The following information has been collected regarding the James Bracewell line. I am currently researching this line and looking for others who are interested in or may descend from this line. I have collected a large amount of records for this line thanks to other researchers who have helped me along the way.
The following information is very documented and can be considered mostly reliable. All documentation on this line will be added to the new document archive when it opens to the public. (still in beta testing at this time)
I am going to start at James and work back in time.
James Bracewell was born June 5, 1794 in Allens Fort, GA. Allens Fort was an fort to protect against Indian attacks. He died 12-12-1875 four miles south of Stone Mountain at his sons house. He married Elizabeth Butler on 5-10-1820 in Morgan Co, GA. Elisabeth was born in 1802 and died after Aug. 1862.
James Father was Richard Bracewell III. Richard III was born abt. 1766 and died in 1816 of consumption. He married his first wife Charity Scarborough 1793/4. Charity died in 1804. Richard & Charity had four sons: Richard, Wiley, James, and Willison. His second wife, Winnifred Carlisle (also known as Carlile) had two sons. Kindred Bracewell and Allen Bracewell.
Richard Bracewell II was born in North Carolina. He married his first wife who is unknown and had a son named Robert Bracewell. This Robert served all through the Rev. War. He made a power horn and cut his initials into it. It was still in the family in 1879. Richard and second wife Agnes Proctor were married in 1764/5. They were said to have a large family although only three children are confirmed at this time. Sampson, Richard III, and Elizabeth who may have been the first female born to this Bracewell family in America. Now that statement can be perceived many different ways. Are they considering America as post Rev. War, or as the new land. Richard II has been confused with Richard & Penelope Braswell in the past. Evidence shows that Richard Bracewell II is a separate person who also served in the Rev. War May 21, 1776-Dec. 1776 in the first South Carolina Regiment (I have original documents). Richard II moved soon after the war to Brier Creek, GA in Burke Co., He latter moved to Washington Co. were all of his children but three died. Richard II can be found in the 1805 GA land lottery.
Richard Bracewell I is said to have eight children, all sons. No additional information has been confirmed for this Richard.
The father of Richard is unknown. He is said to have settled on the Tar River near Tarborough. He immigrated from Ireland in the early 18th century. He is said to have two sons Richard Bracewell and Robert Bracewell. This information was obtained from the "Weakly Gwinnett Herald" October 8, 1879 (I have original document).
Interesting Notes:
The reference to migrating from Ireland has been of interest in my family for over 25 years. The popular Irish port is only a few hundred miles from London and it was common for ships to travel from London to Ireland and then across the ocean. The true meaning of this statement will not be known until the actual passenger list is found.
For those of you who are adding up the generations this does not go back to Rev. Robert. There is one generation missing. This opens up the possibility that Rev. Robert was indeed a Braswell surname and that Robert Bracewell migrated later in time. These two would have been close in age and easy to confuse because of the surname spelling variations of the time. (This is only one of thousands of possibilities, and why I encourage people to look at the surname on original documents)
The surnames in this line are irrefutably Bracewell. Every document that I found all say Bracewell. I have only used original document for this line. That is why so many holes appear here.
Those who know the Rev. Robert time line will see some similarity in the this unknown immigrant. It make you think at least.
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