Robert Thompson Barber (1832 – 1920) of Cherokee, Texas was the son of Scottish immigrants that came from Tennessee just after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. He served the Confederate States of America in Co. "A" Morgan's Texas Cavalry and was a charter member and Past Master of the first Masonic lodge (No. 225) in San Saba. This 1862 Confederate $100 note was placed inside the 1904 cornerstone on his behalf by the lodge treasurer Samuel E. Kelley.