Nathan & Benjamin Brassell, Bladen Co., NC

Bladen County, NC, 1786 Tax List:

BENJAMIN BRASSELL

1 white male 21-60
1 white female

NATHAN BRASSELL

1 white male 21-60
1 white male under 21 or over 60
1 white female

Listed just above Nathan Brassell:

LAZEROUS JOHNSTON

3 white males 21-60
3 females

Click on link below to see tax list:

Benjamin & Nathan Brasel 1786


1790 US Census - Richmond Co., NC, Guilford Dudley's Division:

Nathan Brazell 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 4 females.
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Lazarus Johnston 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 1 female.

See that census page here:

Nathan Brazell Richmond Co., NC 1790


1763 - _____Brazewell, NC Early Census Index, Bladen County. (ancestry.com)
1763 - Lazerus Johnston, NC Early Census Index, Bladen County. (ancestry.com)


1757 - January 3, William Braswell of Bladen County to John Demery of Northampton County for 14 pounds 100 acres joining Arthur Sellers, Thomas Boon & John Braswell. Wm (W) Braswell Wit: John (signed) Braswell, Elizabeth (signed) Epperson, Sarah (signed) Braswell. Proved by John (signed) Braswell. (Northampton Co., NC DB II Pg. 345)


1744 - April 21, Richard Braswell Will: Leg: Son William and son Joseph my Exs., daughter Elizabeth, son John, loving wife. R. Aug 26 1745. Wit: Benjamin Johnson Jr., Joseph Woodward, Arthur Edwards. (IOW Co., VA WB IV P 541)


There were Lazarus Johnsons in Southampton County, Virginia near Richard Vick who was an adjacent neighbor of Richard Braswell who died 1745 in Isle of Wight.