Chesley BARNES

1760 - 1840  (80 years)

• Name	Chesley BARNES
  Born	1760	Slate River, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	258
  Died	08 Sep 1840	Rockingham County, North Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I258	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	21 May 2012

  
  

  Family	Mary MEANS,   b. Abt 1762
  Married	10 Feb 1783	Rockingham County, North Carolina   [3]
  Children	1. Robert BARNES,   b. 26 Apr 1784   2. John BARNES,   b. 12 Jan 1786   3. Nathaniel BARNES,   b. 11 Feb 1788   4. Pleasant BARNES,   b. 19 Feb 1791   5. Ann BARNES,   b. 12 Sep 1793   6. Martha BARNES,   b. 31 Mar 1796   7. Nancy BARNES,   b. 06 Aug 1798   8. Mary BARNES,   b. Abt 1800, Rockingham County, North Carolina Married: Alexander William WRAY (1816)   9. Susannah BARNES,   b. 20 Dec 1806
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Chesley Barnes Rev War Pension Application W4877

  
  

• Notes

  Chesley mentions daughter Polly Wray in his will. Will book B, pg. 248. The will is dated March 9, 1840 and was probated Nov. 1840. Other named children are John, Nathaniel, Pleasant, Anne Cardwell, Patsey Gann, and Nancy Richardson. Chesley Barnes is not in the 1840 Census, but Polly Barnes is. Chesley Barnes was in the militia during the Revolutionary War and survived to receive a pension under the act of 1832. His pension files give the names and birthdates of all children and name and marriage date of his wife.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Warrants (HQ), (NARA), Chesley Barnes, W4877, Application of Chesley Barnes. [S15] Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Warrants (HQ), (NARA), Chesley Barnes, W4877, Application of Mary Barnes, 25 May 1844. [S15] Rev. War Pension & Bounty Land Warrants (HQ), (NARA), Chesley Barnes, W4877, Minister's Return.