Samuel Barber

Abt 1760 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Samuel Barber
  		Virginia to Louisiana Samuel Barber's earliest years. This was originally written in 1995. While the general history and the family stories here are correct, we now know that Samuel never joined any wagon train to Tennessee or Kentucky. He joined the U.S. Army in 1801 and eventually found himself in Louisiana, where he deserted. Read “Barber”Family in Louisiana" and “Samuel in Maryland” for more recent research.
  Born	Abt 1760
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I420	Barber
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Burroughs,   b. Abt 1760,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Samuel B. Barber,   b. Abt 1790, Hagerstown, Maryland ,   d. 9 Apr 1864, Gus Buck Place, Liberty County, Texas  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2012
  Family ID	F379	Group Sheet

  
  

• Histories		Samuel in Maryland This, too, dates from 1997, and is what I know about Samuel's origins before he joined the army and the story picks up in "Barber Family in Louisiana." More recent work using DNA testing to discover our origins in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century have yielded some hints, but that is not covered here.
  		Warrens, Barbers, and Indians A persistent Barber family legend holds that Samuel Barber's mother was a sister to Bunker Hill hero Joseph Warren and that she herself was once abducted by Indians and recovered. Here's what I learned back in 1993.

  
  

• Notes

  See Deep Roots p. 309; p431; and supplement p59. Samuel Barber's mother's and father's names are taken from his marriage license only.