Lucy (Phelps) Brashear (1761 - 1854)

Born Jul 1761 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Marsham Brashear — married 1779 in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1854 at age 92 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Lucy (Phelps) Brashear performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Lucy (Phelps) Brashear is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A207942.

Lucy Phelps, was born in Virginia, on July 7, 1761. She was the daughter of Thomas Phelps and Sarah Guy. She was the first woman married In Louisville in 1780, and was in the Fort at Boonesboro when it was besieged by the Indians. ^[1]

Lucy Phelps Brashear is honored for her Patriotic Service, as a Defender of Fort Boonesborough, in the County of Kentucky, the State of Virginia , during the American Revolutionary War. ^[2] The Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have created a file for Lucy as DAR Ancestor #A207942. ^[3] According to their records, Lucy was born in July 7, 1761, in Augusta county, Virginia. ^[4]

Her husband was Marsham Brashear, who is DAR Ancestor #A013831. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of their children, Richard Brashear, who married Sarah Stallings; ^[5] and Cythia Brashear, who married John Stallings; ^[6]

Lucy died at the residence of Bird Deatherage, in Madison County, Kentucky, on June 18, 1854. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Daily Globe Obituary (undated).
2. ↑ DRAPER MSS SER C, VOL 24, P 122
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of BRASHEAR, LUCY PHELPS", Ancestor # A207942.
4. ↑ Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 017. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the Dar Vol 01 (subscription required to view)
5. ↑ National Number 440727
6. ↑ National Numbers 865243, 889071 and 971996
7. ↑ Lucy Brashear, 1854. "Obituary, Lucy Brashear died in Madison, Kentucky". The Camden Weekly Journal (Camden, South Carolina). 28 Nov 1854, Tues. pg 2. newspapers.com (subscription required to view)