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Col. James Barnett |
| Col. J. Barnett settled on French Broad, seventy years ago, and was the first man to pilot or navigate wagons through Buncombe, by putting the two big wheels on the lower side! sometimes pulling, sometimes pushing and sometimes carrying the wagon! at a charge of $5 'for work and labor done.' (1858. Bennett, D. K. Chronology of North Carolina, p.102.) |
| "Nov. 1802: 'Thursday 4. 'We came off
about the rising of the sun--cold enough. There were six or seven
heights to pass over at the rate of five, two or one mile an hour--as
this ascent or descent would permit; four hours brought us to the end of
twelve miles to dinner at Barnett's station....' Bishop Francis Asbury
as quoted in (1922. Sondley, F. A. Asheville and Buncombe County,
p. 109.)
"Oct. 1809: 'We crossed the French Broad and fed our horses at the gate of Mr. Wootenpile [Hoodenpile]; he would accept no pay but prayer....I found old Mr. Barnett sick: the case was a desperate one, and I gave him a grain of tartar and a few composing drops, which procured him a sound sleep. The patient was very thankful, and would charge us nothing. Here are martyrs to whiskey....' Bishop Asbury from (1922. Sondley, F. A. Asheville and Buncombe County, pp. 112, 113.) |
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Bibliography Bennet, Daniel K. The Chronology of North Carolina New York: J. M. Edney, 1858. Sondley, Forster A. Asheville and Buncombe County. Asheville, NC: The Citizen Co., 1922
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