Descriptive SummaryBarnett, John F., Sr., 1883-Barnett, (John F., Sr.) Papers1909-1959Materials are written in English.1 ft Center for American History,The University of Texas at AustinPapers document the activities of Thomas Menefee and family as well as related families. John F. Barnett Sr. conducted most of the genealogical research with his granddaughter Mary Evelyn Edwards. Records also include research on the Barnett family.Biographical NoteJohn Franklin Barnett Sr. was part owner and manager of the Barnett Lumber Company in Palacios, Texas in conjunction with his son Price Menefee Barnett and subsequent Barnett family relatives. Barnett married Grace Letitia Menefee and was father to Grace Evelyn Barnett, John F. Barnett Jr., Carolyn Sunshine Barnett and Price Menefee Barnett. John F. Barnett Sr. is also a relative of Dr. George Washington Barnett, who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Grace Evelyn married Thomas M. Ferguson. John Franklin Barnett Jr. married Ethel Cook and was killed in 1944 in Italy during World War II. Carolyn Sunshine married Warren Eugene Edwards. Mary Evelyn Edwards, a granddaughter of John F. Barnett Sr., did much of the family research on the Barnett, Menefee, Frazee and Sutherland families with her grandfather. Price Menefee Barnett, the youngest of the children, and a graduate of Texas A&M University, was married three times and was a stepfather to two daughters and father the John Franklin Barnett III.
Scope and ContentsThe papers include personal letters, clippings, Masonic Lodge records, genealogies, Jackson county clerk records, marriage records, Fox Photo film company records, pictures, wills, titles, and deeds, documenting John F. Barnett's research on Thomas Menefee and family. The papers also document other branches of the family. These families include Frazee, Mercer, Sutherland, Sullivan and White. Thomas Menefee, from Virginia, married a widow Lucy Sutherland Paine with one child. The Menefee's, in addition to the Sutherlands and other Menefee family members, moved to Texas to settle in what is now known a Jackson county. At the time the area was known as the Stephen F. Austin Colony and was experiencing a great deal of anti-Mexican feelings. William Menefee organized the "Menefee Meeting" of 1832 which organized the colonists against the Mexican Army as it was advancing to Fort Velasco.
Preferred CitationBarnett (John F., Sr.) Papers, 1909-1959, Center For American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Index TermsMenefee, ThomasBarnett, John F., Sr.Barnett, George WashingtonJohn F. Barnett Lumber CompanyFrazee familyMercer familySutherland familySullivan familyWhite familyMenefee Meeting of 1832Detailed Description of the PapersJohn F. Barnett, Sr. Papers, 1909-19594Jc168Research on Thomas Menefee and family1838-1959Masonic AF-PMMay-June 1957Texas History Center State Archives - Austin1956-1957Frazee genealogy1956-1957Food1956Josephine T. Menefee1956-1957Names-various for research genealogy1956Bennie B. Hardimann1956Mrs. John R. Barnett1957Looney - Earnest Allen1956-1957Pearl Fitch Stevens1956-1957Zingery Blue Print Co.1956-1957Mrs. J.F. (or Grace M.) Barnett1934,1939-1940,1956 George Ernest Menefee1955-1957County Clerk Jackson County1956Willie Laughlin 1956-1957Mrs. C.B. Cooper1956Price Menefee Barnett1955-1956Dora Menefee (Dorsey) James Looney Menefee1956-1957Mercer Baylor University Historical1956-1957Mercer1956Borden, Gail Mercer-Menefee1957Mercer, Eli families1956-1957Marriage records1956Sutherland data1957John W. Menefee Sr., William Shellman - Victoria, Texas1956Sons of the Republic of Texas1956Wills,titles,deeds for Thos. Menefee, Eli Mercer, George Menefee, George Sutherland1838,1859,1863Work - Current 1956Work1956Genealogy1956Forms, undatedClippings political1955-1956Sadie Gillespie1956Grace M. Barnett1934-1935Fox Company1955Grace Menefee Barnett - old letters1908-1914Threadgill research transfer file1955Mrs. Florence S. Hudson1956-1957Heard - Sullivan - Menefee - Mercer - White1955-1956Frazee genealogy1955Genealogy notes Mercer Menefee lineage1955Historical commission1955-1956Frank L. Heard1956Sutherland Clark from Mrs. Virgil Sutherland1956Mrs. Virgil Sutherland Menefee file, Rio Vista, Texas1955-1957Thomas Nelson Menefee19573S212b Family Photographs1955-1956Mrs. C.B. Cooper Menefee file, Rio Vista, Texas1956Family outdoor gathering, small groupWork - Current1955Photographs of family members printed January 19563S105bEnvelope of negatives