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Friday, October 1, 2010
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.
skip 5 names
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.