Genealogy for
Rhoda 'Rose' Ann Barnes
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Rhoda 'Rose' Ann Barnes
1824 - 1859
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Rhoda 'Rose' Ann Barnes was born about 1824 somewhere in South Carolina and died about 1859 in Calhoun Co., Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 35 years old.
She and her husband are believed to have died before 1860 when their oldest daughter is found raising their youngest children. | 
 | Census | 10/12/1850 | Division 5 FL (Calhoun County) | 26 yrs old | Recorded as family #34: Stephen Peacock (age 35), Rose Ann (age 26), S. M. (age 12), A. E. (10), George W. (8), John W. (7), Marthey F. (5), Rhoda A. (5). Both parents were born in North Carolina. The four oldest children were born in Georgia and the last two children were born in Florida.
| Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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Rhoda 'Rose' Barnes's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Rhoda 'Rose', her family, and friends. For example, Rhoda 'Rose' is 6 years old when Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1828 |
God is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1830 |
South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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| Stephen Peacock
Born about 1815 and died about 1859
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The Children of Rhoda 'Rose' Ann Barnes
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Sarah M. Peacock
Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1838 and died somewhere in Florida about 1920. She was about 82 years old.
Married John A. Kelly. She and her husband are believed to have raised her youngest siblings after her parents died....
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Ann E. Peacock
Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1839 and died in an unknown location about 1920. She was about 81 years old.
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George Washington Peacock
Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1841 and died in an unknown location about 1862. He was about 21 years old.
Killed in the Civil War....
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77 years old
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John Wesley Peacock
Born in Decatur County, Georgia on December 13, 1843 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 31, 1925. He was 82 years old.
On his 1907 Civil War Pension form he states he was born December 13, 1840. He also states he is 5'6" tall with hazel eyes, light complexion and light hair. He moved from Georgia to Florida with his ...
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Martha Frances Peacock
Born in Jackson County, Florida about 1845 and died in an unknown location about 1930. She was about 85 years old.
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Rhoda A. Peacock
Born in Jackson County, Florida about 1848 and died in an unknown location about 1920. She was about 72 years old.
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James Peacock
Born in Calhoun County, Florida about 1854 and died in an unknown location about 1930. He was about 76 years old.
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