Mary Rowland
1810 - Aft 1900 (> 91 years)-
Name Mary Rowland Birth Dec 1810 Ashe Co, NC 
Gender Female _UID B469898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000420A Death Aft 1900 Macon Co, NC Person ID I32969 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 10 Nov 2012
Father Joseph Rowland, b. 1774/1775, MD d. Apr 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age 85 years) Mother Elizabeth Fouts, b. 1776/1777, Rowan Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Macon Co, NC (Age > 84 years) Marriage Bef 1798 Wilkes Co, NC (now Ashe Co, NC) Notes - !CHILDREN:I've seen no estate records or Will or anything that would prove all of their children. Some are proven by other sources though:
1. John (c1798) with parents in 1850.
2. Elizabeth (c1805) with parents in 1850.
3. George (c1806). No direct proof.
4. Mary (c1810). No direct proof.
5. William (c1813). Mother living with him in 1860.
6. Andrew (c1817). John (c1798) with Andrew's son in 1880 listed as uncle.
7. Eli (c1820). No direct proof.
8. Wesley (c1824) with parents in 1850.
9. Rebecca (c1828) with parents in 1850. 1880 census indicates Elizabeth (#2) is her mother.
10. Susan (c1826) with parents in 1850.
11. Louisa (c1837) with parents in 1850. Might be grandchild instead.
Family ID F2883 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elihu Barnes, b. 1809/1810, Burke Co, NC d. 1860/1870, Macon Co, NC (Age 60 years) Marriage 18 Feb 1833 Macon Co, NC Children 1. Elizabeth Barnes, b. 1832/1833, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 48 years)2. Sarah R Barnes, b. Jan 1835, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Macon Co, NC (Age > 66 years)3. Mary Jane Barnes, b. 1836/1837, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Macon Co, NC (Age > 44 years)4. James M Barnes, b. 1838/1839, Macon Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Macon Co, NC (Age > 12 years)Family ID F13482 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Feb 2025
- !CHILDREN:I've seen no estate records or Will or anything that would prove all of their children. Some are proven by other sources though:
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Notes - !NOTES:I don't know for certain that Mary is a child of Joseph Rowland, but it seems likely. Her 1880 census entry shows her father was born in "Ma" which could stand for Maryland which is where Joseph was born. Joseph does seem to be the only choice for her father;
!CENSUS:1820 Ashe Co, NC pg 14 w/Joseph ROWLAND age 0-9 (1810/20)
311101-10101;
!CENSUS:1830;
!MARRIAGE:18 Feb 1833 Macon Co., NC
Elihu Barnes & Mary Rowland;
!CENSUS:1840;
!CENSUS:1850 Macon Co., NC Tennessee Valley # 178/182
Elihu Barnes 40 Farmer $- Burke
Mary 40 Ashe
George Yontz 25 Labourer Macon
Elizabeth 17
Mary J. Barnes 13
James M. 11
Elihu 5/12;
!CENSUS:1860 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 710/724
Elihu Barnes 50 Farmer $2500/1540 Burke
Mary 50 Ashe;
!CENSUS:1870 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 1/1
Stanford Lee 39 Farmer $250/450 NC
Mary Jane 33
James 16
Francis 14 f
William 12
Elihu 7
Richard 3
Mary Barnes 59 laborer;
!CENSUS:1880 Macon Co., NC Nantahala # 49/50
Stanford Lee 49 Farmer NC-NC-VA
Mary J. 43 wife NC-NC-NC
Wm J. 23 son M
Elizabeth 25 d-in-l M
Hugh B. 17 son
Richard 13 son
George 9 son
Jesse 6 son
Oliver 2 gr-son
Polly barnes 67 gr-mother* NC-MA-NC
* "gr" marked out;
!CENSUS:1900 Macon Co., NC Burningtown # 66/66
Sarah Yonce head Jan 1835 64 wd 13-11 NC-NC-NC
Elizabeth dau Mar 1870 30 S
Charley gr-son Jul 1890 9
Mary Barnes mother Dec 1810 89 wd 13-2;
- !NOTES:I don't know for certain that Mary is a child of Joseph Rowland, but it seems likely. Her 1880 census entry shows her father was born in "Ma" which could stand for Maryland which is where Joseph was born. Joseph does seem to be the only choice for her father;