John Barney Nunez Sr. was the son of James Burrell " Jim Buck" Jones and Isabelle Nunez. He was born on Jan 28, 1874 in Hoboken, GA and died on Oct. 28, 1902 in El Paso, Texas. He married Mary Elizabeth Fleming on Jan. 1, 1893 in Savannah, GA. They had one son, John Barney Nunez, Jr.

John, his half-brother Frank and their half-sister Olivet were all children of Isabel Nunez and are incorrectly identified as children of Isabel's brother Daniel G. Nunez in the sketch in Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia by Folks Huxford, Vol. 7 - Pages 301 & 302.

- Rev. J. B. Nunez II letters about his father

Sept 20, 1971 - "...my father's mother was Isabel Nunez. She had 2 sons and one daughter, My father, John Barney Nunez, his brother, Franklin Willie Nunez, their sister, Dessie Amonia Nunez. She [Dessie Amonia Nunez] married Smith, they had I think 12 children. Franklin Willie Nunez married Ada Faust. They had 2 sons, Fleming Nunez and Theron Alvin Nunez, and a daughter, Ada Mae Nunez, who married I can not think of the name but they lived in Nashville,Tenn. They had I believe 2 boys and 2 girls. Now Theron's wife Lillian, they have a son Theron A. Nunez, Jr. But for Fleming, I think they had a girl I am not sure. Well, I guess that comes down to my father, John Barney Nunez. He married Mary Elizabeth Fleming, who was my mother. I was the only child...

Oct. 6th 1976 - "...My father's Mother was Isabell Nunez (called Bell) this was my Grand Mother; Born Jan. 1st 1854, Died Nov. 14th 1926, Buried in Tampa Fla.; Had 3 children:

1. John Barney Nunez, had only 1 Son;

- My Father, Born Jan. 28th 1874, Died Nov. 28th 1902, Burried Lott Cemetery Waycross Ga.

2. Olivet Desie Amonia had 12 children; Born May 7th 1877, married W. R. Smith. Died and Buried Tampa, Fla.

3. Franklin Willie Nunez, Born Dec. 28th 1883, Died Dec. 29th 1911

Married Ada B. Ward, Burried in Oakland Cemetery, Waycross, Ga;Had 3 children:

Fleming F. Nunez, Ada Mae Nunez, Theron A. Nunez

Fleming lives near Baltimore

Ada Mae married Loftus Bender lives near Nashville, Tenn. I have lost the address..."

Feb. 7 - 1978 - "Now my father's Mother Name was Isabelle call Bell. (Isabelle) Nunez. Her father Daniel A. Nunez. Her mother Sara A. Buried in Waycross in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, 3 miles west of Waycross ... Now my father’s mother had 490 acres, 10 acres in cultivation, about 6 miles south of Nahunta, Ga., where it is believed my father was born, Jan 28, 1874. He got a leg broke as a boy, fell off an ox cart hauling saw dust from a sawmill.

Feb. 18 – 1978 "... I will try to put you right, though it hurts. (Bell) Isabelle Nunez was born Jan. 1, 1854 was only 20 yrs old when my father John Barney Nunez was born Jan 28 – 1874; His sister Olivet Dessemonia Nunez Born May 7 – 1877; His brother Franklin Willie Nunez born Dec 28 – 1883; later [March 9, 1890, Bell] Married J. S. Collins an Engineer on a log train for a saw mill. As a boy my father was hauling saw dust from the mill with an Ox & Cart. He fell off and the Cart ran over and broke his leg. Now his father James Burrell Jones had a large family of boys and girls half brothers & sisters to my father. Joseph Jones, Jap Jones, Benjamin Jones, Hattie Jones. I do not remember all of them, but I knew them as my Uncles and Aunts."

Mar. 24, 1978 "... Now about the name Jones, according to law an unmarried woman has a child, it retains the mothers Maiden Name ... you see it was that Isabelle (Bell) Nunez was serving as the doctor, or we call her a mid-wife, for Jas. B. Jones' Wife when she had her babies, and she fell for J. B. Jones. She was a young woman, about 20 yrs old, something like a Nurse to Mrs. Jones, when her babies where born. So much for that, you ask if I knew James Burrell Jones. Yes, he use to come to my fathers Restaurant, and when I was small he alway gave me 25¢, a quarter. My father called dad just as you do [your step-father]. He gave us his family Record, wrote in a Note Book. I had a car wreck when I moved back to Georgia, and lost a suit case with all my records. And about $6,000.00 worth of house hold goods and Furniture, and some pictures, one of Isabelle, my grand mother.

April 17, 1978- James Burrell Jones he worked turpentine from pine trees and when I knew Grand Pa Jones he was running a Livery Stable, rented horses and Buggies to people to drive and kept horses for other people that owned horses and before he died he run a Wood yard where he sold Stove wood and Fireplace wood. I think he was married 4 times but never married my fathers mother, Isabell Nunez all his children are 1/2 Brother 1/2 Sister (all dead but 2 girls) to My father so was Uncle Frank and Aunt Dessie Amonia. She married W. R. Smith and had a house full of children

April 19, 1978- Now like I have said before Grand Mother Isabelle (Bell) Nunez had these 3 children before she was married and I do not know who was the father of Uncle Frank and aunt Dessie only that they were ½ brother + ½ sister to my father. But James Jones was not their father. Now Grand Mother Bell Nunez latter married J. S. Collins an engineer on a log train that hauled logs to the Saw Mill.