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Benjamin Franklin Barton

Male 1760 - 1818  (~ 58 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin Barton 
    Birth ABT. 1760  Fauquier, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Feb 1818  Pickens Co., SC; burial: Pickens Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8116  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father THOMAS BARTON, Sr.,   b. ABT. 1732, Prince William, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1807, Spartanburg, Pickens Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother SARAH WILSON,   b. 1730 
    Marriage ABT. 1749  Fauquier, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorcas Anderson,   b. 13 Nov 1763, Stafford Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1849, Pickens Co., SC; burial: Pickens Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Abigail Barton,   b. ABT. 1803, Pendleton District, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1852, Pickens Co., SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years)
    Family ID F3221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

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      SEE GARY BARTON AND PAUL "JIM" BARTON'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
      http://www.bartondatabase.info/
      BARTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
      Gary Barton and Paul "Jim" Barton:
      Pvt. Benjamin Franklin Barton
      Birth Abt 1760 , Fauquier, VA, USA
      Gender Male
      Died 16 Feb 1818 , Pickens Co., SC, USA
      Buried, Pickens Co., SC, USA
      Person ID I147 Barton Database | BRANCH: Thomas Barton b. c1732, md Sarah Wilson - DNA Lineage I
      Last Modified 10 Jan 2004 11:09:20
      Father Thomas Barton, Sr., b. Abt 1732, , Prince William, VA, USA
      Mother Sarah Wilson, b. 1730
      Family ID F104 Group Sheet
      Family Dorcas Anderson, b. 13 Nov 1763, , Stafford Co., VA, USA
      Married 24 Sep 1783 Spartanburg Dist, Anderson, SC, USA
      Children 1. Thomas Barton
      2. Joshua Lane Barton, Sr., b. 5 Jul 1784, , Spartanburg, SC, USA
      3. Ceclia Barton, b. 15 Jun 1786, , Spartanburg, SC, USA
      4. Averillah Barton, b. 16 Jun 1788, , Old Pendleton Dist., SC, USA
      5. Jane "Jean" Barton, b. Abt 1789, , Spartanburg, SC, USA
      6. Vashti Barton, b. 1793, , Pendleton, SC, USA
      7. Bailey Anderson Barton, b. 5 Feb 1795, Spartanburg, Pickens, SC, USA
      8. Benjamin Franklin "J. Benjamin" Barton, Jr., b. 1797, , Old Pendleton Dist., SC, USA
      9. Dorcas "Darky" Barton, b. 28 Jul 1799, , Pendleton, SC, USA
      10. Eliza Barton, b. 1800/1801, , Pendleton, SC, USA
      11. Sarah E. Barton, b. Abt 1803, , Pendleton, SC, USA
      12. James Mattison Barton, b. 1809, , Greenville, SC, USA
      Family ID F43 Group Sheet
      Notes CITED in American Revolutionary Patriots and Descendants, Mary Carter, 1983, Vol. II., pg. 23.
      FAMILY HISTORY: "Benjamin BARTON, Esq. (son of Thomas) resided with his parents--the area was ceded to South Carolina--between the forks of the Pacolet River, Ninety-Six Dist., Spartanburg Co. (near the present town f Fingerville), during the Revolutionary War. In 1780, while in service, he became acquainted with Dorcas ANDERSON (dau. of John Anderson and Sarah Carney) while she was under protection in Earle's Fort, near Landrum, S.C., but across the State line. They were married, 9/4/1783, at the home of her mother, about one mile above the fork of the Pacolet River (Pension File W-20683). They removed to Pendleton Dist., now Pickens Co., S.C., where he died, 2/16/1818.", Historical Southern Families, Vol. VIII, John Bennett Boddie, 1970.
      !MILITARY PENSION: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files, Natl. Archives microfilm no. M804, roll #167: W-20683. Revolutionary Service from South Carolina.
      CITED in "DAR Patriot Index", 1966, p. 41. (Pvt. SC)
      RESEARCHERS (1) Barbara Pace (2) Julia Alexander (3) Sarah Studstill (4) Bill Fenn
      CITED in "Cook - Heard & Allied Lines" by Tressie Cook, Farmer Genealogy Co., Dallas TX, from the files of Terry Barton, Barton Historical Society, Oct 2002 (BART348)
      CITED in THE BARTON FAMILY by Jason E. Barton (aka The Blue Book aka The Barton Book (orig. ed.), film #858,773 at Mesa AZ FHC (BART402)
      CITED in "The Barton Book revised edition" compiled by Robert Dacus Nally for The Barton Historical Society, Genealogy Pub. Service, 1994 (BART287)
      MILITARY "Benjamin served 253 days Militia duty, after May 12, 1780 (fall of Charleston) 1782, as a private under Capt. Major Parsons, Col. Benjamin Roebucks Regiment, South Carolina Troops; served in a Block House on the line, came in service to Earl's Fort, in scouting parties in the surrounding Country and one battle." (BART287)
      MILITARY Cited in Barton Roll of Honor, compiled by Carl James Barton, first ed. 2001 "Took part in the Battle of the Cowpens, in South Carolina. This battle took place on 17 Jan 1781, in figting that lasted just an hour; an outnumbered Patriot army under General Daniel Morgan destroyed a crack British unit commanded by the feared and hated Colonel Banastre Tarleton. There are indications that Benjamin may have been part of the Battle at King's Mountain. In the book "The King's Mountain Men" by Katherine K. White, she lists him as being at this battle. However, the book "The Patriot's of King's Mountain" by Bobby G. Moss list's him as possibly serving at this battle as there is no official documentation to prove this at this time. Mr. Moss' book "Patriots at the Cowpens" he does list Benjamin as being at this battle. (REF: Revolutionary War Pension File W-20 683 [sic], obit of wife Dorcas (Anderson) Barton dated 19 Jan 1850 and Dorcas' pension application) (pg397)" (BART385)
      WILL transcribed in "The Barton Book revised edition", p. 651.
      CITED in "The Franklin and Malinda Barton Family" by Caroline Latham Bode, Nortex Press, Burnet TX Gc 929.2 B28509b at Allen Co. Pub. Lib., Ft. Wayne IN (BART338) which notes Benjamin's death as 16 Feb 1849.
      DNA Project of Barton Historical Society, Phase I - pedigree submission SC 44.43, cal99@mindspring.com
      DNA Project of Barton Historical Society, Phase I - pedigree submission SC 44.28, madamary@aol.com
      RESEARCHER Carroll M. Pitman on 12 Aug 2002.
      RESEARCHER descendant H. Grant Rice on 7 Apr 2003
      RESEARCHER descendant Terry Barton who provided a GED with information on this subject 16 Feb 2004.



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