References:
(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 112, 113.
(2) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Graybeal of Riverton, Utah.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Williams of Sylvester, West
Virginia.(2) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Lester Graybeal of Salt Lake City, UT.
Necessary Explanations:
(1) Lloyd Williams death date recorded elsewhere as 22 December 1925.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mrs. Samantha A. W. Barker of Sylvester, Boone,
West Virginia.(2) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Lester Graybeal of Salt Lake City, Utah.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker of Sylvester, West Virginia.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker of Sylvester, West Virginia.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker of Sylvester, West Virginia.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker, of Sylvester, West Virginia.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Williams of Sylvester, West
Virginia.(2) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Lester Graybeal of Salt Lake City, UT.
Necessary Explanations:
(1) Lloyd Williams death date recorded elsewhere as 22 December 1925.
References:
(1) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker of Sylvester, WV.
References:
(1) Colonial Families of the United States; page 474.
Historical Notes:
(1) Joost Jansen Van Meteren a "Dutchman from the Hudson," was an Indian
trader and pioneer explorer of the Shenandoah Valley who "spied out the land," about the time of Governor Spotswood's expedition in 1716. He equipped a band of Delaware Indians at his own expense and traveled far southward over unknown lands; on his return he advised his sons to take up lands in "The Wappatomica Valley in the South Branch bottom, above the Trough," as it was the finest land he had discovered; John and Isaac took his advice and petitioned Governor Gooch in 1731 for 40,000 acres which was granted. In 1731 they transferred their grant to Jost Hite, whose wife, Anne Marie Du Bois was a near relative of their grandfather, Louis Du Bois.
References:
(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 163.
(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, page 72.
(3) Information supplied by Mr. Ronnie Lester Graybeal of Salt Lake City, Utah.
References:
(1) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, page 80.
(2) Birth Records of Boone County, 1865-1880, page 69.
(3) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker, of Sylvester, West Virginia.
(4) The Family Bible of Nancy Minerva Williams Barker, in possession of
Samantha A. Barker of Sylvester, West Virginia.
References:
(1) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, page 80.
(2) Birth Records of Boone County, 1865-1880, page 69.
(3) Personal Knowledge of Mrs. Samantha A. Barker, of Sylvester, West Virginia.
(4) The Family Bible of Nancy Minerva Williams Barker, in possession of
Samantha A. Barker of Sylvester, West Virginia.Necessary Explanations:
Robert Barker was an adopted child.