My first notice of GEORGE LESLIE BARBEE came when I stumbled across a widows application for a pension by MARGARET E. BARBEE.
In 1901 a Margaret W. Barbee applied for a widows pension from the State of North Carolina. Last name Barbee made me start looking. The Application is shown below and we do not know if any pension was ever received. I think it make have been denied due to incorrect data given. Oh, I will explain.
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These images can be found at familysearch.org.
Notice in the application that George served in Comp. G, 1st Reg N. C. State Troops. This is at the top of the application. Now look down to where Mr. A. H. Scott signed, the handwriting is such that 1st may have looked like 10 t. Since Margaret could not write and her reading skills may have been limited also and no one noticed on the second page the Civil War Unit was listed as Company G, 10th Regiment of NC State Troops.
Sad to say that most of the people who signed were ancestors of mine and D. C Gunter was a Magistrate Judge, in Durham, and no one noticed the mistake. This mistake sent me looking for George in the Civil War. There he is, NOT in the 10th, but in the 1st Regiment.
George Leslie Barbee
Residence Wake County NC; 25 years old.
Enlisted on 7/15/1862 at Wake County, NC as a Private.
On 7/15/1862 he mustered into "G" Co. NC 1st Infantry
He died of disease on 9/8/1862 at Hospl, Richmond, VA
(Febris typhoides)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
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He joined the War and never fought. Below is his Civil War Record. These pages were found at FOLD3.
North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," George L. Barbee, 1857
groom's name: George L. Barbee
bride's name: Margarett E. Luter
marriage date: 22 Dec 1857
marriage place: Wake,North Carolina
indexing project (batch) number: M51600-2
system origin: North_Carolina-ODM
source film number: 6330286
reference number:
Source Citation
"North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8BN-35N : accessed 14 Aug 2012), George L. Barbee and Margarett E. Luter, 22 Dec 1857; citing reference , FHL microfilm 6330286.
Now to find out more about George, I look in the BARBEE BOOK.
In the BARBEE BOOK the first sighting of George Barbee is on page 69 -
He is listed as the son of Abimalec and Elizabeth Barbee.
The only other reference to George is on page 146 -
Here again the information is INCORRECT. His marriage was the 22 Dec 1857 and George died on 8 Sep 1862. This could be a typo error, maybe not.
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, VA
George Leslie Barbee
Born: 1837 Died: 9/8/1862
Date Of Burial :
Date Of Burial :
Section: Soldiers Section Lot: Unknown
Confederate Soldier
State : North Carolina
Regiment : 1st
Company : F
Regiment : 1st
Company : F
In ABIMALEC BARBEE'S Will George is mentioned
Now we know who George is and what happened to him. What about his wife and children? Where are they and what happened to them. Margaret is still alive in 1901 and according to the 1900 census she is a widow living in Durham with her sister Jane Luter.
The BARBEE BOOK has a few other incorrect entries here ...
page 69 is the first one that is a whooper ....
This entry has Ellen Luter as the daughter of BARBEE and GILLY (BYRD) LEWTER. Was she?? Yes and the Lewter Family Tree is posted on this site. So you can go and browse through. Barbee's and Lewter families are old families from this part of North Carolina and you are apt to find many connections, through many generations.
Also posted with the Lewter Family Tree is BARBEE LEWTER'S will and the probate of that will.
Ellen was mention one more time in the BARBEE BOOK on page 200
On page 200 and 201 in the BARBEE BOOK you will find work of Mrs. Belle Lewter West was doing for a book that she hope to write on the Lewters.
George Barbee did not leave a will, but his estate was probated. You will find all the papers in that estate at familysearch.org in the Estate Records of North Carolina.
"North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," G L Barbee, 1862
name: G L Barbee
also known as:
probate estate file name: G L Barbee
event: Probate
probate estate place: Wake, North Carolina, United States
event year: 1862
other name(s) with file:
number of names with file: 1
film number: 001630905
digital folder number: 004848644
first digital image number: 00844
last digital image number: 00858
number of images: 15
notes:
Source Citation
"North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V65M-TQ6 : accessed 31 Aug 2012), G L Barbee, 1862.
George and Ellen had two children, Joseph C and James Robert. In 1860 the census does not show a George or a Less Barbee, but there is a Less Baker in Wake county that may be our family. There is a Les Baker and Margaret with a Joseph and Marcus. (James was not born until 1861). More than likely this is George and Ellen, farming and starting a family.
1850 census North Carolina Wake
The Western Division
30 August 1850
#620
Barb Luter, 42, farmer, NC
Gilly, 38, NC
Ann, 14, NC
Sarah, 13, NC
ELLEN, 12, NC
Jane, 10, NC
William, 8, NC
George, 6, NC
Malissa, 5, NC
Henry, 4, NC
Carolina, 1, NC
Nancy Luster, 23, NC
1870 census North Carolina Wake
New Hill
22 July 1870
#81
Barbee Lewter, 62, farmer, NC
Gillana, 57, keeping house, NC
Anna M., 30, at home, NC
Isabell, 29, at home, NC
Jane, 25, at home, NC
Jackson, 28, farming, NC
Helen, 23, at home, NC
Henry, 22, farming. NC
Jeff S., 18, at home, NC
Charles, 16, at home, NC
Elen Barbee, 27, Domestic Servant, NC
Joseph, 12, at home, NC
James, 9, NC
1880 census North Carolina Chatham
Williams Twp., Part of New Hope River
16 June 1880
#214
Ellen Barbee, 41, widow, farmer, NC
Joseph C., 21, single, NC
James R., 19, NC
1900 census North Carolina Durham
Durham Twp.
19 June 1900
502 Pettigrew St.
Margaret E. Barbee, Oct 1838, 61, widow, piece work, NC
Jane Luter, sister, June 1839, 60, single, piece work, NC
Joseph most likely died before 1910, but James married and had a family. He married a Julia Oliver and had four children. You can find them all in the Lewter Family Tree.
Margaret Ellen Lewter Barbee died in Virginia on the 20 November 1922. You can find her listed in the Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia. If you go to findagrave.com you will find a photo of her tombstone.
Linda Barbee Thompson
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