Thomas Broyles (1784 - aft. 1860)

Born 1784 in Culpeper County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Polly (Taylor) Broyles — married 29 Dec 1808 in Madison County, Virginia

Husband of Lucy Broyles — married 18 Mar 1812 in Mercer County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died after 1860 after age 76 in Pike Co., Indiana [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Broyles was the son of Zacharias Broyles and Delilah Clore. He made the move from Madison County, Virginia, to Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1811 or so.

Keith^[1] seems unaware of the name of his first wife, Polly Taylor. His second wife, first cousin Lucy Broyles, was the daughter of John Broyles, a man who was murdered in Culpeper County, Virginia, when she was just a tot.

Thomas lived most of his life in Mercer (now Boyle) County, on Doctor's Fork of Chaplin River. Late in life he moved to Pike County, Indiana.

U.S. Census

26 May 1802 - His father writes his will and names one son, Thomas. He gives him "a good horse saddle and braydles a cow and calf, a sow and pigs. Recorded 27 Jan 1803. Madison County, Virginia, Will Book 1, p378.

29 Dec 1808 - Thomas Broyles marries Polly Taylor. Madison County, Virginia.^[7]

1809 & 1810 - Thomas is taxed for personal property in Madison Co., Virginia.^[8]

1810 - Thomas is listed as head of household in the census of Madison Co., Virginia. He and his wife have a young daughter and one slave.

c. 1811 - They move to Mercer County, Kentucky.

18 Mar 1812 - Thomas Broils and Michael Broils sign a £50 bond for Thomas's marriage to Lucy Broiles in Mercer County.^[9] Michael is Lucy's older brother and seems to be acting as her guardian.

1820 - He is listed in the census of Mercer County.

1813...1838 - He appears on the tax lists of Mercer County.^[1]

1830 - He is not to be found in the Mercer County census.

1837 - Thomas buys land in Mercer Co., Ky. from the heirs of James Thompson.^[1]

1840 - He is again found in the census of Mercer County.

1842 - Boyle County is created from Mercer County.

1850 - Lucy and Thomas are living in Boyle County.

1860 - Thomas, 73, is living with his daughter (Hester) Ann Dearing and family in Marion Twp., Pike County, Indiana.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, The Broyles Family, c. 1940, typescript, Thomas Broyles, id#93
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-B5M : accessed 28 August 2019), Thomas Broyles, Madison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 376, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-7L6 : accessed 28 August 2019), Thomas Briels, Mercer, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 86, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 186,186.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYP-1RG : 15 August 2017), Thos Bryles, Mercer, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 130, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 119; FHL microfilm 7,830.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Y-Q7J : 12 April 2016), Thomas Broyles, Boyle county, part of, Boyle, Kentucky, United States; citing family 63, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NJ-MSR : 13 December 2017), Thomas Briles in entry for Richard Dearing, 1860.
7. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRD9-1L3 : 11 February 2018), Thos Broyles and Polly Taylor, 29 Dec 1808; citing Madison, Virginia, reference p258; FHL microfilm 32,595.
8. ↑ Holtzclaw, Benjamin, Madison Co. Personals, in Broyles, John K., Sr., The Broyles Family Ties, in 10 volumes, self-published, 1969-1981, vol. 2:16
9. ↑ Broyles, John K., Sr., The Broyles Family Ties, in 10 volumes, self-published, 1969-1981, vol. 5:77