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     Isaac Brashears was born on 23 October 1760 at Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.^3,4 He married Elizabeth Conklin on 22 November 1784 at Julian, Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA,
; His 1st wife. Lily's Perryman Family Tree and Cheryl Grubb cite no sources for this date.^5,6 Isaac Brashears married Unknown (?) circa 1797 at Tennessee, USA,
; His 2nd wife.⁶
Isaac Brashears died on 25 July 1833 at Decatur Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 72.^1,4
Isaac Brashears was buried after 25 July 1833 at Morgan Cemetery, Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave.com:
     Birth:      Oct. 23, 1760, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
     Death:      Jul. 25, 1833, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
     Isaac Brashears was born October 23rd, 1760 in Orange/Guilford County, North Carolina (it was Orange County at the time, now Guilford County)* to Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks. It's believed he was named after an uncle who did not survive into adulthood. The Brashears families are originally of French origin, of the original surname Brasseur (also seen in the US as Brassier - spellings are commonly off due to high illiteracy in this time period, including census takers jotting down names as they interpret from how they sound).
     *In the exact year 1760, Robert Samuel Brashears was issued a patent for 381 acres of land in Orange County, NC, not yet renamed Guilford County.
     Isaac's father Robert Samuel's family moved from Maryland to Fairfax County, VA when he was 15 (1746), then founded a Brashears colony on the banks of the Reedy Haw River and Buffalo Creek area in present-day Guilford County, NC (he lived there at least until 1753). Over the next few years, Robert Samuel was issued land patents between the Carolinas, including a 1785 patent for 402 acres of land on the Saluda River in SC.
     By the time Isaac was born, Robert Samuel owned land in Orange County, NC (1760). The family then migrated to Sullivan County, TN (1779), and built a large house near the Timber Lake Branch of Reedy Creek, not far from present-day Kingsport. Because the home stood noticeably on a hill about 200 yards above the Kentucky Wilderness Road to Kentucky, Brashears were well-known to social travelers. They would often stop by the Brashears home to visit. Isaac and his brother Samuel apparently stayed behind for a time while their father Robert Samuel, brother Philip and the younger siblings went to the Pendleton District of South Carolina.
     Around 1793, patriarch Robert Samuel Brashears and his sons Philip and Isaac (also some sons-in-law) had settled and began to start families in a new area of Tennessee, just off the Clinch River in present-day Roane County. In 1794, Robert Samuel Brashears registered a deed from Reed and Swagerty for 640 acres of land on Poplar Creek and the Clinch River, in a section of Knox county that would later become Roane County (see Knox Co. Deeds Book c, pg. 15). The Brashears clan is known as the first settlers of Roane County, and this area is known as Sugar Grove Valley, near the town of Kingston. Robert Samuel Brashears is listed as one of the first white settlers of Tennessee.
     Isaac Brashears's signature appears on a petition in 1801 to create Roane County from a portion of Knox County.
     On Aug 26 1813, Robert Samuel Brashears deeded 247 1/4 acres in the north side of the Clinch River to his son Isaac. An identical transaction was made by Robert Samuel to another son, Isaac's brother Samuel, recorded to be of Sullivan County - he was finally moving close to his family in present-day Roane County.
Strangely enough, just three months later, both brothers deeded the land back to their father.
     Isaac Brashears was summoned to jury duty in Roane County in 1802, 1805, 1810, 1816, and 1817. He is listed in the August 1815 List of Voters, and on another petition with his father R.S. in 1815 for the construction of a road.
     MIGRATION TO WEST TENNESSEE:
Around 1820, Isaac Brashears and five of his sons (along with a daughter Betsey and son-in-law Hugh Carroll Crumbliss) moved to the west side of the Tennessee River into what is now Perry County. Another son, Robert, moved earlier to Lawrence County, TN, two counties to the west of the Tennessee River. Several cousins, sons of Isaac's uncle Zaza Brashears, also joined them in Perry County and settled in the east side of the river, near Isaac's Brashears clan. On July 14 1825, Isaac Brashears received Tennessee Land Grant #23950, 82 acres in Perry County (now encompassed by Decatur Co.) He recorded the grant in Murfreesboro on September 9 1825, the same day his youngest son Zadock recorded a land grant in the same district and section. The "extinction" of the Chickasaw Indian Title to West Tennessee opened up previously unsettled land west of the Tennessee River. In true fashion of his father Robert Samuel, Isaac and his children carried on the pioneer traditions and followed the path much akin to Daniel Boone's travels, treading into Indian territory for new land.
     On March 4 1823, he is referred to as "Isaac Brashears of Perry County" when he was selling the remainder of his Roane County land (100 acres) to his grandson-in-law, Jesse Galloway, for $900.
     Here is a transcription of Isaac's Perry County land purchase, including dates & other info:
     "The State of Tennessee No. 23930
     To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Know ye, that by virture of part of Certificate No. 4962, dated the 21st day of January 1826, issued by the Register of west Tennessee to George Jenkins for 326 acres and entered on the 17th day of may 1824 as an occupant claim under the act of 1824, my No 76 there is granted by the said State of Tennessee unto Isaac Brashears assignee of the said George Jenkins A certain tract or parcel of land, containing Eighty two acres by survey bearing the date the date the 18th day of June 1824, lying in the Ninth District in Perry County, Eight range and Seventh Section on the waters of the Tennessee River and bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a stake, poplar and white oak pointers, two hundred and thirty four poles West of the branch post west of the north east corner of said Section, runs then West one hundred and forty two poles to a black Oak, thence South ninety three poles to a white oak, thence East one hundred and forty two pole to a hickory, then North ninety three poles to the beginning...
With the Hereditaments and Appertenances to have and to hold and said tract or parcel of land with his appertenances to the said Isaac Brashears and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, William Carroll, Governor of the State of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the great seal of the state to offices, at Murfreesboro on the 11th day of July in the year of our Lord, one thosand eight hundred and twenty five and of the Independence of the United States the 50th. By the Governor"
     After the move to Perry County, TN, the 1830 census is the last census on which he appears, so we've known that his passing must have been between 1830-1840. Decatur County was created from a portion of Perry County in 1846, where some records of the Brashears descendants can be found. Absalom Brashears inherited the land from his father. Betsy Brashears and her husband Hugh Crumbliss eventually traveled to Tishomingo County, MS in the 1820s, eventually changing the surname to Crumby. But Betsey's brothers stayed behind in Perry County.
     An entry in the Family Bible of Samuel Brashears, Isaac's son, reads: "Isaac Brashears Sr, my Father, departed this life the 25th day of July in the year of our Lord 1833."
     SELLING OF THE BRASHEARS LAND TO THE MORGANS: Isaac's son Absalom Brashears inherited his land in Perry Co. When Absalom died, his widow (seems to be Ellender?) sold the home to William Morgan, who kept the land in his family for almost an entire century. In 1968, it was owned by a Lathan Blount.
     **Private Property - visiting without permission is trespassing.**
     On this land is the "Morgan Cemetery," with many illegible and crumbling tombstones. Natural occurrences, such as flooding from the River and overgrowth, have weathered these graves tremendously. Clearing of the property also may have done damage (this is currently private property). Some of the interred with legible tombstones younger than Isaac and his sons appear to be in this cemetery; however, several bear the name Brashears. The Permelia here was a granddaughter of Isaac's. This was not originally the Morgan family cemetery, but was the Brashears family homestead and cemetery, where Isaac settled and is most definitely buried.
     Family links: Parents:
      Robert Samuel Brashears (1731 - 1816)
      Phoebe Nicks Brashears (1738 - 1811)
     Children:
      Robert B. Brashears (1787 - 1852)*
      Elizabeth Brashears Crumbliss (1797 - 1879)*
      Absalom Alfred Brashears (1799 - 1847)*
     Siblings:
      Phillip Brashears (1755 - 1815)*
      Isaac Brashears (1760 - 1833)
      Samuel Brashears (1763 - 1829)*
      Rebecca Brashears Roberts (1771 - 1859)*
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)*
      Mary Brashear Mason (1776 - 1816)*
      Bassil Brashears (1781 - 1826)*
      Robert Samuel Roberts (1789 - 1873)*
     Burial: Morgan Cemetery, Scotts Hill, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: JCrumby
     Record added: Jun 30, 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial# 132136333.⁴
     He was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^7,8,9,2

; from Cheryl Grubb's webpage "Isaac Brashear Family - North Carolina and Tennessee"
     Children
      John Brashears     b. c1786     d. c1853-4     m. Charity Bradley, moved to Perry/Decatur Co.
      Robert B. Brashears     b. c1787 NC     d.     m. Sarah R. Hankins
      Sarah "Sally" Brashears     b. 10 Oct 1788 NC     d. 23 May 1874     m. John B. Rice, moved to Perry/Decatur Co.
      Walter Brashears     b. c1790     d. 4 Oct 1837     m. Elizabeth Roberts, moved to Lawrence Co. TN, Perry/Decatur Co.
      Elizabeth "Betsy" Brashears     b. c1793     d.     m. Hugh Crumliss, Roane Co.
      Samuel Brashears     b. 16 Mar 1798     d. 26 Sep 1865     m. Hannah Tuten, moved to Perry/Decatur Co.
      Absalom Brashears     b. 20 Dec 1799     d. c1847     m. Ellender Ross, moved to Perry/Decatur Co.
      Jesse Brashears     b. 1800     d. 1855     m. Lucy Ellis Davis, moved to Ark.
      Zadock Brashears     b. c1803     d. 20 Oct 1850     m. Martha ? , moved to Perry/Decatur Co., moved to Ark.
     Isaac Brashear is born in Orange Co., North Carolina, presently Guilford Co.. The family had come here from Maryland about 1753 and settled on the Reedy Fork of the Haw River and Buffalo Creek.
     1770's - Robert Samuel Brashear with some of his sons moves west into the territory of what is now Sullivan Co. Tennessee. Here they built a house near Timberlake branch of Reedy Creek, north of the Holston River, not too far from what is now Kingsport, TN. this house stood on the shoulder of a hill, some 200 yards above the Wilderness Road to Kentucky.
[Charles Brashears, Brashears Family Records ]
     Isaac and Samuel stayed with the land while their other brother Robert Samuel and Philip went on to Pendelton Dist., South Carolina. Samuel ends up inheriting this house and land. [Charles Brashears, Brashears Family Records, (unpublished1996)]
     1793 - "Robert Samuel Brashear with his sons Philip and Isaac Brashear and some of his sons-in-law had moved to the banks of the Clinch river in present-day Roane County Tennessee. They were on the west bank of the river, where Cherokee Indian title was not "extinguished" until 1808. There, Robert Samuel built a block house of squared, Yellow Poplar logs in Sugar Grove Valley. The holdings were on a creek called Brashears Creek, which empties into the Clinch river at Brashears Island. Edwards and his wife tore down the last remnants of the old block house and built their home on the site. Robert Samuel Brashears, the Rolling Stone, is buried behind this house, as is Phoebe, Robert's wife, and a number of other, including the Ladd grandparents of Senator Howard Baker." [Charles Brashears, Brashears Family Records, (unpublished1996)]
     1801 - Isaac Brashear signs a petition to create Roane County from a portion of Knox Co. The document also includes the signatures of James DeArmand, Joseph Hankins, Stephen Rice (m. Isaac's sister, Phoebe Brashears) Basil(Bazzel) Brashears (Isaac's brother, Basil, born. 1781, would have been 20 years old, this may be a cousin), John Brashears (relationship unknown: Isaac's own son, John, would have been 15 years old or so), Robert Samuel Brashears (Isaac's father), Philip Brashears (Isaac's brother), Daniel Mason (m. Isaac's sister, Mary "Polly" Brashears), Nathaniel Mason (2nd husband of Isaac's sister, Phoebe), John Gilliland, Steven Rice (1st husband of Isaac's sister, Phoebe, and Bas. Beshears (? does that make three Basils present in Roane in 1801?). [Charles Brashears, Brashears Family Records, (unpublished1996 to be in Vol. 2)]
     1802 Isaac was in Capt. Gray Simms's Militia Co., one of seven militia companies formed for the new county of Roane Co., Tennesee. [Wells, History of Roane County]
     1824-The State of Tennessee No. 23930
     To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Know ye, that by virture of part of Certificate No. 4962, dated the 21st day of January 1826, issued by the Register of west Tennessee to George Jenkins for 326 acres and entered on the 17th day of may 1824 as an occupant claim under the act of 1824, my No 76 there is granted by the said State of Tennessee unto Isaac Brashears assignee of the said George Jenkins A certain tract or parcel of land, containing Eighty two acres by survey bearing the date the date the 18th day of June 1824, lying in the Ninth District in Perry County, Eight range and Seventh Section on the waters of the Tennessee River and bounded as follows, to wit: beginning at a stake, poplar and white oak pointers, two hundred and thirty four poles West of the branch post west of the north east corner of said Section, runs then West one hundred and forty two poles to a black Oak, thence South ninety three poles to a white oak, thence East one hundred and forty two pole to a hickory, then North ninety three poles to the beginning...
     With the Hereditaments and Appertenances to have and to hold and said tract or parcel of land with his appertenances to the said Isaac Brashears and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, William Carroll, Governor of the State of Tennessee, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the great seal of the state to offices, at Murfreesboro on the 11th day of July in the year of our Lord, one thosand eight hundred and twenty five and of the Independence of the United States the 50th.
By the Governor
     1833- entry in the Family Bible of Samuel Brashers, Isaac's son, reads:
Isaac Brashers Sr my father departed this life the 25th day of July in the year of our Lord 1833
Isaac's wife or wives is (are) unknown. He had nine children, five in a matter of about six years; then there is a gap of about seven years, then he had four more children rapidly. It looks to be like he had two wives; I think (cannot prove yet) that the second wife was a Cherokee girl from the Clinch area. circumstantial evidence includes: three of his sons from the second group were associated with Indian families: Samuel married an Indian in Roane Co., Hannah Tuten ( the Tuten family have been documented as part Cherokee); Zaddock, the youngest, married a Cherokee girl and took up land in Arkansas in the area where some of the Eastern Cherokees had been moved;' Jesse moved to Arkansas and also took up land in the Cherokee "reservation." [Charles Brashears, "Brashears Family Records," (unpublished1996)]
     Sources:
      Brashear, Charles and McCoy, Shirley Brasher. A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears in America, (of eight proposed volumes) 1998 Charles Brashear/Shirley McCoy, P.O.Box 38, Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423-0038, 707/998-1008, email- brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
      Wells, History of Roane County.⁶

Reference: See Brashears [1999:III:46] for more information about the children of Isaac Brashears by his two wives.¹⁰
Isaac Brashears was mentioned in a land transaction on 14 July 1825 at Perry Co., Tennessee, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931
     Name:     Isaac Brashears
     Record Date:     14 Jul 1825
     Location:     Perry, Tennessee
     Warrant Number:     23950
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
     Tennessee State Library and Archives.¹¹

     Elizabeth Conklin was born on 12 May 1760 at Julian, Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.¹ She married Isaac Brashears, son of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, on 22 November 1784 at Julian, Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA,
; His 1st wife. Lily's Perryman Family Tree and Cheryl Grubb cite no sources for this date.^1,2
Elizabeth Conklin died before 1797 at Tennessee, USA; According to Brashears [1999:III:46], Isaac's first child by his 2nd wife (apparently a Cherokee woman). Samuel, was born 16 March 1798.³
     Reference: See Brashears [1999:III:46] for more information about the children of Isaac Brashears by his two wives.³

     Capt. Samuel Brashears was born on 6 August 1763 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.¹ He married Margaret Eakin on 25 February 1786 at Julian, Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.^2,3,4

Capt. Samuel Brashears died on 25 December 1829 at Sullivan Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 66.^1,4
Capt. Samuel Brashears was buried after 25 December 1829 at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Aug. 6, 1763, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
     Death:      Dec. 25, 1829, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
     In Memory of Samuel Brashears Cpt Army Corps Rev War Aug 6 1763 Dec 25 1829 Overmountain Man Kings Mountain and Yorktown
     Find A Grave contributor JCrumby ...
     Hello! The Isaac Brashear sibling connected to this Samuel Brashears (Memorial# 11037204) listed as a child to Robert Samuel Brashears is NOT the correct Isaac - the date shows it's actually not even in the same generation, and his parents/siblings do not match this Brashears family. Isaac Brashears, the correct son of Robert Samuel "The Rolling Stone" Brashears and his wife Phoebe Nicks, was born Oct 23, 1760, in Guilford, North Carolina. The Brashears settleing into Roane County frequently mentions his oldest sons Isaac and Philip. Robert Samuel's Revolutionary War service awarded them land in TN. They moved from Sullivan County to be possibly the first documented settlers of Roane County, TN, before the Cherokee Indian Tile was extinguished in 1808. Isaac and and his sons later moved to Perry County, TN, where he falls off censuses after 1830 without a substantiated death date or burial records. He died between 1830-1840. Without burial information, the correct Isaac currently does not have a Memorial #.
     I hope this information is helpful! I'm descended from the correct Isaac Brashears, and my family is actively searching for his death and burial information.
     Family links: Parents:
      Robert Samuel Brashears (1731 - 1816)
      Phoebe Nicks Brashears (1738 - 1811)
     Spouse: Margaret Eakin Brashear (1762 - 1855)*
     Children:
      Margaret Brashear Larkey (1786 - 1867)*
      Sampson Brashear (1788 - 1878)*
      Robert Samuel Brashear (1793 - 1864)*
      Isaac Brashear (1796 - 1878)*
      James N. Brashear (1800 - 1865)*
      Phoebe Brashear (1803 - 1839)*
      John Brashear (1805 - 1870)*
      Ezekiel Brashear (1807 - 1881)*
     Siblings:
      Phillip Brashears (1755 - 1815)*
      Isaac Brashears (1760 - 1833)*
      Samuel Brashears (1763 - 1829)
      Rebecca Brashears Roberts (1771 - 1859)*
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)*
      Mary Brashear Mason (1776 - 1816)*
      Bassil Brashears (1781 - 1826)*
      Robert Samuel Roberts (1789 - 1873)*
     Burial: Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
     Maintained by: Mo and Dave Gates
     Originally Created by: V Moss-Flesher
     Record added: Jul 30, 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial# 94465794.¹
     He was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^5,6,7,8

     Margaret Eakin was born on 18 August 1762 at Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2 She married Capt. Samuel Brashears, son of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, on 25 February 1786 at Julian, Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina, USA.^1,2,3

Margaret Eakin died on 5 May 1855 at Perry Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 92.^1,2
Margaret Eakin was buried after 5 May 1855 at Cornett Cemetery, Cornettsville, Perry Co., Kentucky, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Aug. 18, 1762, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      May 5, 1855, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
     Married 25 Feb 1786
     Find A Grave contributor AkensKinfolk...
     Margaret Eakin was the daughter of Andrew Eakin and Lettie Mahan. They were married in Dec 1761 in Silvers Spring Presbyterian Church, PA. (Citation and DNA match) Margaret was born 9 mos later in Aug 1762. Her younger brother was James Eakin of Scott Co VA. He married Athelia Bledsoe d/o Abraham Bledsoe. James and Margaret arrived in Holston Settlement before 1779 during the Rev War. Abraham Bledsoe was a Long Hunter and Militia Captain is same campaigns as Samuel Brashear.
     Margaret's grandfather was James Eakin of Paxtang PA. The Eakin family were Indian traders on the Susquehanna in Pa. They arrived is American about 1743 from Ahoghill / Cullybackey Antrim Northern Ireland.
     Family links: Spouse: Samuel Brashears (1763 - 1829)
     Children:
      Margaret Brashear Larkey (1786 - 1867)*
      Sampson Brashear (1788 - 1878)*
      Robert Samuel Brashear (1793 - 1864)*
      Isaac Brashear (1796 - 1878)*
      James N. Brashear (1800 - 1865)*
      Phoebe Brashear (1803 - 1839)*
      John Brashear (1805 - 1870)*
      Ezekiel Brashear (1807 - 1881)*
     Burial: Cornett Cemetery, Cornettsville, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: Mo and Dave Gates
     Record added: Feb 18, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 105450992.^1,2
      ; from Find A Grave - Pension application by Margaret (Eakin) Brashears in name of her deceased husband, Samuel Brashears.
Document 1:
     Name: Samuel Brashears
     Application State: North Carolina
     Second Applicant Name: Margaret Brashears
     Second Applicant Pension Year: 1852
     Second Applicant Application State: Kentucky
     Archive Publication Number: M804
     Archive Roll Number: 325
     Total Pages in Packet: 56
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Document 2:
     Name: Samuel Brashears
     Application State: North Carolina
     Second Applicant Name: Margaret Brashears
     Second Applicant Pension Year: 1852
     Second Applicant Application State: Kentucky
     Archive Publication Number: M804
     Archive Roll Number: 325
     Total Pages in Packet: 56
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Document 3:
     Samuel Brashears in the U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
     Name: Samuel Brashears
     Widow's Name: Margaret Brashears
     Pension Office State: Kentucky
     Year Range: 1835-1850
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.²
Margaret Eakin was mentioned in a land transaction on 7 April 1855 at Kentucky, USA,
Memo: from Lily's Perryman Family Tree: "Samuel Brashears widow, Margret Eakins petitions the court for a land grant, it was granted after her death. missconniesue originally shared this on 22 Jun 2009"
     The same day on which Margaret Aekins Brashear made a statement to the Justice of the Peace in an attempt to receive a Land grant, she gave power of attorney to John G. Lacey, Hazard, Kentuck and authorized him "to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate or Warrant due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States......" A little less than 10 month later, May 5, 1855, Margaret died. On January 16, 1856, more than eight months after her death, her application was approved for 160 acres of land."^4,5

     Margaret "Peggy" Brashears married Alexander W. Mahan.²
Margaret "Peggy" Brashears was born on 12 December 1768 at Julian, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.¹
Margaret "Peggy" Brashears died on 14 October 1815 at Julian, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, at age 46.¹
     She was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^3,4,5,6

     Elizabeth Brashears was born on 14 December 1768 at North Carolina, USA.¹
Elizabeth Brashears died in January 1816 at Tennessee, USA, at age 47.¹
     She was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^2,3,4,5

     Phoebe Brashears was born on 8 July 1769 at Julian, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.¹ She married Nathaniel Jenkinson Mason on 9 July 1801 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Nath Mason
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     9 Jul 1801
     Marriage Place:     Knox, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Phoebe Brashears
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.²
Phoebe Brashears died in 1839 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹
     She was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^3,4,5,6

     Nathaniel Jenkinson Mason was born in 1775 at Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Phoebe Brashears, daughter of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, on 9 July 1801 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Nath Mason
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     9 Jul 1801
     Marriage Place:     Knox, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Phoebe Brashears
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.¹
Nathaniel Jenkinson Mason died in 1860 at Fulton Co., Arkansas, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      1775, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
     Death:      1860, Fulton County, Arkansas, USA
     1. Jesse H. Mason born 1802 died 1856 Missouri
      married 25, Jul, 1822 Polly Ruth
      Married 17, Feb, 1838 Eltin Landrum
     2. Alexander Mason born 1803 died 1850 Arkansas
      married 27, Mar. 1826 Roane, Tenn. Mary Mason his cousin daughter of Daniel Jinkenson Mason.
     3. Phillip B. Mason born 1804 died 14, Feb., 1841
      Mississippi, married 19 Jul 1824 Lawrence Alabama, Nancy Rhea.
     4. Margaret Elizabeth Mason born 1805 died Garland, Ark.
      married 8, Nov. 1829 Shelby Tenn. George Speer.
     5. Sarah Elizabeth Mason born 1812 died 1856 Ark.
      married 1836 Tenn. John Wesley Speer.
     6. John Samuel Mason born 4 Nov 1816, died Oct 1928 TX
      married 22 jun 1839 Ark. Elizabeth Walker
     7. Samuel Jefferson Mason born 1818 died 1863 (Civil War) Davidson, Tenn. married 1841 Ark. Lavina
Culp.
     8. Catherine Mason born 23 Mar 1823, died 9 Oct 1895 Missouri Married 1841 1st William H. Livingston. 1855 Ark. to 2nd. William H. Yeary
     9. Letitia Mason born 1829 or 1833
      1850 census has her age 17
      1860 census has her age 33
     10. Jefferson Mason born 1837
     11. Ingersoll Mason born 1839
     12. daughter Mason unaccounted for so far.
Source: Census Records of 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860
     The Fulton co. Estate Records had a Will settlement in 1870 for Nathaniel Mason.Fulton Co. Arkansas.
     November term 1871
     Estate of Nathaniel Jinkerson Mason deceased
     Comes John C. Claiborne administrator of said descent and files his petition to administer last seconds to prepared of said estate and approving that notice had not been given of the filing of the same. It is ordered by the court that the said petition be filed and that the same lay over the next term of court for the exception before conformation as granting payers of petitioner.
Ordered that court ajurn til convent in course P. W. Ball Judge
     November term 1871
Now on this day Nov 11 1871 the here court of probate Fulton Co. Arkansas met in regular session present and presiding the J. W. Ball Judge the following precedings were had to with This comes from Fulton Co. Arkansas Arkansas probate Court FHL film 1290019 filmed Salem Arkansas
     Family links: Parents:
      Phillip Mason (1702 - 1779)
     Spouse: Phoebe Brashear (1781 - 1839)
     Children:
      Jesse H. Mason (1802 - 1856)*
      Alexander Mason (1803 - 1850)*
      Phillip B. Mason (1804 - 1841)*
      Margaret Elizabeth Mason Speer (1805 - ____)*
      Sarah Elizabeth Mason (1812 - 1856)*
      John Samuel Mason (1816 - 1898)*
      Samuel Jefferson Mason (1818 - 1863)*
      Catherine Mason Yeary (1823 - 1895)*
     Siblings:
      Phillip Mason (1763 - 1784)*
      Jane Mason Jeffery (1769 - 1853)*
      Daniel Jenkinson Mason (1770 - 1839)*
      Nathaniel Jenkinson Mason (1775 - 1860)
     Burial: Unknown
     Created by: Pat Sproat
     Record added: Apr 18, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 108711573.²

     Mary "Polly" Brashears was born on 13 March 1776 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.¹ She married Robert Gilliland before 1796
; her 1st husband.² Mary "Polly" Brashears married Daniel Mason on 1 May 1796 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Her 2nd husband
Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825
     Name:     Mary Gilliland
     Spouse:     Dan Mason
     Marriage Date:     1 May 1796
     Marriage County:     Knox
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.
Marriage Record #: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Mary Gilleland
     Gender:     Female
     Marriage Date:     6 Mar 1797
     Marriage Place:     Knox, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Daniel Mason
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^3,4,5
Mary "Polly" Brashears died in 1819 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA.¹
     She was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^6,7,5,8

     Daniel Mason married Mary "Polly" Brashears, daughter of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, on 1 May 1796 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Her 2nd husband
Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825
     Name:     Mary Gilliland
     Spouse:     Dan Mason
     Marriage Date:     1 May 1796
     Marriage County:     Knox
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.
Marriage Record #: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Mary Gilleland
     Gender:     Female
     Marriage Date:     6 Mar 1797
     Marriage Place:     Knox, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Daniel Mason
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^2,3,4

     Robert Gilliland was born on 12 April 1776 at Julian, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.¹ He married Mary "Polly" Brashears, daughter of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, before 1796
; her 1st husband.¹
Robert Gilliland died in July 1796 at Clinch River, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 20.¹

     Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. was born on 7 May 1781 at Sullivan Co., Tennessee (then North Carolina), USA; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Source Citation: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^1,3 He married Margaret "Peggy" Horton on 31 July 1800 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Bazel Bashian [Basil Brashears]
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     31 Jul 1800
     Marriage Place:     Knox, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Piggy Horton
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^4,5,6
Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. died on 10 August 1826 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 45.^1,2
Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. was buried after 10 August 1826 at Brashears-Kreis Cemetery, Sugar Grove Valley, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      May 7, 1781
     Death:      Aug. 10, 1826
     Family links: Parents:
      Robert Samuel Brashears (1731 - 1816)
      Phoebe Nicks Brashears (1738 - 1811)
     Spouse: Margaret Horton Brashears (1771 - 1856)*
     Children: George W G Brashears (1810 - 1840)*
     Siblings:
      Phillip Brashears (1755 - 1815)*
      Isaac Brashears (1760 - 1833)*
      Samuel Brashears (1763 - 1829)*
      Rebecca Brashears Roberts (1771 - 1859)*
      Nancy Brashears Roberts (1773 - 1850)*
      Mary Brashear Mason (1776 - 1816)*
      Bassil Brashears (1781 - 1826)
      Robert Samuel Roberts (1789 - 1873)*
     Burial: Brashears-Kries Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: Paula Via
     Record added: Apr 06, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 50713659.¹
     He was a mentioned with Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks; I have relied on three key sources for the information on Robert Samuel Brashears and his children:
1. Brashear [1999:III] - Vol. 3 - Robert Samuel Brashears "The Rolling Stone"
2. Lily's Perryman Family Tree on Ancestry.com - This is one of the best documented family btrees I have found on Ancestry
3. Cheryl Grubb's website regarding the Brashear Family (Robert Samuel Brashear Family - Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee), which is also fairly well documented.
4. The Brashear Family Bible (image seen on Ancestry.com)).^7,8,6,9

Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. appeared in the census of 1805 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891
     Name:     Bazzle Brashears
     State:     TN
     County:     Roane County
     Township:     No Township Listed
     Year:     1805
     Record Type:     Tax list
     Database:     TN Early Census Index
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Tennessee Census, 1810-91. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.¹⁰

Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. and Margaret "Peggy" Horton appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at White Co., Tennessee, USA; This is possibly the same Bazil BRASHEARS. The ages are approximately correct for Bazil and his family. He appears on the same census page as four other BRASHERS [sic] households: Thomas, Berry, John, and Middleton. One one hand, none of his brothers or sons have these names and I have found no other evidence of this Bazil having been in White Co., TN. On the other hand, I have not found a Bazil in Roane Co. where he would have been expected.
p. 331, line 35
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: White, Tennessee; Page: 369; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 331
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.¹¹
Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 27 January 1826 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931
Record
Source

     Margaret "Peggy" Horton was born on 16 September 1776 at Virginia, USA; FAG Memorial says b. 9 May 1771; Inscription on grave marker says b. 1771; Lester [1957:198] says b. 16 Sept 1776; Aged 73 in 1850 census (i.e., born ca 1777). I have chosen to use 16 Sept 1776 for the moment.^1,2,3,4 She married Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr., son of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, on 31 July 1800 at Knox Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Bazel Bashian [Basil Brashears]
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     31 Jul 1800
     Marriage Place:     Knox, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Piggy Horton
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^1,5,6
Margaret "Peggy" Horton died on 24 September 1856 at age 80.¹
Margaret "Peggy" Horton was buried after 24 September 1856 at Brashears-Kreis Cemetery, Sugar Grove Valley, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      May 9, 1771
     Death:      Sep. 24, 1856
     Family links: Spouse: Bassil Brashears (1781 - 1826)
     Children: George W G Brashears (1810 - 1840)*
     Burial: Brashears-Kries Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: Paula Via
     Record added: Apr 06, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 50713775.¹
     Margaret "Peggy" Horton and Bazil/Basil Brashears Sr. appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at White Co., Tennessee, USA; This is possibly the same Bazil BRASHEARS. The ages are approximately correct for Bazil and his family. He appears on the same census page as four other BRASHERS [sic] households: Thomas, Berry, John, and Middleton. One one hand, none of his brothers or sons have these names and I have found no other evidence of this Bazil having been in White Co., TN. On the other hand, I have not found a Bazil in Roane Co. where he would have been expected.
p. 331, line 35
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: White, Tennessee; Page: 369; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 331
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.⁷

Margaret "Peggy" Horton appeared in the census of 1837 at Tax List, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Margaret (Horton) Brashear is listed with her sons, Joseph (line 11), and Lorenzo, (line 13).
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.⁸

Margaret "Peggy" Horton appeared in the census of 1840 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; Margaret is next door to her son, Joseph (line 25).
p. 70, line 24
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Roane, Tennessee; Roll: 535; Page: 70; Family History Library Film: 0024549
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
mages reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.⁹

Margaret "Peggy" Horton appeared in the census of 4 November 1850 at Subdivision 20, Roane Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 421-B, lines 9-11, dwelling 1408, family 1459
9 BRASHEAR, Margaret 73 [1777] F W VA
10 " , Margaret 27 [1823] F W TN
11 RIGGS, Joseph 9 [1841] M W TN Attended School.²

     Jesse Brashear married Elizabeth Prather, daughter of Phillip Prather and Margery Hunt.¹
Jesse Brashear was born circa 1734 at Brashear's Meadows, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's Co., Maryland, USA.¹
Jesse Brashear died in 1788 at Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida, USA.¹

     Elizabeth Adkinson married Zaza Brashears, son of Robert C. (Cager?) Brashear and Charity Dowell, on 9 June 1775 at North Carolina, USA,
; His 1st wife.¹

     Elizabeth Lomax married Zaza Brashears, son of Robert C. (Cager?) Brashear and Charity Dowell, on 10 March 1798 at His 2nd wife.¹

     John Brashears married Charity Bradley.¹
John Brashears was born circa 1786.¹
John Brashears died between 1853 and 1854.¹
     John Brashears and Charity Bradley lived at Perry Co., Tennessee, USA.¹

     Robert B. Brashears was buried at Richardson Cemetery, Leoma, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA.² He was born on 5 January 1787 at Julian, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA; Find A Grave says bron in Roane Co., TN.^1,2,3 He married Sarah Rhea Hankins, daughter of Joseph Hankins and Kizeriah (?), on 11 November 1808 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Cheryl Grubb says m. 19 Nov 1808
Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825
     Name:     Robert Brashers
     Spouse:     Sally Hankins
     Marriage Date:     19 Nov 1808
     Marriage County:     Roane
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.
Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Robert Brashers
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     19 Nov 1808
     Marriage Place:     Roane, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Sally Rankins
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^2,4,5
Robert B. Brashears died on 26 August 1852 at Leoma, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 65.^2,3
Robert B. Brashears was buried on 26 August 1852 at Crabb Cemetery, Leoma, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Jan. 5, 1787, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
     Death:      Aug. 26, 1852, Leoma, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
     As seen in some other early gravestones, the stone for Robert B. Brashears (also known as Brashers) has an error in the spelling of his name. The engraver either misread or misheard the Brashears/Brashers surname as Beshares, probably mistaking an 'r' for an 'e'.
     Robert B. Brashears added the title "Esquire" after his name which, in early America, meant he had held some type of local office; for example, sheriff or Justice of the Peace.
     Robert B. Brashears married Sarah Rhea "Sally" Hankins on 11 Nov 1808 in Roane Co., TN. He was the son of Isaac L. Brashears and grandson of Robert Samuel Brashears.
     Family links: Parents: Isaac Brashears (1760 - 1833)
     Spouse: Sarah Rhea Hankins Brashears (1790 - 1876)*
     Children:
      Mary Brashears Holloway (1809 - 1862)*
      Walter Brashers (1814 - 1863)*
      Annie Brashears Springer (1818 - 1883)*
      Jesse Brashears (1820 - 1847)*
      Ethelinda Brashears Comer (1821 - 1899)*
      Elizabeth Brashears Crabb (1822 - 1899)*
      Dicey Elizabeth Brashears Crabb (1828 - 1869)*
      Sarah Jane Brashears Goad (1830 - 1899)*
      Malica C Brashears Thompson 1833–1855
     Siblings:
      Robert B. Brashears (1787 - 1852)
      Elizabeth Brashears Crumbliss (1797 - 1879)*
      Absalom Alfred Brashears (1799 - 1847)*
     Inscription: In memory of Robert Beashares, Esquire. Was born Jany the 5th 1787. And died Augt the 26th 1852. Aged 65 Ys 5 M.
     Burial: Crabb Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
     Maintained by: Cherokee2557
     Originally Created by: Paula McCarter
     Record added: Jan 06, 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial# 17314014.^2,6
     Reference: From Cheryl Grubbs:
     [quote]Although born 5 Jan 1787 Guilford Co., North Carolina, Robert's family soon moves to the Holston settlements of Sullivan Co., TN. He grew up on the banks of the Clinch River in Roane Co., TN, where his father lived after 1794. [Charles Brashears research]
     1808 , 11 Nov - Robert Brashears married Sarah R. Hankins, b. 1 Feb 1790, d. Oct 1876, dau. of Joseph and Kizeriah Hankins. Robert Brashers and James Hankins signed the marriage bond. [ Roane Co., TN records, copy in possession of Maxine Hipple]
     1821 , 28 Sep - A grant to Robert Brashears from the State of Tennessee for 160 acres, he being the assignee of John C. McLemore, Jesse Blackman, and Mathew Barrons. The land was situated between Sugar Creek and the road, in the 7th District of Lawrence Co., Range 3, Sections 1 & 2. /signed/ Joseph McMinn, Governor, at Murfreesboro. [Lawrence Co. Deeds, Book A, p. 163]
     1822, July - Robert buys 163 acres from Alex McDonald and John McDonald of Giles Co., TN, being land granted from the State of Tennessee to McDonald, plus other parcels. The land described as being sveral small tracts, amounting to 10 acres, in "Sugar Creek three forks." Consideration: $1 /signed/ Alexnder. McDonald, John McDonald. [Lawrence Co. Deeds, Book A, P. 74]
     1827, 1 Jun - Robert Brashears was appointed Justice of the Peace, and confirmed on 2 Oct 1827 [Lawrence co. Court Minutes Book, 1827-1828]
     1834, 8 Nov - Robert Brashears to Jesse Holloway (son-in-law), 32 1/2 acres on Sugar Creek, it being the same land deeded by Nathan Basham to said Robert Brashears. One tract for 20 acres, also deeded by said Brashears for 12 1/2 on Sugar Creek. Land: entry #1532 for acres in name of James Bashman, Containing 32 1/2 acres in the whole. $175.00. [ Registered 20 Jul 1835: Lawrence Co. Deeds E.: 307]
     1834, 25 Nov - Robert Brashears to Isaac Brashears, son of the said Robert, for love and affection, Land: entry #626, 25 acres. [Registered 1 Feb 1836: Lawrence Co. Deeds E: 307.]
     26 Aug 1852 - Robert dies on his farm in Leoma, TN. His estate amounted to 1700 acres and 15 slaves.
     To the County Court of the county of Lawrence, setting at Lawrenceburg in the said County of Lawrence, on the first monday in September, 1852.
the Petition of Robert Newton, Adm. of Robert Brashers dec. and Sarah Brashers, widow of said dec'd; and Jesse Holloway and his wife, Mary; Fountain Crabb and his wife, Elizabeth; Jonas Springer and his wife Anna; Aaron Comer and his wife Ethelinda; Miller F. McKinney and his wife, Caroline I; and Sarah J. Wilburn, wife of Jasper Wilburn, dec'd, all citizens of said county of Lawrence; and Walter Brashers, a citizen of the state of Missouri, and Isaac Brashers, a citizen of the state of Arkansas, all children and heirs at law (and ??) of said Robert Brashers, dec'd, and Robert , Frances, Sarah, William, Jesse, and Mary Jones, his grandchildren and the children of Elenor Jones, dec'd, who are minors and file this petition by their father and next of kin, William Jones, and Robert Brashers, the only child of Jesse Brashers, dec'd, a minor under 21 who files by his grandmother and next of kin the said Sarah Brashers of Lawrence Co.. Robert Brashers died in Lawrence Co. Aug. 26, 1852, intestate. He left 1700 acres on waters of Sugar Creek, 15 slaves... etc.
[This is petition for sale of the lands, etc. as copied by Charles Brashear c1995]
     1860- US Census, Lauderdale Co., TN, LEXINGTON P O., Roll: 1260 Page: 409
      Jesse Holloway 51 m farmer 1500/ 700 Kentucky
      Mary A. " 50 f Tenn
      Mary A. " 20 f Arkansas
      Tabra E. " 17 f Missouri
      Missouri J. " 15 f Mississippi
      Margaret G. " 13 f Tenn
      Caroline " 11 f "
      James M. 5 m "
      Robt T M K(???? perhaps McKinney) 13 m "
      (next door)
      Wm. J. Holloway 23 m farmer - / 100 Missouri
      Catherine " 21 f Tenn
     Decatur Co., Decaturville P. O., Roll: 1247 Page: 7 (notice that Sarah is listed as a Male)
      Sarah Brashears 62 m farmer 1200/7500 SC
      N. Brashears 50 f domestic Tenn
      H. E. Brashears 22 f
      S. G. Brashears 19 m farmer
      J. P. Brashears 15 m
      M. V. Brashears 11 m
      W. R. Brashears 8 m
      Allen Slatter 46 m farmer
      S. Slater 35 f domestic
     Source:
      Brashear, Charles and McCoy, Shirley Brasher. A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears in America, (of eight proposed volumes) 1998 Charles Brashear/Shirley McCoy, P.O.Box 38 Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423-0038, 707/998-1008, email- brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
      Patricia MacDonald, records of the Comer family, email- patiemac@infohwy.com [end quote].²
Robert B. Brashears was mentioned in a land transaction on 28 September 1821 at Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931
     Name:     Robert Brashears
     Record Date:     28 Sep 1821
     Location:     Lawrence, Tennessee
     Warrant Number:     15829
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.
     Tennessee State Library and Archives.⁷

Robert B. Brashears appeared in the census of 1836 at Tax List, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
     Name:     Robert Brashers
     Year:     1836
     Residence:     Lawrence, Tennessee
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
     Original data: Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
     Tennessee State Library and Archives.⁸

Robert B. Brashears and Sarah Rhea Hankins appeared in the census of 1840 at Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA;      [Next door to a James BRASHERS and a Richard BRASHERS.]
p. 116, line 9
     Name:     Robt Brashers [88589] Ref #4089
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Lawrence, Tennessee
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Robert 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     2 [1831-35] Josephine 1833, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1797-1800] Sarah (Hankins) 1790
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     3
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     2
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     2
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     3
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     7
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Slaves:     10
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     19.⁹

Robert B. Brashears appeared in the census of 1850 at Slave Schedule, Districts 10 & 3, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA;      Gender:     Female
     Home in 1860:     Districts 10 and 3, Lawrence, Tennessee
     Name of Slave Owner:     Robert Brashears
     All Slaves Owned:     
     Age     Gender     Colour
     34     Male     Black
     34     Female     Black
     23     Male     Black
     23     Female     Mulatto
     20     Male     Black
     18     Female     Black
     16     Male     Mulatto
     11     Female     Black
     10     Male     Black
     8     Female     Black
     8     Female     Black
     6     Male     Black
     5     Female     Black
     13     Female     Black
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.¹⁰

Robert B. Brashears and Sarah Rhea Hankins appeared in the census of 15 October 1850 at District 8, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 327-A, lines 11-13, dwelling 516, family 516
     11 BRASHEARS, Robert 63 [1787] M Farmer $1800 TN
     12 " , Sarah 59 [1791] F TN
     13 " , Malissa C. 16 [1834] F TN Attended School.¹¹

     Sarah Rhea Hankins was born on 1 February 1790 at Pickens, Anderson Co., South Carolina, USA; Cheryl Grubbs says b. 12 Jun 1790.^1,2 She married Robert B. Brashears, son of Isaac Brashears and Elizabeth Conklin, on 11 November 1808 at Roane Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Cheryl Grubb says m. 19 Nov 1808
Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825
     Name:     Robert Brashers
     Spouse:     Sally Hankins
     Marriage Date:     19 Nov 1808
     Marriage County:     Roane
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.
Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Robert Brashers
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     19 Nov 1808
     Marriage Place:     Roane, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Sally Rankins
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^1,3,4
Sarah Rhea Hankins died on 9 October 1876 at Leoma, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA, at age 86.^1,2
Sarah Rhea Hankins was buried after 9 October 1876 at Crabb Cemetery, Leoma, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Feb. 1, 1790, South Carolina, USA
     Death:      Oct. 9, 1876, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
     Sarah Rhea "Sally" Hankins married Robert B. Brashears on 11 Nov 1808 in Roane Co., TN.
     Family links: Spouse: Robert B. Brashears (1787 - 1852)
     Children:
      Mary Brashears Holloway (1809 - 1862)*
      Walter Brashers (1814 - 1863)*
      Annie Brashears Springer (1818 - 1883)*
      Jesse Brashears (1820 - 1847)*
      Ethelinda Brashears Comer (1821 - 1899)*
      Elizabeth Brashears Crabb (1822 - 1899)*
      Dicey Elizabeth Brashears Crabb (1828 - 1869)*
      Sarah Jane Brashears Goad (1830 - 1899)*
      Malica C Brashears Thompson 1833–1855
     Burial: Crabb Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
     Maintained by: Cherokee2557
     Originally Created by: Paula McCarter
     Record added: Jan 06, 2007
     Find A Grave Memorial# 17314017.^1,5

Her estate was probated on 13 October 1876 at Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
     Name:     Sarah R Brashears
     Probate Date:     13 Oct 1876
     Probate Place:     Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1876
     Inferred Death Place:     Tennessee, USA
     Item Description:     Administrators Bonds and Letters, 1861-1894
     Source Citation: Probate Records, 1829-1942; Author: Tennessee County Court (Lawrence County); Probate Place: Lawrence, Tennessee
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts.⁶
     Sarah Rhea Hankins and Robert B. Brashears appeared in the census of 1840 at Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA;      [Next door to a James BRASHERS and a Richard BRASHERS.]
p. 116, line 9
     Name:     Robt Brashers [88589] Ref #4089
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Lawrence, Tennessee
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] Robert 1787
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     2 [1831-35] Josephine 1833, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1797-1800] Sarah (Hankins) 1790
     Slaves - Males - Under 10:     3
     Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23:     2
     Slaves - Females - Under 10:     2
     Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23:     3
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     7
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     7
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Slaves:     10
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     19.⁷

Sarah Rhea Hankins and Robert B. Brashears appeared in the census of 15 October 1850 at District 8, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 327-A, lines 11-13, dwelling 516, family 516
     11 BRASHEARS, Robert 63 [1787] M Farmer $1800 TN
     12 " , Sarah 59 [1791] F TN
     13 " , Malissa C. 16 [1834] F TN Attended School.⁸

Sarah Rhea Hankins appeared in the census of 28 June 1860 at District 3, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 411, line 4, dwelling 484, family 367
     4 BRASHERS, Sarah 69 [1791] F Farming $2500 $3500 SC.⁹

Sarah Rhea Hankins appeared in the census of 28 June 1860 at District 3, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
     Home in 1860:     4th District, Lawrence, Tennessee
     Name of Slave Owner:     Sarah Brashers
     All Slaves Owned:     
     Gender     Age     Color
     Male     51     Black
     Female     34     Black
     Female     9     Black
     Female     4     Black
     Male     2     Black
     Female     3/12     Black.¹⁰

Sarah Rhea Hankins appeared in the census of 1862 at IRS Tax Assessment, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
     Name:     Sarah Brashears
     Tax Year:     1862
     State:     Tennessee, USA
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Records of the Internal Revenue Service. Record Group 58. The National Archives at Washington, DC.¹¹

Sarah Rhea Hankins appeared in the census of 10 June 1870 at District 3, Lawrence Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 21-B, lines 7-8, dwelling 144, family 149
     7 BRASHEARS, Sarah 79 [1791] F W Run house & farming $1500 $1000 SC Cannot read Cannot write
     8 SHOON, May 47 [1823] F W House servant TN.¹²