John H. Barker, was born in 1805. He married Nancy Easterly. The John H. Barkers were apparently the first of the Barkers to move to the Hixson settlement in Hamilton County. Their children included Louisa, Lydia who was the second wife of J.C. Rogers, Mary who married Ephraim Foster Hixson, Joel W., Charlotte, Martha, Harriet who married George Washington Selcer, Sarah and Nancy. Chattanoogan article published 2005