George G. Bruce (abt. 1713 - abt. 1797)

Born about 1713 in Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Quinn) Bruce — married 1738 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia,

Descendants

Died about 1797 at about age 84 in Bland, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

George BRUCE was born ca 1715 in Orange Co., VA and died ca 1803 in Montgomery Co., VA. He was married ca 1738 in Orange, VA Elizabeth QUINN who was born 1719 in Culpepper, VA and died 1793 in Culpepper, VA..^[1]

Born

Date: 1713

Place: Augusta County, Virginia, USA.

Marriage

Name: Elizabeth Quinn

Date: 1738^[2]

Death

Year: 1797

Place: Bland County, Virginia, USA.^[3]

Probate

Name: George Bruce

Date: 17 Apr 1788

Location: Augusta Co., VA

Description: Mentioned

Book: WB7-69

Prove Date: 17 Jun 1788^[4]

Research Notes

George may have had more wives.^[5]

1. Elizabeth Elizabeth Bruce;
2. Mary Bruce;
3. Rachel Bruce
4. Ann Bruce

Reported Children (dates do not match children already added):

1. Their son William BRUCE was born ca 1752 in Albemarle, VA and died DEC 1813 in Giles, VA. He married ca 1772 in Albemarle, VA Nancy Anne BALLARD who was born 08 JUN 1755 in Albemarle, VA and died after 1811 in Giles, VA.^[1]
2. Their son Garland BRUCE was born 03 AUG 1775 in Albemarle, VA and died 1838 in Miami, OH. He married on 03 APR 1798 in Montgomery, VA Maria Magdalina HELVEY born 04 FEB 1774 in PA or VA and died before 1838 in Miami, OH.^[1]
3. Their son William W. BRUCE was born 13 FEB 1807 in Montgomery, VA and died 13 JUL 1877 in Worth, MO. He married 12 MAR 1829 in Clark, OH Anna STOUT born 28 AUG 1809 in Knox, OH and died 14 NOV 1885 in McPherson, KS.^[1]
4. Their son William Raper BRUCE was born 02 APR 1842 Pine Twp., Warren, IN and died 17 SEP 1927 McPherson, KS. He married 05 SEP 1864 in Denver, Worth, MO to Eliza Jane MUIRHEID born 14 NOV 1845 Macon, IL died 31 JAN 1933 McPherson, KS.^[1]
5. Their son Charles Marrion BRUCE was born 16 MAY 1887 McPherson, KS and died 14 MAY 1933 (a police officer shot in the line of duty) he married 23 FEB 1915 in Spokane, WA to Maude Lucille DAUGHERTY born 30 JUN 1899 Norfolk, Madison, NE and died 07 SEP 1976, Twin Falls, ID.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} [https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bruce/about/goals Bruce - The Bruce Surname Y-DNA Project - See 61122]
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134907530/george-g-bruce: accessed 18 July 2023), memorial page for George G. Bruce (1713–1797), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134907530; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Illinois Family (contributor 47578777).
4. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
5. ↑ Gemi record

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LLMS-Q57
• Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
• Raleigh Travers Green. Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia. Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish. Culpeper, VA, USA: Regional Publishing Company, 1900.
• Personal Property Tax Lists, 1782 [Virginia State Library]; Call Number: FHL Film 2024443; Page Number: 6; Family Number: 8
• IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS …NAMESAKE FOR COLONIAL VIRGINIA TOWN - Brucetown VA.