Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:Joel is a proven nephew of Elias BARNES, but who his parents are is unclear, I think it could be Chrissy BARNES, making Joel illegitimate, but no proof;


!CENSUS:1810 * Marion Dist, SC pg 86 w/Christian BARNES age 0-9 (1800/10) *;


!TAXLIST:1814 Marion Dist, SC Joel BARNES, $0.18;


!CENSUS:1820;


!NAMED:26 Mar 1827 Marion Dist, SC Inventory Book 1827-1836 pg 6 James
CRAWFORD Estate. Inventory & Appraisement. Appraisers: Daniel PLATT, Charles GODBOLD, Isham WATSON. Notes: ... B. MOODY & James CRAWFORD payable to John COLEMAN. ... John SANDERS ... Tobias CRAWFORD ... Dempsey CAMPBELL ... Hugh G. CRAWFORD. Accounts: ... Thomas JAMES. 1825 Proved acct against the estate of John CAMPBELL. Accounts: ... Joel BARNES ... Charity PORTER ...;


!CENSUS:1830;


!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 177 Joel BARNES age 20-29 (1810/20);


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 254/255
Joel Barns 47 Farmer $- Marion
Rebecca 21
Sarah 12
Thomas 2
Edward 6/12;


!CENSUS:1860 Georgetown Dist, SC Division No 2, Georgetown PO # 338/344
Joel Barnes 50 Farmer $-/- SC
R. 28 f Wife
Thos 13
Elias 11
H. 9 m
Jas 7 m
Mary 5;


!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) don't know how (or if) I'm related to the Joel Barnes family. I am very interested in him though.

Joel Barnes was born ca 1802/03 in Marion Dist, SC. I don't know who his parents were, but I suspect he is a son of Crissy Barnes, daughter of James Barnes and Nancy Ann. He is a proven nephew of Elias Barnes, brother of Crissy, who mentioned him as such in his Will.

I don't know who Joel Barnes' first wife was, but she was dead before 1850. In 1850 he had a Rebecca Barnes, age 21 with him, who was either his oldest daughter, or his 2nd wife. I don't know which.

Joel Barnes was listed on the 1814 Marion Dist, SC Tax list, which is unusual considering his age at the time (about 11 or 12), or else there was another Joel Barnes in the county then. The birth date I have for him may be wrong, as it is based only on one census (1850).

Joel was not found on the 1820 census.

Joel Barnes was named in the Estate of James Crawford in the accounts (meaning he owed money to the deceased) dated 26 Mar 1827 and again in the same file on 2 May 1829. (Marion County Probate Records Volume I, # 158 by Lucille Utley, Danny Smith, Indexed by Ferrell and Nancy Prosser, 1985).

In Sep 1829 (no date) Joel Barnes was listed among the purchasers at an estate sale of Ervin H. Flowers. (Marion County Probate Records Volume I, # 267 by Lucille Utley, Danny Smith, Indexed by Ferrell and Nancy Prosser, 1985).

Joel was not found on the 1830 census, though it seems that he had two children born before 1830 (though I could be mistaken about them).

On 5 Jun 1835 Elias Barnes named his "Nephew Joel Barnes" to be his Executor, and he named Joel's children as his sole legatee, though he didn't mention any of the children by name. (Marion County Probate Records Volume I, # 465 by Lucille Utley, Danny Smith, Indexed by Ferrell and Nancy Prosser, 1985).

Joel Barnes was listed on the 1840 census. He was the only Barnes listed in Marion County in 1840.

!CENSUS:1840 Marion District, SC pg 177 Joel Barnes 1010100000000-1100100000000
Analysis:
1 Male(s) 20-29 (1810-1820) Joel BARNES (1802/03) s/o Chrissy
1 Male(s) 10-14 (1825-1830) Benjamin BARNES (1826/27) son?
1 Male(s) 0-4 (1835-1840) Lewis BARNES (1835/36) son?
1 Female(s) 20-29 (1810-1820) Wife? (1810/20) gone by 1850
1 Female(s) 5-9 (1830-1835) Daughter? (1830/35) --> gone by 1850
1 Female(s) 0-4 (1835-1840) Sarah BARNES (1837/38) daughter


If Rebecca was Joel's 2nd wife (as I suspect), they were married ca 1840/48 in Marion Dist, SC.

Joel Barnes and family were listed on the 1850 census in Marion County.

!CENSUS:1850 MARION DIST, SC Page 17 House/Family # 254/ 255
BARNES JOEL 47 M W FARMER MARION
BARNES REBECCA 21 F W MARION
BARNES SARAH 12 F W MARION
BARNES THOMAS 2 M W MARION
BARNES EDWARD 0 M W 6/12 MARION

Joel Barnes was named in the Estate records of Henry Culpeper in the accounts dated 25 Oct 1856. (Marion County Probate Records Volume I, # 985 by Lucille Utley, Danny Smith, Indexed by Ferrell and Nancy Prosser, 1985).

Joel Barnes and Benjamin Barnes were both listed in the accounts for the Estate of James Deracken dated 20 Feb 1858. Joel was listed next after Benjamin. (Marion County Probate Records Volume I, # 1005 by Lucille Utley, Danny Smith, Indexed by Ferrell and Nancy Prosser, 1985).

I didn't find Joel or any of his children in 1860 or later census records.

!NOTES:Name Serena Wright per D/C of son Stephen;

!NOTES:Contradictory birth date:
4 Nov 1856 per T/S
8 Nov 1853 per D/C
- Nov 1867 per 1900 census (this one seems more reasonable)