By NABJ JSHOP Karmen Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Often, families have a token or heirloom that is passed down through generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One particular family is bonded by a community in Harris County, Texas that was founded by their ancestor Harrison Barrett. In 1865, Barrett, who had been enslaved, learned of his freedom — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation — and had a vision of one day finding his relatives and bringing them all together again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrison\u2019s search for his family was a journey some may describe as \u201cbittersweet.\u201d Even though he was a free man, he couldn\u2019t celebrate without knowing his family members were all together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to historical research, Harrison envisioned a post-slavery world where he would have a community owned and built by his family. He married longtime friend Annie Jones and together they searched for Barrett\u2019s loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, through prayer, trials and tribulations, Harrison was once again reunited with his people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGod freed us, God brought us back together,\u201d Barrett said, according to the book \u201cLegacies of a Man to Remember, Admire and Honor<\/em>,\u201d written by his granddaughter Addie Mae Barrett Dixon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book was published in 2003. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since then, the property known as Barrett Station has been rebuilt twice by many descendants. Harrison and Annie had 12 children. As they became older and transitioned into adulthood, Barrett hosted a traditional gathering where the family would meet and included food as well as fellowship. The tradition known as \u201chomecoming or family reunion\u201d continues today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI admire Harrison,\u201d said Kimberly Brown, fourth generation granddaughter of Harrison Barrett. \u201cBecause of him, the Barrett family will always be tied together not just biologically but sentimentally. Every year, we are allowed the opportunity to meet together and fellowship at Barrett Station as him and his children and their families once did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s such an intimate experience and every year I look forward to going.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Several members of Barrett\u2019s family are buried at Journey\u2019s End Cemetery on the homesite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To hear more about the Barrett Station Settlement<\/a>, go to: barrettstationcivicleague.org.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One particular family is bonded by a community in Harris County, Texas that was founded by their ancestor Harrison Barrett. In 1865, Barrett, who had been enslaved, learned of his freedom — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation — and had a vision of one day finding his relatives and bringing them all together again. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,169,138],"tags":[170,175],"class_list":{"0":"post-1792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archives","8":"category-jshop-2020","9":"category-nabjnahj20","10":"tag-jshop-2020","11":"tag-karmen-brown"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1800,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions\/1800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nabjmonitor.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}