Sterling Rex Barnes
(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)
32.8397° N, 96.4797° W
Where to Find It
in front of Heath Cemetery at the corner of Smirl (FM 1140) Dr and Terry Lane, Heath
Nearby Markers
- 0.2 mi SE Heath Methodist Church Heath
- 3.5 mi N Glen Hill Cemetery Rockwall
- 4.1 mi W Anderson Family Cemetery Garland
- 4.3 mi N First Presbyterian Church of Rockwall Rockwall
- 4.8 mi W Loving, James and Margaret Sunnyvale
- 4.9 mi SW Galloways' Old Home Place Sunnyvale