Barton Historical Society newsletter
(Microfiche, Online Content)

Quarterly

Quarterly.

Three per year (1959-1976) in spring (Easter), summer (Reunion) and winter (Christmas). Semiannually (1977-1981) in December (Winter) & August (Reunion). Annually (1982 - ?) in winter.

Christmas edition (Dec 1959) - 1988/1989 edition; 2000 -

South Carolina's town, Tygerville was later spelled Tigerville.

Editor: Eleanor (Mrs. William P.) Barton, Thelma Barton (Stephens) Gilreath, Mary Barton Hitt, Cherry Barton; et al.

Publication was suspended from 1990-1999.

Back issues are available on microfiche. Some were filmed out of order.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (4 Nov. 2005).

Includes bibliographic references. Also includes tables of contents.

Issues designations are the special season or occasion and the year, such as Easter (spring), Reunion (summer) and Christmas (winter). Later issues were designated by volume, issue number, season and year.

Bulletin for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Barton (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Bavaria, England, Germany, Ireland, Prussia, Scotland, and Wales. Some related families came from Poland and Switzerland. Some Bartons immigrated to Barbados, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia in the 1600s. In the 1700s, some settled in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Some focus is on (but not limited to) the Southern Bartons, South Carolina Bartons, the Bartons who settled in Tygerville, South Carolina, and the families of David Barton & Nancy Barrett, Thomas Barton & Sarah Wilson, and David Barton & Ruth Oldham. During the 1800s, some Bartons moved to Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Uruguay, and to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, and Texas. In 1885, some helped establish the First Pilgrim Congregational Church at Robbins, Tennessee. Later descendants also lived Peru, and in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and elsewhere. Some were Quakers and Baptists. Some had Cherokee and other American Indian bloodlines. Some slaves' names are given. Information transcribed or extracted from birth records, cemetery inscriptions, census, church records, court records, death notices & obituaries, deeds, family & local histories, marriage records, military records, newspaper articles, other published works, probates, shared research, wills, and other record sources dating from 1100 to the present.

Also available on microfiche.

Title varies: Barton bulletin (1959-1988); Barton Historical Society newsletter (2000-present).

The Barton Historical Society, Inc. was founded ca. 1940, by the descendants of David Barton and Nancy Barrett. Membership is open to anyone interested in the Barton surname, although it is often associated with the founding families (the Southern Bartons, the South Carolina Bartons, the Thomas Barton / Sarah Wilson family, and the David Barton / Ruth Oldham family) who are all included in The Barton Book. The Society conducts genealogical research, assembles, preserves, and distributes the data. The Society established the Greeneville County Public Library in Greenville, South Carolina to hold Barton books and other records. It establishes memorials and promotes brotherhood, fellowship, and family pride. Annual reunions are often held in August in Tygerville, South Carolina. For reunions, DNA projects, shared genealogies, indexes, some digitized newsletters, membership, and other information, see their Web site.

A DVD of newsletters published 1959-2006, which includes a Master index and sub-indexes for every-name, cemeteries, churches, military units & bases, photographs, rivers, lakes & streams, schools, colleges, ships & sailing vessels, slaves, and Greek letter organizations.