1776 ~1840
Joseph Barrett the son of Reuben Barrett was born in 1776 in Old 96 District of South Carolina. He married first Nancy Doty, second he married Rutha Cabiness Moore on November 6, 1826 in Tuscaloosa District, AL.Joseph Barrett was a Baptist preacher and a school teacher. He was a member of New Hope Church, a second Baptist Church that was established in Neshoba County, Mississippi on April 27, 1839. According to Ann Lila in a paper she typed in May of 1993, Joseph and his wife and one of their servants joined the church the year it was established. Their son David Hamilton was already a member.
In the estate papers of George Allen debts paid are listed and five dollars was paid to Joseph Barrett in 1805 for schooling for his children. A copy can be found below under "Occupation" link.
Children of Joseph Barrett and Nancy Doty
Children of Joseph Barrett and Rutha Cabiness Moore
UNKNOWN BARRETT
Joseph Barrett
CENSUS RECORDS
Church Records
Original Documents
FATHERS WILL
JOSEPH AND RUTHA MARRIAGE DOCUMENT
Rutha Cabiness Moore