HENRY married PING MALINDA SUSAN ELLEN on 29 Dec 1886 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. MALINDA (daughter of PING JAMES MADISON and BARNES LAURA ELLENDER) was born on 11 Sep 1870 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died on 23 Jun 1954; was buried in White Lily Cemetery, Pulaski County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: "Ben Hines was a first cousin to my Grandpa Ping." Charles Fred Van
Hook 1-27-90 to Larry Herrin.

!MARRIAGE: Pulaski Co., KY Bk 1 Page 378.

!RESIDENCE: Pulaski and maybe Laurel Counties, KY

!CENSUS: Pulaski Co. KY 1860 Census shows James was 24 years old, from KY and a
farmer.
Ellen is listed as his wife and Anna as his daughter. (Pg. 61, Somerset P.O.)
House 32, Family 29.

!MILITARY: Co. I 49 KY INF from Tombstone

!DEATH: Pulaski Co., KY Vol. 25 Cert. 12061.

!BURIAL: Buried in White Lily Cemetery near Grade, KY. Have photo of stone with
no dates.

JAMES married BARNES LAURA ELLENDER on 17 Jun 1858 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. LAURA (daughter of BARNES MATTHEW and RICHARDSON LETTIS (LETTY)) was born in Nov 1828 in Colo, Pulaski County, Kentucky; died in 1913 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in 1913 in Grade, Pulaski County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Tombstone Inscription at White Lily Cemetery. (1829-1913)

!LINEAGE:
There are two Matthew Barnes: 1) Married Hannah Jones in 1831, thus was
married too late for Ellen (1829), and 2) married Letty. Matthew and Letty
were born in 1790 & 1789, respectively, thus were old enough to parent Ellen;
as born out by the 1850 and 1860 Census.
Also, Family Group Record of Pamela Waddle Copenhaver Springfield, Il.

!RESIDENCE: Pulaski Co., Ky

!CENSUS:
1850 Census shows Sarah as the daughter of Mathew and Lety (Litis?)
Barnes; age 21 and b. in Kentucky.
1870 Census shows Laura E.
1860 Pulaski County, KY Census for Somerset P.O. shows Ellen is 29.

!DEATH: Tombstone Inscription at White Lily Cemetery. (1829-1913). (Photo on
file with L. Herrin).

!BURIAL:
Stone is photograped and copied; located in White Lily Cemetery, near Grade,
KY. Stone says Laura Ellen as name. 1860 Census says Ellen, and marriage
records show Sara Elleander.

LEWIS married HINES NANCY on 5 Feb 1835 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. NANCY (daughter of HINDS STEPHEN and REESE SARAH) was born in in Madison County, Kentucky; died in Nov 1840 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in 1840 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE: Laura Ellen's father was Matthew Barnes per C. Fred VanHook on tape 27
JUL 1989 by Larry Herrin. Fred also said that Laura Ellen's mother was a
Richardson.

!MARRIAGE: Pulaski Co. Marriage Records 1797-1850", page 3.
(Certified copy on file).

!CENSUS:
The 1860 Census show Matthew Barnes, age 69 and from Kentucky,
and his wife Letty, 70 years old and from Virginia. The Census was copied in
1989 by Larry Herrin. The 1860 Census show Matthew Barnes, age 69 and from
recorded on the sequential pages with James Madison Ping and his wife Ellen,
leaving little question that this is the correct relationship (Page 60 & 61).
1860 Pulaski Co., KY Census Page 5 Dist. 2 House 31 and Family 28.
Verified by the 1850 Census showing Matthew Barnes 60 years old from
Kentucky and Letty Barnes 61 years old and from Virginia. Sarah is listed as 21
years old; year of birth, 1829.

!BURIAL: Baker-Mounce Cemetery Rt. 192 onto Malvin Hill Rd.

M. Barnes Oct 23 1866 (only date)

!NOTES: C. Fred Van Hook said on 1-27-90 that Matthew Barnes had seven boys and
seven girls, and his wife was a Richardson. Fred said four of the girls married
Mounce's. He also said that one of them married a Meece, one a Farmer and the
other one married "granddad Ping". Fred said that Matthew Barnes stole a boat
at the Battle of New Orleans and came up the Mississippi River. He was deeded
1500 acres of land on Buck Creek, according to Fred.

!LINEAGE: "Barnes - Gregory Book I" (1979). Located /@/ Pulaski Co. Hist. Lib.

MATTHEW married RICHARDSON LETTIS (LETTY) on 19 Jun 1812 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. LETTIS (daughter of RICHARDSON WILLIAM SOLD. and BOBBITT JANE (JENNY)) was born in 1789 in Lee County, Virginia; died in 1866 in Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky; was buried in 1866 in Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Larry Herrin:
!LINEAGE:
Laura Ellen's mother was a Richardson per C. Fred VanHook on tape 27 JUL 1989
by Larry Herrin. "Barnes - Gregory Book I" (1979) /@/ Pulaski Co. Library.

!BIRTH: Mormon Ancestral File (1987), "Descendency Chart of Elijah Barnes",
from CD-ROM 24 Aug 1991. Also, the question of whether Jane Bobbitt was her mother or st ep-
mother is resolved from Letty's consent note where Jane signs for her daughter.

!CENSUS:
From the 1860 Kentucky Census, it was found that Matthew
Barnes' wife Letty was 70 years old and was born in Virginia.
1860 Pulaski Co. KY Census, Dist. 2 Page 5, House 31 and Family 28.

!MARRIAGE: Pulaski Co. Marriage Records 1797-1850", page 3.
(Certified copy on file).

!BURIAL: Whitis Cemetery Nancy, Kentucky. (No dates).
"Lettie Barnes"