Israel Barber

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1809, Camden, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1820, St Marys, Camden, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1830, St Marys, Columbia, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Israel lived in Camden County, Georgia. It is believed that Israel was the first known settler of the Okefenokee Swamp. During the time that Israel lived, Charlton, Georgia was then Camden County, Georgia.

The earliest white settler documented who was associated with the Okefenokee was Israel Barber. He moved to the Georgia Bend (the tip of Georgia, created by the St. Marys River, which dips into Florida) in 1807. He was interviewed by members of the Georgia-Florida Boundary Survey in 1831. Barber said he was familiar with the recesses of the southeastern corner of the Okefenokee because of his "habit of hunting gaters and herding cattle and hogs throughout the country." He died in 1833.

SOURCE: Okefenokee Folk: "A kinder, or more hospitable people do not live."
By C.T. Trowell.

Family/Spouse: Fnu Tullis. Fnu was born about 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth A Barber was born about 1825 in Florida, USA.
2. Sarah Jane Barber was born on 15 May 1837 in Bryan, Georgia, USA; died on 17 May 1907 in Ware, Georgia, USA.
3. Living
4. Living

Notes:

Charles and Frances moved to Glynn County, Georgia about 1810. They eventually settled in Appling County, Georgia in a site called "Old Field". Charles drew land in the 1820 Georgia Land Lottery as a Revolutionary Soldier. He drew lot 203/1 Early County and lot 109/8 in Appling County in the 1821 Land Lottery. He lived in Glynn County, Georgia at the time of the land lottery. He moved to Appling County, Georgia about 1825, where he died. In the 1830 Census he was age 60/70 and the only male in the home.

Charles + Frances Barber. Frances was born in 1750 in Robeson, North Carolina, USA; died after 7 Oct 1852 in Appling, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Appling, Georgia, USA; Militia District 442