Person:Joshua Barnes (1)

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Joshua Barnes
b.1786
m. 2 Aug 1784
  1. Rachel Barnes
  2. Adam Barnes1776 - 1840
  3. Naomi Barnes1785 - 1873
  4. Joshua Barnes1786 - 1853
  5. Zachariah Barnes1787 - 1863
  6. Robert Barnes1788 - 1855
  7. Mary Barnes1794 -
  8. Henry Barnes1795 - 1851
  9. Josiah Barnes1798 - 1853
  10. Ruth Barnes1800 - 1859
  11. Cassandra Barnes1804 - Aft 1848
m. 17 Apr 1807
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Joshua Barnes
Gender Male
Birth? 1786
Marriage License 17 Apr 1807 Baltimore Co, MDto Elizabeth Parrish
Marriage 17 Apr 1807 Baltimore Co, Marylandto Elizabeth Parrish
Will? 5 Sep 1853 Proven (Carroll Co. Will Book)
Death? 1853 Carroll Co, Maryland
Burial? Unknown
Other? 1820 Census Do
Other? Pic 6th District, Baltimore, Maryland1830 Census p. 199
Other? 1860 Census deceased
Other? 1840 Census Do
Other? 1850 Census do 4th Dist Carroll 195 or 8th Frederick 430

From Colonial Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland


His grandson, George Barnes, told Dr. Caleb Dorsey that Joshua Barnes had been killed by a falling rock when he and his son were sawing off a piece of soapstone to be used in the construction of a top for a still (for the distillation of wormseed, an important industry in Carroll Co. at the time.)

From Jim Pullen


Chancery Book 16, pp. 114-141 1864 Equity # 791


Elizabeth Barnes, and others vs. Solomon Barnes, and others. Sale of real estate.

Joshua Barnes died in 1853 intestate, leaving widow, Elizabeth Barnes, deceased. Children: Joshua Tevis Barnes; Solomon Barnes; Mary Williams, wife of Benjamin Williams; Elizabeth Shipley, deceased, widow of Frederick Shipley; Naomi Upperco, deceased, wife of Benjamin Upperco, of Baltimore County; Eurith Demoss, deceased, wife of Thomas Demoss, mother of Mary Warner (wife of Elias Warner), , Nimrod Demoss, Laura Hooker (widow of James Hooker) Lewis D. Demoss, Jehu Demoss, John Demoss, and Jane Demoss; and William Barnes (left state 15 years ago and never heard from).

The location of his property is not known, but the Carroll County Land Record Abstract Book WW-1 1837-1838, has this entry, which has not been proven to be for this Joshua Barnes


632 - Joshua Barnes - 23 Jan 1838 (made 11 Jan 1838) from George Jacobs, exec/of Aquila Garretson, who sold to Hugh Doyle, land adjacent to Deer Park Road on 8 May 1837 and bond was conveyed to Joshua Barnes on 27 Sep 1837; tract The Flag Meadow, 4+acres; located on North side of Deer Park Road, by Garretson's section conveyed to Garretson by Robert Williams; and by section conveyed by Nicholas Ruxton Gay to James Francis Mort.

References
  1. Robert Barnes. Colonial Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Anthology of Colonial Families of Maryland 1600s-1900s)
    p. 42.
  2. Researcher.

    Linda L. Mitchell, Jim Pullen

  3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. FamilySearch® International Genealogical Index v4.01.