Sarah “Sally” Phillips Glosson was united in marriage to William “Barney” Barnett Forsyth, Feb 2 1816 in Orange County, NC. (Source: NC Marriage Bonds 1741-1868 #000096825 Orange Co. Bondsman H Stroud J Taylor)

They were known as “Barney & Sally.”

In 1819 Barney sold his property in NC and moved to Franklin County, TN in the early 1820's. While still living in Orange County, NC they had two daughters, Nancy b 16 Dec 1816 and Mary Ann b 4 Jul 1818.

Barney purchased and farmed 125 acres, Sally continued to raise their family, as seven more children were born in Franklin County, TN.

Apparently, the urge to go west in search of a better life led Barney, Sally and some of his neighbors to Benton County, AR. In 1837 they moved from TN to AR by wagon train. Barnett Forsyth and many of his fellow TN neighbors banded together, formed a wagon train, and headed west toward northwest Arkansas Territory.

The Forsyth Family Records of Sara Phillips (Forsyth) (Miser) Hart, a daughter of Barnett Forsyth, indicates Barnett led the wagon train across the western TN wilderness to the land of AR.

Searching for a better way of life this group including the Forsyth, Pace, Burnett, Maxwell, Patterson, Miser, Webb and Stroud families were recorded as some of the original pioneer families who migrated to early Benton County, AR. Finally they arrived Benton County, AR. They settled in Pea Ridge, AR and became one of the first merchants of the town.

After the death of her husband in 1866 and then the deaths of her sons in 1865, Sarah moved to Santa Rosa, Sonoma, CA between 1866 and 1870. The 1870 census shows Sarah living with her daughter Sarah and husband Henry Miser.

Children of William Barnett and Sarah Phillips Glosson Forsyth:

Nancy Forsyth Dean (b NC)
Mary Ann Forsyth Arnold (b NC)
William Henry Forsyth (b TN)
Harriett Angelina Pace (b TN)
Martha Elizabeth Forsyth Maxwell (b TN)
Mark Martin Forsyth (b TN Murdered Benton County, AR)
Sara Phillips Forsyth Miser (b TN)
Benjamin Bryant Forsyth (b TN)
Robert Alexander Forsyth (b TN)
Jones Bailey Forsyth (b AR Murdered Benton County, AR)

Source: Forsyth Family History by Milton L. Forsythe, additional research by James L. Forsythe Sr. and James L. Forsythe Jr.