Samuel Thomas Broyles (1767 - 1845)

Born 1767 in Culpeper County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe Broyles — married 1787 in Washington County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1845 at about age 78 in Cocke County, Tennessee

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Biography

Samuel is the son of Cyrus Broyles and Mary Wilhoit. He is usually found in the records as Samuel but occasionally we see him as Samuel Thomas. He was involved in a great number of deeds in Washington County, Tennessee, as buyer, seller, and witness. Sometime around 1820 he moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, where he lived out his life.

Born

June 6, 1767 in Culpeper County, Virginia^[1]

Died

October 5, 1845 in Cocke County, Tennessee^[2]

Keith^[3] believes that Samuel's wife Phebe was his first cousin, the daughter of Nicholas Broyles. Tradition indicates there were 15 children; only 8 are known with good confidence, and we note the two boys named Nicholas and Cyrus. Keith cites a letter of 1873 in which Adam Alexander Broyles speaks of his uncle Samuel, saying he had a daughter who married Isaac Vaught and moved to Alabama. Other daughters of Samuel are said to have married men named Mock/Mauk, Benson, Dal Harper, Robert McGhee.

Note: most of the deed transactions below are found in Keith but under his discussion of Cyrus Broyles, Nicholas Broyles, and other parties in the transactions.

c. 1782 - Samuel was a teenager when his father moved the family from Culpeper Co., Va., to western North Carolina. They settled on Little Limestone Creek in Washington Co., N.C., (now Tennessee).

6 Aug 1790 - Samuel Broyles witnesses sale of 110 acres from Cyrus Broils to Daniel Broyles.

6 Aug 1790 - Samuel Broyls buys 240 acres on the west side of Little Limestone from father Syrus. wit: Abraham Broyls, Solomon Yeager, Daniel Broyle. The land was below Syrus Broil's land, corner to Daniel Broils.

15 Feb 1791 - Samuel witnesses sale of land on the Little Limestone to Solomon Yeager and Elizabeth (Broyles).

1793 - Samuel Broils is listed as a Corporal in Capt. James Scott's Company of the Washington County Militia for the period August 31 to December 3.^[4]

19 Sep 1797 - Samuel Broyls witnesses sale of 1/2 acres from Cyrus to Rosanna Broyls, widow of Reuben.

1797 - Samuel Broyles sells 95 acres on the west bank of the Little Limestone to Adam Broyles Jr. (his brother).

19 Feb 1800 - Adam Broyle of Washington Co. sells 94 acres to Samuel Broyls. Evidently this is the 1797 land.

23 Apr 1800 - Samuel Broyles witnesses sale of Adonijah Morgan to Adam Broyles (his brother) in Greene Co., Tenn.

5 Aug 1806 - Samuel Broyle witnesses sale of a negro girl from Nicholas to Abraham Broyles.

15 Sep 1806 - Samuel Broyle buys a negro girl named Mary from John Stout (husband of Mary Broyles) which he had just bought from Cyrus, to be delivered on the death of Syres Broyles.

15 Sep 1806 - Samuel Broyle witnesses sale of a negro girl from Nicholas to Solomon Yeager.

8 Aug 1809 - Solomon Yeager sells to Samuel T. Broyles, 175 acres. wit: Joseph Brown, Tobias Broyles.

3 Jul 1810 - Samuel T. Broyles sells land on the west bank of the Little Limestone, near Cyrus Broyle, to Thomas Telford.^[3]

14 Apr 1812 - Samuel Broyle sells to John Stout 240 acres west of Little Limestone, near Cyrus, and joining Daniel. wit: Tobias Broyles.

3 May 1813 - Samuel Thomas Broyles sells 20 acres on Big Limestone to Daniel Yeager.^[3]

1814...1817 - Samuel is on the Washington Co., Tenn. tax rolls. He is listed as one white poll, no land.

10 Apr 1816 - Samuel is named executor of brother Adam's will, but failed to qualify. Greene Co., Tenn.

- He moves to Cocke Co., Tenn.

26 Jun 1824 - Samuel Broyles enters 75 acres on Cosby's Creek, Cocke Co., Tenn. Granted 23 Dec 1824.^[3]

19 May 1829 - Samuel Broyles sues Adam Broyles and wife (Rosannah), Daniel Broyles, William Rush and wife, children of Polly Stout, dec'd, John Lemons and wife (Rachel), Joseph Willet and wife, Tobias Broyles, and William Broyles (administrator of Adam Broyles, dec'd.) He sued in Greene Co. in regard to the settlement of his father Cyrus's estate.^[5]

2 Aug 1830 - He enters 200 acres. Granted 21 Sep 1830.^[3]

16 May 1832 - The Greene Co. Court finds in favor of Samuel. Cyrus Broyles had divided his land among his children (15 Sep 1806), except Rachel and Rosannah whose husbands received cash. All children received an amount equal to $333.03. Samuel's complaint regarded a slave worth $300 given to Adam Broyles (Rosanna's husband) by Cyrus in 1818. This had not been taken into account in the estate settlement.^[6]

24 Feb 1833 - He enters 200 acres. Granted 11 Jul 1833.^[3]

U.S. Census

Sources

1. ↑ Source needed
2. ↑ Source needed
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, The Broyles Family, c. 1940, typescript, Samuel Broyles, id#50
4. ↑ Murtie June Clark, American Militia in the Frontier Wars, 1790-1796, p118
5. ↑ Burgner, Goldene Fillers, Chancery Court Minutes, Greene Co., Tenn. 1825-1831, Southern Historical Press, 1987, p35
6. ↑ Burgner, p50
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-ZYR : 20 February 2021), Samuel Broiles, Cocke, Tennessee, United States; citing 263, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYF-JZ2?cc=1786457&wc=31SV-HZF%3A1588669927%2C1588671182%2C1588665902 : 24 August 2015), Tennessee > Cocke > Not Stated > image 4 of 73; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

The Germanna Record, No. 13 - The Blankenbaker, Weaver, and Wilhoit Families, The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Publishers, 2006

Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey

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