John Barret
Birth: May 19, 1748
Virginia, USA
Death: Jun. 9, 1830
Louisa County
Virginia, USA
For many years a merchant in the city of Richmond. At one time Mayor of Richmond. Afterwards a resident of the county of Louisa where he departed this life in the 83rd year of his age.
At one time John Barret owned Henry "Box" Brown, a slave celebrated for mailing himself to freedom in 1849.
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Strachan Barret (1748 - 1825)
Children:
John Strachan Barret (1782 - 1856)*
Peter Strachan Barret (1785 - 1850)*
William Barret (1786 - 1871)*
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