Major Edward Barbee

The name MAJOR was apparently given him because his maternal grandmother, was Mary MAJOR, the first wife of Thomas Trice, the mother of Sally Trice Barbee.

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Married Susan Pryor Walthall: May 16,1822

Four sons: Thomas S Barbee,Elzie Hamilton Barbee,John Pleasant Barbee and Henry Branch Barbee. Given a 2nd class Headright of land on June 8,1838

Information per Ancestors and Descendants of Louise Zacariah Barbee Compiled by William C. Hayes, Jr. 6 June 1998 and updated May 12, 2000-professional researcher-pg 11 and A History of the Barbee Families of Chatham, Orange and Wak e Couor Edward Barbee, born 1 March 1793, married Susan Pryor Walthall, daughter of Thomas S. & Rhoda Walthall of Christian Co., Ky. She was born in Virginia 26 July 1805 and came to Cumberland Co.,KY about 1810 and to Christian Co., KY about 1815.(Christian County Court Records.

Mr. James Edward Barbee of Houston, Texas, a descendant of Major E. Barbee, published in December 1956 an excellent pamphlet of 41 pages, give the descendants of Major Edward Barbee, from which the information about him was copied"

Pg. 28 states" Major Edward Barbee, son of Joseph and Sally Trice Barbee was born in Orange County, N.C. 1 March 1793 (From Bible page sent with the application of Sally Trice Barbee for a Revolutionary Soldier A Widow's pension). The name MAJOR was apparently given him because his maternal grandmother, was Mary MAJOR, the first wife of Thomas Trice, the mother of Sally Trice Barbee.

Records of the War of 1812 show that major Edward BARBEE served as a private in Lt. Col. Henry H. Bryan's Detachment of Infantry in 1812 and that Abraham Loughridge served as a privater in Capt. John Moore's Company 1st.Regiment, Col. Wm. Hall's Tennessee Volunteers fro Sumner County as a substitute for Major Barbour Barba, Barber in 1813 (note various spellings) and was stationed at a camp near Nashville. The furnishing of a substitute was entirely legal and periods of duty were of short durations during periods of threatened security by the Indians. Aab 1855 Act of Congress provided bounty land and pensions to soldiers of the War of 1812. Name misspellings in military records delayed granting them until after conclusion of the War Between the Staters. The pension and bounty land was not granted until 18975 becauseof Federal repressive measures against citizens of the former Confederacy.

Major E. Barbee is next found in Montgomery County, Tennessee in July 18914 where he witnessed a deed conveying to his father, Joseph, one negro slave.

Ed(as h e was called in Texas, over a half century later, was married in Christian County, Kentucky, just across the state line f rom his parent's home, to Susan Pryor Walthall on May 16, 1822. Wusan ws the daughter of Thomas S. Walthall and his wife Rhonda___, She was born in Virginia 26 July 1805 and came to Cumberland Co.,KY about 1810 and to Christian Co.,KY about 1816. Her father died in 1822 and her mother in 1825 and it is f rom Christian County Court Records that this information is obtained.

Four children were born to this couple.

After the death of his first wife Susan, 14 February 1857, Ed Barbee married Elizabeth Ferguson on 26 October 1858. Elizabeth was a member of a prominent family which came to East Texas quite early and lived in Rusk County

The U.S.Census of 1860 lists ED as a mill engineer with property valued at $5,000. Elizabeth's age was given as 52. ED was 67. The date of Elizabeth's death is unknown nor has her grave been found. She is thought to have been buried in anunmarked grave in Zion Hill Cemetery in Rusk County. There is no record of children being born to this couple.

Pg. 29 continued-- On 27 April 1862 at the age of 69, ED BARBEE married Barbary (BVabara) Dickson, 39, the widow of James R. Dickson from Butler Co., Alabama. She had one married daughter, two minor sons and two minor daughters.. There is no record of the date of death of Barbara; however she was living in 1868 as attested by a deed recorded in Smith County. There is no record of any children being born to this couple

ED has not been located in the 1870 U, S. Census.

The 1880 U.S.Census of Smith County lists M. E. BARBEE but does not reveal a wife or any dependents. After living to the ripe old age of 92, ED BARBEE died in August 1885. He is believed to be buried in the Antioch Cemetery east of Tyler, just north of the Kilgore Highway.

The Barbaee Suppplement pgs, S-12-1 and S-201-1 list his family and the 1830 Tennessee Census