John S. and Martha (Cannon) Barnes
Wed, 01/26/2022 - 5:00am
John and Martha Barnes (also spelled Barns) came to Texas about 1841 from Yalobusha Co., MS, where they married on 28 Feb 1835. Martha was born about 1817 in Greenville District, SC (now Pickens Co.), the daughter of Carter C. and Sarah Cannon, who also came to Cass Co. [See separate story about this family.] The 1850 Cass Co., TX, census shows John as having been born about 1813 in Alabama Territory, some six years before it became a state. It is possible, however, that the census informant was wrong, and he was born in the Mississippi or Louisiana territories.
