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Richard Barrow[1]

Male circa 1727 - 1805  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Richard Barrow 
    Born circa 1726/27  ? North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 1799 and 1805  ? Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • William Barrow & Elizabeth Elker          Richard Barrow I & Mary Richard Barrow II & Mary Godwin
        b. 1703/05  b. 1738/39
      m.14 Jun 1696                                        m. 1723/25  m. 1757/58
      d.  8 Jan 1715/16                                      d. 1770 d. 1799???
      William  9 Feb 1697                      Richard  1738/39--1799 Reuben    1758/59--aft 1820 LA
      Sarah    7 Jun 1701                              Reuben    d. 1812 GA
      Ann      1702/03                        Joseph
      Richard  1704/05                      Abraham  1734
      Samuel  1704/05                      Benjamin
      Joseph  1705 /06
      James    1709/10
      John    20 Oct 1713
      1703/05--Richard I is born (son/of William Barrow & Elizabeth Elker)
      8 Jan 1715---Richard I named in fathers (William) will in Hyde Co, NC--to share 1400 ac manor plantation w/brothers, William  & John
      *1723/25** Richard I mar. Mary (assuming he is at least 20 when they marry)
      8 Jul 1734 - Richard I & wife, Mary, named in mothers' will (Elizabeth Elkes Cook Barrow Lillington)(Hyde,NC)
      27 Nov 1734 - Richard I bought land fr brother, Joseph -- 100 ac -- Hyde Pct (Wickham) -- "lying on the west side of Pungo Swamp being the land he now lives on and being all that parcel of land that is in the upper part of the Survey running toward the Main Road as by the corners of the Patent will appear."
      23 Aug 1735 - Richard I bought land fr brother, Joseph -- 100 ac -- Hyde Pct (Wickham) -- "adjoining (brother) James  Barrow's corner trees.. Richard Newman's corner..thence down the Main Swamp."
      *1738/39 ** Richard II is born (fr other rec. we know his son Reuben is b. 1758/ 59, if Richard II is at least 20 when  Reuben is born, then Richard II has to be b. abt 1738-39)
      11 Dec 1745 - Richard I bought land fr Richard Jones--100 ac- -Beaufort, NC--"on the east side of Matchapungo Swamp beginning at Richard Newman's corner tree on the Swamp.."
      27 Aug 1753 - survey for a land grant to Richard Barrow I of Beaufort, GA by Lord Granville for 640 ac on s/side of Tarr River
      27 Feb 1751/52 - One Joseph Barrow (?son of Richard I?) was named the executor  of the will of Nathan Godwin, in which he names his wife Mary Godwin and a daughter Mary Godwin with wit: Richard Lattin, Mary Williams and Elizabeth Church in Beaufort Co. (prior to the formation of Pitt Co) NC
      1755 - Richard Barrow I on tax list in Beaufort, NC (w/son & 2 negroes)
      31 Jan 1755 - Richard I rec 640 ac land grant fr Lord Granville in what became Pitt Co, NC in 1760
      (640 ac in Beaufort Co on s/side of Tarr river..being the plantation where Barrow now lives..surveyed 27 Aug 1753) [The Granville District of NC, Abstracts of Land Grants, Vol. 1]
      6 Mar 1755 - Richard I made a deed for 140 ac to Abraham Barrow (son-at least 21, b. ca 1734) -- "a tract of land lying on the s/side of Tarr River, part of 640 ac granted by Francis Corban, Esq. agent of Earl of Granville.."
      *1758/59** Richard II mar. Mary Godwin (assuming he is at least 20 when they marry)
      1760 -- Richard I has land in Pitt, NC on s/side of "Hardee's Run" & on s/side of Tarr River
      1764 -- Richard I on Pitt, NC tax records  w/sons Joseph & Reuben (presumed to be at least 16 yrs old)
      26 Aug 1767 - (poss son of Richard I, Benjamin rec 690 ac fr William Stansell Jr w/Joseph Barrow as witness)
      26 Aug 1767 - (son of Richard I, Joseph Barrow rec 220 ac fr William Stansell Jr w/Benjamin Barrow as witness)
      *1770** Richard I is dead
      4 Apr 1770 - Richard Barrow II & Reuben Barrow of Pitt Co, NC  sold 280 ac (on s/side of Tarr River) to Benj Randall (part of Granville Grant to their father Richard  Barrow, dated 31 Jan 1755)
      15 Mar 1773 - Richard II & Mary Barrow of Pitt Co,  NC sell 100 ac "adjoining May's cornfield" to Ni
    Person ID I37474  mykindred
    Last Modified Jun 22, 2005 

    Father Richard Barrow,   b. Between 1703 and 1705, Bath Towne, Pamptecough, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1770  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Mary (__),   d.
    Married circa 1724 
    Family ID F13461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Godwin,   d.
    Married Opelousas, Saint Landry parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Reuben Barrow,   b. 1758/59, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1820, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 62 years)
    Family ID F13447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S651] Gedcom - 1523699.ged.

    2. [S634] Southwest Louisiana Records, Vol. I--1756-1810.