The Ancestors of Frusanna Barton Reitzel

Doing research on Frusanna Barton, wife of Daniel Reitzel has been filled with mysteries. My parents always told stories of their family that they had heard from their parents. Such is oral history passed down from generations to generations. I have learned that these stories don't always prove to be true. Such is the one I grew up with about Frusanna.

We (my sisters and I) from an early age heard of the story of Frusanna dying when her daughter Rachel was a tiny baby. Part of the story was of Daniel Reitzel taking the baby to his parents until he could take care of her. Knowing that Daniel and Frusanna both came from North Carolina, did he take the baby all the way back there? Later, when Betty was working on a family tree project for school, my Grandpa(Pa)Edmondson wrote that Frusanna's parents Aaron and Betsy came on horseback and took her home with them.

As I started my research on Daniel and Frusanna the first object was to try to find their marriage record. This proved to be almost impossible, searching both North Carolina and Indiana records on Ancestry showed nothing with these two last names on the same marriage record. Then I decided to try searching the name Frusanna...not a common name at all. This was a success, I found their marriage record in Greene County, Indiana listing Frusanna Barton marrying Daniel "Wrightsell". This was the start of finding more information about Frusanna's family. The first thing I did was search the 1840 census for any Bartons in Greene County Indiana. So what is the mystery? There was no Aaron Barton in Greene County. The only Aaron I have found was a brother of Frusanna. Frusanna's parents seem to have been Willis and Christena Barton not Aaron and Betsy, so who were Aaron and Betsy? Could brother Aaron been the one to come and get her and who was Betsy?
Since this discovery my husband and I have visited Greene County several times. I have pictures of the graves of Christena and Willis Barton. I found a Will for one of their sons,John Barton, who died in the early 1850's. He left $1.00 to Rachel S. "Rightsell." Another discovery came with research of the 1860 census and 1870 census of Greene County along with an atlas of Greene County. In 1860 Willis and Christena Barton's youngest son Nathan resided in Greene County, his neighbors were the Pugh family. Nathan was killed in the Civil War in 1861 and his widow died sometime before 1870. In the 1870 census Rachel(Reitzel)and John Appleby were living in Greene County next to the Pugh family. In the atlas I looked at, the property next to the Pughs was listed as the estate of Nathan Barton, so Rachel and John were probably living on her uncle's property.
AS you can see there are still mysteries to solve but it may just stay that way!

Below is the Ancestry of Frusanna Barton to the best of my knowledge.

Generation No. 1
JOHN BARTON was born 1737 in Randolph County, North Carolina, and died 1782 in Liberty, Randolph,
North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH 1762 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She was born 1741 in
Randolph County, North Carolina, and died 10 Dec 1817 in Posey County Indiana.
children of JOHN BARTON and ELIZABETH are:
WILLIAM BARTON, b. 1763.
MOLLY BARTON, b. Abt. 1768.
SARAH BARTON, b. 1770.
ELIZABETH BARTON, b. 1771.
CATHERINE BARTON, b. 1773.
JOHN BARTON, b. Abt. 1774, Randolph County North Carolina; d. Abt. 1851, Randolph County North Carolina.
ANNA BARTON, b. 1778.

Generation No. 2
WILLIS BARTON was born 16 Oct 1780 in Randolph County, North Carolina, and died 23 Aug 1845 in Greene County, Indiana. He married CHRISTENA UNDERWOOD in Randolph County, North Carolina. She was born 17 Oct 1787 in Randolph County, North Carolina, and died 21 Jan 1880 in Greene County, Indiana.
Notes from WHaseman ,"Willis & Christiana were born in Randolph Co., NC and moved
to Greene Co., IN 1836. They appear in 1830 Census Randolph Co & 1840 Census Greene Co. Christiana's
surname is inferred from a paper loose in family bible which lists "Saml Underwood 1852" and locating Samuel
Underwood in 1790 census Randolph co."
More About WILLIS BARTON:
Burial: Stanley Cemetery Green County Indiana
Notes for CHRISTENA UNDERWOOD:
1860 Census
More About CHRISTENA UNDERWOOD:
Burial: Stanley Cemetery Green County Indiana

Generation No. 3
ALFRED BARTON, b. 1807, North Carolina; d. 1853
WILLIAM BARTON, b. 1809, North Carolina; d. 1876; m. SUSANNAH SKINNER, 23 Dec 1857, Greene
County Indiana.
AARON BARTON, b. 1810, North Carolina; d. Dec 1850, Greene Co. Indiana1.
Notes for AARON BARTON:
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
Surname: Aaron Barton
Year: 1850
County: Greene CO.
State: IN
Age: 40
Gender: M (Male)
Month of Death: Dec
State of Birth: NC
ID#: MRT197_17104
Occupation: FARMER
Cause of Death: TYPHUS FVR
ELIZABETH BARTON was born 14 Mar 1813 in North Carolina, and died 1903 in Greene County, Indiana. She married (1) ISSAC HUBBELL 31 Oct 1844 in Greene County, Indiana. He was born 11 Sept 1786 in New Jersey, and died in Greene County, Indiana. She married (2) JOSEPH OSBORN.
QUINCY BARTON, b. 06 Sep 1814, North Carolina; d. 25 Dec 1852, Greene County, Indiana; m. LUCINDA STEWART, 10 Sep 1851, Greene County, Indiana.
ABSALOM BARTON was born 1817 in North Carolina, and died 1876 in Greene County
Indiana. He married ELIZABETH FULLER 06 Nov 1845 in Greene County, Indiana3.
JOHN BARTON, b. 1818, North Carolina; d. 1854, Greene County, Indiana
LEONARD BARTON was born 15 Oct 1819 in North Carolina, and died 24 Sep 1908 in
Greene County, Indiana. He married HANNAH DAYHOFF 15 May 1849 in Greene County, Indiana. She was born 1830, and died 04 Jan 1900 in Greene County, Indiana.
FRUSANNA BARTON was born 05 Jun 1822 in North Carolina, and died 04 Apr 1841. She
married DANIEL REITZEL 18 Aug 1839 in Greene County, Indiana, son of HENRY REITZEL and CATHERINE MOUSER. He was born 05 Mar 1810 in Guilford County, North Carolina, and died 1873 in Waterville, Indiana. Child of FRUSANNAH BARTON and DANIEL REITZEL was
RACHEL S. REITZEL, b. 05 Oct 1840, Hendricks County, Indiana; d. 04 Apr 1933, Hendricks County,
Indiana.
CATHARINE BARTON was born 1824 in North Carolina, and died 1878. She married (1)
STEPHEN PADGETT, 26 Jan 1843 in Greene County, Indiana. He died Abt. 1860. She married (2) WILLIAM
JOHNSON, 13 Apr 1865 in Greene County, Indiana.
SARAH (SALLY) BARTON was born 1827 in North Carolina. She married ALEXANDER
BOLES, 25 Aug 1852 in Greene County, Indiana.
ANNA BARTON was born 1828 in North Carolina. She married WILLIAM WINTERS, 12 Dec
1847 in Greene County, Indiana. He was born 08 Oct 1816 in Indiana, and died 29 Jun 1870 in Greene Co.
Indiana.
MARY( POLLY) ANN BARTON was born 16 Sep 1830 in North Carolina, and died 15 Dec
1854 in Greene Co. Indiana. She married PETER HENRY SCHULTZE 20 Oct 1850 in Greene County, Indiana. He was born 23 Jul 1826 in Moers, Germany, and died 06 Sep 1896 in Linton Indiana.
NATHAN BARTON was born 1832 in North Carolina, and died 01 Mar 1862 in Fort Henry,
Tennessee. He married ELEANOR MCCONNELL 18 Mar 1855 in Owen County, Indiana
He was buried at Shiloh National Cemetery.


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