Robert
Brashears
Family
Maryland,
North
and
South
Carolinas
Revolutionary
Supporter
Robert C. Brashears
b.19 Feb 1704 Prince Georges, MD
d. aft 1782 Guilford, NC
m. Charity Dowell
b. 4 Apr 1711 Anne Arundel, MD
d. 1782/1787 Guilford, NC
her father: Philip Dowell
(son of Nicholas McDowell)
her mother: Mary Tydings
his father: Samuel Brashears
his mother: Ann Jones 1711
| Children |
| Philip Brashears |
b. c1727 Prince George's Co., MD |
d.1798 Henry Co., VA |
m. Ann Wilson (dau of James Wilson and Martha)
|
| Ann "Nancy" Brashears |
b. 26 Sep 1729 at Brashear's Meadow, Prince Georges Co.,
MD |
d. 30 Nov 1816 probably buried w/Moses Ball, Arlington,
VA |
m. Moses Ball 23 Jun 1745
of Fairfax Co., VA
(b. 2 May 1717, d. 3 Sep 1792) eight children |
Robert Samuel Brashears
"The Rolling Stone" |
b. 20 Aug 1731 Prince Georges Co., MD |
d. 1815 aged 84, Harriman, Roane Co., TN |
m. Phoebe Nicks
c1754 (dau. of John & Marg. Nicks)
lived in MD, VA, NC, SC and TN - Had thousands of
decendants including most of the Brashears, Brashers,
Brasher of TN, MO and TX |
| Jesse Brashears |
b. c1734 "Brashears Meadow", Prince George's Co., MD |
d.1788 Pensacola, FL |
m. Elizabeth Prather
(dau. of Philip Prather and Margery Hunt |
Capt. Asa Brashears
"Capt. Rev. Army" |
b. 1745 Fairfax Co., VA |
d. 1818 Rockingham, N. C. |
m. Jemima Nelson |
| Zaza Brashears |
b. c1747 MD |
d . |
1m. Elizabeth Adkinson , 9 Jun 1775 NC
2m. Elizabeth Lomax , 10 Mar 1798 |
| Elizabeth Brashears |
b. c1748 |
d. |
m. John Allen 4 Feb. 1774 Guilford Co., N. C. |
In the earliest records of this family Robert identifies himself
as a "planter."
1726 - His father, Samuel Brashear, gives Robert at age
twenty-one "for natural love and affection," the 200 acres tract
of land known as "Brashear's Meadows." lying on Beaver Dame, and
brach of the Eastern Brach of the Potomac River. He was given an
additional fifty acres, a part of the tract called "Orphan Gift,"
in his father's will that was made and proved in 1740.[Back, p.
31]
In a lawsuit in 1798-99 Philip is established as the eldest
son. See 1798.
He started selling off section of this and other property by
1732.
1 May 1742 - Robert sells his personal property.
Maryland ss// KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I, Robert
Breshears of Prince Gorges county & Provice afors'd, for and
in consideratin of one hundred and six pounds Sterling, to me in
hand paid by Osborn Sprigg, the receipt whereof I acknowledge my
self fully satisfied, contented, and paid, have bargained , sold
and sett over in plain open markett unto the said Osborn Sprigg
(viz) one negro man called James, one negro woman called Mollie,
one negro woman called Marreare, two hourses - Dun and Sawey, two
mares & colts, three cows and calves, five head of young
cattle, sixteen head of hoggs, three beds & furniture, two
gunns, one table & six chairs, four iron potts, one pair iron
traices, which said goods and chattels I, my heirs, exc'rs
(executors], admin'rs [administrators] will for ever defend unto
the said Osborn Sprigg, his hears, exc'rs, admin'rs, or assigns
& from all manner of persons whatsoever that shall lay claim,
right, title, challenges, or demand to the same. IN WITNESS
whereof, I have sett my hand & seal this first day of May,
1742.
Robert Brashers, Jr.
Signed, seal'd & delivered in presense of :
Jo. Belt, Jun'r
Ja. Magruder, Jun'r
[Prince Georges County Land Records, Liver Y, f. 464, 465,
Hall of Records of MD.]
1742, June 2 - one month after the above sale of his personal
property he signed an agreement that leased 100 acres , " all the
land called Brashear's Meadows," to Francis Hall. The land remained
in his control until his death or until his son reached the age of
twenty-one. [Back, p. 32]
1742, Dec. 4 - He has been arrested for his debts and the
Maryland Assembly orders him to sell his property consisting of
100 acres, more or less, two small dwellings, one old table, five
chairs, one trunk, two chests, one iron potrack, one frying pan
and one gridiorn, a small parcel of old pewter, one looking glass,
one pair of fire tongs, one bos Iron and Harness, one Kent fork,
one iron skillet, to tinn panns, and a parcel of old lumber to
total 15 pounds/2 shillings/ 6 pence. [PG Co., Deeds, Book Y, p.
697] After this sale he moves across the Potomac River and settle
in the Truro Parish of Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia, where
he lived but did not own any land. [Back, p. 32]
1746- Robert sold what seems to have been most of his possessions
to move again. [Back, p. 32]
Know all men by these presents that I, Robert Brasher, of the
Parish of Truro & County of Tairfa, {Virginia] , do bargain
& sell, and by theses presents have bargained & sold unto
John Carlyle, merchant at Hunting Creek, 1 feather bed and all
furniture, 1 small grey mare - branded RCB, 1 gun, 1 man's saddle
& bridle,, 2 poder des..., 6 plates, 1 cason, (or casen], one
looking glass, 1 smoothe iron & heater, one pair fire tongs, 1
pewter chamber pot, 1 frying pan, one old trunk, one horse coll.,
six bar'ls corn, 1 iron pot & pot hooks, one iron skillet;
& I also warrant all the above-said goods to the said John
Carlyle from any claim or claims from any other person or persons
whatsoever, for & in consideration of the sum of five pounds
Sterling in had paid my the said John Carlyle, as witness my hand
the twenty-eith day of March, one thousand seven hundered
forty-six.
Robert Brashear
[Fairfax County Deeds, Liber A, No. 1, Part 2, p. 538, Fairfax,
VA]
Apparently in an effort to reverse the fortunes of fate that had
been running against him in the Colonies of Maryland and Virginia.
Robert migrated on an unknown date to the Indian-infested hinterland
of North Carolina.
He appears in an Orange Co., tax list 1755 but had probably been
there for several years prior.
1761, Dec. 6 - He is issued a grant for land in Orange Co., NC
the tract was located "on Reedy Fork of Haw River and Buffalo" and
contained 640 acres. The area of Orange Co. became part of
Guilford County in 1770. [Back p. 32]
1776- Robert Brashear at the age of 72 was able to do little more
than offer aid and supplies to the Revolutionary Army. He had at
least one son, Asa, did serve in the Revolutionary Army. His
oldest daughter, Ann, who married Moses Ball were also close
friends and neighbors of George Washington. A handwritten note by
unknown author on the original DAR application indicated that
"Isaac and Asa served together." The Certificate #1338 Public
Claim - "Furnishing Supplies" validates Robert Brashear's claims.
There are also other documents in the following records:
These documents are used to validate the membership of heirs for The
Daughters of the American Revolution. The original research of
Maxine Burnison Hipple applied for in Dec. 27, 1982 received the DAR
National Number #705312. Cheryl Lane Grubb's research lineage is
registered under DAR National Number #760713 applied for July 1,
1994.
aft 1782 - Robert dies probably in Guilford Co., NC
1798 - Philip is in a lawsuit to reclaim land inherited from his
father, "Brashear's Meadow", that he had leased to John
Stout. Thomas Hewlett drove Stout off and leased the land to
Walter Weak. Philip wins the suit. [Philp
Brashears vs. Thomas Hewlett," General Court Judgements, Wester
Shores (Maryland) 1798-99,v.41, pp.22-38; LDS film #013051]
sources:
Back, Troy & Brashear, Leon. The Brashear Story, a family
history,. 1963 Troy L. Back , Rt. 1 , Box 124a, Viper,
Kentucky 41774. reprinted 1980
Brashear, Charles and McCoy, Shirley Brasher. A Brashear(s)
Family History, Vol. 1 & 2, The First Two Hundred Years of
Brashears in America, (of eight proposed volumes)
1998 Charles Brashear/Shirley McCoy, P.O.Box 38, Clearlake Oaks,
CA 95423-0038, 707/998-1008, email- brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
Pearson, Emogene Stephens. Records on Nancy Ann Brashear Ball
family. 3845 Woodburn Loop W., Lakeland, FL 33813-1310 email
-mpearson@concentric.net
Fairfax County Deeds, Liber A, No. 1, Part 2, p. 538,
Fairfax, VA
Prince Georges County Land Records, Liber Y, f. 464, 465,
Hall of Records of MD.
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