Al Barrs

Village Black Smith Shop in Dunchurch Villagw Warwickshire where my Barrs line worshiped, married, christened and were buried from 1613 until today. Al Barrs [contact link]. The Barrs built and operated a smithy or forge in Thurlaston a few miles west of Dunchurch Village which they operated for over 250 years. The Barrs farm lay just south of Dunchurch Village and was called Toft Hamlet. Abraham Barrs b. 1603 in Bulkington Village to Thomas and Elizabeth Barrs settled there first and became a prominent community leader.

Abraham (Abram) Bell was born on August 15, 1830 in Early or Decatur County GA. He died on March 29, 1900 in Mayo Junction Lafayette County FL. He was married to Susan Clark (daughter of Cullen Clark and Milly Measles) on September 17, 1857 in Madison County FL. Susan Clark was born on December 25, 1832 in Georgia. She died on November 27, 1916 in Lafayette County FL. Abram Bell and Susan Clark are buried in the Rogers Cemetery in Day Lafayette County FL. Abram Bell and Susan Clark had the following children: (Judge W. Bell was my, Al Barrs;, Great Grandfather. He married Lular Toole in Lafayette County Florida.)
Joanna Bell
Judge W. Bell
Laura Bell
Susan Ann Bell
William Andrew Bell
Millie Bell was born about 1874
George Bell was born about 1875
Anna Bell was born about 1877
Ella Bell
Lulu Bell was born about 1881
Eddy Bell was born about 1883

Great Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs (Al Barrs [contact link]) born September 15, 1849 in Lowndes County Georgia, married to Mary Elizabeth Boyett on January 29, 1873 and died on October 12, 1933. Parents were James C. Barrs and Martha Elizabeth Land-Barrs. He build a General Store in Day in 1904, owned The Day House pioneer hotel in Day, belonged to the Masonic Lodge of Day and built two large homes in Day and one south of Brewer Lake. Day sits on the east bank of Brewer Lake. He died in 1933 in Day.

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George Grandberry Barrs was Born in Twiggs County Georgia 1825 the oldest son of James Barrs (Born Lenoir County NC 1795 to John Barrs, Jr. and unknown mother) George Grandberry Barrs fits wife's name is unknown but we believe she was probably a Twiggs County Grandberry woman. George Ggrandberry Barrs’ wife was Elizabeth Cole
George Grandberry Barrs was killed at Coley's Station Pulaski County GA in 1866 and he was a CSA War Between The States veteran. He rose from Pvt. to Lt. He was the father of William Joshua and James Grover Barrs. His Uncles were Arthur Barrs (GGG Grandfather of Al Barrs, Dempsey Barrs, Unknown probably William Barrs. George Grandberry Barrs was a 1st cousin to Arthur Barrs' who's sons were Isaac L. Barrs, James C. Barrs and William Barrs, all born in Twiggs County GA.
Research Information:
James Barrs: Born 1795 Lenoir County North Carolina to John Barrs, Jr. and unknown mother. James Barrs, father of George Grandberry Barrs, died in 1872 in Pulaski County Georgia. Brothers of James Barrs: Dempsey, Arthur and Unknown probably William Barrs. Dempsey, Arthur, and James Barrs moved to Twiggs County Georgia after their father, John Barrs, Jr. died between 1820 and 1830. Unknown Barrs who we believe to be William Barrs moved to South Carolina. There is a William Barrs in Orangeburg South Carolina who may be the missing brother, but we have not validated that at this time (2006). By Al Barrs BARRS FAMILY HISTORY

James Barrs: Had 2 wives. The first and mother of his children was probably a Grandberry of Twiggs County Georgia. His last wife was Ann E. Pipkin, who he married January 8, 1851, in Pulaski County Georgia. They never had any children but did raise two sons of George Grandberry Barrs and his wife Elizabeth Cole after their deaths.

James Barrs children: James Barrs had one unknown daughter, George Grandberry Barrs born 1825 in Twiggs County Georgia and killed 1866 (It is rumored that he was stabbed in the back by a shoe-carver over a dispute about a woman at Coley's Station Pulaski County Georgia.) George Barrs Married Elizabeth Cole (Father Grover Cole) August 26, 1852 in Pulaski County Georgia. John and James Barrs were his youngest sons.

War Between the States Record of George Grandberry Barrs
GSI # LAST NAME FIRST NAME COMPANY U NIT SERVED RANK
10389 Barrs George G. G 10th Inf. Reg't. Private
10388 Barrs George G. A 26th Batt'n, GA Inf. 3rd Lt., 2nd Lieutenant

Notes: * "G" = Grandberry. Killed shortly after The War at Coley's Station, Pulaski GA, buried at Coley's Station. Son of James Barrs, youngest son of John Barrs, Jr. Lenoir County NC

George Grandberry Barrs: After his death his 2 sons, (William Joshua and James Grover Barrs) went to live with their Grandfather James Barrs and their stepmother Ann E. Pipkin in Pulaski County Georgia. He served in CSA 10th Regiment Georgia Volunteer and injured 4 times.

William Joshua Barrs: Married Susan Coley and later her sister Malinda Coley. Son: James Colquitt Barrs

James Colquitt Barrs: Married Nellie Myers and had 13 children. Children J. C. (Jr.?), Susannah (Henrietta), Gabriel (Gable), Naomi (Nell), Wilburn, Woodrow, Mitchell, Fred Coolidge, Agaline, Carlis Ivey, Viola, William Thomas and Herbert Arthur Barrs.

Herbert Arthur Barrs:

James Grover Barrs: Married Sarah (Sally) Eleanor Manning January 13, 1888 in Pulaski County Georgia.

Footnote:
James Barrs and his brother Arthur Barrs (GGG Grandfather of Al Barrs) were apparently very close all their lives. Arthur was the oldest son of John Barrs, Jr. and James Barrs was the youngest son. In the 1830 Twiggs County Federal Census Report Arthur Barrs had 65 slaves in his household. In the 1840 Twiggs County Federal Census Report Arthur did not appear (he died about 1843) and his wife Nancy Elizabeth Barrs was the head of their household. Arthur and/or Nancy had transferred or sold 61 of their 65 slaves to James Barrs. Nancy Barrs kept only 4 of their 65 slaves. Arthur and Nancy Barrs' sons, Isaac L., James C. and William W. Barrs moved to Lowndes (Brooks in 1858) County Georgia after Arthur Barrs’ death. Nancy Barrs went to live with her son William W. Barrs and died in Brooks County Georgia in 1880 at the age of 87. Both her parents were Irish. Her mother was Sarah and her father Thomas Campbell.

William Barrs was a very successful farmer in Brooks and Lowndes County Georgia until his death in 1890 or 1900. William Barrs and his wife Lauraney Woods are buried in the old Columbia Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Nankin Brooks County Georgia. James C. Barrs (GG Grandfather of Al Barrs) moved to south Columbia County Florida around 1870, cleared land to farm, built a general store, started Barrsville Florida and incorporated a US Post Office. James C. and Martha Elizabeth Land-Barrs were last known to be living in Suwannee County Florida at the time of the 1880 Federal Census. They were the father of my Great Grandfather Issac Newton Barrs who moved from Nankin Brooks County Georgia to Lafayette County Florida around 1880 and built a general store in Day Florida in 1904. Isaac Newton Barrs lived until 1933. He and his wife Mary Elizabeth Boyet are buried at Day Lafayette County FL. My Grandfather Oscar Marion and Father Alfonso, Sr. are also buried there along with their wives, Bertha Lee Newman-Barrs and Evia Adetha Bell-Barrs/Knouse.

By Al Barrs, Jr. Greenwood, FL [contact link]

This is a picture of Great Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs and Great Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Boyet-Barrs. Isaac Newton Barrs build a General Store in Day, Lafayette County Florida in 1904. He alos owned a pioneer boarding house and hotel called "The Day House." These establishments served the Cotton Gin in Day FL. He also built three large homes in and around Day FL.

Mary Elizabeth was born in Brooks County GA to Ashlet Boyet. Mary Elizabeth died in 1925 from blood poisionng resulting from being spurred by a chicken. Isaac Newton died in 1933. Both are buried in the Day Lafayette County Cemetery.

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The first Barrs relatives of Al Barrs, Jr. to settle in Day (Daytown to we natives.) were my Great Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs and his wife Mary Elizabeth Boyet-Barrs. Both Great Grandparents were born in Lowndes County Georgia. (Great Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Boyet's surname spelling is unclear. It has interchangeably been found spelled Boyet in the Federal Census Reports, Boyt, Boyet, Boyette and Boyett in the Brooks County Georgia history book "Brooks County Echoes of Its People." Her father was Ashley Boyet of Lowneds and later Brooks County FL. Grandpa Isaac Newton Barrs and Mary Elizabeth Boyett were married in Brooks County Georgia on January 29, 1873. Brooks County Georgia was divided from Lowndes County in 1858. G Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs build a general store in Day in 1904, owned a two story pioneer hotel/boarding house and built three large homes near Day and Brewer Lake. He and G Grandmother Elizabeth are buried in the Day Demetery. Al Barrs e-Mail; [contact link]

Palmyra Plantation home of Edmund Jones b. SEP, 1771 in Orange Co., Virginia to George Garnett Jones and Phoebe Foster-Jones. Edmund Jones was a Revolutionar War General and deeded the first 200 acres of land, including Chapel Hill, to build The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill March 24, 1797. He married Ann Nancy Lenoir, daughter of Revolutionary War Major General William Lenoir of Wilkes County NC. Captain Lenoir rallied the NC Militia at The Battle of Kings Mountain, routing the British troops and was wouned. William Lenoir built Fort Defiance Plantation home, now a NC historic home. Both Edmund Jones and William Lenoir served long terms in the NC Legislature.

John Wesley Barrs was a younger brother to Great Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs. He was a farmer in Suwannee County Florida and lived across the Suwannee River from Day Lafayette County Florida, where G. Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs lived. His grandson Jack Leonard Barrs was a physician in Jacksonville Florida for 35 years. He was born 1930 and died in April of 2004.

William Lenoir was an Indian Fighter at the beginning or the american Revolutionary War. As Captain Lenoir he rallied the NC Militia troops at The Battle of Kings Mountain and defeated the British. He was wounded at Kings Mountain and on at least one other occasion. He became a Major General in the NC Militia. He served in the NC legislature. He built Fort Defiance a historic home in NC today.

Hester Ann McCardell married Henry W. Toole in 1848 in WILKINSON COUNTY GEORGIA. Mother of Lular Toole (Twin to Lalar) who married Judge W. Bell, parents of Grandfather Wilford Franklin Bell of Lafayette County FL. Hester Ann and Henry W. Toole were the GG Grandmotehr of Al Barrs.

Henry W. Toole married Hester Ann McCardell in 1848 in WILKINSON COUNTY GEORGIA. They lived in Lafayette County Florida. He was a farmer. They are buried in the Bethel Creek Baptist Church Cemetery on ST53 just past the Twin Bridges north of Day Florida.

This is a SEP 2003 picture, now an upscale home, of the Old Barrs Forge in Thurlaston Village, Warwickshire, England. It was built in the mid 1700s and operated as a blacksmith shop and veterinarian clinic for over 250 years by Barrs family members.
Notice the horseshoe on the back gate post with the worlds "Old Forge." Picture taken by Al Barrs Greenwood, Florida USA in 2003.

(L) William W. Barrs b. 1824 in Twiggs County GA and (R) James C. (Campbell) Barrs b. 1821 in Twiggs County GA to Arthur Barrs b. 1793 Lenoir County NC and Nancy Elizabeth Land b. 1821 in Lenoir County NC. By Al Barrs, Jr. GG Grandson of James C. and Martha Elizabeth Barrs.

This old boarding house and pioneer hotel still stand in Day on the banks of Brewer Lake in Lafayette County Florida. It is under removation and stands across the dirt road from where the first cotton gin stood in Day. My Great Grandfather Isaac Newton Barrs also owned a two story pioneer hotel called in Day called The Day House. He also owned the I. N. Barrs General Store there. The photo was taken sometime in the early 1900s by an unknonw photographer... Al Barrs

The family and home of Henry W. and Hester Ann Toole and several of their children: WILLIAM, WILEY, AGUSTAS, JOHN, JENNIE, FANNIE (JANE) 1852, CAROLE, ALICE, and LOLER and LULAR Toole Twins. Lular Toole married Judge W. Bell and were my Great Grand parents (Al Barrs)

Built in 1834 in Loudon County TN by Gen. William Lenoir’s son Maj. William Ballard Lenoir.