNETT ______________| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 | | |__ | _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART ___________________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 | | |__ | | |--Sarah Katherine BARNETT | (1852 - 1900) | __ | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________| | | (1778 - ....) | | | |__ | | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| (1812 - 1894) | | __ | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _| (1784 - 1862) | |__
See "Proceedings Index" vol 16 p 131 blk 4, LDS film # 0877046, Flora L. Barnett admrx. Noted living at Coraopolis, now a western suburb of Pittsburgh. He moved for a brief time to Larrimore, North Dakota, as the Richard D. Barnett who appears to be his son lists his birthplace there in later censuses. Obituary says he studied law in St. Louis.
[4954] Date from 1996 Ancestral File.
[4955] However, cemetery record seems to indicate 02 oct 1909.
__ | _William BARNETT ______________| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 | | |__ | _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART ___________________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 | | |__ | | |--Schuyler Retallic BARNETT | (1858 - 1909) | __ | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________| | | (1778 - ....) | | | |__ | | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| (1812 - 1894) | | __ | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _| (1784 - 1862) | |__
1930 Census: Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH, no children living with them at that time.
[4993] Per 1870 census and pension file.
[4994] Family notes from Darrell Lear.
_William BARNETT ____ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _John BARNETT ____________| | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 | | |_Sarah HART _________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _William C. BARNETT _| | (1839 - 1925) m 1865| | | _William COLWELL ____ | | | (1790 - 1860) | |_Matilda COLWELL _________| | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 | | |_Anne BINGHAM _______ | (1789 - 1860) | |--Smith Brown BARNETT | (1869 - 1953) | _____________________ | | | _William Reinhardt SMITH _| | | (1790 - 1872) | | | |_____________________ | | |_Sarah Belle SMITH __| (1845 - 1926) m 1865| | _Phillip BURTNER ____+ | | (1762 - 1848) |_Anna Barbara BURTNER ____| (1807 - 1882) | |_Margaret NEGLEY ____+ (1776 - 1857)
1930 Census: Baltimore city, 9th Ward, ED 132, p. 21A.
_John BARNETT ____________+ | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 _William C. BARNETT _| | (1839 - 1925) m 1865| | |_Matilda COLWELL _________+ | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 _George Norman BARNETT _| | (1878 - 1960) m 1899 | | | _William Reinhardt SMITH _ | | | (1790 - 1872) | |_Sarah Belle SMITH __| | (1845 - 1926) m 1865| | |_Anna Barbara BURTNER ____+ | (1807 - 1882) | |--Stanley William BARNETT | (1898 - ....) | _Jacob RUPP ______________ | | (1823 - ....) | _William P. RUPP ____| | | (1851 - ....) | | | |_Mary A. _____ ___________ | | (1830 - ....) |_Tillie Maude RUPP _____| (1878 - 1971) m 1899 | | __________________________ | | |_Mary _____ _________| (1849 - ....) | |__________________________
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT ________+ | (1850 - 1927) m 1875 _William Herbert BARNETT _| | (1884 - 1961) m 1910 | | |_Melvira HUGGANS _____________+ | (1858 - 1930) m 1875 _Marion Clarke ("Clark") BARNETT _| | (1910 - 1975) m 1936 | | | _David Marion ("Dee") SILVER _+ | | | (1863 - 1922) m 1888 | |_Mary Bertha SILVER ______| | (1889 - 1981) m 1910 | | |_Caroline M. ("Carrie") HOPP _+ | (1866 - 1950) m 1888 | |--Vada Edna Mae BARNETT | | _John JONES __________________+ | | (1840 - 1908) m 1875 | _Stephen Asa JONES _______| | | (1877 - 1974) m 1901 | | | |_Jane GILCHRIST ______________+ | | (1839 - 1894) m 1875 |_Mary Effie JONES ________________| (1911 - 2011) m 1936 | | _Roswell Spencer LEE _________+ | | (1854 - 1886) m 1875 |_Effie Amelia LEE ________| (1885 - 1931) m 1901 | |_Nancy Lucinda CANADAY _______+ (1855 - 1918) m 1875
still living - details excluded
_John BARNETT ______________+ | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 _Mark Hopkins BARNETT ________| | (1850 - 1927) m 1875 | | |_Matilda COLWELL ___________+ | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 _William Herbert BARNETT _| | (1884 - 1961) m 1910 | | | _David Alonzo HUGGANS ______+ | | | (1815 - 1897) m 1837 | |_Melvira HUGGANS _____________| | (1858 - 1930) m 1875 | | |_Mary Elizabeth RILEY ______ | (1819 - 1918) m 1837 | |--Vada Vivian BARNETT | | _David H. SILVER ___________+ | | (1823 - 1894) m 1846 | _David Marion ("Dee") SILVER _| | | (1863 - 1922) m 1888 | | | |_Caroline L. MCDONALD ______+ | | (1829 - 1893) m 1846 |_Mary Bertha SILVER ______| (1889 - 1981) m 1910 | | _Albert Frederick HOPP _____ | | (1821 - 1913) m 1847 |_Caroline M. ("Carrie") HOPP _| (1866 - 1950) m 1888 | |_Amelia ("Minnie") SCHUTTE _+ (1827 - 1910) m 1847
living - details excluded
_Mark Hopkins BARNETT ________+ | (1850 - 1927) m 1875 _William Herbert BARNETT _| | (1884 - 1961) m 1910 | | |_Melvira HUGGANS _____________+ | (1858 - 1930) m 1875 _Marion Clarke ("Clark") BARNETT _| | (1910 - 1975) m 1936 | | | _David Marion ("Dee") SILVER _+ | | | (1863 - 1922) m 1888 | |_Mary Bertha SILVER ______| | (1889 - 1981) m 1910 | | |_Caroline M. ("Carrie") HOPP _+ | (1866 - 1950) m 1888 | |--Wava Dea BARNETT | | _John JONES __________________+ | | (1840 - 1908) m 1875 | _Stephen Asa JONES _______| | | (1877 - 1974) m 1901 | | | |_Jane GILCHRIST ______________+ | | (1839 - 1894) m 1875 |_Mary Effie JONES ________________| (1911 - 2011) m 1936 | | _Roswell Spencer LEE _________+ | | (1854 - 1886) m 1875 |_Effie Amelia LEE ________| (1885 - 1931) m 1901 | |_Nancy Lucinda CANADAY _______+ (1855 - 1918) m 1875
A photograph of his gravestone on Find-a-Grave shows "In memory of WILLIAM BARNETT Who died August 18th 1838 Ages 69 years 3 months". Below this inscription is an indistinct text of three lines, religious in nature (including a vew legible words, such as "in the Lord". The age at death ends at the edge of the stone, showing that there was never an additional number of days, thus the age at death can be considered exact, yielding an exact date of birth of 18 may 1769.
The will of William Barnett, Sr. doles out various sums and conditions to all the children. Of particular interest is the mention of land in Jefferson Co., PA, which he owned jointly with his son Robert Barnett, William's interest to be divided between Robert's sisters Anne and Elizabeth. The distribution to William's children seems quite unequal, but may reflect other property or funds distributed earlier, such as the money Joseph had used to buy his farm.
The information in the IGI and Ancestral File concerning this family gives various dates for the children. The dates shown here come from a consensus of census and cemetery records. A reading of the Cowan Cemetery includes a stone only partly legible that says "BARNETT... mother of William", and also a Walden Barnett, illegible. It is possible there are important clues in the cemetery. Other unidentified Barnett burials from this reading include a William 1815-1884 and a John (infant) with no dates. It is certainly possible that some or all of these transcriptions are erroneous, due to weathering of the stones.
Information from Darrell Lear notes family story that only the last 6 children were known to the relatives in Armstrong Co., in spite of the will, which mentions two additional sons William and James. This information appears first in family notes complied by Stanley Barnett, whom we consider an informed if sometimes inaccurate source. It is possible that William and James pertain to a prior marriage and/or were raised elsewhere. The will of William Sr. provides annual payments beginning four years after his death, so perhaps there are accounts of the settlement in the court dockets that would mention their place of residence. (A researcher managed to find the inventory of William's estate, but no other documents relating to the estate at the Armstrong Co. courthouse.)
Family notes attributed to Stanley Barnett b. 1898 connect the origin of the family with Philadelphia, where at the "Coffee House", William Barnett bought the rights to his acreage from a man named McCall, who had acquired it as payment for a Revolutionary War debt. Stanley Barnett thought the will of William Sr. left land in Crawford Co. to William Jr. and James. In fact, it mentions land held jointly with Robert Barnett in Jefferson Co. Only cash was left to William and James. There is no mention of Crawford Co. in the will, and we have no idea where that statement came from!
But the account from Stanley Barnett differs from the story given in the History of Armstrong County, which rehearses the titles of all the major tracts of land in the county. The property was Depreciation Lot No. 286, purchased from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Benjamin Holland 23 sep 1786, "probably at the Coffee-House in Philadelphia". His son and only heir Samuel Holland finally obtained the patent 27 sep 1828 (patent in book H-25 p. 568 at the Pennsylvania Land Office notes that Benjamin had died intestate), and conveyed the property to William Barnett shortly thereafter, 08 nov 1828. Holland also owned Depreciation Lot No. 260 in West Franklin Tp., surveyed 20 oct 1785 and patented 14 aug 1830. The most likely synthesis is that Benjamin Holland bought up several depreciation lots at one of the public auctions in Philadelphia or Lancaster, then found buyers for these lots with the arrangement that he, the warrantee, would turn over title once the buyers had paid him the agreed principal and interest. Samuel, his heir, finally executed these arrangements. In order for these transactions to have been carried out over a period of nearly 50 years, there must have been legally binding documents of some type, contracts between Benjamin Holland and the individual buyers. The whereabouts of these contracts might be indicated in proceedings of the estate of Benjamin Holland, or noted in documents relating to transactions between Holland and the buyers of his other depreciation lots. Thus it may be possible to learn where and when William Barnett acquired his interest in his farm in Armstrong County. As the family story indicates William Barnett and Sarah Hart trekked through "the wilderness" with only their eldest daughter (or the eldest 2 daughters?) and a horse or mule about 1802, before Armstrong Co. was organized, the records could be in a number of places, including Allegheny Co., where the land was, Westmoreland, Northumberland, or Lycoming counties, which had jurisdiction over parts of present-day Armstrong Co., or perhaps in Philadelphia where the original sale is supposed to have taken place. The family has assumed that "the wilderness" was the Cumberland Gap, but at that early date, "the wilderness" could equally well describe the unsettled lands in any direction from Armstrong Co.
In hopes of finding a definite place of residence of Benjamin Holland, we checked the index to the Pennsylvania Depreciation Warrants, but found only two mentions of Benjamin Holland, in connection with two different lots. A warrant dated 22 may 1785 relates to lot 48 in District 3, surveyed by William Alexander, for Benjamin Holland "and Hannah Holland", and another dated 15 dec 1785 relates to lot 63 in District 2, surveyed by Daniel Leet, for Benjamin Holland. We have no way of knowing if this might be the same Benjamin Holland, or a different person altogether.
The first known reference to William Barnett in Armstrong Co. is his signature on a petition about 1802 (?) for Rev. John Boyd to be pastor for a congregation at Slate Lick, now in South Buffalo Tp. (History of Armstrong County, 1883, p. 450). We would like to know more about this document!
The timing of certain transactions seems to hint at family events. William Barnett's land, apparently purchased from Benjamin Holland before 1803, was not actually paid off until 1828, when Samuel Holland, son and heir of Benjamin, obtained the patent and within a few days deeded the land over to Barnett. Yet only a few years later, William had managed to amass enough money to help his sons Joseph and Robert buy land, and was able to provide for his son John and his daughters besides when he died in 1838. Did he acquire an inheritance about 1828? Was that the same year his mother came to live with him?
The estate papers at the Armstrong Co. Courthouse were examined by genealogist Jean Morrison, found to be uninformative. However, the inventory (06 nov 1838) identified debts to the estate owed by Robert Barnett ($15.00), Joseph Barnett ($17.24), and James Barnett ($17.00). The latter would most likely be one of the missing sons of William Barnett!
Our working hypothesis is that William had two sons, William and James, by his first wife before 1800. After her death, he remarried to Sarah Hart. The two sons were favored by their grandparents, and when William Sr. took his second family "into the wilderness" to Armstrong Co., the two sons stayed with their grandparents. By 1828, the grandfather had died, and his widow, William's mother, came to Armstrong Co. to live — implying that there may have been no other siblings who stayed on the original homestead. William's two sons by his first wife, meanwhile, had grown up and moved farther north or west, perhaps toward Lake Erie. The family has a vague story to the effect that the sons passed through Armstrong Co. on their way, and that William's second family didn't know who they were. The origin of William could well be in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, or Virginia, but all of his children who were still alive for the 1880 census reported that both of their parents were born in Pennsylvania (except for Anna, who has not yet been located on the 1880 census).
Working from the premise that William and James would have been born between about 1790 and 1798, we searched the 1790 census and found a William Barnett in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland Co., PA. There were, in fact, two Williams in the area, one listed as Barnet and the other are Barnett. The elder of these left a will proved July, 1798, naming widow Mary and children Catherine, William, Agnes (wife of Nathaniel Alexander), and Robert. The elder William is not to be confused with another William "Barnet" who appears to be a son of Jacob Barndt/Barnhart/Barnet. If our William is the son of the man who left the will in 1798, we would have to revise our scenario. Perhaps the family farm remained undivided until about 1828, and after it was sold, the widow came to Armstrong Co., the proceeds were divided among the surviving heirs, and the two children of our William by his first wife left for parts unknown. Such a scenario implies the existence of deeds and possibly other records in Westmoreland Co.
Text of the patent to Samuel Holland for Depreciation Lot No. 286 (Patents, vol. H-25, p. 568, records of the Pennsylvania Land Office):
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
To all to whom these presents shall come, greetings:
Know ye, that in consideration of the money sum of fifteen dollars & sixty Cents in full paid by Benjamin Holland into the Receiver General's Office of the Commonwealth there is granted by the Said Commonwealth unto Samuel Holland a Certain tract of land being lot No 286 in 5th district of Depreciation lands Situate in Joshua Elder's district on the west side of Allegheny River on Beaver Creek Buffaloe township Armnstrong County Beginning at a post thence by lots Nos 181 & 285 North two degrees and a half west two hundred perches to a post thence by Lot No 287 North eighty seven degrees & a half East two hundred perches to a post thence by Lot Nos 296 & 297 South two degrees and a half East two hundred perches to a Spruce Pine thence by lots No 133 & 132 South eighty seven degrees & a half west two hundred perches to the beginning Containing two hundred thirty five acres & eight tenths of an acre & allowance &c Which said tract was Surveyed by Josua Elder Deputy Surveyor of District No 5 within the tract appropriated for the redimption [sic] of depreciation Certificates in pursuance of an act of assembly passed the 12th march 1783 for the Sale of Certain lands therein mentioned for the purpose of redeeming & paying off the Certificates of the depreciation given to the officers & soldiers of the Pennsylvania line & which said described tract is marked in the Survey & plan No 286 and was sold at Public auction on the 28th of September 1786 to the aforesaid Benjamin Holland who since died Intestate leaving issue to Survive him one only son the said Samuel Holland to whom said tract descendend [sic] agreeably to the Laws of the Commonwealth.
To have and to hold the said Tract of Parcel of Land, with the appurtenances, unto the said Samuel Holland & his Heirs to the use of him the said Samuel Holland his Heirs & assigns forever free and clear of all Restrictions and Reservations, as to Mines, Royalties, Quit rents, or otherwise, accepting and reserving only the fifth part of all Gold and Silver Ore, for the use of this Commonwealth, to be delivered at the First Month, clear of all Charges.
In witness whereof Joshua Dickenson, Secretary of the Land Office of the said Commonwealth, hath hereto set his Hand, and the Seal of the Land Office of Pennsylvania hath been hereunto affixed, the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and of the Commonwealth the fifty second.
Attest, Richd M Crain Dept Sect Ld Office.
One particularly bad family tree on Ancestry.com has conflated part of this family with another Barnett family. Our William Barnett is found in the censuses of 1810, 1820, and 1830 in Armstrong Co., PA, while the other family (to which our William's son Robert has incorrectly been attached) was in another part of Pennsylvania in 1820. There is nothing in Armstrong Co., and especially in the records left by the descendants of our William, who were well acquainted with all branches of the family apart from the mysterious two sons James and William, that would support the assertion that there was also a brother Moses, or that William's father was Ezekiel, etc.
[4812] From IGI data, it appears that data for birth and death dates of William and Sarah, and for her maiden name, come from cemetery records in North Buffalo Tp., Armstrong Co., PA.
[4813] Will of William Barnett Sr. dated 10jul1838, registered 13sep1838, Armstrong Armstrong Co. PA, vol. 1, p. 198, case #462. Land in North Buffalo Tp. next to Joseph Barnett's tract bequeathed to widow Sarah, then to son John.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _William BARNETT ____| | (1769 - 1838) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--William BARNETT | (1800 - 1838) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
Invalid cert. claim filed Feb. 4, 1891, cert # 982371, and widow's claim Nov. 13, 1925 cert # 968519. William and Bell were admitted to communion 02 jul 1870, First Presbyterian Church of Kittanning. According to family information relayed by the Marilyn Nygren, most of the family history was passed down through Anne Barnett to William C., her nephew.
[4986] In 1870 census, seems to be the only Barnett still in North Buffalo Tp. (p. 268, age 30). Birthdate from pension file.
[4987] Armstrong Co. Probate Register Docket Index, see vol 6 p. 469, estate # 11333. Death date from pension file.
[14764] Pension file indicates married by Rev. William T? Kane or Kean of Freeport, either at Freeport or at Slate Lick.
__ | _William BARNETT ____| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798| | |__ | _John BARNETT _______| | (1813 - 1873) m 1838| | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART _________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798| | |__ | | |--William C. BARNETT | (1839 - 1925) | __ | | | _William COLWELL ____| | | (1790 - 1860) | | | |__ | | |_Matilda COLWELL ____| (1810 - 1896) m 1838| | __ | | |_Anne BINGHAM _______| (1789 - 1860) | |__
Interment number 16403. On the day of William's death of "hydro thorax", his father bought lots 231 and 232 in section 10 of Allegheny Cemetery for $400.
__ | _William BARNETT ______________| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 | | |__ | _Robert E. BARNETT __| | (1810 - 1904) | | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART ___________________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 | | |__ | | |--William C. BARNETT | (1842 - 1872) | __ | | | _Oliver GARRISON ______________| | | (1778 - ....) | | | |__ | | |_Mahala E. GARRISON _| (1812 - 1894) | | __ | | |_Catharine Schuyler KINGSLAND _| (1784 - 1862) | |__
still living - details excluded
_William C. BARNETT _+ | (1839 - 1925) m 1865 _George Norman BARNETT _| | (1878 - 1960) m 1899 | | |_Sarah Belle SMITH __+ | (1845 - 1926) m 1865 _Stanley William BARNETT _| | (1898 - ....) | | | _William P. RUPP ____+ | | | (1851 - ....) | |_Tillie Maude RUPP _____| | (1878 - 1971) m 1899 | | |_Mary _____ _________ | (1849 - ....) | |--William George BARNETT | | _William PATTERSON __ | | | _William PATTERSON _____| | | (1873 - 1959) | | | |_Jannett UDELL ______ | | |_Gladys PATTERSON ________| (1899 - 1964) | | _James ROBERTSON ____ | | |_Agnes ROBERTSON _______| (.... - 1957) | |_Mary DUNCAN ________
According to penion file, he was in poor health at the time of his discharge from Civil War service in 1865, probably due to malaria and dysentery. He was in "the west" about 1 year (1868), then again after his marriage. He may have lived in Scotland Co., MO or in Van Buren Co., IA, very close to the state line.
[4862] William H. Barnett is likely a son of Joseph by his first wife, as there is a gap of 11 years before the next child, and no intervening children in the 1850 census. 1850 shows age 7, but 1860 shows age 20.
[14755] Marriage performed by Rev. J. N. Dick, according to pension file.
__ | _William BARNETT ____| | (1769 - 1838) m 1798| | |__ | _Joseph BARNETT _____| | (1810 - 1884) | | | __ | | | | |_Sarah HART _________| | (1779 - 1852) m 1798| | |__ | | |--William H. BARNETT | (1839 - 1877) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Margaret Ann _____ _| (1815 - 1840) | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
Not located in 1920 census. 1910 Scotland Co., MO ED 152 #103.
_William BARNETT ____ | (1769 - 1838) m 1798 _John BARNETT _________| | (1813 - 1873) m 1838 | | |_Sarah HART _________ | (1779 - 1852) m 1798 _Mark Hopkins BARNETT _| | (1850 - 1927) m 1875 | | | _William COLWELL ____ | | | (1790 - 1860) | |_Matilda COLWELL ______| | (1810 - 1896) m 1838 | | |_Anne BINGHAM _______ | (1789 - 1860) | |--William Herbert BARNETT | (1884 - 1961) | _David HUGGINS ______ | | | _David Alonzo HUGGANS _| | | (1815 - 1897) m 1837 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Melvira HUGGANS ______| (1858 - 1930) m 1875 | | _____________________ | | |_Mary Elizabeth RILEY _| (1819 - 1918) m 1837 | |_____________________