Branch, Archelaus B (b. 20 FEB 1792, d. 18 APR 1865)

Note: 1850 North Carolina Census
Duplin County, Mount Olive
Arch ? Branch 78 farmer

Wills of Duplin County, NC by Murphy
pg 63 #205 Sampson GRIMES (CR 035.801.5/A-169) 27 Mar 1828, May 1828.
Son Jesse part of land; son James upper part; son William land, dau EASTER BRANCH part of land, dau Nancy Stroud & (same children named) remainder of property -- EX: son James and son-in-law Archelaus Branch.
Wit: Jno Watkins, Th. J. Kinnear & Samuel Sullivens

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Duplin Co. N.C.

Note: Jesse Grimes letter #72 - from J G Branch
in part:
Sister Clasry Ann married Mr. John Daniel and Sister Clarky married Mr. Stephen Daniel, They are Alexander Daniels Sons they have been moved to Tennessee Eleven years they are smart men, Sister has had very bad health ever since they moved to Tennessee.

Note: "Whitfield Record" from North Carolina
William Whitfield came from England the early part of the 18th century, married Elizabeth Goodman in 1713, eventually moved to Rockford, Lenoir Co., N.C.
They had four sons and six daughters. Two of the daughters are in our line.
Mary Whitfield married John Grady, had a large family, among them, Charity Grady who married Michael Herring. Their daughter Nancy married Jonathan Keathley, and their daughter Annie Keathley(married Alexander O'Daniel. She is our line and buried in the Walnut Grove Baptist Cemetery in Gibson County, Tennessee.
Charity Whitfield married Frederick O'Daniel and their son William is the father of Alexander (above) who married Annie Keathley.
This is the same info was also in our family records.

Annie and Alexander O'Daniel are the parents of Stephen O'Daniel

1850 Gibson County, Civil Dist. 19, Tennessee Census:
Stephen O'Daniel 35 Farmer NC
Clarkey O'Daniel 31 NC
Frances O'Daniel 10 male TN
Hespy O'Daniel 8 TN
Martha O'Daniel 6 TN
West O'Daniel 2 male TN
Arch B. Branch 34 Farmer NC (brother to Clarkey ?)

Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Gibson County Tennessee:
Partial listing:
Clarky O'Daniel Nov 1, 1819 - Jun 15, 1862
S. O'Daniel 1812 - 1881 (Stephen)
Elizabeth E. O'Daniel 1840 - 1872 (2nd wife of Stephen)
Annie O'Daniel Jul 12, 1782 - Nov 21, 1853 (mother of Stephen - maiden name Keathley)
Charity O'Daniel Feb 12, 1832 - Jul 13, 1887 (3rd wife of Stephen)
many more O'Daniels and Keathleys are listed.

Note: 1860 Duplin NC census:
James G Branch 38 NC
Jemima Branch 39 "
Harriet B Carmali ? 12 " maybe step-daughter
Jas G Branch Jr 8 "
Nen (?) Simmons 35

1870 Duplin NC census:
James G Branch 47 NC
Jemima Branch 48 "
Hattie Branch 22 "
James G Branch 18 "
Polly Knox 13 "
John T Knox 11 "
(found Mary Knox 2yr and John Knox 2 mo, in the 1860 census with Archibald and Nancy Knox in Duplin NC - ?? )

Note: 1870 Effingham, ILL census:
T J. Gillenwater (?) Hotel keeper
many people listed, among them:
Carrie Murphy....16....b. ILL.....domestic
James Branham....26....b. IN......Engineer R R

1880 Shawnee, KS census:
James N Branham.....40.....IN.......R.R. engineer
Carrie Branham......25....IL
Ida Brown.....24......IN......niece

Note: Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
Plot: Branham Family Plot
Lucretia A Branham Vawter
Birth: May 28, 1834 - Death: Jul. 21, 1854
Inscription:
Wife of Newton W. Vawter
& dau of George & Elizabeth Branham.

Note: 1860 St. Louis MO, census:
C C Branham....43....corn merchant...b. KY
Susan Branham....39....b.MO
Mattie Branham....9....b.MO
SCOTT Branham....6....b.MO

1870 Columbia, MO census:
SCOTT Branham, 15, clerk, is living with M. Ostrander

Note: 1860 Greenleaf, Minnesota census:
W. Branham....31
Martha Branham....31
W. Scott Branham....8
John M Branham....?
May L Branham....2

Note: The following is from "THE LINEAGE OF JACOB THOMAS BRASWELL". The Braswell story, as it is presently known, began in the City of London, England, over three hundred years ago. there a certain Richard Bracewell lived in the year 1612 when a son, Robert , was born. "Nothing is known of the family prior to this date except that they and others of the name in England were said to have fled from Scotland during a rebellion against tyrannical rule. At the age of fifteen, young Robert Bracewell was sent to Oxford University to be educated for the ministry. Records of Colonial Virginia show that Robert Bracewell, son of Richard Bracewell of London, Gentleman, entered Hart Hall, Oxford University, Feb 22, 1627 at the age of fifteen and graduated with an AB degree Nov 3, 1631. this information has been certified of recent years by an Oxford Registrar. (Henning 1, 378 ) (The Braswell family, by Elizabeth B. Pearsall).

"A period of almost twenty years elapses before Robert Bracewell is heard from again. During the latter part of this period, England and Scotland were passing through a very difficult time under Charles I, who was determined as his father, James I, had been to force the Anglican form of worship on the Puritans of England and the Presbyterians of Scotland. As a result, both England and Scotland were in a constant statte of rebellion and Civil War.
Many prominent churchmen were forced to flee to other countries for safety. During the Cromwellian rebellion and subsequent rule (16 40-1661), many Royalists fled England and Scotland. Most of these refugees settled in the colonies in America.

" The circumstances which resulted in Robert Bracewell's coming to Virginia are not known, but when he appeared in the Isle of Wight, Va. some time prior to 1649, he was an Episcopal Clergyman."

"The first time his name is found in the records of colonial Va. was when he was witness to an agreement between Ambrose Bennett and Thomas Webb for the use of a mill and adjacent land, April 29, 16 50. (Deed Book 1, page 426).

"When Captain John Upton made his will in Jan. 1651, he mentioned three hundred acres of land he had sold to Mr. Robert Bracewell. (Will and Admin. Book A, pages 32-33.)

"As water was a most important means of transportation in colonial times, most of the early settlers established themselves on some body or stream of water. So too, Robert Bracewell's plantation was located on the Blackwater River some miles south of the James City River and the Colonial town of Jamestown, a few miles north of where the town of Smithfield, Va., now stands."

"Robert Bracewell's pastorate, known as Lawne;s Creek Parish, was in the vacinity of the present boundary line between Surry and Isle of Wight counties.
the name of Lawne's Creek was changed in 1737 to Southward (Today this church is known as the 'Old Brick Church' and is about 5 miles south of Smithfield, Va. on Route 10.)

"In 1653, the Rev. Robert Bracewell was elected to the House of Burgesses of Virginia. At this period in history, separation of church and state was the subject of much agitation in both Europe and America.

"According to therecords of the 1653 Sessions of the House of Burgesses, "It is ordered that Mr. Robert Bracewell, Clark(cleric), be suspended since it is unpresidential and may produce bad consequences." (Henning 1, page 378) If clergymen were not allowed to hold political office, it seems odd that he was elected in the beginning.

"Whether the Rev. Robert Bracewell was a wealthy man before coming to Virginia, or whether he accumulated his wealth after coming to this country has not been established, but at the time of his death in 1668, he was the possessor of considerable property.

"He was referred to in the William and Mary Quarterly, volumn 7, as a 'Notable minister," (The Braswell Family, by Elizabeth B. Pearsall.)

"Robert Bracewell's will was made Feb. 15, 1667 and is one of the earliest recorded wills in this Country. It is to be found in Deed and Will Book 1, page 9, of the Isle of Wight records of Virginia.

"In his will, Robert Bracewell directed that his two underage sons, Robert Jr. and Richard, were to receive the bulk of his estate and were to share the 700 acre home plantation and 600 acres on the Nansemond River. they were to share also in his new mill when it was finished.

"he named his two friends and neighbors, Mr. George Gwillen (Welsh for Williams) and Mr. Richard Izard, to act as guardians for the children, each to receive forty shillings with which to buy himself a ring. He futher directed that his two sons be put to school to learn to read and write.

"His three married daughters, Jane Stokes, REBECCA WEST, and Ann Bagnall, were to receive three cows each and an indentured sevant, Elizabeth Hall ws to receive a heifer when she became free. Seven of his friends were to receive one cow each and his son-in-law, William West, a cow and a yearlling.

"Included in the inventory of his property were sixty-three head of livestock, a servant boy, a library worth 500 pounds of tobacco, a sloop, silverward, and numerous articles of clothing and household furnishings. The total value of his estate was given at 35,800 pounds of tobacco (will and Deed Book 1, page 55)

"From an accounting of his estate rendered on Jan. 10, 1669/70 and signed by Richard and Rebecca Izard, it appears that Mr. Izard, who owned the adjoining plantation, must have performed his duties as guardian in a very satisfactory manner indeed. (Will and Deed Book 1, page 28)

Note: Census: 1830 , Jessamine County, Kentucky
Head of Household: David O. Brawner
Males age 10-15: 1
Males age 20-30: 1 [David]
Females age 20-30: 1
Females age 50-60: 1

1850 Census, Clay Co. Missouri:
David O Brawner....47...b. KY
Sarah Brawner....43...b. VA
Mary Brawner....17....b. KY
William Brawner...16...b. KY
Gilbert Brawner...14...b. MO
James Brawner...8...b. MO
Kitty Ann Brawner...15...b. MO
ELIZABETH BRAWNER...6...b. MO
Amelda Brawner....2...b. MO. twin, not sure of spelling
Lucinda Brawner...2..b.MO

1860 Census, Clay Co., Missouri:
David O Brawner...56.....b. KY
Sarah Brawner...51...b. VA
Jacob G Brawner..21...b. MO
James R Brawner...18...b. MO
ELIZABETH BRAWNER..15...b.MO
Arminda Brawner...12...b. MO
Lucy E Brawner....12...b. MO

David O Brawner is buried in the New Hope cemetery in Clay Co. MO.

Note: 1900 Atchison, Missouri census:
Living with daughter Sarah and husband Edward Townsend
ELIZABETH BRYANT....Mar 1845...55...MO..mother-in-law......had 7 children, 5 are living
Flora Bryant....Aug 1886...13...Neb.

Note: MARYLAND MARRIAGE LICENSES 1778-1800 Recorded in the Clerk's Office Frederick County Court House, Frederick, Maryland. Compiled by Miss Edith Miller, Frederick Chapter, D.A.R., Frederick, Maryland
BRAWNER, Thomas Junr--Elizabeth Need--Feby. 16, 1798.

1800 KY Census Index Genealogy.com
Edward Browner, KY WASHINGTON CO. 1800 TAX LIST
Thomas Brawner, KY FAYETTE CO. 1800 TAX LIST

Census: 1830 , Jessamine County, Kentucky
Thomas Brawner - Head of Household
Males under age 5: 1 [?]
Males age 10-15: 1[John?]
Males age 15-20: 1 [Jacob?]
Males age 30-40: 1[George?]
Males age 60-70: 1 [Thomas Brawner]
Females age 5-10: 1[?]
Females age 15-20: 1[ Polly?]
Females age 20-30: 1[Elizabeth?]
Females age 50-60: 1 [Martha Elizabeth Neet]
Male Slaves under age 10: 1
Female Slaves under age 10: 1
Female Slaves between age 24-36: 1
Free Colored Male between age 55-100: 1

from Ancestry.com posting....
Will of Thomas Brawner of Jessamine County, Kentucky
In the name Almighty God amen. I, Thomas Brawner, senr. of the County of Jessamine and State of Kentucky, being in ill health but of sound disposing mind and memory and calling to mind the certainty of death being desirous of making a deposition of my estate do hereby publish and declare the following to be my last will and testament (to wit) Item. It is my will and desire that my executors pay out of my estate all my just debts.
Secondly it is my will and desire to give my beloved wife Elizabeth Brawner a negro woman by the name of Luiasa also a negro boy by the name of Sam to her and her heirs for ever. Also I give to my wife Elizabeth Brawner one bond on Joseph Chrisman and David Crozier also one bond on Morton Zimmerman. Also one sorrel mare bridal and saddle. Also one set of table spoons and one set of little spoons all of silver. Also bed and bedding and a beaurow.
Item. It is my will and desire that my beloved son Jacob N. Brawner take in possession all my farms together with all my stock of all and every description together with my crop of corn, wheat rye and oats for his use and benefit and is to keep in possession until March 1840 in consideration of which he is to furnish the family with all the nessaries of life that is to say with meat and bread, sugar, coffee, tea, milk and butter and all such articals that the family stand in need of as plentyfull as they have heretofore, and if the family should be afflicted with sickness he is to imploy a phesitaan and to pay them and at the expiration of March 1840 he is to pay three hundred and seventy three dollars and it is my will and desire that at the date of March 1840 that my land shall be sold at one and two years credit but I leave to my hereafter named Executors what they may think best, and at the same time all my estate of every description is to be sold. Proceeds is to be equally devided between my children and wife (to wit). It is my will and desire that my beloved wife, Elizabeth Brawner, to have an equal share with my children besides what I have given her in the foregoing part of my will. It is my will and desire that all the estate both real and personal that is to say the proceeds from the sale be equally divided between my children.
(Namely) David Brawner, Polly Brawner, George Brawner, Thomas Brawner, Elizabeth Lafoon, John Brawner, and my granddaughter, Kitty Ann Brawner and the said Kitty Ann Brawner is to have the amount of property left in my hand by her father William Brawner to the amount of seventy dollars and a good side saddle in case the said Kitty Ann Brawner should die without lawfull heir separt of my estate is to return to my children again and lastly I constatute and appoint my beloved sons George Brawner and Jacob N. Brawner my Executors to my Last Will Testament. In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand afixt my seal this thirteenth day of October 1835 in the presents of William Young senr. , Robert Smith, George Utinger.. .. [Signed] Thomas Brawner, seal." [Source: Will Book E, Page 215, Off ice of the County Clerk, Jessamine County, KY; Thank you to Thelma E. Kurtz].
Note: The Will was probated in December 1835.

Note: This is Thomas Brawner (c. 1765-1833), native of Frederick County, Maryland and probably probably the grandson of Edward Brawner (d. 1760 in Frederick Co., MD) and Elizabeth Wheeler. Thomas' spouse was Martha Elizabeth Neet (1778-1859). Martha, too, was a native of Frederick County, Maryland, where she married Thomas in 1798. Thomas and Martha then migrated west to Fayette County, Kentucky. Later, on the way to Missouri, Thomas became ill and died in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Elizabeth died in Clinton County, Missouri. The Frederick County, Maryland Brawners migrated from Charles County, Maryland.

Note: Elder William Brewster came to America on the Mayflower, 1620.

RE: "Making Haste from Babylon" by Nick Bunker, April 2010. Mr. Bunker states that William Brewster likely wrote
the Mayflower Compact, because of his education, among other reasons.

Note: A John Bright (probably Sr.) was involved in land tranactions in Norfolk as early as 1665.
John Bright, Jr. went to NC about 1704. He was married to Elizabeth Hill, daughter of Hiram and Sarah Hill.
This from postings on Ancestry.com.
His will was written 09 September 1720. The will was in Beaufort County, North Carolina.
In his will, John left Henry and Richard land. The rest of sons are to get the home plantation after his wife, Elisabeth, dies or remarries. Elizabeth later married a Handcock and died in Craven Co, NC. And William sold the land he received in 1729, so Elizabeth must have remarried before that time.
Elizabeth wrote a will on 20 Jan 1743/44, probated 20 Jun 1744, leaving bequests to her sons Simon and William Bright and to a daughter ledlay Handcock. Among the witnesses were Francis Hodges, a brother-in-law of Simon Bright.

Note: Rosanna's maiden was probably Ward. Jesse's biography states that in 1826 he married "Mrs. Rosanna Ward Britton".

Note: Bridget Brogan, 40, b. Ireland, was living with Francis Brogan and family in the 1860 Clinton, Iowa census.

Note: 1860 Clinton, Iowa, census:
Francis Brogan 37....Ireland
Ann Brogan...23...Ireland
William Brogan...4...Iowa
John Brogan....1....Iowa
Edward Kelley...20...Maryland....field hand
Bridgett Brogan...40...Ireland....Tenant...or Servant ?

1870 Clinton, Iowa census:
Francis Brogan...48...Ireland
Ann Brogan....34...Ireland
William Brogan....14...Iowa
John Brogan....12...Iowa
Francis Brogan...9...Iowa
Mary Brogan....6....Iowa
Anna Brogan...3...Iowa
Joseph Brogan....1....Iowa
Eliza Nolan...22...Iowa.....domestic servant

1880 Lyon, Kansas, census:
Francis Brogan....57.....Ireland...Ireland...Ireland
Anne Brogan...42...Ireland....Ireland....Ireland
F A Brogan...19...Iowa
Anne Brogan....14....Iowa
Joseph Brogan....10...Iowa
Louis Brogan...8.....Iowa
Bessie Brogan....3....Kansas

1900 Lyon, Kansas, census:
Francis Brogan...b Mar 1822 in Ireland, 78, married 46 years, immigrated in 1842
Ann Brogan....b May 1834 in Ireland, 64, immigrated in 1847, had 9 children, 5 are living
Ann Brogan...b. Aug 1869 in Iowa, 30
Elizabeth Brogan...b Oct 1888 in Iowa, 22

William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
Lyon County, Part 16, (Hartford)
was first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
FRANCIS BROGAN, farmer, P. O. Hartford, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, March 17, 1823. Came to the United States in 1842, locating in Chester County, Pa., where he resided eight years. He then removed to Clinton County, Iowa, and engaged in farming. Sold his farm of 320 acres in January, 1875, and came to Kansas, and located in Hartford, and bought a farm of 740 acres, part in Lyon County and part in Coffey County. His principal crop is corn. He has also a ranch of 1,600 acres in Chase County, and in connection with his son, William J., is also extensively engaged in stock feeding and dealing. They handle cattle and hogs. Mr. Brogan has also 320 acres of upland in Lyon County, about one half mile from Hartford, upon which he raises hay. He married Miss Annie Cummings, of Clinton County, Iowa, August 14, 1854, by which marriage he has had nine children, of whom William J., Francis A., Mary, Annie E., Joseph N., Louis B., and Lizzie A. are living. He is one of the leading members of the Catholic Church of Hartford. He is an active and prominent Democrat and good citizen, respected by all political parties.

Note: According to the "History of Crawford Co. Iowa", John immigrated in 1845.
1860 Clinton, Iowa census:
John Brogan....36....b. Ireland
Jane Brogan...29...b. Ireland
William J Brogan...10...b. Missouri
Andrew Brogan.....8....b. Iowa
Francis E Brogan....6...b. Iowa
Thomas Brogan....4...Iowa
James Brogan....2....Iowa
Mary J Brogan...1mo...Iowa

History of Crawford County, Iowa
by F. W. Meyers. 2 vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1911.

John Brogan, who for nearly a third of a century has been conspicuous as one of the leading agriculturists of Crawford county, is a native of Ireland, where his birth occurred June 24, 1824, being one of three children born to William and Ann (Coyle) Brogan. The other two, Bridget and Francis, are deceased, the latter having died in Kansas. John Brogan remained in the land of his nativity until attaining his majority and in 1845 immigrated to the United States, first locating in Pennsylvania, where he remained for about five years. He then moved to Clinton county, Iowa, and there took up a quarter section of land, the site of which is now occupied by the city of Lyons, where he continued to reside for the ensuing twenty-five years.
In 1875 Mr. Brogan came to Crawford county and bought two hundred and forty acres of land on sections 6, 7, and 8, Jackson township, to which he added from time to time until his holdings now aggregate four hundred and forty acres of cultivated farm land, upon which he has made all modern improvements, including residences, outbuildings, and fences. Here he carries on general farming but makes a specialty of shorthorn cattle, which he buys and ships on an extensive scale.

On February 9, 1849, Mr. Brogan was married to Miss Jane McClosky, a daughter of John and Ann (McLaughlin) McClosky, both of whom were natives of Ireland, where they spent their entire lives. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brogan have been born eleven children, of whom the following eight survive: Andrew and Thomas, who reside in Crawford county; Edward, who lives in Sac county; William, a resident of Nebraska; and Frank, James, Mary, and Lizzie, who are living at home. The three deceased are Rosanna, Sarah, and one who died unnamed.
In Politics Mr. Brogan has always given his support to the democratic party and has at different times been called upon to hold various township offices. In religion he is a faithful member of the Catholic church. Today, after having passed the eighty-seventh milestone on his life journey, he is enjoying the aftermath of his early endeavors in the possession of a fine farm where he has all the comforts and some of the luxuries of life.

Note: She died when her children were small so Patrick and Mary Carmel were adopted by grandparents.

Note: W W I Draft registration card: signed September 12, 1918. Bexar Co. TX
William Francis Brogan
born February 16, 1883
next of kin: Louise Brogan

1910 Alburquerque, NM census:
William F Brogan..............27 Kansas - Kansas - Iowa
Louise Brogan.................27 Missouri - Ohio - Penn.
Mary Brogan.................... 1 New Mexico

1920 Bexar Co. Tx Census:
William F Brogan.............36 Kansas
Louise Brogan.................35 Missouri
Mary Brogan....................11 NM
Louise Brogan.................. 7 NM

1930 Bexar Co. Tx census:
William Brogan................47 Kansas
Louise Brogan................47 Missouri
Mary C Brogan...............21 NM
Louise Brogan................17 NM