This history covers six generations of the Barnard family in America beginning with Jonathan Barnard, immigrant and Revolutionary War veteran from Massachusetts. Jonathan later resided in Hancock County, Tennessee, where many Barnards still reside. Five of Jonathan's great-grandsons were sentenced to hang for the murder of Henley Sutton in 1889. Dubbed the "Bad Barnard Boys, " they were later pardoned by the governor. My great-grandfather changed his name and left Hancock County to get away from the troubles there, Sidney Charles Barnard settled in Montgomery County, Kentucky, where he leaves a large number of descendants.