tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960414577715729011.post37510476757732448..comments2024-01-15T16:49:48.876-05:00Comments on Georgia Mysteries: Other Ghostly Connections to Godfrey BarnsleyThe Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899010075470919586noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960414577715729011.post-77886818777396174822021-01-18T21:26:54.498-05:002021-01-18T21:26:54.498-05:00Thank you, Robert. I appreciate the correction. Th...Thank you, Robert. I appreciate the correction. They are always welcome here, as I hope never to disseminate incorrect information on this venue. I have reviewed the post to reflect the new information, and I have given you credit as the source. I have visited the Ships of the Sea Museum website to verify and cross-reference your information and all seems legitimate. Again, thank you for the information, and thank you for reading the blog. <br />Check out some of the other posts, and please comment when you feel led to do so.<br />Dr. Wells The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899010075470919586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960414577715729011.post-49811041018790489062021-01-18T20:51:06.776-05:002021-01-18T20:51:06.776-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899010075470919586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960414577715729011.post-84898018894844681332021-01-05T09:34:53.570-05:002021-01-05T09:34:53.570-05:00The information about Barnsley buying the Scarbrou...The information about Barnsley buying the Scarbrough house is incorrect. When William Scarbrough was declared an insolvent debtor in 1820, the house was sold on the court house steps, and purchased by Scarbrough's brother in law, Robert Isaacs. When Isaac's passed away it was willed to Julia and William's oldest daughter Charlotte. She in turn was forced to sign the deed to the Lifetime use of her mother and sisters, as William couldn't own property in Chatham County. Barnsley moved into the home, took over management, and began renovations. Charlotte sued, and lost not a few times until the case was taken up by the United States Supreme court (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/49/183/) The home was sold in 1850 to the Dominic O'Byrne family who lived there until 1865. <br /><br />Robert W. Hughes<br />Historical Interpreter<br />Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum and William Scarbrough House. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960414577715729011.post-41620899834041892072009-10-19T18:33:32.111-04:002009-10-19T18:33:32.111-04:00You know Professor I have read some material on th...You know Professor I have read some material on the life of Mr. Barnsley. It was filled with much.<br />I also read that his home in Adairsville he called the Woodlands saw a skirmish during the Civil War. Sherman's forces were on his grounds on May 18, 1864and this skirmish was reported in Harper's Weekly. What is very interesting is that Col. Richard G. Earle of the Second Alabama Light Cavalry rode to the Woodlands to warn Mr. Barnsley and was shot dead within a stone's throw of the house. A Mr. Charles Wright Willis of the 103rd Illinois infantry wrote an account of the event in his book Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: "May 18, 1864 Our cavalry had a sharp fight here this p.m. and on one of the gravel walks in the beautiful garden lies a Rebel colonel, shot in five places. He must have been a noble-looking man: looks 50 years old, and has fine form and features. Think his name is Irwin, there must be a hundred varieties of the rose in bloom here and the most splendid specimens of cactus." Col. Earle's grave is within a stone's throw of the manor house and enjoys a prominent place in the perennial garden today. <br />The Union Gen. McPherson ordered no looting on the place but that feel on deaf ears. After the war Mr. Barnsley moved to New Orleans leaving his son-n-law Captain Baltzelle and daughter Julia to manage the Woodlands. Mr. Baltzelle was killed by a falling tree on the estate in 1868. Mr. Barnsley died in 1873 and his daughter brought his body back to the Woodlands. The bad luck continued on the estate as a tornado tore away the roof of the main house 1906. <br />It seems the bad luck that followed this man also followed those around him and even the structure that he had built. Also, with the horror of war at the doorstep was another bad thing to enter the area. Death and poor luck seemed to be the order of the day.The Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634389469903541601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960414577715729011.post-6175851052100191862009-10-19T13:59:34.141-04:002009-10-19T13:59:34.141-04:00Hey Prof!
Thanks for a great story!
Wow! Some peo...Hey Prof!<br />Thanks for a great story!<br />Wow! Some people have all the luck! ... and Godfrey Barnsley's is all bad.<br />Sounds like the Savannah inhabitants are still partying it up in the Scarbrough Mansion.Capricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04713752553720203134noreply@blogger.com