Frances DBarnett

1850 Federal Census, Itawamba County, Mississippi, 2 November, District 6, page 133 (scan 368), Hse #904, Fam #911
John Barnett 28 M Farmer Georgia [born abt 1822]
Minerva Barnett 26 F South Carolina [born abt 1824]
Caroline Barnett 12 F Alabama [born abt 1838]
Frances Barnett 4 F Mississippi [born abt 1846]

We have a problem here with the age reported for Frances, as for other children in the family. Only a 7-year gain in the 1860 census.

1860 Federal Census, Itawamba County, Mississippi, 20 June, PO Gun Town, page 1 (scan 219), Hse/Fam #2
Barnett, John 36 M Farmer $200 real $1125 personal Georgia [born abt 1824]
Barnett, Minerva 38 F South Carolina [born abt 1822]
Barnett, Francis (Frances) A 11 F Mississippi [born abt 1849]

For some reason Frances' marriage record has her middle initial as D. (This is the transcription; the original is not available on my primary source, Ancestry.com.

Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
W T Boren
Francis D Barnett
Marriage 9 Dec 1869 Alcorn County

Some Boren genealogies mention the idea that Francis was fullblooded Choctaw. Some make reference to the mother of Minerva Boren, Francis Barnett, as of Choctaw background. Francis' father was a European, so she is not full blood of any Native American nation. Francis (Frances) is the granddaughter of Minerva Taylor Owens Barnett and John B Barnett. Minerva Taylor Owens John B Barnett was of Cherokee background, not Choctaw.

Perhaps the Boren family line has some Choctaw background, but we have no indication that the Barnetts did. The Owens line mentions only Cherokee in the records and referenced I have seen. Barnett family researchers/descendants have worked together on the records and family traditions reconstructing the story of Minerva Owens Barnett. Frances Barnett could not have been a full-blood Choctaw. Her Native American heritage would be Cherokee, but she could not be full blood, since her father was of European extraction.

Minerva's husband John B Barnett filed affidavits asserting his children's Cherokee heritage, but they were denied by the Dawes Commission. This denial in itself tells us nothing definitive. But they were unable to present sufficient evidence for the Dawes requirements for enrollment. Minerva Taylor Owens Barnett died about 1903 in Ft Gibson, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.

William Theophilus Boren b 1848 Itawamba Co MS, mar 6 Dec 1869 Alcorn Co MS, d 1925 Kiowa Co OK, Bur 1925 Mtn Park Cem, Mtn Park, Kiowa, OK
Father George Washington Boren, b 13 Apr 1813, d 25 Nov 1901; Mother Rachael Davis, b 31 Oct 1816, d 03 Nov 1892
Spouse Francis D Barnett, b 1849
Children:
Minerva Taylor Boren, b 9 Sept 1868 Baldwyn, Prentiss MS, d 20 Sept 1951 Barazo [?]
Cordelia Boren, b 1872 MS, mar Daniel H Fagg 12 Sept 1887 (Daniel died 1896), mar Joe Bowie, d 1900
William Boren, b 1873
Susson (Susan), b 1874
George P Boren, b 1876, mar Minnie L (No last name), 1880-1913, d 1964
John Boren, b 1877
Necy Boren, b 1886 Oklahoma (daughter-in-law)
Ossie Boren, b 1890 Arkansas (son)
-- Compiled by L C Sims, Altus, Oklahoma, Courtesy of the Walraven Genealogy, Ancestry.com, accessed 20 December 2017, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/29362323/person/26090111065/facts