Re: Barnwell Effingham County, Georgia
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Re: Barnwell Effingham County, Georgia
Stephen Barnwell 4/10/04
Of 15 children only 7 lived to maturity. Edward the 5th son,was born on March 18, 1814 and moved with his family to Georgia. He married in Springfield on August 4, 1840 Sarah Ann Lee from Screven County. She was born March 6 1819. He bought some lots in Springfield from Fred Backley in April 1846 and two and one half acres from Thomas Elkins on the Central of Georgia railroad line in Effingham County in October 1847, but his most important investment was 828 acres which he bought from John D. Fox on November 20 1855 in Effingham County about 25 miles northwest of Savannah. Here he settled and raised his familyand here many of them lived until long after the civil war. The village of Pineora has grown up in the center of his farm. They had 9 children.