Sarah Barnard

In party of arrival at Southwest Point, to buy land on Riley's Creek south of River from Kingston, TN. Hiwassee Treaty. Hwy 58, Decatur Hwy, TN known as "Barnardsville". Had US Post Office, store, school, homes and a church. Sarah Backman came to Roane County, TN after her spouse. Jonathan Barnard drowned in the Holston River. She was a Quaker. 30 Oct 1820:: Vachel Light to Zadoc Barnard and John Barnard, all of Hawkins County, for $30, a parcel of undivided land on Beech Creek, 18 acres, being my equal part of a tract of land granted by the State of North Carolina to John Barnard, deceased, and I, Vachel Light, release all my right, title, claim and interest to Zadoc Barnard and John Barnard, after the death of their Mother, Sarah Lane; Reuben Barnard, Jonathan Barnard, Lewis Barnard, witnesses. Registered 1 Oct 1821. (Hawkins Co., Tenn, Deed Book 10 p. 195)

1 Oct 1821:: Samuel Barnard of Roan(e) County, Tenn., to Zadoc Barnard and John Barnard, minor heirs of John Barnard, deceased, for $30, paid by my mother, Sarah Lane, of Hawkins County, Tenn., all my interest in a tract of undivided land in Hawkins County on Beech Creek, adjoining Reuben Barnard and John Light, which was granted by the State of North Carolina to John Barnard, deceased, 18 acres, being my undivided equal share as one of the legal heirs of the said John Barnard, deceased, but my said mother to have profit of said land during her natural life; Reuben Barnard, John Barnard, Lewis Barnard, witnesses. Will of John Lane, dated 4 Dec 1823:: of an advanced age in life; to my well beloved wife Sarah and at her death to her two youngest sons, Zadoc and John Barnard; to my daughter Sarah Wood, wife of John Wood; all the rest of my children already provided for; property my wife got from her father's estate since our marriage to her for life and then to all of her children equally; Reuben Barnard, Lewis Dalton, Lewis Barnard, Witnesses. (Hawkins co., Tenn, Wil Book 1, pp313-314)

26 Nov 1836:: John C. Bernard to Zadok Bernard, both of Hawkins County, for $475, 150 acres of land in Hawkins County on Beech Creek, being said John Bernard's undivided share of land granted by the Sate of North Carolina to John Bernard Sr., deceased, adjoining John Light and the heirs of Reuben Bernard, deceased, it being the land whereon Sarah Lane now lives, except "one half of eighteenth part which is the share of Hezekiah Bernard's which has never been bought the said Zadok takes that at his own risk"; Michael Light, Wesley (X) Ball, witnesses. Registered 10 Mar 1837. (Hawkins co., Tenn, Deed Book 15, p 547)

Jonathan Barnard, his wife, Sarah Jolly Barnard, whom he had married in Green Co. in 1812, and Jonathan’s widowed mother, Sarah Bachman (Barnard) Lane, were in the party from Sullivan County. Jonathan’s father, John Barnate (Barnard), a Revolutionary War Veteran, had drowned in 1812 in the Holston River. In 1814, Sarah (Barnard) Barnate married John Lane. Sarah Jolly Barnard’s parents, William and Nancy Jolly, were also along. Probably several children were in the group.

Arriving at Southwest Point, those early families were able to buy land on Riley’s Creek “south of the river” from Kingston. This land from the “Hiwassee Treaty” became available after the Cherokee Indians ceded many acres to the U. S. government including much of south Roane County and several other counties. The area where these families settled (now along Hwy. 58, Decatur Hwy.) became known as Barnardsville, which had a U. S. Post Office, a store, a school, several homes, and a church.

Sarah Bachman’s father, Samuel Bachman came to Sullivan County from Pennsylvania in 1776 with trade goods in a wagon. Later with his wife, Rachel Owen Bachman, and his two sons and two daughters, he established a home on his 2400 acre land grant on Horse Creek. It was daughter, Sarah, who came to Roane County after John Barnate drowned and after she was married again to John Lane. John Barnate and Sarah Bachman (Barnate) Lane had 9 children. She and John Lane had no children.

Jonathan and Sarah Jolly Barnard had 12 children. In Roane County, Jonathan became a farmer and an active citizen serving as a Justice of the Peace. Jonathan and Sarah became Ray Barnard’s great-great-grandparents.

Sa rah Jolly Barnard’s parents, the William Jolly’s, also served their community well. Shiloh Baptist Church was established in 1821 at the Barnardsville home of William and Nancy Jolly. Nancy Jolly was very active in this church until her death in 1842 as noted in the church minutes. William Jolly served as a justice of the peace. Descending from William and Nancy Jolly were 10 children, the oldest being Sarah Jolly Barnard, with of Jonathan Barnard.

Among Jonathan and Sarah Jolly Barnard’s 12 children was their 9th son, Jonathan M. Barnard, direct ancestor of John McMurray Barnard (John Mac) who upon his death left a great amount of invaluable genealogical material and many books about the Barnard ancestors in Roane County. These were donated to Kingston City Library.

There are many other descendants of these early settlers in Roane County and throughout the U.S.

George Walter Barnard, 8th son of Jonathan and Sarah Jolly Barnard, was the great-grandfather of Ray W. Barnard. George married Malinda Caroline Crowder in 1857. He served in the Civil War. They had 8 children, the youngest being Edwin Eblen Barnard (“Mr. Ebb”), Ray Barnard’s grandfather.

The home built by George and Caroline Barnard just north of Barnardsville and between present Hwy. 58 and Riley’s Creek, housed four generations of Barnards before it burned in the 1980’s. The last Barnard family to live in it included Edwin Edward Barnard (George and Caroline’s 8th son), Mary Suddath Barnard (“Miss Mary,” “Mr. Ebb’s” wife), their 7 children, a grandson, Ray W. Barnard, and Walter Barnard, brother of Edwin Eblen Barnard. Ray Barnard’s father, Roy Barnard died when Ray was 2 years old. Ray then lived with his grandparents in Barnardsville.

The two brothers, “Mr. Ebb” and Uncle Walter, with the help of their family, farmed the homeplace land well in their 80’s. This was a self-sufficient way of living; most necessities came from the farm. They raised food for their family and their stock, selling some of their production for cash income.

East Tennessee Historical Society honored Ray Barnard and his three daughters with “First Families of Tennessee” certificates based on their descent from John Barnate (Barnard), Revolutionary War Soldier, who was granted land from North Carolina in Sullivan County in 1783.

Colleen Hartley Baugh Barnard received a “First Families of Tennessee” certificate based on her descent from John Bowman, Revolutionary War Soldier, who settled in Stockton Valley, and then Roane County, which land later became Loudon County.

Submitted by Colleen Hartley Baugh Barnard. Sources: Roane County Records; Hawkins County Records; Green County Records; Sullivan County Records;Shiloh Baptist Church Minutes; Kingston Heritage – Spoden; Historic Sites of Sullivan Co. – Spoden; The First Years on Bays Mountain – Spoden; Family Interviews Married John Barnard March 1789 in Hawkins Co. TN, after his death in 1812, she married John Lane 10 March 1814 in Hawkins Co. TN

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Married John Barnard March 1789 in Hawkins Co. TN, after his death in 1812, she married John Lane 10 March 1814 in Hawkins Co. TN* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 8 2021, 16:01:19 UTC