William Thomas Barron

WILLIAM THOMAS BARRON (1826-1901) was the second child of JOSEPH and SARAH GRAHAM HAYS BARRON. He married Maria Louise Frazier in GA and later migrated to AL. In late 1869, he moved his family from AL to Smith County, TX.

--Vicki Barron Kruschwitz

According to an article appearing in a Tyler, TX paper in 1901, reporting a family reunion at the William Thomas Barron home, written by Bertha Barron: 'He was born in Walton County, Ga. on Jan. 25, 1826 and moved from Walton to Jackson County, Ga. (sic, should be Butts County; Jackson is the county seat) where he lived til almost grown; from Jackson he moved to Troup County, northeast of LaGrange, where he was married to Miss. Mariah L. Frazier...Eight years of his married life was spent in Carroll County. Becoming disheartened with Georgia, he moved to Alabama where he spent nine years near Auburn; while in Alabama, he went to where he served four years of hardships under General Johnston and Hood. On December 25, 1869, he landed in Tyler, where he has lived thirty-one years, with eight children around him, and all of them attended the reunion....'

William Thomas served in the Confederate army in Company H of the First Regiment of Alabama Volunteers.

[Source: a summary of the Smith and Joseph Barron families, written by Cecille Maxwell Reynolds in 1962].

William T. Barron, Alabama B 1, Oath of Allegiance to U.S. Place of residence, Macon County, Alabama. Complexion fair, hair auburn, eyes hazel, height 5 feet 9 inches. Remarks: Auburn, Alabama. Signs by mark. (from National Archives files).

1900 census, Smith County, TX, p. 104-7a

William Barron, 74 (Jan. 1826), Farmer, married 54 years, b. GA, father b. GA, mother b. GA

Mariah, 71 (Feb. 1829), Wife, 10 children, 8 living, b. GA, father b. GA, mother b. GA

Young R., 42 (Oct. 1852), Farm Laborer, b. GA, father b. GA, mother b. GA

Carry, 35 (July 1864 ), b. AL, father b. GA, mother b. GA

Arthur, 30 (Mar 1870), Farm Laborer, b. TX, father b. GA, mother b. GA

Note 1: In the census for Smith County, Texas, 1870, William Thomas BARRON was residing in the vicinity of Garden Valley, where the family - and extended family - of John Calhoun COX had settled. William Thomas BARRON listed his occupation as " farm laborer” and stated that his net worth was $775. It seems evident that he, in the aftermath of the War Betwen the States, migrated from Georgia, first to Alabama and then to Texas. In this same census, Virgil Newton BARRON’s sex is mistakenly given as "female.”

Note 2: From Cecille Maxwell Reynolds:

An article appearing in a Tyler, Texas newspaper in 1901, reporting the BARRON family reunion at the William Thomas BARRON home, written by Bertha BARRON: "He (William Thomas BARRON) was born in Walton County, Georgia on January 25, 1826 and moved from Walton to Jackson County, Georgia where he lived til almost grown; from Jackson he moved to Troup County, northeast of LaGrange, where he was married to Miss Mariah L. FRAZIER . . . . Eight years of his married life were spent in Carroll County. Becoming disheartened with Georgia, he moved to Alabama where he spent nine years near Auburn; while in Alabama, he went to where he served four years of hardships under Generals Johnston and Hood. On December 25, 1869, he landed in Tyler, Texas where he has lived thirty-one years, with eight children around him, and all of them attended the reunion . . . ." Not long after this family reunion, William Thomas BARRON died (February 11, 1901) and was followed in death by his wife on 22 September 1902. Both are buried 8 miles south of Tyler in the "Barron-Smyre" Cemetery. William served in the Confederacy in Company H of the 1st Regiment, Alabama Volunteers. Grandfather William BARRON's Bible states birth date as 1/25/1824.

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On a single headstone for both William and Maria (in addition to their own headstones), the inscription reads:

"OUR PARENTS.

They steer'd their course for the same quiet shore. Not parted long and now to part no more."

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