Life History

Notes

• John H Barnett
  Birth 11 Apr 1785 in  Prince Edward, Virginia
  Death 3 Nov 1844 in  Madison, Tennessee
  Parents:
  John Barnett 1763 - 1807
  Mary Carter 1765 - 1810
  Marriage 08 Jan 1807 to Elizabeth Robertson
  Birth 8 Jan 1788 in Georgia
  Death 29 Nov 1875 in Madison, Tennessee
  Children:
  William R Barnett 1808 - 1885
  John Miles Barnett 1809 - 1891
  Albert Gallatin Barnett 1811 - 1852
  John B Barnett 1815 - 1897
  Elijah T Barnett 1821 - 1859
  Harriet Minerva Barnett b 1824
  Richard Beard Barnett b 1830
  Samuel Davidson Barnett b 1833
  --  Hicks-Boren, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26624573/person/1903806275
  
  Richard's father died in 1845, and in the 1850 census he is enumerated in the household headed by his widowed mother Elizabeth.  Nearby is his older brother John M Barnett and his mother's brother John Roberson (Robertson) with his grandmother, Mary Robertson in John Robertson's home, two doors away for them.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Madison County, Tennessee, 25 October, District 12, Hse/Fam #567
  Elizabeth Barnett 62 F [No Occup Rptd] Real Estate Value $2000 b SC [b abt 1788]
  Richard B Barnett 19 M b Tenn [b abt Sept 1831]
  Eunicy Mason 18 F b Tenn [b abt 1832]
  R M Mason 18 M Merchant b NY [b abt 1832]
  
  In 1860, he is living with his brother Samuel Davidson Barnett, who has moved back home from Tippah County, Mississippi, after the death of his brother AG with whom he was living in 1850.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Madison County, Tennessee, 30 August, Post Office Cotton Grove, District 14, p 236, Hse #1689, Fam #1723
  S D Barnett 27 M Merchant [b abt 1833] Real Estate $400 Personal $6000 Tennessee
  M L Barnett 20 F b Tennessee
  R B Barnett 30 M Real Estate $400 Personal $2500 b Tennessee

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Madison County, Tennessee
  • 30 August, Post Office Cotton Grove, District 14, p 236, Hse #1689, Fam #1723
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Madison County, Tennessee
  • 25 October, District 12, Hse/Fam #567