Known to family members as Barney, he was most likely born in Knox County, Tennessee between 1800 and 1810.  He married Nancy Reed, born about 1823, and the daughter of William Reed, who was born in Georgia.  Family legend says this marriage was performed according to Cherokee rights.  The Reeds moved to the Snow Hill area after 1835, from Meigs County.  William Reed married Susan, a Cherokee woman.  Nancy is the sister of Nellie who married Wesley Davis.  Nancy�s grandfather, William Reed (Sr.), fought in the Revolution and is listed in the 1840 census as receiving a Federal pension.  Her grandfather died in 1842 in the Snow Hill area of Hamilton County.   Further information on his Revolutionary War service can be found on his pension W 5673 in the National Archives.   Nancy was entered on the Cherokee rolls by Chapman as #1609.   In subsequent years their children will be entitled to payments by the Government to Cherokees.  In 1842, there is a land sale by Leroy Standifer to Nancy Reed for 60 acres for $60.  The transaction is entirely in her name without the mention of her husband.   Barney and Nancy never appear on any census.  Barney died in 1863 and Nancy died in 1864.