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Cyrus Winslow Brevard (1792 - 1866)

Lt. Cyrus Winslow Brevard
Born in Iredell, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 22 Jan 1827 (to 1840) in Sumner, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Husband of — married about 1846 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at age 73 in Fulton, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Lt. Cyrus Brevard served in the West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen in the War of 1812
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Biography

Cyrus was born on 11 October 1792 in Iredell County, North Carolina. He was the son of John Brevard and Hannah Thompson.[1]

He served in the War of 1812. He was a private in Hall's 1st Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers[2] and Bradley's 1st Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry[3] and a lieutenant in Williamson's 2nd Regiment, West Tennessee Mounted Gunmen.[4]

He married Polyxena Mills on 22 January 1827 in Sumner County, Tennessee.[5] They lived in Smith County, Tennessee.[6]

He married Mary Ann Wright in 1846.[7]

From his Will,[8] he names his children as Archey (A. E.), Sally, Clina (Clarissa?), John, Nancy, and Minerva.

By 1850, he had moved to Fulton County, Kentucky.[9]

He died on 1 October 1866[10] in Fulton County, Kentucky and was buried in Mount Zion Church Cemetery.[11]

Sources

  1. ↑ Find A Grave, Cyrus W. Brevard
  2. ↑ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [1]
  3. ↑ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [2]
  4. ↑ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [3]
  5. ↑ Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-CR3G : 15 October 2017), Cyrus W Brevard and Pollyanna Mills, 22 Jan 1827; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 467,485.
  6. ↑ United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-2BJ : 10 September 2017), Cyrus W Brevard, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing 44, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 181; FHL microfilm 24,539.
  7. ↑ Find A Grave, Cyrus W. Brevard
  8. ↑ Wills, 1845-1923, of Fulton County [Kentucky]; Author: Kentucky. County Court (Fulton County); Probate Place: Fulton, Kentucky (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/73312:9066?tid=&pid=&queryId=748431a77d3ff844b2804138fa794915&_phsrc=zAI1212&_phstart=successSource)
  9. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-MWX : 12 April 2016), Cyrus N Brevard, Fulton county, part of, Fulton, Kentucky, United States; citing family 411, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  10. ↑ Find A Grave, Cyrus W. Brevard. Gravestone photograph.
  11. ↑ Find A Grave, Cyrus W. Brevard
  • United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-2BJ : 10 September 2017), Cyrus W Brevard, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing 44, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 181; FHL microfilm 24,539.
  • United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M653-MWX : 12 April 2016), Cyrus N Brevard, Fulton county, part of, Fulton, Kentucky, United States; citing family 411, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB3-JDT : 14 December 2017), Cyrus W Brevard, 1860.
  • Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-CR3G : 15 October 2017), Cyrus W Brevard and Pollyanna Mills, 22 Jan 1827; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 467,485.
  • Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [4]
  • Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [5]
  • Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Fold3. [6]
  • Find A Grave, Cyrus W. Brevard
  • Vital Information from FamilySearch.org




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