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Descendants of Father '1st Gen' McBrayer

Generation No. 4

16. ANDREW⁴ MCBRAYER (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born Abt. 1788 in Rutherford Co., NC, and died Abt. 1851 in St. Clair Co., AL. He married SARAH JOHNSON 1809 in Buncombe Co., NC, daughter of JAMES JOHNSON and ANN COLE. She was born February 16, 1796 in Greenville Dist., SC, and died Aft. 1870 in AL.

Notes for ANDREW MCBRAYER:
Andrew lived in the area of his childhood in Buncombe County, NC, until about 1834 when he moved with most of his family to Alabama. They settled near Springville in St. Clair Co.

There are several records on file for Andrew. He bought land on Rocky Mountain at the head of Roaring Branch, "..it being a branch of Shaw's Creek", in Buncombe County, NC, from his brother, John, for $100 on 30 Nov 1816. The deed was witnessed by James Johnson, the father of his wife, and Malinda Johnson. He lived on the land until 20 Nov 1822 when he sold it to James Taylor and Joseph Gilbert for his original $100. The land had originally been granted to his brother, John, on a patent dated 21 Dec 1809.

Evidently he had either bought or had been granted additional land prior to 1822 as on the 30th of Sep, 1822, Sheriff Henry Grady of Buncombe County sold to Samuel King, Sr., 150 acres of land on King Mill Creek above the dam, property which had been seized from Andrew McBrayer, and sold to the highest bidder for $25 to satisfy a debt of 5 pounds, 1 shilling, 11 pence, and three farthings.

He was granted, in conjunction with Benjamin King, still more land - 100 acres in Buncombe Co., on 12 Dec 1832. This land was located "on the branches of King's Mill Creek, joining lands of the said King and the land where said McBrayer now lives".

The last grant to Andrew, which has thus far been located, was for 150 acres in Buncombe County "on waters of William's Creek, including Reiner's old improvements", which was issued on 5 Dec 1833. This must have been just prior to his move to Alabama.

More About ANDREW MCBRAYER:
Burial: Near Springville. AL
Fact 1: 1810, Buncombe Co., NC, census, pg 289
Fact 2: 1850, DeKalb Co., AL census
Fact 3: 1860, St. Clair Co., AL census, pg 27, entry # 241

Notes for SARAH JOHNSON:
She is buried near Springville, AL.

More About ANDREW MCBRAYER and SARAH JOHNSON:
Marriage: 1809, Buncombe Co., NC

Children of ANDREW MCBRAYER and SARAH JOHNSON are:

69.	i.		HUMPHREY P.⁵ MCBRAYER, b. Abt. 1810, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, AL.
	ii.		JAMES F. MCBRAYER, b. 1814, Buncombe Co., NC; d. Bet. 1856 - 1859, St. Clair Co., AL.

Notes for JAMES F. MCBRAYER:
He moved with his parents and family to AL in the mid 1830s. Below is a transcript of the will of James as taken from his probate records (from the files of Lynn Akin, Birmingham, AL. - 1992);

[THE STATE OF ALABAMA, ST CLAIR COUNTY]
All to whom these presents shall come Greeting That I James F. McBrayer of the state and county aforesaid, do make and ----- this my last will and testament. In the name of God amen.
1st My first wish will and assign is that my body be decently interred and my soul return to He who gave it.
2nd My second assign is that all of my effect both real and personal shall remain in the hands of my mother Sarah McBrayer during her natural life and then disposed of in the most effectual manner to the good of my several heirs.
3rd My third wish will and assign is that Eli Jones of the county and state aforesaid be appointed my executor in this my last will and testament.

Signed in the presence of us this 8 \
day of March 1856 \
James F. McBrayer
John Simpson
(signed) Samuel B. McBrayer

According to the probate records, (St Clair County, AL, Bk "D" (1860-1866 pgs 1-12) (probation began of 22 Nov 1859 - concluded on 6 Mar 1860), James never married. He died between the date of his will (1856) and Nov 1859 in St Clair Co., AL, where he is presumed to have been buried.

Below is an abstract of his probate records:

Probate Court Records, St. Clair Co., AL.
MCBRAYER, JAMES F., dec'd, ESTATE OF ORDER...
The heirs of the deceased are his mother, brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces, to wit: Sarah McBrayer, mother of the deceased. H.P. McBrayer, S.B. McBrayer, Urana Byers and her husband, Edward Byers; Sarah E. Stovall and her husband Drury Stovall; Mary E. Edwards and her husband, Thomas T. Edwards, brothers and sisters of dec'd of full age and reside in this county and state, Martha M. McBrayer ("Sarah McBrayer deceased)(mother)". Jane Ann Allen and her husband, R.W. Allen and Harriett McBrayer, sisters of dec'd of full age and reside in Henderson County, NC, and William McBrayer, brother of the dec'd and full age and resides in the State of California and Jonathon McBrayer, brother of the dec'd of full age resides in the state of Mississippi. (dtd Nov 22, 1859)
(full copy of probate records in file - contributed by Lynn Akin.)

70.	iii.	WILLIAM MCBRAYER, b. Abt. 1815; d. CA ?.
71.	iv.	SAMUEL BUNCOMBE MCBRAYER, b. September 12, 1815, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC; d. November 30, 1902, Ashville, St. Clair Co., AL.
72.	v.	JONATHON MCBRAYER, b. Bet. 1815 - 1822, NC; d. December 11, 1870, MS.
73.	vi.	JANE ANN MCBRAYER, b. May 30, 1822, Buncombe Co., NC; d. April 14, 1905, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC.
	vii.	HARRIETT MALINDA MCBRAYER, b. April 15, 1828, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC; d. December 11, 1905, NC.

Notes for HARRIETT MALINDA MCBRAYER:
She was living in Henderson Co., NC in 1859. She is bur Shaw's Creek Camp Ground Cem., Henderson, NC. She never mar.

74.	viii.	MARY E. MCBRAYER, b. June 1829, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC; d. 1903, St. Clair Co., AL.
75.	ix.	NANCY LARANA 'URANA' MCBRAYER, b. May 08, 1830, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC; d. January 20, 1914, St. Clair Co., AL.
76.	x.	SARAH ELIZABETH MCBRAYER, b. October 22, 1833, Horseshoe, Buncombe Co., NC; d. September 12, 1905, Branchville, St. Clair Co., AL.
	xi.	HUGH CATO MCBRAYER, b. 1837, AL.
	xii.	MARTHA MALINDA MCBRAYER, b. 1839, St. Clair Co., AL ¹⁹; m. GEORGE T. WILLIAMS, January 01, 1856, AL.

Marriage Notes for MARTHA MCBRAYER and GEORGE WILLIAMS:
They applied for their marriage license on 31 Dec 1855 and were married by John R. Strance, JP.

More About GEORGE WILLIAMS and MARTHA MCBRAYER:
Marriage: January 01, 1856, AL

17. MARTHA⁴ MCBRAYER (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born October 15, 1791 in Rutherford Co., NC, and died March 16, 1855 in Henderson County, NC. She married JOHN SEYN FLETCHER^20,^21,^22,²³ Abt. 1824 in NC. He was born February 24, 1783 in Buncombe Co., NC, and died May 1870 in Henderson Co., NC ²⁴.

Notes for MARTHA MCBRAYER:
One record gives her date of birth as 15 Oct 1791.

More About MARTHA MCBRAYER:
Burial: Fletcher Cem, Fletcher, NC

Notes for JOHN SEYN FLETCHER:
      Both he and Martha are buried at the Fletcher Cem (old 'John Fletcher Place'), on Howard Gap Road, near Fletcher, Henderson Co., NC.
      The town of Fletcher, NC, is named for this family. It is located in Henderson Co.
      John and his first wife, Elizabeth Savage, had 13 children.
      It was believed that the name "Seyn" was a family surname.

      (Names of Children of John and Elizabeth provided by Nancy Fletcher Ringer - July 1999.)

More About JOHN FLETCHER and MARTHA MCBRAYER:
Marriage: Abt. 1824, NC

Children of MARTHA MCBRAYER and JOHN FLETCHER are:

77.	i.	SARAH SOPHRONIA⁵ FLETCHER, b. April 02, 1825, Buncombe Co., NC; d. January 01, 1893, Henderson Co., NC.
78.	ii.	SAMUEL MOORE FLETCHER, b. July 08, 1827, NC.
79.	iii.	GEORGE WASHINGTON FLETCHER, b. May 04, 1829, Buncombe Co., NC; d. May 03, 1901, Henderson Co., NC.
	iv.	ANDREW ERWIN FLETCHER²⁵, b. September 28, 1830, Buncombe Co., NC; d. May 12, 1915; m. LELA JOHNSON, August 20, 1890, Henderson Co., NC; b. Abt. 1853.

Notes for ANDREW ERWIN FLETCHER:
He was 63 when he married..... no issue. He drowned in Cane Creek, Henderson Co., NC. "It is thought that Andrew was named for Andrew Erwin, who sold (in 1804) to William Fletcher, Jr., the Bible that became the William Fletcher Family Bible; the Bible was passed to the Wheat Family through the marriage in 1812 of William's daughter, Martha Fletcher to Josiah Wheat." (Catherine Suttles)
"He served in the Civil War - North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865, Vol VII, pg 430 - Ordnance Sargeant. He resided in Henderson Co. Where he enlisted at the age of 30 - Jul 15, 1861/ Mustered in as Private and was promoted to Ordnance Sgt. in May-June 1862. Present and accounted for until wounded in the left hip at or near Fort Stedman, VA, Mar 25, 1865. Hospitalized at Richmond, VA, where he was captured by the North on Apr 3, 1865. Transferred to hospital at Point Lookout, MD, on or about May 6. 1865; released on or about Jun 26, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance."
"He served as Mayor of Hendersonville, NC, in 1884; his phto hands in the entryway of the City Hall in this town. He also served as Justice of the Peace in Henderson County." Catherine Suttles
He was bur at Calvary Episcopal Churchyard Cem, Fletcher, Henderson Co., NC.

Marriage Notes for ANDREW FLETCHER and LELA JOHNSON:
Andrew was nearing age 60 when he married Lela, who was 37 years old at the time. (Henderson Co. Marriage Records)

More About ANDREW FLETCHER and LELA JOHNSON:
Marriage: August 20, 1890, Henderson Co., NC

80.	v.		AMELIA AMANDA FLETCHER, b. July 28, 1832, Buncombe Co., NC; d. December 23, 1910, Henderson Co., NC.
81.	vi.		CHARLES MARION FLETCHER, b. March 24, 1834, NC; d. June 10, 1910.

18. JANE⁴ MCBRAYER (SAMUEL³, WILLIAM², FATHER '1ST GEN'¹) was born June 01, 1793 in Rutherford Co., NC, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in TX. She married JOHN B. GLAZENER²⁶ Bet. 1820 - 1825 in Rutherford Co., NC, son of GEORGE GLAZENER and ELLENOR LEE. He was born May 01, 1804, and died August 07, 1888 in Bell Co., TX.

Notes for JANE MCBRAYER:
There is some confusion as to when Jane died. It was thought she died about 1850 in AL, however, she appeared in the 1860 Federal Census, Milan Co., TX, but did not appear in the 1870 census. John may have remarried, moved to Bowie Co., TX, and then to Bell Co., TX, where he died.

Notes for JOHN B. GLAZENER:
It is possible that John moved the family to AL after 1838. It was about 1840 when her brother, Andrew, moved there. Jane's half-brother, David, had already migrated to AL in 1818-1821. It seems reasonable they (John and Jane) would have settled near their kinfolk. (Not data on issue)

(Glazener, Glasner, Glassnore)

More About JOHN B. GLAZENER:
Name 2: John B. Glasner
Name 3: John B. Glassnore
Name 4: John B. Glazner

More About JOHN GLAZENER and JANE MCBRAYER:
Marriage: Bet. 1820 - 1825, Rutherford Co., NC

Children of JANE MCBRAYER and JOHN GLAZENER are:

	i.		ADOLPHUS M.⁵ GLAZENER, b. 1825; d. 1875, TX; m. (1) LORINDA ?; m. (2) SARAH ?.
	ii.		GILES P. GLAZENER, b. 1830; m. AMANDA ADELINE THOMAS.

Notes for GILES P. GLAZENER:
He moved to Bell Co. then to Jones Co., TX.

iii.

LOUISA GLAZENER, b. April 26, 1832; d. January 12, 1918; m. ZACHARIAS KEMP.

Notes for ZACHARIAS KEMP:
They lived in Fisher Co., TX.

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