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Cherokee By Blood Vol 1 p. 398: Joanna Barber and 1 child, Crowell, TX. Rejected. It does not appear that any ancestor was a party to the treaties of 1835-6 and 1846. Nor does it appear that any ancestor was ever enrolled, or that any ancestor lived within the Cherokee domain. (Misc. Test. P. 3393) Applicant born in Arkansas in 1835. MISC TEST. P. 3393. Isaac A. Barber: My name is Isaac A. Barber. I was born in 1830 and will be 78 years of age, the 17th of this month. I live at Crowell, TX. I am appearing here in the place of my wife, who is a claimant to participate in this fund, and who is too poorly to come. Her name is Joanane Barber, #1306, and she claims her Indian blood through her mother, Elizabeth Petty, who died in TX in 1873. She was born in the East, in GA. I think. Her mother Polly Ann Rogers, married Sam Dawson in GA and they lived ther for a while and then moved west in 1835, or the last of them did. My wife's mother, Polly Ann Rogers first came west to Carroll County, AR in 1833, with her husband Sam Dawson, they thought that that was the Cherokee country at that time, as it was full of bear and deer. From AR, they later came to TX. They came to this State in 1848. I moved here in 1852. Polly Ann Rogers diedin 1852, in December. I was with her when she died. She was possibly over 60 years of age. She was a 3/4 Cherokee and looked like a full blood. Her father was a white man also and he claimed no Indian blood. The mother of Polly Ann Rodgers was a full blood Cherokee Indian named Avery Vann, who lived and died in GA. Avery and Alcey Vann are the same, some call it Avery and others Alcey. Alcey Vann was alive in 1835, and that is as near as I can come to her time of living. I do not know when she died. My wife was born in Carroll Co, AR. amoung Cherokees of that locality. My wife's greatgrandmother, Alcey Vann got an allotment in GA and lived and died on tahis land. Polly Ann Rodgers moved west in 1833, as stated and into AR. They gave Avery Vann a privilege of taking land in GA and staying east or to come west as Polly Ann Rodgers did and take land here. Polly Ann Rodgers chose to come here while Alcey Vann stayed where she was. Polly Ann Rodgers got no money from the Government on account of her Indian blood in 1852. Capt. John Rodgers married Alcey Vann and helped to move the Indians west in 1835. He married Alcey Vann in GA. Capt. John Rodgers was 1/2 Cherokee Indian. He is on the 1835 and 1848 rolls. Polly Ann Rodgers was in TX is the reason she was not enrolled. Capt. John Rodgers is the greatgrandfather of my wife and through him, a 1/2 blood Cherokee, and through his wife Alcey Vann, a full blood Cherokee, both enrolled, we, my wife and children, and her family claim a right to share in this fund. SIGNED; Isaac A. Barber, Quanah, TX, 10/2/1908. EXCEPTION CASE. Rejected. Total number of exceptions filed in this group--7. Original recommendation renewed.

Joanna Petty married Isaac Barber and had 6 children. This family settled in Williamson County after coming to Texas. Isaac Barber was killed by the Sheriff of that County and his oldest child, John Barber, swore that when he became 21 years old that he would kill that Sheriff. True to his word when his 21st birthday came he put on his gun and sent to Georgetown to get his man. He then fled to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma where Joanna and children followed later. It is said to be on record at Austin where she applied for free land up there and got it on the strength of her Indian blood.

Birth	December 15, 1835	Carroll County, Arkansas
Marriage	July 19, 1850	Carroll County, Arkansas - Isaac Jones Barber
Death	August 20, 1908	Crowell, Foard County, Texas
Burial		Crowell, Foard County, Texas

Spouse	Isaac Jones Barber (1830 - 1920)
Child	Rose Barber ( - )
Child	Alcey Jane Barber (1853 - )
Child	Sarah E Barber (1854 - 1861)
Child	Joel Anderson Barber (1856 - 1935)
Child	Austin Calloway Barber (1859 - 1930)
Child	John Toliver Barber (1860 - 1889)
Child	Samuel D Barber (1862 - 1862)
Child	Irena Joanna Barber (1863 - 1932)
Child	Armenta Emma Barber (1865 - )
Child	Attia Levisa Barber (1867 - 1946)
Child	Ones Ela Barber (1869 - )
Child	William Riley Barber (1871 - 1956)
Child	Mary Ann Barber (1873 - 1949)
Child	James Edgar Barber (1878 - )
Child	Johnny Barber (1879 - )

Father	John A. Petty Jr. (1801 - 1882)
Mother	Betty Elizabeth Dawson (1805 - 1873)
Sibling	Jane Ann Petty (1822 - 1909)
Sibling	Gipson Petty (1823 - 1864)
Sibling	Elizabeth Petty (1824 - 1860)
Sibling	Edna Petty (1826 - 1848)
Sibling	Alsey Josephine Petty (1827 - 1910)
Sibling	Alexander Anderson Petty (1828 - 1889)
Sibling	Lavicia Louisa Petty (1829 - 1885)
Sibling	Ann Catherine Petty (1831 - 1922)
Sibling	James Marion Petty (1833 - 1905)
Sibling	Johnson M. Petty Jr. (1837 - 1887)
Sibling	Samuel Dawson Petty (1839 - 1905)
Sibling	Tempie Arminta Petty (1842 - 1907)
Sibling	Joseph Riley Petty (1843 - 1907)
Sibling	Mary Petty (1844 - 1848)
Sibling	Martha Petty (1845 - 1846)