Paul Barringer

For the physician and college administrator, see Paul Brandon Barringer.

Paul Barringer
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office 1822, 1824
Constituency	Cabarrus County
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons
In office 1793, 1794, 1806–1815
Personal details
Born	(1778-09-26)September 26, 1778 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Died	June 20, 1844(1844-06-20) (aged 65) Lincolnton, North Carolina
Political party	Federalist Whig
Spouse	Elizabeth Brandon ​ (m. 1805)​
Occupation	Businessman, politician

Paul Barringer (1778–1844) was a North Carolina politician, businessman and military veteran of the War of 1812. General Barringer served in the North Carolina House of Commons (1793, 1794, 1806–1815) and in the North Carolina Senate (1822, 1824), representing Cabarrus County. He was at first a Federalist and later a Whig.

Biography

Barringer was born on September 26, 1778, at Poplar Grove, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the son of John Paul Barringer and his wife, Ann Eliza Eisman. He was the brother of Daniel Laurens Barringer, the father of Daniel M. Barringer and Rufus Barringer, and the grandfather of Paul Brandon Barringer and Daniel Barringer. He was married on February 21, 1805, to Elizabeth Brandon, the daughter of Captain Matthew Brandon.

Barringer was commissioned December 23, 1812, by Gov. William Hawkins, and served as brigadier general of a company of volunteers in the War of 1812. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in the years 1806–1815, and of the Senate in 1822. He died at Burton's Hotel in Lincolnton, North Carolina, on June 20, 1844, and was buried in Concord, North Carolina.

References

• NCpedia (State Library of North Carolina)
• Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians by John Hill Wheeler
• Barringer Genealogy
• The Blackwelder and Allied Families of North Carolina and Illinois by Deward C. Williams