William Brewer, son of Burwell Brewer, was a 1st Lieutenant of South Carolina troops during the Revolutionary War, and lived along the Savannah River, probably in South Carolina, in the early 1800's. He married Sarah Dogett and Elizabeth Holman.
The following account was given concerning William, in a letter written by his great grandson, Willis Brewer (Image ➚), who was a Confederate veteran.
"With a rifle on his shoulder he walked alone through Georgia and Alabama, then occupied mostly by Indians, to Washington County. He left there to return home and was never heard from after. He had three sons, Matthew, Willis, and William."
Source - Board on ancestry.com (link now broken)
I would assume that William had been in Alabama to visit family, since he had children living there. Speaking of his aforementioned sons, Matthew Brewer went westward and has been lost track of. Willis fought in the Battle of Autossee ➚ against the Creek Indians in Alabama in 1813. William "Holeeta Bill" Brewer, moved to Alabama from Wilkes County, Georgia in 1818. Holeeta Bill, who lived on Holihta Creek, was so nicknamed to distinguish him from a William Brewer who lived on Cedar Creek, know as "Cedar Creek Bill".
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