Barnes, David A. (David Alexander), 1819-1892

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Dates:
Birth 1819
Death 1892-06-24

Biographical notes:

David Alexander Barnes graduated from the University of North Carolina with an A.B. in 1840. He lived at Jackson (Northampton County), N.C., and was a member of the state House of Commons in 1844, 1846, 1850, and of the Convention of 1861. He was a superior court judge from 1865 to 1868 and a university trustee in 1868. In 1873, he married Bettie Vaughan.

From the description of David A. Barnes papers, 1806-1892 (bulk 1850-1890). WorldCat record id: 25327584

David Alexander Barnes was born in 1819 in Northampton County, N.C. He was the son of Collin William Barnes (1783-1855) and his second wife Louisa (1795-1866), daughter of Bailey and Mary Barnes. His father was a planter and mill owner and member of the state Senate, 1829-1830. Collin William Barnes and his first wife Dorcas Stephenso had one son, William Henry, who married Eliza Ann Clifton. Collin William Barnes and Louisa Barnes had David Alexander; George B.; Joseph; Eliza Ann, who married Jesse Moore in 1838; Maria L., who married William H. Faison in 1847; and Caroline (1832-1892) (Carrie), who married William H. Drewry, a merchant of Petersburg, Va.

David A. Barnes graduated from the University of North Carolina with an A.B. in 1840; he later received an A.M. from UNC. He lived at Jackson and later Murfreesboro, N.C., and was a member of the state House of Commons in 1844, 1846, and 1850, and of the Convention of 1861. He was a superior court judge from 1865 to 1868 and a UNC trustee in 1868.

In 1873, he married Bettie Vaughan (1850-1918), daughter of Uriah Vaughan (1813-1890) and Sarah Jenkins Vaughan of Murfreesboro. They had four children: Elizabeth Vaughan (b. 1874), David Collin (b. 1875), Sarah Louisa (b 1878), and Annie Rosa Caroline. Barnes died in 1892.

From the guide to the David A. Barnes Papers, 1806-1892, (Southern Historical Collection)

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Subjects:

  • American literature
  • Bankruptcy
  • College students
  • Estates, (Law)
  • Families
  • Lawyers
  • Plantations
  • Railroads
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Schools

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  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • Alveston Plantation (Northampton County, N.C.) (as recorded)
  • Jackson (N.C.) (as recorded)
  • North Carolina--Oxford (as recorded)
  • North Carolina--Northampton County (as recorded)