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These are the volumes of A BRASHEAR(S) FAMILY HISTORY that I have published:
Vol. 1: "The First 200 Years of Brashear(s) in America"
Vol. 2: "Robert C. Brashear of North Carolina and some descendants in TN, KY, TX, etc"
Vol. 3: "Robert Samuel Brashear, The Rolling Stone, and descendants in TN & KY"
Vol. 4: "Brashear(s) Families of the Ohio
Vol. 5: "Two Brashear Families of the Lower Mississippi Valley and their Choctaw Descendants."
Vol. 6: "Brashears-Breshears Families of TN, MO, ID, WA, TX, etc"
Vol. 7: "Brashear-Boshear-Beshears of TN, MO, IL, KY"
Vol. 8: "Brashear Families West of the Mississippi"
Vol. 9: "Brashear: Additions, Corrections, Strays"

And a book on an altogether different family:
A BRAZIER/BRASHER SAGA,
300 Years of the Brasher, Brazier, Brasier, Brashier Family in America.

Prices are as follows;
vol. 1 (hardback)$38 ($35 + $3 p&p)
vol. 1 (paperback)$28 ($25 + $3 p&p)
vol. 2 (hardback only) $38 ($35 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1 hardback & v.2 together$65 + $5 p&p)
vol. 3 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1, 2, & 3 together $100 + $5 p&p)
vol. 4 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1 & v.4 together $70 + $5 p&p)
vol. 5 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1 & v.5 together $70 + $5 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1, 2, & 5 together $100 + $5 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 together $170 + $7 p&p)
Vol. 6 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1 & v.6 together $70 + $5 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1, 2, & 6 together $100 + $6 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 together $200 + $10 p&p)
Vol. 7 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1 & v.7 together $70 +$5 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1, 2, & 7 together $100 + $6 p&p)
. . . . . (v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 together $235 + $12 p&p)
Vol. 8 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.1 & v.8 together $70 + $5 p&p
. . . . . (v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 together $270 + $15 p&p)
Vol. 9 (hardback only) $43 ($40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v.9 $40 + $3 p&p)
. . . . . (v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 together $300 + $15 p&p)

. . . I also have copies of A BRAZIER/BRASHER SAGA, 300 Years of the Brasher, Brazier, Brasier, Brashier Family in America. Which is an altogether different family: Descendants of William B. Brashier Sr, who died at age 34 in Old Baltimore Co (now Harford Co), MD in 1708, leaving four orphans, whom the courts took care of. This SAGA is available only in 8.5"x11" paperback and sells for $28 ($25 + $3 p&p). Click on the title to see more details.

To order the printed volumes, send a note, saying which volume(s) you want (so I won't get confused) and where you want it/them sent, (or used the Order blank; click on "Contact and Ordering Information?) along with a check or money order, to

Charles Brashear,
2380 NW Estaview Circle
Corvallis, OR 97330-1066

Phone: 541/738-2685

I'll mail the books as soon as I can put them into the mailing boxes and get to the Post Office. (except, I'm in Southern California until March. There will be some delay.)

. . . If any of you want to order a gift copy of a Brashear Book for your favorite library, I'll knock $10 off the price (that is, you pay $25 for the hardbacks of v.1 & v.2, $30 for the others, plus p&p), and I'll send it to the library in your name. Just tell me which library, or let me pick one. (Some 30 libraries already have gift copies of vol 1, not so many of the other volumes.)

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Plan for an 9-volume
"A BRASHEAR(S) FAMILY HISTORY"

by Charles Brashear
2380 NW Estaview Circle
Corvallis, OR 97330-1066
e-mail: brashear@mail.sdsu.edu
phone: 541/738-2685

I am and have been for 40-something years actively engaged in research on the Brashear(s) Family, in all its branches, in all spellings of the surname. Some years ago, Troy Back and Leon Brashear gave me their blessing and permission to "update" their book, THE BRASHEAR STORY, A FAMILY HISTORY, but the more data I collected, the more I realized that this family history will never again fit into one volume, especially if you include the amount and kind of detail that I like to include. I now have published seven of a planned nine volumes.

Vol 1. The First 200 Years of Brashear(s) in America and Some Descendants in Maryland (this one was published in Nov 1998 and is still available at $35 for hardcover, $25 for paperback, plus $3 postage and packaging. See also pricing schedule, below.)

Vol 2. Robert C. Brashear of North Carolina and Some Descendants in TN, KY, MO, TX, etc. (Published 1 Sep 1999. Available only in hardback. $35, plus $3 p&p.)

Vol 3. Robert Samuel Brashear(s) and Some Descendants in TN and KY (Published early in 2001; $40, plus $3 p&p.

Vol 4. Brashear(s) Families of the Ohio Valley (Published 20 April 2002. 676 pages (xx + 576) with a 59-page index, about 50 pictures, and 7 maps. $40 + $3 p&p.)

Vol 5. Two Brashear(s) Families of the Lower Mississippi Valley and their Choctaw and Other Descendants. (Published in 2002, 700 pages, including introduction, index, pictures, maps, etc; $40 + $3p&p.)

Vol 6. Brashears/ Breshears Families of TN, MO, ID, WA, OK, etc including Beshears, Boshears and Other Descendants. (The data for Vol 6 got so big, I had to divide the book. This "half" turned out to be 728 pages (xx + 708, with an 80-page index- ~12,000 entries) and was published in Dec, 2004, with about 100 pictures, 8 maps and scanned documents; $40 + $3 p&p)

Vol 7. Brashear-Boshear-Beshears of SC, TN, MO, IL, etc. (This one includes Martha Morrow, d/o Robert Brashear; Isaac Boshears and his descendants in Scott and Campbell Co, TN; William Brashears and Sarah _____ of Spartanburg, SC, and their sons, William Brashears, of MO (m. Mary Elizabeth Clayton) and Ithra Brashears, of Crawford Co, IL (m. Hannah Elizabeth Middleton); and Jeremiah and Isaac Beshears of Christian and Hopkins Co, KY. Front matter, index, text, pictures, this one turned out to be 732 pages, published in November 2006; $40 + $3 p&p)

Vol 8. Brashear(s) Families West of the Mississippi River (This one includes Dr. Belt Brashear's descendants in LA; Judge Thomas Brown Brashear in LA and his brother, John Warren Brashear in CA; Jeremiah Brashear, Jr, in LA and his brother's Widow, Amelia Duvall in LA; Ignatius "Nacy" Brashear's sons, Dr. Walter Brashear in LA and Rev. Joseph Brashear in MO; Waymack Brashear and his descendants in MO; Barton Brashears and descnedants in MO & CA; Absalom Alfred Brashear in TX and his brothers, Jesse and Zadock in AR; Walter "Watt" Brashears in MO and his brother, Isaac Brashears in AR; Four Brashears brothers of Brashears AR. Front matter, pictures, text, and Index, this one is 740 pp. Published in December 2006. $40 + $3 p&p)

Vol 9. Brashear: Additions, Corrections, Strays, and Non-Brashear(s) Families It's 696 pages, 140 of them on James Brazier, of Cumberland Co, NC, thought to be a descendant of John Brasseur, of Nansemond Co, VA; 185 pages on Descendants of Philip Brashear, 1727-1797, and Ann Wilson, whose descendants lived in KY, IL, and MO and used the surname Beshears; 60 pages on Brashear families west of the Mississippi; 138 pages on Miscellaneous additions and corrections; 70 pages on Non-Brashear families, including Pleasant Brashier, Zachariah Brazier, Edward Brasier, and others; and 78 pages of Index. My computer said there were over 10,000 names in the index. (see below for the Table of Contents.)

If any of you want to order a gift copy for your favorite library, I'll knock $10 off the price (that is, you pay $25 for the hardback, v.1 and v.2, or $30 for the others, plus $3.00 p&p), and I'll send it to the library in your name. Just tell me which library, or let me pick one. (Some 30 libraries already have gift copies.)

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and Some Descendants in Maryland

WARNING! Don't mistake this for something it isn't. (Some people bought the Brazier/Brasher book and then complained that their Brashear family was not in it.) This is a book about descendants of Robert and Benois Brasseur, French Huguenot immigrants to Virginia, c1635, whose surname was Anglicized as Brashear. Over the years, many branches of the family added an "s" to make it Brashears. Benois Brasseur was naturalized in Calvert Co, MD, in 1662, and became known as Benjamin Brashear; he is the progenitor of virtually all Americans with surnames Brashear, Brashears, Brashares, Breshear(s), Breashear(s), Broshear(s), Beshear(s), Boshear(s), Beshires, often Brasher, Brashers, Brashier, Brashiers, sometimes Brazier, and about 35 other spellings. Also, this book only treats the first 200 years of the family, mainly in Virginia and Maryland, from about 1635 to about 1835, except that the Western Maryland chapter comes up to the last few years. I'm working on other books that will bring many of the Brashear(s) lines down to more recent times.

The book is 7" by 10", 336 pages long (16 pages of front matter, including contents and a review of the deBrassier Family of Carpentras, France*; 300 pages of text (see contents below); and 20 pages of 4-column index--about 3500 entries).

* [for more on that family, go to http://genforum.genealogy.com/brashear/messages/892.html and http://genforum.genealogy.com/brashear/messages/891.html]
 

Abbreviated CONTENTS of Vol 1:

1. Robert Brasseur, the Huguenot Immigrant ........................ 1
2. Benjamin (Benois) Brassieur, the American ..................... 23
3. John Brasseur, of Nansemond Co, Virginia ..................... .50
4. Thomas Brasher, of Cecil Co, Md ................................65
5. Robert Brasheur, II, "Elder" ...................................70
6. Robert Brashier, III, the Improvident...........................77
7. Three Brothers of Maryland: Benjamin, Samuel, and Robert IV ... 92
8. Benjamin Brashear Jr and Rebecca Walker .......................121
9. John Brashear "Junior" and Mary Dowell ........................131
10. William Brashear "Senior" and Sarah Wallingsford .............156
11. Speculations about Dowell Brashears, His Family ..............169
12. Samuel Brashear Jr and Elizabeth Brashear ................... 177
13. John Brashear "Senior" and Ruth Walker .......................193
14. Hard Times in Maryland: Two Brothers Go Broke .......... .....207
15. William Brashear "Junior" and Priscilla Prather ..............215
16. William Brashears, the Millwright, and Margaret Carr .........229
17. John Brashears, III, and Mary Pottinger ................... . 241
18. Some Brashear Families of Western Maryland .................. 260
Index ............................................................301

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and Some Descendants in TN, KY, MO, TX, etc,
 

The 1740s were an economically rough time in Maryland (some of our family lost their land and/or spent time in debtors' prison). Newly opened land in the Granville District of North Carolina was an invitation to a new start. Three Brashear brothers--Robert C., Basil, and Otho--migrated to NC in the late 1740s, early 1750s, where Robert and Basil got land grants. Basil went broke again and left about 1766, and Otho simply disappeared, but Robert C. Brashear and his wife, Charity Dowell, stayed on and (we think) prospered. They were patriots during the Revolutionary War, after which newly opening land in western places beckoned again, and the family succumbed to wanderlust or land-hunger; they became part of the American westward movement. This book traces Robert C. Brashear in North Carolina and the families of sons Philip, Asa, and Zaza, and daughter, Ann (Brashear) Ball; Robert Samuel Brashear and Jesse Brashears have to wait for vol. 3 and vol. 5, respectively.

The book is 7" by 10", 316 pages (290 pages of text, about 50 illustrations, and 24 pages of 4-column index--over 4000 entries).
 

Abbreviated CONTENTS of VOL 2

Preface .......................................................... vii
1. The First Four Generations of Brashear(s) in America ............11
2. The Guilford County Brashear Colony .............................17
3. Robert C. Brashear And Charity Dowell, Of Guilford County, NC ..........32
4. Philip Brashears Sr and Ann Wilson of Henry Co, Va ..............47
5. Ann "Nancy" Brashears and Moses Ball of Fairfax Co, Va ..........69
6. Robert Samuel Brashears, "The Rolling Stone," And Phoebe Nicks ........77
7. Jesse Brashears, of Pensacola, and Elizabeth Prather ............82
8. Captain Asa Brasher and Jemima Nelson Of Rockingham Co, NC .......87
9. Zaza Brasher Sr and Elizabeth Adkinson, Of Rockingham County, NC ...117
10. Zaza Brasher Sr and Elizabeth Lomax ..........................139
        With Special Thanks to Joy (Hines) Horton
11. James Brashears and Nancy Bowling, of Lee Co, Va .............162
12. John Wesley B. Brashears and Drucilla ?Wilson ................183
        With Special Thanks to Doyle Fenn
13. Absalom Brashears/Beshears and Martha Ann "Polly" Phillips ...............218
        Co-author: Jerri Beshears Kennedy
14. Robert Brashears/Beshears And Elizabeth Whitten, of Pike Co, Mo ......242
        With Special Thanks to Larry Howser
15. Benjamin Brashears And Some Greene County, Missouri, Families .......264
16. Jesse Brashears and Betsy Shell ..............................270
        With Special Thanks to Darrell Spencer
Index ............................................................293

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Very early in the Revolution (or maybe even before), several of the Guilford Co Brashear(s) again got wanderlust, or they had worn out the land. At any rate, Robert Samuel Brashears and all of his children migrated to the frontier, first to Sullivan Co, NC (it would become Sullivan Co, TN), then to Roane Co, TN. RSB's son, Isaac Brashears, went on to Perry/Decatur Co, TN, and his son, Capt. Samuel Brashear (he dropped the "s" on his surname), moved on to Perry Co, KY. RSB's son, Basil, stayed on in Roane Co. This book is about these families.

The book is 7" x 10", 496 pages, including 41 pages of index and about 40 maps, pictures, or other documents. Since it costed me considerably more to print this one, I have to charge $40 per copy. Sorry.
 

Abbreviated CONTENTS of VOL 3:

1. Robert Samuel Brashears, "The Rolling Stone," And Phoebe Nicks ................14
2. Philip Brashears, Son of RSB....................................35
3. Isaac Brashears, the Patriarch..................................38
4. Capt. Samuel Brashear and Margaret Eakin........................47
5. The Daughters of Robert Samuel Brashears........................59
6. Basil Brashears and Margaret "Peggy" Horton.....................92
          The next Six Are Children of Isaac Brashears, the Patriarch
7. John Brashears and Charity Bradley.............................116
8. Robert B. Brashears and Sarah Rhea Hankins, Of Lawrence Co, TN .......139
9. Walter Brashears and Elizabeth Roberts.........................174
10. The Daughters of Isaac Brashears: ............................205
11. Judge Samuel Brashers and His Descendants.....................221
12. Absalom Alfred Brashears and Ellender Ross....................260
           The Rest Are Descendants of Capt. Samuel Brashear
13. Margaret Brashear and John Larkey.............................268
14. Sampson Brashear and Margaret Bright..........................278
15. Robert S. "Old Bob" Brashear and Mary Everidge................326
16. Two Brothers of Webster Co, Mo................................336
17. James N. Brashear Sr and Elizabeth Young......................342
18. Eli Brashear and Sarah "Sally" Campbell.......................346
19. Robert S. Brashear and Sarah "Sally" Hall.....................357
20. Adeline Brashear and Robert S. Cornett........................399
21. James N. Brashear Jr and Elizabeth Pratt......................409
22. Sampson Brashear and Mary Ann Hall............................431
24. (Rev.) William E. Brashear And Mary Hampton/ Fanny Elkins........440
25. Elizabeth Brashear and Benjamin Engle.........................452
Index.............................................................455

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Well before the Revolution, a burgeoning population made new land necessary. If you have a family of 12 children, there is no way in the world those 12 families can live on the same land as the parents, especially when the parents' land is already old, nearly worn-out. As early as the 1750s, Americans began crowding Western Maryland, the Monongahela River valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, and by about 1775, the Ohio River Valley. A fair number of Brashear(s) families and their relatives were among these emigrants-- the Elder and Younger William Brashears; Otho Brashear and his wife Ruth Brown (along with two of her brothers who had married two of Otho's sisters); Ignatius "Nacy" Brashear; Marsham Brashear (and his father, Benjamin, and brothers, who however moved on to Mississippi); remnants of older Maryland families, like Lt. Rezin Brashears, Nathan Brashears/Brashares Jr, Zachariah Brashears/Broshars; and strays like Joseph M. Brashears of Steubenville. This book is about these people and their families.

The book is 6" x 9", hardbound, 676 pages (xx + 656), with 59 pages of index, about 50 pictures and seven maps. $40, plus $3 postage and packaging.
 

Abbreviated CONTENTS of VOL 4:

1. The First Five Generations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Brashear Families of Western Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3. The Brownsville Colony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4. William Brashear and Anne Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
5. Marsham Brashear and Lucy Phelps Of Louisville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
6. Benjamin Brashear, of Menallen Twp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
7. Eden Brashear and Priscilla Gilliland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
8. Edward Brashear and Nancy Dyson and Other Kentucky Strays . . . . . . . 335
9. Ignatius "Nacy" Brashear Sr and Frances Permelia Catheral . . . . . . . . . . .352
10. Lt. Rezin Brashear Sr and His Four Wives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
11. Nathan Brashears Jr and His Brashares Descendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410
12. Zachariah Brashears and His Broshar Descendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
13. Thomas Broshears and His Sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
14. Samuel Mason Brashears/Broshears and Hannah Standiford. . . . . . . . .491
15. Joseph M. Brashears and Rebecca Viers Of Steubenville, OH. . . . . . . . . .552
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597

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As much as 50 years before the Revolution, English speaking white men began moving to the Spanish and French speaking towns along the Gulf coast. Some of these were Scots, who married Indian women so they could get trading privileges with the tribes.

Jesse Brashears and his wife, Elizabeth Prather, passed through NC, VA, SC, GA, and were in Pensacola for the Spanish census of 1784. Two of their sons married Indian women, and their half-breed children, literate and bi-lingual (sometimes tri-lingual or more), became leaders in the tribes. Others of their sons settled near Baton Rouge and became big land-owners.

Benjamin Brashear and his sons (except Marsham, who stayed in Louisville, KY) settled near Natchez and were soon influential in the affairs of New Orleans, Mobile, etc. One of Benjamin's sons, Turner Brashear, married a Choctaw girl and founded a large family. This book is about these two Brashear(s) families and their descendants, many of whom happen to be mixed-blood Choctaws.
 

Abbreviated CONTENTS of VOL 5:

1. Benjamin Brashear and Catherine Belt of Maryland and Mississippi
2. Capt. Richard Brashear, Soldier on the Mississippi
3. Capt. Tobias Brashear and Martha Brocus, of "Pleasant Hill," MS
4. R.T. "Turner" Brashear, and His Choctaw Wives
5. Jesse Brashears, of Pensacola, and Elizabeth Prather
6. Philip Brashear of East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
.........John Brashear and Sarah McCants/ Catherine Shaffett
.........Samuel W. Brashiers and Louisa Williams
.........Robert Lafayette Brashier
7. Samuel Brashears Sr and Rachel Durant
.........Alexander Brashears and His Four Wives
.........Samuel Brashears, Creek Warrior
8. Zadock Brashears Sr and Susannah Vaughn
.........the Vaughn Connection
.........The Turnbull Connection
9. Jesse Brashears and Delilah Juzan, of Tombigbee
10. The Debacle at Dancing Rabbit Creek
11. Betsy Buckholtz's Battle for Her Entitled Land
12. Other Squabbles with Squatters
13. The Trail of Woe to Oklahoma
14. The Choctaw Children of R.T. "Turner" Brashear
15. The Dawes Disaster and American Chicanery
Index

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In the 1830s, the old restlessness overtook the Brashears/Breshears families of Lawrence Co, TN (besides the land was wearing pretty thin), and they started looking for new land in the west. Several brothers and cousins from Lawrence Co, TN-- Middleton, the Younger; Nathan Turner; Alexander; John (m. Naoma Hogg); Henry Breshears Jr; Berry Boshears; and many of their grown children headed west in 1832, 1838, 1842, etc and found new lives in Benton, Polk, Dallas, and neighboring Counties, MO; White and Saline Co, AR, etc.

These were all probably descendants of Basil Brashears, b. 1714, MD, m. Anne Belt; and their son, Middleton "The elder." After hardly a generation, many of them moved to Boise, ID; Omak, WA; Indian Territory; TX; and other neighboring counties in MO.

Abbreviated Contents of Vol 6:

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
1. Basil Brashear(s) and Anne Belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
      Basil's Ancestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
      Basil in Maryland . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
      Basil in North Carolina . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
      Basil in South Carolina . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3. Basil Brashears Sr, b. c1765 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4. John Brashears Sr, and Mary Berry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5. Isaac Brashears/Beshears, Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6. Jacob Brashears/Boshears Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
7. Berry M. Brashears and Frances Pryor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
      William James Brashears and Elizabeth _____/ Nellie _____. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
      Henry Newton Brashears and Mary Ann Brownlow/ Sarah Ann Allie . . . . . . . . . 101
      Dicey Ann Brashears and James M. Brookins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
      Martilla "Teallie" Brashears and John W. Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8. Reuben T. Brashears and Elizabeth "Bettie" Harbour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
9. Henry Brashears/Breshears, Sr, and Eleanor Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
10. William Breashears and Anna Etheridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
      Matthew Breashears and Elizabeth Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
      Sarah Ann Breashears and John Humphreys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
11. John Breshears and Naoma Ann Hogg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
      Mary Albany Breshears and Abraham James Baker/ Noah Jackson Bray . . . . . 205
      Henry Hardin Breshears and Catherine Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
12. Reuben Dobbin Breshears and Mary H. Batten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
13. William Arthur Breshears and Abigail Jane Batten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
14. Jesse Carroll Breshears and Rhoda Catherine Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
15. Younger Children of John Breshears and Naoma Ann Hogg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
      John Westley Breshears and Lucy Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
      Margaret Naomi Breshears and Joseph Henry Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
      Joseph W. Breshears and Isabell Brashears/ Prudence Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
      James Knox Polk Breshears, I and His Three Wives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
      Thomas Hart Benton Breshears and Nancy Ann Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
      Andrew Jackson Breshears and Martha Hammack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
16. Jesse Brashears and Elizabeth Bell/ Mary Ellen Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
17. Henry Breshears Jr, Atsa "Atsey" Etheridge, and Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . 298
      James Alexander Breshears Sr, and Sarah Ann Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
      Levi Robert "Lee" Breshears and Mary Anna Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
18. Madison Golman Breshears and Elizabeth M. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
19. Younger Children of Henry Breshears Jr and Atsa Etheridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
      Susanna "Sukey" Breshears and Shandy Jordan/ Jesse Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
      William Marion Breshears and Mary Jane Pippin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
      Sarah Malissa Breshears and William Nute Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
      Henry Thomas Breshears and Sabrina J. Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
      John Martin Van Buren Breshears and Susannah Ihrig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
      Andrew Jackson Breshears and Mary Jane Parsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
      Marcus Monroe Breshears and Leanna Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
      Atsey Adaline Breshears and Joel Ihrig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
      William Carroll (Green) Breshears and Mary Orleana Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
20. James Brashears and Three Brothers of Missouri: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
21. Middleton Brashears (The Younger), and Jane _____ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
22. Nathan Turner Breshears and Elizabeth Catherine Keele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
23. Alexander Brashears and Margaret Breshears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
24. The Phantom Absalom Brashears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
25. Berry Brashears (Boshears) of Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
      Henry Clay Brashears, II and His Seventeen Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
      Henry Clay Brashears, I and Martha Godwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
26. John Brashear and Betsy Randall/ Elizabeth Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
27. Brashears Families of Angelina Co, Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
      James M. "Jim" Brashears and Mary Elizabeth Maribe Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668

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Abbreviated Contents
1. Basil Brashear(s) and Anne Belt:            1
2. Robert Brashears, of Nc & Tn            27
           Martha Brashears and David Morrow            29
            Jeremiah W. Brashears            48
3. Isaac Brashears/boshears and Elizabeth Wilson, of Scott Co, Tn            51
4. Jeremiah M. Boshears and Ealy Ann Miller            59
            4a. Jacob Isaac Boshears And Martha Jane Huckeby            65
                        Mary L. Boshears and Epolete Silcox, Sr            66
            4b. Martha Jane Boshears and Albert J. Byrd            76
            4c. Andrew Boshears And Caroline Woods            83
            4d. William R. Henry Boshears And Mahulda Boshears            84
            4e. Susannah Boshears And Elvin Wilson            84
            4f. Sterling Boshears And Catherine Wilson            85
5. William Riley "Will" Boshears and Elizabeth E. Adkins            87
            Mary Elizabeth Boshears and Samuel J. Jeffers            93
            Emily Arene Boshears and Joseph M. Silcox            100
            Naomi L. "Oma" Boshears and James Jeffers            126
            Isaac Boshears and Elizabeth Birchfield/ Martha Massey            170
            John Avery Boshears and Texas Ann Sexton/ Bessie Massey            249
            Ewell Smith Sylvester Boshears and Martha Jane "Patsy" Byrd/ "Sadie" Adkins            251
            Martha Jane "Patsy" Boshears and James Edward Byrd            270
            Lewis Franklin Wolford Boshears and Cynthia Emmeline Hatfield/ Sylvia Cross Hedger            281
6. Margaret Ann Boshears & Farrell H. Bratcher Byrd            296

7. William & Sarah Brashears            330
8. William Brashears Jr and Mary Elizabeth Clayton            340
           Meredith Brashears and Elizabeth Mcguire            347
           Tabitha Brashears and Elijah Pettit            359
           Soloman Brashears and Jemima Pettit            366
           Nancy Brashears and Solomon Clayton            393
           Isaiah Brashears and Rutha Pettit            398
           William Gowan "Billy" Brashear Jr and Rosannah Wood            402
           Ithra Brashears, Ii, and Elizabeth ?Whitehead            420
9. Ithra Brashear Sr and Hannah Elizabeth Middleton            423
            Middleton Brashear and Sarah Flippo            433
            Blanton Brashear and Jane Brimberry            439
            Basil Brashear and Nancy Middleton            447
            Elias Brashear, I and Violetta Fuller            453
            George Washington Brashear and Candace Pierson            498
            Nancy Brashear and Jacob Criss            500
            William Brashear and Avarilla Gaines/nancy Gaines/ Matilda Ivy            503
            Margaret Brashear and Jesse Myers            527
            Samuel Brashear and Elizabeth Mason            529
            Susannah Brashear and James Patton            530
            Harvey Brashear and Eliza Lamb            534
            John Brashear and Louisa Higgins            541
10. Jeremiah and Elizabeth Brashears            544
           Jeremiah W. Beshears Jr            547
11. Beshear(s) Families of Ky            551
            Isaac C. Beshears Sr            551
            Sciotha Beshear and Martilla Fox            555
            Elizabeth Beshear and Daniel Menser            564
            Larkin Beshear and Agnes Sims            566
            Thomas Beshear and Sally Killebrue            569
            Isaac C. Beshear, Jr, and Mildred Alexander            581
            Wilson Beshear and Susan Moore            587
            Henry Beshear and Dorcus Parker            588
            Benjamin Beshear and Julia Cook            588
            Vincent Beshear and Eliza Jane Capps            589
Index            591

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This volume picks up strands of the Brashear family that moved west of the Mississippi River. In the 1810s and 20s in Louisiana; the 1820s and 30s in MO; the 1830s and 40s in AR; the 1840s and 50s in TX, land in the west was opened for settlement, and Brashear families rushed to grab it. Among them:

                               Abbreviated Contents:
1. The First Six Generations of Brashear(s) in America                 1
2. Dr. Belt Brashear and Ann Cook                                                   10
3. Judge Thomas Brown Brashear and Maria Brashear Crow       48
4. John Warren Brashear and Mary Spencer                                  47
5. Jeremiah Brashear, Sr and Esther Belt/ Rachel Green                 56
6. Belt Brashear and Amelia A. Duvall                                  62
7. The Daughters of Belt Brashears and Amelia A. Duvall                 75
8. Charles Duvall Brashear and Eliza Caroline Pearce                  113
9. Dr. Walter Brashear and Margaret Barr                 126
10. Rev. Joseph Brashear and Elizabeth Noble                 134
11. Mortimer M. Brashears and Sarah "Sallie" Vaughn                 143
12. Walter William Brashear and Mary Rackley/ Nancy Brewer                 154
13. Lafayette W. Brashear and Mary Caroline Bowden                 167
14. John Wesley Brashear and Mary Ann Skelton                 174
15. Napoleon Bonaparte Brashear and Mary Jane Clouch                 181
16. Alonzo Munroe Brashear and Liza Burt/ Amanda Melvina Brown/ Malvina Masterson                 205
17. Waymack Brashear, I and Mrs. Mary Mullican,                 219
18. Judson M. Brashear, I, of Howard Co, Mo, and Elizabeth ____(?Carlton)                 224
19. Waymack Brashear, II and Margaret _____                 230
20. John Carlton Brashear, I and Matilda _____/ Phoebe Mcpherson                  284
21. Cyrus Brashear and Elvina Pence                 288
22. Nancy Brashear and Charles Canole                 289
23. George W. Brashear and Cassandra Williams                 290
24. Neriah Brashear and Mary Ann Elizabeth Stapleton                 298
25. Lilburn S. Brashear                                                   303
26. Eliza A. Brashear and Horace Kingsbury                 305
27. James Madison Brashear                                  308
28. Dennis Judson Brashear and Susan Monroe                 311
29. Jesse Brashear of Belmont Co, Oh and Anne Lambath                 314
30. Levi Brashear of Platte Co, Mo, and Frances Lambath/ Agatha Watts                 321
31. Lilburn Brashear, I and Mary Roberts, of Logan Co, Ky                 334
32. Lewis Brashear and Cordelia Rider                                   344
33. Barton Brashears and Jemima James                                  365
34. Three Sons & Two Grandsons of Isaac Brashear, the Patriarch                 380
35. Absalom Alfred Brashears and Ellender "Nellie" Ross                 382
36. George Ross Brashears, Sr, and Isabelle Parilee Mckenzie                 420
37. George Ross Brashers, Jr, and Cinda Rilla Nelson                 443
38. Jesse Brashears and Lucy Ellis Davis                                  465
39. Zadock and Martha Brashears                                                   492
40. Walter "Watt" Brashers, and Elizabeth Basham, of Lawrence Co, Mo                 514
41. Diocleshion C.W. Brashear and Sarah A. Buck                 525
42. Elizabeth Elendor Brashers and Galey Johnson                 536
43. Robert Washington Brashear, I, and Martha Caroline Brown                 545
44. Martha Ann Brashear and James M. Watson                 553
45. Jesse Rankin Brashers and Harriet Melissa Helm                 554
46. William Walter Brasher and Sarah I. Mcnatt/ Eunice Gray                  591
47. James Basham Brashear and Sarah Jane Blades                 597
48. Caroline Melissa Brashear and John Samuel Wheat                 599
49. Isaac Brashears and Mary Basham                                  602
50. Four Brashears Brothers of Brashears, Arkansas                  608
Index                                                                                                       653

Vol 9. Brashear: Additions, Corrections, Strays

Vol 9 is here. In time for Christmas. I've sent it to the printers, and it should be ready in a few days. It's 696 pages, 140 of them on James Brazier, of Cumberland Co, NC, thought to be a descendant of John Brasseur, of Nansemond Co, VA; 185 pages on Descendants of Philip Brashear, 1727-1797, and Ann Wilson, whose descendants lived in KY, IL, and MO, and who went generally by the surname Beshears; 60 pages on Brashear families west of the Mississippi; 138 pages on Miscellaneous additions and corrections; 70 pages on Non-Brashear families, including Pleasant Brashier, Zachariah Brazier, Edward Brasier, and others; and 78 pages of three-column Index. My computer said there were over 10,000 names in the index. A gift people can be proud of this Christmas.

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JAMES BRAZIER,
of Cumberland Co, NC

1. POSSIBLE ANCESTRY OF JAMES BRAZIER 19
John Brasseur, of Nansemond Co, VA 19
John Brazer Jr and Ann Grill 22
John Brasier III and Elizabeth Holt 25
John Brazier IV and Elizabeth Simmons 27

2. JAMES and SARAH BRAZIER of Cumberland Co, NC 29
James Brazier's Land Records 29
Estate Records and Family of James Brazier 31

3. WILLIAM BRAZIER, s/o James Brazier of Cumberland 36
Rev. Laban Brazier and Deborah Dial 39
Nancy Brazier and Reuben Lloyd 42
Elijah Brazier and Lydia Whitaker 47
John Brazier, of Clermont Co, OH 49

4. JAMES BRAZIER AND MARY "POLLY" SMITH, of Lincoln Co, TN 50
Land and Estate Records 50
Family of James Brazier and Polly Smith 51
Sally M. Brazier and Green Berry Kitchens 53
Nancy Ellen Brazier and William Barnet Kemp 56
Thomas Lafayette Kemp and Sarah Florence Lusk 59
Fanny Florence Kemp and Rufus Clay Richardson 60
Hattie Louisa Kemp and Curt Henry Noble 68
Sion S. Brazier and Mary L. Baker 70

5. WILLIAM JEAN "BILLY" BRAZIER and PERLINA HAZELWOOD 72
Thomas Newton "Newt" Brazier and Lucy C. Kelly 76
Robert Walter Brazier and Lizzie Marshall 84
Zachary Taylor Brazier and Martha Newman 86
John William Brazier and Alma Strain 86
Otho Benjamin C. Brazier and Cordia Anne Townsend 89
Suella Brazier and _____ Minor/ George W. Strain 90
Laura Oleva Brazier and George W. Strain 92
James Henry Taylor Brazier and Annis Humphrey 92
Frances Asberry Brazier and Alice Womack 94
Perlina Brazier and William Jacob Evans 97
Myrtle Joyce Evans and John Wesley Limbaugh 99
Robert Renegar Evans and Della Allen 103

6. REV. ELIJAH BRAZIER, of NC & TN 106
Family of Rev. Elijah Brazier 109
William "Wiley" J. Brazier and Elizabeth Dowthard 110:
Elijah Brazier Jr and Elizabeth McElroy 113
Family of James E. Brazier and Rachel Brandon 116

7. ELIJAH BRAZIER, s/o James Brazier of Cumberland 118
Family of Elijah Brazier and Sarah ____: 120
Sarah Anne Brazier and Charles Blalock: 121
Bathsheba Brazier and John Wesley McDougal 122
Rebecca Brazier and Richard Smith 124
Elijah Wesley Brazier and Anna Jordan 125
Elijah Wesley Brazier Jr and Amanda Bush 127

8. ELIJAH BRAZIER, Brother? of James Brazier, of Cumberland Co, NC 129
Elijah Brazier, b. 1726 130
Elijah Brazier, Jr, b. c1750 130
Elijah Brazier, III, b. 1776 130
Unaccounted for data: 131

9. ELIJAH BRAZIER Sr, of Jackson Co, AL 134
Background Records 134
Elijah Brazier Jr and Betsy Stephens 138
Elizabeth Brazier and Ezekial Faulkner 140
Sarah Brazier and James Colbert 141
Nancy Brazier and Solomon S. Stephens 141
Amanda Jane Brazier and Andrew Worthen 142
George Washington Brasher and Ida Loveless 144
Rebecca Brazier and Joseph Henry Fears 147
Louisa Brazier and Allen J. Messer 148
Elijah Brashear, III and Rebecca Cornelison 149
Lewis Weldon Brashear and Daisy Bell 152

10. HARRIS and WILLIAM BRAZIER, of Iredell Co, NC 156
Harris Brazier 156
William Brazier 157
STRAYS 158
Gideon Brazier/Bosher 158

Philip Brashear, 1727-1797,
and Ann Wilson

11. DESCENDANTS OF ABSALOM BRASHEAR and POLLY PHILLIPS 161
John Wesley Bolling Brashears 161
William Abner Beshears and Millie Jane Lamb 162
Thomas Wesley Beshears and Alice Mae Raines 163
Bitty Idamae Beshears and Benjamin Franklin Raines 165
Cleo Abner Beshears and Beulah Hazel Raines 166
Preston Pebble Beshears and His Six Wives 169
Luther Andrew Beshears and Nellie Edith Moore 171
Onie Nell Dell Beshears and Art J. Parker 173
Cyrus Edward Beshears, and Bessie Inez DeBusk 175
Ava Aldreen Beshears and Virgil Ray Haley 175
Beulah May Beshears and Glover Franklin Bradford 176

12. DESCENDANTS OF JESSE BRASHEARS and BETSY SHELL 177
VALDON A. BRASHEARS and JULIA ANN MURPHY 179
Mary Ann "Polly" Brashears and John J. Williams 180
James N. Williams and Elizabeth Butler 181
John Joseph Williams and Margaret Bodine 182
Pinkney David Williams and Margaret Angelina Bennett 183
Newton Charles Williams and Mary Jane Newman 184
Phillip Allen Williams and Sarah Frances Day 202
Enoch Williams and Sarah Catherine Cooperrider 214
John William Brashears and Mary Jane Daniel Blanks 216
John William "Willie" Brashears Jr and Lucy Blythe 218
Henry G. Brashears and Artis Bell Stewart 219
William James Leftwich Brashears and Sarah "Sally" Herrin 219
Nellie Brashear and Richard Taylor 220
Henry A. Brashear and Susie Ann Redmon 220
Sydney Brashears and John A. Taylor 221
Kansas (or Arkansas) Brashear and Isaac Perry/ T. J. Cagle 222

13. JAMES ANDERSON BESHEARS
and his sister, ELIZABETH C. (BESHEARS) MILLS 223
Elizabeth C. Beshears and Caswell Mills 226
James Anderson Beshears and Millie Francis Roberts 230

14. ROBERT BRASHEARS/BESHEARS
and ELIZABETH WHITTEN, OF PIKE CO, MO 235
Records in Henry Co, Va 235
Paulina Beshears and Joseph Keithley Sr 237
Elijah Beshears and Sarah Long 240
Nancy Beshears and Bryant Silvey 242
Robert T. Beshears and Mary Ann Allison 242
William Elze Beshears and Julia Delia Arendt 243
Dora Lee Beshears and Joe W. Epperson 245
Reuben Alfred Beshears and Zoleta Dailey 245
Nora Perditta Beshears and William Melvin Roberts 248
James W. Beshears and Melinda Wilson/ Clarinda Brown 250
Joel Marion Beshears and Elizabeth Givens Gray 252
Clyde Marion Beshears and Emily Klein 255
Judge William Bazwell Beshears and Zephalinda Llewellyn/ Margaret E. Rogers 259
James Robert Breshears and Anna Elizabeth Dunford 262
William H. Beshears and Mary Eliza Tredway 264
Basil Lorenzo Beshears and Katherine Clayton 266
Robert Anderson Beshears and Lucretia A. Unsell 268
Jackson "John" Beshears and Elizabeth Keithley 272
Lucinda Jane Beshears and Charles W. Howser 280

15. PARTHENA (BRASHEARS) REA 290
James Henry Rea and Nancy Eubanks 291
Adeline Elizabeth Rea and William Henry Mansker 294
Mansker Family Stories 301

16. MORE ON ABSALOM BRASHEAR AND NANCY _______ 312
Census data: 312
Anna Crosnon and Ira Brashear 313
Unaccounted for Data 315
Braden (Brandon) Brashears and Tabitha Asberry 316
William Cleveland Beshears and Minnie Hayslip: 318

17. BENJAMIN and JANE BRASHEARS OF GREENE CO, MO 321
Family of Benjamin Brashears and Jane __ 322
Jesse Brashears and Mary Wilkerson 323
Jemima Brashears and James Alfred Mitchem 325
Samuel Brashears and Sarah Pursley 325
John Brashears and Nannie Sanders 328
Martin Brashears and Louisa Austin 331
Charles G. Beshears and Effie J. Fowler 334
Lewis Brashears and Mary Ann Petty 336
Robert Lewis Brashears and Claudia Ann Pierson 341
Marina Brashear and Gabriel M. Freeman 341
Artina Brashears and Wesley Austin 342

18. JOHN WESLEY BRASHEARS DESCENDANTS 343

Brashear(s) Families
West of Mississippi

19. HARDIN CO, KY, FAMILIES 347
The Estate of Eliza C. Brashear 347
James Harrison Brashear and Laura Landis 349
Micajah Samuel Brashear and Alma Ellen Carman 349
John Richard "J.R." Brashear and GeorgeAnne Upton 351
And Another Hardin Co, KY Family 355
Descendant of Medora Brashear 356

20. MORE ON LEMUEL BRASHEAR and son, ASA D. BRASHEAR 358
Lemuel Brashear 358
Three Sons of Asa D. Brashear 359
Ellis M. Brashear and Mattie Hinton/ Amanda Moore 360
Meade E. Brashear and Mary Sue Eathridge 362
Alonzo D. Brashear and Martha Sprouse 370

21. SEABORN BRASHER and RACHEL WRIGHT/ LOUISIANA DAVIS 374
Family of Seaborn Brasher and Rachel Wright 374
Bert Valentine Brasher Sr and Mary Louise Frey 376

22. PHOEBE BRASHEARS and NATHANIEL MASON/ STEPHEN RICE 379
Partial Family 381
Jesse H. Mason and Mary "Polly" Ruth 381
Margaret Mason and George Hopkins Speer 382
Elizabeth Mason and John Speers, Jr 384
Phoebe Brashears and Stephen Rice 386

23. JAMES BASHAM BRASHEAR and SARAH JANE BLADES 388
Harvey Smith Brashear and Ora Florence Williams 390
Ella Louise Brashear and George William Logan 393
Bettie Brashear and Albert Rose 396
John William "Bill" Brashear and Effie Robertson/ Elsie Braden 402

Miscellaneous
Brashear(s) Families

24. Vol 1 MISCELLANEOUS 407
Three daughters of 407
THOMAS COOK BRASHEAR and ANN MARIA PITTS 407
Biddlecombe Family 414
Moseley Family 415
William Jones, 417
Joseph Brashear, b. 1722 418
Margery (Brashears) Jenkins 419
William Clayton Brashears, of Texas Navy 420
Benedict Brashear of Brooke Co, WV, 420
Hood/Brashear data 422
Washington Co, MD, Brashears 423
Van Brashear and Emily Gridley 425
Robert J. Brashear, of Philadelphia 426
Henry Cartwright Brashear 427

25. Vol 2 MISCELLANEOUS 429
More on Isaac Wright Brashear 429
Elizabeth Brashear and Michael Straisner 432
More on Neil S. Brown Boshears and Margaret Tidwell 433

26. Vol. 3 MISCELLANEOUS 435
Edward Hambleton 435
Roane Stray shows up 435
Roberts Families 437
Robert Terrel Brashear, of Greene Co, AR 446
Greene County, AR Cemetery List By Surname 450
Doulis W. "Woody" Brashers Sr 451
Error on Sarah Rhea Hankins Brashear 452
Additions: Boothe, Clayton, Everett 453
Hobert Brashear 453

27. Vol. 4 MISCELLANEOUS 454
Francis "Frank" Brashear,brother of Dr. John Alfred Brashear 454
Family of Joseph Brashear and Harriet Wolf 454
Otho R. Brashear and Elizabeth Davidson 455
Lafayette M. Brashears 458
Capt Samuel Ray Brashear 460
Jent/Combs Family Additions 463
Katie Lee Brashear 464
Everett R. Brashear 464
LaRue Co, KY, Brashears Families 465
Descendants of Ignatius Brashear Jr 468
Philip Boyer Brashear and Queen "Tiny" Adams 469
Lieutenant Absalom J. Brashears, of Hickman Co, KY 472

28. Vol 5 MISCELLANOUS 474
Enoch Brashear and Luclihoma Moore 474
Sarah White Brashears and George Jackson/ Ambrose Foster 478
Lindsay/Brashear Families: 481
Data from Oklahoma 483
Chickasaw Nation Groom & Bride List 1895-1907 484
Dawes Final Rolls 488

29. Vol 6 MISCELLANEOUS 492
John T. Brashear and Sarah J. Rose 492
Descendants of Berry Franklin Brashears 493
Giles Co, TN 496
Atsy Breshears and Joseph Arter 496
Madison Golman Breshears' last child 497
Orvillle and Frank Brashear 497
Corrections on Breshears, vol 6 498

30. Vol 7 MISCELLANEOUS 500
Samuel Brashear and Elizabeth Mason 500
Phoebe Brashear and Charles Westfall 502

31. Vol 8 MISCELLANEOUS 505
Samuel Marion Brashear 505
Fragments from various states: 506

32. BESHEARS FAMILIES OF WILKES COUNTY, NC 529
Family of Martha Brashears/Bishears 530
Catherine "Catie" Bishears 531
Aaron Beshears and Alia Owens 531
Clarissa Catherine Beshears and Henry Church 534
John Beshears and Selena Church 535
John Sherman Beshears and Lillie Beshears 537
Aaron Essley Beshears and Cynthia Younce 537
James Dickson Beshears and Florence Calloway 539
Winfield Scott Beshears and Selona Walsh 540
John Leonard Beshears and Bertha Anderson 541
Odell Beshears and Lenora Miller 542

Non-Brashear(s) Families

33. REV. PLEASANT BRASHIER 547
Pleasant Brashier and Rebecca Moore 549
Benjamin F. Brashier and Sarah Jane _______ / K.J. Caliway 551
John Washington Brashier and Antoinette S. Arrington 552
John Calhoun Brashier and Julia Eugenia Parker/ Martha Jane Evans Boyce/ Belle Hailes 554
Benjamin Thomas Brashier and Margaret Clara Rigby 557
Clifton Leonard Brashier and Ellen Lesley Lyons 558
Benjamin Franklin Brashier and Belinda Jane McDonald 560
Robert Harvey "Harry" Brashier and Estelle Smiley 562
William M. Brashier and Sarah Jane Touchstone 563
James T. Brashier and Nancy _____ 567
Christopher Dudley Brashier and Nancy Jane Sykes 569
Charles Dudley Brashier and Jennie Bell Baker 570
Nancy Alice Brashier and Benjamin Forest Holland 572
William Robert Brasher and Sallie Estelle Allen 573
Robert B. Brashier and Louise Isabell Welsen 576
Salem Cem, Quitman, Clarke Co, MS 576
Stray data: 579

34. ZACHARIAH BRAZIER/BRASHER 581
Francis Lebrasseur, of Charlestown, SC 582
Captain Zachariah Brazier's First Marriage 583
Captain Zachariah Brazier and Elizabeth Fowke 584
Chandler Fowke and Mary Tassaker 586
Elizabeth Fowke and Col. William Philips 588
Their Pre-nuptial Arrangements 588
Brazier Family of Kent Co, England 590

35. DR. WILLIAM BRASIER, of Edgefield, SC 591

36. DR. WILLIAM BRAZIER, Surgeon 593

37. BRAZIERS OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND 595
William, William, and James Mumford Brazier 595
Another William Brazier, d. c1754: 597
But we've still got William Brazier's aplenty: 598

38. EDWARD BRASIER, of Charlestown, Mass. 600
Thomas Brasier, s/o Edward Brasier 601
Thomas Brasier, Jr, and Hannah Webb 601
Thomas Brazier, III and Hannah Ivory 602
Edward Brasier 603
and Mary _____/ Esther Frothingham 603
Benjamin Brasier 604
Benjamin Brasier, Jr, and Alice Phillips 605
Thomas Brasier, IV, and Esther Howard 606
Unidentified Brasiers 606

39. GIDEON BRAZIER/BRASHIER 610
Gideon Brashier and Jerusha Thacker 610
Gideon Brazier/Bosher 611
Is this Gideon II? 611
A different Gideon Bosher: s/o John Bosher 611

INDEX 615

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300 YEARS OF THE BRASHER/ BRASHIER/

BRAZIER/ BRASIER FAMILY IN AMERICA

In 1708, William B. Brashier Sr, 34, died in Baltimore Co, MD and left four orphans, three of whom the court put in foster homes. The youngest son, Thomas Brazier (that's how HE spelled the surname) moved to Orange Co, NC about 1753, where he wrote his will in 1770. Thomas's sons, Thomas L., John, Aquilla, Samuel, and James Brasher moved to Greenville Co, SC after the Revolution. After 1800, John and Aquilla moved to Western KY; Samuel moved to GA, and his descendants to IL; James and some of his nephews moved to Shelby and Talladega Co, AL; Thomas L. Brasher remained in Greenville, where many of his descendants spell the surname Brashier. After that, Brasher-Brazier-Brasier-Brashier families are found in KY, MO, AR, AL, MS, TX, or wherever new land was opening up.
 

A BRAZIER/ BRASHER SAGA, 300 Years of the Brasher, Brazier, Brashier, Brasier Family in America, by Charles Brashear and Shirley Brasher McCoy. 532 pages, 8.5 x 11, soft-bound, ~50 photos, maps, scans of old documents, 36-page index; the book weighs about 4 pounds.

The book contains about 8,000 members of the family, their parents, children, etc, with whatever documents we could find concerning their wills, estate proceedings, the land where they lived, their census listings, the old letters they wrote, and (when we could find a descendant who knew anything) a sketch of their life.

(Originally priced at $40: Special Reduced Price: $25 + $3 p&p)
 

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FAMILY MEMBERS
WILL TREASURE
 

Related Families include:
Armstrong, Ashmore, Audas, Black, Clark, Cox, Falkner, Gardner, Hawkins, Hamby, Henderson, Hosea, Howard, Isbell, Kendrick, Langston, Mebane, Nelson, Parker, Pyle, Ray, Seaborne, Teague, Whitfield, and others.
 

CAUTION: This is NOT a book about descendants of Robert
and Benois Brasseur, Huguenot Immigrants to VA about 1635,
whose surname was anglicized as Brashear. Some of their des-
cendants, especially in TN, spell the name Brasher and Brashers.
 

"Why, it's as big as a Sears Roebuck Catalog!"
(Dorothy Kunnecke)
 

"I love the book and I am so glad that you and
Shirley did it." (Margaret P. Mason, July 21, 1998)
 

Here is an abbreviated contents of the book.

1. WILLIAM B. BRASHIER Sr of Baltimore/Harford Co, Maryland . . . . .1
2. JOHN, THOMAS, and WILLIAM BRAZIER of Orange Co, North Carolina . .15
3. THOMAS L. BRASHER And the Brasher Colony of Greenville Co, SC . . 32
4. HENRY C. BRASHER Sr and ELEANOR ASHMORE
.... of Greenville Co, SC, and Shelby Co, Alabama . . . . . . . . . 55
5. THREE BROTHERS MOVE TO TEXAS:
.... Sons of Henry C. Brasher and Eleanor Ashmore . . . . . . . . . 72
6. AQUILLA and HANNAH BRASHER
.... and their Descendants in Arkansas and Texas . . . . . . . . . . 88
7. SAMUEL BRASHIER and POLLY, Of Greenville Co, SC . . . . . . . . 113
8. JOHN P. BRASHIER, of Greenville Co, SC
.... and his Descendants in Georgia and Alabama . . . . . . . . . 118
9. AQUILLA BRASHER AND FRANKIE HENDERSON
.... and Brasher Families of Fayette Co, AL . . . . . . . . . . . 124
10. JOHN BRASHER SR, Of Christian County, Kentucky . . . . . . . . 148
11. JOHN BRASHER JR, Revolutionist
.... And His Descendants in Alabama and Mississippi . . . . . . . 154
12. SAMUEL BRASHIER, the Fifer
.... And His Descendants in Tennessee and Alabama . . . . . . . . . 165
13. THOMAS J. BRASHER and CATHERINE ARMSTRONG:
.... Brasher Families of Caldwell Co, KY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
14. MITCHELL AND HUDSON BRASHER and The Family in Missouri . . . . 198
15. ANDREW JACKSON BRASHER, of KY
.... and his Descendants in Utah and Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 211
16. THE YOUNGER SONS OF JOHN BRASHER SR:
.... Lawrence T., Elijah, & Aquilla Brasher . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
17. AQUILLA BRASHER Sr of Baker's Creek, SC, and Kentucky . . . . . 253
18. LAWRENCE BRASHER and ELIZABETH BLACK Of Christian County, KY . 258
19. THOMAS BRASHER and CATHERINE CROFT of Christian County, Ky . . .279
20. JANE (BRASHER) ARMSTRONG, Possible dau of Aquilla Brasher Sr. . 290
21. AQUILLA and LUCY BRASHER of Cedar County, MO . . . . . . . . . 294
22. RELATED FAMILIES -- PYLE, TEAGUE, COX, SEABORN . . . . . . . . 306
23. SAMUEL BRASHER and HANNAH COX
.... and Their Descendants in Georgia and Illinois . . . . . . . . 319
24. Rev. JAMES BRASHER Sr and CYTHIA COX & Their Family in Alabama. 330
25. THOMAS R. BRASHER and NANCY RAY / NANCY KENDRICK . . . . . . . .353
26. ISAAC AND SEABORN BRASHER of Shelby County, Alabama . . . . . .372
27. E.(?Elijah) BRASHER AND MALINDA of Shelby Co, Alabama . . . . .390
28. JOHN J. BRASHER AND ELIZABETH DOLLAR
.... of St. Clair and Shelby Co, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
29. M. ELIZABETH BRASHER And Her Sons:
.... Abner Perry, Jasper, and Thomas Brasher . . . . . . . . . . . .416
30. MOSES and RACHEL BRASHER of Shelby County, Alabama . . . . . . 444
31. FRAGMENTARY FAMILIES AND SHELBY STRAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
32. JOHN BRADSHER Jr OF CASWELL/ PERSON CO, NC . . . . . . . . . . 475
INDEX (36 four-column pages--over 10,000 entries) . . . . . . . . . 494
 

"It is a pleasure to see a well-researched fam-
ily history; all Brashers in SC and AL will want
a copy to treasure," Brent Holcomb, Editor,
South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
 

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