Richard J Braswell (1759 - 1842)

Born 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima White — married 15 May 1780 in Anson County, North Carolinamap

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1842 at about age 83 in Saline Township, Saline, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Richard Braswell (LAST NAME IS BRAZIL) born 1759 and died about 5 Nov 1842 in Saline Township, Saline, Arkansas, United States is the son of Richard Braswell c.1739-1799 and his wife Obedience.^[1]

He married Jemima WHITE, Anson Co., North Carolina, on 15 May 1780.^[2][3][4]

Richard Brazil

his bible

And his name wrote above

and agee sett below is 69

Richard Brazil was borne

in the yeare of our Lord 1759

Richard Brazil and

his wife Jemima was married

the 15th day of May

in the yeare of our Lord 1780^[5]

Children

1. Obedience Braswell 1780–
2. Margaret Braswell 1788–
3. Richard Brazil Jr 1790-1861
4. William Braswell 1792–
5. Robert Braswell 1796–
6. Elizabeth Braswell 1797–1873
7. Valentine E. Braswell 1801–1860
8. Moses Brazil 1803-1872
9. Jemima Braswell 1808–

Richard Braswell's birth year is a general estimate, based on the birth year of his son in 1790. His birth place is based on where his father lived in 1740, when he was original settlers of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, in an area that was at the time close to Orange County.

"By 1740, four years later, the greatest increase of immigrants reached Edgecombe. Marmaduke Norfleet, William Kinchen, Sam Sessums, Edward Jones, Joseph Howe, Richard Braswell, Elias Fort, William Watson, Josiah Jones, George Suggs, Robert Hines, Andrew Irwin, and Richard Sessums, men who afterward achieved great honor by defending the political and civic rights of their county, came into the precinct, bought and also received by grant much land. During the meeting of the Assembly for this year over fifty thousand acres of land were distributed among the settlers." ^[6]

His father's location in Edgecombe County was near enough to Orange County that he was listed in the 1755 Orange County census. No doubt borders were somewhat mobile in those early days of settlement of the area.

1755 Orange County Census ^[7]

Name: Richard Braswell

State: NC

County: Orange County

Township: No Township Listed

Year: 1755

Database: NC Early Census Index

Tax Roll 1785, Wilkes, North Carolina

Richard Brassell 100 acres 1 poll (abt. 1732/9 - abt. 1799)

Voluntine Brassell 0 acres 1 poll (11 FEB 1765, NC-27 NOV 1848, JoDavies, Ill.

Richard Brassell (Jr.) 50 acres 1 poll (1759 - 1842)^[8]

1790 United States Federal Census ^[9]

Name: Richard Braswell

Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Greenville, South Carolina

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3

Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1

Free White Persons - Females: 3

Number of Household Members: 7

Research Notes

There are multiple generations of Richard Braswell / Brazil individuals, and sometimes that information can be confusing. This Richard Braswell and his son, known as Richard Brazil, were either 1 and 2 or 3 and 4, depending on what information you are looking at. Clearly he wasn't the first of the Richard Braswells, but some documents refer to him as Richard Braswell Sr., with the implication that Richard Brazil was a Jr. It has been well documented that Richard Brazil Jr. left South Carolina and headed to Arkansas where he purchased land and raised his family. Some documents suggest that both men went to Arkansas.

In the Bureau of Land Management Records ^[10]

There is only one Richard Braswell who purchased land in Arkansas. This land was in Nevada County, Saline, and was purchased after his death. The date of the transaction is in bold text below.

• BRASWELL, RICHARD W 12/1/1857 8858 AR 5th PM 014S - 021W NE¼ 35 Nevada

There are no other Braswells in the BLM records who purchased land in Arkansas.

There are, however, multiple Richard Brazil purchases, but these appear to be references to his son as they were purchased in the mid 1800s, most after the elder Richard Braswell was deceased in either 1839 or 1842, depending on which record is correct. ^[11] The Richard Brazil purchases are listed below, with the dates of the transactions in bold text.

• BRAZIL, RICHARD, patentee, 8/2/1838 3003 AR 5th PM 001N - 016W NW¼NE¼ 6 Saline
• BRAZIL, RICHARD and BRAZIL, ROBERT, patentees. 10/11/1839 1368 AR 5th PM 001N - 016W NW¼ 27 Saline
• BRAZIL, RICHARD 6/1/1859 8201 AR 5th PM 003N - 016W E½SE¼ 22 Pulaski

003N - 016W SW¼SE¼ 22 Pulaski

003N - 016W NW¼SW¼ 21 Pulaski

• BRAZIL, RICHARD 6/1/1859 8253 AR 5th PM 003N - 016W NW¼SE¼ 21 Pulaski

003N - 016W NE¼SW¼ 21 Pulaski

• CRAWLEY, WILLIAM G, patentee, and BRAZIL, RICHARD, warantee, 7/25/1882 44147 AR 5th PM 010S - 002W S½SE¼ 23 Desha
• DAWSON, LAWRENCE E, patentee, and BRAZIL, RICHARD, warantee, 6/15/1857 56914 AR 5th PM 015S - 018W E½SE¼ 10 Ouachita
• PENNINGTON, WILLIAM Q, patentee, BRAZIL, RICHARD, warantee, 6/16/1856 1541 AR 5th PM 010S - 003W S½SW¼ 20 Desha
• RECTOR, WHARTON, patentee, and BRAZIL, RICHARD, patentee, 10/11/1839 1369 AR 5th PM 006S - 007W E½NW¼ 13 Jefferson
• SMITH, HENRY B, patentee, and BRAZIL, RICHARD, warantee 7/2/1860 13001 AR 5th PM 014S - 016W W½NW¼ 18 Ouachita

Definitive evidence that the elder Richard Braswell of this record moved to Arkansas has not yet been found. It may be that he never left North Carolina or South Carolina. The following Richard Braswells are not a match with the one of this profile.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #28536699

Different wife's name, son with same name born 10 years earlier than Richard Brazil

• Find A Grave: Memorial #46344867

The son of the Richard Braswell above, different birth date, died in North Carolina when the son of the Richard Braswell of this profile died in Arkansas

There are no other Find A Grave listings that are possible matches.

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.it/books?id=ZJ9R4rDLEVkC&pg=PA52&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 62
2. ↑ https://books.google.it/books?id=ZJ9R4rDLEVkC&pg=PA52&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 62
3. ↑ Research of Carey Braswell on Braswell Genealogy
4. ↑ Richard Brazil's Bible
5. ↑ https://books.google.it/books?id=ZJ9R4rDLEVkC&pg=PA62&dq=editions:ISBN1450293743&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q=editions%3AISBN1450293743&f=false page vii
6. ↑ Turner, Joseph Kelly and John Luther Bridgers, The History of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., published 1920, page 25.
7. ↑ Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Richard Braswell, Orange County, North Carolina. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. See: https://ancstry.me/2omJJvo.
8. ↑ William Lenoir Family Papers at the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill, N.C., as copied by Mike Barr
9. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census, Richard Braswell, Year: 1790; Census Place: Greenville, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 101; Image: 77; Family History Library Film: 0568151. Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. See: https://ancstry.me/31FzQ9C.
10. ↑ U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, land patent search, see: http://bit.ly/2WdP8Bn.
11. ↑ U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, land patent search, see: http://bit.ly/32KG7SU.

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