Dorcas Barnes, of Toccoa

Great grandmother was Dial Family Connected to Indian Woods = http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/tuscarra.htm and this Odom line had come from the Meherrin right adjacent neighbors of the self referencing Old Cheraw.

Dorcas (Odom) Largent-Barnes of Toccoa was born circa 1765 in Sumpter Nat. Forest, Ga, near Toccoa, Toccoa, Stephens County, GA, where gold, iron, and manganese mines were what drew the Va family to Ga.

Her parents were Jacob Odom of Nottoway River and [Ann Odom Ann (King) Odom.

Dorcas married John B Barnes, of TN.

Together they had the following children: John Barnes.

They came to work in the mines, which Diggins website lists 23 mines in the area. -- Dorcas (Odom) Largent-Barnes atDNA 11 126 Signature SNP matchers with XK3787968 AH6520100 kits as 2 of hundreds.

MyHeritage Family Trees Long Family Site (23andMe), managed by James Long

Birth: 1765 - Cherokee N.W section of South Carolina, USA

Death: Aug 1858 - Stewart, Tennessee, USA

Husband: John Barnes