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Isaac BARKER Jr.

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 113.

Historical Notes:

                                 * * *

   The following is an oral history of Isaac Barker, Jr, as recorded by Mrs.
Nina Ball Barker of Jeffrey, West Virginia, as told to her by the Reverend Noah
Kinder.

                                 * * *

    "Isaac Barker, Jr., was in Company B, of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry.
He was a scout for the Union Army.  On special days, like the 4th of July
celebrations, or Memorial Day, the band at Peytona played, and the soldiers
dressed in their uniforms for the occasion.  Isaac, Jr., rode a black horse and
he sat erect and carried our flag.  The scout acted as the "Home Guards,"
or would be classified as a "spy" now.

    "Jenkins made a raid on the community of Peytona.  Isaac, Jr. was around
close.  He said, "There is not a sink hole all the way from Peytona to White
Oak that I haven't slept in.  He came in home the night of Jenkin's raid, and
slept in a haystack, in his father in law, William Meadow's field.

    "Sometime in the morning, around 3 o'clock, he heard a horse nicker.  That
is unusual he thought.  He lay still, but the more he thought about it, the
more danger he realized he might be in.  "If I stay here and the Rebels are
coming, I wouldn't have a chance;  if they thrust their bayonettes into this
hay stack - they'll carry me out of here like a mouse."  The thought sent a
chill up and down his spine.

    "Isaac eased out, trying not make a sound, then went up the graveyard
point to the top and followed the ridge toward Brushton.  At daybreak he saw a
man on the other side of the Big Coal River who called to him: "I hear Jenkins'
Army was in Peytona last night, raided everything, and turned over all of
William Meadows bee hives, and his watermelon patch was destroyed."

    "That can't be so," Isaac answered, "I slept in one of his haystacks, part
or almost all of the night myself."

    "It's so, (N.N.), told me about it," the man stated.

    "I'll just go back and see for myself."  He slipped back and came to
Meadows property.  He stayed on the hill, but he could see William Meadows
property, watching a swarm of bees on a tree.  All the gums were turned over
and his watermelon patch was destroyed.  Isaac and William had a private signal
between them, "to flip a pebble," to let him know when he was around.  If the
women were not around, or anyone else to tell on him, he let him know if it was
safe to come on down.  The women might accidently let it slip that he was
around.  William made sure the women were washing clothes or fishing down at
the River before he answered the signal.

    "Isaac was at the slate bank or on the Ivy point above the house;  he
flipped a pebble or two over a cluster of wild grape vines.  Finally William
looked up and saw him.  He went to the house and told "Peggy" (Margaret) his
wife, "I'm going up the hill to get a load of wood."  He slipped some food into
his pocket for Isaac, then climbed the hill to the point overlooking Peytona,
where Isaac was waiting.  He told Isaac about the raid, "I don't suppose I'll
ever get my bees back."   All the hay stacks were torn to pieces.

    "Isaac told William about the horse, "If I had that horse who nickered and
woke me up, I wouldn't trade him for a million dollars."  Someone spotted Isaac
talking to William, and shot at him.  Isaac fell over the draw bars, and though
he was hit - he lay still - (it was on the hill where Holly Lewis later lived.)
Isaac saw two or three men coming, he waited until they started to ford the
River, where they couldn't see him.  He forded the river at the shoals, near
the old Mill Chimney, ran up the graveyard point and on down to Brushton or
Lower White Oak.  "No, I wouldn't sell that horse for a million dollars."

                             * * * * * * * *

    Lighting rods were all the rage.  A salesman tried to sell Isaac a
lightning rod.  Isaac went to the woods, and obtained a long wild grape vine,
he tied some cans here and there on it, and strung it acrss the roof of his
house.

                             * * * * * * * *

    Isaac Barker, Jr. was a devout Christian, and free spoken.  The Reverend
Noah Kinder told this tale:  "Isaac hadn't been to Church for some time.  He
was old, and walked with a cane.  He got up to testify, "I haven't been here
for a long time, and my mattock is beginning to get dull (meaning he was low,
spiritually),  and I have come here to get my mattock sharpened."  He kept on
talking and began to feel pretty good, he said, "my hide feels like a bed
quilt, I feel happy as a mule, I feel like I could hug a woman," and then he
did!

                             * * * * * * * *

    Another time in Church he made a talk and said, "if everyone wants to go
to Heaven, come up here and give me your hand,"   Everyone came and shook hands
with him but his son, Noah.  He sat down for awile, tapped his cane on the
floor, then he got up and crossed the room and took Noah by the hand, "Good-bye
Noah, Good-bye,--- I'm goin' to Heaven, whether you go or not ---, good-bye
Noah!"

Nancy MEADOWS

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 113.

John Alfred BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 115.

James Callaway BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 115.

Isaac Newton BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 115.

Isaac BARKER Jr.

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 113.

Historical Notes:

                                 * * *

   The following is an oral history of Isaac Barker, Jr, as recorded by Mrs.
Nina Ball Barker of Jeffrey, West Virginia, as told to her by the Reverend Noah
Kinder.

                                 * * *

    "Isaac Barker, Jr., was in Company B, of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry.
He was a scout for the Union Army.  On special days, like the 4th of July
celebrations, or Memorial Day, the band at Peytona played, and the soldiers
dressed in their uniforms for the occasion.  Isaac, Jr., rode a black horse and
he sat erect and carried our flag.  The scout acted as the "Home Guards,"
or would be classified as a "spy" now.

    "Jenkins made a raid on the community of Peytona.  Isaac, Jr. was around
close.  He said, "There is not a sink hole all the way from Peytona to White
Oak that I haven't slept in.  He came in home the night of Jenkin's raid, and
slept in a haystack, in his father in law, William Meadow's field.

    "Sometime in the morning, around 3 o'clock, he heard a horse nicker.  That
is unusual he thought.  He lay still, but the more he thought about it, the
more danger he realized he might be in.  "If I stay here and the Rebels are
coming, I wouldn't have a chance;  if they thrust their bayonettes into this
hay stack - they'll carry me out of here like a mouse."  The thought sent a
chill up and down his spine.

    "Isaac eased out, trying not make a sound, then went up the graveyard
point to the top and followed the ridge toward Brushton.  At daybreak he saw a
man on the other side of the Big Coal River who called to him: "I hear Jenkins'
Army was in Peytona last night, raided everything, and turned over all of
William Meadows bee hives, and his watermelon patch was destroyed."

    "That can't be so," Isaac answered, "I slept in one of his haystacks, part
or almost all of the night myself."

    "It's so, (N.N.), told me about it," the man stated.

    "I'll just go back and see for myself."  He slipped back and came to
Meadows property.  He stayed on the hill, but he could see William Meadows
property, watching a swarm of bees on a tree.  All the gums were turned over
and his watermelon patch was destroyed.  Isaac and William had a private signal
between them, "to flip a pebble," to let him know when he was around.  If the
women were not around, or anyone else to tell on him, he let him know if it was
safe to come on down.  The women might accidently let it slip that he was
around.  William made sure the women were washing clothes or fishing down at
the River before he answered the signal.

    "Isaac was at the slate bank or on the Ivy point above the house;  he
flipped a pebble or two over a cluster of wild grape vines.  Finally William
looked up and saw him.  He went to the house and told "Peggy" (Margaret) his
wife, "I'm going up the hill to get a load of wood."  He slipped some food into
his pocket for Isaac, then climbed the hill to the point overlooking Peytona,
where Isaac was waiting.  He told Isaac about the raid, "I don't suppose I'll
ever get my bees back."   All the hay stacks were torn to pieces.

    "Isaac told William about the horse, "If I had that horse who nickered and
woke me up, I wouldn't trade him for a million dollars."  Someone spotted Isaac
talking to William, and shot at him.  Isaac fell over the draw bars, and though
he was hit - he lay still - (it was on the hill where Holly Lewis later lived.)
Isaac saw two or three men coming, he waited until they started to ford the
River, where they couldn't see him.  He forded the river at the shoals, near
the old Mill Chimney, ran up the graveyard point and on down to Brushton or
Lower White Oak.  "No, I wouldn't sell that horse for a million dollars."

                             * * * * * * * *

    Lighting rods were all the rage.  A salesman tried to sell Isaac a
lightning rod.  Isaac went to the woods, and obtained a long wild grape vine,
he tied some cans here and there on it, and strung it acrss the roof of his
house.

                             * * * * * * * *

    Isaac Barker, Jr. was a devout Christian, and free spoken.  The Reverend
Noah Kinder told this tale:  "Isaac hadn't been to Church for some time.  He
was old, and walked with a cane.  He got up to testify, "I haven't been here
for a long time, and my mattock is beginning to get dull (meaning he was low,
spiritually),  and I have come here to get my mattock sharpened."  He kept on
talking and began to feel pretty good, he said, "my hide feels like a bed
quilt, I feel happy as a mule, I feel like I could hug a woman," and then he
did!

                             * * * * * * * *

    Another time in Church he made a talk and said, "if everyone wants to go
to Heaven, come up here and give me your hand,"   Everyone came and shook hands
with him but his son, Noah.  He sat down for awile, tapped his cane on the
floor, then he got up and crossed the room and took Noah by the hand, "Good-bye
Noah, Good-bye,--- I'm goin' to Heaven, whether you go or not ---, good-bye
Noah!"

Elizabeth BRADLEY

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 116.

Mary Frances BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 116.

(N.N.) BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 116.

James Harvey BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 93.

Necessary Explanations:

(1) James H. Barker died unmarried.

Darlington BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 93.

Jacob BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) Kith and Kin; vol. xvi, page 84.

Caroline KINDER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 119.

Jacob BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) Kith and Kin; vol. xvi, page 84.

Adeline WALKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 173.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 119.

Daniel BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 97.

Historical Notes:

(1) Daniel Barker served in Company B, 7th West virginia Cavalry.

Nancy HARLESS

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 97.

James McSherry BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 97.

Daniel BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 97.

Historical Notes:

(1) Daniel Barker served in Company B, 7th West virginia Cavalry.

Sarah HARLESS

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 97.

Nancy Loretta BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 120.

Frances Imogene BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 120.

Alonzo David BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 120.

Enos Monroe BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 120.

Joseph Marion BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 120.

Grey Ira Wilburn BARKER

References:

(1) Pioneers of the Virginias; page 174, 212.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 120.

Green WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Louisa DOLIN

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

M. H. WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Edward WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Sarah A. WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Virginia WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Esau (or Isaac) L. WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Mr. WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Geneva C. WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Balt WOODRUM

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Mary GORE

References:

(1) Kith and Kin; Vol. IX, page 115.

(2) The Barker Family of Southern West Virginia, Janet Barker Hager, page 129.

Per Alfon DE RIBERA

References:

(1) Ancestors of the American Presidents, Gary Roberts.

(2) The Magna Charta Sureties.

(3) Royal Ancestors of Some American Families, Michel L. Call.

(4) The Lineages of Members, The National Society of the Sons and Daughters of
   the Pilgrims.

(5) Americans of Royal Descent, Browning.

(6) Pedigrees of Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. 1, page 260.

(7) Archive Records, The Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Aldonza DE AYALA

References:

(1) Ancestors of the American Presidents, Gary Roberts.

(2) The Magna Charta Sureties.

(3) Royal Ancestors of Some American Families, Michel L. Call.

(4) The Lineages of Members, The National Society of the Sons and Daughters of
   the Pilgrims.

(5) Americans of Royal Descent, Browning.

(6) Pedigrees of Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. 1, page 260.

(7) Archive Records, The Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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