Jacob Braswell & Celia Bryant

1798 – May 23, Jacob Brazelle married Celia Bryan in Liberty County, Georgia.

1799 – August 15, Liberty County, Georgia. Jacob Brazell having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Matthew Brient, late of said county, this is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of said deceased, to be and appear in my office within the time prescribed by law and show cause, if any they can, why letters of administration should not be granted. Witness my hand and official signature (signed) Nathaniel Bacon, Ordinary. (Legal Notice, newspaper clipping, GA Gazette)

1799 – December 31, Liberty County, Georgia. Jacob Brazell, having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Matthew Brient, late of said County, this is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and show cause, if any they can, why letters of administration should not be granted. Witness my hand an official signature (signed) Nathaniel Bacon, Ordinary. (Newspaper Clippings, Georgia Gazette - The Columbia Museum
and Savannah Advertiser)

1802 – Liberty County, Georgia. Jacob Brazell, Admr., estate of Martin (sic) Bryan, deceased, applies for dismission, March 14, 1802

1802 – Liberty County. Jacob Brazell, Administrator of Matthew Bryan, decc’d, advertised for sale of tract of land in Liberty County “lying on the mouth of Little Canoochee River to be sold 1st Tuesday in May 1802 (from The Columbia Museum and Savannah Advertiser newspaper)

1802 - Jacob Brazell; Liberty; 200 acres on Beards Creek (Georgia Archives)

1802 - Liberty County. Jacob Brazell, Administrator of Matthew Bryan, decc’d, advertised for sale of tract of land in Liberty County “lying on the mouth of Little Canoochee River to be sold 1st Tuesday in May 1802 (from The Columbia Museum and Savannah Advertiser newspaper)

1805 - Murdock McDuffie - tax list, Montgomery County, Georgia

1810 - Murdock McDuffie - tax list, Telfair County, Georgia

1813 - Liberty County Georgia. First Division, Fourth Collection Distr., Issue of 20 April 1813 included Jacob Brasell.

1815 - Lost or mislaid the following notes of hand, to wit: one given by Jacob Braswell to Jacob Summerlin, for $250, dated in December, 1815...One given by Jacob Summerlin to myself for $60, due the same time as the above note. All persons therefore are forewarned from
trading for said notes...(Signed) Mark Pridgin. (Telfair Co., GA) NOTE: Source unknown, appears to be from a newspaper article.

1820 - US Census, Telfair Co., GA, Murdoc McDuffie

1822 - Georgia, Irwin County, Whereas Murdock M’Duffie applies to me for letters of administration on the estate of Jacob Braswell, late of the county deceased.

1822 - At March term, 1822, letters of administration were granted to Murdock McDuffie on estate of Jacob Braswell and Robert Willis, John Sutton, James Wall, Anguish Nicklson, Daniel McDuffie were appointed appraisers. (History of Irwin County, GA on USGenWeb)

1822 - Abigail McDuffie and John C. Love Administrators of Murdock McDuffie dated March 2, 1822, Amount $30,000. Securities Nathaniel R. Mitchell, John Sutton and John Wilcox (Irwin Co., GA)

1823 - January 6, John C. Love and Abigail McDuffie, Admistrators of Jacob Braswell, dec’d, January 6, 1823, Amount $30,000. Securities Ashley Cathron and John Sutton, Jr. (Irwin Co., GA)

1823 - March 6, Abigail McDuffie and John C. Love, Administrators of Murdock McDuffie dated March 6, 1823, amount $50,000. Securities Charles McKinnon and Ludd Mobley (Irwin Co., GA)

1823 - April 15 issue. Notice - All persons indebted to the estate of Joseph (sic) Brazell, (NOTE: This should no doubt be Jacob Brazell – see above records.) late of Irwin County, dec’d, will please settle up (signed) Abigail McDuffie, Administrator, John C. Love, Adm’r de bonis non. (Irwin Co., GA)

1850 - Abbigale McDuffe, age 76 on the Irwin County, Georgia Census and claimed North Carolina as her place of birth.

1860 - Abigail McDuffie, age 87 on the Irwin County, Georgia Census, and claimed North Carolina as her place of birth. She was born 1774 and died 1873 according to information on a monument in Mount Zion Cemetery. If she is the daughter of Jacob Braswell, he was born about 21 years before Abigail, making his estimated birth year 1753, give or take a little. The monument gives her name as Abigail Currie McDuffie.

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