Barnes, Sterling Rex

(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 Rockwalll, 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. (1981)

Barnes, Sterling Rex is a historical marker in Heath, Rockwall County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Rockwall County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 41 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.8397, -96.4797 near Heath. The nearest cataloged historic site is Heath-Willow (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Heath Methodist Church, Kyser, and Old Kyser-Peck.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5397006135. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.