Levi BROOKSHIRE

Notes:

Name:
Levi Brookshire -> DAR app 758865
Levi Brookshire -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

Connection to parents:
*Named as a child of William Brookshire and Mary Ann Marlow -> DAR app 758865, citing family bible
*Appears in the family bible of William and Mary Ann Brookshire -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

Birth:
1 Mar 1807 -> DAR app 758865, citing family bible
1 Mar 1807 -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

Other Events:

• Military: Aug 1775 or 1776 to Mar 1781, American Revolutionary War; Military
• Residence: Aug 1775 or 1776, , Rowan, North Carolina; "He lived in the lower edge of Rowan County, N. C. when he entered the service of the United States."
• Census: 1800, Morgan, Wilkes, North Carolina
• Census: 1810, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina
• Census: 1830, , Wilkes, North Carolina
• Residence: 6 Nov 1834, , Wilkes, North Carolina; He stated his residence in sworn testimony for his Revolutionary War pension application.

Notes:

Name:
William Brookshire II -> Facets of Fannin
William Brookshire -> The Brookshire Family, p32

Connection to parents:
He is named as the son of William Brookshire I (1730-1779) and Mary Sarah in Facets of Fannin.

What can you learn from a DAR application?

Birth:
30 Dec 1756; Deep River, Anson, NC -> Rev. War pension app.
30 Dec 1756; Anson County, NC -> Facets of Fannin
30 Dec 1756; Anson County, NC -> DAR app. 758865
30 Dec 1756 -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

Died:
20 Jan 1836; Wilkes Co. NC -> Facets of Fannin
20 Jan 1836; probably Wilkes Co. NC -> DAR app 758865
20 Jan 1836 -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

William married Mary Ann MARLOW Abt 1779. Mary was born 30 Mar 1762, Charles, , Maryland; died 26 Mar 1830, , Wilkes, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Mary Ann -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273
Mary Ann Marlow -> DAR app. 758865
Mary Ann, his [William Brookshire's] wife -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

What can you learn from a DAR application?

Birth:
30 Mar 1762 -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273
30 Mar 1762 -> DAR app. 758865
30 Mar 1762 -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

Died:
Wilkes County, NC -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273
26 Mar 1830; Wilkes County, NC -> DAR app. 758865
26 Mar 1830 -> The Brookshire Family, p. 32

Notes:

Married:
Mary Ann named as wife in family bible -> DAR app 758865

Other Events:

• Residence: 1759, , Guilford, North Carolina; on tax list
• Property: Bef 1763, , Rowan, North Carolina; acquired land via land grant
• Will: 4 Nov 1782, Surry County, North Carolina; He was named in James Burk's will as "my Son in Law, William Brookshire," and bequeathed ten pounds.

Notes:

Name:
William Brookshire -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273

Connection parents:
William II [sic] was the son of James I (1690) -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273




From Anson County, NC, Deed Abstracts 1749-1766, there is the statement that William Brookshire witnessed the deed transacting land from Edward Hughes to Nicholas Harford on January 5, 1753. Does anyone know of an earlier mention of the Brookshire family in North Carolina?
Thanks for your assistance.
David Hill
http://genforum.genealogy.com/brookshire/messages/260.html

Birth:
1730 -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273

Died:
1779 -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273

William married Honour BURK. Honour (daughter of James BURK and Mary BANE) was born Abt 1733, , , North Carolina; died Between 1775 and Nov 1782, , Randolph, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
There are many researchers who assert that William's wife was Mary Sarah Honour:
* Born: Abt 1732, Virginia or North Carolina, USA
* Marriage: William Brookshire Sr. in 1750 in North Carolina, USA
* Died: 1789, Rowan or Randolph County, North Carolina, USA about age 57
* Buried: Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.

However, I can find no compelling proof regarding Mary Sarah Honour. I have found no parents or siblings for her, nor any type of official record, such as marriage, probate, etc.

There is some evidence, however, that a woman named Honour Burk was married to man named William Brookshire; her father's will refers to a son-in-law named William Brookshire.

Therefore, my conclusion, at this time, is that Honour Burk is William's wife.

Notes:

Name:
James Brookshire -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273
James Brookshaw -> The Brookshire Family, p. 8

Connection to parents:
Named as "Sonn of James Brookshaw and borne of Mary his wife" -> The Brookshire Family, p. 8

Birth:
1 Apr 1690 -> Facets of Fannin, p. 273
1 Apr 1690 -> The Brookshire Family, p. 8

Other Events:

• FAN: Isaac Bane
• FAN: Methusalem or Methusaleh GRIFFITH
• Residence: 1730, Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania; tax list
• Military: 1742, , Augusta, Virginia
• Residence: 1742, , Augusta, Virginia
• Probate: 18 Mar 1746; He "qualified as administrator of the estate of his brother-in-law, Isaac Bane."
• Miscellaneous: 19 Nov 1746, , Augusta, Virginia
• Miscellaneous: May 1748, , Augusta, Virginia
• Occupation: May 1748, Southwest Virginia And Eastern Tennessee; He was employed as part of a survey and exploring party, working as an axman or chaincarrier, organ
• Property: 20 Sep 1748, , Augusta, Virginia; He was the grantee for two land patents for 190 acres on the south side of Goose Creek and 400 acres
• Property: 13 Dec 1748, , Augusta, Virginia; He purchased "an heel" at the estate sale of Daniel Monohan.
• Residence: Abt 1749, , Fincastle, Virginia
• Misc: 1753, Burke's Garden, , Virginia
• Property: 18 May 1753, , Augusta, Virginia
• Residence: 1754, Burke's Garden, , Virginia
• Misc: 1755, , , Virginia
• Military: 1 Sep 1758, , Augusta, Virginia
• Property: 1 Jul 1760, , Augusta, Virginia
• Property: 21 Dec 1761, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Miscellaneous: 10 Oct 1765, , Rowan, North Carolina; Miscellaneous
• Miscellaneous: 17 Oct 1766, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Residence: 1768, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Residence: 1774, Surry County, North Carolina; appeared on the tax list with 1 poll
• Property: 14 Feb 1775, Surry County, North Carolina; James Burk, Sr. deeded 200 acres on both sides of Joseph Creek to Joseph Burk by quit claim.
• Residence: 1782, Surry County, North Carolina; appeared on the tax list with 220 acres
• Will: 4 Nov 1782, Surry County, North Carolina; will signed
• Probate: 1783, Surry County, North Carolina; made a purchase from son Benjamin's estate
• Probate: 11 Feb 1783, Surry County, North Carolina; his will was proved in court
• Probate: Aug 1786, Surry County, North Carolina; estate inventory returned

Notes:

Military:
He "joined the Augusta County militia in Virginia and was in Captain George Robinson?s Company."

Residence:
He was one of the first landowners and residents of the area around the Roanoke and James Rivers. He "held the land on both sides of the river above Mason's creek where he lived before going to Burke's Garden and North Carolina."

Miscellaneous:
"He, his brother-in-law James Bain (Bean), Methuselah Griffiths and sons, and others are ordered to construct a road from a ridge dividing the waters of New River from the waters of the South Branch of the Roanoke. This road would lead over the Blue Ridge Mountains. . .James Burk on the following day protested to the colonial administrator at Staunton. As a matter of fact, he protested so much and with such language, he was charged as a 'common swearer' in the Augusta Parish Registry Book. Later he was pronounced by a Grand Jury as a 'common swearer' and fined several pounds."

Miscellaneous:
"Burk is charged with disturbing divine service, and the case is brought to Augusta County Court several times from which he is absent. Finally, it is settled by paying one pound to the Sheriff for Burk?s fine in 1755, almost eight years later."

Occupation:
He was employed as part of a survey and exploring party, working as an axman or chaincarrier, organized by Colonel James Patton that surveyed the Holston and Clinch River Valleys.
He was employed as part of a survey and exploring party, working as an axman or chaincarrier, organized by Colonel James Patton that surveyed the Holston and Clinch River Valleys.

Residence:
"The Ingles, Drapers, Adam Harman, Henry Leonard, and James Burke, removed from the James River and settled near the present town of Blacksburg in Montgomery County (alternate site at Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia); they called the place Draper?s Meadows."

Misc:
While on a hunting expedition, he discovered the area that would later come to be known as "Burke's Garden."

Property:
"James Burk deeded 117 acres to James Bane, part of a tract patented to Burk, 20th September 1748, on Goose Creek, a branch of the Roanoke River."

Residence:
"Burke moved with his family into the Garden in 1754. . .and in the fall of 1755 was driven out on account of fear of Indians."

Misc:
"On his way out with his family he camped one night in an old hunter's cabin near what is now Sharon Springs in the now County of Bland, Virginia. The Indians followed him, and on their way killed two hunters in their camp. On approaching Burke's cabin and seeing several horses, and the tanned hides rolled up in the cabin, they came to the conclusion that there were too many people for them to attack, and contented themselves with the cutting of the throat of one of Burke's horses."

Military:
He was paid for 108 days military service, possibly as an Indian scout.

Property:
"James 'Birk' and Lucretia, of Cumberland County, North Carolina, deed to Thomas Walker of Albemarle for 40 pounds, 100 acres on Goose Creek adjacent William Campbel's line. Witnesses were William Ingles, James Bane, John Hawkins and the document was delivered by Thomas Madison on 11 March 1763."

Property:
"James Burk was deeded 440 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina. This land is located on both sides of Joseph?s Creek and extends north along the west bank of the Yadkin River. This creek is now thought to be the Forbush Creek, in present-day eastern Yadkin County."

Miscellaneous:
He presented a claim to the Rowan County Court for wolves, panthers, and cats.

Miscellaneous:
"Rowan County court ordered a road to be laid out from Shallow Ford upon the Yadkin River to the Ford, called the Etkin Fork. Names for the road jury included Robert Forbush and James 'Bourk.'"

Residence:
He appears on the 1768 Rowan County tax list next to Joseph Burk and James Burk (Jr.). "On the same page is 'Daniel Boon.'"

Will:
His will was signed on 04 Nov 1782 and entered into court in Feb 1783. It is recorded in Surry County Will Book 2, page 1.

Died:
This is the old Surry County; the area is now in Yadkin County.

James married Mary BANE 11 Jul 1730 or Sep 1730, Goshen Meeting House, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mary (daughter of Mordecai BANE and Naomi MEDLEY) was born 1710, Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died 1748, Drapers Meadow, Augusta, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Will: 12 Aug 1747, , Chester, Pennsylvania; "The will of Mordecai Bane written 12/6th month/1745 and proven 12/8th month/1747 - Bane, Mordecai,

Notes:

Birth:
1710, Pennsylvania -> "US and International Marriage Records"

Will:
, Rachel, Barbara, Jane, and Mary Burk"
"The will of Mordecai Bane written 12/6th month/1745 and proven 12/8th month/1747 - Bane, Mordecai, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Yeoman. Exec and wife: Mary and son Nathan. Children: Mordecai, Nathan, James, Joseph, Samuel, Isaac, Sara, Hannah, Rachel, Barbara, Jane, and Mary Burk"
"The will of Mordecai Bane written 12/6th month/1745 and proven 12/8th month/1747 - Bane, Mordecai, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Yeoman. Exec and wife: Mary and son Nathan. Children: Mordecai, Nathan, James, Joseph, Samuel, Isaac, Sara, Hannah, Rachel, Barbara, Jane, and Mary Burk"