Person Page - 3411

Birth     28 Sep 1801
Death     23 Dec 1845 (aged 44)
Burial     Campground Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot     Row 17
Inscription     Sarah Briggs, Born Sept. 28, 1801, Died Dec. 23, 1815, in her 45th year.
Family Members
Parents
     Rev Joseph Sharp Ferguson 1759–1828
     Sarah "Sallie" Summers Ferguson 1761–1836
Spouse
     Andrew Briggs 1792–1857 (m. 1837)
Siblings
     Thomas Ferguson 1779–1785
     Mary Ferguson Lent 1785–1866
     Nancy Ferguson 1787–1858
     Hannah Ferguson Tennell 1790–1854
     Wilson Lee Ferguson 1795–1869
     William Sharp Ferguson 1796–1844
     Joseph Parker Ferguson 1799–1842
     John Ferguson 1799–1882
     Sarah "Sallie" Ferguson Briggs 1801–1845
     Joshua Ferguson 1805 – unknown
Children
     Robert Andrew Briggs 1842–1923
Maintained by: Kathy S.
Originally Created by: Doug Wilson
Added: Sep 22, 2009
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 42280526.¹

Birth     18 Feb 1792, Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death     9 Oct 1857 (aged 65), Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Campground Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot     Row 17
Inscription     Andrew Briggs, Born Feb. 18, 1792, Died Oct. 9, 1857, in his 66th year.
Family Members
Parents
     Catherine J Cuman Briggs-Stephens 1760–1834
Spouses
     Nancy Robertson Briggs 1797–1837 (m. 1814)
     Sarah "Sallie" Ferguson Briggs 1801–1845 (m. 1837)
Siblings
     Andromache Anna Briggs Wright 1788–1834
     Mary Tossy Briggs Robertson 1794–1854
Children
     John Robertson Briggs 1815–1889
     Catherine Briggs Stone 1818–1881
     Mary Ann Briggs Humphrey 1821–1858
     Thomas Hanley Briggs 1823–1902
     Thomas Hanley Briggs 1823–1902
     William J Briggs 1826–1871
     Sarah Matilda Briggs Humphrey 1829–1888
     Andrew F. Briggs 1831–1833
     Elizabeth Briggs Wilkinson 1834–1916
Maintained by: Kathy S.
Originally Created by: Doug Wilson
Added: Sep 22, 2009
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 42280515.¹

Birth     6 Dec 1821, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Death     22 Aug 1909 (aged 87), Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Maple Grove Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot     Sect. C-2
     William M. Humphrey married 21 Dec. 1848 in Bardstown, Nelson Co. Ky., Sarah M. Briggs.
Inscription     William M. Humphrey Born Dec. 6, 1821. Died Aug. 22, 1909. Aged 87 yrs. 8 mo. 16 ds. Father.
Family Members
Parents
     Simon Summers Humphrey 1791–1867
     Lydia Benedict Humphrey 1800–1869
Spouse
     Sarah Matilda Briggs Humphrey 1829–1888
Siblings
     Joseph Stamper Humphrey 1828–1903
     Rev John Adams Humphrey 1832–1882
     Lydia Ann Humphrey Humphrey 1835–1921
     Rev Charles M. Humphrey 1845–1930
Children
     Henry Addison Humphrey 1850–1914
     George Milton Humphrey 1851–1852
     Mary Alice Humphrey Tucker 1854–1941
     Robert A. Humphrey 1856–1887
     Lydia Humphrey Tucker 1859–1935
     John Crittenden Humphrey 1861–1949
     Nannie Briggs Humphrey 1863–1864
     Simon Lee Humphrey 1866–1944
     Maggie Fulton Humphrey Shehan 1868–1892
     Emma E. Humphrey Bodine 1868–1918
Maintained by: RhondaPattonWathen and children
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Mar 8, 2014
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 126058255.¹

Birth     3 Sep 1797, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Death     13 Jan 1837 (aged 39), Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Campground Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
     Nancy's father, John Robertson, was born in 1753 in Virginia. He died about Nov 1813 in Nelson Co., KY. He married (1) Elizabeth Williams in 1783 in Virginia. She died before 1787. He married (2) Mary Parker (daughter of Richard Parker and Grizzel Nalle) on 29 Mar 1787 in Nelson Co., KY. She was born about 1768 in Culpeper Co., VA. She died in 1825 in Washington Co., KY. Mary Parker is Nancy's mother. Nancy's siblings are: Elizabeth Robertson Handley, William Nelson Robertson, Gilly Robertson Bodine, Richard Parker Robertson, John M. Robertson, Matilda Robertson Leachman, John William Robertson, Handley Robertson and Cyrus Robertson.
Family Members
Spouse
     Andrew Briggs 1792–1857 (m. 1814)
Children
     John Robertson Briggs 1815–1889
     Catherine Briggs Stone 1818–1881
     Mary Ann Briggs Humphrey 1821–1858
     Thomas Hanley Briggs 1823–1902
     Thomas Hanley Briggs 1823–1902
     William J Briggs 1826–1871
     Sarah Matilda Briggs Humphrey 1829–1888
     Andrew F. Briggs 1831–1833
     Elizabeth Briggs Wilkinson 1834–1916
Maintained by: RhondaPattonWathen and children
Originally Created by: Linda Delahanty Schrader & Dennis Schrader
Added: Apr 12, 2012
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 88419941.¹

Birth     7 Feb 1829
Death     27 Dec 1888 (aged 59)
Burial     Maple Grove Cemetery, Bloomfield, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot     Section C-2
Inscription     MOTHER
Family Members
Parents
     Andrew Briggs 1792–1857
     Nancy Robertson Briggs 1797–1837
Spouse
     William Madison Humphrey 1821–1909
Siblings
     John Robertson Briggs 1815–1889
     Catherine Briggs Stone 1818–1881
     Mary Ann Briggs Humphrey 1821–1858
     Thomas Hanley Briggs 1823–1902
     Thomas Hanley Briggs 1823–1902
     William J Briggs 1826–1871
     Andrew F. Briggs 1831–1833
     Elizabeth Briggs Wilkinson 1834–1916
Children
     Henry Addison Humphrey 1850–1914
     George Milton Humphrey 1851–1852
     Mary Alice Humphrey Tucker 1854–1941
     Robert A. Humphrey 1856–1887
     Lydia Humphrey Tucker 1859–1935
     John Crittenden Humphrey 1861–1949
     Nannie Briggs Humphrey 1863–1864
     Simon Lee Humphrey 1866–1944
     Maggie Fulton Humphrey Shehan 1868–1892
     Emma E. Humphrey Bodine 1868–1918
Created by: Quietly Resting
Added: Jun 27, 2010
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 54194196.¹

Birth     29 Nov 1796
Death     18 Aug 1844 (aged 47), Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Poplar Flats Cemetery, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot     
Section 3, Row 8
Name William Ferguson
Gender Male
Marriage Date 15 Mar 1827
Marriage Place Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Spouse Catharine Wood
Film Number 001929414
William S. FERGUSON, born 29 November 1796, died 18 August 1844;
July 20, 2012 from Rhonda Patton Wathen & Danny Wathen:
Middle name William Sharp Ferguson. Parents: Rev. Joseph Ferguson and Sarah (Sally) Summers Ferguson buried in Poplar Flat Cemetery in Nelson Co.
Family Members
Parents
     Rev Joseph Sharp Ferguson 1759–1828
     Sarah "Sallie" Summers Ferguson 1761–1836
Spouse
     Catherine Williams Wood Ferguson 1800–1871 (m. 1827)
Siblings
     Thomas Ferguson 1779–1785
     Mary Ferguson Lent 1785–1866
     Nancy Ferguson 1787–1858
     Hannah Ferguson Tennell 1790–1854
     Wilson Lee Ferguson 1795–1869
     William Sharp Ferguson 1796–1844
     Joseph Parker Ferguson 1799–1842
     John Ferguson 1799–1882
     Sarah "Sallie" Ferguson Briggs 1801–1845
     Joshua Ferguson 1805 – unknown
Children
     Van B Ferguson 1829–1857
     Ann McCown Ferguson Wood 1833–1916
     Sarah Summers Ferguson Duncan 1836–1878
     Catherine W Ferguson 1839–1870
     William H Ferguson 1841–1844
Created by: Anne Rupert
Added: Feb 1, 2010
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 47420442.¹

Birth     22 Mar 1800, Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Death     16 Jan 1871 (aged 70), Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Poplar Flats Cemetery, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
Catherine FERGUSON, wife of W. S. Ferguson, born 22 March 1800, died 16 January 1871;
In 1870 she is found living in household of Wood and Cox
1870 United States Federal Census
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll M593_491; Page: 34B; Image: 72; Family History Library Film: 545990.
Family Members
Parents
     Jonathan Wood 1747–1837
     Catherine Williams Wood 1757–1815
Spouse
     William Sharp Ferguson 1796–1844 (m. 1827)
Siblings
     Ann Wood McCown 1782–1845
     Elizabeth Wood Crume 1789–1876
     Otho Williams Wood 1792–1854
Children
     Van B Ferguson 1829–1857
     Ann McCown Ferguson Wood 1833–1916
     Sarah Summers Ferguson Duncan 1836–1878
     Catherine W Ferguson 1839–1870
     William H Ferguson 1841–1844
Created by: Anne Rupert
Added: Feb 1, 2010
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 47420498.¹

37 FERGUSON, Catherine 50 [1800] F W $4,800 KY
38 " , Van B. 20 [1830] M W School teacher KY
39 " , Ann 18 [1832] F W KY
40 " , Sarah 14 [1836] F W KY Attended School
41 " , Catherine 12 [1838] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Nancy 61 [1789] F W KY
1 HUMPHREY, Burr 25 [1825] M W Farmer KY.²

ame     Thomas Ellison [Thomas Elliston]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State)     Washington, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29     1 [1801-10] William (HUMPHREY) 1810 <--- married in 1837
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69     1 [1761-70] Thomas 1764
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9     1 [1821-25] Nancy 1822
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14     1 [1816-20] Unknown? (Grandchild?)
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59     1 [1771-80] Mary (FERGUSON) 1777
Slaves - Males - Under 10     5
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23     3
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35     1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54     1
Slaves - Females - Under 10     2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23     3
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35     1
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54     2
Free White Persons - Under 20     2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49     1
Total Free White Persons     5
Total Slaves     18
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored)     23.³

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.⁴

34 ELLISON, Mary 82 [1778] F W Far,er $2200 $110 VA
35 VIRGIN, Nancy 38 [1822] F W Weaver KY
36 " , J. H. 20 [1840] Farm Laborer KY Attended School
37 " , Mary B. 18 [1842] F W KY
38 " , Thomas B. 15 [1845] M W KY
39 " , John E. 11 [1849] M W KY.⁵

Name     E S Virgin
Probate Date     14 Jul 1845
Probate Place     Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Inferred Death Year     1845
Inferred Death Place     Kentucky, USA
Item Description     Guardian Bonds, 1832-1878
Individuals Listed (Name)
E S Virgin, father of Ward
Absolom Y? Virgin, Ward
Thomas R. Linthicum, Guardian
Albert G. Botto, Guarantor.^2,3,4

Name     E S Virgin
Probate Date     14 Jul 1845
Probate Place     Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Inferred Death Year     1845
Inferred Death Place     Kentucky, USA
Item Description     Guardian Bonds, 1832-1878
Individuals Listed (Name)
E S Virgin, father of Ward
Absolom Y? Virgin, Ward
Thomas R. Linthicum, Guardian
Albert G. Botto, Guarantor.^2,1,3

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.¹

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.¹

34 ELLISON, Mary 82 [1778] F W Far,er $2200 $110 VA
35 VIRGIN, Nancy 38 [1822] F W Weaver KY
36 " , J. H. 20 [1840] Farm Laborer KY Attended School
37 " , Mary B. 18 [1842] F W KY
38 " , Thomas B. 15 [1845] M W KY
39 " , John E. 11 [1849] M W KY.²

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.¹

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.¹

34 ELLISON, Mary 82 [1778] F W Far,er $2200 $110 VA
35 VIRGIN, Nancy 38 [1822] F W Weaver KY
36 " , J. H. 20 [1840] Farm Laborer KY Attended School
37 " , Mary B. 18 [1842] F W KY
38 " , Thomas B. 15 [1845] M W KY
39 " , John E. 11 [1849] M W KY.²

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.¹

34 ELLISON, Mary 82 [1778] F W Far,er $2200 $110 VA
35 VIRGIN, Nancy 38 [1822] F W Weaver KY
36 " , J. H. 20 [1840] Farm Laborer KY Attended School
37 " , Mary B. 18 [1842] F W KY
38 " , Thomas B. 15 [1845] M W KY
39 " , John E. 11 [1849] M W KY.²

37 ELLISON, Mary 76 [1774] F W $1730 VA Cannot Read, Write
38 HUMPHREY, Edm 46 [1804] M W Farmer $1400 KY
39 VIRGIN, Nancy 28 [1822] F W KY
40 " , James 11 [1839] M W KY Attended School
41 " , Elmyra 9 [1841] F W KY Attended School
42 " , Mary B. 7 [1843] F W KY Attended School
1 " , Thomas B. 5 [1845] M W KY
2 " , John 3/12 [July 1850] M W KY.¹

34 ELLISON, Mary 82 [1778] F W Far,er $2200 $110 VA
35 VIRGIN, Nancy 38 [1822] F W Weaver KY
36 " , J. H. 20 [1840] Farm Laborer KY Attended School
37 " , Mary B. 18 [1842] F W KY
38 " , Thomas B. 15 [1845] M W KY
39 " , John E. 11 [1849] M W KY.²

Birth     1780
Death     1839 (aged 58–59), Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Brashears Farm Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Hypothetical family: s/o Jeremiah Brashears & Elizabeth MNU:
     He may [not] be the same J.W. Bresshear (see his signature) married to [2]Mary Shanks, d/o Henry Shanks on 14 Sep 1822 in Washington County, Kentucky.
     Emanuel Broshears, b.c.1807 (10-16 in 1820). On 18 Jan 1828, in Hopkins County, Kentucky, Samuel Woodson, the County Clerk, on order of the Court, apprenticed Emanuel Beshears, son of Jeremiah Brashears, to Richard D. Morton, boot and shoe maker, until age 21; Emanuel to be taught the various branches and history of the trade, to read and write, and common arithmetic, including the rule of threes ... (Hopkins Co, KY, Deeds, Book 5, p.195). Under 21 at the time, he was born after 18 Jan 1807. Emanuel Brashers, m. 31 Jan 1830, Margaret Humphreys, in Ohio County, Kentucky, "service by J. Hipps, Benjamin Humphrey, bondsman" (Ohio County Kentucky in the Olden Days, by Harrison Taylor). "Manuel" Beshears is shown on the 1840 Census, Hopkins County (00011-12001). The male 15-20 is probably a brother.
     Thomas T. Beshears, b. 1 Feb 1828. On 21 Mar 1838, Jeremiah W. Beshears of Henderson County, Kentucky, apprenticed his son, Thomas T. Beshears, to William R. Lynn, wheel wright, of Hopkins County, Kentucky, until age 21, "which will be on the 1st day of February in the year 1849" ... "to teach and instruct him in all the different branches of the art, trade and mystery of a wheel wright" ... to "furnish him with good and wholesome meat, drink, and apparel and lodging fitting for an apprentice and that he will teach him or cause him to be taught to read and write and common arithmetic, including the Rule of Three ..." (Hopkins Co, KY, Deeds, Book 8, p.285)
Gravesite Details     There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Parents
     Jeremiah Brashears Sr 1751–1835
     Elizabeth Beshears Brashears 1752 – unknown
Spouse
     Elizabeth Beshears Brashears 1785–1851
Siblings
     John Beshears 1772 – unknown
     Thomas L. Beshears 1774 – unknown
     Isaac C. Beshears Sr 1775–1836
     Wilson Beshears 1776–1831
Children
     Emanuel Brashears Broshears 1807–1884
     Girl Brashears 1815 – unknown
     John Quincy Adams Brashears, Beshears 1824–1895
     Thomas T. Broshears, Beshears 1828–1871
Created by: Gone Exhumin' • Relative · Grandparent
Added: Jul 2, 2016
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 166336725.¹

ation has been the subject of much speculation by other researches, all of whom consistently conclude that there is not enough evidence to show a family connection between them. For the time being, it seems Beshears' ancestry shall remain a mystery.
b. c1785? She was 18? Came from Virginia? Rowan County, North Carolina?
Inter-married a cousin? Married to Jeremiah in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
She was about eighteen at the time of marriage? 1803? Speculative...
Hypothetical family:
Jeremiah W. and Elizabeth were in the 26-45 on the 1810 Census of Christian County, Kentucky and 1820 Hopkins County, Kentucky.
In 1820 they had a son 10-16 and a daughter 0-10.
Living 1838 in Henderson County, Kentucky.
See their son Thomas L. Beshears' narrative.
Repeated Facts and Hypotheses: Not the same 13 1/2 years old Elizabeth who was born in 1792, married to 59 years old Samuel Mason Broshears...in 1805? Sometime after his first wife Hannah Standiford died in 1816, Samuel moved from Ohio County, Kentucky to Warrick County, Indiana.
See her FAG# 173323540
Elizabeth was registered on 1840 Census as well.
1850 Census Boon Township...... This Elizabeth [Adkins Atkins] Broshears from South Carolina was 58 (b. c1792); lived with the young Roberts family.
She had a child named Hubbard Atkins, aged 12. That made Elizabeth 46 when he was born.
See Hubbard's tombstone FAG# 15303765 and on 1850 Census.
Born 8 Jan 1838; he was 12 in 1850. Did he change his last name to Broshears? No... his father was Samuel Mason Broshears FAG# 173350281 made his will in 1831 and died before the 1840 Census enumeration.
Gravesite Details     Due to many graves and entire cemeteries being destroyed by progress, growth, lost, or unmarked, many locations of graves of this age and time have been lost to us. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Spouse
     Jeremiah W. Brashears 1780–1839
Children
     Emanuel Brashears Broshears 1807–1884
     Girl Brashears 1815 – unknown
     John Quincy Adams Brashears, Beshears 1824–1895
     Thomas T. Broshears, Beshears 1828–1871
Created by: Gone Exhumin'
Added: Oct 6, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 184053169.¹

Birth     Feb 1751, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Death     1835 (aged 83–84), Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Christian / Hopkins county, Kentucky
Placed his here as Hypothetical Family
THIS IS A CHALLENGED LINKAGE GIVING DESCENDANCY FROM BRASHEARS
1749 ~ Birthplace had to be in Granville County.... his parents Bazil and Anne moved to and were near Granville County, North Carolina area.
May 31, 1749 - Jeremiah's father bought property in 1749 and he must have born there!
     Bazil BRASHEAR, St. John Parish, Granville Co., NC, planter, to Robert JONES Junr, Surry Co., Virginia, Attorney-at-Law; for 21 pounds 2 shillings current Virginia money; 422 Acres where said BRASHEAR now lives in Granville Co., beginning at a poplar on W/side of Grassey Creek, N to the County Line, W/S to a white oak, E to small Red oak sapling the corner of William WILLIAMS, N/E the Beach Creek down to mouth of Jonathan's Creek. Contract to be ceased on June 1, 1755. Deed of Mortgage. Acknowledged & Recorded in May Court 1749.
There is a gap between his brother Isaiah b.?1745 and Jeremiah b.?1751.
     NOTE: It is not known the exact birth and death dates of Jeremiah Brashears. I'm adding his name to Find A Grave to refute the misinformation that is on the Internet. His father was Bazil b.1714
     His (2nd) cousin Jeremiah Brashears b. 1731 m. Esther Marory Belt in abt 1750 at Prince George's County, Maryland had a son named Jeremiah b. 1751 which lead this really confusing.
     Jeremiah, William, and their cousin, John Hunt Prather, were on the Tax List of Rowan Co, North Carolina, in 1772 -- just after Bazil's financial trouble in Orange Co, NC, which sent the family scurrying for new territory.
     His 3rd cousin Jeremiah b. 1751 was married to (1)Jemima Bowling. She may have died about 1776 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
     Jeremiah and William moved southwest from Orange Co, NC to Rowan Co, NC, then to the Spartanburg area of South Carolina.
     Jeremiah m. Elizabeth (no last name) between 1770 and 1772 in Orange or Rowan Co, North Carolina? (Beshears) Inter-married a cousin. "Kissing Cousin" "Double Cousin".
     Deeds in 1787 and 1788 in South Carolina establish that Jeremiah and Elizabeth Brashears lived along the Tygar River in present-day Spartanburg Co, South Carolina.
Vol 7 p.23 Detailed land transactions in South Carolina. Their names were 'spelt' Jeremiah Brasheres, Elizabeth Brashies
     Still others moved northwest to Tennessee, then on up further north to Christian/Hopkins County, Kentucky.
     This Jeremiah was the progenitor of the Beshears families who moved to Christian Co, Kentucky, about the same times as Ithra Brashears Sr (his nephew).
     His father Bazil (a boozer; got very careless with his finance), was not very successful at any of these, for he went broke three times, and to courts a multiple times. Caused his family a great deal of embarrassment, and they fled. Quite possible changed the spelling of their surname in the process, possibly to avoid being held responsible for Basil's debts. Hypothetical sons, Basil, Isaac, and Robert, seem to have followed their cousin to middle Tennessee. Between 1780 and 1830 many hopped from one state to another. Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana.
Gravesite Details     There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Parents
     Bazil Brashears 1714–1785
     Ann Nancy Belt Brashears 1714 – unknown
Spouse
     Elizabeth Beshears Brashears 1752 – unknown (m. 1771)
Siblings
     Robert Brashears 1734–1810
     Middleton Brashears 1735–1780
     Henrietta Brashear Mayfield, Prather 1736 – unknown
     Zadock Brashears 1739 – unknown
     William Gowan Brashears Sr 1741 – unknown
     Isaiah Brashears 1745 – unknown
     Benjamin Brashears 1754–1809
     Keziah Brashears Tucker 1756 – unknown
     Rachel Brashears Belt 1759–1785
Children
     John Beshears 1772 – unknown
     Thomas L. Beshears 1774 – unknown
     Isaac C. Beshears Sr 1775–1836
     Wilson Beshears 1776–1831
     Jeremiah W. Brashears 1780–1839
Created by: Gone Exhumin' • Relative · Great-grandparent
Added: Oct 19, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 184414017.¹

Birth     1752, Virginia, USA
Death     unknown, Kentucky, USA
Burial     Brashears Farm Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
b. c.1752
Most likely she was between 16 and 20 when she got married.
Intermarriage; most likely...
Their marriage and death dates ~~ very sketchy and a challenged linkage giving descendancy from Beshears.
     NOTE: It is not known the exact birth, marriage and death dates of Elizabeth Beshears. I'm adding her name to Find A Grave to refute the misinformation that is on the Internet. Need to search for more info from the book. Not thru Artificial Intelligence [AI].
     Jeremiah Brashears m. Elizabeth (no last name) between 1770 and 1772 in Orange County or Rowan County, North Carolina?
     Elizabeth's parents would not be Jesse Brashear b.1734 and Elizabeth Prather who was born 6 May 1740 and would not have been able to have Elizabeth when she was 12 years old!
     It was previously suggested that Elizabeth Beshears Brashears was the daughter of [names removed to minimized confusion]. However, extensive research into their family shows that their connection is purely circumstantial, and there is no evidence of a direct connection between them. Furthermore, the mystery between their possible relation has been the subject of much speculation by other researches, all of whom consistently conclude that there is not enough evidence to show a family connection between them. For the time being, it seems Brashears' ancestry shall remain a mystery.
Intermarriage?? Maiden Name Unknown ~~ MNU
(Beshears) Inter-married a cousin. "Kissing Cousin" "Double Cousin"
     Jeremiah and Elizabeth Brashears lived along the Tygar River in present-day Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Jeremiah's neighbors in SC include William and Sarah Bratcher/ Brashears, Zadock Bousier, Benjamin Brashears, and Isaiah (?or Isaac) Breacher. These, along with Middleton Brashears, are apparently his brothers.
Jeremiah's father Bazil Brashears m. Anne Belt in 1732 at Prince George's County, Maryland.
     Jeremiah, William, and their cousin, John Hunt Prather, were on the Tax List of Rowan Co, North Carolina, in 1772 -- just after Bazil's financial trouble in Orange Co, NC, which sent the family scurrying for new territory.
     Jeremiah and William moved from Orange County, North Carolina to Rowan County, North Carolina, then to the Spartanburg area of South Carolina.
     Deeds in 1787 and 1788 in South Carolina establish that Jeremiah and Elizabeth Brashears lived along the Tygar River in present-day Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
Book Vol. 7; p.23 ~ Detailed land transactions in South Carolina. Their names were 'spelt' Jeremiah Brasheres, Elizabeth Brashies.
Gravesite Details     Due to many graves and entire cemeteries being destroyed by progress, growth, lost, or unmarked, many locations of graves of this age and time have been lost to us. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Spouse
     Jeremiah Brashears Sr 1751–1835 (m. 1771)
Children
     John Beshears 1772 – unknown
     Thomas L. Beshears 1774 – unknown
     Isaac C. Beshears Sr 1775–1836
     Wilson Beshears 1776–1831
     Jeremiah W. Brashears 1780–1839
Created by: Gone Exhumin'
Added: Oct 19, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 184414121.¹

Birth     1734
Death     1810 (aged 75–76), Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown
BIRTH 1734 • c1734 see Vol 7 p.5, p.17 and 27
(circumstantial evidence only)
     He probably married [ ? ] McKnight, for the McKnight name appears often among his descendants, and this family really liked to name their children for their parents and grandparents.
     Robert's paper trail leads back to the time when Basil's sons all fled from Orange Co, NC, following Basil's second bankruptcy. Robert apparently moved west into nearby Surry Co and stayed for a number of years.
     Probably after 1789, Robert moved to Mecklenburg Co, NC, where his daughter, Martha, and her husband, David Morrow, lived.
     His brother Jeremiah had a son named Jeremiah W (1780-1839).
     Robert's origin in the will was given as Mecklenburg Co, NC. His son in law David must have moved to Knox Co, at about the same time as Robert.
Possible Family
DEATH 1810 • Knox Co, Tennessee
Gravesite Details     There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Parents
     Bazil Brashears 1714–1785
     Ann Nancy Belt Brashears 1714 – unknown
Siblings
     Middleton Brashears 1735–1780
     Henrietta Brashear Mayfield, Prather 1736 – unknown
     Zadock Brashears 1739 – unknown
     William Gowan Brashears Sr 1741 – unknown
     Isaiah Brashears 1745 – unknown
     Jeremiah Brashears Sr 1751–1835
     Benjamin Brashears 1754–1809
     Keziah Brashears Tucker 1756 – unknown
     Rachel Brashears Belt 1759–1785
Created by: Gone Exhumin'
Added: Oct 19, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 184419782.¹

Birth     1735
Death     1780 (aged 44–45)
Burial     Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Upper Enoree River, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Source: Information from Ancestry.com
     37. Middleton3 BRASHEAR (10.Basil2, 1.Samuel1) was born about 1735 to parents who, at the time, resided in St. Andrews Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland. He was the son of Basil BRASHEAR and Ann BELT . Middleton died after 1772 in Upper Enoree River, Spartenburg, South Carolina. He married Henrieta PRATHER about 1757 at the time residing in Haw River, Old Orange Co., North Carolina. She was born about 1735 in Of, Maryland. She was the daughter of Phillip PRATHER, Sr and Catherine BRASHEAR . Henrieta died at the time residing in Upper Enoree River, Dist 96, South Carolina.
     He was listed as being on a prison ship in Charleston Harbor in the Revolutionary War.
Children thought to descend from Middleton BRASHEAR and Henrieta PRATHER are:
     72. John Brashears, b. NC, 1767; d. before 1 Nov 1852, Lawrence Co, TN; m. in Pendleton Dist, SC, c1790, Mary Berry, b. SC, 1777, from a Guilford Co, NC family, d. Lawrence Co, TN, 1868.¸John's parentage has not yet been proven; he was a brother of Henry Breshears, of Lawrence Co, TN, b. 1769.¸ I believe (cannot prove-note by Charles Brashears ) that they and Basil Brashears, b. c1765, were sons of Middleton Brashears, s/o Basil Brashear and Ann Belt, of Prince George's Co, MD, Orange/Guilford Co, NC, and Spartanburg/Laurens Co, SC.¸They may have had two other brothers who died early, leaving men who (family traditions say) were nephews of Henry and John.
     Among these possible brothers are the James Breshears, who m. Jane Turner (probably parents of Middleton Breshears the Younger, Nathan Turner Breshears, and Alexander Brashears) and possibly an Absalom Brashears/Boshears (possible parent of Berry Brashears/Boshears, b. 1790, and others-Charles Brashears note).
NORMAN PARKS THEORIZING AGAIN
     Norman L. Parks, a descendant, says John followed his older half-brother, Samuel Robert Brashear, to the Pendleton District, SC; there he married and had two sons.¸Then he moved, about 1800, to Roane Co, TN and worked with/for Robert Samuel Brashears in Sugar Grove Valley.¸There his daughter Elizabeth was born.¸ From 1807 to 1811, John lived in Hawkins Co, TN, then moved to White Co, TN, where two sons were born.¸He lived in Lawrence Co, TN, from 1817 to 1819; then moved back to White Co, where the last of his children was born.¸In 1827, he moved permanently to Lawrence Co, TN, where he died before 1 Nov 1852, when the probate of his estate was opened.
     In 1799 & 1801, A John Brashears signed petitions for creating Roane Co. (RSB's Isaac's son, John, was 15-17; so it couldn't be him).
     John Brashears is on the Roane Co tax lists through 1806.
     23 Jan 1806, John Brashears and Basil Brashears witnessed the deed of two slaves, Joanna and Ratliff ($450), from David Haley of Grainger Co, TN to Isaac Brashears of Roane Co. (Roane Co. Deeds Index, D:127).¸This Basil could be RSB's youngest son, age 25, or he could be a different Basil, brother of John; RSB's Isaac's son, John, was 20 years old--ineligible to be a legal witness?
John Brashears is in the 1810 Census, Hawkins Co, TN, and 1820 Census of White. 1820 Census of White County, TN (p.369):
John Brashears is listed in the 1830, 1840, and 1850 Censuses of Lawrence Co, TN.¸His 1850 listing (p.318) has him born in NC and 83 years old, therefore, b. c1767.¸His wife, Mary, (same census) was 73 years old, b. c1777, in SC.¸Mary Mathena Brashears, age 17, b. KY, was with them in the household.
     Norman Parks says that Henry Breshears, John's ()brother, kept an elderly half-brother, Isaac, and his wife, Elizabeth, in his household until Henry's death, in 1827.¸Then John took Isaac and Elizabeth into his household.¸He received a county subsidy for several years:
     Lawrence Co, TN Minutes Book, 1828-1834, p. 321: 3 Jan 1832: Ordered that Mrs. Mary Brashers be allowed the sum of $25 for nursing and attending to ______ Brashers and _____ Brashers, paupers of this county. (First names were left blank in the record.)¸Isaac Brashears, the elderly half-brother, died 1834, says NP.
     Same reference, p.592: 7 Apr 1832: $40 to Mary Brashers for supporting Eliz. Brashears, pauper of the county, for the ensuing year.
     Same reference, p.482: 1 Apr 1833: Mary Brashears, $35 for supporting and taking care of Elizabeth Brashers, a pauper, for the ensuing year or portion, if said Elizabeth should die. ¸¸¸¸Lawrence Co, TN Minutes Book, 1835-46, p.38: 6 Apr 1835, $20 to John Brashers for boarding, clothing and taking care of Eliz. Brashers, pauper.
     Same reference, p.132: 3 May 1836, that John Brashers be allowed $20 for keeping Elizabeth Brashers for one year.
     Same reference, p.189: 1 May 1837, Ordered that John Brashers, Sr., be allowed $20 for keeping Elizabeth Brashers a pauper of the county for 12 months.¸Norman Parks says Elizabeth died in 1837, but the record indicates she kept on living.
     Same reference, p.239: 2 Jul 1838, John Brashers, Sr., allowed $40 for keeping Hannah Pitts a pauper for the next 12 months; Jno Brashers, Sr. be allowed $20 for keeping Elizabeth Brasher a pauper for the next 12 months.
     Elizabeth kept living and living; she was still in John's household in the Census of 1840 -- and she was over 100 years old, born in the late 1730's. 1840 Census of Lawrence Co, TN p.121¸ John Brashers, Sr¸¸¸ 1000100001-1010100010001¸age 70-80, b. 1760-70; wife, 60-70; the elderly female in H/H is 100+, b. bef. 1740!
Lawrence County, Tenn Land Grants (from State Archives, Nashville) #9504¸ 10 ac.¸date?
1850 Census, Lawrence Co, TN:
Mary Mathena Brashears, 17, b. KY, c1833 Lawrence Co, TN Minutes Book, 1851-1858, p. 162:¸"Nov 1, 1852.¸John Brashears has died intestate.¸Robert Newton appt. Admr." Lawrence Co, TN Wills and Inventories, 1852-1856, p. 87:¸Dec. term 1852. Inv. and sale bill of estate of John Brashears, dec'd, Nov 20, 1852.¸Among buyers: Mary Brashears, Lawson Williams, William Inzer?, Elijah Alsup, Berry Brashears, John H. Johnston, J. M. Halcomb, D. J. White, Shadrick Chapman,J. J. Kelton, Wm. P. Halcomb, James Dial, Wm. Pryor, John Brashears.¸Robert Newton, Adm.¸The proceedings mention 400 ac. in Lewis Co. and 250 ac. in Lawrence Co.
Same reference, p. 95: Mary Brashears, widow of John, dec'd.¸Provision for 1 year allotted her.¸20 Nov 1852.
Same reference, p. 249: John Brashar, dec'd.¸Debts paid Dec 19, 1854. $144.90 left.
Mary Brashears, age 82, is #33-422, Lawrence Co, TN Census, 1860.¸She apparently died about 1868.
Children of John and Mary Brashear/Boshear: (according to Norman Parks)
     Norman Parks says that Nancy (Boshears) Dial, youngest child of John Brashears, lived in the Parks household when he was a little boy.¸"I knew her as a child," says Norman.¸"She remembered the aged Isaac and Elizabeth Brashear, living in her father's home, being 13 years old when Elizabeth died.¸She knew her father was born in old Orange County, NC, as son of Robert C. Brashear.¸She resolutely lived in the past, her memories reinforcing family traditions."¸Much of what we know, today, seems to derive from her reports. ¸¸¸¸There were six heirs who reached adulthood, as is indicated by a deed in Lawrence Co, TN, when Berry Brashears and Elizabeth Franklin sold their shares in 1856:
     Heirs of John Brashears, dec'd, to Wm. E. Newton, 6 Mar 1856. Two tracts:Grant #18755 for 273 ac. and #27968 for 50 ac. in Lawrence Co, TN. ... Heirs: Berry Brashears, Elizabeth Franklin ... "Each heir owning 1/6 said tract, being on the water of Bluewater in range 4 & 5, Sec. 2." signed: Berry Brashears, Prien Masterly [X] Paier, Mary Brashears. (Lawrence Co, TN Deeds, Book M, p.593.¸Apparently, only two of the heirs are selling their undivided share.)
     Another report on this transfer has Martha Matilda Prier signing.¸Martha Matilda Brashears married William Pryor, 20 Oct 1846.¸Elizabeth (?Mrs. Brion) Franklin has not been found anywhere else in the records.¸If Elizabeth gave Martha her power of attorney, it has apparently been lost.
     The Mary Brashears that signed would be John's widow, who would have a 1/3 dower interest in the estate during her lifetime.¸She would have to sign (relinquish her dower) for any of the children to sell their shares of the estate.
     Lawrence Co, TN Minutes Book, 1828-1834, p.188: 5 Jul 1830, records three transfers of a plat and certificate in the name of Erasmus Tippitt for 25 acres: first, from said Tippett to Berry Brashers, was produced and proven by the oath of Franklin Buchanan, witness; second, ?? by 2/3 by ?? [can anyone ungarble the reading?] from said Brashers to Elisha Franklin and [third,] from said Franklin to Alexander Brashers, was produced and proven by oaths of Nathan McClen? and Augusten W. Bumpass, witnesses.
     Since this transfer was recorded in 1830 (probably happened some time earlier), this has to be the Berry, b. 1790; because Berry, b. 1814, is only 16 years old that year, quite ineligible to participate in such transfers, and Berry Jr is not yet born.¸Berry, b. 1790, had apparently left the county: he is #257 in the 1826 Tax List of Lawrence Co, TN, but he was in McNairy Co, TN for the 1830 Census.¸Descendants differ on where Berry Jr was born in 1832; some say in Tennessee, some say in Tishomingo Co, Mississippi, where Berry was in 1840.¸Berry was in Montgomery Co, Arkansas in 1850 and 1860. ¸¸¸¸However, this transfer, along with the sale of 1/6 of the estate, make it look to me like pretty positive evidence that Berry Brashears, b. 1814, was a son of John Brashears, b. 1767, and that Berry Brashears, b. 1790 was not.
     Which is not to say that the families weren't close.¸William, s/o of Henry Breshears, Sr, b. 1769, was later in Arkansas and living next door to Berry, b. 1790.¸Isaac Beshear Jr (m. Siony Owl), who was a son of Isaac Brashear Sr, 1795-1830, s/o of John Brashear, b. 1767, was later in Owen Twp, Pulaski Co, AR, next door to Robert and Andrew Beshears, sons of Berry, b. 1790. ¸¸¸¸We used to think, also, that John Brashears, b. 1796, was a son of John and Mary.¸However, it's fairly clear that he is not the same John.¸He was a brother of Nancy Elizabeth (Brashear) Wilson, wife of Andrew Wilson.
     Letters written from Comfort, TX, in 1895 by Robert Brashear Wilson, son of Andrew and Nancy Elizabeth (Brashear) Wilson, to Wm. Gouldsberry Brashears, youngest son of this John, were signed "your cousin," and thus indicate that John Brashears and Nancy Elizabeth (Brashears) Wilson were brother and sister.¸The letters were owned by a great-granddaughter of John, Josephine Collie, of Malvern, Arkansas, and are now among her estate papers in the Historical Society of Malvern.
     John Brashears, b. 1796, was living in Lawrence County, Alabama, in 1827 when his oldest son was born; then lived about ten years in Tennessee; then migrated to Hot Springs County, Arkansas, about 1840.¸He is in the 1850 census there.¸He died intestate and his estate was probated in 1861 in Hot Springs Co, AR.¸He married first, Elizabeth "Betsy" Randall, b. 1800, and had nine children.¸He married second, a widow, Elizabeth (Baugh) Chambers, b. 1794, SC, and had one more child, Wm Gouldsberry Brashears
     At the moment, we do not know the parents of Nancy Elizabeth Brashear, b. 1793, and John Brashears, b. 1796.¸But I'm suspecting that Berry Brashear, b. 1790, belongs with them; they were probably siblings, children of an unknown brother of John, b. 1767 and Henry, b. 1769.
ISAAC BRASHEARS/BESHEARS ¸¸¸¸We know almost nothing about 81. Isaac Brashears/Beshears, s/o John Brashears, b. 1767.¸Isaac was b. 1795, d. c1830, says Norman Parks.¸He married and had three children.
Family Members
Parents
     Bazil Brashears 1714–1785
     Ann Nancy Belt Brashears 1714 – unknown
Spouse
     Henrieta Prather Brashears 1735 – unknown
Siblings
     Robert Brashears 1734–1810
     Middleton Brashears 1735–1780
     Henrietta Brashear Mayfield, Prather 1736 – unknown
     Zadock Brashears 1739 – unknown
     William Gowan Brashears Sr 1741 – unknown
     Isaiah Brashears 1745 – unknown
     Jeremiah Brashears Sr 1751–1835
     Benjamin Brashears 1754–1809
     Keziah Brashears Tucker 1756 – unknown
     Rachel Brashears Belt 1759–1785
Created by: Record Hunter
Added: Sep 8, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 183164655.¹

Birth     1736, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Death     unknown, Enoree, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown
Philemon Gittens Phillip Prather's 3rd wife.
She was born about 1736 in Maryland.
No known children.
     Henrietta Brashear was born around 1736 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, in the English province (colony) of Maryland, North America. Her father was Bazil Brashear, b: March 18, 1714, in the same parish. Her mother [of course] was his wife, Ann (Belt) Brashear. Henrietta's 1st cousin (their 2 fathers were brothers) was Jesse Brashear, b: 1734 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland. Jesse's parents were Robert Cager Brashear and Charity Dowell.
     Philomen 'Phillip' Gittings Prater (Prather) died shortly before September 23, 1767 in what is now Laurens County, South Carolina [plantation near the Enoree River, South Carolina]. His third wife, Henrietta (Brashear / Mayfield) Prather, administered his Will at Enoree River, South Carolina. She and her older brother, Middleton Brashear, were named Executors of his estate.
According to a book Vol.7 p.6, she was born in 1740
DEATH • Enoree, Laurens County, South Carolina
Other source states she was born 1736 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland.
Her husband....
     Enoree, Laurens Co, SC The citation granted "Henereta" Prather and Middleton Brashear on 24 Sep 1767, to administer on the Estate and Effects of Philip Prather, late of Enoree, Planter, decd, identifies Henrietta as the widow and Middleton Brashear as a brother-in-law of Philip Prather (Brent H. Holcomb, Probate Records of South Carolina, v.3, p.45)
     It's not known what happened to Henrietta (Brashear) Prather after her husband's passing. She was still a relatively-young woman (about 31 or 32 years old) and it's very possible she re-married in South Carolina; the name change would have made locating her in subsequent records difficult. The exact date and place of her death is not known.
Gravesite Details     There may be exfoliated, sunken, buried, field stones, as grave markers, for these early Dutch/English congregation of colonists. The majority of the deceased were buried in unmarked graves.
Family Members
Parents
     Bazil Brashears 1714–1785
     Ann Nancy Belt Brashears 1714 – unknown
Spouse
     Philomen Gittings "Philip" Prather I 1708–1767 (m. 1758)
Siblings
     Robert Brashears 1734–1810
     Middleton Brashears 1735–1780
     Henrietta Brashear Mayfield, Prather 1736 – unknown
     Zadock Brashears 1739 – unknown
     William Gowan Brashears Sr 1741 – unknown
     Isaiah Brashears 1745 – unknown
     Jeremiah Brashears Sr 1751–1835
     Benjamin Brashears 1754–1809
     Keziah Brashears Tucker 1756 – unknown
     Rachel Brashears Belt 1759–1785
Created by: Gone Exhumin'
Added: Oct 19, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 184420208.¹

Birth     5 Oct 1741, Virginia, USA
Death     unknown, Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown
     William was the husband of Sarah Brashears. She was possible a McElroy before she married William. He was the son of Bazil and Ann Belt Brashears. He died after Aug. 20, 1920, after he made the following declaration. He filed for his Revolutionary War pension on Feb. 20, 1819 in Maury Co., TN. and was awarded a pension certificate number #13790 on Aug. 5, 1819. It is believed he died after 1825. On Aug. 29, 1820 he swore and delcared that this was all he owned. "A schedule of my property at the time (bed and bic...and my clothing excepted) to wit: One sow and seven pigs about xixxt months old; one ewe and lamb; by occupation a farmer; has no person to work for him; lives with his children and acquaintances; unable to work much himself. Aug. 29th 1820, Signed (s) William Bratcher. The clerk attached a certificate, evaluating William's assets at $10.
     William served with General Thomas Sumpter, then Colonel, in Sumpters Regiment in Captain Blassingames Company in the Continental line. He fought in several battles including the Battle of Sullivan's Island where he received a wound to his right hand from a Bayonet, which in great measure disabled it. He also served in the War as a Lieutenant against the British in the years 1779 and 1780 under Captain Gowen, Colonel White and General Pickens.
          On Feb. 20, 1819, in the Revolutionay War Pension application S39223 of the state of Tennessee, it states, "That He did, on the 1st day of June 1776, in Spartenburgh County in the State of South Carolina, enlisted as a private Soldier, in the Continental establishment for the term of twelve months, in a company of Col. Thomas Sumpter, of the Continental Line-). It futher states that he was in the battle of the first attack of Charlestown, SC and Sullivans Island, where he recieved a wound with a Bayonet from the enemy in the right hand, which has in a great measure disabled it.
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of William Bratcher S39223 fn12SC
Transcribed by Will Graves 8/4/10
     [Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. Folks are free to make non-commercial use this transcript in any manner they may see fit, but please extend the courtesy of acknowledging the transcriber—besides, if it turns out the transcript contains mistakes, the resulting embarrassment will fall on the transcriber. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. I welcome and encourage folks to call those and any other errors to my attention.]
     State of Tennessee [illegible word] Sixth [?] Judicial Circuit, This day personally appeared before me Alfred M. Harris, one of the Circuit Judges in and for the State of Tennessee, the undersigned, William Bratcher; who being by me sworn, saith, that he is a citizen of the United States, and resident in the County of Maury, & State of Tennessee --
     That he did on the 1st day of June 1776 in Spartanburg County in the State of South Carolina, enlist as a private Soldier on the Continental establishment only for the term of twelve months, in a company commanded by Captain John Blasingame in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter], of the Continental line -- that he did faithfully served in the company & Regiment aforesaid against the common enemy (Great Britain) for and during his said term of enlistment being twelve months -- and was, at the end thereof honorably discharged by said Colonel Thomas Sumpter, which said discharge is herewith enclosed. That he was in the battle when the British first attacked the city of Charlestown (in South Carolina) and Sullivan's Island, where he received a wound with a Bayonet, from the enemy in the right hand, which has in a great measure disabled it. That he was in several inconsiderable skirmishes -- That he knows of no person living convenient to him, by whom he can prove his said service. That he is now in the seventy ninth year of his age, & half no means of Subsistence, except his own labor --
     He is unable to get a subsistence by his labor -- & has been supported by his children --
     He stands in need of assistance from his country for a support -- He hath never received a pension from his government, and hereby relinquishes all pensions heretofore granted him by the laws of the United States except the one hereby observed -- He prays to be placed on the pension list, agreeably to the provisions of a late act of Congress in such cases made and provided
2nd February 1819 S/ William Bratcher
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & date aforesaid
S/ Alfred M. Harris, Judge etc.
District of West Tennessee Lawrence Circuit
     On this 29th day of August 1820 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record for the Sixth judicial Circuit of the said State older than in and for the County of Lawrence and State aforesaid died the Honorable Pary.[?] W. Humphreys, William Bratcher aged seventy-nine years on the 5th day of October next Resident of Maury County in said Circuit and District who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (to wit) in General Thomas Sumpter's, then Colonel Sumpter's, Regiment in Captain John Blasingame's Company in the South Carolina line which he claimed originally on second day of February 1819 and has received a pension Certificate No. 13790.
     And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on
the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
S/ William Bratcher
Sworn to and declared on the 29th day of August 1820.
S/ Josephus Irvine, Clk
     A Schedule of My property at this time bed and necessary Clothing Excepted (to wit) one cow and seven pigs about seven months old one ewe and lamb by occupation a farmer has no person to work for him, lives with his children & acquaintances, unable to work much himself.
S/ William Bratcher
[fn p. 11: I suppose this document to be the discharge referred to by the applicant: it is so faint that very little can be discerned from it other than the signature of Thomas Sumter. [Veteran was pensioned at the rate of eight dollars per month commencing February 2, 1819, for one year service as a private in the South Carolina line.]
These are BELIEVED to be the children of William Gowan Brashears, Sr. and Sarah (?McElroy) Brashears that are:
Believed to have died circa 1820-1830 in Tennessee.
Family Members
Parents
     Bazil Brashears 1714–1785
     Ann Nancy Belt Brashears 1714 – unknown
Spouse
     Sarah Brashears
Siblings
     Robert Brashears 1734–1810
     Middleton Brashears 1735–1780
     Henrietta Brashear Mayfield, Prather 1736 – unknown
     Zadock Brashears 1739 – unknown
     William Gowan Brashears Sr 1741 – unknown
     Isaiah Brashears 1745 – unknown
     Jeremiah Brashears Sr 1751–1835
     Benjamin Brashears 1754–1809
     Keziah Brashears Tucker 1756 – unknown
     Rachel Brashears Belt 1759–1785
Children
     William Gowan Brashears Jr 1771–1852
     Ithra Brashear 1774–1863
Created by: Gone Exhumin'
Added: Oct 19, 2017
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 184420475.¹