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Rachel Griffith (Creel) Bragg (1841 - 1923)

Rachel Griffith Bragg formerly Creel aka Hitt
Born in Rappahannock, Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 19 Apr 1867 in Rappahannock, Virginiamap
Wife of — married 23 Dec 1915 in Rappahannock, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 81 in Rappahannock, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Rachel Griffith Creel, daughter of David Hamilton Creel Adelia Delila Hitt, was born April 5, 1841 in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She married Thomas Joseph Bragg on April 19, 1867 in Rappahannock County, Virginia[1]. After Thomas died, Rachel married Albert Hilary Hitt on December 23, 1915 in Rappahannock County, Virginia[2]. Rachel died January 5, 1923 in Rappahannock County, Virginia[3] and was buried in the Bragg Family Cemetery, Amissville, Rappahannock, Virginia[4]

Thomas Joseph and Rachel Griffith (Creel) Bragg had the following children:

  1. Sarah Ellen Bragg
  2. Anna Delila Bragg
  3. Martha Jane Bragg
  4. Rachel Thomas Bragg
  5. Baby Girl Bragg
  6. David Thomas Bragg
  7. John William Bragg
  8. Lillie Belle Bragg
  9. Charles Wesley Bragg, Sr

Military Pension

Rachel's application for her husband's pension shows the name and dates used. The application was for service in the South's 49th Infantry. The 49th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia.

Census

1850 Federal Census Rappahannock County, Virginia[5]

1860 Federal Census Rappahannock County, Virginia[6]

1870 Federal Census Jackson Magisterial District, Rappahannock, Virginia[7]

1880 Federal Census ED 132, Sheet 358A, Jackson District, Rappahannock, Virginia[8]

1900 Federal Census ED 51, Sheet 6B, Jackson District, Rappahannock, Virginia[9]

1910 Federal Census ED 61, Sheet 5A, Jackson District, Rappahannock, Virginia[10]

1920 Federal Census ED 77, Sheet 8B, Jackson Magisterial District, Rappahannock, Virginia[11]

Sources

  1. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X518-MTK : 29 January 2020), Rachel Griffith Creel in entry for Thomas Joseph Bragg, 1867.
  2. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X51D-34J : 29 January 2020), Rachel Griffith Bragg in entry for Albert Hilary Hitt, 1915.
  3. "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR7-GNB7 : 16 August 2019), Rachel Griffeth Bragg, 05 Jan 1923; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Rappahannock, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
  4. Find A Grave: Memorial #182927190 Rachel Griffith Creel Bragg Hitt
  5. "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DL-XMT : Tue Jul 18 02:02:09 UTC 2023), Entry for David Creel and Adelia Creel, 1850.
  6. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MHMS-L68 : Mon Jul 17 23:35:02 UTC 2023), Entry for David Criel and Delia Criel, 1860.
  7. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGW-QVM : 29 May 2021), Rachel Bragg in entry for Thomas J Bragg, 1870.
  8. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCR9-1L2 : 15 January 2022), Racheal Bragg in household of Thomas J. Bragg, Jackson District, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  9. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNZ-7H2 : 10 March 2022), Rachel G Bragg in entry for Thomas Bragg, 1900.
  10. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPLX-5WN : accessed 18 July 2023), Racheal G Bragg in household of Thos J Bragg, Jackson, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 61, sheet 5A, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1643; FHL microfilm 1,375,656.
  11. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJJX-JXS : 4 February 2021), Ratchel Brugg in entry for John W Brugg, 1920.




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