Timeline - Isaac Brewer (1763-1852)

Georgia

Creek and Cherokee Nation

~later became Wilkes County~

1750	White settlers began filtering into Little/Broad River area, in what is now Wilkes County
1763	Treaty signed, setting the Little River as the northern boundary for white settlement there
1763	Isaac's parents had come from Deep/Haw River, Orange County, North Carolina by then (took Fall Line Road?)
1763	Isaac born 15 May, Creek/Cherokee Nations (later Wilkes County) to Howell Brewer Jr & his 1st wife

Virginia

~Bedford County~

1768 (4)	Father “carried him” to Bedford County, an area with good timber, well watered by creeks/springs.  (Might have used Fall Line Road then left at Camden, SC onto Great Valley Road to Roanoke, Virginia)
1768 (4)	Brother, Reuben Brewer, born (was in Tennessee by 1796 & Ohio by 1820 where he died 1855)

North Carolina

Haw River

~Orange (later Chatham 1771) County~

1770 (6)	Moved along Haw River, Orange County, some of the family was still there, might have used the _______ Road
1771 (7)	Chatham County formed from Orange County (Brewer family remained along Haw River)
1772 (8)	Father (Howell Brewer) and grandfather (Hawell Bruer) were in the Chatham County Militia, so they and others would have left to do training periodically
1775 (11)	Brother, Simon Brewer, born Chatham Co (lived in Coosa County, Alabama which borders Talladega County, Alabama by 1853)
1775 (11)	Revolutionary War broke out in the north, but did not yet affect North Carolina residents much
1777 (13)	Brother, George Brewer, born Chatham County (lived in Wayne County, Tennessee by 1846, had family Bible)
1779 (15)	Brother, John Brewer, born Chatham Co (likely named for father's brother), little is know of him
1779 (16)	May, Isaac enlisted with Patriots after hostilities spread south (minimum age was 16), father and uncle also enlisted
1780 (17)	August, Isaac & Uncle John captured by the British, Battle of Camden in South Carolina.  After helping prepare dead for burial, Isaac & John set free or rescued by Jesse Sampley's unit.  Freed patriots roamed about the countryside and eventually got back with their companies
1781 (18)	September, Isaac shot in the back after ordered retreat, Battle of Cane Creek in North Carolina.   Bullet never extracted because of proximity to the spine, lost a lot of blood but survived
1782 (19)	Ranged about, living with his father and other relatives until 1791 or 1792

Georgia

Cedar Shoals Fort
~ Trading Settlement in Franklin (later Jackson 1796 then Clarke 1801) County~

1790 (27)	August, Treaty of New York w/ Creek Indians, ceding land btwn Oconee/Ogeechee River to US
1791 (28)	Isaac moved to GA, likely took Upper Road which was a wagon road that ran through Hillsboro, North Carolina and Athens, Georgia
1791 (28)	Lived at Cedar Shoals fort/trading settlement (Whitehall/Athens), along the Oconee River.  Saved a woman from an Indian brave by shooting him dead, then carried her to the fort.
1791 (28)	July, Maj Call agrees to send troops to Rocky Spring Encampment, protect surveyors Oconee River

Rock Landing Garrison (Federal Town)
~At the main crossing of the Oconee River in Washington County~

1792 (28)	February, Wilkes, Greene, Franklin County residents ordered to Rock Landing, supervise surveying
1792 (28)	Isaac enlisted, Greensboro, Greene County to guard the frontier from the Creek Indians along the Oconee River for 3 yrs under Captain (Thomas?) Martin (surname?) and Major Call, 4th Regiment (then stationed at Rock Landing?).  Might have continued down the Federal Road from Cedar Shoals to Greensboro, or else traveled by boat down the Oconee.
1792 (28)	Major Richard Call was in charge of the Federal Troops in Georgia 1791-1792 in the Rock Landing area.  Rocky Spring Encampment was 3 miles from Rock Landing, the main Oconee River crossing.
1792 (29)	July, severe drought in Oconee region caused great shortage of corn and more trouble with Indians
1792 (29)	Major Richard Call died at Rock Landing Garrison, likely of illness as with many soldiers there
1793 (29)	April, Rock Landing Garrison moved to Fort Fidius due to unhealthy location

Fort Fidius
~Hancock (later Baldwin 1807) County~

1793 (30)	December, Hancock County formed from Washington County
1793 (30)	Montpelier town/fort established 1/2 mile from Fort Fidius (included a store and a public warehouse for tobacco)
1793 (30)	Isaac married 1st wife (maiden name Fletcher?), possibly at Montpelier Methodist/Baptist Church est 1790.  May have become acquainted at the fort, but there were also Fletchers living near the Brewers in past areas too.
1793 (30)	September, it was noted that Indian Spies would shoot Indians on sight that crossed the river, regardless of intent
1794 (31)	Appears on Tax Records, Hancock Co (Worthin/Whitfield's District), no land (lived at the fort?)  Also in Hancock Co (Sanford Dist)-Howell Brewer (father?) & Arthur Crocker (future son-in-law)
1794 (31)	Isaac hired a substitute soldier to fight in his stead for the last 6 months of his 3 year enlistment
1794 (31)	Spring, enlisted in the militia under Colonel Thomas Lamar and Captain Hugh Horton to split up Indian skirmishes (2 months).  Isaac lived in Hancock Co, and possibly on Log Dam Creek, along the Oconee River when not at the fort.
1794 (31)	Possible son, Jacob Fletcher Brewer, was born in Hancock County.  He later moved to Illinois and then Missouri.  Jacob's parentage is still under dispute.
1794 (31)	May, Major Daniel Adams is known to have been an officer at Fort Fidius
1794 (31)	May, more Indian trouble Major Daniel Adams reports only 70 able-bodied men, fort defenseless
1795 (32)	Spring, enlisted in the militia under Major Adams and Captain Mark Sanders to split up Indian skirmishes (2 months)
1795 (33)	Enlisted same officers, Indian Spy, Oconee River, likely horseback watching for Indian signs (2 years).  Spies were very courageous men who snuck across the Oconee river to spy on the Indians.  They were not allowed cook fires, and would shoot Indians on sight if any crossed the Oconee onto the eastern side where the whites had settled.
1795 (33)	Isaac's 2nd child born? (Nathan? neighbor in McMinn County, Tennessee 1830, moved to Missouri?)
1797 (35)	Fort Fidius abandoned, troops are moved to newly built Fort Wilkinson on the western shore of the Oconee River in Hancock (later Baldwin) County.
1797 (35)	Isaac rested for a few months from soldiering

Washington County

~bordered Hancock County on the south~

1798 (35)	Spring, Isaac enlisted in the militia under Captain Ben Harrison to split up Indian skirmishes (3 months).  Stationed at Fort _____
1798 (35)	Isaac was stabbed by an Indian in the left thigh and left hand at Sand Bar, and was attended to by doctor for several weeks.  This indicates that Isaac might have been left-handed since perhaps he was leading with his left side.  Sand Bar was a crossing of the Oconee River, about 15 mi east of the Sandersville Trading Post.

Warren (part of Wilkes until 1793) County

~bordered Hancock County on the east~

1798 (35)	Moved a bit northeast, to Warren County, in the vicinity of the Ogeechee River.  Before 1800 sometime, Isaac's first wife died and he married Sarah (maiden name unknown)
1800 (37)	Enlisted in Warren County Militia to go against the Seminoles at Apalachicola Bay, Florida (3 months).  Militia exercises were at Fort ______
1801 (38)	Appears on Tax Records in Warren County, no land, Ogeechee River / Rocky Comfort Creek

Jackson County

~area Isaac lived in when he first came back to Georgia as a young man~

1800 (37)	Moved to Jackson County, in the “up country” which might've meant up river or up in the hills
1809 (46)	Appears on Tax Records in Captain William Hays' District, Jackson County, no land
1809 (46)	Daughter, Elizabeth, was born.  She lived with them the rest of her life until she finally married, when middle aged, Isaac's lawyer.
1811 (48)	Son, Joseph, was born, eventually settled in Alabama, some of his descendants moved to Texas
1812 (49)	June, War of 1812 began (liable age range for joining regular militia 18-45, army 14-50).  There was a great call for volunteers to be ready to fight in the war
1812 (49)	Isaac joined Silver Grays (Rev War vets over 45 - men on old muster rolls encouraged to join).  Silver Grays called themselves Minute Men (militia), patriotic/ready to march 50 mi to aid army.  Actual duty was usually drilling & exciting younger recruits, but his company wasn't called up.  Isaac was used to living a soldier's life & became restless when Silver Grays saw no action
1814 (50)	Hired as wagon driver for Pentecost/Lowry,drove team to Ft Hawkins, Okmulgee River, frontier
1814 (50)	March, received into service under Captain Simons, Colonel Graham, Major Cook, General Pinckney (3 months)
1814 (51)	Sent to Fort Decatur, Mitchel, Hull, Lawrence/Laurens, Bainbridge, Jackson (Indian land in what is now Georgia and Alabama)
1814 (51)	Nov-substitute (Captain Nehemiah Garrison, Colonel David Boothe and General McIntosh of the 4th Regiment Militia), 6 months.  Isaac appeared on the muster roll with the 4th Regiment of the Georgia Militia
1814 (51)	Sent through Indian lands including near Talladega Co, to Mobile, Alabama to aid Gen Jackson
1815 (51)	April, mustered out of service after return from Mobile and peace being restored.  His “battle for his country” was over, returned to domestic life as farmer/carpenter/millwright
1819 (54)	January, nationwide financial panic
1819 (54)	February, Hiwassee Treaty opened up land north of Hiwasee River (including McMinn Co, TN)
1819 (55)	Father might have moved with some of his younger children to West Tennessee (Wayne Co?)

Tennessee

Blount County

~formed 1795~

1819 (55)	Isaac moved to Blount County, foothills of Great Smoky Mountains (Appalachian Range).  Note that Isaac Brewer's uncle William Brewer had moved there in about 1802-1803 & was still there.  Likely took Federal Road from Athens, GA (treaty signed 1805 allowed roads through Indian lands)
1823 (60)	February, severe winter conditions in Tennessee

McMinn County

~formed 1819 from Indian lands~

1827 (64)	Isaac moved his family to nearby McMinn County
1830 (67)	Appeared on census for Williams District, McMinn Co w/ Nathan Brewer, likely his son
1830 (67)	Drought in McMinn County
1832 (69)	Cholera epidemic statewide
1833 (70)	Cholera epidemic persists
1833 (70)	Meteor shower caused general panic statewide
1834 (71)	Son, Joseph, moved to newly formed Talladega Co, Alabama where land was put up for sale
1835 (72)	February, severe winter in East Tennessee
1835 (72)	December, Indian Treaty results in the Cherokee Trail of Tears (removal of Indians from the area)
1836 (73)	Bradley County, Tennessee formed from Cherokee Indian lands
1837 (74)	Another financial panic, causing a recession that last through the mid 1840s

Bradley County

~shares a border with the south side of McMinn County~

1837 (74)	Isaac moved to Bradley Co - settlers from older counties poured in, land office set up Nov 1838
1840 (77)	Appeared on census for William Grant Division, Eastern District, Bradley Co w/ wife & daughter

Alabama

~near Silver Run, Talladega County~

1842 (79)	Moved to Silver Run, Talladega County, Alabama near his son, Joseph, and Joseph's family
1846 (82)	April, gave statement at Talladega County Courthouse of his service in the Revolutionary War
1850 (86)	May, cousin Mary Brewer Blankenship of Monroe Co, Tn gives affidavit of Isaac's service.  Former neighbor, William H Walker, of Bradley Co, Tn gives affidavit of Isaac's service.  Former neighbor, John F Lawson, of Bradley Co, Tn gives affidavit of Isaac's service.  Orphan Isaac raised, Littlebury Whitecotton, of McMinn Co, Tn gives affidavit
1850 (87)	December, appeared on census, Talladega District, Talladega Co, Alabama w/ wife & daughter
1851 (87)	March, neighbors in Talladega Co sign petition attesting to Isaac's honesty & need of a pension
1851 (87)	April, daughter Elizabeth of Talladega Co gives affidavit of Isaac's conversations w/ other soldiers,  Elizabeth gives affidavit of his service in War of 1812, childhood memories of him being gone.  Son Joseph of Talladega Co gives affidavit of Isaac's war stories and strong patriotism
1851 (88)	December, acquaintance Solomon Murphee of Benton (Calhoun) Co, Alabama gives affidavit
1852 (88)	April, acquaintance James Cunningham of Benton Co, AL says saw Howell & Isaac during war
1852 (89)	25 May, Isaac Brewer died at his home in the spurs of the mountains near Silver Run, Alabama
1852	8 June, Isaac's obituary printed in the Jacksonville Republican, submitted by a friend
1852	June, a summary of his earnings during the Revolutionary War in NC finally arrived
1852	4 July (should be June?), funeral for “Bro. Brewer” at Silver Run, officiated by Rev Jenkins
1852	December, former neighbor Walter Billingslee Jr of Benton Co, AL says father served with Isaac.  Acquaintance John Cunningham of Benton Co, AL says he knew the Brewers in NC
1853	January, Isaac's brother Simon Brewer of Coosa County, AL says Isaac was very expert w/ a gun
1854	March, Isaac (his widow Sarah?) granted rights to his 80 acre farm for service in War of 1812
1854	July, Sarah's agent Henry Sutton requests that the commissioner of pensions reopen Isaac's file