George Grandberry Barrs
Information Submitted by Al Barrs, Jr.
Born Twiggs County, Georgia, USA 1825
Son of James Barrs (Born Lenoir County, NC 1795) and unknown wife; maiden name was probably Grandberry
George G. Barrs’ wife was Elizabeth Cole
George was killed at Coley's Station, Pulaski County, GA, USA 1866
CSA Civil War veteran
Father of William Joshua and James Grover Barrs
Uncles were Arthur Barrs, Dempsey Barrs, Unknown Barrs
1st cousin to Arthur Barrs' sons Isaac L. Barrs, James C. Barrs and William Barrs
Research Information:
James Barrs: Born 1795 Lenoir County North Carolina to John Barrs, Jr. and unknown mother.
Died 1872 in Pulaski County Georgia.
Brothers: Dempsey, Arthur and Unknown Barrs.
Dempsey, Arthur, and James Barrs moved to Twiggs County, Georgia after their father, John Barrs, Jr. died between 1820 and 1830.
Unknown Barrs who we believe to be William Barrs moved to South Carolina. There is a William Barrs in Orangeburg South Carolina who may be the missing brother, but we have not validated that at this time (2006). By Al Barrs - BARRS FAMILY HISTORY
James Barrs: Had 2 wives. The first and mother of his children was probably a Grandberry of Twiggs County, Georgia. His last wife was Ann E. Pipkin, who he married January 8, 1851, in Pulaski County, Georgia. They never had any children, but did raise two sons of George Grandberry Barrs and his wife Elizabeth Cole after their deaths.
James Barrs children: James Barrs had one unknown daughter, George Grandberry Barrs born 1825 in Twiggs County, Georgia and killed 1866 (It is rumored that he was stabbed in the back by a shoe-carver over a dispute about a woman at Coley's Station, Pulaski County, Georgia.) George Barrs married Elizabeth Cole (Father Grover Cole) August 26, 1852 in Pulaski County, Georgia. John and James Barrs were his youngest sons.
War Between the States Record of George Grandberry Barrs
GSI #
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
COMPANY
UNIT SERVED
RANK
10389
Barrs
George G.
G
10th Inf. Reg't.
Private
10388
Barrs
George G.
A
26th Batt'n, GA Inf.
3rd Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant
Notes: * "G" = Grandberry. Killed shortly after The War at Coley's Station, Pulaski, GA, buried at Coley's Station. Son of James Barrs, youngest son of John Barrs, Jr., Lenoir County, NC.
George Grandberry Barrs: After his death, his 2 sons (William Joshua and James Grover Barrs) went to live with their Grandfather James Barrs and their stepmother Ann E. Pipkin in Pulaski County, Georgia. He served in CSA 10th Regiment Georgia Volunteer and was injured 4 times.
William Joshua Barrs: Married Susan Coley and later her sister Malinda Coley
Son: James Colquitt Barrs
James Colquitt Barrs: Married Nellie Myers and had 13 children
Children: J. C. (Jr.?), Susannah (Henrietta), Gabriel (Gable), Naomi (Nell), Wilburn, Woodrow, Mitchell, Fred Coolidge, Agaline, Carlis Ivey, Viola, William Thomas and Herbert Arthur Barrs.
Herbert Arthur Barrs:
James Grover Barrs: Married Sarah (Sally) Eleanor Manning January 13, 1888 in Pulaski County Georgia.
Footnote:
James Barrs and his brother Arthur Barrs (GGG Grandfather of Al Barrs) were apparently very close all their lives. Arthur was the oldest son of John Barrs, Jr. and James Barrs was the youngest son. In the 1830 Twiggs County Federal Census Report Arthur Barrs had 65 slaves in his household. In the 1840 Twiggs County Federal Census Report Arthur did not appear (he died about 1843) and his wife Nancy Elizabeth Barrs was the head of their household. Arthur and/or Nancy had transferred or sold 61 of their 65 slaves to James Barrs. Nancy Barrs kept only 4 of their 65 slaves. Arthur and Nancy Barrs' sons, Isaac L., James C. and William W. Barrs moved to Lowndes (Brooks in 1858) County, Georgia after Arthur Barrs’ death. Nancy Barrs went to live with her son William W. Barrs and died in Brooks County, Georgia in 1880 at the age of 87. Both her parents were Irish. Her mother was Sarah and her father Thomas Campbell.
William Barrs was a very successful farmer in Brooks and Lowndes County Georgia until his death in 1890 or 1900. William Barrs and his wife Lauraney Woods are buried in the old Columbia Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Nankin, Brooks County, Georgia. James C. Barrs (GG Grandfather of Al Barrs) moved to south Columbia County, Florida around 1870, cleared land to farm, built a general store, started Barrsville, Florida and incorporated a US Post Office. James C. and Martha Elizabeth Land-Barrs were last known to be living in Suwannee County, Florida at the time of the 1880 Federal Census. They were the father of my Great Grandfather Issac Newton Barrs who moved from Nankin, Brooks County, Georgia to Lafayette County, Florida around 1880 and built a general store in Day, Florida in 1904. Isaac Newton Barrs lived until 1933. He and his wife Mary Elizabeth Boyet are buried at Day, Lafayette County, FL. My Grandfather Oscar Marion and Father Alfonso, Sr. are also buried there along with their wives, Bertha Lee Newman-Barrs and Evia Adetha Bell-Barrs/Knouse.
