Sampson Braswell

Male Abt 1782 - Aft 1873  (~ 92 years)


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  • Name Sampson Braswell 
    Birth Abt 1782  Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1873  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I40619  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2014 

    Father Samuel Braswell,   b. 1738, Edgecombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1795, Nash County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Sarah Hunt 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Family ID F14632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Priscilla Williams,   b. Abt 1781, (Nash County) North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1856 (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Residence (Family) Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. William M. Braswell,   b. ~ 1809, (Nash County) North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1873, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)
    Family ID F14631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1782 - Nash County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Notes for Sampson Braswell:

      He received his endowment in Feb 1795 in Nash Co., NC.[x] He lived on 24 Jul 1826 in Barren Fork of Collins River, Warren Co., TN.[xi]

      He obtained a land grant on 2 Sep 1831 on Dry Fork of Smiths Fork, Warren Co., TN.[xii]

      He was obtained a land grant on 20 Aug 1832 on Turkey Branch, Warren Co., TN.[xiii]

      He obtained a land grant on 31 Oct 1832 on Dry Fork of Smiths Fork, Warren Co., TN.[xiv]

      He obtained a land grant on 1 Apr 1833 on Dry Fork of Smiths Fork, Warren Co., TN.[xv]

      He obtained a land grant on 5 Oct 1835 in Dry Fork of Smiths Fork, Warren Co., TN.[xvi]

      He resided circa 1840 in DeKalb Co., TN.[xvii]

      Sampson Braswell lived on Barren Fork of Collins River in Warren Co., TN in July 1826 when he was menioned as an adjoining land owner when Wiley T. Burris entered land there. Othere neighbors were Enos Holbert, ___Elliott, and James Vaughan. Sampson's surname was spelled "Brassel" in this record

      He was also mentioned as an adjoining land owner when James Vaughan's land was surveyed on Barren Fork of Collins River, 24 July 1826. Othere neighbos were Thomas Hopkins and Enos Holbert. Warren County Plat Records His surname is spelled "Brassell"

      Warren County Tennessee Plat Records Volume 3, 3, page 21 and pages 67-68 Entry dated 2 September 1831 surveyed for Sampson Braswell 50 acres on the waters of the Dry Fork of Smiths Fork adjoining land where Braswell "now lives." Surveyed 25 April 1832. Matthew Sellers and Nathaniel Sellers, CC.

      Sampson and Nathan Braswell were chain carriers for Matthew Sellers when his 100 acres on Dry Fork of Smiths Fork were surveyed on 25 April 1832.


      Page 50-51: Entry No. 3505 dated 20 August 1832 for Sampson Brazwell 100 acres on Turkey Branch adjoining M. Sellers and S. Brazwell. Surveyed 10 January 1835. Lemuel Brazwell and Wm. Brazwell.CC.

      Page 125, Entry No. 3554 dated 31 October 1832 surveyed for James M. Hill 100 acres on the west side of Dry Creek waters of Smiths Fork, adjoining William Bates. Surveyed 17 October 1836. Wm. Braswell and Leroy Braswell, SCC. This entry called for including the old Leach improvement but is prevented by a line of an older survey of Wm. Bates. The above survey was transferred to Sampson Braswell.

      Will T. Hale, History of DeKalb County [Tennessee] (McMinnville, TN: Ben Lomond Press, 1915, reprinted in 1969), page46, Samson {sic} Braswell appears as a customer of Abraham Overall who was a distiller. No date was given for Sampson's account, but dates for other customers mentioned were 1841 and 1844.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3898] "Ancestors of Loretta Fay Inglis", compiled & contributed by Loretta Braswell Inglis, November 8, 2014
    2. [S8954] "Braswell Genealogy - 1778 - WILLIAM BRASWELL'S WILL",.