Friday, April 25, 2008

* Robert Russell Braswell


ROBERT RUSSELL BRASWELL FAMILY BIBLE
From the files of Hugh B. Johnston, Jr., Wilson, N.C. This Bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1852 and is now the property of Mrs. J.W. Cox of Elm city, NC.

Robert Russell Braswell, son of Permenter and Margaret Braswell of Edgecombe Co., was b. Feb 7, 1802 and d. Aug. 1848. He m. Anselana Stringer Dec. 4., 1823, daughter of William Stringer and Keziah Pitt. Anselana was born Feb. 15, 1800 and d. April 28, 1881.

Children

Joseph James Braswell, b. Oct. 16, 1824. He m. Lucinda Proctor June 7, 1884
Benjamin Guilford Braswell, b. Jan 1, 1827. He m. Mary E. Hargrove Jan 25, 1851.
Keziah Margaret Braswell, b. Feb. 2, 1829. She m. Lester S. Cobb June 19, 1847.
Elizabeth Catherine Braswell b. Jan. 22, 1831, d. unmarried between 1845-1850.
Thomas Parmenter Braswell, b. Nov. 2, 1833, d. March 5, 1907, m. Emily Stallings Dec 11, a806?, daughter of .....James Stallings and Polly Peel.
Arretta Braswell, b. May 15, 1835, m. James H. Draughan March 11, 1858
Robert Stringer Braswell, b. March 8, 1836, m. Martha Hargrove April 1, 1858.
Anselana Jane Braswell, b. Jan 9, 1842, d. May 14, 1918, m. Jesse Norris, Feb. 10, 1870, b. Sept. 15, 1826, .....d. May 18, 1904.
John Daniel Braswell, b. Feb. 17, 1844, d. June 29, 1875, m. Ann Vesta Stallings May 12, 1879, b. June 23, .....1843, d. Aug. 31, 1891, daughter of James Stallings and Polly Peele.
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Thomas Parmenter Braswell, son of Robert Russell Braswell and wife Anselana "Ansy" Stringer of Edgecombe Co, was born on November 2, 1833, and died on March 5, 1907. On December 11, 1860, he married Emily Stallings, daughter of James Craig Stallings and wife Polly Peele. She was born on February 14, 1842, and died on May 12, 1907.

Children

1. Mack C. Braswell was born on October 2, 1861, and died on October 14, 1922. He m. Alice Bryan (July 10 1875-Mrch 28, 1935).
2. Martha Braswell was born on December 27, 1862, and died in 1870.
3. Dr. Mark Russell Braswell was born on December 12, 1864, and died on November 15, 1937. On November 14, 1894, he married Mamie Hackney (August 12,1876 - January 15, 1927).
4. Eula Braswell was born on May 4, 1866 and died in 1872.
5. James Craig Braswell was born on August 17, 1868 and died on April 17, 1951. On June 12, 1901, he married Lillian Grizelle Burton (September 19, 1880 - March 14, 1947.
6. Martha Braswell was born on January 1, 1871, and died on january 21, 1881.
7. Thomas Parmenter Braswell Jr., was born in 1876 and died in 1898.

From Foy Braswell's Library


* Samuel Davis Braswell

Copy in the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

Jesse Braswell was born September 22, 1815 and was
married March 9, 1837 to Emily (Odom).
.....Children of Jesse and Emily Odom Braswell

Samuel D. Braswell was born March 18, 1841.
Charity Ann Eliza was born June 16, 1843.
Nancy Emily was born December 8, 1845.
James K.P. was born March 31, 1848.
Lizzie Wright was born March 20, 1855.

Samue D. Braswell was married to Elizabeth Odom,
daughter of James F. Odom and his wife,
Lucinda J. Vick Odom, November 20, 1866.

.....Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Braswell

Martha Lucinda was born October 11, 1867.
James Jesse was born March 12, 1869
Jacob Ealey was born September 26, 1871.

James Ealey was married to Katolia Exum,
daughter of Tom Kinchin Exum, and (Easter)
Langley Exum, December 30, 1892.

From Foy Braswell's Library

* Thomas Weldon Braswell

This Bible is now in possession of T.R. Adams, Oxford, NC.

Thomas Weldon Braswell was born Dec. 25, 1847 and died Jan. 18, 1919. On Nov. 25, 1875, he married Dainie Elizabeth Jordan born Nov. 15, 1861 and died Dec. 13, 1908.

Children

1. Matie L. Braswell was born Aug. 28, 1877, and died Oct. 16, 1907. On Oct. 14, 1897, she married Y.D. Vinson. On Feb. 7, 1900 she married John W. Winstead.
2. Lucinda B. Braswell was born Aug. 9, 1879 and died April 6, 1951. On Oct. 16, 1901 she married Jordan E. Adams, who died Jan. 13, 1944.

From Foy Braswell's Library

* Robert Braswell & Isabelle Lester



Robert Brazle
was born Sept. the 17th

1773 and was married to Isabelle Lester

the 31st of Jan. 1797

Ann Brazle a daughter of Robert Brazle

and Isabelle his wife was born Dec. ye

11th 1797

N.B. jeney thir sister was born Sept. ye

25 1799 and Elizabeth thir sister was

b. July ye 18th 1801

James thir brother was born May ye 11th

1803 and Isabelle thire sis. was b. July

ye 7th 1805

Reney Brazle thire sis. was born June

15th 1820

Wm. M. Chilton was m. to Catherine See

on the 17th day of Feb. 1842

Lucy L. Chilton was born the 4th day of

Feb. 1843

James P. Chilton her brother was b. the

24th day of Feb. 1845

Robert Brazle a son of Robt. Brazle Ser.

was b. June ye 25th 1807

William Brazle his bro. was b. Dec. the

16th 1809

George Brazle thire bro. was b. Aug. ye

15th 1812

Charlie Brazle thire Sis. was born Dec.

ye 4th 1814

Jimmey St. John a daughter of Cattish St.

John
was born Nov. 1820

James Chilton son of M. Chilton and Anna

his wife died May 3, 1841

Lucy McCollum daughter of John F.

McCollum
was b. 2 June 1819

Willliam McCollum her brother was born

Feb. 16th 1821


John V. McCollum his bro. was born Dec.

22, 1822

Richard Brazle died April ye 16th 1799

and Obedience Brazle his wife died Oct.

ye 28th 1805

James Brazle thir son was slane by the

harpes the 29th of July 1799

James Butler died Aug. ye 21th {sic}

1803

Janey Brazle died April ye 2nd 1819

James Brazle died April ye 27th 1819

Elizabeth Archer died July 8th 1819

ISABELLE Brazle {sic} the wife of Ro.

Brazle
d. March 1823

Anna Chilton wife of M. Chilton

deceased on the 16th of Dec. 1827

North Carolina Land patents 1765 - 1775

COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1765- 1775
Abstracts of Land Patents Vol 2 by Margaret M. Hofmann


1524 pg. 425 JOHN YELVERTON 4 May 1769 98 acres in Dobbs on the N. side of the S. prong of Apple Tree Swamp making out from Nawhunty, joining WILLIAM BRASSELL, Drews line and the windings of the sd. swamp.


7479 pg. 76 RICHARD BRAZIEL 4 March 1775 100 acres in Anson on Dry Creek


4774 -A pg. 298 RICHARD BRACEWELL 22 November 1771 200 acres in Anson on little River, joining DAVID POOR and WILLIAM STONE below the mouth of Riges Creek


4559 pg. 253 VALENTINE BRACEWELL 24 May 1773 300 acres in Duplin on the E. side of Black Mingo and on both sides of the Juniper, joining the S. side of the swamp

North Carolina Land Patents 1735-1764

COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1735-1764
Abstracts of Land Patents Vol I by Margaret M. Hofmann

Crown to:

1988 pg. 8 GEORGE DOWNING 4 October 1735 640 acres in Bertie, joining SIZEMORES line, WILLIAM BRASWELL, and RICHARD SUMNER


2204 pg. 72 JAMES MANNY 25 September 1741 378 acres in Bertie County on Buckhorn Swamp, joining JOHN BOND, ROBERT BRASWELL, JONATHAN SANDERSON, JOHN GARDINER, both sides of GARDINERS branch, and the swamp


2430 Pg. 129 JOHN PERRET 20 November 1739 400 acres in Edgecombe County, joining JACOB BRASWELL, the N. E. side of Falling run, and the N. side of Tarr river to the Mouth of the sd. run


2447 pg. 132 WILLIAM BRASWELL 21 March 1742 500 acres in Edgecombe county on the North side of Tarr river, joining Maple creek


2252 pg. 157 WILLIAM BRASWELL 28 February 1743 500 acres in Edgecombe County on the N. side of Stoney creek, joining the sd. creek


2615 pg. 171 RICHARD SESSUMS 24 November 1744 300 acres in Edgecombe County on the North side of Tarr river, joining near the Mouth of a Branch, THOMAS BRYANT, the head of a branch, ROBERT BRASWELL, and the Low Grounds of the sd. river


3384 pg. 341 JACOB BRASWELL 11 April 1745 270 acres in Edgecombe County on the N. side of Tarr river where the sd. BRASWELL now lives, joining a branch, a Small Meadow, the river bank above his plantation, and the river below the Mouth of a Gut


3447 pg. 353 JACOB BRASWELL 16 March 1743 160 acres in Edgecombe County on the s. side of Tarr river, joining above Greens path and on the river side


2758 pg. 204 RICHARD BRASSWELL 22 May 1741 200 acres in Craven County on the N. side of Tosneot Swamp, joining the Swamp


3889 pg. 11 RICHARD BRASWELL 21 February 1738 100 acres in Edgecombe County on the S. side of Tarr river, joining Creels line


3902 pg. 14 RICHARD BRASWEL 11 July 1739 500 acres in Craven County on the N. side of Contentnee Marsh, joining the Marsh and (a point) below his improvements


3949 pg. 25 RICHARD BRASWEL 21 February 1738 100 acres in Edgecombe County on the N. W. side of Sappona Swamp, joining the sd. swamp


5002 pg. 174 GEORGE FORT 29 September 1756 320 acres in Johnston County on the North side of Norhunty, joining the Marsh side, RICHARD BRASWELL, and the Swamp

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Percy R. Brasel of Vanderburgh Co., Indiana

Registers of Marriages Performed by Eben C. Poole, J.P. Vanderburgh Co., Indiana

Published in The Hoosier Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 2 June 1999

Groom Percy R. BRASEL, bride Edna BRYAN, 29 May 1906. Numbers beside their names suggest that their ages were 22 and 17.

Braswells of Johnston, Dobbs and Lenoir Cos., NC


Braswells In The Grantor/Grantee Index Of Johnston, Dobbs, And Lenoir Cos. N.C.

transcribed by Martha Mewborn Marble, 1377 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003

published in The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, February 2001, p. 59)

The records of early Johnston (and other counties formed from it), Wayne, Greene, and Lenoir counties were placed at the Lenoir County Courthouse. In 1878 a courthouse fire destroyed almost all these records except the original Grantee Index to deeds. According to Charles Holloman, a Grantor Index was prepared from the Grantee Index and both those books were saved during another fire in 1880. Charles Holloman was instrumental in locating the Grantee Book at the Courthouse in Kinston many years ago. It was not until the early 1980s that the Grantor Index was found. While there is nothing to indicate the nature of the instruments or the relationships between grantor and grantee, these books provide us with a list of names in otherwise “burned” or “partially burned” counties. This transcription was taken from the Grantor Index, but double-checked against the Grantee Index for differences in spelling and entries that appear in one but not the other. (An asterisk following the page number denotes an entry which appears in the Grantor Index, but not in the Grantee; two asterisks denote an entry appearing in the Grantee Index, but not the Grantor; and parentheses enclose differences of name or spelling that appear in the Grantee Index.) Approximate dates of each deed book are listed at the front of the microfilm roll from which this is taken. This sentence is at the front of the roll: “Following Records have many carbon copies and light pencil or ink and will not be legible on film” so the reader should consult the original.

Book 22 – Lenoir County, North Carolina – 1746-circa 1810

This is a unique book as it has entries from the time Johnston County was formed in 1746 until sometime in the early 1800s. Dr. Charles Holloman has this information in his book Kinston and Lenoir County, page 354:

In 1788, the State government began to take action against various persons who had engaged in land grant frauds. By 1796, the public was well aware of the problem. One result of this situation was an act of the General Assembly requiring persons holding lands under grants and deeds of doubtful registry to register the same in the respective counties or in the office of the Secretary of State (as to grants). Many old deeds and grants were consequently registered in Book No. 22 of Dobbs-Lenoir records. Thus, the appearance of an entry in book No. 22 of the old grantee index is impossible to date as many were originally written many years prior to registration while others were of more recent date.

From

To

Page #

Reubin ATKINSON

Wm. BRASSWELL

194

Richard BRASWELL Sr.

Richard BRASWELL Jr.

294

Wm. BRACEWELL

Simon FLOWERS

384

Jesse BARNES

William BRASWELL

419

Elias FORT

William BRASWELL

409

Same

Richard BRASWELL

410

John ONEAL

Robert BRACEWELL

447



Saturday, April 19, 2008

Patience Braswell, daughter of Valentine

August 25, 1894

Mrs. J. Morgan Smith
Birmingham, Ala.

Dear friend and relative;

By such title II am persuaded to call you after reading the contents of
your kind letter of August 16th instant. by being conversant with some of
the facts set forth in your letter, I know and am sure the same blood flows in
our veins, having the same ancestry. I am a grandson of Sion Harrington who was an older brother of your great grandfather, Drury Harrington, and I am in the 79th year of age. A full and satisfactory answer to your inquiries could have been given fifty years ago but the old land marks have passed off the stage of action, and much we would mutually prize is lost in the mist of antiquity. I am glad to be of some advantage to you in what you desire.Your letter came fifty years too late for a full and satisfactory answer as it has been one of the regrets of my declining years that I could have known so much and yet retained so little relative to the early histry of the Harrington family. In like manner, much that is valuable to th historian is lost before the chronicler emblams it in history. While I do not remember dates, the facts I propose to narrate, you may accept as being outstandingly true. Thomas Harrington, my father, was the son of Sion Harrington and was born in Pittsboro in Chatham Co., N.C., April 5, 1779 and from him I obtained what knowledge I have of the genealogy of the Harrington family. Many and
many a time when I sat around the hearthside, I have heard him tell the story of his ancestry as received from his forefathers, which had I committed to writing, would now clear the page of conjecture and rivet many a broken chain. The Harringtons are of English descent. Charles Harrington, the projenitor of the Harringtons, came from England and settled in Halifax Co., Va. but in what year I cannot now determine. How long he resided there I do not know. It is highly probable he had brothers who came with him and settled there in the same place as I have recently learned there are quite a num ber of Harringtons in Halifax Co. About the year 1750, Charles Harrington emigrated to Chatham Co., N.C. and panted a large tract of land where the town of Pittsboro now stands. Charles Harrington, by his marriage to Agnes Hill, had nine sons and 2 daughters. Charles, Jr. was the oldest son and married as you say, Patience Brazelle, a lady of French (?) extraction. Then there was Sion, Drury, Whitmel, Philemon, Enoch, Isaac and Thomas. Thomas married Raynor Higdon, Sion married Elizabeth Watts and to that union was born three sons and one daughter; Abner, Thomas, Sion and Nancy. His first wife dying, he married for the second time, Ann Dalrymple and the fruit of this union was John, William, Charles, Elizabeth and Mary. John was a Presbyterian minister, prominent in his church and after preachng for awhile in Robeson Co., N.C. he moved too S. C. and married Miss Elvira Hutson and they had two sons and three daughters. One of his sons was killed in the late Civil War between the States and all of his daughters married Presbyterian clergymen and one of his granddaughters married the justly celebrated Dr. J. I. Mack of the Presbyterian Church and who, I believe, is now doing evangelical work in the State of Georgia. John used to visit your great grandfather Drewry Harrington when he resided in S.C. William Dalrymple Harrington was married four times. His sons were Cyrus, Elam and Henry. His daughters were Eliza, Elizabeth, Annie and Eugenia. Cyrus, after graduating from the University of North Carolina, studied
for the ministry and after obtaining his license to preach, emigrated to Louisiana where he attained distinction in the Presbyterrian Church. He died last Spring. Henry, a mere youth, was killed at Five Forks when Lee's lines were broken at Petersbury in April, 1865. Eliza married a Dr. Wilcox, Elizabeth married Langston McIver who was killed in the late war. Annie married a Mr.McGilvary who was a Presbyterian minister but is now dead. Eugenia died
young and unmarried. Charles married Penelope Thomas first, Tabitha Cook,
second and Jane Marks, third. Children of first marriage were Benjamen, Sion, John, William, Thomas, Polk, George, Ann, Janet, Mary and Nancy. By his second marriage none and a son Charles by Jane Marks. Elizabeth married a McAuley and Mary married a Dauglas. Late in life they moved to Alabama and died there . Their son, William, still lives there and is a minister in the Methodist Church. Abner married Nancy Brown of Chatham Co., and they had twelve sons and four daughters. Thomas married Ann Stephen in the year 1805. Her parents came from Glasgow, Scotland. Their children were James, Elizabeth, William, Sion, John (the writer), Thomas, Mary, Benjamen, Anson and Flinn. Benjamen and Anson died young. With the exception of Flinn who died camparatively young, all lived to a ripe old age. but two remain at this writing, Mrs. Arnold and myself. Sion, after reaching his majority, moved to that protion of Iredell Co., which is now Alexander Co., where he died in 1867 at the advanced age of 86 yrs. He married a Miss Brown and their sons were William, John, Sion, Charles and Enoch, The girls' names were forgotten. John was living at Sherman, Texas where he died a few years since. The fate of war made William a cripple for life and he is living in Taylorsville, N.C. Elisha is living in Kansas and his P.O. is Clearwater, Sedgewick Co. He paid us a visit in the winter of 1888. He told me one or more of his brothers had removed from N.C. to Tenn. since the war. Charles Harrington, your great-great grandfather, died some time prior to the revolutionary War and his oldest son, according to the existing laws under King George III, inherited all the landed estate of his father. Tradition says he was an easy-go free kind of man and lost more than once on a horse race. Though the landed estate was large, land at that time had no great monetary value and a fast life soon dissipated all that was of any value. The other sons, being deprived of any share of the estate by inheritance, usually sought new homes. Some went on way and some went another. Drewry, as you well know, moved to S.C. on "Broad river" as we understood it. Here I will relate an incident of a visit Drewry Harrington made to Sion Harrington as told to me by my father who was a boy at that time and was present. Sion Harrington was living near the present town of Jonesboro then and Drewry paid him a visit on horseback as was the mode of travel in that day and time. They had not seen one another for years and years and on the day of his arrival he found his brother Sion, with a number of neighbors, engaged in raising a log house. The old fellows were upon the walls notching away for dear life when suddenly a stranger rode up, and in a very insulting manner, began to criticize their work. This was naturally resented that a stranger should make himself a party in a case in which he could have no earthly interest. Railing answered for railing when the workmen hotly informed the stranger they would go down and lick him out of his boots. But the horseman continued to ride around the walls of the imposing structure. Tiring of that he reigned up his horse and looked fiercely at the angered crowd. My grandfather on scrutinizing him a little closer, dropped his axe and exclaimed, "Drew, you rascal you, is it possible you have deceived me so?" He was instantly recognized by his old friends and acquaintances and such a hand shaking followed it was readily decided the house could better be finished in another day. The fatted calf was killed, the great brown jug was brought out and the stopper came forth with an unusually mellow "phum." The coup of kindness was taken for friendship's sake and lest the sun should go down on their wrath, doubtless took another one of the sake of "Auld Lang Syne." Such was the re-union after years of separation. That they ever met again, I have no means of ascertaining. Charles and Whitmel emigrated to Tennessee. This happened in the later part of the last century. Charles, I understand after residing for a while in Tennessee, settled on the Scioto River in the State of Ohio. There is some probability in this as a son of mine, who a few years ago resided in Columbus, Ohio for a short while, found a firm of Harrington's doing a mercantile business in that place. Isaac lived and died in Chatham Co., N.C. His descendants, though not numerous, are still found on rocky river. Of Enoch's life I know nothing. I am under the impression one of the old patriarchs settled in Georgia. I have read the letters you have sent me from our Texas kinsman with sincere pleasure. He is undoubtedly a scion of the original Harrington tree. How they have multiplied and scattered. Omniscience can tell the seventy souls that accompanied Jacob into Egypt and returned four hundred years later a mighty host. It seems as if Charles Harrington's descendants could be marshaled in one army. They would be like old Scotch Malcolm Smiths friends, "numerous." As I told you before, I have no clue to locate any of Charles Harrington's descendants except my grandfather Sion's and Drewry's. I know Drewry went to South Carolina and located on broad river an later on carried his brother-in-law Abner Landrum with him while Charles and Whitmill went to Fort Deer, Tenn. followed by Thomas some years later. Your letter to me was the first authentic information I had had of any of the brothers and I can never thank you sufficiently for your uncomplaining kindness and I sincerely pray your researches may result in the full fruition of all your most cherished hopes. I know the path is beset with difficulties that now all the landmarks are gone, which in the absence of written record, afforded the only certain means of proof and identification. But we can at least make sure of what we have and though the younger generation should build wiser than the old, still I am persuaded to believe when all things are considered, they will have no just cause to be ashamed of their ancestors. As the march of emigration from N.C. seemed southward and westward, there is every reason to believe the Harringtons of Tenn., Missouri, Texas and Mississippi are of the same family as ours. We know those of S.C., Ga., and Alabama are of the same line. A superficial glance at our ignorance of each other is really astonishing but the cause is not far to seek and is easy of solution. When we consider the fact, that at the time of separation and exodus of the Harrington brothers, there was not a mile of stage line, much less steamboat or railway travel penetrating the regions to which they emigrated, we can see at once and communication with one another if at all was limited to the slow and arduous journey on horseback. In consequence of which Charles, Whitmill and Thomas never returned to the scenes of their early manhood. While Drewry, so far as I have any knowledge, came back but once. Under the circumstances existing at that time, the heads of the different families died and their children to his day have remained, as it were, in utter ignorance of each other. But light
is dawning and I trust the coming of your letter may be the means of cementing the long broken ties and the ingathering of the lost sheep in the folds of a common brother hood made pleasant lasting in the bonds of a relationship that should be better understood and appreciated.The reception of your letter was both a revelation and a surprise to me and I desire in the outset to heartily thank you for the same. While I was not oblivious of the fact, that according to the course of human events, I had or should have numerous relatives in the States south and west of me, I had despaired of ever establishing communication with them not knowing who they were nor yet the locality in which they lived. Though in my 79th year, like Jacob of old, I will go and see Joseph before I die. Of course I can only go in spirit but my enthusiasm revolts at being confined withing the circumscribed limits of an ordinary letter and your patience may be taxed but I trust you will bear with me to the finish. Your letter vividly brings to my mind, the light of other days, visions of the past pass in panoramic succession before me. I am a boy again, as it were, sitting around the ancestral fireside, listening to the recital of many of the thrilling events of 1776 that made the blood flow fast and the heart beat quick. But the actors have long since passed away and only a few of their deeds have been rescued from the crumbling touch of time and embalmed by the historian or linger only in tradition and song, while by far the greater part is lost in the mist of antiquity. Much that would be valuable in history is lost before the chronicler gathers the fragments and rescues them from the hands of forgetfulness. In like manner, much we would mutually prize in the early history of our forefathers, is like the lost books of Livy whose pages no mortal will ever behold. Having said this much by way of introduction an answer to some of your questions may be summarized as follows: Thomas Harrington was my father and was born April 5, 1779 in the town of Pittsboro in Chatham Co., and was son of Sion and Elizabeth Watts Harrington and a grandosn of Charles Harrington and Agnes Hill and to him I am indebted to everything I may tell you. I am unable to affix dates with any degree of certainty, yet what I shall relate, you may believe implicitly and accept as being substantially true, believing evidence derived from those who lived nearest the time and place in which an event is said to have occurred so it is the most reliable in the absence of unrecorded history. The Harrington's are of English descent - Charles Harrington came from England to America and settled in Halifax Co., Va., and after residing there for a short while, he made his course southward and settled in Chatham Co, N.C. where on the present town of Pittsboro now stands. The dates of his settling in Halifax Co., and his subsequent removal to N.C. are alike unknown to me. The date of land grants may approximate the time but not conclusively so - from the fact many of the grants were often issued years prior to the occupancy of the lands by the settler while, in the other instance, the reverse was often the case. The probability is he came to America as early as 1740. Now whether he married before or after coming to north Carolina is an open question, one which I have no means of determining. The Hills you refer to in Footes sketches are known to me only as a matter of History and that they were connected to Agnes Hill may or may not be true. Harrington is the name Charles brought from England, a name his descendants in this country have always
borne and never disgraced it and if we have retrograded from the days of Sir John Harrington, we can say as Sir Edward Coke of copyhold tenure said, "Though of base descent, we are of most illustrious origin." I will say the Harringtons have no cause to be ashamed of their ancestors but much to be proud of. They are a brave, generous race of people with strong family attachments, having convictions of their own and the courage to enforce them. Among them can be found as fine specimens of phsical and moral manhood and womanhood as can be found in any land on which the sun shines. That trait which is the crowning glory of Harrington manhood is that not one of the name was ever known to be uncivil or unkind to his wife. So universal is this Henry William (Henry) Harrington and our people are one and the same family so my family has told me repeatedly but I do not recollect the degree of kinship. All the male members of Richmond Co. are dead.
(The above paragraph was in a different handwriting. The compiler.)
The records of Charles Harrington's family are perished or carried away by members of the family to distant states. The blank leaves in the family Bible was the sacred repository of family births and deaths. Times wear and tear, the unwitting ignorance of childish fingers all conspire to obliterate the family records. My father, late in life, married Lydia Collierand at her death, her people carried off his family Bible. Had I not retained in memory the dates of births of my brothers and sisters, that would now be lost to me. The order of succession in which Charles Harrington's and Agnes Hill's children were born, I know nothing more than you do. In my youth, I had heard my father rehearse the story time and again but I listened to it with no particular interest and it has been many, many years ago since then. In your statement you said John was the first son. I have recently met a cousin of mine, a grandson of Sion Harrington who corroborates your version of the story. His mother was Elizabeth Harrington, and half-sister of my father. But my father was nearly grown when she was born and had visited his
uncles at their homes, sat around their firesides and slept beneath their roofs, and twice a years made long journeys on horseback to visit his fatherin the latter years of his life. I remember as distinctly as I remember anything that Charles, according to his version, was the eldest son of the family and he often emphasized that fact in speaking of Charles inheriting and wasting the parental estate. The brothers, Charles, Whitmill and Thomas went to Fork Deer, Tenn. I
have already told you that friends credit me with the faculty of "never forgetting anything" but that however is not true. Anything speaking of myself. And I have to rely on my memory of the greater part of the little I know of family history. The people of the New England states are careful in preserving family records. We should not be less so. Your very welcome letter reached me safely and my poverty of language is inadequate to expreess my gratification of the contents whereof. Seldom or never have I received one more to my liking, never one more thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated. We fully appreciate your kindly sentiments of esteem and regard and beg to assure you they find a sympathetic response in our affections. Kindred, yet personally unknown strangers until within a short time since and now you seem to us like one of the family long absent talking to us as it were and before I proceed further - as the senior member of the "House of Harrington" in North Carolina, permit me in the name of the various tribes and clans whereof in a quaind old phrase, say to you and all your dear household "Howdy - howdy - howdy." How in life I would have enjoyed meeting your mother and how we could have beguiled the passing moments with many a family story. But, none the less, how dear to me are her children and if it is not asking too much when the busy cares of the day are shut out and when you all gather around your fireside, let you thoughts wander back to the land of your fathers for we be "brethren."


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Total of 42 pages to the Harrington Letter, other pages no logged in yet.

Michael A. Harrington

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Deed Bk. B, 1775-1783 pg. 19, April 29, 1775
John Harrington of the Co. of Halifax NC to William Alston of the Co. of Halifax, for 100 pds, 212 acres on the S. side of Robinsons Creek, being part of a tract of land granted by Patent to William Pettey and sold by William Petty Jr. son, to the sd William, to Charles Harrington, Father to the sd John Harrington being also a part of a tract whereon Mial Scurlock now lives and the Court House of Chatham now Stands. Also where Agnis Harrington now lives.
John Harrington
Wit:
John Webb
John Auld

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Deed - Union Co., S. C. deed book page 270-271 v2, p 42. 3 Jul 1789 Chas
Harrington and his wife Patience has sold for 50 lbs Sterling to Robert
Rethurford, Senr., 292 ac in 96th District, adjoining Joseph Gilling, Nathl.
Gilkeys, Louis Ledbetter, Moses Gilling and John Leah. Charles and Patience
both signed mark. Wit: Richmond Terrell, John
Sims, John Harrington, Zachariah Bullock J.P.


Gleaned from the internet

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Jacob Braswell, Nash Co., NC Map of Land

Maps of old Nash Co., North Carolina include the land of Jacob Braswell. Scroll down or search the page for the Braswell name to locate the appropriate map.

Benjamin Bunn bought the land of Jacob Braswell who had patented 270 acres in 1741 (and Jacob Braswell was living there before that and apparently had gotten a patent there for 598 acres in 1729).

Monday, April 14, 2008

Wommack, Carter, Halifax Co., NC 1822

Carter WOMMACK 3 Oct. 1822 Nov. Ct. 1822 lend wife Catherine WOMMACK land and plantation whereon I now live, beds, furniture etc during her life or widowhood daughter Mary WOMMACK bed and furniture etc during her life lend my sister Patsey WOMMACK land joining Robert COCKRAN decd. My 2 sons Jourdan WOMMACK and William WOMMACK my CHAMPION tract to cultivate the ensuing year and after 1823 it to be rented out untill my youngest child (name not given) is 21 residue of my estate after wife’s death to go to my children Wit.: Kinchen HARRIS, Thomas HARRIS, Elijah BRAZWELL X his mark. Extrs.: my sons Jourdan and William (Halifax Co., NC Abstracts of Wills 1758-1824 Margaret M. Hoffman; Will Bk. 3, pg. 680)

Contributed by Nona Williams


Drew, Thomas, Halifax Co., NC 1806

Thomas DREW 18 May 1806 Feb. Ct. 1812 sons Joshua DREW and Solomon DREW land and negroes each daughters Ann BRYAN and Mary BRYAN negroes etc. Each Sarah CAIN’s grandson James CAIN son of Sarah CAIN 200 silver dollars Ezekiel HOPKINS 150 acres in Martin Co. Residue of my estate to be sold and money divided between my 4 children. Wit.: Drew BRACEWELL X his mark, Thomas JOHNES. Extrs.: Charles KING and Micajah HOPGOOD (Halifax Co., NC Abstracts of Wills 1758-1824 Margaret M. Hoffman; Will Bk. 3, pg. 525)


Contributed by Nona Williams


Strickland, Hermon, Halifax Co., NC 1796

Hermon STRICKLAND, 13 Sept. 1796, Feb. Ct. 1797 son John STRICKLAND the land and Plantation whereon I now live etc. Wife Elizabeth STRICKLAND use of horse, dishes, bed, etc my pewter to be divided between my 2 grandsons: James STRICKLAND and Hermon STRICKLAND the sons of John daughters Lucy STRICKLAND and Pherebe ALSOBROOK bed etc. Each daughter Mary BRASWELL and grandson David RANDOLPH and grand daughter Ruthy STRICKLAND 5 shillings each son Hermon STRICKLAND 3 silver dollars etc. Grand daughter Elizabeth RANDOLPH cow and calf. Wit.: James SIMMONS, Marmaduke STRICKLAND Extrs.: sons John and Hermon (Halifax Co., NC Abstracts of Wills 1758-1824 Margaret M. Hoffman; Will Bk. 3, p. 276)


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Bruce, Peter, Halifax Co., NC 1760

Peter BRUCE Sr. , 4 Jan. 1760, Mar. Ct. 1762 lend wife Mary BRUCE use of Estate and after her death the same to be divided amongst my 5 children: Peter BRUCE, Ann FOUNTAIN, Elizabeth CRATS, Jean BRUCE, Sarah BRASWELL and Alice HUETT at the discretion of Peter BRUCE and John BATES and Robert FOUNTAIN. Wit.: Daniel DUNKIN, Mannel (?) GORDON, William BRUCE. Trustees: aforesd. Peter BRUCE and John FOUNTAIN. Extrs.: wife Mary and Peter BRUCE (Halifax Co., NC Abstracts of Wills 1758-1824 Margaret M. Hoffman; Will Bk. 1, p 69)

Contributed by Nona Williams

Friday, April 11, 2008

* Robert R. Braswell Edge. Co., NC 1845



Robert R. Braswell
Will dated Dec 11, 1845
Recorded 1848
(date from folder)


“In the name of God”... “being in a sound
sence and memory thou not well in health”... Item - to my beloved wife Anseylina Braswell I lend all of my household furniture, one mule, one horse and cart and gig, all my farming tools, all my land on the east side of my canal, one Negro man Robbin, one woman named Pleasant, one boy named Isaac, I lend her ( ) (seport) for one year, also one yoke of ox and cash; Item- I give my son Joseph T. Braswell (89) acres of land called the Moore Land and $100 in money; Item- I give to Benja J. Braswell my Lovit Long plantation, my store house contents except my notes and accounts; Item- I give my son Thomas P. Braswell the plantation where my mother now lives; Item- I give my son Robert L. Braswell the two tracts of land that I “bote” of Jesse C. Knight & Laurence Moore; Item- I give to my youngest son John D. Braswell my home plantation at the death or marriage of my beloved wife; Item- I give to Benja (1) brandy still, I give to Joseph J. Braswell one brandy still, I give to one brandy still, I give to Thomas P. Braswell Benja Braswell all of my blacksmith tools of every description; Item- I give to my daughter MARGARET BRASWELL one Negro girl Cherry and $100 in money; Item- I give to my daughter Elizabeth one Negro boy named Isaac; I give to my daughter (Arretta) Braswell one Negro boy named (Cha---); Item I give to my daughter Ansy Lina Braswell one Negro girl by the name of (Jane) after the division of my mother’s estate takes place and my part of Winny Williams estate takes place my will is that both of my shares of their estates be sold and all of the property not given away in this will be sold and all the profits that arise from said be equally divided among my living children; Item- I appoint my son Benjamin Braswell and my son Joseph J. Braswell my executors and to hold and pay to each and every heir at the age of 21; signed Robert R.Braswell, wit. Wm. H. Hines, J.W. Calhoon. (Abstracted from copy of original, NC Archives CR.037.801.4, 6-26-01. CTC)


* Permenter Braswell Edge. Co., NC 1827



Permenter Braswell
Will dated Oct 25 1827
Proved Nov. Ct.
1830

“very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory”; beloved
wife, Margaret Braswell, “all my land that I am possessed with three Negroes, her choice, two beds and furniture, during her widowhood; grandson, Egbert Williams, $30; granddaughter Martha Ann Williams, $30; grandson, Blake Williams, $30; sons Benjamin Braswell, Robert Braswell and daughter, Ann Braswell all the residue of my estate to be equally divided at the marriage or death of my wife, the land I have given her to be equally divided between Robert Braswell and Ann Braswell, the Negroes that I have given to my wife to be equally divided between Benjamin Braswell, Robert Braswell and Ann Braswell; exe. Benjamin Braswell, Robert Braswell, Robert Barnes, signed Permenter Braswell, wit. Lovitt Killebrew, Samuel Moore. Benjamin Braswell and Robert Braswell qualified as executors. (Abstracted from copy of original, NC Archives CR.037.801.4, 6-26-01. CTC)


Thursday, April 10, 2008

* Micajah Bennett Jackson Co., GA



In the name of the Holy Trinity Amen. I Micajah Bennet...being indisposed in Body...I give and bequeath to my two Sons Jesse I. Bennet & Jeptha Bennet, the Tract of Land whereon I now live, including the Plantation & farming utentials, two Horses, one yolk of oxen & cart, a cow & calf a peace, all my Stock of Hogs, two feather Beds & furniture, all my Household & kitchen furniture except two other feather Beds & furniture to be disposed of as hereafter dirested together with the services of my Negroe man Spencer, & my Negroe woman Jude, during the time of their (my Sons aforesaid) minority; with this request, & it is my will that after the expiration of the age of minority, my, the said Negroe woman Jude, shall be set free under such regulations as the Laws of the State do or may authorize, but that Spencer shall remain the property of my sons aforesaid.



Executors named to take oversight of his sons & attend to their raising, education & moral instruction on the premises & to employ some moral & decent person to take charge of the plantation as overseer.



To grand daughter Polley Bennett two dollars. Residue of estate, real & personal, to his children, Peter Bennett, Nancy Bennett, Salley Cotton, Micajah Bennett & William Bennett, share & share alike.



Just debts, which are small, to be punctually paid & if necessary sell any part of property, in that case the balance of his stock of cattle be sold or his Bear Creek tract of land.



Executors: Thomas Johnson & Richard W. Pentecost.
Witnesses: William Pentecost, Britain Brazeal & Josiah Bradley.



Will dated April 8, 1824, probated July 5, 1824, recorded pp.103-104.



(Jackson Co., GA WB A 1803-1860 Pg 75)

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Nash Co., NC Deeds Vol IV 1794-1800

by Timothy W. Rackley

William Braswell Senr of Nash Co., NC to Orren Braswell, son of Benjamin Braswell, 13 May 1794, "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath and beareth unto the said Orren Braswell, son of the said Benjamin Braswell", a certain tract or parcel of land lying on the North side of the Tar River; Beginning at a Horn-beam on the River at the mouth of a branch, thence up the said branch 73 pole to a Red Oak & Pine, thence North 13d West 42 pole to a Pine, thence North 50d East 200 pole to a Hicory, thence South 48d East 139 pole to a Hicory & Maple on the aforesaid River, thence up the said River to the first station, containing by estimation 176 acres, be it more or less, subject never the less to the sole use occupation & enjoyment of Benjamin Braswell, his father, until him [sic] the said Orren Braswell arrive to the age of 21 years. William Braswell. Wit: Wilson Vick, Sherod Deens. Nash County May Term 1794. The above Deed was in open Court acknowledged and ordered to be recorded. Wm Hall CC. And is recorded. W.S. Mearns P.R. (2,3)


John Tanner of Franklin Co, NC to Benjamin Williams of Nash Co, NC, 9 May 1794, for 1 pound current money of this State, one certain track or parcel of laying lying in Nash County on the North side of Tar River, the said land to contain 1 acre, be the same more or less, which track of land is part of the land that was granted to Wm Bracewell by deed bearing date 1763; Beginning at a White Oak his own corner, thence West his line to the Sring [sic] Branch to a White Oak, thence up the said Branch to a Pine in the pattern [sic] line, thence to the first station. John Tanner. Wit: Simon Williams, William Braswell, Daniel Tounzen. Nash County May Term 1794. The within Deed was in open Court duly proved by the oath of William Braswell and ordered to be recorded. Wm Hall CC. And is recorded. W.S. Mearns PR. (7,8)


Hardy Griffin of Nash Co, NC to William Winslow of aforesd, 28 November 1791, for 256 pounds 16 shillings specie, a certain tract or parcel of land containing by estimation 271 acres, be it more or less; Beginning at a White Oak Matthew Drake's corner and including all that tract of land that Joseph Griffin Senr purchased of Mary Williams by a deed dated the 14th day of August 1771 (Except that parcel of sd land which the sd Joseph Griffin Senr bequeathed to his son Joseph Griffin) it was also two parcels of land that was bequeathed by the said Joseph Griffin to his two sons to wit Pierce and Micajah Griffin. Hardy Griffin. Wit: Demsey Braswell, Orondates Drake. Nash County February Term 1795. The above Deed was in open Court duly proved by the oath of Oroondates Drake. and ordered to be registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns PR. (74)


Delilah Griffin of Nash Co, NC to Howel Underwood of aforsd, 26 March 1794, for 77 Silver Dollars, a sartain [sic] tract o parcel of lad containing by estimation 77 acres, be it more or less; Beginning at a Hicker on the East side of the old road, thence along sd Griffin's one line nearly East to Revel's corner Oak, thence along Revel's line nearly East to Underwood's corner a Pine, thence North along Underwood's line to Joshua Vick's corner a Red Oak, thence along Fletcher's line West to the old road to a corner Pine, thence along the various courses of the road to the beginning. Delilah (X) Griffin. Wit: John H. Drake, Micajah Brasswell, Henry Strickland. Nash County February Term 1795. The above Deed was in open Court duly proved by the oath of Micajah Brasswell and ordered to be registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns PR. (81)


Micajah Brasswell Hunt of Nash Co., NC to Benjamin Whitfield of aforesaid, 12 August 1795, for $500, all that piece or parcel of land; Beginning at a Black oak Thomas Willis' corner, thence running the said line to Thomas Hunter's line East 180 pole to a corner White Oak, thence along Hunter's other line to Revel's line N 212 pole to a corner Hickory, thence along Revel's other line East to said Whitfield's corner in the sd line N 170 pole to David Strickland's line, thence West along the said Strickland's line to a corner Pine, thence west to Robert Wilson's line, thence along Wilson's line to Hunter's corner Pine, thence S along Hunter's line 300 pole to a corner White Oak, thence along Hunter's other line West 96 pole to Willis' corner thence along the said line to the beginning, containing by estimation 322 acres, be the same more or less. Micajah Braswell [Hunt]. Wit: Ja Williams, Daniel Powell. Nash County August Court 1795. The within Deed was in Open Court duly prov'd by the oath of James Williams and ordered to be registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns PR. (107,108)


Micajah Braswell of Nash Co., NC to Robert Wilson of aforesaid, 29 January 1795, for 49 pounds, a certain tract or parcel of land, Beginning at a pine in Edward Wilson's line, thence running East to Brasswell's corner a Pine, thence South to a Gum in Brasswell's line, thence West to a Pine in Edward Wilson's line, then to the first station, containing by estimation 18 acres, be it more or less. Micajah Braswell. Joseph Strickland, Henry Strickland. Nash County February Term 1796. The within Deed was in open Court duly prov'd by the oath of Joseph Strickland and ordered to be registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns PR. (147)


Wilson Brasswell of Nash C, NC to James Williams of aforesaid, 10 November 1797, for 233 Silver Dollars, a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being on the North side of Stoney Creek, containing by estimation 233 acres more or less; Beginning at a White Oak Thomas Hunter's corner, running West 180 pole to a Pine, thence North 270 pole to a corner Pine, thence East 180 pole to a corner Oak, from thence to the first station, the same being part of a survey containing 700 acres granted by his Excellency Richd Caswell bearing date the 19th of November 1779, which was bequeathed to the said Wilson Brasswell by his Father in his last Will & testament. Wilson Brasswell. Wit: Howell Ellen, Lodrick Ellen, William Barrett. Nash County May 1797. The within Deed was in open Court duly acknowledged & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg.


John Braswell of Nash C, NC to Benjamin Braswell of aforesd, 20 January 1798, for 105 pounds Virginia money, one certain track or percel [sic] of land; Beginning at a Hiccory and Maple on Tar River, thence N 48 W 405 pole to a B Oak and Pine, thence North 72 pole to a Dogwood, thence East 260 pole to a B Oak, thence South 188 pole to a Poplar on Coker Creek, thence East 82 pole to Turkey Creek, thence down said Creek as it meanders to Stevens line, thence his line East 36 pole to a Pine stump, thence South along Stevens line 48 pole to a Sweet Gum on said River, thence up the sd River as it meanders to the first station, containing 286 acres with one acre on the East side of Turkey Creek at the mill, it being a track of land will'd to the said John Braswell by his father. John (X) Braswell, Sary (X) Braswell. Wit: Isaac Hill, Hardy Pursell. Nash County Feby Term 1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly acknowledged & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (294,295)


Nathan Braswell of Robeson Co, NC to Brittain Braswell of Nash Co, NC 12 February 1798, for $200, a certain tract or parcel of land containing 250 acres; Beginning at a Pine, thence North 162 p to a Post Oak, thence East along Morris & Powells' line 251 p to a stake, thence South 162 p to a stake, thence West 251 p to the beginning. Nathan (X) Braswell. Wit: Sion Beckwith. Nash County Feby Term 1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly acknowledged & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (295,296)


Nathan Brasswell of Robeson Co, NC to William Brasswell of Nash Co, NC 13 February 1798, for $100, a certain tract or parsel of land lying in the County of Nash, containing 100 acres; Beginning at a stake on Powl's [sic] line, thence East 99 poles to a White Oak in his own line, thence South 162 poles to a White Oak in his own line, thence West 99 poles to a stake, thence North 162 poles to the first station. Nathan (X) Brasswell. Wit: Sion Beckwith. Nash County Feby Term 1798. The within Deed was in open court acknowledeged & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (296)


Brittain Brasswell of Nash Co, NC to Jesse Brasswell of aforesaid, 13 February 1798, for $100, a certain tract or parcel of land containing 100 acres; Beginning at a stake, thence East 99 p to a White Oak in William Brasswell's line, thence William and Jacob Brasswell's line South 162 poles to a stake in Jacob Brasswell's line, thence West along his own line 99 pole to a Pine, thence North 162 pole to the first station. Brittain Brasswell. Wit: Sion Beckwith. Nash County Feby Term 1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly acknowledged & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (297)


Benjamin Brasswell of Nash C, NC to John Brasswell of Nash Co, NC, 11 February 1798, for 20 pounds Virginia money, one Negrow [sic] girl Patience. Benjamin Brasswell. Wit: I.C. Hill, John Stephens. Nash County May Term 1798. The within Deed [sic] was in open Court duly prov'd by the oath of I.C. Hill & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (332)


William Hunt of Montgomery Co, NC to Wilson Brasswell of Nash Co, NC, 10 August 1797, for 50 pounds, a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Nash & State aforesaid; Beginning at a Pine in Jesse Hunt's corner in Thos Hunter's line, thence running North along Hunter's line 106 pole to his other corner a Poplar in the Horse Pen Branch, thence West John Melton's line up the said 142 pole to Melton's corner a Red Oak, thence along his other line South 96 pole to his other corner a Pine, thence to Hunter's line a Pine, thence East along Hunter's line to the first station, containing by estimation 94 acres. William (W) Hunt. Wit: Ja Williams, Howell Ellen, Aaron Woodard, Nash County May Term 1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly prov'd by the oath of Howell Ellin & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (341,342)


Benja Manning of Nash Co, NC to Elisabeth Cooper of aforesd, 4 May 1798, for 100 pounds current money, a certain track or parcel of land lying on the South side of Little Peach Tree Creek; Beginning at a maple on the Creek bank, thence South to the center of two Pines Little Bery White's corner, thence West 168 pole along sd White's line to a Pine sd White's other corner, thence North along a line of marked trees to a Black Gum on the bank of sd Creek, thence down the sd Creek various courses to the first station, containing 200 acres more or less. Benja Mannin. Wit: Little B. White, John (X) Brasswell. Nash County May Term 1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly prov'd by the oath of Little B. White & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. and is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (349,350)


Wilson Brasswell of Nash co, NC to Benjamin Whitfield of aforesaid, 19 January 1798, for [sum of money not stated], a certain tract or parcel of land; Beginning at a Pine in Jesse Hunt's corner in Thos Hunter's line, thence running North along Hunter's line, thence running North along Hunter's line 106 pole to his other corner in John Melton's line, thence West John Melton's line 142 pole to Melton's corner a Red Oak, thence along his other line South 96 pole to his other corner a Pine, thence South to Hunter's line a Pine, thence East along Hunter's line to the first station, containing by estimation 94 acres more or less. Wilson Brasswell. Wit: Hardy G. Whitfield, Jethrow Brown. Nash County May Term 1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly prov'd by the oath of Hardy G. Whitfield & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is Registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (350,351)


David Strickland of Nash Co, NC to Henry Strickland of the same county, 20 December 1795, for 40 pounds cash, a certain track or parcel of land; Beginning at a poplar in line and running up various corses of the Swamp to a marked Pine, then leaving the swamp on the North side and running along a line of marked trees to Whitfield's corner, thence along Whitfield's line South to a corner a Red Oak, thence West to a corner Pine, thence North to the first station, containing by estimation 100 acres, be the same more or less. David Strickland. Wit: Joseph Strickland, Wilson Brasswell. Nash county Aug Term1798. The within Deed was in open Court duly prov'd by the oath of Joseph Strickland & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (360)


Julian King of Nash Co, NC to Archibald Griffin of aforesaid, 11 Feby 1799, for 50 Silver Dollars, a certain tract or parcel of land; Beginning at a White Oak on the North side of the Rocky Run sd King's corner tree, thence South 4 degrees East 59 pole to a Pine said Griffin's corner, thence along his line South 76 degrees East 135 pole to a White Oak on the Rocky Run, thence up the meanders of said Branch to the first station, containing by estimation 25 acres, be the same more or less. Julian King. Wit: Demsey Brasswell, James Powell. Nash County Feby Term 1799. The within Deed was in open Court duly acknowledged & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is Registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (399, 400)


Priscilla Exum of Nash Co, NC to Demsey Brasswell of aforesd, 1 July 1797, for 142 pounds 17 shillings & 11 d Virga money, one negro man named Lonon, one sorrel horse call'd Sterling, two steads, three beds & furniture, seventeen head of hogs, one pot, one dutch oven, seven charis, two wooling wheels, one dish, one bason & seven puter plates, one chest and the rest & residue of my household furniture. Priscilla (X) Exum. Wit: Ja Williams, Howell Ellen. Nash County Feby Term 1800. The within Bill of Sale was in open court duly proved by the oath of Ja Williams & ordered to be Registered. Wm Hall CC. And is registered. W.S. Mearns Reg. (456,457)

Friday, April 4, 2008

George A. & Joe Braswell 1877

The Gallatin Examiner, Friday, July 6, 1877 (Tennessee)

We learn from Cookeville that Geo. A. alias Teek Braswell, for the murder of John Allison, has been convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. This is the murder that occurred at the still house the night after Joe and Tee Braswell were charged with killing Russell Allison, at the house of Mrs. Isbell, on the Carthage and Sparta road, on the night of the 29th of November, 1875. Constable J.K.P. Stewart and posse, among them John Allison, brother of Russell, went to the still house of the Braswell's next night and arrested Joe. Teek was coming home from a mill near by and was warned by Joe that he was under arrest, but Teek swore he was going in anyhow. He was seized at the door by the Constable and John Allison, and surrender demanded but he then drew a pistol and shot John without cause.

Murder trial in Putnam County, p 127/128. Jo & Teek Braswell convicted of murder & sentenced to be hanged August 9. Appeal taken to Supreme Court.


Contributed by Diana Hight

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