24 REBECCA3 BREWER (GEORGE3, GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born about 1750 (should be 1760?). She died before 23 Feb 1810. Rebecca married CAPTAIN HENRY WALTON on 18 Aug 1775 in Brunswick County, Virginia. Henry was born about 1753.
Rebecca was an under-aged orphan (likely 15 or 16) when she got married (Southside Virginian, p 164, Brunswick County. Orphans Book, p. 458, 1775 states that Henry Walton m. orphan of Geo. Brewer, Jr). She was under the guardianship of her uncle, John Brewer, from 1766 to 1774). He was already the legal guardian of two of his siblings, Henry and Abigail, Rebecca's first cousins. Rebecca married Henry Walton 18 Aug 1775. Henry gave John a receipt for Rebecca's estate 26 Aug 1776, which property legally fell to Henry because he married Rebecca before she reached the age of 21.
Source - Records transcribed from the Brunswick County Order Books 9, 10, 11,12,13, from 1765-1776, guardian records, as found in Ben Brewer's Family Tree ➚
If she was under aged when she married Henry, she had to have been born closer to 1760 than 1750, or she would have been 25 years old when they married. Thus, I would put her age at 6 when she became orphaned, rather than 16 as it might appear if she were born in 1750.
ORPHANED BY THE AGE OF 6 -
Rebecca was an under-aged orphan (likely 15 or 16) when she got married (Southside Virginian, p 164, Brunswick County. Orphans Book, p. 458, 1775 states that Henry Walton m. orphan of Geo. Brewer, Jr). She was under the guardianship of her uncle, John Brewer, from 1766 to 1774). He was already the legal guardian of two of his siblings, Henry and Abigail, Rebecca's first cousins. Rebecca married Henry Walton 18 Aug 1775. Henry gave John a receipt for Rebecca's estate 26 Aug 1776, which property legally fell to Henry because he married Rebecca before she reached the age of 21.
Source - Records transcribed from the Brunswick County Order Books 9, 10, 11,12,13, from 1765-1776, guardian records, as found in Ben Brewer's Family Tree ➚
If she was under aged when she married Henry, she had to have been born closer to 1760 than 1750, or she would have been 25 years old when they married. Thus, I would put her age at 6 when she became orphaned, rather than 16 as it might appear if she were born in 1750.
111. JOHN4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1770.
112. GEORGE4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1775. He died in Tennessee.
113. HENRY M4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1780 in NC. He died in 1855 in Wayne Co, TN.
114. WILEY4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1785 in Moore County, North Carolina. He died on 17 Jan 1886 in Wayne County, Tennessee. Wiley married MARGARET COCKMAN in 1813 in Moore County, North Carolina.
112. GEORGE4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1775. He died in Tennessee.
113. HENRY M4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1780 in NC. He died in 1855 in Wayne Co, TN.
114. WILEY4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1785 in Moore County, North Carolina. He died on 17 Jan 1886 in Wayne County, Tennessee. Wiley married MARGARET COCKMAN in 1813 in Moore County, North Carolina.
They had the following children.
144 M i. WILEY JACKSON5 BREWER was born on 22 May 1827 in Wayne Co, Tennessee. He died in 1913 in Baxter Co, Arkansas.
115. SOLOMON4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1786 in Moore Co, North Carolina. He died in 1855 in Wayne Co, Tennessee. Solomon married SARAH COCKMAN.
They had the following children.
145 M i. JOHN MONROE5 BREWER was born in 1824 in Moore County, North Carolina.
116. JULIUS4 BREWER (LANIER3, LANIER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1794 in Moore County, North Carolina.
117. NATHAN THOMAS4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1759 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He died on 6 Apr 1836 in Chatham County, North Carolina.
117. NATHAN THOMAS4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1759 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He died on 6 Apr 1836 in Chatham County, North Carolina.
Nathan was appointed as the administrator of his fathers estate in 1825, Chatham County North Carolina. Nathan's will was recorded in Chatham County, North Carolina on April 6, 1836 and his son-in-law, John Gee was the executor.
Source - Descendants of John Brewer ➚
Source - Descendants of John Brewer ➚
Nathan married MARY POLLY POWERS about 1795. Mary was born about 1762.
They had the following children.
+ 146 M i. WILLIS B5 BREWER was born on 14 Dec 1799. He died in 1848.
118. JOHN4 BREWER JR (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1).
119. WILLIAM4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1).
120. GEORGE4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1).
121. AMOS4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1768 in Chatham Co, North Carolina. He died in 1836 in Ohio. Amos married JANE GRAVE in Aug 1789. Jane was born in 1771.
119. WILLIAM4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1).
120. GEORGE4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1).
121. AMOS4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1768 in Chatham Co, North Carolina. He died in 1836 in Ohio. Amos married JANE GRAVE in Aug 1789. Jane was born in 1771.
Jane Grave had a sister by the name of Hannah that married a Conner Dowd. Jane could have had another sister by the name of Mary, or this could be another relative since there is a listing in the Quaker Cane Creek monthly meeting minutes stating: "Minutes of 7 Jan. 1775. Mary (formerly Grave) disowned, married out of unity."
Source - Descendants of John Brewer ➚
Source - Descendants of John Brewer ➚
122. ISAAC4 BREWER (JOHN3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1763 in Chatham Co, North Carolina. He died in 1858 in Hardman, Tennessee. This could have been the Isaac Brewer that married Elizabeth "Betsy" Strong.
123. ISAAC4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born on 15 May 1763 in Georgia. He died on 25 May 1852 in Silver Run, Talladega Co, Alabama.
Isaac was born, according to his pension file, 15 May 1763 in what is now Wilkes County, Georgia, but was then the Creek and Cherokee Nation. His father's old family Bible, which passed to the possession of Isaac's younger brother, George Brewer, was the only known record that proved his date of birth. If anyone has this Bible or knows how does, or if you have a picture of it or the family records page of it, please contact me, as I have been looking for this for a long time!
He was raised in North Carolina and lived in there, mostly with his father, until about 1790 when he came to Georgia.
Isaac Brewer, a very brave and loyal man, served for some 9 years for his country in the Revolutionary War while living in North Carolina, in Indian skirmishes while in Georgia (some of which time he spent as an Indian spy), and in the War of 1812 as much as they would allow him given his advanced age.
As pertaining to the Revolutionary War, he had first come along with his uncle John Brewer, more out of curiosity than anything else, and he soon enlisted. In his words, they handing him a gun and so he mustered with them. Shortly after the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, he and his uncle were captured by the British briefly. At the Battle of Cane Creek in North Carolina he was shot in the back during an ordered retreat and lost about a gallon of blood. It took him 9 or 10 weeks to recover and so he didn't serve anymore until the war was over. His father, Howell Brewer, also served in the Revolutionary War. It was said of the Brewers that they were all "unflinching Whigs (Patriots)".
He lived with his father and other relations until about 1791 or 1792, at which time he came to Georgia. There are several interesting tales from when he was a young man in Georgia after the war. One incident states that he was at a fort (most people lived at forts to be safer from Indians) and went out walking and heard gunfire and saw and woman running with an Indian pursuing her. He said something like "come on boys" and he shot the Indian who was about to shoot the woman. I can just imagine him, after so many Indian battles, standing there daring the Indian to come at him.
In Greensboro, Georgia, he enlisted in the 4th Regiment for 3 years. He served 2 1/2 of those and then hired a substute to finish out the term. This might have been because of getting married about that time (ca. 1793). He served along the Oconee River, which was at that time the frontier and the border between the white settlers and Indian lands. He was also an Indian spy for two years along this same river. During a skirmish at Sand Bar in Washington County (1798) he and/or his companions killed 9 Indians, but Isaac received two severe stab wounds with a butcher knife through his left thigh and left hand which weakened him considerably. However, he was saved by his captain. It is because of this account that I have concluded that Isaac was left handed, likely leading with his left hand and left leg when he advanced. It took him several weeks, under a doctor's care, to recover, although he never did gain back his mobility fully. In about 1798-1800 he served again, this time going against the Seminole Indians in Georgia. He seemed to think it was strange, in one battle during which a number of the enemy were killed, that some Negroes had somehow become mixed in with the natives were some Negroes. These are now commonly known as the Black Seminoles.
Rueben Pound, a direct ancestor of mine from a different family line, lived in Greene County, Georgia during about the same time as Isaac Brewer! He and his wife died there in 1797 and 1799. Reuben's land was along the Oconee River, which was where Isaac spent a lot of time also. I wonder if they knew each other! It is interesting that the two families intermarried years later.
He was raised in North Carolina and lived in there, mostly with his father, until about 1790 when he came to Georgia.
Isaac Brewer, a very brave and loyal man, served for some 9 years for his country in the Revolutionary War while living in North Carolina, in Indian skirmishes while in Georgia (some of which time he spent as an Indian spy), and in the War of 1812 as much as they would allow him given his advanced age.
As pertaining to the Revolutionary War, he had first come along with his uncle John Brewer, more out of curiosity than anything else, and he soon enlisted. In his words, they handing him a gun and so he mustered with them. Shortly after the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, he and his uncle were captured by the British briefly. At the Battle of Cane Creek in North Carolina he was shot in the back during an ordered retreat and lost about a gallon of blood. It took him 9 or 10 weeks to recover and so he didn't serve anymore until the war was over. His father, Howell Brewer, also served in the Revolutionary War. It was said of the Brewers that they were all "unflinching Whigs (Patriots)".
He lived with his father and other relations until about 1791 or 1792, at which time he came to Georgia. There are several interesting tales from when he was a young man in Georgia after the war. One incident states that he was at a fort (most people lived at forts to be safer from Indians) and went out walking and heard gunfire and saw and woman running with an Indian pursuing her. He said something like "come on boys" and he shot the Indian who was about to shoot the woman. I can just imagine him, after so many Indian battles, standing there daring the Indian to come at him.
In Greensboro, Georgia, he enlisted in the 4th Regiment for 3 years. He served 2 1/2 of those and then hired a substute to finish out the term. This might have been because of getting married about that time (ca. 1793). He served along the Oconee River, which was at that time the frontier and the border between the white settlers and Indian lands. He was also an Indian spy for two years along this same river. During a skirmish at Sand Bar in Washington County (1798) he and/or his companions killed 9 Indians, but Isaac received two severe stab wounds with a butcher knife through his left thigh and left hand which weakened him considerably. However, he was saved by his captain. It is because of this account that I have concluded that Isaac was left handed, likely leading with his left hand and left leg when he advanced. It took him several weeks, under a doctor's care, to recover, although he never did gain back his mobility fully. In about 1798-1800 he served again, this time going against the Seminole Indians in Georgia. He seemed to think it was strange, in one battle during which a number of the enemy were killed, that some Negroes had somehow become mixed in with the natives were some Negroes. These are now commonly known as the Black Seminoles.
Rueben Pound, a direct ancestor of mine from a different family line, lived in Greene County, Georgia during about the same time as Isaac Brewer! He and his wife died there in 1797 and 1799. Reuben's land was along the Oconee River, which was where Isaac spent a lot of time also. I wonder if they knew each other! It is interesting that the two families intermarried years later.
From about 1800-1812, he enjoyed being at home with his family. He moved from Warren County to Jackson County, Georgia and farmed and sometimes did carpentry work and mill wrighting.
When the War of 1812 broke out, he wished to be of service. Since he was on muster rolls from past years, he was encouraged to serve his country once more. Being a patriotic man who was well accustomed to a soldier's lifestyle, he willingly enlisted with a company called the Silver Grays. Its name originated from the fact that it consisted of "old gray haired men who still felt patriotic and willing to serve their country whenever they were needed regardless of their age". The roll of these minute men was to train and inspire the younger, inexperienced recruits. However, their company was never called up to active duty, and Isaac become anxious and "restless to serve" more fully. Finally, two men hired him to drive a team for them and he was shortly thereafter received into service (like in March of 1814) for 3 months, despite his advancing age. In Nov 1814 he hired out as a substitute soldier, a common practice of that era, for 6 months. He was discharged 1 Apr 1815. Thus ended his service for his country.
After all his years of service and other difficulties, by the end years of his life he and his family were holed up in the mountains of Alabama on government land with almost nothing to their name. It was then that he finally applied for pension for his service to the country that he loved, but it was denied on the grounds of his inability to produce first hand witnesses of those who had served with him, they all being presumed dead by then.
Isaac and Howell Brewer and others were eligible for a land lottery draw in 1805 in Georgia in the Oconee and Ocmulgee River area after land was purchased from the Creek Indians, but neither won land, although some Brewers did. A list of Brewer winners are in Howell Jr's notes. There was another lottery in 1807.
Isaac moved from Jackson County, Georgia to Blount County, Tennessee, possibly as early as 1816, but probably closer to 1819. He may have moved there at least partially because his uncle William was already established there, having moved there in about 1802 or 1803.
Isaac's land in Tennessee might have been within this area:
The 1819 East Tennessee District (The Hiwassee District)
Located in southern East Tennessee. “That said tract of country be laid off into one surveyors’ district, and shall be known by the name of the Hiwassee District...the Surveyor General...shall... survey the lands lately acquired by treaty from the Cherokee tribe of Indians, lying between the Hiwassee, Big Tennessee and Little Tennessee Rivers, and north of Little Tennessee...” 51 North of the Little Tennessee? This was the land in southeast Blount County that can found on various treaty boundary line maps and particularly TSLA map #408. [See note 18]
In 1833, it became lawful’to make entries...for any vacant and un-appropriated land lying in Blount County, within the Hiwassee District... ”52 Additionally, we have the Calhoun’s Treaty of 10 March 1819 where we find: beginning on the Tennessee River, at “...the mouth of the Hiwassee; thence along its main channel, to the first hill which closes in on said river, about two miles above Hiwassee Old Town, thence, along the ridge that divides the waters of the Hiwassee and Little Tellico, to the [Little] Tennessee River, at Tallassee; thence, along the main channel, to the junction of the Cowee and Nanteyalee: thence along the ridge in the fork of said river, to the top of the Blue Ridge; thence along Blue Ridge, to the Unicoy turnpike road; thence by a straight line, to the nearest main source of the Chestatee; thence along its main channel, to the Chatahouchee; thence to the Creek Boundary... Here the Cherokees still retain rights to a small strip of land along west side of the Blue Ridge, so when the Hiwassee District was created, its south east line would not have run to the North Carolina line.
In 1825, “another register...to be denominated the ‘Register of the Hiwassee District,’ who shall keep his office at Athens, in the county of M’Minn ...” 54 Also in that year, the register of the Hiwassee District was to copy any Hiwassee District record that was in the land office at Knoxville. 55 There is no extant original extant map of the Hiwassee District, however there is a TVA redrawing of an 1851 map. (TSLA map #408)
Source of the above three paragraphs - Tennessee's Early Surveyor's Districts and District Boundary Documentation 1806-1836 ➚
Once in Talladega County, the Isaac Brewer family lived in Township 17 which is where his War of 1812 bounty land was granted just after he died, and also where a Joseph Brewer's land was while in that county. This area was originally called Che-ar-haw Town of Indians and was located on Cheaha Creek. This info is taken from some info on another man who lived in township 17 and 18 named Shadrach Mims Jemison. A decendant of his wrote the book "Historic Tales of Talladega".
Prior to his death, in an effort to provide for his wife and daughter, he had a will written, according to his widow. Their lawyer, Henry H Sutton, also made mention of it in Isaac's pension file, stating that he was the executor of Isaac's will. I assumed it would have been filed at the Talladega County Courthouse, but have not been able to find it in the index of will. I also tried to get someone at the Talladega County Courthouse to look it up for me, but she was unwilling or unable to do so. There is some possibility, no matter how slight, that it was filed in neighboring Calhoon County, since Henry Sutton's address was in Oxford. If anyone has a copy of Isaac Brewer's will, I would be grateful if you could contact me and arrange a way to email a scan of it to me. If such is not available, a transcription would also be a treasure.
Isaac did 25 May 1852 at home near Silver Run in Talladega County, Alabama.
Obituary -
"BREWER, ISAAC. Died at his residence in Talladega County, on the 25th inst. Isaac Brewer, 90 years old, who was in the war of the revolution before he was 16 years old, and served from the time of Gates' defeat to the end of the war, peace to his ashes. Jacksonville Republican, June 8, 1852."
ISAAC married LUCINDA FLETCHER??, daughter of JACOB FLETCHER??, in 1793 in Oconee River area of Georgia. Lucinda?? was born about 1767 (estimate from common practice of subtracting 4 years from husband's birth year), possibly in Virginia, North Carolina or Georgia. She died in 1795/1800 in Oconee River, Hancock Co, Georgia.
Her identity is purely a guess, estimated by the naming custom of the 2nd daughter being named for her father' mother. Both Jacob Fletcher Brewer and Nathan R Brewer had a daughter named Lucinda. This is by no means meant to be considered proof. It is only included as one theory. We do not even know for sure if Jacob Fletcher Brewer is a son of Isaac Brewer. He may be a son of Nimrod Brewer. Likewise, conclusive proof has not been found that Nathan is Isaac's son, though I strongly suspect that he was, given that they lived next door to one another in 1830. As a point of interest, both Jacob and Nathan eventually ended up moving to Missouri.
Some believe that Isaac's first wife was Elizabeth "Betsy" Strong, daughter of Johnson Strong. I no longer think this is accurate.
The following is a message I posted on the Brewer Researcher blog ➚ explaining why -
"I totally agree with you. I, too, no longer believe that Elizabeth Strong was married to the Isaac Brewer who was born 15 May 1763 in Wilkes County, Georgia and died 25 May 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama. I believe she was married to the other Isaac Brewer of similar age who lived in Hardeman County, Tennessee. I think you're exactly right that people have gotten the two Isaac's mixed up or thought they were the same man, which they are not.
"At the time of Johnson Strong's will (which I assume was written around 1846 or a little before), the one Isaac Brewer was still married to Johnson's daughter Elizabeth, while the other Isaac Brewer was living in Alabama with his 2nd wife Sarah, who clearly states in Isaac's pension papers that she had married him before 1800 and remained so until his death in 1852. The Isaac Brewer who died 25 May 1852 could not have been married to Elizabeth Strong and to Sarah at the same time.
"Also, there is the transfer of slaves between Johnson Strong and his son-in-law Isaac Brewer. The Isaac Brewer who died in Talladega County, Alabama in 1852 was dirt poor and could not have afforded to support any slaves, nor did he own land to need them, nor did he mention any slaves in his list of dependents in his pension papers. He said that he had an old wife Sarah and a sickly old daughter Elizabeth. In affidavits of others, it was said that Isaac was always poor and did not have any desire for riches, so I can't see him ever having any slaves to better himself economically."
A summary of what can be found in the above link, pertaining to this other Isaac Brewer, is as follows - This other Isaac Brewer owned slaves. Some were given to him by his father-in-law and a court case in Alabama in 1850 proves he was entitled to them after Johnson Strong and his son William Strong (Elizabeth's brother) died. The slaves' names were Polly and her two children Gabriel and Hannah. By 1818 there was another daughter of Polly named Nelly. The original transactions had taken place in 1812 and 1818. The other Isaac Brewer's wife was said to have been Elizabeth, daughter of Johnson Strong, back in 1818. Basically what seems to have happened is that Johnson Strong transferred the slaves to his son William Strong along with 7 other slaves in 1812. Then Johnson moved to Missouri and, while there, in 1818, he gifted Polly, Gabriel and Hannah to Isaac and Elizabeth (Strong) Brewer. Elizabeth could write and therefore signed her name on the deed. Isaac made his mark. In the agreement of 1818, Isaac and Elizabeth agreed to hire the said slaves to Johnson Strong during the life of he and his wife. So there was question as to whether the slaves were Johnson's or William's and therefore whether Johnson had the right to give them to this Isaac Brewer. Again, I consider it to be impossible that the the Isaac Brewer involved in this court case could be the Isaac Brewer who died in Talladega County, Alabama in 1852, for the above mentioned reasons.
Below is an additional summary as stated by Rob Brewer on a forum entitled Johnson/Elizabeth Strong ➚ -
Information concerning the transfer of slaves, etc can be found at "Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court - Volume 17" pages 706-714 ➚ (Strong vs Brewer - January term 1850 in Alabama)
Below is an additional summary as stated by Rob Brewer on a forum entitled Johnson/Elizabeth Strong ➚ -
"In 1812 Johnson Strong and son William executed a written agreement which gave William all his father’s property. The agreement stipulated that Strong would retain possession during his lifetime and reserved to him the right to divide the estate further. In 1818 Strong executed a deed of gift to Isaac and Elizabeth Brewer, his daughter and son-in-law. He conveyed to them Poll and her children, Gabriel and Hannah, but stipulated that the three slaves be hired to him during his lifetime. Later, Strong sold Gabriel to son William in payment of a debt. Judge Dargan upheld Strong’s right to divide his estate under the 1812 agreement. Furthermore, he ruled that the sale of Gabriel to William had not negated the Brewers’ possession. Strong’s Executors v Brewer, 17 Alabama 7096 (1850)."
They may have had the following children.
+ 147 M i. JACOB FLETCHER5 BREWER was born in 1794 (19 Jun - 14 Oct) in Hancock Co, GA. He died in 1862/1865 in Polk Co, Missouri.
+ 148 M ii. NATHAN R (RUEBEN?)5 BREWER was born ca. 1795 (14 Sep 1794 - 13 Sep 1795). He died after 1850 in Scott Co, Missouri.
Isaac also married SARAH, daughter of NANCY?, before 1800 in Oconee River area, likely Hancock County, Georgia. Sarah was born about 1773 in Georgia. She died after 1854 in Last known residence - Talledega County, Alabama.
Sarah's age was estimated because Isaac Brewer says that he had two wives during his life and the one that was still alive in 1851 was 78 years old. However, in the 1850 census her age was stated as 80, indicated that she was born in about 1770. My proof that she was born in Georgia comes also from the 1850 census. The 1830 and 1840 census records give only the broader birth year range of 1770-1780 with, of course, no place of birth.
According to information Isaac gave in his Revolutionary War pension application, he had 7 children and also raised two orphans that were not kin. need to find his other children. Isaac says he was married twice, and was about 30 years old when he married his first wife. During his pension application process, it was stated by him that his oldest child was 57 and youngest 37 (in 1851, putting their birth years in about 1794 and 1814 respectively). Few of these children have been found or proven with certainty, save Elizabeth (b 1809) and Joseph (b 1811/1812). I believe Nathan to also be a son since he lived next door to Isaac in 1830. Jacob Fletcher Brewer Sr (b 1794) is a also possibility, but questionable.
According to information Isaac gave in his Revolutionary War pension application, he had 7 children and also raised two orphans that were not kin. need to find his other children. Isaac says he was married twice, and was about 30 years old when he married his first wife. During his pension application process, it was stated by him that his oldest child was 57 and youngest 37 (in 1851, putting their birth years in about 1794 and 1814 respectively). Few of these children have been found or proven with certainty, save Elizabeth (b 1809) and Joseph (b 1811/1812). I believe Nathan to also be a son since he lived next door to Isaac in 1830. Jacob Fletcher Brewer Sr (b 1794) is a also possibility, but questionable.
They had the following children.
149 F iii. NANCY5 BREWER? Nancy married Joseph Greene on 24 Feb 1828 in Blount County, Tennessee. Nancy being a daughter of Isaac's is purely a guess at this point, based on her maiden name being Brewer and the fact that she lived in Blount County, Tennessee at the same time as Isaac did.
150 F iv. ELIZABETH5 BREWER was born in 1809 in William Hays' District, Jackson County, Georgia. Her last known residence was Talledega County, Alabama in 1854 (marriage).
A death date/place has not been determined. The second daughter of southern families was normally named for her father's mother, giving the impression that Isaac's mother might have been named Elizabeth.
4 Apr 1851, Elizabeth Brewer gave an affidavit to support her father Isaac's application for Revolutionary War Pension. States that he was in the War of 1812 and remembers him being gone for months at a time serving his country, leaving home with his knapsack.
Elizabeth married Henry H Sutton on 15 Nov 1854 in Talladega County, Alabama. Henry was born in 1797 in Georgia.
1 Aug 1854 Henry was granted two 40 acre parcels of land that were warranted to other individuals. I think this meant that they didn't want them, and so he purchased them. These were located on the Talladega/Clay county line in the southern part of these counties, near where other Sutton family members had land from back in 1837.
+ 151 M v. JOSEPH5 BREWER was born 1811/1812 in Georgia. He died in about 1874 in St. Clair County, Alabama.
152 vi. UNKNOWN5 BREWER was born in 1814 in Jackson County, Georgia. Isaac stated that, in 1851, his youngest was 37 (therefore born in about 1814) If this child was a girl, she might have been named Sarah since naming customs suggested that the 3rd daughter be named for her mother.
+ 153 M vii. LITTLEBURY3 WHITECOTTON, unrelated orphan raised by Isaac and Sarah, was born on 1 Jul 1812. He died on 11 Jun 1877.
+ 154 F viii. ELIZA5 WHITECOTTON, unrelated orphan raised by Isaac and Sarah, was born in 1819. She died after 1880.
124. NIMROD?4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born about 1767. Nimrod, to my knowledge, is not proven as a son of Howell. He is an alternate option as father of Jacob Fletcher Brewer, according to Rob Brewer.
125. REUBEN4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1768 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He died on 22 Apr 1855 in Clinton County, Ohio (age 86). He was buried in Burnett Cemetery, Penn Township, New Vienna, Highland County, Ohio.
125. REUBEN4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1768 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He died on 22 Apr 1855 in Clinton County, Ohio (age 86). He was buried in Burnett Cemetery, Penn Township, New Vienna, Highland County, Ohio.
He lived in Tennessee in 1796 (I don't know the proof of this).
1820 Census - Clinton County, Ohio
1830 Census - Clinton County, Ohio
1830 Census - Warren County, Ohio
1840 Census - Warren County, Ohio
1820 Census - Clinton County, Ohio
1830 Census - Clinton County, Ohio
1830 Census - Warren County, Ohio
1840 Census - Warren County, Ohio
His headstone states he died 22 Apr 1855 "in his 87th year", indicating that he was born ca. 1768.
Headstone photo ➚
Headstone photo ➚
Reuben married CECILIA about 1795, likely in Tennessee. Cecilia was born on 13 Aug 1773, probably in North Carolina. She died on 19 Feb 1830 in Clinton County, Ohio. She was buried in Burnett Cemetery, Penn Township, New Vienna, Highland County, Ohio.
Headstone photo ➚
Headstone photo ➚
They had the following children.
155 M i. JEREMIAH5 BREWER was born in 1796. He died in 1866.
156 M ii. PHERABY5 BREWER was born in 1796. He died in 1874.
157 M iii. WILLIAM5 BREWER was born in 1798. He died.
158 F iv. LENA5 BREWER was born in 1802. She died in 1851.
159 M v. HOWELL5 BREWER was born in 1804.
160 F vi. NANCY5 BREWER was born in 1805.
161 F vii. KEZIAH5 BREWER was born in 1805. She died in 1881.
162 M viii. ISAIAH5 BREWER was born in 1810. He died.
163 M ix. BALAAM5 BREWER was born on 30 May 1815. He died on 14 Sep 1833 in Ohio. He was buried in Burnett Cemetery, New Vienna, Highland, Ohio. Headstone photo ➚
Reuben also married LEANNA EASTER about 1835 in Clinton County, Ohio. Leanna was born about 1771 in Virginia.
126. SIMON4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1775 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He died after 1853 in Coosa County, Alabama (last known residence).
He served his country at some point and was wounded (I don't know what proof caused this statement to appear online).
15 Jan 1853 in Coosa County, Alabama Simon was 78 years old and gave testimony in support of his brother Isaac Brewer's claim for Revolutionary War pension. In this statement he says that he was born in 1775 and was old enough by the end of the war to recall something of his brother's service during the war.
Simon married SARAH about 1796 in North Carolina or Georgia. Sarah was born about 1777 Virginia.
They had the following children.
164 F i. ELIZABETH5 BREWER was born about 1808 in Georgia. She died after 1850 in Tallapossa County, Alabama. Elizabeth married Mr. Lambert.
127. GEORGE4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) (had the old Brewer family Bible) was born about 1777 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He died after 1846 possibly in Wayne County, Tennessee. He married MARTHA SIMS on 1 Apr 1838 in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Martha was born in South Carolina.
Isaac Brewer, his brother, said that George was younger than him and that he was in possession of the old family Bible that had his birth date in it.
Source - Isaac's Revolutionary War pension file
There was a George Brewer that bought land in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1840. That land was sold in 1850 by an attorney. He might have moved to Pope County, Arkansas at or before this time, or that might have been a different George Brewer.
There is an old Brewer cemetery in Wayne County, Tennessee that could be where George was buried. There are old remains of graves.
Source - My Line of Brewers ➚
George might have been in the War of 1812. I found an index card of a George Brewer that was a private in Captain Benjamin Reynold's Company, Mounted Rangers, Tennessee Militia, War of 1812. He would have been in his 30s, so he was of the right age to be a soldier.
Source - War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 ➚
Source - Isaac's Revolutionary War pension file
There was a George Brewer that bought land in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1840. That land was sold in 1850 by an attorney. He might have moved to Pope County, Arkansas at or before this time, or that might have been a different George Brewer.
There is an old Brewer cemetery in Wayne County, Tennessee that could be where George was buried. There are old remains of graves.
Source - My Line of Brewers ➚
George might have been in the War of 1812. I found an index card of a George Brewer that was a private in Captain Benjamin Reynold's Company, Mounted Rangers, Tennessee Militia, War of 1812. He would have been in his 30s, so he was of the right age to be a soldier.
Source - War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 ➚
128. JOHN4 BREWER (HOWELL JR3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born about 1779 in Chatham County, North Carolina.
129. MARY ASBURY4 BREWER (WILLIAM "BILL"3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE2) was born on 2 Jul 1789 in Chatham County, North Carolina. She died after 1850 in New Hope, Monroe, Tennessee.
An affidavit from her on behalf of Isaac Brewer in 1850 stated that as of that time she was "now the rise of sixty years old". I assume that means that she was nearly 60 years old. It also states that she was the wife of Spencer Blankenship. She thought that her father, William Brewer, was Isaac Brewer's cousin, but he was Isaac's uncle.
1830 - Monroe County, Tennessee with Spencer Isham Blankenship and 3 sons and 2 daughters
1840 - District 11, Monroe County, Tennessee
1860 - Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee born 1793, listed with husband Spencer
1862 - tax list in Tennessee
Mary married SPENCER ISHAM BLANKENSHIP, son of ISHAM BLANKENSHIP JR and SUSANNAH OR EDITH "EDY" LANE, before 1807 in Bat Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee. Spencer was born on 17 Mar 1783 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He died on 7 Dec 1886 in New Hope, Monroe County, Tennessee.
It is believe that Spencer's great, great grandfather (likely Ralph Blankenship) came to Virginia as indentured servant with 89 other white men and 70 black slaves in 1686/7. His passage paid by Richard Kennon in 1686. Richard's business partners were Robert Paggin in London and Colonel John Pleasants of Bermuda Hundred in Virginia.
They had the following children.
165 M i. WILLIAM5 BLANKENSHIP was born on 21 Feb 1807 in Bat Creek, Monroe Co, Tennessee. He died on 11 Jun 1882 in Polk Co, Tennessee. William married Elizabeth Lee about 1836 in Conasauga, Polk Co, Tennessee.
166 M ii. JOHN PRESTON5 BLANKENSHIP was born on 25 Mar 1809 in Monroe County, Tennessee.
167 M iii. LEWIS5 BLANKENSHIP was born about 1812 in Monroe County, Tennessee. He died on 7 Aug 1868 in Monroe County, Tennessee.
168 F iv. JANE5 BLANKENSHIP was born on 31 May 1815 in Monroe County, Tennessee. She died on 16 Jun 1896 in Monroe County, Tennessee.
169 M v. BARTON5 BLANKENSHIP was born about 1815 in Monroe County, Tennessee. He died about 1817 in Monroe County, Tennessee.
170 F vi. MARY ANN5 BLANKENSHIP was born on 10 Mar 1824 in New Hope, Monroe County, Tennessee. She died on 23 Aug 1903 in Island Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee.
171 M vii. ISHAM5 BLANKENSHIP was born on 1 Apr 1825 in Bat Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee. He died on 2 Feb 1885 in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois. 1865 Residence was Bainbridge, Williamson County, Illinois
172 M viii. SPENCER5 BLANKENSHIP JR was born on 1 Apr 1825 in Bat Creek, Monroe County, Tennessee. He died on 2 Feb 1885 in Marion, Williamson County, Illinois.
130. HOWELL COBB4 BREWER (AMBROSE3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born on 20 Oct 1790 in Deep River, Moore, North Carolina. He died on 19 Apr 1886 in Sturgeon (near Buck Creek), Owsley, Kentucky. He was buried in Brewer Cemetery, Sturgeon, Owsley County, Kentucky. Headstone photo ➚
He moved from North Carolina to Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1814, possibly with his brothers, Sam and Ambrose (Dodger) Brewer. It was presumably there that he became a member of the Missionary Baptist Church in 1832. He migrated to Kentucky in 1848.
Howell married MARY WOLFE, daughter of GEORGE WOLFE SR and MARY BARE, on 3 Sep 1838. Mary was born in 1800 in Hawkins County, Tennessee and was of German descent. She died on 2 Jun 1896 in Owsley County, Kentucky. She was buried in Brewer Cemetery, Sturgeon, Oswley County, Kentucky. Headstone photo ➚ A wealth of information on the Wolfe family can be found at Descendants of Wolfe ➚
They had the following children.
173 M i. NICHOLAS WOLFE5 BREWER was born on 12 Jul 1839 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
174 M ii. JOHN TYLER5 BREWER was born on 15 Sep 1840 in Hancock (formerly Hawkins) County, Tennessee.
175 F iii. VALENTINE SAVIER5 BREWER was born on 6 Sep 1842 in Hancock (formerly Hawkins) County, Tennessee.
176 M iv. DANIEL MORRIS P5 BREWER was born on 30 May 1846 in Hancock (formerly Hawkins) County, Tennessee.
177 F v. EMILY JULIANNA5 BREWER was born on 7 May 1848 in Hancock (formerly Hawkins) County, Tennessee.
Howell also married NANCY LOUISA SHORT on 10 Sep 1810 in Deep River, Moore County, North Carolina. Nancy was born in 1793 in Moore County, North Carolina. She died on 22 Apr 1834 in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
They had the following children.
+ 178 M vi. JOAB5 BREWER was born in 1812.
131. PLEASANT4 BREWER (AMBROSE3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1). Pleasant married ELIZABETH SEALS.
They had the following children.
179 M i. PLEASANT BURTON5 BREWER.
180 M ii. WILLIAM BENJAMIN5 BREWER.
181 M iii. JOHN JACKSON5 BREWER.
132. MORRIS4 BREWER (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born on 7 Apr 1792 in Orange County, North Carolina. He died on 21 Aug 1866 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
In the pension papers for Henry Brewer, it is stated that the son on whose income he relied for survival, had passed away. So there is probably another son about Morris' age, since Morris died in 1866. The papers also say that the oldest son living with Henry in 1823 was 21 or 28 years old (last digit hard to read). That would put his birth date at 1795 or 1802.
Another post online says that Morris Brewer was a son of Henry Brewer and that Morris signed an affidavit saying he had known Henry for 40 years. Morris was born in 1792. This could be the same man, which would have put his age in 1823 as 26. This same post says that Morris' mother (Henry's wife) was Sarah Hawk. and that Morris married Sally Sarah Shannon in Wilson County, Tn in 1814.
Morris had one male slave under the age of 10 in 1840. He had one son age 15-20, and one man 80-90 (likely his father Henry), and one daughter 20-30 living with him. He and his wife were 50-60.
Another post online says that Morris Brewer was a son of Henry Brewer and that Morris signed an affidavit saying he had known Henry for 40 years. Morris was born in 1792. This could be the same man, which would have put his age in 1823 as 26. This same post says that Morris' mother (Henry's wife) was Sarah Hawk. and that Morris married Sally Sarah Shannon in Wilson County, Tn in 1814.
Morris had one male slave under the age of 10 in 1840. He had one son age 15-20, and one man 80-90 (likely his father Henry), and one daughter 20-30 living with him. He and his wife were 50-60.
Morris married SARAH or SALLY SHANNON, daughter of HENRY SHANNON and JANE. SARAH was born on 15 Feb 1793 in Virginia. She died on 8 Aug 1865 in Tennessee.
133. MISS4 BREWER (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1809. She died after 1823 in of Wilson County, Tennessee. (Henry's pension papers in 1823 state that he had a daughter living with him who was 14 years old.)
134. MR.4 BREWER (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1813. He died after 1823 in of Wilson County, Tennessee. (Henry's pension papers in 1823 state that he had a son living with him who was 10 years old.
135. MISS4 BREWER (crippled) (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1815. She died after 1823 in of Wilson County, Tennessee. (Henry's pension papers in 1823 state that he had a cripplied daughter, 8 yrs old, who would always be a burden.)
136. MARK4 BREWER (NICHOLAS3, NICHOLAS2, GEORGE1) was born in 1777 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Mark married ELIZABETH BRYAN. Elizabeth was born in 1777.
133. MISS4 BREWER (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1809. She died after 1823 in of Wilson County, Tennessee. (Henry's pension papers in 1823 state that he had a daughter living with him who was 14 years old.)
134. MR.4 BREWER (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1813. He died after 1823 in of Wilson County, Tennessee. (Henry's pension papers in 1823 state that he had a son living with him who was 10 years old.
135. MISS4 BREWER (crippled) (HENRY3, HOWELL SR2, GEORGE1) was born in 1815. She died after 1823 in of Wilson County, Tennessee. (Henry's pension papers in 1823 state that he had a cripplied daughter, 8 yrs old, who would always be a burden.)
136. MARK4 BREWER (NICHOLAS3, NICHOLAS2, GEORGE1) was born in 1777 in Chatham County, North Carolina. Mark married ELIZABETH BRYAN. Elizabeth was born in 1777.
They had the following children.
+ 182 M i. WILSON5 BREWER was born on 13 Oct 1801. He died on 12 Dec 1883.
137. THOMAS4 BREWER (THOMAS3, NICHOLAS2, GEORGE1) was born in 1790 in Stewart County, Tennessee. He died in 1840 in Crooked River Twp, Ray County, Missouri. Thomas married MARY RALLS. Mary was born in 1791 in Stafford County, Virginia. She died in 1847 in Crooked River Twp, Ray County, Missouri. She was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri.
They had the following children.
183 M i. EDWARD RAWLEIGH5 BREWER was born on 7 Dec 1830 in Crooked River Twp, Ray County, Misssouri. Edward was a Confederate Soldier. He died on 24 Jan 1904 in Burleson, Johnson County, Texas. He was buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery, Lillian, Johnson County, Texas. Headstone photo ➚ Edward married MINERVA DALE. Minerva was born in 1835 in Indiana. Edward also married FRANCES ANN LOCK. Frances was born on 8 Feb 1840. She died on 23 Apr 1909 in Munday, Knox County, Texas. She was buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery, Lillian, Johnson County, Texas.
138. WILLIAM4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, OLIVER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1774. He died in 1849.
139. JOHN4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, OLIVER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1775. He died in 1855.
139. JOHN4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, OLIVER2, GEORGE1) was born in 1775. He died in 1855.
John married ELSIE. She was born in 1733.
They had the following children.
184 M i. JOSEPH LEE5 BREWER was born in 1807. He died in 1850.
140 M i. BURRELL4 BREWER (JAMES3, BURWELL2, GEORGE1) might have died in Wayne County, Tennessee. His grandfather might not have been George, since Burwell is not mentioned in George's will.
141. WILLIAM "HOLEETA BILL"4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, BURWELL2, GEORGE1) was born on 21 Feb 1785 in South Carolina. He died on 28 Aug 1858 in Macon County, Alabama. He came from Wilkes County, Georgia to Alabama in 1818. His grandfather might not have been George, since Burwell is not mentioned in George's will.
141. WILLIAM "HOLEETA BILL"4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, BURWELL2, GEORGE1) was born on 21 Feb 1785 in South Carolina. He died on 28 Aug 1858 in Macon County, Alabama. He came from Wilkes County, Georgia to Alabama in 1818. His grandfather might not have been George, since Burwell is not mentioned in George's will.
He was called Holeeta Bill because he lived near Holihta Creek in Sumter County, Alabama and to distinguish him from William "Cedar Creek Bill" Brewer who lived in the same vicinity near Cedar Creek in Sumter County. There are distantly related. Cedar Creek Bill was born 14 Sep 1770 in North Carolina and died 26 Mar 1852 in Sumter County, Alabama and is buried with his wife Mary (Shumaker?) and son William P Brewer in New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery near Bluffport, Sumter, Alabama. mary was born 12 Feb 1774 in Virginia and died 11 Jan 1859 in Sumter County. I can't find Cedar Creek Bill's parents to see how these two Bill's are related.
William married ANNA CLARK BATES on 22 Nov 1810 in Elbert County, Georgia. Anna was born in 1795. She was related to Thomas Jefferson. Anna died in 1872.
They had the following children.
+ 185 M i. ROBERT WILLIAM5 BREWER was born on 21 Apr 1819. He died on 6 May 1876.
142 MATTHEW4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, BURWELL2, GEORGE1). His grandfather might not have been George, since Burwell is not mentioned in George's will.
Brewersville, Sumter County, Alabama might have been named after him, or after a George W. Brewer who was a merchant there. George might have been Matthew's son. Matthew lived there in 1832.
143 WILLIS4 BREWER (WILLIAM3, BURWELL2, GEORGE1). His grandfather might not have been George, since Burwell is not mentioned in George's will.
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