THE FAMILY OF GEORGE,
PLYER, and ABSALOM BARBER OF AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA AND JOHNSTON CO NORTH CAROLINA
References:
DWM = David W Morgan Manuscript:
David W Morgan: dmorgan@efn.org
Diane Blankenstein:
blankenstein@startext.net
Eugene Hampton: hampeeh@aol.com
Arlene Lewis:
alewis@law.txwes.edu
Melba McCaskill:
Anthony Brock: abrock@iname.com
Sonny Deibler Website at Familyorigins.com: sdeibler@gte.net
Joe Barren’s Ancestors at FTM.genealogy: bjl@lcc.net
Ref: Connie Marie Matthews at WorldConnect – goonie@surrealnet.net
Ref: Bob Baker, worldconnect: bobbaker at
swbell.net
INDEX of GEORGE, PLYER, ABSALOM FAMILY
Heads of Family (Barber); Birth year; Family number:
Absalom; 1795; 16
Absalom; 1828; 40
Absalom, 1832; 15
Adam, 167?; 1
Adolphus P, 1848; 47
Alcinda, 1838; 13
Allfred Manning Sly, 189?; 30
Alonzo, 1874; 58A
Alvin, 1834; 38
Ashley; 1823; 37
Bernice Thomas, 1830; 17
Berry, 1851; 49
Brittain; 1816; 35
Brosia Starling, 1898; 54
Burrell/Burwell; 1773; 8
Burrell/Burwell; 1810; 24
Calvin Bryant; 1857; 54
Charles Abraham, 1867; 44
Charlie L, 1868; 51
Christopher, 1795; 9
Christopher Columbus, 1868; 58
Clifton Allen, 1919; 28
Dallas Lockhart; 1861; 57
David Adrian, 1898; 53
David Vasco; 1880; 51
Deans E, 1915; 55
DeVan; 1892; 52
Doctor Ruffin, 1837; 18
Drury, 1790; 14
Edward Robert, 1897; 58
Elbert Prince, 1850; 29
Elbridge Brittain, 1848; 35
Ezekiel; 1845; 51
Festus; 1847; 52
George; 170?; 1
George; 1743; 3
George; 176?; 5
George W; 1786; 12
George; 1802; 17
George C, 1826; 12
George Douthitt, 1895; 30
George Patton; 1866; 61
George Perry; 1834; 48
George Samuel; 1836; 26
George W; 1803; 26
George W; 1834; 19
George W, 1860; 46
Gideon, 1807; 23
Gideon E, 1855; 50
Greensby Wetherford; 1818; 30
Greensby Wetherford, 1864; 30
Haman, 1823; 33
Hardy, 1822; 16
Harry Hinton, 1839; 13
Hawkins A, 1843; 20
Haywood, 1837; 19
Henry/Harry, 1789; 13
Hinton, 183?; 13
Isaac, 1810; 18
Jackson S, 1838; 19
James, 1840; 24
James Daniel, 1865; 38
James Eli; 1881; 50
James Milo, 1886; 50
Jefferson, 1863; 33
Jesse, 1815; 34
Jesse M, 1844; 58A
Jocephus C; 1832; 30
Joe C, 1914; 12
John, 1810; 5
John, 1870; 55
John C; 1826; 25
John R, 1840; 19, 28
John Reese, 1809; 28
John Samuel; 1845; 30
John William, 1851; 43
Joseph A, 1844; 22
Joseph Almon, 1844; 48A
Joseph Parker, 188?; 56
Josephus C, 1832; 42
Josiah Wood; 1808; 27
Josiah Wood, 1828; 26
Josiah Woods, 1848; 27
Julius Marcus, 1877; 38
Kimmons, 1839; 34
Lamar, 1876; 47
Larkin; 1818; 22
Larkin Evelyn, 1874; 52
Lamar, 1876; 24
Larkin, 1818; 36
Luther Berry, 1881; 62A
Luther Leon, 190?; 11
Matthew S; 1841; 26
Matthew Tolbert; 1770; 10
Matthew Tolbert, 1829; 46
Milton Flake, 1848; 31
Max Edgar, 1897; 57
Nathan, 1849; 19
Nathaniel B, 1815; 8
Norman Carlyle, 1891; 58
Octavius Parker, 1847; 41
Octavius Parker, 1876; 56
Orvid Columbus, 1893; 58
Owen; 1770; 7
Owen; 1805; 21
Phineas Watkins, 1821; 12
Plyer; 174?; 2
Plyer: 176?; 4
Pureil, 1843; 16
Purley A; 1820; 39
Ransom, 1843; 21
Reese; 1774; 11
Reese; 1809; 20
Rellie Parker, 1895; 62
Reuben, 176?; 6
Richard Leo, 1909; 62A
Robert; 1768; 9
Robert C, 1848; 37
Robert Deans; 1878; 59
Robert Roebuck, 1856; 46
Robert Thomas; 1847; 45
Romulus Marshall; 1845; 37
Samuel Bryan, 1858; 48
Samuel Isaac, 1917; 13
Samuel Reynolds; 1809; 31
Samuel W, 1814; 11
Saul Perry; 1860; 60
Saul Eugene, 1912; 56
Simeon, 1814; 5
Spencer E, 1811; 29
Terry, 1794; 19
Theophilus; 179?; 15
Thomas, 1774; 8A
Thomas, 1807; 20
Thomas, 1847; 35
Thomas Jefferson, 1862; 46
Thomas R, 1858; 33
Will, 189?; 55
William Arthur, 1888; 56
William Gaston, 1823; 43
William E, 1865; 58A
William R Agrippa; 1844; 53
William Ruffin, 1838; 44
Willie W, 1881; 62
Willis Oscar; 1855; 40
Wormley, 1803; 22
Young, 1819; 32
Young A, 1853; 33
Zachariah, 1849; 23
Spouses; Family number:
Allen, Easter; 51
Alvis, Cora Bell; 45
Banks, Frances L; 46
Barber, Adline; 16
Barber, Catherine; 44
Barber, Frances E; 30
Barber, Sarah E; 43
Barbour, Brizilla; 58A
Barbour, Esther; 49
Barbour, Mrs. Louisa; 22
Barfield, Dora Adaline; 27
Blackman, Sivill; 55
Blackmon, Mattie B; 12
Bryant, Sarah; 30
Bullock, Jincey C; 62A
Burge, Daisy M; 58
Busby, Nancy; 4
Byrd, Tabitha; 40
Carter, Annie; 62A
Chambers, Ellender; 29
Clements, Mollie; 47
Clower, Louise; 26
Conger, Mrs. Mary T; 30
Creech, Annie Laurie; 57
Darby, Madolyn; 59
Davis, Naomi; 50
Dighton, Sarah; 1
Dixon, Delana; 8
Douthitt, Sonora; 61
Durham, Susannah; 16
Earp, Emma; 46
Edwards, Eliza; 12
Ennis, Rosella; 33
Faucette, Elizabeth; 52
Franz, Nancy J; 31
Giddings, Margaret I; 58
Godwin, Mary Eliz.; 58A
Gray, Nora; 30
Gurley, Elizabeth; 39
Harvey, Sarah A; 11
Hooper, Caroline; 48A
Johnson, Indiana C; 54
Johnson, Mary; 16, 18
Johnson, Mary Frances; 51
Johnson, Mrs. Johanna; 10
Johnson, Minnie F; 51
Johnson, Nancy; 5
Johnson, Salina A; 53
Jones, Lydia Ann; 8
Jones, Rosa B; 54
Jones, Susan; 35
Jones,Temperance; 38
Jordan, Elizabeth; 7
Jordan, Rebecca; 32
Langdon, Elizabeth; 8A
Langdon, Swanenoa; 38
Lassiter, Louenza P; 37
Lassiter, Mary A; 40
Launceford, Beulah G; 30
Lee, Lena; 40
Lee, Lucille; 13
Lester, Matilda; 28
Lockhart, Temperance; 42
Lord,Georgia Angelina; 47
Lovejoy, Louisa W; 26
Massengill, Delaney; 34
Massengill, Nancy E; 37
Massengill, Polly Ann; 15
Massengill, Sally Larkin; 15
Massengill, Wilsey; 36
McLean, Stella; 11
McMichael, Nancy A; 19
Moore, Elizabeth; 1
Moore, Nannie V; 58
Moorehead, Addie; 27
Mundinger, Lillian M; 60
Noble, Susan; 12
Orr, Sarah; 9
Page, Ozella; 62
Parker, Lela; 43
Patrick, Martha; 27
Pattman; Sallie A; 26
Perry, Adaline Flake; 31
Pittman, Terressa L; 28
Reynolds, Catherine; 11
Reynolds, Elizabeth; 12
Rhodes, Octavia L; 44
Ryan, Malverta; 56
Scott, Virginia; 28
Shepherd, Elizabeth Jane; 46
Smith, Adeline E; 27
Smith, Ila M; 62
Smith, Sarah Ann Amanda; 48
Speight, Edy; 6
Stephens, Olive; 48A
Stephenson, Mary F; 33
Strickland, Bettie; 56
Strickland, Mary E; 41
Tate, Susan; 29
Temple, Beulah P; 57
Thomas, Lydia; 33
Thomas, Sally; 43
Tomlinson, Cassandra; 17
Townsend, Robbie; 55
Watkins, Adaline E; 27
Watkins, Margaret; 3
Weir, Martha E; 25
Welden, Joanna; 10
West, Stella Mae; 50
Woodall, Edith; 14
Woodall, Mary; 19
Woodall, Penelope; 5
Wright, Elizabeth; 30
FIRST GENERATION
1. GEORGE1 BARBER, b ?England 170?;d 1745 in Augusta Co
VA; m Elizabeth Moore; res Augusta Co VA, and Wilkes and Johnston Counties, NC; Elizabeth m/2 ‑‑‑
Patton. George may be son of
Adam (of England) and Sarah (Dighton) Barber.
[Ref: DWM = David W Morgan Ms.; Diane Blankenstein; Eugene
Hampton; Lt: Arlene Lewis]
SARAH2,
1740; m Reese Kelso Watkins; res Augusta Co VA and Johnston Co NC.
2 PLIER2, b Augusta Co VA 173?; m Amy ---
3 GEORGE2, 1743; m Margaret Watkins
JOHN2,
b Augusta Co 1741; m Mary Allen. (see John and William Barber of NC)
?WILLIAM2
(see John and William Barber of NC)
SECOND GENERATION
2. PLYER2 BARBER, b Augusta Co VA 173?; m Amy ---; res. Johnston Co NC. [Ref: GENNAM-L archive]
MARY/POLLY3,
1756; m 1787 William Rufus Messer
4 PLYER3, b
before 1765; m Nancy Busby
5 GEORGE3, 1760; m 1788 Nancy Johnson
6 REUBEN3, b before 1765; m 1783 Edy Speight.
7 OWEN3, c 1770; m 1791 Elizabeth Jordan
8 BURRELL/BURWELL3, 1773; m Lydia Ann Jones
8a THOMAS3, 1774; m 1799
Elizabeth Langdon.
AMY3,
1780; m 1800 William W Jones; r Johnston Co.
PATSY3, ; m 1811 William Martin
3. GEORGE2 BARBER, 1743; m Margaret Watkins; res
Augusta Co VA, Wake/Johnston Counties NC, and Wilkes Co GA; d Oglethorpe Co
GA. [Ref: Most of the material on the
descendants of George Barber and Margaret Watkins is from the work of David W
Morgan. Consult his website for much
more detail, at http://members.xoom.com/barberfamily ; Lt:Melba McCaskill]
WILLIAM3,
c 1767; probably married. ?m Rachel Daniel. He may be son of William and Sythe Barber in NCBarbers 2.
9 ROBERT3, c 1769; m Sarah Orr.
10 MATTHEW TOLBERT3, 1770; m Mrs Johanna (Weldon)
Johnson
11 REESE3, c 1774; m Catherine Reynolds.
MARTHA PATRICIA3,
c 1777; m James Scott
ELIZABETH3,
1779; m Joseph Gill Stiles
SARAH3,
c 1780; m George Reynolds.
JOSIAH3,
c 1783; d yg.
SAMUEL3, ; unmarried.
12 GEORGE W3, c 1786; m Elizabeth Reynolds.
THIRD GENERATION
4. PLYER3 BARBER, b
175?; d Johnston Co NC; m Wake Co NC 1783 Nancy Busby. [1810 census:Johnston Co shows 3
daughters, one 16-25; 1820,30 censuses show Nancy alone with daughters]
13 HENRY/HARRY4, 1789; m/1 1816 Lucy ---; m/2
1834 Elizabeth ---.
JAMES4
POLLY4,
1800
DOLLY4,
1803. In 1860 she was living with Ashley Barber (see family 25)
5. GEORGE3 BARBER, 176?; m/1 1788 Nancy Johnson;
m/2 1807 ---; lived in Johnston Co NC and Georgia. Censuses show at least 3 daughters. [Lt: Anthony Brock; Sonny Deibler Website; 1790,1800,10,20,30
censuses:Johnston Co]
14 ?DRURY4, c 1790; m Edith Woodall; r
Johnston Co NC. (Drury might be son of Reuben, son of 2.Plyer,
above). [ Rebecca Wood at
Rootsweb Worldconnect ]
REUBEN4,
1789
?BRITTAIN4,
1791 (might be son of Theophilus; see family #13)
15 THEOPHILUS4, c 1793; m Sally Larkin Massengill.
16 ABSALOM4, 1795; m Susannah Durham;
m/2 Patience ---.
17 GEORGE4, c 1802; m Cassandra Tomlinson.
18 ISAAC4, 1810; m Polly ---; r Elevation, Johnston Co
NC. [1840,50,60,70 census]
?SIMEON4,
1814; m Cassoline/Cassandra ----; in 1840 they were in Johnston Co, with 2 sons
and 2 daughters all b 1825
-35. In 1850 Simeon was in
Johnston Co with Cassandra and only 1 child, Thomas. [1840,50,60 censuses]
THOMAS, 1830
JOHN4, 1810; ?m Penelope Woodall; r Johnston Co
NC. [1840,50 census]
JULIA5,
1833
LUCY5, c 1837
GEORGE5, 1840
SIMON5, 1842
RUFFIN5, 1844
JOHN/JACKSON5, 1848
JANE5, 1851
WILLIAM5, 1854
6. REUBEN3 BARBER, b before 1765; m 1783 Edy Speight;
d Sharpsburg MD. [Rebecca Wood at
Rootsweb Worldconnect; 1790,1800,10,20,30 Johnston Co censuses show at least 6
daughters]
JOHN4,
1780-85; m Betsy Woodall; r Johnston Co. [1820,30,40,50 censuses show a girl and a boy born 181?, and a
total
of about 4 daughters and 2
sons.
ELIZABETH4,
b NC 1790; m William A Whittington.
?DRURY4,
c 1791 (see family #5)
?REUBEN4,
179?; died before 1830; m ---; r Johnston Co.
[1820,30 censuses show 1 son and 1 daughter born before
1820]
19 TERRY4, 1794; m/1 Mary Woodall; m/2 Anne
---;
SALLY4,
1802
THOMAS4,
1806; m ---. [1840 census, Johnston Co
shows 1 daughter]
THETUS4,
1810; m John Rivers Clifton; r Johnston Co NC.
7. OWEN3 BARBER, c 1770; m 1791 Elizabeth Jordan; res
Johnston Co NC. [Ref: GENNAM-L archive; Sonny Deibler Website; 1800,10,20,30,40
censuses show about 4 sons and 3 daughters]
HARRY4, ; m 1816 Lucy Barber; ?m/2 Elizabeth Barber.
?RICHARD CALVIN,
c 1794; m Laylan Byrd.
?PLYER4,
c 1795; m ---; r Johnston Co in 1830, with 3 sons. [census]
21 OWEN/?OLIN4, c 1805; m/1 ---; m/2 Frances ---;
res Johnston Co NC.
MATTHEW4,
c 1810; m ---; r Johnston Co in 1830, with 2 sons and 2 daughters. [census]
8. BURRELL3 BARBER, 1773; m Lydia Ann Jones.; r
Johnston Co NC. [Sonny Deibler Website;
1800,10,20,30,40 50 censuses show 1 son b 1785-90, and at least 3 daughters]
22 ?WORMLEY4, 1803; m Mrs Louisa ( ) Barbour; r Johnston Co NC. [1840,50,60 census]
23 ?GIDEON4, 1807; m Anne/Anrintha R ---; r
Johnston Co NC, next to Wormley.
[1840,50,60 census]
24 BURRELL/BURWELL4, 1810; m Elizabeth ---; r
Elevation, Johnston Co NC. [1850,60,70,80
census]
NATHANIEL B4,
1815; m Delana (Laney) Dixon; r Elevation, Johnston Co NC. [1880 census; Rootsweb Worldconnect]
SARAH5, 1855
BENJAMIN5, 1856
JOHN5, 1857
WILLIAM5, 1859
NATHANIEL5, 1860
RUFUS U5, 1866; m Nolia Benson;
r Johnston Co NC.
WILBER F6, 1908; m Media
Ociadelle Johnson.
SHELTON6, 1909
WILHEMINA6, c 1913
LYDAH5, 1868
SUSAN N5, 1871
DAVID D5, 1873
?MIMMA4,
1821; lived with Burrell, Sr. in 1850.
[census]
8A. THOMAS3 BARBOUR, 1774; m 1799 Elizabeth Langdon;
d Lenoir, Caldwell Co NC; r Johnston Co NC in 1800 and 1810. There was one son by 1800, and by 1810 there
were 3 daughters. Thomas lived alone in Smithfield, Johnston Co. in 1870. [censuses]
OBEDIENCE4,
1802; m Wiley Braswell; r Caldwell Co NC. [~ Mark Lawson: Rootsweb Worldconnect ~]
20 THOMAS4, 1807; m ?Elizabeth ---.
9. ROBERT3 BARBER, b GA 1768/9; m Sarah Orr. Early settlers of Clarke Co GA; res Athens,
Clarke Co.
CHRISTOPHER4,
c 1795; m ---; d Clarke Co.
GEORGE T5, c 1829
POLLY (MARY)4,
c 1796; m Samuel Bryant; res Clarke Co GA.
ANN4,
c 1800; m David Kinney.
ELIZABETH4,
c 1808; m Harvey A Archer; r Clarke Co GA; d Jackson Co GA.
SARAH MARTHA4,
1816; m Henry Jones; r Clarke Co.
FRANCES E4,
c 1818; m Greensby Wetherford Barber (see #30)
MARGARET4,
c 1822; m Augustus Patman.
25 JOHN C4, 1826; m Martha E Weir.
10. MATTHEW TOLBERT3 BARBER, 1770; m Mrs Johanna (Welden)
Johnson; res Oglethorpe Co and Butts Co GA. [Ref: DWM]
26 GEORGE W4, 1803; m Louisa W Lovejoy
27 JOSIAH WOOD4, 1808; m/1 Martha Patrick; m/2
Adaline E Smith
11. REESE3 BARBER, b Wilkes Co GA c 1774; m Catherine Reynolds;
r Barbersville, Clarke Co GA.
DAUGHTER4,
c 1807
28 JOHN REESE4, 1809; m Matilda Lester.
29 SPENCER E4, 1811; m Elender Chambers; r
Sumter Co GA.
SAMUEL W4,
1814; m/1 ---; m/2 Sarah Ann Harvey; res Clarke Co and Sumter Co GA.
SUSAN5, 1843
HENRY5, 1845
SARAH5, 1847
DAUGHTER4,
1816
30 GREENSBY WETHERFORD4, 1818; m/1 Frances E Barber;
m/2 Sarah Bryant; m/3 Mrs. Mary T Conger.
EVELINE4,
1821; m Moses Joiner; r Sumter Co GA.
GEORGE4,
1825
12. GEORG E W3 BARBER, c 1786; m Elizabeth Reynolds;
res. Oglethorpe Co GA; d Shelby Co TX.
[Joe Barren’s Ancestors at FTM.genealogy: bjl@lcc.net]
31 SAMUEL REYNOLDS4, 1809/10; m Adaline Flake Perry.
LOUISA MARION4,
1813; d Hill Co TX; m Rev. Basil E Lucas.
ELIZABETH4,
c 1812; m Burwell H Hambrick; r GA, AL, VanZandt Co TX.
NANCY4,
1815/6; m William Center.
PHOEBE4,
1818; m Samuel B Barron; r Chambers Co TX and Nacogdoches Co TX.
JOSIAH4
, c 1819
PHINEAS WATKINS4,
1821; m/1 ---; m/2 Mrs Susan Noble; res Shelby Co TX.
C Q5, (boy), 1842
THOMAS5, 1844
R T5, 1846
GEORGE C5, 1847
S E5, (girl), 1850
MARGARET WELCH4,
1825; m Benjamin Turner Hudman; res Chambers Co AL.
GEORGE C4,
1826/7; m Eliza Wilson Edwards; r Shelby Co TX, Cass Co TX.
GEORGE C5, 1853
MARY J5, 1858; m Richard Law.
R R5 (boy), 1860; d yg.
ALFRED5, c 1864
ANNIE5, c 1866; m J E Leigh.
CATHERINE5, c 1870; m J H
Birmingham.
FOURTH GENERATION
13. HENRY/HARRY4 BARBER, 1789; m/1 1816 Lucy
---; m/2 1834 Elizabeth ---; r Elevation, Johnston Co NC.
[1820,40,50,60,70,80 census]
First wife: 2 daughters born before 1820.
Second wife:
LUCETTA5,
1836
BETHELDA5,
1837
ALCINDA5,
1838; ?married Hinton Barber.
Res. Elevation. [1860,70,80
census]
JULIA6,
1851
JAMES H6, 1853
HARRY HINTON5, 1839; m Smithy A ---; r Elevation,
Johnston Co. [1860,70,80 census]
ABSALOM J6, 1861
NANCY E6, 1863
AMANDA J6, 1866
MAULSEY A6, 1867
JOHN H6, 1870
POLLY5,
1840
14. ?DRURY4 BARBER, c 1790; m Edith Woodall; r
Johnston Co NC. (Drury might be son of Reuben, son of 2.Plyer,
above). [ Rebecca Wood at
Rootsweb Worldconnect; 1820,30 censuses show only 2 sons by 1830, both born
before 1820]
CELIA5,
c 1815; m 1835 Alexander Stancil.
32 ?YOUNG5, 1819; m Rebecca Jordan.
MARY5,
c 1821; ?m --- Woodall; r Johnston Co NC in 1850, with her apparent
sisters Sally and Polley. [census]
33 ?HAMAN5, 1823; m Lydia Thomas. (May be son of Owen Barber: see
family #16)
?POLLEY5, 1824
SARAH5,
1827
15. THEOPHILUS4 BARBER, 1793; m Sally Larkin Massengill;
r Elevation, Johnston Co NC.
[Lt: Erskine Barbour; 1820,30,40,50,60 censuses]
34 ?JESSE, 1815; m Delaney Massengill; ?m/2 Cassy
---; r Neuse River, Johnston Co NC. In
1880 Elevation, Jesse and Cassy
have a family.
[1840,50,60,80 census]
35 BRITTAIN5,
c 1816; m Susan Jones. (Might
be son of George; See family #5) Res.
Elevation and Ingrams, Johnston Co
NC. [Sonny Deibler Website;
1850,60,70 census]
36 LARKIN5, c 1818; m Wilsey Massengill.
37 ASHLEY5, 1823; m Nancy Emily Massengill;
r Elevation, Johnston Co NC.
MALSEY5,
1827
RIDLEY5,
1828; m Leroy Bird.
THEOPHILUS HINTON5,
1829; m Rose T Barber.
ABSALOM5,
1832; m Polly Ann Massengill; r Neuse River, Johnston Co NC. [1860 census]
SUSAN6, 1860
38 ALVIN5, 1834; m Temperance Eliza Jones.
16. ABSALOM4 BARBER/BARBOUR, 1795; m Susannah Durham (d about 1827); m/2 Patience ---; r Elevation, Johnson Co NC. [