Mary Frances Barton

Mary Frances 'Fanny' Black was the wife of Moses Barton.

On another site I found information taken from a few sources that say his parents are likely Thomas and Susan (Keys) Barton. This Moses also has a birth year of 1774. I am copying the information from genealogy dot com below.

"In 1860, Willis lives next to Madison M. Barton, and 3 doors up from James M. (Dee) Barton.

A book called "1800 Census of Pendleton District, South Carolina" that descendants and records that have been located prove that a good possibility exist that the Barton family probably began in Maryland (and possibly New Jersey) before moving to Virginia then to North Carolina and on into South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and west. It further relays that five Bartons; David, Joshua, William, Issac and Benjamin Barton all lived in Pittsylvania-Henry (Franklin County) Virginia between 1767 and 1782. They are most likely anscetors to the Pendleton District, Barton Families. Another book "Gone to Georgia" Echos what has been relayed previously.

A book " The Heritage of Hall County Georgia 1818-2001" reads the earlier Bartons are said to have gone into England with William "The Conqueror" 7th Duke of Normandy in the latter part of the 10th century. They were known as "de Barton" until the 12th century when they began to commonly use "Barton". It also reads that the Hall County Bartons descended from Thomas Barton who arrived in Jametown, Virginia before October 8, 1634. That Thomas was born around 1600. The "Law of Primogeriture" kept the younger sons from gaining anything from their fathers and they had to move out to seekf fortunes. They families therefore began to move south into North Carolina then on South. The families congregated around Wilkes County North Carolina for a while then in to the Pendleton District of South Carolina. They settled into Tugaloo area of Georgia for a while.

On January 1, 1797 Robert Looney sold all his belongings and the following land to David Barton (Father of Thomas and ancestor to our Walker County Alabama Barton Family). 200 acres on Cane Creek of Tugaloo, 200 acres on Tugaloo near mouth of Chauga. David Barton also bought 50 acres from on February 5, 1801 from John Keys (Father to Susan who married David's son Thomas Barton). Thomas bought land from William and Elizabeth Baker on October 10, 1798. The land on Cain Creek of Tugaloo adjoined the Plantation of Capt John Kees (Keys).

It reads that David Barton and theThomas-Moses Barton family moved to Morgan County Georgia between 1794 and 1801. It goes on to say that Moses, son of Thomas and Susan (Keys) Barton was born in South Carolina in 1774 and followed his father into Morgan County Georgia by 1801. Moses then went to Walker County Alabama in 1822.

Moses married Francis "Fanny" Black and had children;

1. Nathaniel (married Massa Rogers),
2. Hiram (married Sarah K Willis),
3. Willis (married Margaret Martin),
4. Vicey Louisa (married James Sanders),
5. Lydia (married Samuel Morrow),
6. John Mason (married Anna Willis),
7. Nancy (married John B Robbins),
8. James Allen (married Celia Ann Brock),
9. Rebecca (married Burgess Mullins),
10. Frances (married James Morrow),
11. Milley (married James Raines)
12. Moses (married Margaret Frye) and
13. Mary A (married James Nations).

Moses is buried in the Sardis Cemetery in Walker County Alabama beside his wife Fanny."