- her husband received her share of her father's estate after being married.
BARNETT, John Will made 1 Apr 1750, no recording date. Exrx. Wife Marran. Exrs. Sons James and Ambropse when of age, Son in Law, John Watts. Ch Anne, James, John, Ambrose, Sarah (Wife of John Watts) Estate Inv articles delivered Julius Christy who married Agatha Barnett, rec. 25 Aug 1757; Articles for Henry White and Frances his Wife from Estate appraised rec 27 Nov 1766; Articles delivered James Barnett rec 27 Nov 1766. Estate being given Ambrose Barnett he being married, 23 March 1769.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/orange/court/misc0001.txt
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- Agatha Barnett, the daughter of John Barnett and Marran Gibbs, was born in Virginia. She was latter married, probably in Culpeper County, Virginia, to a man named Julius Christy. Julius, who was a twin child, is thought to have been born in about 1730 near the mouth of the York River in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was the son of Samuel Christy.
On 15 August 1754, Julius and Agatha purchased 100 acres of land from a man named Charles Walker which was situated along the Rapidan River in both Culpeper and Orange Counties. Julius later built a gristmill on this property, which he operated for nearly twenty years. This mill was eventually destroyed by flood, however, and even though Julius had it rebuilt, it was not long afterwards that he and Agatha sold this property and moved with their children to western Virginia.
In about 1776/1777, Julius and Agatha settled in that part of Botetourt County, Virginia, that is now within Greenbriar County, West Virginia. They apparently stayed there for approximately nine years, during which time Julius served in the Revolutionary War. In the record of Land Entitlements for Greenbriar County which was dated 11 January 1780, Julius received title to a 400 acre tract of land for having
settled it prior to 1 January 1778.
On 5 December 1780, Julius Christy was listed as being one of the Greenbriar residents who signed a petition to raise "twenty tunns of hemp off the tithable persons in this county for the purpose of making a market road from this place to Richmond." In about 1785/1786, Julius and Agatha moved further west into the State of Kentucky, where they settled in Clark County. Julius died in 1808 in Clark
County. His will, which was written on 5 December 1805, was subsequently probated on 25 July 1808. Although Agatha also passed away in Kentucky, the date of her death has not been determined.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jacmac/barnett.pdf
THE BERNARD / BARNETT FAMILY
BY JACK E. MAC DONALD
POWELL, WYOMING
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