64. Ben Barnes Sr.
Benjamin Barnes, Sr was a wealthy and influential planter, owned a large
number of slaves and about 2, 000 acres of land in Crawford County
Georgia. Also, he owned saw, flour, woolen, and rice mills. Before the
Civil War, he was estimated to be worth $100,000. In politics he was a
Whig and later a Democrat. He was justice of the peace in Crawford
county for some time.Benjamin Barnes married Patience Spears and they had nine children.
Moses, JOHN, Sarah, Martha, Patience, Ben Jr, Andrew Jackson, Eliza,
Remileson.