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The Migration of Marion Madison Barrington"

In order to trace the migration of Marion Madison Barrington through his years in Georgia and Alabama it becomes important to understand some of the history of the locations in which he resided. As with many of the Barringtons and the other related families who lived in the counties of Crenshaw, Butler and Covington one must look at the years those counties actually became individual counties. For example, anyone listed as being born in Butler and who died in Crenshaw may not have moved at all in their lifetimes.

Henry County, Georgia, was so-named to honor the American Patriot Patrick Henry and was created on May 21, 1821. Henry County, as first surveyed, was almost seventy miles in its greatest length and width and included all or parts of the present counties of Newton, DeKalb (from which Fulton was formed), Spalding, Butts and Rockdale Counties.

Barbour County was created on December 18, 1832, from former Creek Indian territory and a portion of Pike County. Its boundaries were altered in 1866 and 1868. The county was named for Virginia Governor James Barbour. Barbour County is located in the southeastern section of the state, bounded on the east by the Chattahoochee River and the State of Georgia. The county seat was established in Louisville in 1833, and moved to Clayton in 1834. Today Barbour County contains two courthouses - one in Clayton and one in Eufaula.

Crenshaw County was created by an act of the Alabama General Assembly on November 30, 1866. It was formed from parts of Butler, Coffee, Covington, Pike and Lowndes counties and is located in the south-central section of the state, in the coastal plain area. The county is named for Andrew Crenshaw, an early settler of Butler County. The first county seat was established in Rutledge in 1867, which was near the Blackrock Community and was the homesite of many of the early Barringtons. The county seat was moved to Luverne in 1893. Other significant towns include Highland Home, Honoraville, Petrey, Brantley and Dozier. Dozier was located in the part of Crenshaw that was taken from Covington, Blackrock and Rutledge from Butler. Butler County was created by the first session of the Alabama legislature on December 13, 1819, from parts of Monroe and Conecuh Counties. Covington County was created on December 17, 1821. Its boundaries were rearranged in 1824, 1841 and 1868. In August 1868, the name was changed to Jones County, (which no longer exist) though the original name was restored in October 1868.

Henry County was created on December 13, 1819. The original county was vast in size, until its boundaries were reduced by the establishment of the counties of Pike and Covington in 1821, by Dale in 1824, by Barbour in 1832 and Houston in 1903. When it comes to the burial place of Marion Madison Barrington, Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery, Dothan, in Houston County, Alabama and his owning land in Henry County, it must be understood that Houston did not become a county until 1903 which prior to that time it was part of Henry County. Strange irony that Marion's life began in Henry County, Georgia and ended near Henry County, Alabama.

Geneva County was created by the Alabama legislature on December 26, 1868. The county was named for Geneva, its principal town and county seat. Geneva County is located in southeastern Alabama and is drained by the Choctawhatchee River. It is bordered by Coffee, Covington, Dale, and Houston counties and the State of Florida. Other towns and communities include Samson and Hartford.

Marion Madison Barrington was born in Henry County, Georgia to Willis Barington and his wife Sarah CeBelle Mathews, the seventh of eleven children. According to the obituary of Marion Madison Barrington, his family moved to Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama around 1830. Here he married Anne Margaret Heidt on January 15, 1852. The next record I have found on Marion Madison Barrington living in Barbour County is in deed records signed on November 22, 1856 by which time he had two children, both born in Eufaula in Barbour County. At the time of the birth of his son John Madison Barrington on June 28, 1862, Marion was serving in the civil war and it wasn't until after his discharge in 1865 that their next child, Anna who was born, she was born on July 24, 1866.

"Marion Madison Barrington and the Civil War"

Marion Madison Barrington and his service to the Confederate States of America began with his enlistment in 1862. In May of 1862 Marion enlisted into a regiment that was organized in Opelika, Alabama, this regiment was known as the Alabama 39th and the company Marion enlisted with was Company K, a unit made up of men from Barbour County, Alabama. After the 39th was organized in May 1862, it was immediately sent to Mississippi where it was brigaded under Gen. Frank Gardner, with the Nineteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Alabama regiments. It participated in the weary march into Kentucky, and came back with the army to Murfreesboro. The regiment took part in that battle, and with heavy loss in casualties, having gained much credit for repulsing an attack of the enemy the day before. The regiment was with the army when it fell back to the Chattanooga line, and took part in the battle of the Chicamauga with a very heavy loss of men. At Mission Ridge the loss was light, and the Thirty-ninth, now under Gen. Deas of Mobile as brigade commander, wintered at Dalton. From there to Atlanta the 39th regiment took part in all the fighting of the army and suffered severely. And when, under Gen. Hood the fate of the Confederacy was risked on the "iron dice of battle," in the trenches of Atlanta, and at Jonesboro, the ranks of the Thirty-ninth were thinned sadly by the casualties of those desperate struggles. The 39th marched into Tennessee, fighting in the Battle of Nashville, then reduced to a fraction of it's original size the 39th took part in operations in the Carolinas. There it was consolidated into the 22nd and 26th infantry of Alabama, where they surrendered. Out of 1,100 officers and enlisted men in the 39th Alabama in May of 1862, only a handful would remain by the time Marion Madison Barrington was discharged after being wounded in May of 1865.

"Application for the Relief of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors for the State of Alabama"

Henry County, Alabama: To the Honorable Board of Pension Examiners of said county:
Your petitioner, Marion Madison Barrington respectfully represents to your honorable board that he is a resident citizen of Henry County, in the State of Alabama, and that he resided in said State on the first day of January in the year 1899. That he enlisted in the service of the State, or Confederate States, as a private in Company K in the 39th Alabama Regiment in May 1862 at Eufaula in the State of Alabama, and that he was honorably discharged from service in May 1865, that he did not desert the service of the Confederate States, or the State of Alabama; that he was wounded at the Battle of Atlanta in the State of Georgia and that he is now unable to make a living by manual labor on account of Hernia: That he is at the time of filling this application, 72 years of age and that his post office address is Dothan, Alabama. That he does not own property either in his own name, nor that of his wife, to the value of $400. That his annual income does not exceed $400.00 and that he has no children upon whom he can depend for support. Your petitioner files herewith a complete schedule of all the property owned by himself and wife. In consideration of the forgoing facts, your petitioner asks that his name be placed on the pension rolls, in the class your honorable board may adjudge him to belong, that he may participate in the division of the fund provided for the relief of Confederate and Alabama Soldiers and their widows, by the Act of the General Assembly approved February 10, 1899:

Signed: Marion Madison Barrington

Marion and Anne had a total of eight children, possibly all born in Barbour County. There has been some question as to the birth place of his last three children with some claim that John Madison Barrington was born in the Blackrock Community of Crenshaw County, Alabama and that Marion's daughter, Anna Iola Barrington, was born in Florida. According to one of the Crenshaw County Census records, which I believe to be the 1910 census the family of Robert Marion Dean is listed in the town of Dozier. On this census report it states his mother, Anna Barrington, as being born in Florida. However, according to the 1870 census of Barbour County, all the members of the family of Marion Madison Barrington were still living and all are listed as being born in Alabama. This discrepancy can best be explained by the fact that Anna Barrington Dean died in 1894 and Samuel Dean, Robert Marion Dean's father, had remarried in 1899 and that the mother listed as being born in Florida was his step-mother, Emma Marlow, and not his natural mother Anna.

Anne Margaret Heidt was a daughter of John David Heidt and Sarah "Sally" Thomas and the fith child from a total of ten children born to John and Sarah Heidt. All of the Heidt children were born in Twiggs County, Georgia and later the Heidt family moved to Barbour County in Alabama. The parents of Anne Heidt were origionally from South Carolina, both born in the 1790s but like many others at that time they slowly moved south and west as Indian lands were being taken.

"1870 Federal Census for Barbour County, Alabama"
Page 335 / Schedule 1 Inhabitants in Township 9, range 27: July 1870

Barrington, Marion M; age 43, farmer born in Georgia:
Barrington, Anne; age 46, keeping house, born in Georgia:

The census continues and list children, Alexander, age 15; Sarah, age 14; William, age 11; Marion, age 10; John, age 8; Anna, age 4; and Willis, age 1: All born in Alabama.

According to various records, including the 1880 Federal Census, after leaving Barbour County, Marion moved to Crenshaw County to the Blackrock Community. It was here his younger daughter married Samuel MacDonald Dean, a son of Charles Sumpter Dean I, another Veterean of the Confederacy who served in the 17th Alabama Infantry, which is not the same unit in which Marion Madison Barrington had served. The 17th Alabama regiment was organized August, 1861 at Montgomery, Alabama. With men from Coosa, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Monroe, Butler, and Russell counties. Early in 1864 it joined the Army of Tennessee, serving under General Cantey, and was active in the Atlanta Campaign at the same time the 39th was active Atlanta. It was probably here that the Barrington and Dean families made connections.

"1880 Federal Census for Crenshaw County, Alabama"
Page 8 / Schedule 1 Inhabitants in the County of Crenshaw: District 55: July 1880:

Barrington, Marion M; age 50, farmer, born in Georgia:
Barrington, Anne; age 50; keeping house, born in Georgia:

The census continues and list children, Alexander, age 25; Sarah, age 24; William, age 20; Marion, age 20; John, age 15; Anna, age 14; and Willis, age 11: All listed as born in Georgia (not Alabama): According to the 1870 and then the 1880 census it is obvious some errors were made, most likely in the 1880 census. It appears that the information on this family probably came from second hand sources and not from the Barrington family. The one major clue that makes me realize of the mistake in this census is the information on the family next to that of Marion Madison Barrington. This is the family of John Richard Jordan and his wife Sarah Barrington. Srah is the same Sarah Barrington listed as a child of Marion Madison, and Sarah was indeed his daughter but still she is listed as being in the household of Marion so this census was obviously a guess.

The 1880 Agricutral Census for Crenshaw County, listed on page 7, district 55, enumerated on June 15, 1880 shows that Marion Madison Barrington was the owner of 240 acres and that the land was pruchased in December 1874. It was also at this time, December 31, 1874 that records were filed in Barbour County on this land and signed by Juctice of the Peace, James Orr. With these records it would suggest Marion Madison Barrington moved from Barbour County to Crensahw County around January, 1875. Several conveyances of land was issued by Crenshaw County from John Andrew Tindal and his wife Mary in the years 1880 and 1881, showing Marion Madison Barrington and family were still in Crenshaw County at this time. John Andrew Tindall was the husband of Mary Frances Barrington who was a daughter of Marion's brother, William Winfield Barrington.

Records indicate that Marion sold his land in April 1899 by records filed in Henry County, Alabama. In papers filed to the Judge of Probate in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama on October 01, 1907, Marion Madison Barrington stated he was over eighty years of age and requested to have his pension records upgraded from 4th to 1st class. Marion first filed for his Confederate Pension on February 10, 1899 at which time he was living in Henry County. Marion's wife Anne had died in Geneva County, Alabama on December 12, 1893 at which time he was living in the home of his daughter Sarah Jordan. He died at his daughters farm in Gevena County Alabama on February 08, 1909.

Obituary of
Marion Madison Barrington

February 18, 1909:

"As it has been pleasing in the sight of God to take from us, our beloved and venerable father Marion M. Barrington. We feel disirous of placing on record some tribute of respect to his memory. He was born in Henry County, Georgia, December 23, 1826 and lived there until 1830 when he moved to Eufaula, Alabama, where he was married to Miss Ann Margaret Heidt on January 15, 1852. To this union was born five sons and three daughters of whom four sons and one daughter survive. He united with the Primitive Baptist Church in October 1879 and has lived a consisitent member until his death on the 8th of February 1909. We cannot find language to portray all his noble traits, he was a kind husband and father, as a church member he was true and faithful always filling his place at church earnestly contending for faith that was once delivered to the saints. As a citizen his life was a model for the rising generations, was always pleasing to all whom he met. Never spoke evil of anyone, but was kind and courteous to all having respect for those who differed from him in their religious opinion. He was sick about four weeks with jaundice and suffered immensely but seemed to be reconciled to all his suffering and would so express himself to the writer and others during his sickness. His four sons had been summoned to his bedside several days before the end came and arrived in time for him to know them and remained until the end came. His remains were placed in the Cemetery at Mt. Pleasant Church, Houston County, Alabama by the side of his companion."