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Subject: [BARRINGER] more on the NC B's
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 18:54:19 -0400

Ok,
First, I'll finish off that 'First Barringer Reunion" Article (1934),
then post info from related court records. I don't see any problem with
copyright of this because usually copyrights last 50 years, and there is
no copyright restriction mentioned on the page.

"John Paul, Mathaias and George Henry fought the Indians and were in the
Revolutionary War; his sons, John Barringer and Gen. Paul Barringer,
were in the War of 1812 and a son of Gen. Paul, General Rufus Barringer,
won fame in the Confererate army. There were others in all of these
wars, many of whom we have record.
Our clan had widened and by the date of the Spanish-American War and
the World War, there must have been many of them active, but we have no
record of any special service.
Few families have such a record as is here briefly recounted:
First, the ancestor, John Paul Barringer, REvolutionary Patriot.
Second, the sons, Daniel I.[sic L. i believe] Barringer of North
Carolina and Tennessee, and General Paul Barringer of the War of 1812
and business and political leader. Third, the great grandsons - Daniel
Morean [sic, Moreau i believe], Minister to Spain and foremost citizen
of Raleigh; Paul Brandon Barringer, the Mississippi pioneer; William
Barringer, the great preacher; Rufus Barringer, the Confederate
Brigadier-General and fearless politician; and Victor Clay Barringer,
the scholar and diplomat. Fourth, the great grandsons - Lewin W.
Barringer, successful lawyer; Daniel Morean Barringer, Jr., eminent as a
lawyer, geologist and expert on law of mining; Col. John Alston
Barringer of the Greensboro bar; Dr. Paul B. Barringer of the University
of Virginia faculty; and scores of others who have nobly served their
generation.
John Paul Barringer was a Lutheran by faith and was a leader, and
tradition has it that he furnished the land and most of the money to
build the first building for the famous St. John Church, known as the
Meeting House and located about three miles from this point, and that in
appreciation the congregation had a high seat built in the church for
him and his family. He died in 1807.
I find in my research that there are a lot of Barringers in the State
that I have not been able to place in this family. Around Troutman and
Statesville, the oldest and apparently the head of the family is
Christopher Barringer, 1774-1847; in Salisbury, a family that I cannot
trace to a connection; a family at Florence, S.C. that doesn't seem to
connect and one at Sanford, N.C. that has record back to where the head
came over to this country and if connected, it was over there; a family
in Ernden, Ill. has a record but a link is missing , and it does not
connect.
I have said very little about Mathias, George Henry or the girls. I
have our line down to date on Mathias. He evidently had other children.
As to George Henry, I have very little; haven't been able to get a line
on his second marriage or the children by that second wife. The
Pennsylvania records show that George Henry Barringer was married about
1750 to a Scotch lady and moved to North Carolina and settled on Dutch
Buffalo Creek and to this union there were three children - George,
Elizabeth and Ester. These children with their mother moved back to
Pennsylvania where the mother died and the children have married and
reared families.
As to who Geo. Henry's second wife was and what family they had, we are
unable as yet to get a line."

End of document
In the first excerpt i misspelled a few words, one was that this reunion
took place at St. John's church and I left out part of the introduction.
Here is the rest of the intro:

"The opening prayer was by Rev. C.D. Barringer, of Salisbury. Music was
by the Smith family band, of Albemarle. Family historic sketches were
read by Rev. Ben A. Barringer, of Salisbury; Mr. E.E. Barringer, of
Salisbury; and Mr. W.M. Barringer of Statesville.
Congressman R. L. Doughton made the principal speech of the morning,
being introduced by Mr. C. P. Barringer, of Salisbury.
During the business session, held while the ladies were preparing the
dinner, the men voted to make the reunion a permanent affair and elected
officers, as follows: Mr. W. M. Barringer, of Statesville, president and
historian; Mr. O.L. Barringer, of Charlotte, vice-president; Mr. C.P.
Barringer, of Salisbury, secretary and treasurer." [I'm sorry but I just
have to point out the sexist attitude of these Barringers even in
1934--I believe other women had won SOME privileges by then -susan]
"Following the dinner and a period of renewing acquaintances, there was
an afternoon session, addresses being made by Mr. Charles Price, of
Salisbury, and Former Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain.
'It was a most enjoyable day, good weather and a good crowd of about
400 people, ' Mr. W. M. Barringer stated today, in giving a brief report
of the reunion. the time and place of the next annual gathering of the
Barringer clan will be announced by the officers.
The following is the sketch of John Paul Barringer, which was read by
mr. W. M. Barringer, of Statesville, at the reunion:"

I believe this is where i left off. My mother and aunts still go to a
yearly Barringer reunion in Salisbury and I will try to find out when
and where the next one is if anyone's interested. I was born in
Salisbury and often visited my grandfather's place in the country which
I assume was part of the original land grant. But I now live on the
Outer Banks and have some trouble travelling to the reunions these days.

Susan

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