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Isaac Broyles (1779 - 1842)

Isaac Broyles
Born in Randolph County, North Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1802 in Tennesseemap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 62 in Lincoln County, Tennesseemap
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Biography

Isaac was a pioneer of Lincoln County, Tennessee, where it appears he lived most of his life. He settled at Mulberry, Tennessee, and is buried there in Broyles Cemetery with his wife Mary Ann.[1]

His son Ira's biographical sketch describes his father Isaac as a farmer and "volunteer soldier (who) fought with General Jackson in the Seminole war." His mother is given as "Mary (Whittenberg)". The sketch also includes the following -

"While his father and mother were residents of Tennessee, living a pioneer life in a little old log cabin, one day a huge rattlesnake came into the house, drove his mother out and held possession until killed by a large dog, ever afterward a great favorite with the family."[2]

There is no record of Isaac's marriage to Mary Ann Whittenberg, though it is likely that it took place in Greene Co., Tenn., around the year 1801 or 1802. There were many Whittenberg marriages in that county. It may have also taken place in Blount Co., Tenn., where his father seems to have moved the family c. 1800.

Isaac and his brother Jacob were twins. It's interesting that they lived in different locations, yet died within three months of each other at the age of 62.

The record on Isaac is quite clear as far as the Lincoln County records are concerned. The uncertainty involves his placement in the family. His tombstone gives his birth date as July 25, 1779, which is very close to the Jun 24, 1779 date given by Keith.[3] However, Keith's account refers to Isaac, son of Adam, as marrying Kisgar Blackmore?, and having children Nicholas, Alexander, and Phebe. Indeed, widow Keziah Broyles, 55, and children are found in Cherokee County, Alabama, in the federal census of 1850 and 1860. Keith was apparently not aware of the Isaac Broyles in Lincoln County.

There are two main possibilities, both of which imply that there were two Isaacs:

1. Isaac of Lincoln County is indeed the son of Adam
The evidence in support of this is the closeness of the birth date, the fact that he died at the same age as his twin brother, that his first child was named for his twin brother, that there are no other known Isaacs of his age.
Also, Keziah was 16 years his junior; he would have been in his fifties when having children. This suggests that Keziah Broyles of Alabama married someone else, possibly an unknown Isaac, and probably of the fifth generation. The names of her children suggest a connection to the line of Nicholas Broyles.
2. Isaac of Lincoln County is the son of someone else, possibly Jacob.
The evidence in support of this is the account in Keith which is based on tradition, Keziah being found in Alabama near his brothers, his appearance in Lincoln Co. with (brother?) Jeremiah, that his first child was named for his father(?).
However, if his father was Jacob, then his father didn't mention him in his will.

In this profile we are assuming that the Isaac Broyles of Lincoln County, Tenn., is identical with the Isaac Broyles, son of Adam. See the other Isaac Broyles for further discussion.

Isaac's children are given in deeds detailing the division of his estate.


c. 1788 - He would have been just a lad when his father moved the family from Randolph Co., N.C, to Washington Co., N.C. (now Tennessee).

c. 1800 - His father and siblings move to Blount Co., Tenn.

1806 - He is in Blount Co., Tenn.[3]

- Isaac moves to Lincoln Co., Tenn. Note that his twin brother Jacob went to Madison County, Alabama, around the year 1806.

Jun 1810 - Isaac Briles is named to a road committee in Lincoln County. The committee is to deal with a road "from the widow Thompson's to Fayetteville."

10 Aug 1810 - Isaac Broiles buys, for $200, 170 acres of land on the West Fork of Mulberry Creek of the Elk River, from Oliver Williams.[4]

28 Aug 1811 - Isaac Briles is named to a road committee in Lincoln County [5]

1814...1816 - Isaac Briles is a juror.[6]

1820 - Federal census of Lincoln County.[7]

1830 - Federal census of Lincoln County.[8]

1836 - Lincoln County is divided into districts. District #7's boundaries are as follows: "Beginning at where the Fayetteville road crosses west Mulberry Creek at Isaac Broiles's the same being the south east corner of No. 6 running southwardly with the west boundary of No. 5 to the mouth of Mulberry creek..." [9]

9 Jun 1838 - Isaac Broils is present at the quarterly meeting of the Ball Fork Baptist Church at Mulberry.[10]

1 Sep 1838 - Isaac Broyles pased (sic) his examination at the Church's quarterly meeting.[11]

1840 - Federal census of Lincoln County.[12]

14 Mar 1845 - Jacob Broyles, Mary Ann Broyles, Charles Barker and wife Mary A. of Lawrence Co., Ala., Booker Shepard and wife Sarah of Giles Co., Tenn., Elijah Harmon and wife Malinda P. of Bedford County, Tenn., sell their rights to the property of Isaac and Mary Broyles to Henry Broyles, Joseph Broyles, and Ira G. Broyles. Isaac had over 500 acres in five tracts, plus slaves and personal property.[13]

7 May 1849 - The final settlement of Isaac's estate takes place. It is very complicated. The estate includes seven slaves, 246 acres of land, notes, and so on.[14]

Sources

  1. FindAGrave Memorial #194216699
  2. Biographical sketch of Ira G. Broyles, in Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, p447, Goodspeed Publ. Co.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, The Broyles Family, c. 1940, typescript, Isaac Broyles, id#129
  4. Lincoln Co., Tenn., deed books, copied at Fayetteville, Tenn., A-1:113
  5. WPA, Lincoln Co., Tenn., County Court Minutes, 1811-12, 1814-17, p114
  6. WPA, Lincoln Co., Tenn., County Court Minutes, 1811-12,1814-17
  7. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-CYJ : accessed 11 March 2021), Isaac Broiles, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 275, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 123; FHL microfilm 193,685.
  8. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG2-NJT : 20 February 2021), Isaac Broyles, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing 226, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 177; FHL microfilm 24,535.
  9. Waller, Lincoln Co., Tenn., 1840 census, p110
  10. Waller, Lincoln Co., Tenn., Pioneers, p6
  11. Waller, Pioneers, ibid.
  12. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRY-VTX : 2 March 2021), Isaac Broyles, Lincoln, Clay, South Dakota, United States; citing p. 22, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  13. Deed Books, O-1:626
  14. Deed Books, R-1:319




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