Category Archives: Musgrave

N. C. Death Records – Nancy A. Musgrave Barnes (1837-1921)

Posted on April 9, 2016 by

Today I’m looking at the death record for Nancy Ann Musgrave Barnes on Ancestry.com. This Nancy Barnes was my husband’s great-great-grandmother, and she was married to Jacob H. Barnes. Her parents were Tobias and Apsilla Whitley Musgrave, and she was born … Continue reading →

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Researching the Barnes Family of Johnston and Wayne Counties, North Carolina

Posted on February 6, 2016 by

I’ve been researching my husband’s Barnes line from North Carolina more extensively since receiving back his DNA results. This map is from the North Carolina Atlas of Historic Boundaries, by John H. Long, Compiled by Gordon Denboer, Charles Scribner’s Sons, … Continue reading →

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Barnes and Musgrave Families of Wayne County, North Carolina

Posted on February 6, 2015 by

When I started researching my husband’s Barnes line, I knew they had Wayne County, North Carolina roots. My husband’s father and his Aunt Helen had told me that their father, Ernest Barnes, had been born in the Goldsboro area in … Continue reading →

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Jacob Barnes – Land and Slave Divison in Johnston County, NC, 1840 – Friend of Friends Friday

Posted on October 24, 2014 by

Friend of Friends Friday is a blogging prompt from Geneabloggers to upload records of enslaved ancestors, whether they are your own or not, and to transcribe them to your blog.  These records are from the estate of Jacob Barnes, who … Continue reading →

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Barnes Cousins Meet – 1941

Posted on October 23, 2013 by

I first heard about this Barnes family reunion from Helen Barnes Golden (1920-2013) about ten years ago.  She was the niece of George Herbert and Sadie Fitzgerald Barnes mentioned in this newspaper article, and what an excellent memory she had! … Continue reading →

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