Conrad Broyles (1709 - 1784)

Born 2 Jan 1709 in Ötisheim, Herzogtum Württemberg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Rausch) Briles — married about 1734 in Robinson River Valley, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1784 at about age 74 in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Conrad Broyles has German Roots.

Conrad Broyles was a Virginia colonist.

Conrad was born in 1709 in Ötisheim. He was the son of Johannes Breyhel and Ursula-^[1]

Conrad Briles was a son of the immigrant Johannes Breyhel (John Broyles) and founder of the Briles branch of the family in the United States. He was the first of the family to venture outside of Virginia. His brother Jacob's descendants spread out to Tennessee and what is now West Virginia, but Conrad chose to move to North Carolina after an initial stop in southern Virginia.

Conrad was named in honor of his grandfather. He appears in the records under the names Conrad, Courtney, and Courtly. These last two have caused confusion to the point that some researchers concluded there were two individuals. But Curt turns out to be a variant form of Conrad, just as Bill is another form of William. German speakers make diminutives by adding 'el' or 'li', as in Hansel and Gretel. So Conrad becomes Curt, becomes Curtel or Curtli, which becomes Courtly or Courtney when English speakers are writing it down.

Wife Margaret is given as a Rush (Rausch) by some sources.^[2]

Conrad's will names his sons and sons-in-law. The children were born over the period 1735-1755 or so. Deceased son Michael's two daughters are also named.

1. Frederick
2. Adam
3. Mary, m. Crafford Rush
4. Michael
5. Elizabeth, m. Peter Summy
6. Rebecca, m. Frederick Whaymoir
7. Rachel, m. Jonas Hoover
8. George
9. Susanna, m. Thomas Scrivner

2 Jan 1709 - Conrad, son of Johannes and Ursula Breÿhel, is christened at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ötisheim, Duchy of Württemberg in the Holy Roman Empire.^[3]

1717 - Conrad, just eight years old, emigrates to America with his family.^[4]

2 May 1727 - For his importation, John Broyles states he came to America with a son named Conrad. John didn't name his elder son Jacob who was of age in 1727. Conrad was therefore not of age yet, placing his birth sometime after 1706.^[5]

7 Mar 1732 - His father makes his will. Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. No one is mentioned by name, but the estate will be divided among the surviving children when Johannes' widow dies.

1734 - Orange County is created from Spotsylvania County.

1736 - Cotley Broyle is taxed for one poll in David Phillips' precinct.^[6]

1737 - Cortley Broyle is taxed for 1 tithable in the precinct of David Phillips, constable.^[7]

18 Oct 1739 - "Matthias Castler of St. Mark's parish, Orange County, to Courtly Broyl of same. Lease and release; for £150 current money. 100 acres in the Little Fork...on the south side of the Robinson River on George Long's line ...Matthew Castler 's line ...Lawrence Grice's line ..." Matthias Castler wit:William Henderson, Lawrence (x) Grice, William (o) Coo ^[8]

24 Feb 1743 - Courtney Broyle proves his importation. Orange County.^[9]

23 Mar 1743 - George Moyer and wife sue Conrad Broyle for slander.^[10]

29 Jun 1744 - George Moyer Jr. and wife sue Conrad Broyles and wife for trespass.^[11]

26 Jul 1744 - Jacob & Conrad Broil convey to Adam Wilhite 200 acres of land patented 24 Jun 1726 by John Broil. This was their inheritance. Margaret relinquishes her dower.^[9]

15 Oct 1745 - Conrad Broil of Wirtemberg is naturalized.^[12]

1747 - George Clore is named overseer of a road crew responsible for the road from the German ridge path to Tennant's old field. Courtly Broyle is named to the crew.^[13]

1749 - Culpeper County is created from Orange County.

20 Jun 1754 - Courtly Broyl and Margaret his wife sell the 1739 land to Michael Yager via a deed of lease and release.^[14] They seem to not have any land left in Culpeper County.

- He moves to Halifax County, Virginia.

1 May 1755 - Cortney Broyls has 242 acres surveyed on the head branches of Snow Creek, Halifax County, Virginia. This land would appear to be in modern Franklin County. Son-in-law Crawford Rush has 192 acres on Snow Creek surveyed next day.^[15] Neither man followed up by getting a patent. (See 1768 entry below.)

19 Feb 1756 - In Halifax County court, "Ordered that William Herd, Courtney Broyles, Tully Choice, and Crawford (Rush?), do appraise the Negroes (if any) and personal estate of Henry Bailey".^[16] Eighteen years later in 1774 William Herd is granted land on Buck Branch in Pittsylvania County that borders on Michael Broyles.^[17] Presumably this is referring to Conrad's son Michael, who was dead by this time but there were often long delays, sometimes ten or more years, between the survey and the issuing of the patent. Likewise, in 1774 Richard Witton is granted land on Mountain Creek adjacent to Briles (ibid. 42:642) but no Briles are thought to still be living there.

5 Mar 1756 - Job Hill is tried for theft in Halifax County. "When examinant was asked if he had robbed Courtney Bryles in company with said William Owen and John Owen, of 1 stallion and mare & other things to the value of 20 £, he said he was guilty."^[16]

- Conrad moves to North Carolina. He settles on the Shepherd Fork of Carraway Creek, now called Little Carraway, Randolph County, North Carolina^[9]

11 Feb 1763 - February 11 in the 3rd year of King George III. Esq. Henry McCulloh lets Cotney Briel have 200 acres in tract #10 next to John Sheppard, crossing a fork of Sheppards Creek, then crossing the main fork of said creek, for £19 sterling. wit: Robert Rainey & Alexander Ford. Proven 11 Oct 1763. ^[18]

10 Apr 1765 - Ruben Keeth surveys 129 acres on Mountain Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, adjacent Briles. This might refer to land still owned by Conrad, or one of Conrad's sons.^[19]

13 Oct 1768 - Thomas Jefferson, newly allowed to practice law before the General Court of Virginia, makes a case note in his memorandum book: "Archibald Gordon (Pittsylvania) v. Coatney Broyls al. dict. John Coltney Broyls (not known where). A caveat for 242. acres on the head branch of Snow creek Pittsylvania."^[20]

15 Feb 1771 - Cortney Broyles is on the list for venirey tickets and wolf scalps. Rowan County, N.C. ^[21] It was common in those days to pay bounties for the scalps of wolves and other predators.

20 Jan 1772 - Reverend George Soelle visits Conrad Briles' home. "On Thursday, the 20th, I came in heavy rain to Curtle Bryel's house. These people are the parents of the one who took his own life late last year because of pangs of conscience and fear...The aged mother took me aside and poured out the distress which she had been feeling for many a year...At the close I baptized the younger Bryle's little son, George, after I had made a statement about baptism." This last phrase appears to refer to son Frederick's son George. The first part of the account refers to son Michael's suicide in 1771.^[22]

22 Oct 1776 - Conrad Bruelr(?) signs a petition of male members of Hebron Church, Culpeper County, Virginia, to be freed of parochial taxes and to be able to choose their minister.^[23] It's most unlikely this is Conrad Briles who is living in North Carolina at this time.

1779 - Randolph County, N.C., is created from Rowan and Guilford. Coatley Brile is on the first tax list of Randolph County. Adam Brile and Benjamin Rush are nearby.^[24]

30 May 1782 - Courtley Broyles receives a North Carolina Revolutionary pay voucher for provisions and forage he provided, valued at 16 Spanish milled dollars with 6% interest until paid.^[25]

13 Sep 1783 - Conrad Brile makes his will in Randolph County. Book A, p12. Son Frederick Brile is to have the plantation of 100 acres. He shall care for his parents and receive 1/3 of the estate. The rest of the estate to be equally divided among Adam Briles, Crafford Rush, Peter Summy, Frederick Whaymoir, Jonas Hewver, George Brile, Thomas Scrivner. Son Adam to receive 100 acres and shall pay the executors £21. Granddaughters Mary and Margaret to enjoy one equal part with the rest. Witnessed by Benjamin Rush, Isaac Rush, and Thomas Scrivner. Benjamin Rush and Thomas Scrivner are named executors. (Mary and Margaret are daughters of his deceased son Michael. Benjamin and Isaac Rush are grandsons by Conrad's eldest daughter Mary. Thomas Scrivner is a son-in-law.)^[26]

Dec 1784 - The will of Conrad Broile is proven by the oaths of Isaac Rush and Benjamin Rush.

Research Notes

Catharine Wayland removed as spouse

Sources

• Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, The Broyles Family, c. 1940, typescript, Conrad Broyles, id#3

• The Oetisheim church records - German Origins of the Broyles/Briles Family

• Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.]

• Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775

• The BROYLES/BRILES Family History Web Page is produced and maintained for the tens of thousands of descendants of the immigrant Johannes BREYHEL (or John BROYLES, Johannes BREUEL and other variations of the name) and will originally be devoted mainly to his descendants.

• "England Rush Genealogy" and Rush Papers compiled by Michele Varian <Michele.Varian[at]brinker.com>

• Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. V. Thompson-Yates The German Colony of 1717, Broyles

• Ancestry.com profile

• MyHeritage.com profile

• Unverified Vital Information from FamilySearch.com

1. ↑ Church book Ötisheim, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Mühlacker > Ötisheim > Mischbuch 1691-1733 Band 1 Archion image 22
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004 (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7836&h=166889&ssrc=pt&tid=64867684&pid=38132879922&usePUB=true)
3. ↑ Church records of Ötisheim, Enz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, FHL Film 1184989
4. ↑ Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, The Broyles Family, c. 1940, typescript, p. 27
5. ↑ Importation of John and Jacob Bryoll, retrieved 22 Dec 2014
6. ↑ Orange County Tithables, 1736, image 452
7. ↑ Orange County Tithables, 1737, image 453
8. ↑ Orange County Deed Book 3:349
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Keith, id #3
10. ↑ Orange County Order Book 4:74
11. ↑ Orange County Order Book 4:149
12. ↑ Zimmerman & Cerny, Before Germanna, no. 6, p12, January 1990, American Genealogical Lending Library
13. ↑ Orange County Order Book 4A:152
14. ↑ Culpeper Deed Book B, pp119-124
15. ↑ Chiarito, Marian Dodson, Old Survey Book 1, 1746-1782, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Halifax County, Virginia, Court Orders 1755-1758 (Plea Book No. 2, Part 1), T.L.C. Genealogy, 1992
17. ↑ Virginia State Library, Land Office Patent Book 42, p638
18. ↑ Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of Deeds of Rowan County, N.C., 1753-1785
19. ↑ Chiarito, Marian Dodson, Old Survey Book 1, 1746-1782, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
20. ↑ “Memorandum Books, 1768,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/02-01-02-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series, Jefferson’s Memorandum Books, vol. 1, ed. James A Bear, Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997, pp. 43–84.]
21. ↑ Linn, Jo White, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas…, Rowan County, N.C, 1763-74, 3:252
22. ↑ Soelle, Diary of the Rev. George Soelle (1771-1773)
23. ↑ Library of Congress, Early Virginia Religious Petitions
24. ↑ List of taxables 1779, image 200
25. ↑ "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W7-XKBY?cc=1498361&wc=QDRZ-1NN%3A1589672449 : 7 October 2016), Bouskes, John to Braswell, James > image 315 of 1019; citing State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
26. ↑ "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GHL-9C5J?cc=1867501&wc=32GM-K6X%3A169889001%2C170824901 : 21 May 2014), Randolph > Wills, 1773-1793, Vol. 01 > image 16 of 103; county courthouses, North Carolina.