(Gravesite in Heath Cemetery)
Virginia native Sterling Rex Barnes (1799-1866) migrated to this area from Mississippi with his wife Martha Ann (Mitchell) (b.1809) and family in 1846. A pioneer settler in the community of Black Hill, now Heath, he was a charter member of East Trinity Masonic Lodge No. 157 in Rockwall, organized in 1854. Barnes was the local justice of the peace in 1852 and operated a toll bridge at a site on the East Fork of the Trinity River, now under the waters of Lake Ray Hubbard. Five sons and one son-in-law served with the Confederacy during the Civil War.| HM Number | HMMAL |
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| Year Placed | 1981 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 1:21pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 735923 N 3636339 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.83976667, -96.47936667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 50.386', W 96° 28.762' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 50' 23.16" N, 96° 28' 45.72" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 972, 469 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 224-298 Smirl Dr, Heath TX 75032, US |
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