When John Barbee was born in 1793, in Taylor, Kentucky, United States, his father, Brig Gen Elias Barbee Sr, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Slaughter, was 25. He married Mary Martha Ray on 13 February 1816, in Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 3 September 1856, in Terre Haute, Knox, Indiana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Terre Haute, Knox, Indiana, United States.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: variant of Barby .
English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Barbé (see Barbe ).
Americanized form of French Barbier and possibly also of Barbé (compare 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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