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BLADEN COUNTY, NC - COURT - Petition of Stephen Barfield
Source: General Assembly Session Records.  November-December 1800.  Box 3.
To the Honorable, the General Assembly of the State of No. Carolina.
The Petition of Stephen Barfield of the County of Bladen - Humbly representeth That your Petitioner has two illegitimate Sons bearing the names of Jesse Hatcher and Allan Somerset who is now both minors, and is desirous that their names should be alterd to that of Jesse Barfield and Allen Barfield which your petitioner prays may be done by legislative Authority, by having an Act of the General Assemly pass'd for that purpose, and their names confirmed under the same REgulations that all other names similar to those is done by your Honorable body and your Petitioner as in duty bound will every pray.
1st Nov. 1800  Stephen Barfield
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HORRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA DEED BOOK A-1
PLEADINGS AND JUDGMENTS 1804-1808; CONVEYANCES 1803-1810, 1838-1839
Abstracted by Catherine H. Lewis

67 Jessie Barfield & Jane his wife [d/o Francis Floyd, decd.] vs Izabel Taylor, admx. & Hugh Floyd & Sam’l Floyd, Admrs. Writ of partition 22 Oct 1804. Commissioners: Benjamin Lewis, Samuel Foxworth, John Ford, Joseph Ford, Willis Rawls. Heirs: Izabel, widow and 7 children: Jane, Hugh, Theophilus, Johnston, Cathrine, Izabel & Francis [minors, Jane & Hugh, execs.] Division signed 20 Mar 1806. Order signed October term 1807.
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1850 Warren Cty,Ms Census

879/907
Jesse Barefield 67 SC
Eliza " 16 Ms
Catherine Hatcher 12 Ms
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Found on Genforum, posted by Louise Barfield:

While visiting Vicksburg Ms. I went to Porter's Chapel Cemetery and discovered the graves of Jesse & Jane (Floyd) Barfield/Barefield and many of their children. Although these Barefields are not directly linked to my family I wanted to share with those of you who are from their line. They left a beautiful tribute behind on the graves of their family members. If you have never seen the graves, please go, it's a site you will never forget. These Barefields, (at times spelled Barfield and Bearfield, the family now spells it Barefield) were a shining example for all who carry the name.

The graves are each surrounded in brick about a foot high, on top of the brick lay a slab of what appeared to have been marble, it runs the length of each grave. The inscriptions were written on the slabs.

Inscriptions:

To The Memory of

Jesse Barfield
A Native Of South Carolina.
Born September 14th, 1784
Died September 21st, 1859

Sacred To the memory of Jane Barefield, wife of Jesse Barefield

Born Febuary 11th, 1783
Died March 24th, 1832

Her history was of beautiful comment on the duties of the wife, the mother, and the friend as she lived for the happiness of others her life was a pious offering to God and humanity to charity, prudence, and frugality she united the faith and hope of the christian; and has left a memory of unfading greeness in the hearts of those who survive and mourn her loss.

At the foot of her grave stands a DAR plaque with this inscription:

Jane Floyd Barefield
Daughter of a Patriot
Placed by the Deer Creek Chapter DAR.

Francis Barefield
Born June 31, 1805
Died December 29, 1846

Jesse F. Barefield
Born Febuary 3, 1816
Died August 15, 1850

Viola Barfield
A native of MS.
Born September 11, 1834
Died September 27, 1857

Hugh Barefield
Husband of Susan Barefield
Born June 11, 1820
died September 28, 1854

Rebecca Shamberger
Daughter of Susan Barefield
Born September 5, 1842
Died March 1, 1846

Back Row:

Stephen Barefield
Born August 23, 1805
Died December 23, 1863

Life's labours past the honest toilful man sleeps here, as only the just whose worth and virtues blossom in the dust.

Margaret Barfield (his wife)
Born March 20, 1804
died January 28, 1863

Hers was a life of careful domestic toil, of patient unwearied devotion of daily trials and daily triumph.
Blessed are the dead who die in the hand.

The above mentioned graves are now divided from the other graves at Porter's Chapel by a road and are across the street setting on the hill.

The following graves were found in the main part of the cemetery behind the (now) Methodist Church. They were together & large slabs cover the graves.

John Bearfield
Born September 12, 1812
Died August 17, 1873

Mark the perfect man and behold the upright. For the end of that man is peace. signed, SJB

Margaret Consort (wife)
of John Barefield
Born May 8, 1820
Died April 9th 1852
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The 1850 WarrenCo census shows an Eliza Barfield, age 16 bn MS, and Catharine Hatcher, age 12 bn MS, living with Jesse. It is not known who Eliza is, but Catharine is Jesse's granddaughter, dau of Stephen and Margaret Barfield Hatcher.

(all of above
from Ancestry.com, Nel Hatcher, Descendants of William Hatcher, 1613-1680)

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1850 Slave Schedule, Warren County, Mississippi
Owner: Jesse BAREFIELD
1 Black Female, 45
1 Black Male, 43
1 Black Male, 43
1 Black Female, 38
1 Black Male, 24
1 Black Male, 23
1 Black Male, 20
1 Black Female, 18
1 Black Male, 14
1 Black Female, 10
1 Mulatto Male, 8
1 Black Female, 6
1 Black Female, 4
1 Black Male, 2

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SOURCES
Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 - Ancestry.com