Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Oliver Barron

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Name Oliver Barron [1] Born Abt 1765 Charles County, Maryland Gender Male Died 22 Jul 1823 Prince George's County, Maryland Person ID I061631 Tree1 Last Modified 22 Jan 2021
Father Samuel Cooksey Barron, b. 1730, Charles County, Maryland , d. 30 Apr 1789, Prince George's County, Maryland - Probate
(Age 59 years)
Mother Millicent Burch, b. Between 1734 and 1738, Charles County, Maryland , d. Aft 1800, Washington, District of Columbia
(Age ~ 67 years)
Married Bef 1755 Charles County, Maryland Family ID F09439 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah Wilson, b. Abt 1769, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. Bef 1799, Prince George's County, Maryland
(Age ~ 29 years)
Married 8 Feb 1785 Prince George's County, Maryland Notes - === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith
Feb. 8, 1785 - Oliver Barne [sic; Barron] m. Sarah Wilson in Prince George's Co., Md.
Source: Brown, Helen W., "Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1777-1886," p. 9.
Children 1. Emma Barron, b. Abt 1783, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. Baltimore County, Maryland
2. Zachariah Barron, b. Aft 1790, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. Aft 1828, Prince George's County, Maryland
(Age > 38 years)
3. Harriett Barron, b. Aft 1790, Prince George's County, Maryland 4. Martha Barron, b. Bef 1792, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland 5. Teresa Anne Barron, b. 5 Jun 1794, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. 1875, Baltimore County, Maryland
(Age 80 years)
6. Samuel Barron, b. Bef 1799, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. Aft 1838, Prince George's County, Maryland
(Age > 41 years)
Last Modified 22 Jan 2021 Family ID F27441 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth Beall, b. 1775, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. Aft 1825, Prince George's County, Maryland
(Age > 51 years)
Married 28 May 1800 St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Notes - May 28, 1800 - Oliver Barron m. Elizabeth Beall in Prince George's Co., Md. (license date)
Source: Brown, Helen W., "Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1777-1886," p. 10.
Children 1. Ruth Barron, b. 1801, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland 2. Ninian Beall Barron, b. 1802, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland 3. Oliver Barron, b. 6 May 1804, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. 26 Jan 1845 (Age 40 years)
4. Henry Barron, b. 10 Dec 1805, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland 5. Mildred Barron, b. 1806, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland 6. Thomas Barron, b. 1808, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland , d. 9 Oct 1880, Washington, District of Columbia
(Age 72 years)
7. Mary Anne Barron, b. 1809, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland 8. Margaret Barron, b. 1811, St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Last Modified 22 Jan 2021 Family ID F12820 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith
Jan. 1, 1823 - The Prince George's Co., Md. will of Oliver Barron, probated July 22, 1823, bequeaths to:
1. Elizabeth Barron--wife
--to have all the testator's personal estate and real estate for the term of 10 years after testator's death and at the end of 10 years the estate to be sold and the money from the estate to be divided with her to have a child's portion.
2. Elizabeth Tilley--grandaughter
--at the end of 10 years to have one third of a chid's portion of the money from the sale of the estate.
3. Mary A. Barron--daughter
--to have Negro girl Margaret over and above her share of the remainder of the estate in order to educate her
--testator's daughters married and unmarried to have a child's portion of the remainder of the estate at the end of 10 years.
4. Ninian B. Barron--son
Oliver Barron--son
Henry Barron--son
--to have an equal share of the remainder of the estate with the other children.
5. Zachariah Barron--son
Samuel Barron--son
--to have an equal share with the testator's other children of the remainder of the estate if they should settle the bonds that the testator is security for and not to injure the testator as a security.
--Zachariah named executor along with the testator's widow.
Witnesses: Samuel Phillips, George Page, Thomas Harvey.
Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand.
Source: Keddie, Leslie & Neil, "Prince George's County, Maryland Wills, 1823-1827," pp. 9-10.
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND WILLS; Liber TT; 1813-1817; Keddie; folio 81
JAMES WARING "being sick of body ..." 12/17/1813; 01/10/1814
Bequeaths to:
1. Wife
-testator desires that all his debts be paid by the money arising
from the sale of the tobacco he now has on hand and the money
arising from the collection of the debts now due the testator and
should that not be sufficient then to make sale ofthe land the testator
purchased from the heirs of John Turner called "Brashear's Pacourson
Second Part" and out of the balance left over testator's widow to have
one third part
-to have one third part of the testator's personal estate and to have
one third of the testator's lands for her natural life
2. Kitty Waring --daughter
Eleanor Waring --daughter
Elizabeth Ann Waring --daughter
Caroline Waring --daughter
-remaining two thirds of the money from the balance left over
to be divided among them.
-Elizabeth to have Negro girl "Dilly"
-Caroline to have Negro boy "Basil"
-remainder of the Negroes after widow's thirds deducted and
legacies deducted to be divided among all of the testator's daughters
-Kitty to have 1 good cow and calf
-Eleanor and Caroline to have during their single lives such land contained within a straight line run from the main road leading through the testator's land to Bladensburgh so as to take in the buildings the testator formerly occupied and across the meadow adjoining them and with the meadow so as to include in it the line run between the testator's land and John Larid's land and then with the line to the main road and thence to the beginning
3. John Waring --son
Richard Marsham Waring --son
Francis Waring --son
Henry Hillery Waring --son
-remainder of the personal estate after widow's thirds are deducted to be divided among all of his children including Kitty, Eleanor, Elizabeth and Caroline and should any of the testator's sons die before coming of age, then their share to be divided among the surviving sons and should testator's sons not agree on the division ofthe lands, then to appoint 3 men to do so -testator names wife as executor along with son John--or in case of his death testator's son Richard.
Witnesses: Oliver Barron
Horatio Beall
Thomas Kent
Then came: Oliver Barron and Horatio Beall
Note: the testator signed the will in his own hand
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Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records 1785-1787; Liber HH {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 65. At the request of Oliver Barron the following Bill of Sale was recorded March 15, 1786
Charles County, Maryland Sct; I Oliver Burch do give to my grandson Oliver Barron one Negro fellow named Tom. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this February 18, 1786, Oliver Burch. Test. Henry Burch
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Nov. 1778 - The Grand Jury presents Oliver Barron for committing an assault and battery on the body of Gideon Dent by information of said Dent.
Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber Y No. 3, p. 3.
1781 - "There is a bill of sale dated June 19, 1795, and recorded in Prince George's Co., Md. (JRM No. 3, 1794, folio 548), confirming a gift in the year 1781 by Oliver Burch of Charles Co. unto his grandson Oliver Barron, of one Negro called Tom."
Source: Burch, Albert S., "The Burch Tree of Southern Maryland," p. 12. (privately printed in 1953)
Comment: This record establishes that Samuel Cooksey Barron and his wife Millicent Burch (dau. of Oliver Burch) had a son Oliver Barron. This is particularly important because when Samuel Cooksey Barron made his Nov. 1788 will in Prince George's Co., Md., he named 9 children but not son Oliver. Liber JRM No. 3 contains the 1794-1795 Prince George's Co., Md. Land Records.
1798 - Oliver Barron is in the 1798 Federal Direct Tax List of Prince George's Co., Md.
May 28, 1800 - Oliver Barron m. Elizabeth Beall in Prince George's Co., Md. (license date)
Source: Brown, Helen W., "Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1777-1886," p. 10.
Oct. 26, 1807 - Teacher wanted for school about 5 miles from Bladensburg in neighborhood of Jonathan Beall, Humph'y Williams, Oliver Barron and others.
Source: Dixon, Joan M., "National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser Newspaper Abstracts, 1806-1810," p. 75.
Dec. 9, 1808 - Oliver's dau. Martha Barron m. John Tilley in Prince George's Co., Md. (license date)
Source: Brown, Helen W., "Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland, 1777-1886," p. 10.
Oct. 1815 - Oliver Barron witnesses the Prince George's Co., Md. will of David Beall. Oliver proves the will in Oct. 1817.
Source: Keddie, Leslie & Neil, "Prince George's County, Maryland Wills, 1813-1817," p. 80.
Dec. 1813 - Oliver Barron witnesses the Prince George's Co., Md. will of James Waring. Oliver was one of the witnesses who proved the will in Jan. 1814.
Source: Keddie, Leslie & Neil, "Prince George's County, Maryland Wills, 1813-1817," p. 15.
Dec. 1816 [undated; filed with Dec. 1816] - The Prince George's Co., Md. will of Ann Mullikin leaves Negro man Aquilla to her son Horatio Beall (who is also named executor) and, after other specific bequests, leaves the remainder of her estate to Elizabeth Barron, George Beall, Ninian Beall, Kitty Miller, Martha Harvey and Ann Barron.
Source: Keddie, Leslie & Neil, "Prince George's County, Maryland Wills, 1813-1817," p. 72.
Comment: The 7 named legatees above are Ann's children, some of whom were by her 1st husband Ninian Beall (such as dau. Elizabeth Beall who was the 2nd wife of Oliver Barron, and son Horatio Beall who m. Harriet Barron, dau. of Oliver Barron and his 1st wife) and some of whom were by her 2nd husband Richard Mullikin (such as dau. Ann Mullikin who m. Zachariah Barron, son of Oliver Barron and his 1st wife.)
May 1818 - Oliver Barron witnessed the Prince George's Co., Md. will of Nathan Beall, probated June 1818. Oliver was present at the will's probate.
Source: Keddie, Leslie & Neil, "Prince George's County, Maryland Wills, 1818-1822," p. 8.
Comment: Nathan Beall was the uncle of Oliver's 2nd wife Elizabeth Beall, being the brother of Elizabeth's father Ninian Beall.
Sep. 1819 - Oliver Barron and [his son] Samuel Barron witness the Prince George's Co., Md. will of Sarah Williams, probated Oct. 1819. Oliver and Samuel were present at the will's probate.
Source: Keddie, Leslie & Neil, "Prince George's County, Maryland Wills, 1818-1822," p. 22.
Feb. 27, 1824 - Orphans Court of Prince George's Co., Md. Sale of all the personal estate of Oliver Barron, late of said county, deceased; or so much as will pay his just debts: furniture, negro woman, stock, etc. --Elizabeth Barron, executrix. --Zachariah Barron, executor.
Source: Dixon, Joan M., "National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts, 1824-1826," p. 21.
Nov. 24, 1826 - Orphans Court of Prince George's Co., Md. Ratify final account of Elizabeth & Zachariah Barron, executors of Oliver Barron. --Trueman Tyler, reg.
Source: Dixon, Joan M., "National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts, 1824-1826," p. 447.
1828 - Oliver Barron's Heirs are listed in the 1828 Tax List of New Scotland, Oxen and Bladensburg Hundreds, Prince George's Co., Md., with the following:
--4 slaves under 8
--3 slaves, age 8-14
--2 slaves, age 14-45
--3 slaves, age 14-36
--1 slave above 45 and 36
--value of personal property $1089
--part of "Hickory Hill," 135 acres
--part of "Warings Lot," 80 1/4 acres
--part of "Uncles Goodwill," 105 acres (contains improvements)
--"Wilsons Endeavor Enlarged," 100 acres
--value of real property $1047.42.
Source: Prince George's County Genealogical Society, "1828 Tax List, Prince George's County, Maryland," pp. 30 and 77.
1828 - List of Prince George's Co., Md. Roads. District No. 2 -- Bladensburgh. Road No. 1 - Commencing at Muddy hole branch were Road No. 1 in District No. 1 [Vansville] terminates [commencing at the Priests Bridge on the Patuxent ... thence by Magruders Tavern, thence by Lanhams Shop to the Muddy hole gate], thence through the plantations of Oliver Barron through William Mullikins, thence to and through Bladensburg.
Source: Prince George's County Genealogical Society, "1828 Tax List, Prince George's County, Maryland," pp. 3-4.
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Sources - [S044767] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 1.
- [S044767] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 1.
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