John Barr

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@R450622769@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Ruling elder in the Thyatira Presbyterian Church. Donated the 10 acres where the Back Creek Pres. Church was built and still stands today. Wrote a book, The Early Religious History of John Barr, left as a legacy to his grandchildren. Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1852, by Alexander "W. Mitchell, M. D. In the office of the Clerk of the District Court for tneEastern District of Pennsylvania.

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PATRIOT. REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN

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Info on John from WikiTree

Goodman, Hattie S. The Knox Family. A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina and other Knoxes. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers and Publishers, 1905.
Goodman, p 157
Back Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1988136>
WikiTree profile Barr-162 created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer </wiki/Hayer-4>

Also from same source. (Check p.7 of Ellie's Book. A bit cnfuing there, but talking about the same family., Anne M. Campbell says John was born in York County, PA .and emigrated to NC in 1765.(John was 16. Lots of information on p. 7ff.
He settled in the Back Creek neighborhood of Rowan County, North Carolina. He was one of the first elders in Back Creek Church and donated the land on which the church was built in 1805.[1][2]

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