Drucilla (Green) McBrayer (1804 - aft. 1840)

Born 1804 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William McBrayer — married 24 Jun 1826 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died after 7 Mar 1840 after age 36 in Bostic, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Drucilla Green was born in 1804 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the daughter of Joseph Green and Mary (Ellis) Green. Drucilla 1st married Samuel McEntire abt 1821 and 2nd on 24 June 1825, William McBrayer.^[1]
Joseph Green's 1847 will^[2] leaves part of his estate to the 8 children of Drucilla McBrayer. The children of both her marriages.

Partial of the will of Joseph Green.

Child of Samuel McEntire and Drucilla Green:

1. Joseph William McEntire

Joseph William McEntire and Drucilla and are mentioned in the will of Samuel McEntire and so is his father William McEntire.

Will of Samuel McEntire.

Joseph William McEntire and his father Samuel McEntire are mentioned in the will of William McEntire.

Partial of the will of William McEntire.

Children of Drucilla Green and William McBrayer are:

1. David McBrayer b: 1826.
2. Leah McBrayer b: 1827. Died 8 April 1915. Death cert states mother was Pricilla Green^[3]
3. Green McBrayer b: 1832.
4. Mary McBrayer b: 1832
5. William McBrayer b: 1834.
6. Alfred McBrayer b: 1836.
7. Thomas Jefferson McBrayer b: 1840

The children listed of both Drucilla Green's marriages make up the 8 children mentioned in the will of her father Joseph Green. 6 of the McBrayer children are enumerated with their father,William McBrayer and Sarah Dye in the United States 1850 census in Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia.^[4] Drucilla (Green) McBrayer died in 1840 in Bostic, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 database, FamilySearch, Wm Mcbrayer and Drusilla Mcentire, 24 Jun 1825; citing Rutherford,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,309.
2. ↑ Joseph Green's Will
3. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38N-W5X : 20 February 2021), Leah Harrill, 08 Apr 1915; citing Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference fn 97 259, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,866.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYF-YFH : 19 December 2020), Wm M Briers, Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).