William Bratton (1782 - 1862)

Born 3 Jul 1782 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Gambrel (Berry) Bratton — married 17 Dec 1812 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Died 20 Mar 1862 at age 79 in Alamo, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

William was born on 3 July 1782 in Augusta County, Virginia. He was the son of James Bratton and Rebecca Ann Hogshead. He passed away on 20 March 1862 in Montgomery County, Indiana and is buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Mace, Montgomery County.^[1]

Note: This is not the William Bratton who accompanied Lewis and Clarke on their expedition; that was his cousin, William E. Bratton, son of George Bratton.

William left Virginia for Indiana sometime before 1830. He is on the 1830 Federal Census in Montgomery County, Indiana. William is age 50-59, his wife is age 20-29. Children in the household: two males under 5; 2 males age 5-9; 1 male age 10-14.^[2] In 1840 he and family are living in Wayne, Montgomery County, Indiana.^[3] William's wife is listed as age 40-49. It does not appear that she is in the correct age brackets in 1830 and 1840. The 1850 census gives her age as 60, born about 1790. She should have been in the 40-49 age bracket in 1830; 50-59 bracket in 1840.

In 1850 William and Polly are living in Walnut, Montgomery County, Indiana with children David B. and Rachel J. Bratton.^[4] William and Polly, David and Rachel are still living in Walnut, Montgomery County in 1860.^[5]

Marriage

William married Mary G. "Polly" Berry on 17 December 1812 in Augusta County, Virginia. The marriage was returned for recording on 10 May 1813.

May 10, 1813

I have married in this county Jacob Bumgarner to Rebecca Patterson and Wm. Bratton to Polly Berry; the former in April, 1812, the failure in returning that marriage was unavoidable, the latter was December 17, 1812.

I. D. Irwin^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 17847499
2. ↑ Year: 1830; Census Place: , Montgomery, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 30; Family History Library Film: 0007719.
3. ↑ Year: 1840; Census Place: Wayne, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: 100; Page: 185; Image: 381; Family History Library Film: 0007732.
4. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Walnut, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: M432_161; Page: 495A; Image: 556.
5. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Walnut, Montgomery, Indiana; Roll: M653_283; Page: 466; Image: 468; Family History Library Film: 803283.
6. ↑ Record of marriages solemnized in the county of Augusta from 15th day of March 1785. First marriage record of Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: First marriage record of Augusta County, Virginia, 1785-1813. unknown: Col. Thomas Hughart Chapter, D.A.R., 1979.
7. ↑ Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: 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.