MACON COUNTY, GEORGIA
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998
From: Debby <unikorn9@swbell.net>
I have been really puzzling over your query [about Larkin Barton of Macon Co., GA] because the name Larkin rings a bell. It seems to me I have data that mentions a will in which Larkin was named as a grandchild of a man with the last name of Burks, along with Clary Fortune Barton and a few others. I checked my Macon Co. file and found nothing particularly useful. The 1850 census lists a Louisa Barton, age 22, b. GA; a James M. Barton, age 22, b. GA; and a Thomas Barton, age 23, b. GA.
In checking different census records, I found a Larkin in 1830 Meriwether Co., GA. I'm searching through different records as I write this. There's a note which says Larkin Barton md. Lucy Burkes and had Gibson, Caroline, Elizabeth, Martha, Fanny and Clary Fortune. The 1840 Meriwether Co., GA census lists a William G. Barton. Following is the 1850 Meriwether Co. census:
#1144 William G. Barton 36; SC
I do have a reference in Meriwether Co. files to Columbia Co., AR and the 1880 soundex record for Larkin which I'd be glad to send you if you don't already have it.
Also, there's a reference to Wilkes Co., GA. Upon sifting through my Wilkes Co. notes, I see Larkin Barton recorded in the Tax Digest for 1809. He's also recorded in the Tax Digest in 1816.
Finally I found what I originally remembered about Larkin. In 1824 a Joseph Burkes of Wilkes Co., GA mentions his grandchildren in his will: Gibson Barton, Caroline Barton, Elizabeth Ann Matilda Barton, Martha Washington Barton, Fanny Barton and Clary Fortune Barton, the children of his son-in-law, Larkin Barton who md. his dau., Lucy.
Debby
Update: I've seen Larkin Barton listed as a child of Benjamin and Lucy (Welborn) Barton from one source, but last week a second source contacted me with this same information. Please check out the Benjamin Barton family tree she submitted and scroll down until you come to Larkin's section.