Lt. John Barksdale

DAR Ancestor #: A006168
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Lieut John Barksdale BIRTH 1752 USA DEATH 1803 (aged 50–51) Warren County, Georgia, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 73481945 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 1 Lt. John Barksdale, son of Collier and Sarah (Randolph?) Barksdale, was b. c.1751-52, probably in Goochland County, Virginia, d. 1803 in Warren County, Georgia, where he is buried. John Barksdale lived at the plantation home of his father in Charlotte County, Virginia until his father's death in 1774 when, by the will of the latter, he inherited the "Plantation [house] whereon [in] I now live with 300 acres of land adjoining thereto." By deed dated Jan. 13, 1776, John Barksdale, of the County of Charlotte, bought 100 a. from Thomas Worthy. Among the witnesses to this deed were Thomas Collier and Claiborne Barksdale. He added 146 a. to his plantation in 1779 by buying from his brother William Barksdale. No. 13, q.v. half of the latter's inheritance. He continued on his Charlotte plantation until about 1792, when by deed dated November 8, 1791 he sold to Henry Hines, 446 a. on both sides of Butterwood Creek, it being the land on which said John now lives and where his father lived, adjoining the lands of Eppes, Culvin Ford, & Joseph Barksdale." A. R. 1792. According to the Tax Books, this 446 a. was all the land that John Barksdale owned in 1791 and closed out his landownership in Charlotte County. He must have previously sold the 100 acres he bought from Worthy though there is no deed recorded which is not unusual, as the unsettled state of the times and the cheapness of land frequently resulted in deeds not being recorded. John Barksdale was a soldier of the Revolution serving as a commissioned officer in the Charlotte County Militia. The Charlotte Court Order Books show in the minutes recorded for the October 1789 term, "John Barksdale recommended as Ensign in Capt. Harvey's company." He has served previous to this as a private soldier. At the December 1780 term we find that he was recommended to be promoted 2nd Lieutenant in the same company. And again at the October 1782 term he was recommended for 1st Lt. in Capt. Jennings' Company of Militia. Many authorities show Revolutionary service of a John Barksdale, but as there were several of this given name it is sometimes difficult to determine exactly which John is referred to. In the spring or summer of 1792 or '93, John Barksdale removed to Georgia with his entire family. He settled on a plantation lying along the Ogeechee River in northwestern Warren County near the Hancock County line, here he was a cotton planter up to the time of his death. In an epidemic of malarial fever in that section in 1803, both he and several members of his family lost their lives. Susannah Burnley on February 21, 1778 in Bedford County, Virginia, daughter of Israel and Hannah (Terrell) Burnley. She was b. c. 1761-2 in Charlotte County, Virginia; d. 1803 in Warren County, Georgia. Her father, Israel Burnley, was an emigrant from England to Virginia, and he also removed to Warren County, Georgia. It was probably he who went to Georgia in 1789 as did his son Henry, the 2nd husband of Lucy Barksdale. Jonn and Susannah (Burnley) Barksdale had issue of eight children, the first six of whom were b. in Charlotte County, Virginia; the last two in Warren County, Georgia. [Barksdale Family, compiled by Captain John A. Barksdale, 1940] [Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. II]

Family Members Parents Collier Barksdale 1715–1774

Sarah Randolph Barksdale

Spouses Susannah Burnley Barksdale 1769–1803 (m. 1778)

Susannah Burnley Barksdale 1769–1803 (m. 1778)

Children Nancy Barksdale Harvey 1783–1826

Photo Terrell Barksdale 1784–1871

Ann Barksdale 1793 – unknown

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