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Gideon Barnes
The gravesites of Gideon Barnes and his wife, Huldah, located in the eastern section of Greenwood Cemetery

���� Gideon Barnes was born in Southampton County, Virginia on December 2, 1791. Early in life he came to Jones County, Georgia, where he married his first wife, Sarah Crawford Raiford. In 1826 they located to Pike County (now Lamar), to the unsettled area which we know today as Barnesville. Barnes bought his first property�with the money he obtained from the sale of a horse. It was purchased from a white man by the name of Jenks. He built a double log house with a floor of hewn logs at the intersection of two Indian trails here, and at least initially appears to have traded with Indians as they passed through the area. Later additions to this first residence converted the structure into a tavern, around which the town began to grow. He is said to have brought the first chickens to the�area, and established a stage line between our town and Columbus, on the Chattahoochee River.�Barnes and his wife Sarah had five children. In later years, Barnes is said to have built a substantial hotel here, which was destroyed by fire in 1884.
���� When Sarah Barnes died in 1861, she was buried in an old�cemetery near the Methodist Church. At some later time, a number of the bodies there were re-located to the Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Barnes' body was not�moved, and today�lies beneath the present-day Lamar County Courthouse.
�����Gideon Barnes married Mrs. J.L. Aldridge, of Perry, in 1862. This wife, also known as Huldah Ann Barnes,�today lies next to Barnes in the Greenwood Cemetery. She outlived him by about nine years, dying in 1880.
���� Barnes was a Methodist and a good business man. At the time of his death, his estate was valued at $36000 dollars, a huge sum for that time. At his death, all schools and local businesses closed so that�everyone in town might have the opportunity to pay their respects.
���� While the weathered marble shafts above the graves have become difficult to read, a close inspection reveals the following:
Gideon Barnes- Born in Southampton County, Virginia, December 2, 1791. Removed in early life to Jones County, Georgia. Settled in Pike County, Georgia in 1826. In honor of him the town of Barnesville took its name. Died May 10, 1871. Aged 79 years, 5 months, 8 days. His end was peace. He enjoyed the full assurance of a blissful immortality.
Huldah Ann-��Born September 2, 1807. Married in 1862. Died December 21, 1880. Her end was peaceful and serene. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

Will of Gideon Barnes

Georgia, Pike County:
���� In the name of God, Amen.
���� I, Gideon Barnes, of said State and county, being of advanced age and feeble health though sound of mind and disposing memory, conscious that life is short and uncertain and anxious to make disposition of my estate according to my wishes, do make the following, as my last will and testament.
���� Item 1st. I wish that my executors hereafter to be named to pay certain notes for the sum of five thousand dollars, in possession of my wife, payable to James Ray Campbell or (a note for said amount) the same to be paid for her benefit and which has heretofore been given to her a deed of conveyance and with that exception there are no debts owing by my estate, said note or notes and debts, if any, to be paid from the proceeds arising from the sale of my estate as hereinafter provided.
���� Item 2nd. It is my will and desire that all my estate consisting of land, town property, negroes, and all other property owned by me, both real and personal or mixed, be sold by my executors either for cash or on time, as in their judgment it would seem best.
���� Item 3rd. It is my wish and desire that after my estate is sold as above decided and all my debts are collected, that the proceeds of the same be equally divided between my five children without reference to any advancement heretofore given to them or either of them, share and share alike to be enjoyed by them, as provided for in the following clauses of my will.
���� Item 4th. It is my wish that one-fifth of my estate shall be paid to my beloved daughter, Millicent W. Graddick, in fee simple.
���� Item 5th. It is my wish that one-fifth of my estate shall be paid to my beloved daughter, Maria Louisa Sneed, absolutely and in fee simple.
���� Item 6th. I will and bequeath to A.H. Sneed, my son-in-law, one-fifth of my estate in strict trust for the sole use and benefit of my beloved daughter, Sarah Virginia, and her children free from the liabilities of her present or any future husband and in case he should decline said trust, it is my desire that his successor shall give bond with good security for the faithful management of said estate, to be determined by the proper judicial tribunal of the state.
���� Item 7th. I will and bequeath to my beloved son, Augustus H. Barnes, one-fifth of my estate in trust for the sole use and benefit of his wife and children, free from his liabilities now or hereafter to be incurred.
���� Item 8th. I will and bequeath to my beloved son, Frederick N. Barnes, one-fifth of my estate in trust for the sole use and benefit of his wife and children, free from his liabilities now or hereafter to be incurred.
���� Item 9th. I hereby nominate and appoint as my executors of this my last Will and Testament my friends, James Ray Campbell and Charles W. Brown, both of said state and county, whom I earnestly request shall accept the same, as I have confided in their judgment and integrity.

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Signed, sealed, published and declared to be the last Will and Testament of Gideon Barnes, in presence of us the subscribing witnesses, who signed the same as witnesses at his request and in the presence of each other.

James B. Hanson.
Wm. H. Chambers.
E.R. Hamil.
N.D. Hammond.




   


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