Leabow and Barnwell families of Lone Mountain, Tennessee
From: Cherilyn Tousignant
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Good evening, Joe.
I saw your wonderful Leabow
Website, and I would like to share something with you and your family. It might
not be very meaningful as far as your direct ancestry goes, but one never knows
where information can lead. Last year I had the good fortune to have an article
published in “Reflections” Claiborne’s Historical and Genealogical Society
Journal. I tried to Include in it most of the Leabow – Barnwell Information
that I have; however, I am sure that I have some additional odds and ends
sticking around here and there. I started collecting family history information
back in the mid-sixties. We had no computers back then, and I have quite a few
boxes of notebooks, paper scraps, etc. I am sure I aggravated the living
daylights out of my grandmother and her sister, not to mention many other of my
older relatives! I felt extremely fortunate to have come into possession of
copies of photos of John R. Barnwell and his family. I will be more than glad
to share whatever I have with you. I am pretty certain of my descent from
Lavania Leabow Barnwell, but the father of her son, John R. (Lafayette)
Barnwell, my g-g-grandfather, seems to be a mystery. If you can shed any light
on that question, I would be delighted indeed. If you already have the info
that I am sending, please just delete. I could not open the “Payne” Photos
(#5-10) on your website – just got the red X in a box. Didn’t know if the size
was too large or what. I noticed that “Fate” Payne has the same nick-name as
John R. – was Fate Payne’s name also Lafayette? My great-uncle, George R. Frye
once told me that his middle name was Raphalia – named for his grandfather John
Raphalia (Raphael?) Barnwell. Oddly, John R. Barnwell showed in earliest
records as Lafayett Barnwell and Lafayett Lebow – later coming to be identified
as John R. Barnwell – yet still bearing the nickname “Fate” – I’d bet money
that it was short for Lafayett or Lafayette. He also was called “J. R.” and
“Preacher” according to my older family members who knew him personally. They
said that he had his coffin made some time before his death and would try it
out for size. When he passed away, it was suspected that he might have taken
his life as he was found in a state of repose as one would see a person lying
in a coffin. He was friends with – or related to – a pharmacist or drug store
owner, and it was suspicioned that possibly he could have obtained a drug or
chemical that he might have used to bring about his own demise.
Hope you receive this and
can open the attachments. Would Look forward to hearing from you at your
convenience, if can find the time. I tried to send this message to Scott Leabow
at sleabow@comcast.net; however the message came back as undeliverable.
Kind regards – Cheri
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