Birth: 1640, Southold, Long Island, NY

Death: WFT Est. 1679-1741, Southold, Long Island, NY

Name: John BRADDICK

Sex: M

Birth: 1640 in Southold, Long Island, NY

Death: WFT Est. 1679-1741 in Southold, Long Island, NY

Note:

Dear Jean,

While researching my book I found no conclusive evidence of the ancestry of John Braddick, the father of David Cutler Braddock. So, I speculated on page 26 that he descended from Nathaniel, the first recorded Braddock in America, through mariner Nicholas Braddock.

I did, however, find in "The Compendium of American Genealogy" that an ancestor of James Stewart Gibson through her marriage to John Vail was"Grace Braddick, daughter of John, sea captain." I copied the page, ho ping that one dy I would learn who her sea captain father was and if he fit into our genealogy. After getting internet access awhile back, I routinely searched on her name along with other names I usually look for. A few months ago, I found two web pages containing Vail genealogy which showed Grace's marriage to John Vail. One gave her birth and death dates as 1664 - 1751. The other gave no dates. neither mentioned her birth place. If the dates for her were accurate, he would have been too old to have been his daughter and too young to have been an aunt.

I recently found a GEDCOM on the internet which included Grace and her father, John. It gave her birth and death dates as 1666 - 1751. The birth-place of her nor father John were mentioned. However, John Vail, whom Grace married, is shown as being born and having died in Southold, Long Island, New York. Several public records show our John Braddick, the father of David Cutler Braddock, as a resident of Southold, or at least of Long Island. He was declared a Freeman in 1702 in N.Y.City, which included Long Island at the time, for his services in Queen Anne's War. The Cutler genealogy showing his marriage to Mary Cutler says, "Capt. John "Braddck" of Long Island." Dorthy Braddock Presler--with whom I have shared a running debate about John's ancestry-sent e shows the Braddick property being next door to the Vail property. There hould be no question that our John Braddick was of Southold.

I sent a comment that I thought Grace and our John could be siblings to the GEDCOM's creator, Marlea Crimmins of Binghampton, NY, a descendant of Grace. She responded, "I have Grace Braddick the daughter of John. She was born about 1666. The Capt. John Braddick was most likely her brother. He was born @1675, son of John who was born @ 1640."

She also sent me the following genealogy excerpts. The first one is part of a genealogy pursuing Vails. The second is of one pursuing the descendantsof our John's son John by his first wife.

Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 BRADDICK was born Abt.

1640, and died WFT Est. 1670-1731.

Child of JOHN BRADDICK is:

2. i. GRACE2 BRADDICK, b. 1666, Southold, Suffolk, NewYork;

d. May 18, 1751.

Generation No. 2

2. GRACE2 BRADDICK (JOHN1) was born 1666 in Southold, Suffolk, New York, and died May 18, 1751. She married JOHN VAIL 1684 in Southold, Long Island,New York, son of JEREMIAH VAIL and MARY FOLGER.

Generation No.

1. JOHN1 BRADDICK was born Abt. 1650, and died WFT Est. 1679-1741

Child of JOHN BRADDICK is:

2. i.

CAPT. JOHN2 BRADDICK, b. Abt. 1675; d. December 24, 1733, murdered at sea.

Generation No. 2

2. CAPT. JOHN2 BRADDICK (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1675, and died December 24, 1733 murdered at sea.

Child of CAPT. JOHN BRADDICK is:

3. i. CAPT. JOHN HENRY3 BRADDICK, b. Abt. 1700,Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y.; d. January 12, 1753, New London, Ct..

From the above, I conclude that our John Braddick, the father of David Cutler Braddock, was born c1675 in Southold, LI, NY, the son of sea captain John Braddick and the brother of Grace Braddick.

Your comments on the matter will be greatly appreciated. J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr.

Charleston, SC

http://genweb.net/%7Eblackwell/ma/hingham/Hingham1893.html

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown<> Children

Sara BRADDOCK b: in Lived in England

Rebecca BRADDOCK b: in Lived in England

Susan BRADDOCK b: in Lived in England

Grace BRADDOCK b: ABT. 1666 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

John BRADDICK I b: ABT. 1675 in Southold, LI, NY

Long Island Genealogy Surname Information

This Family file was provided by J.G. (Jerry) Braddock please direct requests concerning it, to Jerry.

File Surname Index

Descendants and Ancesters of Captain John Braddick

Updated July 13, 1999

The following text as well as the information was provided by J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr.

This presentation is the collaborative result of research by the

following descendants of John Braddick of Long Island:

Helen Hodges, Verna Campbell, Jean Mizell, Linda Balsavage, Barbara Apodaca, Edgar Taylor, Jayne Ward, Lori Bragg, Pat G. Smith, Teresa Reynolds, Vernon Goodrich, Paul Coker, Pat Youngs, Marlea Crimmons, J. G (Jerry) Braddock Sr, Julie Smith and Glen Kirkland, Shirley Richardson Weldon, Mary G. Johnson, Donl Ogilvie, Ronald A. Green Sr., Jack Braddock, Cassandra Page, Sarah Braddock Johnson, Betty Bennett, Alice Blyler, Jennifer Braddock McBride, Terry Griffin, Butch Sikes, Ann Tailfair Cramer, Anne Higham, Bryce Greene, Rosemary Stickley, Judy Edwards Montford, Lauren Braddock Havey, Julian Clark.

For those interested in this family please visit Jerry's web site and consider purchasing his book on this family called "Wooden Ships - Iron Men," on their exploits."

Capt. John Braddick was a mariner in Southold in the mid-1600's. His daughter Grace married into the Vail family of Southold and has many descendants. His son, also Capt. John Braddick, lived in Southold and operated vessels between other New England ports as well as far distant ones.

He was made a '"freeman" in 1702 for his services in Queen Anne's War. He is mentioned several times in the "Council Journal of the Colony of Connecticut," in 1711 for providing bread for an expedition against Canada and in 1721 in connection with a pirate ship that ventured into waters between Long Island and Connecticut. He was killed aboard ship in 1734 by an Indian. His will, which is in the NY Historical Collections, reads:

"In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN BRADDICK, of Southold in Suffolk County, mariner, being at this present time at Boston, in Massachusetts Bay, in good bodily health. I leave to my wife Mary 1/3 of all my estates during her life. I leave to my son John, all my lands and tenements. To my daughter Mary, £5. To Thomas Sandforth, of Southold, who is now my partner, £100. All the rest of my estate is to be sold by my executors, and the proceeds divided among my five youngest children, Alice, Elizabeth, David, Peter, and Abigail. I make my son John and Thomas Sandforth, executors. “I have hereto set my hand and seal at Boston.” September 6, 1733. Witnesses, Stephen Boutineau, Gillam Phillips, John Payne. Proved before Brinely Silvester, Esq., September 6, 1734."

One of his sons, still another Capt. John Braddick, married Lucretia Christophers of Connecticut and has many descendants, some of whom are on various web pages. Another son, David Cutler Braddock, my 5th great-grand-father, was first mate on a rice ship captured by the Spanish of the Carolina coast in 1740. He escaped from their "fortress" at St. Augustine and made his way up the coast to Georgia where the founder and leader of Georgia, James Oglethorpe, placed him in command of a military schooner. Braddock's vessel helped repel the Spanish attempted invasion of Georgia in 1742. He was then hired by South Carolina to command one of their two new half-gallies to protect the colony from the Spanish. The southern tip of Hilton Head Island, where his galley was stationed, has been called Braddock Point ever since. In 1746, he moved to Savannah where he received a large land grant and became a member of the governor's council. He commanded the colony's scout boat for a while and then became a highly active and successful privateer against Spanish shipping. When Georgia changed from a trusteeship to a royal province in 1754, he was elected to the Lower House of Assembly, where he served until his death in 1759. His son, John Cutler Braddock, carried on the mariner tradition by commanding the Georgia Rebel galley "Lee." He was so effective the British named him on three of their lists of traitors. John Cutler Braddock's sons migrated to North Florida while it was still a Spanish possession and became progenitors of an extremely large number of descendants, as several genealogy web sites, devoted to them, can testify. My knowledge of these men is the result of five years of personal research which I have concluded with the creation of a 300 page book entitled, "Wooden Ships - Iron Men," on their exploits."

NOTE From Jerry - July 2, 2001

I am happy to announce that a reprint of "Wooden Ships - Iron Men" is in process and can now be ordered. The book, a 300 page chronology of the exploits of Captains David Cutler Braddock, John Cutler Braddock, William Lyford Sr., and William Lyford Jr., was first published in 1996 and was sold out within two and a half years with copies in 29 states and four foreign countries.

The four heroes of the book, all mariners of considerable note in Southeastern waters during Colonial and Revolutionary times, were progenitors of a large number of Braddocks and allied families now residing in Florida and surrounding states.

The book can be ordered directly from its publisher:

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Charleston, SC 29407

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The Legacy of a Long Island Born and Bred Mariner

1717: Born in Southold to Capt. John Braddick and Mary Cutler.

David Cutler Braddock grew up on Long Island, breeding ground in colonial days of superb mariners. His father was a notable mariner in New England waters as had been his grandfather, also Captain John Braddick. He did not waste the maritime legacy he received from them nor the experience he gained in apprenticeship upon the decks of his father’s vessels:
11/1740: Twenty-three, he served as first mate on rice ship Ancona when she was captured by Spanish privateers and taken into St. Augustine.
1/31/1741 He made an affidavit of his capture and escape to British Fort Frederica on St. Simon’s Island in Georgia.
7/17/1741 Gen. James Oglethorpe, leader of Georgia, sent him to Charles Town with orders to purchase a schooner capable of carrying 90 men, two nine-pounders, four six pounders, and swivel guns. The orders included instructions to recruit a crew for the vessel, which he would command in defending the Georgia Coast.
3/6/1742 The South Carolina Gazette reported that he returned from a mission to Florida with a party of Indians to capture prisoners with three scalps and five Spaniards.
6/1742 In command of the schooner “Norfolk,” he helped repel a Spanish invasion of St. Simon’s and was in the fleet that chased them back to St. Augustine where he participated in the shelling of the Spanish fort Castillo de San Marcos.
9/1742 Because of the abilities he showed against the invading Spanish fleet, he was given command of the “Beaufort,” one of two of South Carolina’s recently completed half-galleys.
11/7/1742 He married his commander’s daughter, Mary Lyford.
12/1742 He and several other captains successfully petitioned for monetary retribution for slaves who served on their vessels during the Spanish attempted invasion.
1742/1746 He made numerous cruises along the Southern coast to keep an eye on Spanish activities. Part of this time his vessel was stationed in a small cove at the southern point of Hilton Head Island. Today, the island is a famous resort, and the cove and point still bear his name.
1/28/1743 He and his commander, Captain William Lyford Sr.--also his father-in-law--successfully petitioned for better pay and rations for the crewmen under them.
5/1745 He successfully defended himself before the governor’s council against false charge that he had conspired to trade with the Spanish of St. Augustine.
1/27/1747 He received a grant in Georgia for 500 acres on the Ogeechee River outside Savannah and became a privateer.
9/26/1747 Records in the Bahamas archives show that he, as commander of the privateer “Viper,” captured a Spanish vessel appraised at 12,500 pounds.
11/6/1747 The same records show that, aboard the “Viper,” he captured another Spanish prize (enemy vessel) valued at 1,050 pounds.
3/25/1748 The same records show that, commanding the Isabella, he captured a Spanish prize valued at 15,000 pounds.
1/10/1749 As a councilman in Georgias Trustee government, he was one of many who signed a letter to the king in England seeking approval for slavery, which had been banned in Georgia since its founding in 1733. 8/17/1752 He was involved in a variety of maritime ventures; one was commercial shipping. As reported in the South Carolina Gazette, his vessel was captured by a Spanish privateer while on a voyage to England and taken into Mexico.
1/1754 He acted as pilot of British man-of-war Shoreham while she was on station in the Caribbean.
1754/1756 BPRO (British Public Records Office) shipping records show he was engaged in commercial shipping between Caribbean islands and the mainland.
11/1/1756 With a new privateer, Cockspur, he drew up a privateering contract with several others and immediately captured a French ship in the Savannah River.
12/1756 While in the area on a privateering expedition, he made a chart of the Florida Keys, which is now in the Library of Congress. In writing of Tampa Bay in a book published in 1776, naturalist and explorer Barnard Romans stated, Captain Braddock was generally acknowledged as being the first Englishman who explored this bay.
5/12/1757 Even the best of sea-fighters meet their match: The South Carolina Gazette reported, On Monday arrived Capt. Roberts from Providence, by whom we have the following advices, viz. . . . That a Virginia Privateer had sent in there, a Rhode Island Vessel, laden with Horses, Provisions, &c. which she took just entering a French Port: That this vessel had spoke with the Cockspur Privateer, of Georgia, commanded by Capt. David Cutler Braddock, who had 5 Hours Engagement with, and several Times boarded a French Privateer Schooner, of superior force, off Cape Francois, which killed 3 of his Men and wounded several more, and so terribly maul'd the Cockspur, that while they repaired her Sails and Rigging, the Frenchman escaped, and got safe into the Cape; Braddock soon after met with some New York Privateers, who supplied him with everything he stood in need of.
2/10/1758 Undaunted and with a new privateer, King of Prussia, he was granted a letter-of-marque by the Court of Vice Admiralty at Savannah.
11/20/1758 The South Carolina Gazette reported that, . . . a new Privateer Brigt. (reckoned one of the best fitted in America) sailed on a cruize from New Providence, mounting 18 carriage and 20 swivel guns, with 130 choice fellows on board (the prime of all the Bahamas), called the King of Prussia, commanded by Capt. David Cutler Braddock. The article also mentioned that three French prizes were taken by the King of Prussia and two other privateers.
12/23/1758 The South Carolina Gazette reported that two more prizes he captured were taken into New Providence.
8/1760 With the declining privateering industry, he returned to commercial shipping and also to command of the Georgia scout boat.
3/18/1763 The 14-gun man-of-war Epreuve ran aground in the Savannah River and was given up by all as lost.
7/14/1763 After the four-months efforts of all others to salvage the Epreuve, the South Carolina Gazette carried the following article echoing an accolade printed earlier in the Georgia Gazette, The Georgia Gazette of 14th of July, contains the following compliment to Capt. Braddock, commander of the king's scout-boat, to whose skill and uncommon perseverance is said to be principally owing the saving of his majesty's ship the Epreuve, after it was thought by most people impossible. It is with pleasure we acquaint the public, that the Epreuve has safely come to her moorings in this harbour, which adds great honour to the merit and assiduity of Capt. David Cutler Braddock, and plainly elucidates the experience and great abilities of that gentleman. 10/25/1764 He was elected a representative to the colonial Georgia General Assembly. Holding this office until his death, he served on numerous committees engaged in activities to improve the young colony. Among matters with which committees he served on were concerned were: regulating the provincial militia, endowing of a college, establishing ferries, inspecting conditions of the Savannah River, appointing tax examiners, corresponding with the colonys agent in England, developing new roads, appointing collectors of duty, and appointing a new agent to represent the colony in England--Benjamin Franklin.
2/1769 The exact date of his death is not known. It was reported in the February 8th issue of the Georgia Gazette. The mariner legacy he received from his father and grandfather did not die with him. He handed it down to his son John Cutler Braddock who used it quite capably to establish himself as a mariner of note and a man of service. But thats another sea story
For further Information on this family be sure to visit Verna Mae (Braddock) Campbell's Web Site at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/m/Verna-M-Campbell/
Children

John (~1675-1733)

1.1 John Braddock II

Birth: abt 1675, Southold, LI, NY

Death: 24 Dec 1733, Murdered at sea

Name: John BRADDICK I 1

Sex: M

Birth: ABT. 1675 in Southold, LI, NY

Death: 24 DEC 1733 in Murdered at sea

Reference Number: 2198

Note:

Capt. John Braddock, father of David Cutler Braddock is recorded in Vol.42 of the New England Historical & Genealogical Register shows John Braddick venturing as far as the Barbados

in command of the brigantine Recovery in 1732. "The Society Collections lists John Braddick, mariner,among those being made freemen--one who is eligible to vote--in New York City on June 9, 1702 for service at Fort William Henry in the early days of Queen Anne's War. John, who had

already been made a freeman in 1702 for service in this war, became involved in it again by the happen-stance of being in New London, Conn. with his vessel when a need arose. In1715, he married Mary Cutler in the New England port of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Capt. John Braddock and his son Peter were killed while on ship, by an Indian.

Ref.: "Wooden Ships - Iron Men" by J. G. Braddock. pg. 29. "Braddock Family History" by Helen B. Hodges.

************************************************************************** ************************ WILL OF JOHN BRADDICK

New York Historical Society Collections of the year 1894 - Vol. 3, recorded in New York Surrogate's Office, page 231.

In the name of God, Amen. I, John Braddick, of Southold, in Suffolk, Mariner, being at This present time at Boston, in Massachussetts Bay, in good bodily health.

I leave to my wife Mary, one third of all of my estate during her life.

I leave to my son, John, all of my lands and tenements.

To my daughter, Mary, $5.00.

To Thomas Sandforth, of Southold, who is now my partner $100,00.

All the rest of my estate is to be sold by my executors and diveded among my five youngest Children, Elace (Alice), Elizabeth, David, Peter and Abigail.

I make my son, John and Thomas Sandforth, executors.

Dated: September 6, 1733.

Ref: Helen B. Hodges

************************************************************************** *********************** Dear Jean, While researching my book I found no conclusive evidence of the ancestry of John Braddick, the father of David Cutler Braddock. So, I speculated on page 26 that he descended from Nathaniel, the first recorded Braddock in America, through mariner Nicholas Braddock.
I did, however, find in "The Compendium of American Genealogy" that an ancestor of James Stewart Gibson through her marriage to John Vail was "Grace Braddick, daughter of John, sea captain." I copied the page, hoping that one day I would learn who her sea captain father was and if he fit into our genealogy. After getting internet access awhile back, I routinely searched on her name along with other names I usually look for. A few months ago, I found two web pages containing Vail genealogy which showed Grace's marriage to John Vail. One gave her birth and death dates as 1664 - 1751. The other gave No dates. neither mentioned her birth place. If the dates for her were accurate, she would have been too old to have been his daughter and too young to have been an aunt.
I recently found a GEDCOM on the internet which included Grace and her father, John. It gave her birth and death dates as 1666 - 1751. The birth-place of her nor father John were mentioned. However, John Vail, whom Grace married, is shown as being born and having died in Southold, Long Island, New York. Several public records show our John Braddick, the father of David Cutler Braddock, as a resident of Southold, or at least of Long Island. He was declared a Freeman in 1702 in N.Y.City, which included Long Island at the time, for his services in Queen Anne's War. The Cutler genealogy showing his marriage to Mary Cutler says, "Capt. John "Braudick" of Long Island."Boston port records show the arrival of his vessal with a "South Hould" resident aboard. And his will starts out, ". . . I John Braddick, of Southold in Suffolk County. . ." A plat of early South old, which Dorothy Braddock Preslar--with whom I have shared a running debate about John's ancestry-sent me shows the Braddick property being next door to the Vail property. There should be no question that our John Braddick was of Southold.
I sent a comment that I thought Grace and our John could be siblings to the GEDCOM's creator, Marlea Crimmins of Binghampton, NY, a descendant of Grace. She responded, "I have Grace Braddick the daughter of John. She was born about 1666. The Capt. John Braddick was most likely her brother.He was born @1675, son of John who was born @ 1640."
She also sent me the following genealogy excerpts. The first one is part of a genealogy pursuing Vails. The second is of one pursuing the descendants of our John's son John by his first wife.

1. JOHN1 BRADDICK was born Abt. 1640, and died WFT Est. 1670-1731.

Child of JOHN BRADDICK is:

2. i. GRACE2 BRADDICK, b. 1666, Southold, Suffolk, NewYork; d. May 18, 1751.

Generation No. 2
2. GRACE2 BRADDICK (JOHN1) was born 1666 in Southold, Suffolk, New York, And died May 18, 1751. She married JOHN VAIL 1684 in Southold, Long Island, New York, son of JEREMIAH VAIL and MARY FOLGER.
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 BRADDICK was born Abt. 1650, and died WFT Est. 1679-1741.

Child of JOHN BRADDICK is:

2. i. CAPT. JOHN2 BRADDICK, b. Abt. 1675; d. December 24, 1733, murdered at sea.

Generation No. 2
2. CAPT. JOHN2 BRADDICK (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1675, and die d December 24, 1733 in murdered at sea.

Child of CAPT. JOHN BRADDICK is:

3. i. CAPT. JOHN HENRY3 BRADDICK, b. Abt. 1700, Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y.; d. January 12, 1753, New London, Ct..
From the above, I conclude that our John Braddick, the father of David Cutler Braddock, was born c1675 in Southold, LI, NY, the son of sea captain John Braddick and the brother of Grace Braddick.
Your comments on the matter will be greatly appreciated.
J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr.
Charleston, SC
http://genweb.net/%7Eblackwell/ma/hingham/Hingham1893.html
************************************************************************** ****** Father: John BRADDICK b: 1640 in Southold, Long Island, NY
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children

Mary BRADDOCK

John Henry BRADDICK b: ABT. 1700 in Southhold, Suffolk Co., NY

Marriage 2 Mary CUTLER b: 24 JUL 1682

Married: 24 APR 1715 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass

Children

Peter BRADDOCK

Abigail BRADDOCK

Alice BRADDOCK

Elizabeth BRADDOCK b: 1716 in Boston, Mass.

David Cutler BRADDOCK b: ABT. 1718 in England

Sources:

Title: "Wooden Ships Iron Men" by J. G. Braddock, pg. 26

Children: David Cutler

1.1.1 David Cutler Braddock

Name: David Cutler BRADDOCK 1

Sex: M

Birth: ABT. 1718 in England

Death: 8 FEB 1769 in Wild Heron Plantation, Little Ogeechee River in GA

Burial: St. Matthew's Parish, GA

Event: Marriage Record SOME "Early" SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE RECORDS: 1641-1799

Reference Number: 2201

Note:

Land grants: Marion R. Hemperly, "English Crown Grants Index"' Parish of St. Matthew, 1755-1775. (Atlanta: Surveyor General Departent, State of Georgia, 1973), s.v. "Braddock, David Cutler", "Crown Grants Index", 15.

Source: "Mariner and Privateer to the Crown, A Modest Analysis of the Life of Captain David Cutler Braddock", by Mark Taylor Powell

Came from England to America about 1735. Lived in Long Island, NY.

Sometimes after his father's death David signed on board a merchantship. His future accomplish- ments will amply bear out that he earlier received a better than average education. This is not surprising. His mother came from a family already producing more than its share of doctors, merchants, andminister . A solid education coupled with the seamanship skills heabsorbed serving apprenticeship aboard his father's boat enabled him toadvance quickly to a position on the merchant ship ranking just below captain. It is not known how many voyages he made, or to which ports he traveled--except Charles Town and Cowes, England--before his capture andescape from St. Augustine where he was prisoner with Capt. Toeman.

On July 17, 1741, the young first mate off the Ancona evidently has favorably impressed Oglethorpe in the few months since his arrival at Frederica. The General sends him to Charles Town to procure a schoone rcapable of carrying up to 90 men to command in the service of Georgia.March 6, 1742 -- Apparently finding the recruits he needs, David takes therecently acquired vessel on its first recorded mission. While the March 6 issue of the Gazette makes the mission sound a bit gory, it appears to have been a success: That Capt. Braddock (who late went to St. Augustine at the Head of a Party of Indians, to get some prisoners for Intelligence) arrived at Frederica the same day the Prize was brought in, and brought with him three scalps and five Spaniards. June 22 1742--A Spanish fleet suddenly appeared off St. Simon's Island and attacked St. Augustine, as reported earlier in the Gazette, probably contributed to the Spanish action. The Spanish attacked the British positions on Cumberland Island and St. Simon's Island on the way up from St. Augustine. David Cutler Braddock received a 650 acre land grant in 1765 in St.Matthews Parrish. Ref. "Mariner and Privateer to the Crown, A Modest Analysis of the Lifeof Capt. David Cutler Braddock" by Mark Taylor Powell, His. 450 - Dr.Roger Warlick. Spring Quarter, June 2, 1993. "Braddock Family History" byHelen B. Hodges.

************************************************************************** ********************** For more about David Cutler Braddock see:

The Spanish Invasion of St. Simon's

Because of the shortage of space on this page, and the length of this exciting historical account, please refer to the following internet address for the story contributed by: J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr., Charleston, SC. Author of Wooden Ships - Iron Men .

http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/records/spaninv.htm

Also, The 1740 Expedition Against St. Augustine at:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/records/staug1742.htm

Also, Fort Frederica, St. Simons Island Glynn County,Georgia at:

http://www.petersnn.org/petersnn/frederica.html

From cousin Jerry Braddock:

http://www.hiltonheadisland.com/history.htm

Hilton Head Island Discovered

English Captain William Hilton, in August of 1663, while exploring the Port Royal Sound, sighted the high bluffs of the Island, and named it for himself, "Hilton Head". The word "Head" refers to the headlands visible to them as they sailed the uncharted waters. He lingered several days, making note of the trees, crops, and also the sweet water and clear sweet air.

The first English development in the Low Country began in 1698. Indian attacks, sponsored by the Spanish, continued to harrass the settlers in the area.

In 1717, Col. John Barnwell was granted a thousand acres on the NW corner of Hilton Head Island by the Lord Proprietors. He became the first white settler. By 1766, 25 families lived on Hilton Head Island.

In 1742 the SC colonial half-galley Beaufort, commanded by Captain David Cutler Braddock, was stationed in the cove at the southern point of the Island to guard against Spanish intrusions. The point and the cove have carried the name Braddock ever since.

Surname

Braddock

Braddock/David Cutler Braddock,

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Father: John BRADDICK I b: ABT. 1675 in Southold, LI, NY Mother: Mary CUTLER b: 24 JUL 1682
Marriage 1 Mary LYFORD b: 13 APR 1725 in New Providence Island, Bahamas Married: 7 NOV 1742 in St. Helena's Parish Church, SC

Children

John Cutler BRADDOCK b: 3 OCT 1743 in Hilton Head, Buefort, SC

Peter BRADDOCK b: BEF. 1764 in Hilton Head, Buefort, SC

J. David BRADDOCK b: BEF. 1764 in Hilton Head, Buefort, SC

Sources:

Title: "Wooden Ships Iron Men" by J. G. Braddock, pg. 29.

The 1740 Expedition Against St. Augustine

If Georgia owed its existence to any one man, there is no question that this man was James Oglethorpe.

While serving in Parliament, to which he was elected in 1722 at the relatively young age of 26, Oglethorpe became deeply troubled by the practice in England of imprisoning debtors and by the oppressions suffered in Europe by religious dissenters. In 1732 he persuaded Parliament to allow these people to settle in an area below South Carolina where they would be given land on which they could make a fresh start at working out their destinies. At the same time they would act as a buffer between the Spaniards in Florida and the English colonies to the north.
So intense was his desire to see the grand experiment succeed, Oglethorpe lead the first boatload of settlers over in 1733, picked out the site of Savannah, helped lay it out, and stayed on the scene ten years as political and military leader to help nurture the infant colony and defend it against all enemies. The hot, humid climate of the area constantly took its toll on the new arrivals. Indians were certainly a danger; however, Oglethorpe’s ability to win their favor minimized their threat to the colony. The Spanish to the south presented, by far, the greater danger to the colony’s survival. Spain had a colony along the Southeast coast long before the establishment of Georgia. They had founded St. Augustine in 1565 and had controlled the area for many years before a band of English settlers arrived in 1670 to settle Charles Town. The Spanish resented this intrusion into what they considered to be their territory and proceeded to harass the new town and the outlying settlements that were rapidly springing up around it along the Carolina coast.
Oglethorpe, in September, 1739, proposed to Lt. Governor Bull of South Carolina that the two colonies join forces to attack St. Augustine and drive the Spanish threat from the Southeast once and for all. A lengthy debate between the two over the proposed cost of the expedition and its leadership ensued, and an agreement was not reached until April, 1740. On May 9, 1740, after several communiqués between Oglethorpe and Bull negotiating the strategy to be employed against St. Augustine, the expedition, though not yet up to planned provisions and men, got under way. According to an entry in Oglethorpe’s journal which was reproduced in "Colonial Records of South Carolina - The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly," he reported,
"On the 9th, General Oglethorpe passed into Florida, campt [camped] upon the Spanish side of the River St. John's and sent the Indians to reconnoitre the Country "The expedition reached the south shore of Florida's St. John's River, the last water obstacle in its quest, then marched half way to St. Augustine before stopping for the night. Several cannon were abandoned in the soft sand along the way because of a lack of horses to pull them.
"The next day the invaders took Fort St. Diego, an outpost four hours march from St. Augustine. Another victory quickly followed with the capture of Moosa, a crude fort within shouting distance of the old town. Leaving about seventy men at Moosa, the expedition moved on toward St. Augustine to prepare an assault on the “castle,” Castillo de San Marcos, a formidable fort that had taken 23 years to build. A few days later a Spanish force of an estimated 500 men attacked Moosa in the pre-dawn hours of June 15, killing fifty or more of the surprised English. They took another twenty as prisoners while losing 132 themselves.
"A description of the attack, pieced together a year later by a committee of the South Carolina House from depositions of men who had participated in it, rivals the script of a John Wayne cavalry movie. According to the report a mixture of Georgia Rangers and Highlanders, South Carolina Rangers, and Indians were left to man Moosa and to keep nearby St. Augustine in a state of alarm as a diversionary measure. South Carolina's Colonel Palmer, commander of the Rangers of his province and the Indians, and who had two sons under his command, elected for him and his men to sleep outside the confines of the fort for safety's sake. Ignoring Palmer's advise to do likewise, the Georgia Rangers and Highlanders and their two captains slept inside:
"On the 15th, about one in the Morning some of the rangers, who had been out to burn a House close by the Town, but it being very dark could not find it, returned to Fort Moosa and reported that they had heard the Spanish Indians dancing the War Dance. Thereupon Col. Palmer said they must expect a Brush before Day; ordered them to lie down and take a Nap and that he would awake them at three or four o'Clock. Accordingly he did, and almost all the Rangers got up immediately and stood to Arms. Then the Colonel went into the Fort, roused them up, argued the Danger they were in and advised them to stand to Arms.
"But as usual, not regarding him, most of them lay down again. This put him into a great Passion, and coming out he said that they did not know what they trusted to, that the Spanish would surely attack them after the Indian Manner, and repeated that the General had sent them there for a Sacrifice. He stood some Time after in the gate-way talking to Jones On a sudden one of the advance Centinels called out that there was a Party of Men coming.
"Col. Palmer called out aloud, “Stand to your Arms! Not a man of you fire, but receive their first Fire; then half of you fire and fall back, making Room for the rest to come up, and we will kill them like Dogs “ Some of the Highlanders, then upon Guard in one of the Bastions, fired notwithstanding directly.
"The Enemy then poured in a large Volley. Upon which the Colonel said, “Are these the Men I have to trust to? I thought so before.” And betook himself to the Ditch, The Rangers, who were about twelve Yards without it, did the same; for the Colonel had before directed them in case of an Attack to do so, because they would be in as much Danger from the Fire of the Highlanders within the Fort as from the Enemy without.
Jones run into the Fort, and got all the Indians together in one Flanker, there being a great Hurry and Confusion amongst the Men, some being dressed and same undressed. He went into every Flanker three Times, yet could not find Capt. McIntosh, nor see any of the Soldiers; but found Capt McKay in one of them just got up in his Shirt with a small Sword and a Musket, whom he advised to support the Gate. But it was so well defended during the constant smart Fire on all Sides for a Quarter of an Hour from the two Flankers that commanded that Side and by Col. Palmer in the trench, who kept firing and encouraging the Men aloud, that they were repulsed twice."
"At length they came again Sword in Hand and entered the Gate, being led by an Officer whom Jones at his entrance shot. At the same Time another Party entered one of the Breaches; so that the Fort was at once full of Spaniards, it being about Half an Hour before day. McKay immediately jumped over into the Ditch with a small Sword in his Hand, and advised all to shift for themselves. Soon after McIntosh was carried out Prisoner. They continued within some Time at Clubwork, cutting and slashing as fast as they could, till the Spaniards being evidently, Masters, all that were able jumped over on all Sides into the Ditch, and made the best of their Way off through the Enemy that surrounded the Fort, amongst which Jones with six Indians jumping over was joined by Col. Palmer's two sons (the Captain and his Brother) and another of the Rangers who all together, firing as they marched and opening a Passage to themselves through the Enemy made their Escape, Capt. Palmer in particular killing a Spanish Indian by the Way who was just ready to knock down Jones.
"All this Time Col. Palmer maintained the Ditch where he was, though but with two of the Carolina by his Side. At length he Was shot by one within the Fort. Bleeding inwardly very much at the Mouth, he yet loaded his Gun, and when almost gone, reeling and panting, he still cried out as he fell, “Huzza my Lads! The Day's our own, I have been in many Battles and never lost one yet.” Thereupon those two Men, being the last, quitted the trench and escaped through the Enemy with many Wounds to the River Side opposite to Point Cartell, being about Mile and Half from the Fort.>BR> "There almost all that had escaped, except a few that could swim over, remained at a Stand. The Spaniards, as it pleased God, did not pursue their Victory; but marched back to the Castle in great Triumph, shouting and firing in Sight of the Camps with the Prisoners and Colours that they had taken in the Fort . . ."
The great expectation of capturing or destroying Castillo de San Marcos faded rapidly from then until mid-July as the undertaking dissolved into a fiasco. Oglethorpe, succumbing to threats of mass desertion, pulled out and returned home.
Contributed by: J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr. Charleston, SC. Author of Wooden Ships - Iron Men .

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The Spanish Invasion of St. Simon's In its failure, the 1740 expedition against St. Augustine accomplished the opposite of its intended purpose. Stirred up like a nest of enraged hornets, the Spanish began a two year process of assembling a force of ships and men capable of driving the English from the Southeast. Their first goal was to capture St. Simons on which sat Georgia's main outpost to the south, Fort Frederica. If they succeeded in capturing this stronghold and Georgia's leader, Oglethorpe, who resided on St. Simons most of the time, the rest of the colony would fall easily. South Carolina would be next.
The leaders of the two colonies knew some sort of retaliation for the failed expedition would be attempted and began making half-hearted preparations to counter it. The day long-dreaded by them arrived on June 22nd. A Spanish fleet suddenly appeared off St. Simon's Island. The fleet had attacked British positions on Amelia and Cumberland Islands on its way up from St. Augustine.
Accounts in some history books of the ensuing invasion of St. Simons accuse South Carolina of dragging their feet in sending adequate and timely aid to help repel the Spanish. These accusations were based primarily on the same accusation made by Oglethorpe in a letter he wrote after the enemy had been repulsed. Gleanings from the journals of the South Carolina Governor and Council and the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly and day-by-day reports from the "South Carolina Gazette's" weekly issues refute this charge as well as providing a good thumbnail chronology of the historic encounter.
Two letters written to the South Carolina government by Major Alexander Heron, one of Oglethorpe's officers, and recorded in the July 4, 1742 session of the Governor and Council Journal, give a vivid picture of the battle zone's rampant confusion:
"His Honor the Lieut. Govr. produced several Letters he had just now received from Georgia giving an Account of the Spaniards having made an Incursion on that Colony. One from Major Heron dated Camp at St. Simons 25th June 1742 Vizt
"Sir For these five or six days several Spanish Vessels have been lurking above Fort William St. Andrews and this place. Last night about 7 oclock five Galleys came into Cumberland Sound and engaged the General who was passing 70 or 80 Soldiers, Indians and others to the relief of Fort William and St. Andrews both of which places I hear before this are fallen into their Hands. As to the General God Almighty knows what's come of him and the people with him for we have not seen nor heard from him since the five galleys engaged him in my sight as I stood ready to pass to St. Andrews with 100 men and 25 Indians. He hath no chance of being safe without he get to the main. I seeing the communication quite cut off by the above 5 gallies made the speediest retreat I could to strengthen this place in which I shall make the best defence I am capable of. The Masters of vessels now in our Harbor have at my request agreed to go on board Captn. Thompson's Ship which is a Vessel of Force and our prize in order to make the best defence they can upon water and I have faced a Battery of 3 Guns about half a mile up this reach to the westward and shall make the best use I can of the 3 Eighteen pounders in the Fort which may give them great disturbance in passing. the Enemy have a very considerable Fleet now off the North point of Cumberland as our Bar is very good. We may expect the large Vessels as well as the small ones here at furthest by tomorrow. I shall not easily quit this place well knowing that if we are overpowered here they will soon fall upon you but I would beg of you as well for the good of His Majesty's Service as your own good to send all possible and speedy assistance to him who is in haste Sir, our most obedient and humble Servt. Alexander Heron
"June 25th. 8 o'clock at night

Sir

Since writing this morning the general is safe arrived having fought his way thro' five Galleys supported by seven more. I sent Ensign Cadogan this Afternoon to discover the Enemy. He's now returned having seen 15 Sail of Spanish Vessels at Anchor under the North point of Cumberland about 12 miles from this the General has reinforced Fort William and we are still in possession of it. He has brought with him from Cumberland upwards of 100 men by Sea in Walker's schooner so that we are much stronger and our men in better spirits than when I wrote you in the morning and if we had two Men of War I make no doubt of turning the scale on our side but it must be soon or I fear the consequence may be bad. I have no more to add but am Sir

Your very humble Servant

Alexander Heron

N. B. There is another Boat returned with 52 men & only one killed and one wounded"

The "Gazette's" June 28-July 4 issue reported that on June 26th, the number of Spanish vessels off St. Simon's had increased to thirteen, and row boats were observed landing 900 to 1000 men on Cumberland Island. In a letter read in the July 4th session, Oglethorpe apprised the Council of the urgency of the situation and of the consequence to Georgia and the Carolinas if the invaders were not repelled.
"Sir

Pursuant to the advices I gave you the Spaniards are come up. They attempted Fort William on Cumberland but were repulsed by Captn. Dunbar who commanded there in the Schooner and Fort. They then run in at St. Andrews sound with 11 Sail. I myself with two Boats broke my way thro' them and put a reinforcement of Provisions and Men into Fort William and left a Boat there being supported by Major Heron who was upon the land on Jekyl but he cold not follow me with three Boats that were with him so supported us by land. The engagement was very hot. How many the Spaniards have lost we know not. But we have not lost one man and I returned to this place from Fort William by Sea.
"They landed this morning on Cumberland. If we had two 20 Gun Ships they would be all prisoners there since as long as we keep Fort William they can have no succour from St. Augustine. We must decide it very soon. I have lined this River with what Craft and Men I have. If we should be defeated and they take Fort William and Frederica I know nothing can stop them on this side of Virginia for they certainly have a correspondence with the Negroes and they have a very large body of Men and fine Craft with good Guns. I am Sir Your humble Servant James Oglethorpe N. B. Major Heron seeing nothing but Fire and Smoke round us thought we were lost and upon that wrote you."
Immediately upon receiving first word of the Spanish assault on St. Simon's, the South Carolina government began assembling assistance. The most urgent needs were ships and men. The king's four men-of-war on the Carolina station, which were not under direct control of the province, were to go to Georgia's aid. In fact, the Flamborough had already headed down that way. Other than South Carolina's two new half-gallies, the Beaufort, which had left earlier in company with the Flamborough, and the Charles Town, which was still in the process of being fitted out, South Carolina had only the brig Carolina, a recently captured Spanish snow Juan Batista, and the Ranger, a schooner under hire. Providing adequate men on short notice to go on the vessels would prove difficult.
In addition, an embargo was immediately placed on all mercantile shipping within the colony's several ports and harbors, and a letter written asking the commander of His Majesty's men-of-war on the Virginia station to send ships.
On July 5th, 32 Spanish vessels sailed into the harbor. After a heavy exchange of fire with Oglethorpe and a garrison of men from Fort Frederica, they anchored four miles from Frederica and began landing troops. The General proposed that troops under his command begin drawing up into the fort to make their stand there. He then ordered his three vessels, the ship Success, the captured Spanish sloop Kingston, and the schooner Norfolk, to sail for Charles Town to advise Lieutenant Governor Bull and the commander of His Majesty's ships of the "scituation" and to seek assistance.
On July 6th, Oglethorpe and his men straggled into Fort Frederica at daybreak bringing their wounded on horseback. None were killed. In spite of the number of enemy vessels having grown to 36, optimism—at least that which was voiced aloud—reigned. The fort's tabby walls contained several 18 pounders, provisions enough for almost 12 months, and "men in very good heart." Besides, it was thought that with the path leading to the fort being too narrow to admit more than two men abreast, an enemy would not attempt a land attack.
Most importantly, they knew they had an effective leader in Oglethorpe. He immediately started preparing for defense of the fort. Scouts were sent out. Lost and broken arms and equipment were replaced. Companies were paraded. Meanwhile, in a speech to the House, Bull made an impassioned plea for their advice and assistance to "enable me to send such succors for the relief of Georgia as may be sufficient to disappoint the designs and attempts of His Majesty's enemies against these frontier provinces" and the House's "readiness to make a proper provision for the expences that will necessarily arise thereby."
On July 7th, responding to Bull's speech, a committee of both South Carolina houses decided that as the man-of-war Flamborough and the Beaufort galley left on June 30th, men-of-war Swift and Hawk were dispatched on July 4th; and as the Success lately arrived from England was a ship of force, any more larger vessels would not be necessary. Instead, heavily manned smaller vessels would be more capable of acting against enemy's gallies and smaller vessels on the rivers and shallow waters.
The committee recommended that 100 men and officers be immediately raised and that the Charles Town and other small craft be equipped for dispatching to assist Oglethorpe.
Colonial history, one on which the continued existence of the lower colonies hinged, was unfolding in the wilds and marshes of St. Simons. The "Gazette" gave a vivid account of this engagement in its July 12-19 issue:
"On the 7th, about 10 o'Clock in the Forenoon, the Rangers who had been on the Scout came, chas'd in by the Spaniards, giving an Account that the Enemy was within a Mile of this Place, where they had killed one Small. The General leap'd on the first Horse he met with, and immediately marched the Highland Company . . . and order'd Sixty from the Guard to follow, he himself galloped with the Indians to the Place, which was just within the Woods, about a Mile from hence, where he found Capt. Sebastian Saintio and Capt. Mageleeto with One Hundred and Twenty Spanish troops and Forty-five Yamasee Indians; Capt. Grey with his Chickasaws, Capt. Jones with his Tomobetaus, Tooanobowi with his Creeks, and the General with Six Highlanders who out-ran the Rest, immediately charged them; Capt. Mageleeto was kill'd, Capt. Sebastian Saintio taken, and the Spaniards entirely defeated, Two of which the General took Prisoners with his own Hands; Capt. Mageleeto shot Tooanobowi in the right Arm as he rushed in upon him, but Tooanobowi drawing his Pistol with his left Hand, shot him thro' the Head. The General pursued the Chase for near a Mile when he halted at an advantageous Piece of Ground, stayed 'till the Guard came up, and posting the highlanders on the right, and the Guard on the left side of the Road, hid in a Wood, with a large Savannah or Meadow in their Front, over which the Enemy must pass to came to Frederica; this being done, the General return'd and ordered the Regiment, Rangers and Companies of Boat Men to march; whilst they were preparing we hear'd Platoons firing, upon which the General immediately remounted, rode toward the Place and met Three Platoons coming back in great Disorder, who gave him an Account that they had been broke by the Spaniards who were extremely numerous, notwithstanding which he rallied them, and rode on; and to his great Satisfaction found Lieutenant Southerland with the Platoon of the Regiment under his Command, and Lieutenant Mackay with the Highlanders, had entirely defeated the Spaniards, consisting of Two Companies of Grenadiers making 100 Men, and 200 Foot; Don Antonio Barbara, who commanded them, was Prisoner but mortally wounded, they also took the Drum and several other Grenadiers.
"The General having order'd all the troops to march from Frederica, as soon as they arrived he pursued the Enemy Four Miles. In the Two Actions there was one Captain, One Corporal and sixteen Spaniards taken, and about 100 killed; the rest are dispersed into the Woods, for the general halted all Night at a Pass through the Marshes, over which they must go in their Return to their Camp, and thereby intercepted them, the Indians are out hunting after them in the Woods, and every Hour bring in Scalps."
A party of Indians sent out before daybreak of July 8th by the General reported that the Spanish had retreated to Fort St. Simon's and had "all retired into the ruins of the fort, under the cannon of their men of war." According to accounts in Kenneth Coleman's "Colonial Georgia - a History" and Robert Preston Brooks' "History of Georgia," quoting sources other than South Carolina colonial records and the "Gazette," a planned night assault on the Spanish camp was aborted when a Frenchman, who was part of the General's force, suddenly deserted and warned the Spanish. Thinking quickly, Oglethorpe released a Spanish prisoner with a note to the Frenchman giving him instructions on how to lead the Spanish into an ambush, and if he failed to do so, to try to keep them on the island a few more days until an expected large British naval force arrived. As hoped, the letter was discovered by Spanish officers.
On July 9th, Oglethorpe wrote Captain Charles Hardy of the man-of-war Rye that he wanted his vessels Norfolk and Success to return; that his people had defended themselves bravely and defeated the Spaniards in two actions, but could not hold out longer if not supported, therefore he desired speedy assistance against an enemy numbering 1000; and that if Hardy and the Rye appeared off the bar, the enemy would surrender.
Oglethorpe's ruse with the note to the Frenchman apparently worked. On July 13th, the Spanish began evacuation. However, according to information furnished to the "Gazette" and published in its July 19-26 issue, their departure was prompted by more than the ruse. The Flamborough, Swift and Hawk men-of-war and the Beaufort galley appeared off the bar of St. Simon's and upon sight of them "the Spaniards betook themselves to their vessels with the utmost confusion, and left the General again master of the island." Seeing that the enemy fleet had increased to 52 vessels, a force much too superior for their few number to contend with, the four vessels sailed for Charles Town. Their report raised concerns that the Spaniards would have the time and opportunity to escape before an adequate fleet to challenge them could be ready and on the scene.
Although the July 12-19 issue of the "Gazette" reported that the man-of-war Rye, in the company of the Charles Town had departed on the 10th., no vessels had gotten underway since the 4th. The Council gave all attention to the reason for this delay, a lack of sufficient sailors to man them. Lingering animosity over the failed St. Augustine expedition was one reason cited for the difficulty in recruiting men, according to the Governor and Council journal:
"Captn. Lyford having been sent for attended and assured His Honor the Lieut. Govr. that the Charles Town Galley should be ready to sail tomorrow at Noon. . . . It was agreed that the Captains of the vessels taken into the Service of this Government do immediately return a List to his Honor the Lieut. Governor of the number of men which they have already entered into the Service and that a press warrant be issued to some Officers to be appointed to impress 42 Seamen to be immediately put on board His Majesty's Ship Rye to enable her to proceed to join Captain Hamar and the Sloops of War in the defence of Georgia and this province. . . .
"The Commanders of vessels at present employed in the Government service attended at the Board among whom Captn. Barratt who has the command of the Privateer Snow prize said he had enlisted 60 volunteers into the Service and was promised 100 more.
"Captn. Lyford of the Charles Town galley said he got but nine Volunteers. Caleb Davis who commands Genl. Oglethorpe's schooner said he had got Eighteen Men.
"His Honor having asked those Captains the reason why those Sailors and Volunteers do not enter so briskly on this present Emergency they answered that some declined going into any of the vessels belonging to Georgia to be under Genl. Oglethorpe's pay nor the command of Col. Vanderdussen and others thought the Enemy would proceed no further than Frederica. . . .
". . . It was resolved that the Charles Town Galley belonging to this Government be forthwith manned and equipped and sent with the utmost expedition from hence to Georgia to get Intelligence about affairs there and particularly about the Flambro Man of War and the other two Man of War Sloops that are probably on that Coast. . . ."
A greater concern than that of the Spanish fleet escaping arose on July 14th. Intelligence was received that an invasion attempt would be made against South Carolina. A report that a large Spanish galley was hovering off Charles Town's bar seemed to confirm the intelligence. Lieutenant Governor Bull ordered the Charles Town galley, now under the command of William Lyford Sr., and the Norfolk, commanded by David Cutler Braddock, to be "forthwith" completely manned and equipped to go in search of the enemy vessel.
According to entries in the Governor and Council journal for the session of July 15th, the Council addressed several matters concerning getting vessels ready and on their way:
"An Order was issued to David Cutler Braddock to receive on board the Schooner Norfolk for the present Expedition against the Spanish Galley off the Bar 40 Muskets, 40 Cartouche Boxe flled. 40 Grenades 200lb weight of powder 40 pistols 40 cutlasses 40 Launches & 40 Swivel Guns. . . .
". . . that Captn. Hardy with the Rye when his complement of men is complete which is hoped will be very soon repair thither with Captain Thompson's Ship and the General's Schooners the Charles Town Galley and whatever other vessels shall be in readiness.
"The Captains Murray Thompson Lyford and Chapman being sent for waited on his Honor accordingly. The first gave an account that that he had got 35 men Thompson 30 Lyford 30 Chapman 35 and Capt Barratt had about 60 in all 200 Seamen. They then withdrew. . . .
"The Clerk was ordered to make out a List of the Vessels and the Commanders of the Vessels to be employed in the Intended Expedition and is as follows

Captn. Thompson of the Success 100 men

Chapman a Sloop 65

Barratt the prize Snow 90

Lyford the Charles Town Galley 50

Davis the Walker Schooner 100

Murray in the Brigantine 70

In all 475"

In his letter of July 16th, Lieutenant Governor William Bull informed Oglethorpe of South Carolina's support efforts:
"Sir

Since my last of the 6th. inst. Capt. Davis Capt. Thompson and the Guard Schooner Prize Sloop arrived here and also Capt. Braddock from Port Royal and I have been endeavoring to enlist men and in order for your further assistance I have commissioned the following Captains to proceed with their vessels to your immediate relief (viz') Capt. Thompson Capt. Murray Capt. Lyford and Capt. Chapman so there will be a Ship a Snow a Brigantine a Sloop and the other Galley will be well fitted & manned and sent to your Assistance at the expence of this Government wch I hope will be ready in two days I have wrote to acquaint His Grace the Duke of Newcastle the Govr. of Jamaica General Wentworth and Admr. Vernon the Governor of Virginia and the Govr. Providence to acquaint them with the present situation of affairs And as I shall send you that relief wch I hope will be sufficient with His Majesty's Ships of War to defeat His Majys Enemies now invading you I have the Militia of this province under Arms and have disposed them in the most proper method for the defence thereof I am

Sir, Your most Obedt. humble Servant

To James Oglethorpe Esq.

William Bull Departure of some vessels continued to be delayed by a shortage of men. In the Council session Bull took extreme measures:

". . . Therefore all persons who are inclined to Enlist their Slaves in the said Service are hereby directed to return the names of such their Slaves to me in Charles Town in order to their being enlisted into the Service immediately. . . .

"The following Captains of the Ships and Vessels employed in the Government Service were sent for and gave in Fresh lists of what numbers of Men they had enlisted and what number they wanted

Captain Barratt has 80 or 90, wants--

Chapman 40 25

Thompson 60 80

Lyford 36 17 (pt black & pt white)

Davis 20 100

In all Enlisted 236 wants 237
"His Honor the Lieut. Govr. communicated to the Board a Letter he had received from the Honble John Oatland dated George Town in Winyaw July 12th 1742 Wherein he acknowledges he had received from his Honor a Warrant for apprehending all Vagabonds Vagrants & Straggling Sailors to execute which he had wrote to several Justices in that neighbourhood and directed the Constables to take all such persons and that shall be wanting in either of them to promote so necessary a piece of Service."
Still literally beating the bushes for sailors, the South Carolina government decided on July 17th to send immediately all vessels that were ready. The "Gazette" reported in its July 19-26 issue that several sailed that day, "one after another," to join the men-of-war off St. Simon's. One exception was the Beaufort, which was delayed a day in sailing. The vessels carried on board more than 600 men and 140 carriage and swivel guns.
Word was received from Virginia on July 23rd that the 40-gun man-of-war South Sea-Castle was being dispatched from that station. On July 24th, the Council compiled a list of naval support sent to Georgia's aid:
"List of the whole Naval Force sent from this province to the relief of Georgia

King's Ships of War

The Rye Capt Hardy 22 Great Guns 160 men

Flamboro Capt Hamer 22 150

Swift Sloop Capt Bladwell 8 12 Swivel 90

Hawk Sloop 8 12 90

Carriage Guns 60 Swivel 24 400 Men

"List of Ships and other Vessels fitted out and manned at the Charge of the Government of South Carolina

G. Guns Swivel Men

The Success Captain Thompson 22 12 110

Brig Carolina Captain Murray 10 10 70

Prize Snow Cpt Barrett 10 12 85

Cha: Town Galley Capt Lyford 6 10 65

Beaufort do Capt Gibson 8 60 Schooner Ranger Capt Davis 12 12 80

Sloop Capt Chapman 10 10 82

Schooner Capt Braddock 6 12 50

84 78 602"
After being delayed in departing Charles Town because of a fouled anchor, Captain Hardy arrived on July 26th on the Rye. Seeing that the enemy has departed, he ordered the provincial vessels home. Four of them, the Carolina, Juan Batista, Kingston, and the Norfolk, left immediately. Upon their arrival in Charles Town on July 30th, their commanders were ordered to lay their journals before the Council. The Council, who was of the opinion that the provincial vessels would join the men-of-war in pursuing and destroying the Spanish should they retreat, were surprised and furious that the vessels were ordered home. They instructed the commanders to keep their vessels in readiness.
Oglethorpe had detained the Beaufort and Charles Town gallies when the other vessels departed. William Sr., who arrived with the Charles Town too late to engage the enemy, wrote a letter to the lieutenant governor on August 3rd complaining about being made to cool his heels at St. Simon's instead of coming home. The letter was read in the August 12th Council meeting:
"Sir

This comes to acquaint you that on the 24th July in Latitude 30d 34m in 12 fathoms of water at 2 oclock in the afternoon I received orders from the Commander to take Ensign Eyres on board with a Letter to General Oglethorpe and to go to Egg Island sound at 10 oclock the same night I came to anchor in 4 fathoms of water about 2 leagues to the Southward of Egg Island In the morning by daylight I discovered a small Boat under the land, who was in search of the Genls. Schooner whom after I hailed told me Spaniards were gone away I sent Mr. Ayres immediately on shore and run with my Galley immediately into St. Simons to water and wait further orders from the Commander On the 26th I received a Letter from Gen. Oglethorpe strictly charging me not to go out and on the same day I received orders from the Commodore by Captain Thompson to make the best of my way to Charles Town I waited on the General shewed him my Instructions and likewise my orders from the Commodore and his reply was he could not answer letting me go, for he did not yet think himself safe but promised to let me go as soon as the Men of War were returned from their cruize off St. Augustine Capt Gibson arrived here the 30th July and at his arrival the General promised to the Volunteers on board Capt. Thompson's ship to send me away to carry them to Charles town. But Capt. Gibson sailing without acquainting the General put him in such a rage that he sent Capt. Davis on Board his Schooner to assist the commander at St. Simons that no Vessel or Boat should go out without his leave or orders I waited on the general the next day who told me he would not suffer me to go before the Men of War returned from their Cruize who as he tells me promised to call in here And am lying here with my people all in good health here but very much disheartened for being detained therefore I hope your Honor will advise with Genl. Oglethorpe concerning of dispatch home In case the Men of War should not call here As for a full account of the siege here I refer your Honor to the young Volunteers I am

Your Honors most obedient

and humble Servant

St. Simons 3 Aug.. 1742

William Lyford

p. s. Aug. 4th. Captain Gibson last night arrived and gives an account of 9 Sail in at St. Juan's and since this news I believe everybody will be stopt."
On August 13th, a letter from Oglethorpe was read in the Council meeting. Either not knowing, or not fully appreciating the difficulties South Carolina met in adequately manning ships of the hodgepodge fleet they hastily assembled to send to his aid, Oglethorpe, his breath probably still hot from the fast and furious pace of chasing and being chased over land and water the last several days, voiced his displeasure at not receiving support until the threat was all but over:
"The Honorable John Fenwicke laid the following Letters which he received from Genl. Oglethorpe before His Honor the Lieut. Govr. and Council one dated at Frederica the 4th August . . .
"Sir

By the Blessing of God upon His Majesty's Arms we have driven the Spaniards out of the Colony. After our defeating them two fights in the woods they retreated from the Island with such precipitation that they left behind them Cannon Shot and even Musket Bullets. In their retreat they assaulted Fort William as far as which place I followed them where they were also repulsed and from whence I sent out Boats after them as far as the River St. Johns. As their loss has been but small tho' their Terror is great. I expect when they have had a little recovered their freight that they will attempt something with better Conduct. I send you enclosed the Account of a Spanish prisoner whom we have released from their power. I do write to Mr. Bull because I find he took no kind of notice of the Early Accounts I gave him of this design and even spoke very slightly of those Intelligences upon which the safety of His Majesty's Subjects depended. Besides as he is oftener at his plantation than in Town Letters which go to you will be more immediately communicated to His Majesty's Council and Assembly without loss of time. I am, Sir

Your most obedient

humble Servant

James Oglethorpe

p. s. Necessity will force the Spaniards soon to attempt something. They have a vast number of Men in St. Augustine and little to subsist on."
The "Gazette's" August 9-16 issue reported that on the 13th, three men-of- war and several provincial vessels sailed:
"Last Friday Capt. Frankland in his Majesty's Ship the Rose, together with the Flamborough and Swift Men of War, and Four of the Provincial Vessels (commanded by Captains Murray, Barrett, Chapman and Braddock) sailed over this Bar to cruize against the Spaniards. We hear that they are to touch at St. Simon's and be joined by our Gallies now there. No doubt the Rye and Hawk Men of war (which weighed anchor off this Bar and stood to the Southward just after Capt. Frankland arrived here) will meet with the Fleet and join also."
In its August 30-September 6 issue, the "Gazette" gave an account of the fleet's movements for the next several days:
"On Tuesday the 24th of August, our Fleet (join'd by the General's Guard- Schooner and Two Scout-Boats) consisting of 15 Sail, set sail from Fort William for the bar of Augustine.
"On the 26th, Twelve of the Fleet arrived in sight of the Place, and at 4 in the Afternoon anchor'd off the Bar. The Castle distant about Two Leagues.
"On the 27th, the Provincial Vessels received their Orders from the Commodore and some of them look'd into the Harbour, when they Descry'd 7 sails lying under the Castle, and 6 Half-Galleys just within the Bar.
"On Saturday the 28th, the Commodore having made the proper Signals for all the Boats, &c. belonging to the Fleet to be mann'd and arm'd, at 12 o'Clock the Beaufort, Gibson; the Charles-Town, Lyford; the Norfolk, Braddock; the Carolina, Murray, and the Kingston, Chapman, weighed Anchor and stood close in for the Bar, in Company with the General, then on board Mr. Demitree's Scout- Boat; at 4 in the Afternoon those Vessels began to fire at the Half-Galleys, but none of our Shot was perceiv'd to reach them except from Charles-Town and Beaufort Galleys, which had Nine-Pounders; in the Evening (the Spaniards retiring under the Castle) our Vessels were order'd to draw off, and the next Morning set sail for the Matansas, where they arrived in the Afternoon, and came to an Anchor.

"Two of the Spanish Galleys were so much damaged that the Enemy was obliged to hawl them on shore to stop their Leaks: On the other Hand, one of the Enemy's Shot breaking a Swivel Gun on Board the Scout-Boat commanded by Mr. Demitree, killed One Man, slightly wounded the General and Three Others, and broke Mr. Demitree's Thigh, who is now under the Care of a Surgeon, in this Town. On Monday the 30th, they designed to land some Men to make Discoveries, but there being a Swell that Design could not be executed. The Fleet then left that Coast . . .

". . . On Saturday last [September 4] returned from the Cruize against the Spaniards, the Rose and Swift, Men of War, and Beaufort Galley. And on Sunday also the Charles-Town Galley, the Schooner Norfolk, and Sloop Kingston. The South-Sea-Castle is, we hear, returned to her Station; the Flamborough (in want of Provisions and Water) detain'd by the Change of Wind, with our other Vessels, near Edisto. And the Rye and Hawk Men of War are gone, with the General's Craft to St. Simon's."

The Spanish never again mustered a major threat against the lower colonies.

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Col. Samuel Elbert's letter

In a letter published a few days later in the Charlestown newspaper, Col. Samuel Elbert's letter relays news of how his troops recaptured St. Simons and three of his gallies captured three British men-of-war, a decisive victory for the Georgia Revolutionists. April 14-19, 1778 Georgia Historical records show that Elbert reached Fort Howe on the Altamaha on April 14. Learning that three British vessels were anchored off Fort Frederica, which was under enemy control, he took three hundred men by boat and landed them near Frederica. Elbert wrote Continental Commander General Robert Howe of the results of the invasion in a letter. The following copy is from the Charlestown's newspaper, South Carolina and American General Gazette—of April 23:
April 14-19, 1778

Elbert reaches Fort Howe on the Altamaha on April 14. Learning that three British vessels are anchored off Fort Frederica, which is under enemy control, he takes three hundred men by boat and lands them near Frederica. Elbert writes Continental Commander General Robert Howe of the results of the invasion in a letter.

The following copy is from the Charlestown's newspaper, now under a new name—South Carolina and American General Gazette—of April 23. The town's name also is changed, now being one word:
C H A R L E S T O W N, April 23, 1778

This afternoon an express arrived here from Savannah, by the whom the following advices were received.

Copy of a Letter from Col. Elbert to Major General Howe, at Savannah.

Dear General, Frederica, April 19, 1778

I have the happiness to inform you that about 10 o'clock this afternoon, the Brigantine Hinchinbrooke, the Sloop Rebecca, and a prize brig, all struck the British Tyrant's colors and surrendered to the American arms. Having received intelligence that the above vessels were at this place, I put about three hundred men, by detachment from the troops under my command at Fort Howe, on board the three gallies—the Washington, Capt. Hardy; the Lee, Capt Braddock; and the Bulloch, Capt. Hatcher; and a detachment of artillery with a field piece, under Capt. Young, I put on board a boat. With this little army, we embarked at Darien, and last evening effected a landing at a bluff about a mile below the town; leaving Col. White on board the Lee, Capt. Melvin on board the Washington, and Lieut. Petty on board the Bulloch, each with a sufficient party of troops.
Immediately on Landing, I dispatched Lieut. Col. Ray and Major Roberts, with about 100 men, who marched directly up to the town, and made prisoners three marines and two sailors belonging to the Hinchinbrooke. It being late, the gallies did not engage until this morning.
You must imagine what my feelings were, to see our three little men of war going to the attack of these three vessels, who have spread terror on our coast, and who were drawn up in order of battle; but the weight of our metal soon damped the courage of these heroes, who soon took to their boats; and, as many as could, abandoned the vessels with everything on board, of which we immediately took possession.
What is extraordinary, we have not one man hurt. Capt. Ellis [ of the Hinchinbrooke] is drowned, and Capt. Mowbry [of the Rebecca] made his escape. As soon as I see Col. White, who has not yet come to us with his prizes, I shall consult with him, the other three officers, and the commanding officers of the galleys, on the expediency of attacking the Galatea now lying off Jekyll. I send you this by Brigade Major Habersham, who will inform you of the other particulars. I am. &c.

SAMUEL ELBERT, Col. Commandant
It is no wonder Elbert was ecstatic. Two years earlier the Hinchinbrooke (spelled without the e in some references), in company with the 20-gun Scarborough and another vessel, had sailed boldly up the Savannah River and, under heavy rifle fire from the Americans, made off with several vessels laden with rice. Her capture certanly proved to be a morale booster to supporters of the Revolution in the South, who were struggling to turn the tide of war in their favor.
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Georgia Loyalists
Georgia Revolutionists were fierce in keeping the British at bay in Georgia. My 4th great-grandfather, Capt. John Cutler Braddock, as a galley commander was one of the fiercest. There were many other Georgians, however, who, by dictate of conscience, chose to remain Loyal to the Crown.
You may be surprised to learn that Benjamin Franklin's son was a staunch Loyalist. They paid dearly for their loyalty.
On August 19, 1783, the Assembly of the State of Georgia passed an Act of Attainder, Banishments and Confistication that took from all known Loyalists, property they held in Georgia and banished them from the state. Most fled to the British province of East Florida and from there to England and to British held islands in the Caribbean, primarily the Bahamas. Notice of the Act was published in the Georgia Gazette followed by a list of 225 names of Georgia Loyalists.
The list included the last Royal Governor of Georgia, Sir James Wright, Lt. Gov. John Graham, and members of their council along with all other officials of the displaced government. Many on the list went on to become successful leaders in their places of exile. One such man was William Lyford Jr., uncle to the aforesaid John Cutler Braddock. He received several large grants in the Bahamas for his service to British naval operations in the Southeast and for being one of the planners and participants of Col. Andrew DeVeaux's famous raid that drove the Spanish from Nassau in 1783. The exclusive residential resort Lyford Cay, home of international best-selling author Arthur Hailey and actor Sean Connery, is located on one of the Grants.
List of Loyalists Banished from Georgia-1783

The Assembly of the State of Georgia published a list of men banished from the state in the Savannah newspaper, now back to its old name—the Georgia Gazette. The notorious McGirt brothers, who appear in many accounts of Revolutionary War action in the South as being instrumental in thwarting Georgian and Continental attempts to invade Florida—some accounts spelling it McGirth—are on the list. Strangely, some few on it were on lists published earlier by the British:

GEORGIA,

House of Assembly, 15th July, 1783

ORDERED, That his Honour the Governor and Council be recommended and requested to transmit to the Executive and Legislative Powers or Departments, in every State on the United States, a List of Persons named in their Laws so that, by this correspondence, each State may know, or be informed from Time to Time, what is done by each State relative to those Persons so proscribed. Extract from the Minutes,

(Signed) JOHN WILKINSON, Clk. G. A.

In Council, Savannah, 19th August, 1783.

PURSUANT to the foregoing order of the Honourable the House of Assembly, passed at Augusta on the Fifteenth July last past, the following Persons are named within our Act of Attainder, Banishments and Confiscation, and stood proscribed on that Day.

By Order of his Honour the Governor in Council,

D. REES, Sec'y. Ex. Council

A LIST of Persons on the Bill of Attainder, Banishment and Confiscation, passed at Augusta, in the State of Georgia, on the Fourth Day of May, which was in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Two, and of our Sovereignty and Independence the Sixth, to wit:

Sir J.Wright, (barrister)

C.W.Mackinea , Robert French

Alexan. Rose Will. Balfour

John Graham , C.Wright sen , Isaac Downing

Alex. Wright , Robert Porteous, Isaac Fulton

L. McGillivray , Jermyn Wright , Acd. McNielly

John Mullryne , C. Wright (son , James Lyle

Josiah Tattnall, of James), Joseph Marshal

Basil Cowper, J. McGillivray, John Pig

William Telfair, Tim Barnard, John Brown

Alex. McGoun , Issac Delyon, Th. Rutherford

T.Tallemach, Peter Edwards , David Green

Sam. Douglass, Roger Kelsall , Ph. Hevelstine

L.Johnston sen, Thomas Young , W.Hammond

L.Johnston jun , Simon Munro, G. Johnston sen.

Wm. Johnston , Henry Munro , John Johnston

Samuel Farley, James Spalding, William Corker

Ja. Alexander, Alex Crighton, John Corker

James Butler, Rod. McIntosh, Wil. Mangrum

John Wood , Will. McIntosh, Will. Durgan

Robert Reid, (Indiantrader) , James Hunt

John Storr , Cha. McDonald , William Young

Thomas Ried , John McDonald , Matthew Moore

Ph. Delegal sen., Don. McDonald , Henry Sharp

Ph. Delegal jun. , Daniel McLeod , Cordy Sharp

John Glenn , D.B. McIntosh, Will. McNatt

J. Bead Randel , John Polson, S. Montgomery

John C. Lucena , William Rose, Benj. Brantley

Nathaniel Hall, John Westley , Elias Bonnell

Tho. Gibbons , —- McKay (St. , Absalom Wells

John Fox jun. , Andrew's) , John Ferguson

John Simpson of Ar. ,Carney jun. , William Ried

Sabine Fields , Will Dawson , Thomas Beatty

Mat. Stewart , Charles Watts , Thomas Waters

Thomas Ross , Samuel Shepard , Henry Williams

John J. Zubly , James Carson, John Douglass

Dav. Zubly jun. , John Martin , William White

George Baillie , (Jekyl) , Sam. Williams

William Wylly , John Kitching , Daniel Philips

Campbel Wylly , J.W. Williams , James Gordon

Levi Sheftal , William Clark , Abr. Wilkins

James Herriott, R. Demere jun., Samuel Wilkins

James Graham , John Proctor , Jonath. Wilkins

James Hume , Daniel McGirt , William Tidwel

John Hume , James McGirt , Reuben Sherral

Tho. Goldsmith , George Aarons , J. Grierson (Cl)

James Wright , William Willis , Andrew Moore

(Major) , Absal. Mincey , John Howard

Ja. Robertson , H. Cooper sen. , Will. Manson

H. Yonge jun. , H. Cooper jun. , James Ingram

Joseph Farley , William Cooper , Edward Ashton

John Foulis , Philip Dell , J Seymour (RJ)

Tho. Flyming , James Dell , M. Weatherford

Alex. Thomson , James Pace sen. , John Henderson,p> R. McCormick , Ch.F. Triebner , J. Weatherford

Thomas Forbes , Steph. Dampier , George Philips

T. Brown (Cl.) , Peter Blyth, Alex. McLean

W. Jones (Sav.), John Blyth , Benj. Howard

Martin Jollie, Ulrick Gruber , Tho. Howard

Donald Fraser , Joseph Johnston, And. Robertson

Isaac Bailleu , John Johnston , Don. Cameron

George Kincaid , William Love , John Jamieson

William Knox, John Love , William Oates

John Murray, John Thomas , Thomas Scott

Geo. Cuthbert , David Russel, Richard Bailey

W. McGillivray , Matthew Lyle , John Coppinger

Peter Deas , Robert Miller , Tho. Manson

George Fox , John Robertson, Jacob Watson

Moses Kirkland , Daniel Howel , And. Johnston

J. Lightenstone , Alexan. Carter , C. Weatherford

William Lyford , Ro. Wolfington , John Furlow

Andrew Hewat , William Tucker , James Jackson

Alexan. Inglis , J. McCormick , (Augusta)

James Brisbane , P. McCormick , Will. Johnston

William Miller , Ro. Henderson, F. Folliot (D.)

William Moss , Lud Mobley , T. Taylor (D.)

Philip Moore , James Herbert, Simeon Paterson

William Panton , James Moore , Nathan. Polhill

Tho. Skinner , Samuel Moore , John Maxwell

J.M. Tattnall , Joseph Cornals , Soloman Kemp.
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British List of Traitors

Before the British recaptured Savannah in December 1778, the Revolutionary government compiled a list of those they considered Loyalists and threats to their cause. The royalists, once back in control, wasted little time in countering with lists of their own.
The first is one compiled by Loyalist Thomas Flyming [Fleming] and notarized May 30, 1780. 23 of the 79 men [--denoted by *--] listed have biographies in the first volume of Men of Mark in Georgia. Ten on the list had been or became chief executives of the new state of Georgia. Two were among Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Georgia Department of Archives and History (Colonial Book DDD, page 260-B, affidavit):

Georgia.
Personally appeared before me- The Honorable Anthony Stokes, Esquire, his Majesty's Chief Justice of the Province aforesaid - Thomas Flyming, of Saint Matthew's Parish in the province aforesaid Esqr. who being duly Sworn Saith, that to his certain knowledge the following persons under written were all of them very active in Rebellion against His Majesty in this Province . William Obryan, Nehemiah Wade, *John Houston, *John Adam Truetlin, *John Glenn, Richard Wylly, *Lachlan McIntosh, *George Walton, *William Stephens, *Joseph Habersham, *John Habersham, John McLuer, Raymond Demere, *John Milledge, *Joseph Clay, *Noble Wimberly Jones, Mordecai Shefftall, Levi Shefftall, [----] Delyon, a Jew; *Jonathan Bryan, Joseph Reynolds, John Spencer, *John Wereat, The Rev. John Holmes, *Edward Langworthy, Rudolph Stroager, *William Gibbons, Philip Minis, Edward Davis, *Samuel Elbert, Benjamin Lloyd, Robert Hamilton, Shefftall Shefftall, James Alexander, John Stirk, *Samuel Stirk, Henry Cuyler, *John Martin, Joseph Gibbons, Seth John Cuthbert, Matthew Griffin, William Holzendorff, Chas. Odingsell, Edward Howley, *Joseph Wood Senr., Joseph Wood Junrr., a Doctor Wood, Daniel Roberts, Lewis Cope, Charles Cope, William Leconte, Charles Francis Chevalier, Fowler Brisbane, Shem Butler, Thomas Stone, William Gibbons Junr., *Benjamin Andrews, *John Baker Senr., William Baker, John Hardy, John Braddock, Samuel Miller, Joseph Woodruff, Charles Spencer, Peter Tarling, John Winn, Samuel West, *Oliver Bowen, *Lyman Hall, Abraham Revor, A Capt. & A Major Howell, Samuel Spencer, James Goldwire, Robert Hudson Senr., Robert Hudson Junr., Samuel Hudson, Edward Hudson, John Green, a Burton Tavernkeeper.Sworn before me . . . this 30th. day of May 1780

[ Thos. Flyming A Stokes Jefferson County]

Seaborn Jones of the County of Scriven, Attorney at Law, being duly sworn maketh Oath and Saith that in the year 1774 & 1775, he was a clerk to the late Judge Walton, who in those years was a practitioner of law in the General Court of the then Province of Georgia. That during those years he, The deponent, became necessarily well acquainted with the honorable Anthony Stokes, the Chief Justice of the then province aforesaid, and whom he hath frequently seen write. That he hath examined the Signature of “AStokes” to the foregoing affidavit of Thomas Flyming, and Verily believes the same to be in the proper hand Writing of the said Anthony Stokes.

Sworn to before me )

Seaborn Jones

18th July 1806: )

Josiah M. Sterett J. I Ct.

The restored royal assembly convened on May 9 for the first time since the British regained Savannah. Out of this session, which met until July 10, came two official list of traitors. The first is The Georgia Treason Act of 1780, (which is in the Joseph V. Bevan Papers, Peter Force Collection, Library of Congress, and is reproduced substantially in its entirety in Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution). The list, which is not included here, contains 114 names, most of which are on the The Act is prefaced with:
. . . Whereas a most desperate and bloody Rebellion hath been levied and raised against his Majesty in this Province in which a Number of His Majesty's Subjects contrary to their Duty and Allegiance have been wickedly and traitorously engaged and amongst others the several persons herein after-named
. . . The list is followed by:
. . . Shall be and they the said several Persons above named and each and every of them is and are hereby Attainted of High Treason and is and are declared to be subject to all the pains penalties and forfeitures by Law inflicted on Persons guilty of High Treason to all Intents Construction and purposes whatsoever as if they the several persons above named were and each and every of them was convicted and attainted of High Treason in a Court of Justice having jurisdiction therein according to the Law of the Land. . . . The Act runs for several more paragraphs in the same vein, including the warning that should any of those listed return to Georgia they will be punished by death. John has earned his way onto a list of traitors, his second, that includes men of all walks of life. Many are planters. Several are Jews whose families came over at their own expense shortly the arrival of Georgia's first wave of settlers. A wide range of trades are represented. Some are quite prominent. Others will become prominent, including eight who will serve as chief executives of the state of Georgia.
Today, the Assembly enacts a second law dealing with “traitors.” The British Disqualifying Act, is of the same nature and intent as the first. It lists 151 individuals, including many who were on the previous two lists.

Revolutionary Records of Georgia (Excerpts of “The British Disqualifying Act, 1780”):

AN ACT

To disq>[Qualify and render incapable the several persons herein named from holding or exercising any office of trust honour or Profit in the Province of Georgia for a Certain time and for Other purposes therein Mentioned. WHEREAS a most Audacious wicked and unprovoked Rebellion was lately raised and carried on against his Majesty in the province of Georgia, and several persons concerned therein, in a most violent, hostile and unlawful manner usurped the Government thereof, and erected themselves into a pretended independent State, where they exercised many Acts of Violence and Oppression, in contempt of his said Majesty and his Laws, and to the great distress and injury of his Loyal Subjects. And whereas the several persons herein after named were Active and concerned in the said unlawful proceedings or some of them. We therefore Pray your most sacred Majesty that it may be Enacted, and be it Enacted by his Excellency Sir James Wright Baronet Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of Georgia by and with the advice and consent of the Honourable the Council and Commons House of Assembly of the said province in general Assembly Met, and by the Authority of the same, that immediately from and after the passing of this Act, and during the Continuance thereof, the same persons herein after named, that is to say, John Houstoun late of this Province Rebell Governor, John Adam Treutlen, late of the same Rebell Governor, Lachlan Mc Intosh late of the same, Rebel General, George Walton late of the same, member of the Rebel Congress, William Stephens, late of the same, Rebel Attorney General, John Mc Luer late of the same, Rebel Major, Joseph Clay late of the same , Rebel Paymaster General, Noble Wimberly Jones late of the same speaker of the Rebel Assembly, Mordecai Sheftall late of the same Chairman of the Rebel Parochial Committee, William O Bryan late of the same Rebel Treasurer, John Werriatt late of the same, Rebel Councellor, Edward Telfair late of the same Member of the Rebel Congress, Edward Davis, late of the same Member of the Rebel Assembly, Samuel Elbert late of the same a Rebel General, Seth John Cuthbert late of the same Rebel Major, William Holzendorf late of the same, Rebel counsellor, Richard Howley late of the same Rebel Governor, George Galphin Rebel Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Andrew Williamson Rebel General, John White late of this province Rebel Colonel, Nehemiah Wade late of the same Rebel Treasurer, John Twiggs late of the same Rebel Colonel, William Few late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Edward Langworthy late of the same Rebel Delegate, William Glasscock late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Robert Walton late of the same Rebel Commissioner of Forfeited Estates, Joseph Wood Junior late of the same Clerk to the Rebel Assembly, ——— Piggens late of the same Rebel Colonel, William Hornby late of the same, distiller, Pierce Butler late of the same Rebel Officer, Joseph Wood late of the same Member of the Rebel Congress, Reverend William Piercy late of the same Clerk, Thomas Savage late of the same Planter, Thomas Stone late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Benjamin Andrew late of the same President of the Rebel Council, John Baker, Senior late of the same Rebel Colonel, William Baker late of the same Rebel Officer, Francis Brown late of the same Planter, Nathan Brunson late of the same Member of the Rebel Congress, John Hardy late of the same Captain of a Rebel Galley, Joseph Oswald late of the same Planter, Thomas Morris late of the same Rebel Officer, Samuel Miller late of the same Rebel Assembly man, Thomas Maxwell late of the same, Planter, Joseph Woodruff late of the same Captain of a Rebel Galley, Josiah Powell late of the same Planter, Samuel Saltus late of the same a Committeeman, John Sandiford late of the same Planter, Peter Tarling late of the same Rebel Officer, Oliver Bowen late of the same Rebel Commodore, Lyman Hall late of the same Member of the Rebel Congress, Andrew Moore late of the same planter, Joshua Inman late of the same Planter, John Dooley late of the same Rebel Colonel, John Glen late of the same Rebel Chief Justice, Richard Wylly late of the same President of the Rebel Council, Adam Fowler Brisbane late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Shem Butler late of the same, Rebel Assemblyman, Joseph Habersham late of the same, Rebel Colonel, John Stirk late of the same, Rebel Colonel, Raymond Demmere late of the same Rebel Cloathier, General Charles Odingsell late of the same Rebel Captain, William Peacock late of the same Rebel Counsellor, John Braddock late of the same Captain of a Rebel Galley, Joseph Reynolds late of the same Bricklayer, Rodolph Strohager late of the same Butcher, Charles Cope late of the same Butcher, Lewis Cope late of the same Butcher, Hepworth Carter late of the same Rebel Captain, Stephen Johnston late of the same, Butcher, John McIntosh Junior late of the same Rebel Colonel, James Houstoun late of the same Surgeon, James Habersham late of the same Merchant, John Habersham late of the same Rebel Major, John Milledge Junior, late of the same Rebel Assemblyman, Levi Sheftal late of the same Butcher, Philip Jacob Cohen late of the same Shop Keeper, John Sutcliffe late of the same Shopkeeper, Jonathan Bryan late of the same Rebel Counsellor, John Spencer late of the same Rebel Officer, John Holmes late of the same Clerk, William Gibbons the elder late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Sheftall Sheftall, late of the same Rebel Officer, Philip Minis late of the same Shopkeeper, Coshman Pollock late of the same Shopkeeper, Robert Hamilton late of the same Attorney at Law, Benjamin Lloyd late of the same Rebel Officer, James Alexander late of the same Rebel Officer, John Jenkins late of the same Rebel Assemblyman, Samuel Stirk late of the same Rebel Secretary, Philip Densler late of the same, Yeoman, Henry Cuyler, late of the same Rebel Officer Joseph Gibbons late of the same Rebel Assemblyman, Ebenezer Smith Platt, late of the same shopkeeper, Matthew Griffin late of the same planter, Peter Deveaux late of the same Gentleman, Benjamin Odingsell late of the same Rebel Officer, John Gibbons late of the same Vendue Master, John Smith late of the same planter, William LeConte late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Charles Francis Chevalier late of the same Rebel Counsellor, Peter Chambers of Savannah Shopkeeper, Thomas Washington late of this Province, Rebel Officer, Elisha Maxwell late of the same, planter, Thomas Maxwell Junior late of the same Rebel Major, William Gibbons the younger late of the same Planter, William Davis late of the same Rebel Officer, John Graves late of the same Yeoman, Charles Kent late of the same Rebel Counsellor, John Bacon late of the same Marriner, Job Pray late of the same Marriner, Nathaniel Saxton late of the same tavernkeeper, Philip Low late of the same Rebel Officer, Samuel Spencer late of the same Marriner, John Winn Senior late of the same Planter, Devereaux Jarratt late of the same Rebel Assemblyman, Samuel West late of the same Gentleman, Josiah Dupont late of the same, Planter, James Pugh late of the same planter, Francis Pugh late of the same Planter, James Rae late of the same Planter, James Martin late of the same Planter, John Martin, late of the same Rebel Sheriff, Thomas Pace late of the same Rebel Officer, Benjamin Few late of the same Rebel Officer, Dionysious Wright late of the same Planter, Chesley Bostick late of the same Shopkeeper, Littleberry Bostick late of the same planter, Leonard Marbury late of the same Rebel Officer, John Sharp late of the same planter, James Harris late of the same Planter, Henry Jones late of the same Rebel Colonel, Hugh McGee late of the same Rebel Captain, John Wilson late of the same Gentleman, George Wych late of the same Rebel Officer, William Candler late of the same Rebel Officer, Zechariah Fenn late of the same Planter, William McIntosh late of the same Rebel Colonel, David Brydie late of the same Surgeon, Andrew McLean late of the same Merchant, Sir Patrick Houstoun late of the same Barronet, Macartin Campbell late of the same Merchant, James Gordon late of the same planter, John Kell late of the same Gentleman, John McLean late of the same planter, Josiah McLean late of the same Planter, John Snider late of the same Planter, John Elliott late of the same Rebel Officer, Thomas Elliott, late of the same Rebel Officer, Richard Swinny late of the same Yeoman, Hugh Middleton late of the same Rebel Officer; and also all and every Other person or persons who at any time or times before the Passing Of this Act, hath or have acted in the said Province of Georgia as Members of any council Assembly or Committee, or as a Commission of trade, or of forfeited Estates or who have held any Commission, or appointment under the said usurption, either in a Civil or Military Capacity . . . . . . Commons House of Assembly July 1st 1780. By Order of the House Samuel Farley Speaker. Assented to the first July 1780. James Wright. By order of the Upper House Lewis Johnston President. Contributed by: J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr. Charleston, SC. Author of Wooden Ships - Iron Men . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to Georgia Records On LineBack to the Georgia UsGenWeb Homepage Spouse: Mary Lyford Father: William Lyford Children: John Cutler (1731-) 1.1.1.1 Capt. John Cutler Braddock Rev. Soldier ---------------------------------------- Birth: 23 May 1731, South Carolina Name: John Cutler BRADDOCK 1 Sex: M Title: Capt. Birth: 3 OCT 1743 in Hilton Head, Buefort, SC Death: 16 JUN 1797 in Glynn Co., GA Christening: 2 DEC 1743 Recorded in St. Helena's Parrish Records, S. C. Military Service: Rev. War Reference Number: 2203 Note: MILT PLAC Rev. Soldier, Mariner John C. Braddock was born 1743 in South Carolina, son of David Cutler Braddock. John Braddock served in the Georgia Line in the Revolutionary War, as a private and later as a captain, residing at the time in Effingham County. As John C. Braddock, he was granted 250 acres in St. Matthew's Parish in 1771. In the Revolutionary War Capt. John Braddock was the owner and Commander or Captain of one or more galleys (a small armed vessel, also referred to as sloops) which he used in attacks on much larger British war vessels, often capturing them or severely disabling them. Capt. John Hardee and others also had their own galleys or sloops which were used with telling effect on British shipping and war vessels. In April 1778, Capt. Braddock, Capt. Hardee and Capt. Hatcher with their galleys attacked and captured three much larger warships (called brigantines) off the coast of St. Simons Island, also the town and fort at Frederica along with much military stores and supplies, without losing a single man. 300 soldiers sent from Sunbury also assisted on land. This was only one of the number of successful attacks during the war. So it is apparent that Capt. Braddock's service in the Revolution was mainly naval instead of military. Capt. Braddock held the public offices of Justice of Peace for Glynn andCamden Counties, 1786-1790; Major, Glynn and Camden militia Aug. 13, 1786to Feb..... 10, 1787; Major, Glynn County militia Sept. 4, 1790 to 1793; delegate from Glynn to the State Constitutional Convention, 1789; named by Legislative act in 1790 as one of five commissioners to locate and have built a courthouse and jail for Glynn County; also named by Legislative act in 1792 as one of the five commissioners for Glynn County Academy. After the Revolution, John moved to Camden County where he was granted 500 acres of land in 1785. About a year later, he moved to Glynn County and was granted 100 acres there in 1789. He served as Representative from Glynn County in 1787 and again in 1793. On Dec. 9, 1793, he was commissioned as a captain in the Glynn County militia, but died soonafter; the State's militia records showing him as being deceased when George Valley was elected captain "in place of Capt. Braddock, deceased" and commissioned April 23, 1794; so that Capt. Braddock died between Dec.1793 and April 1794. His widow some years afterwards went to Nassau Co., Fla., to make her home with her children all of whom had moved there. Her daughter Mrs. Berrie later moved back to Georgia. Their two sons moved to Florida by 1804, where they were baptized into Roman Catholicism and John David Braddock married Martha Christopher while William Henry Braddock married Charlotte Christopher. A huge Braddock line now exists in Florida due to the progeny of David Cutler Braddock. Ref: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia" Vol VII, pg. 45, 46, 555 and 556. "Mariner and Privateer to the Crown" by Mark Taylor Powell, pg. 22. For more about John Braddock, Also See: Georgia Revolutionary War, British List of Traitors at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/records/traitor.htm EARLY MILITARY RECORDS GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA http://www.petersnn.org/petersnn/gamilitia.html Contributed by: J. G. (Jerry) Braddock Sr. Charleston, SC. Author of Wooden Ships - Iron Men . Father: David Cutler BRADDOCK b: ABT. 1718 in England Mother: Mary LYFORD b: 13 APR 1725 in New Providence Island, Bahamas Marriage 1 Lucia Ann COOK b: ABT. 1750 in Probably Ga. Married: 16 JUL 1769 in St. Matthews Parish, Effingham Co., Ga Children John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina William Henry BADDOCK b: 8 MAY 1777 in South Carolina Lucia BRADDOCK b: 1778 Mary Ann BRADDOCK b: 1780 in SC Hester Ann BRADDOCK b: 1785 in Nassau Co., Fl Daniel BRADDOCK b: 1790 Sources: Title: Vernon Goodrich Note: NS55113 Source Media Type: Letter [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Braddock/Lyford ] [ John Braddock ] [ Wm Braddock ] [ Christopher ] [ Greenwood ] [ Harrison ] [ Higginbotham ] [ Houston ] [ Hodges ] [ Keen ] [ Pickett ] Braddock & Lyford Ancestors While Florida was still a Spanish possession, John David Braddock and his brother, William Braddock, migrated from Glynn County, Ga. to what is now Nassau County and married the Christopher sisters, Martha and Charlotte Ann, both on May 9, 1804. I photocopied pages from an English translation of a Spanish census taken in 1814 that shows the two families, including children, living on Talbot Island. Going backwards, John David and William were sons of John Cutler Braddock and Lucia Cook. The appelation of "R. S." after his name is not quite accurate. He was not merely a soldier. He was commander of the Georgia Rebel galley, Lee, throughout the Revolutionary War and was so effective against the British on the waterways of SC, GA, and FL that he was named on three of their lists of traitors. He is one of the four mariner ancestors of Braddocks that WOODEN SHIPS - IRON MEN is about and he was involved in too many exploits to mention here. I will mention that he and his galley were involved in the southernmost encounter of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Thomas Creek, which is a short distance south of Nassau River, which divides Nassau and Duval Counties. John Cutler Braddock was the son of David Cutler Braddock, a mariner of note. DCB was born on Long Island, NY in 1717. In 1740, the rice ship of which he was first mate was captured by the Spanish and taken into St. Augustine. He escaped and made his way to GA. where Gen. Oglethorpe placed him in command of a schooner protecting GA. He sailed it against the Spanish when they attempted to invade St. Simons. William Lyford Sr., commanding a SC naval vessel that had come to Ga's aid in the same encounter, was impressed with DCB and made him commander of a second SC naval vessel. DCB promptly married the boss' daughter, Mary Lyford. John Cutler Braddock was born to them in Beaufort, SC, a lovely little river town. DCB and his father-in-law and his brother-in-law, William Lyford Jr. were involved in many noteworthy exploits as mariners. Mary Lyford's mother was Elizabeth Spatches, whose father, William Spatches Sr, was president of the Bahamas at one time. David Cutler Braddock's father was John Braddick, a mariner of Southold, LI. His mother was Mary Cutler of Hingham, MA. Her father, a surgeon, had changed his name from Johannes DeMesmaker to its English equivilent, John Cutler. He had emigrated from Holland. Both Cutler and Braddick had served in Queen Ann's War against the French in Canada. John Cutler's wife was Mary Cowell. one of their descendants was Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the words to THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. Jerry Braddock jbraddock1@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Updated: June 20, 2001 Email: lori@dangly.com Copyright © Lori Bragg 1997 - 2001 more webs at www.dangly.com wm Letter from Samual Elbert Colonel, Georgia Militia To Continental Commander General Robert Howe Charlestown, South Carolina April 23, 1778 Dear General, Frederica, April 19, 1778 I have the happiness to inform you that about 10 o'clock this afternoon, the Brigantine Hinchinbrooke, the Sloop Rebecca, and a prize brig, all struck the British Tyrant's colors and surrendered to the American arms. Having received intelligence that the above vessels were at this place, I put about three hundred men, by detachment from the troops under my command at Fort Howe, on board the three gallies—the Washington, Capt. Hardy; the Lee, Capt Braddock; and the Bulloch, Capt. Hatcher; and a detachment of artillery with a field piece, under Capt. Young, I put on board a boat. With this little army, we embarked at Darien, and last evening effected a landing at a bluff about a mile below the town; leaving Col. White on board the Lee, Capt. Melvin on board the Washington, and Lieut. Petty on board the Bulloch, each with a sufficient party of troops. Immediately on Landing, I dispatched Lieut. Col. Ray and Major Roberts, with about 100 men, who marched directly up to the town, and made prisoners three marines and two sailors belonging to the Hinchinbrooke. It being late, the gallies did not engage until this morning. You must imagine what my feelings were, to see our three little men of war going to the attack of these three vessels, who have spread terror on our coast, and who were drawn up in order of battle; but the weight of our metal soon damped the courage of these heroes, who soon took to their boats; and, as many as could, abandoned the vessels with everything on board, of which we immediately took possession. What is extraordinary, we have not one man hurt. Capt. Ellis [ of the Hinchinbrooke] is drowned, and Capt. Mowbry [of the Rebecca] made his escape. As soon as I see Col. White, who has not yet come to us with his prizes, I shall consult with him, the other three officers, and the commanding officers of the galleys, on the expediency of attacking the Galatea now lying off Jekyll. I send you this by Brigade Major Habersham, who will inform you of the other particulars. I am. &c. Samuel Elbert, Col. Commandant Return to Voices from the Past Spouse: Lucia Ann Cook Birth: 1750 Children: John David (1776-) William (1777-) Lucia (1778-) Mary Ann (1780-) Hester (1785-) Daniel (1790-) 1.1.1.1.1 John David Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1776 Name: John David BRADDOCK 1 Sex: M Birth: 1771 in South Carolina Death: 19 OCT 1841 in Nassau Co., FL Military Service: FL Militia Muster Rolls Seminole Indian Wars Pvt, 02:021-22 Event: Land Grant Florida Spanish Land Grant Reference Number: 720 Note: John David Braddock was born about 1779, in South Carolina, married May 9, 1804, to Martha Christopher. In order to get a land grant of his own, he and his wife were required to join the Catholic Church and be remarried in the faith, which they did, in a mass wedding May 9, 1804, with other land grantire and converts in Fernandina Parish. He was given 640 acres on the Little St. Marys River at Evergreen, Florida. He was appointed to office by the governor, February 13, 1834, Nassau County Justice of the Peace. John David Braddock was a son of John Braddock, Rev. Soldier. In his youth, his parents moved to Glynn County, Georgia, where he grew up into manhood. He went to the Spanish Province of Florida to make his home, a young man at the time, maybe of the age of 25 years or there-about. He was married in present Duval County, Florida, May 9, 1804, to Martha Christopher, born 1780, daughter of Spicer Christopher, a native of Maryland and well-to-do resident of Talbot Island, Florida, and his wife Mary Greenwood, native of Georgia. Mr. Braddock's home place and farm was on a 640 acre tract of land in Nassau County, Florida, known as Sand Hill Plantation. A parole gift of this property was made by him to his maiden daughter, Charlotte M. Braddock, before his death, and was confirmed to her by quit-claim deed from the other heirs of December 28, 1866. He died October 19, 1841. His widow died on the old home place, December 6, 1861, in her 82nd year, John and Martha are both buried there on the old home place. He was a cattleman, farmer and timber man. John David and Martha Christopher Braddock, and his Brother William and Charlotte Christopher Braddock started the now huge Braddock family line in Florida. The son, Spicer C. Braddock, was clerk of the Circuit Court of Nassau County for several years in the 1840's and 1850's. Ref: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. VII, page 46 and 47. "Braddock-Higginbotham Family History" by Helen B. Hodges, Callahan,Florida. "Territorial Papers of Florida 1828-1834," Vol. XXVI, pg. 60. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Database: U.S. House of Representative Private Claims, Vol. 1 Combined Matches: 1 Name Nature of Claim Congress Session Manner Brought Journal Page Referred to Committee Date Report Bill House Disposed Senate Disposed Congress Date Comments John D. Braddock Confirmation of title to land in Florida 23 2 Petition 167 Public Lands -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: iw-a-d.txt) Index to Florida militia muster rolls, Seminole Indian wars: Surnames A-D and Unknown File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Aurie Morrison. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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This file may not be removed from this server or altered in any way for placement on another server without the consent of the State and USGenWeb Project coordinators and the contributor. *********************************************************************** Braddock Jr, John D Pvt, 02:021-22 ********************************************************************** The following list is some Braddock's that were in the Indian Wars: http://www.usigs.org/library/military/links/ind.htm USIGS MILITARY COLLECTION THE INDIAN WARS ERA From Jamestown to The Wars of Westward Expansion Braddock Jr, John D Pvt, 02:021-22 Braddock, Aldrich Pvt, 07:093-94, 04:030 Braddock, Aldridge Pvt, 02:017-18, 02:019-29, 04:049, 04:051 Braddock, Alex Pvt, 04:051 Braddock, Alexander Pvt, 08:099-100 Braddock, Alexander T Pvt, 03:050 Braddock, Alex'n Pvt, 04:049 Braddock, Alex'r Pvt, 03:052 Braddock, D Pvt, 06:068-69 Braddock, David Pvt, 04:047 Braddock, Decator Pvt, 03:018 Braddock, Decatur Pvt, 06:070-71, 06:072-73 Braddock, J D Pvt, 02:021-22 Braddock, Jno C Pvt, 0 6:098-99 Braddock, John Corp, 06:068-69 Braddock, Spicer Pvt, 08:099-100 Braddock, Spicer C 2nd Lt, 02:021-22 Braddock, William Pvt, 02:017-18, 02:019-20, 02:021-22, 06:070-71, 06:072-73 Braddock, Wm Pvt, 03:018 Father: John Cutler BRADDOCK b: 3 OCT 1743 in Hilton Head, Buefort, SC Mother: Lucia Ann COOK b: ABT. 1750 in Probably Ga. Marriage 1 Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Married: 9 MAY 1804 in St. Augustine, Johns Co. FL Children Mary Greenwood BRADDOCK b: 1805 in Yulee, Nassau Co., Fl John Spicer BRADDOCK I b: 1805 in Nassau Co., FL Spicer C. BRADDOCK b: 23 APR 1807 in Nassau Co., Fl John David BRADDOCK II b: 1810 in Nassau Co., Fl Charlotte M. BRADDOCK b: 1812 in Nassau Co., FL Hester Ann BRADDOCK b: 30 OCT 1813 in Nassau Co Fl William Monteith BRADDOCK b: 1819 in FL Susannah M. BRADDOCK b: 1822 in Nassau Co., FL Elizabeth Louisa BRADDOCK b: 18 OCT 1824 in Nassau Co., Fl Sources: Title: SGES Vol. 32, No. 137, 1991. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Index | Descendancy | Register | Pedigree | Ahnentafel | Download GEDCOM | Add Post-em -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Braddock/Lyford ] [ John Braddock ] [ Wm Braddock ] [ Christopher ] [ Greenwood ] [ Harrison ] [ Higginbotham ] [ Houston ] [ Hodges ] [ Keen ] [ Pickett ] The John David Braddock Family see picture of Hester Braddock and Nathaniel Wilds John David Braddock b. abt. 1779, South Carolina, m. 9-May-1804, in St. Augustine and remarried in Fernandina, Nassau Co. Fl, as Catholic, to be eligible for Spanish land grant, Martha Christopher, b. 1786, Big Talbot Island, Duval Co Fl,, (daughter of John Bluet Christopher and Martha Watson) d. 6-Dec-1861, Nassau Co., Fl. John died 19-Oct-1841, Nassau Co., Fl. John David Braddock was a son of John Braddock, RS. In his youth, his parents moved to Glynn County, Georgia, where he grew up into manhood. He went to the Spanish Province of Florida to make his home, a young man at the time, maybe of the age of 25 years or thereabouts, and was married May 9, 1804, to Martha Christopher, born 1780, in present Duval County, Florida, daughter of Spicer Christopher, a native of Maryland and well-to-do resident of Talbot Island, Florida, and his wife Mary Greenwood, native of Georgia. Mr. Braddock's home place and farm was on a 640 acre tract of land in Nassau County, Florida, known as Sand Hill Plantation. A parole gift of this property as made by him to his maiden daughter, Charlotte M. Braddock, before his death, and was confirmed to her by quit-claim deed from the other heirs of December 28, 1866. He died October 19, 1841. His widow died on the old home place, December 6, 1861, in her 82nd year. The son, Spicer C. Braddock, was clerk of the Circuit Court of Nassau County for several years in the 1840's and 1850's. Ref: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. VII, page 46 and 47. Helen B. Hodges, Callahan, Florida. I. John Spicer Braddock b. 1805, Nassau Co., Fl, occupation Pvt. 1836 Seminole War, m. Nancy Sarah Higginbotham, b. 04-OCT-1813?, Hilliard, Nassau Co., Fl, (daughter of Joseph A. Higginbotham and Mary Ann (Polly) Pinkham) d. after 1875, Nassau Co., Fl. John died before 1850, Nassau Co., Fl. John Spicer Braddock I was a son of John David Braddock and his wife Martha Christopher. As he was the first son, he was named after his father, John and his grandfather, Spicer Christopher, of big Talbot Island, where he was born. John David was an overseer of his father-in-law's plantation, until he received a Spanish land grant of his own in 1816, of 40 acres inland on the little St. Marys River at Evergreen, where the family moved and started their own plantation. They had virgin timber on the land, grew indigo and raised cattle for the Spanish Garrison at St. Augustine, etc. John Spicer I, fought in the Seminole War of 1836, a private in Warrens Co. He married Sarah Nancy Higginbotham, daughter of Joseph Alexander, son of Burrows Higginbotham, a Rev. Soldier, who had a near by Spanish land grant at Higginbotham's Bluff. He and his wife, Isabella, are the ancestors of all the early Florida Higginbotham's. Their plantation was near old Ft. Henry on the St. Marys River. Ref: Helen Beasley Hodges, great, great granddaughter of John Spicer Braddock I and his wife Sarah Nancy Higginbotham. II. Mary Greenwood Braddock b. 1805, Yulee, Nassau Co., Fl, m. John Carroll Houston, b. 1789, Beaufort, SC. III. Spicer C. Braddock b. 23-Apr-1807, Nassau Co., Fl, m. 24-Dec-1840, Anna Seva Sapp, b. 2-Dec-1822. Spicer Christopher Braddock was a son of John David Braddock. He inherited part of his father's plantation at Evergren, near the St. Marys River. It is still in the capable hands of his direct family now, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Owens, as it has been for the past 150 years. Some of the deeds, will and papers are still intact, beautifully written and some bearing the signature of Spicer C.'s brothers. Evergreen Cemetery is on this land, where is buried Burris Higginbotham, a Revolutionary Soldier. Spicer was clerk of the Court for Nassau Co., for many years, the first courthouse was on part of the Braddock land, but was moved after the Civil War to Fernandina. Spicer's widow, Anna Sapp Braddock, married a Mr. Geiger. Reference: Land records, Marriage record, court records, census records. Submitted by: Helen B. Hodges, a cousin of Spicer Christopher Braddock. IV. John David Braddock II b. 1810, Nassau Co., Fl, m. 18-DEC-1845, in Camden Co., GA, Belinda Leigh, b. 1826, Dau. of James J. Leigh. V. Charlotte M. Braddock b. 1812, Nassau Co., Fl. VI. Hester Ann Braddock b. 30-Cot-1813, Nassau CO Fl, m. 13 May 1831, Nathaniel Wilds, III, b. 16-JUL-1810, Nassau Co., Fl, (son of Nathaniel Wilds, II and Pracilla Turner) d. 21-OCT-1875, buried: Wild's Landing Cemetery. Nassau Co., FL. Hester died 23-AUG-1891. VII. William Monteith Braddock b. 1819, Nassau Co., Fl, m. 11-DEC-1840, in Nassau Co., Fl, Jane Harvey Christopher, b. 1824, Nassau Co., Fl. VIII. Susannah M. Braddock b. 1822, Nassau Co., Fl, m. Capt. Emanuel Gomez. IX. Elizabeth Louisa Braddock b. 18-OCT.-1824, Nassau Co., Fl, m. Phineas Miller Wilds. Jean Mizell, daughter of Helen B. Hodges Jean Mizell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Updated: June 20, 2001 Email: lori@dangly.com Copyright © Lori Bragg 1997 - 2001 more webs at www.dangly.com wm Spouse: Martha Christopher Birth: 1786 Father: Samuel Spicer Christopher Mother: Mary Greenwood Marr: 9 May 1804, Nassau County, Florida Children: John S. (1805-1863) John David (1810-) Charlotte (1812-) Spicer C. (1807-) William Monteith (1819-) Mary Greenwood (1805-) Hester Ann (1813-) Susannah M (1822-) Elizabeth Louisa (1824-) 1.1.1.1.1.1 John S. Braddock I ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1805, in Nassau Co., FL Death: 1863, in Nassau Co Fl Burial: Braddock Cemetery, Nassau Co., FL Name: John Spicer BRADDOCK I Sex: M Birth: 1805 in Nassau Co., FL Death: 1863 in Nassau Co., FL Burial: Braddock Cemetery, Nassau Co., FL Census: 1850 Nassau Co, FL Reference Number: 2366 Note: John Spicer Braddock I was a son of John David Braddock and his wife Martha Christopher. As he was the first son, he was named after his father, John and his grandfather, Spicer Christopher, of big Talbot Island, where he was born. John David was an overseer of his father-in-laws plantation, until he received a Spanish land grant of his own in 1816, of 40 acres inland on the little St. Marys River at Evergreen, where the family moved and started their own plantation. They had virgin timber on the land, grew indigo and raised cattle for the Spanish Garrison at St. Augustine, etc. John Spicer I, fought in the Seminole Indian War of 1836, a private in Warrens Co. He married Sarah Nancy Higginbotham, daughter of Joseph Alexander, who was a son of Burrows Higginbotham, a Rev. Soldier, who had a nearby Spanish land grant at Higginbotham's Bluff. He and his wife, Isabella, are the ancestors of all the early Florida Higginbothams. Their plantation was near old Ft. Henry on the St. Marys River. Submitted by: Helen Beasley Hodges, great, great granddaughter of John Spicer Braddock I and his wife Sarah Nancy Higginbotham. Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Nancy Sarah HIGGINBOTHAM b: 4 OCT 1813 in Hilliard, Nassau Co., FL Married: 1828 Children William S. BRADDOCK b: 14 JUL 1829 in Nassau Co., FL Mary Louisa BRADDOCK b: 27 OCT 1830 in Nassau Co., Fl Joseph BRADDOCK b: 19 FEB 1832 in Nassau Co., FL John Spicer BRADDOCK II b: 23 MAY 1833 in Evergreen, Nassau Co., FL Charlotte BRADDOCK b: 26 JAN 1835 Alexander BRADDOCK b: 3 FEB 1837 Mary Elizabeth BRADDOCK b: 14 JUN 1838 in FL Jane BRADDOCK b: 25 FEB 1840 in Nassau Co., FL Aldridge BRADDOCK b: 7 MAY 1842 in FL Henry Edward BRADDOCK b: 22 JAN 1844 in FL Sarah BRADDOCK b: 8 AUG 1845 in FL Joseph Hamilton BRADDOCK b: 1 APR 1847 in FL J. Sanderson BRADDOCK b: 25 SEP 1848 in FL Louvine Christina BRADDOCK b: 12 SEP 1850 Alburty Edwin BRADDOCK b: 24 SEP 1852 in FL Virginia BRADDOCK b: 24 FEB 1854 Henrietta Frances BRADDOCK b: 6 DEC 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Sarah Higginbotham Birth: 1812 Children: John Spicer (1833-) Joseph (1832-) Alexander (1836-) Elizabeth (1838-) Jane (1840-) Aldrich (1642-) Henry E. (1844-1924) Sarah (1845-) Hamilton (1846-) Sanderson (1847-) Anna (1850-) Alburty (1852-) Virginia (1854-) Henrietta (1858-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1 John Spicer Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1833 Name: John Spicer BRADDOCK II 1 Sex: M Birth: 23 MAY 1833 in Evergreen, Nassau Co., FL Death: 24 AUG 1862 in Boston, KY in Civil War Burial: Knoxville, TN Census: 1850 Nassau Co., FL Census: 1860 Nassau Co FL Military Service: 1862 CSA Reference Number: 2564 Note: 1850 BRADDOCK JOHN S. Nassau County FL 184 17th Division Federal Population Schedule FL 1850 Federal Census Index FLS5a176521 1860 BRADDOCK JOHN S. Nassau County FL 423 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule FL 1860 Federal Census Index FL3786562 DATE JUN 1861, Mustered in Pvt. Florida 1st Cav Co. B CSA John Spicer Braddock II, was born in Nassau County at Evergreen, near the St. Marys River, was a son of John Spicer Braddock I. He married Mary Lee Higginbotham, daughter of Thomas B. John S. Braddock served in the Civil War with Co. B, 1st Florida Cavalry, under Capt. Joseph Haddock, and died in service at Boston Ky., August, 1862. He is thought to be buried in Knoxville,TN. As John S. lay dying in a battlefield shelter, a Yankee soldier by the name of John Loyd, stayed with him and comforted him until the end. Fulfilling his promise to the dying man, he traveled to Florida with the Federal forces at the wars end. He rode out to the farm home place of John's widow and brought her a letter that John had written to her before he died. John Loyd and Mary became acquainted, and in due time, they were married. The farm is still in the great grand children's name today. Submitted by: Helen Beasley Hodges, great grand daughter of John Spicer II and Mary Higginbotham Braddock. Father: John Spicer BRADDOCK I b: 1805 in Nassau Co., FL Mother: Nancy Sarah HIGGINBOTHAM b: 4 OCT 1813 in Hilliard, Nassau Co., FL Marriage 1 Mary Lee HIGGINBOTHAM b: 30 JUN 1835 in Nassau Co., FL Children Andrew Jackson BRADDOCK b: 15 OCT 1852 in Nassau Co., Fl Lewis William BRADDOCK b: 27 JAN 1854 in Dyal, Nassau Co., Fl Emily DeNora BRADDOCK b: 16 MAY 1855 in Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL John Spicer BRADDOCK III b: 6 APR 1857 in FL Thomas BRADDOCK b: 1858 Martha Eizabeth BRADDOCK b: 12 JAN 1859 in FL Mary Louise BRADDOCK b: 1861 Sources: Title: LDS Ancestral File -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Mary Higginbotham Birth: 1835 Father: Thomas Higginbotham Mother: Judith Burris Children: John S. Emily Denora (1855-1921) Andrew J. (1852-) Lewis (1854-) Thomas (1858-) Martha E. (1858-) Mary 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 John S. Braddock ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Ester Motes 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Emily Denora Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 16 May 1855, Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL Death: 13 Sep 1921, Callahan, Nassau Co, Fl Burial: Live Oak Cemetery, Nassau Co., Fl Name: Emily DeNora BRADDOCK 1 Sex: F Birth: 16 MAY 1855 in Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL Death: 13 SEP 1921 in Callahan, Nassau Co, Fl Burial: Live Oak Cemetery, Nassau Co., Fl Census: 1910 Nassau Co FL Reference Number: 2636 Note: Emily Denore Braddock was a daughter of John Spicer Braddock II. She was born at Dyal Station, in Nassau County, Florida. Her father's home was built near the Live Oak Baptist Church, near the railroad track at Dyal near Hilliard, FL. Her father died in the Civil War and was buried in Tennessee. She was only seven years old at the time, but could remember the women hitching up the wagons and going to the battlefield to bring their wounded home to be cared for and their dead to be buried. Henry Clay Pickett was in the war, also. Several years later, when the war was over, she married him, and he built a home on Pickett Road just South of Callahan, where they raised nine children. Ref. "Braddock" family history book by Helen B. Hodges. "Pioneer's ofFlorida's First Coast". Father: John Spicer BRADDOCK II b: 23 MAY 1833 in Evergreen, Nassau Co., FL Mother: Mary Lee HIGGINBOTHAM b: 30 JUN 1835 in Nassau Co., FL Marriage 1 Henry Clay PICKETT b: 6 DEC 1844 in Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl Married: 10 JUN 1874 Children Desdamona PICKETT b: 4 JUL 1875 in Nassau, County Fl John Seymour PICKETT b: 3 FEB 1877 Lewis Wilson PICKETT b: 1 OCT 1878 Mary Ella PICKETT b: 24 OCT 1880 Henry Ellwell PICKETT b: 25 AUG 1882 in FL Emily Volena PICKETT b: 28 DEC 1887 Martha E. PICKETT b: 31 MAR 1889 in FL Grace Estelle PICKETT b: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL William Jennings PICKETT b: 25 JAN 1896 in FL Sources: Death Certificate, File No. 9591 Spouse: Henry Clay Pickett CSA Birth: 6 Dec 1844 Death: 22 Feb 1922 Father: John Seymour Pickett CSA (1810-1889) Mother: Amanda E. Flinn (1820-1890) Marr: 10 Jun 1874 Children: Grace Estelle (1891-1986) Desdamona (1875-1960) John Seymour (1877-) Lewis Wilson (1887-1951) Mary Ella (1880-1952) Henry Elwell (1882-1943) Emily Volena (1887-) Martha (1889-) William (1896-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a Grace Estelle Pickett* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 3 Nov 1891, Callahan. Florida , Nassau Co. Death: 18 Feb 1986, Callahan. Florida , Nassa Co. Name: Grace Estelle PICKETT Sex: F Birth: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL Death: 18 FEB 1986 in Nassau Co., Callahan, FL Burial: Jones Cemetery, Callahan, Nassau Co., Fl Census: 1920 Marianna, Jackson Co FL Reference Number: 1585 Note: Grace Estelle Pickett was the eighth child of Henry Clay and Emily Denore Braddock Pickett. She was born in the year of 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, Florida. Her father, Henry C., was a contractor, builder, farmer and cattleman, and the home that he built is located on Pickett Road south of Callahan, which is the home now owned by Mr. Cary Holmes. Grover Cleveland was President of the United States during this period of time, when Grace was a young girl. William McKinley was President in 1896 and the Spanish American War began April 21, 1898, and Spanish American War hero Theodore Roosevelt became vice president in 1900. He took over when McKinley was assassinated less than one year later. Grace's family produced and grew their own beef, pork, chicken, corn, potatoes, vegetables and sugarcane. Also milk, eggs and butter. They would butcher their own beef and tan the cowhides for chair seats. When the weather grew cold in the winter, they would have "hog killings" and butcher hogs, make homemade sausage, hams and bacon, and hang them in the smoke house to be smoked and cured. They would have Cane grindings to make cane syrup in the large syrup boiler outside. She baked homemade breads as bread wasn't bought in the grocery store in those days. How well I remember her delicious home made cake with chocolate fudge icing! She grew up knowing how to do all of these things and learned to sew clothes for her family as well. Grace grew up to be a beautiful young woman, and married Lawrence Beasley, a cross tie inspector, from Columbia, South Carolina. They lived in Marianna, Florida, with his parents, and had three children. Times were hard, and jobs were scarce. He left town to look for work in Texas, and later they could come join him when he found work. But he never contacted them or came back to get them. Grace and her children journeyed back to Callahan on the train to be with her people. Her sister Dessie and her brother Ellwell helped her to find work and an apartment to live in. She worked as a telephone operator for awhile and for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Later, she rented a large house and took in boarders to support her family. About eight years later, John Brandies, a local dairyman ask Grace to marry him. To this marriage was born six children. Grace thought her life would be better when she married John, but it became ever harder, as he had became an alcoholic. She worked hard in the dairy, cooked for all of the hired dairy hands and raised nine children. She was a wonderful Christian mother, and loved all of her children. She taught Sunday School in the children's department on Sundays. She had an entertaining sense of humor, and at times, a hint of mischief in her eye. In spite of her hardships and circumstances, she was a happy person and never complained. She was known to have said that she was thankful that out of nine children, she didn't have any on the chain gang! She could sit down at the piano and play "by ear," she never had any lessons. Sometimes she would just put on a show and entertain her children and grandchildren, and we loved it. Some of her brothers and sisters were musically inclined, also. When any of her children or grandchildren were sick and needed someone to be with them, she would come and sit with them, cook and do what she could help them out. When she was older, she loved to travel with her children, when she had the opportunity. She was a humble lady and never wanted to be any trouble to them or to inconvenience anyone, which seemed to make them want to do more for her. Her life wasn't easy, but she did whatever she had to do when she faced the problems in life that were placed before her. This lady was a survivor and she was known to her family as, "Amazing Grace". When she was old, she told me, "I don't know why I've lived so long, If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself"! She lived to be 94 years old. I just hope that I will inherit just a few of her qualities, she was so special. Submitted by: Jean Hodges Mizell, granddaughter. Father: Henry Clay PICKETT b: 6 DEC 1844 in Pickettville, Duval Co., Fl Mother: Emily DeNora BRADDOCK b: 16 MAY 1855 in Dyal Station, Nassau Co., FL Marriage 1 Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Sr. b: 18 OCT 1889 in Westville, SC Married: 18 DEC 1908 in Coolidge, Thomas Co., GA Children Irene Emily BEASLEY b: 1911 in Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Jr. b: 19 JUN 1913 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL Helen Estelle BEASLEY b: 7 FEB 1915 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL Marriage 2 John Stanley BRANDIES b: 31 MAR 1885 in Dahoma, Nassau Co., FL Married: 29 APR 1926 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL Children Cleo Gay BRANDIES b: 24 OCT 1925 John Henry BRANDIES b: 4 JUN 1927 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL Gene Stanley BRANDIES b: 13 FEB 1930 Grace Chloe BRANDIES b: DEC 1931 Charles Edward BRANDIES b: 20 NOV 1932 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL Norma Elizabeth BRANDIES b: 6 NOV 1934 Spouse: Lawrence Winfred Beasley Sr. Birth: 18 Oct 1889, Darlington South Carolina Death: 21 Mar 1967, Houston , Texas Father: Aaron Wesley Beasley (1848-1926) Mother: Sarah Amanda (Sallie) Hearon (1870-1947) Marr: 18 Dec 1908, Coolidge, Thomas Co. , Ga. Children: Irene Emily (1911-1988) Lawrence Winfred (1913-) Helen Estelle (1915-) Other Spouses John Stanley Brandies 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a Irene Emily Beasley* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1911, Moultrie, Colquitt Co. , Ga. Death: Jul 1988 Name: Irene Emily BEASLEY Sex: F Birth: 1911 in Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA Death: JUL 1988 Census: 1920 Marianna, Jackson Co FL Reference Number: 1596 Note: Father: Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Sr. b: 18 OCT 1889 in Westville, SC Mother: Grace Estelle PICKETT b: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL Marriage 1 Elvie Harford RUSSELL , Jr. b: 12 MAY 1905 in Kings Ferry, Nassau Co., Fl Children Grace Estelle RUSSELL Elvie Harford RUSSELL , Jr.III Cuyler W. RUSSELL Mary Virginia RUSSELL Spouse: Elvie Harford Russell Children: Grace Estelle Elvie Harford Cuyler W. Virginia Other Spouses Ted Howell 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.1 Grace Estelle Harford ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Marion Rabloeux 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.2 Elvie Harford Russell Jr. ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3 Cuyler W. Russell ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Carol Milanders Children: John Cuyler Marion Leon Russ Robert 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3.1 John Cuyler Russell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3.2 Marion Leon Russell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3.3 Russ Robert Russell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4 Virginia Russell ---------------------------------------- Spouse: James Donald McQueen Father: James McQueen Mother: Bertha Stalcup Children: James Donald Ronald Russell Angela Grace 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.1 James Donald McQueen Jr. ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Teresa M. Oakley Father: Jerry Oakley Mother: Gloria Allen Children: Stephen 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.1.1 Stephen McQueen ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.2 Ronald Russell McQueen ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.3 Angela Grace McQueen ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Kevin Owens Father: H Owens Mother: Maria Delouch 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1b Irene Emily Beasley* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Ted Howell Other Spouses Elvie Harford Russell 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a Lawrence Winfred Beasley* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 19 Jun 1913, Callahan. Florida Occ: Truck driver -- Owner /Operator Educ: almost none can bearley read and write Spouse: Ruth Magdalene Earnest Birth: 23 Oct 1917, San Antonio, Texas Death: 9 Aug 1968, San Antonio, Texas Father: Ben Earnest (1896-1974) Mother: Effie Moore (1898-1957) Marr: 8 Dec 1936, San Antonio, Texas. Baxer County Div: Uvalde , Texas Children: Bonnie Gay (1941-) Effie Magdalene (1938-) Other Spouses Pauline Hamock, Mary Moreno Rodriques 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1 Bonnie Gay Beasley ---------------------------------------- Birth: 10 Jul 1941, Jacksonville, Florida Spouse: T/Sgt. Thomas Damian Orthmann USAF Birth: 15 Apr 1939, Vancouver, Washington Death: 2 Dec 1972, Fairfield, Calif. Father: Lewis Eugene Orthmann (1903-1971) Mother: Lillian Frances Brous (1912-1997) Marr: 28 Jun 1961, Roswell, New Mexico Div: Aug 1969, Fairfield, Calif. Salano, County Children: William Edward (1962-1997) Robert Wayne (1963-) Rebecca Ann (1967-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1 William Edward Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1 May 1962, Roswell, New Mexico Death: 24 Nov 1997, Phenox, Arz. Burial: Red Oak, Texas Spouse: Sandra Denice Brown Birth: 7 Aug 1963, Cumberland Co, North Carolina Father: Theodore Roosevelt Brown (1920-) Mother: Corrine Rowell (1935-) Children: William Edward (1983-) Amanda Lynn (1985-) Jeffery DeWayne (1989-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1.1 William Edward Orthmann Jr. ---------------------------------------- Birth: 17 Sep 1983, Dallas , Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1.2 Amanda Lynn Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 13 Mar 1985, Dallas , Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1.3 Jeffery DeWayne Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 6 Jul 1989, Dallas , Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.2 Robert Wayne Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 16 Nov 1963, Mt. Home, Idaho 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3 Rebecca Ann Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 27 Nov 1967, fairfield, Calif. Children: Elizabeth Ann (1987-) Travis Matthew (1993-) Ashley Nicole (1995-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3.1 Elizabeth Ann Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 23 Aug 1987, Dallas , Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3.2 Travis Matthew ---------------------------------------- Birth: 15 Aug 1993, Dallas , Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3.3 Ashley Nicole Orthmann ---------------------------------------- Birth: 23 Aug 1995, Dallas , Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a Effie Magdalene Beasley* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 30 Oct 1938 Spouse: Gerold Maurice Walsh Birth: 17 Jun 1941, Minotp, North Dakota Children: Gerold Maurice (1966-) Patrick Michael (1972-) Other Spouses Manuel Duane Sims 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.1 Gerold Maurice Walsh II ---------------------------------------- Birth: 31 Dec 1966, Vancouver, Washington Spouse: Tonia Jean Olson Birth: 27 Oct 1972, Calif. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.2 Patrick Michael Walsh ---------------------------------------- Birth: 18 Mar 1972, Vancouver, Washington Spouse: Tonya Diane Melton Birth: 2 Apr 1974 Children: Elizabeth Marie (1995-) Michael Patrick (1999-) Kristin Effie Lynn (2001-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.2.1 Elizabeth Marie Walsh ---------------------------------------- Birth: 5 Dec 1995, Portland, Oregon 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.2.2 Michael Patrick Walsh ---------------------------------------- Birth: 28 Sep 1999, Portland, Oregon 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.2.3 Kristin Effie Lynn Walsh ---------------------------------------- Birth: 3 Mar 2001 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2b Effie Magdalene Beasley* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Manuel Duane Sims Birth: 15 Aug 1933, Okla. Father: John Sims Mother: Laura Smith Other Spouses Gerold Maurice Walsh 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2b Lawrence Winfred Beasley* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Pauline Hamock Children: Susan Other Spouses Ruth Magdalene Earnest, Mary Moreno Rodriques 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2b.1 Susan Beasley ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Nicholas Flowers 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2c Lawrence Winfred Beasley* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Mary Moreno Rodriques Children: Lawrence Winfred (1947-) Sylvia Marie (1949-) Other Spouses Ruth Magdalene Earnest, Pauline Hamock 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2c.1 Lawrence Winfred Beasley ---------------------------------------- Birth: 10 Oct 1947, Martin Co. Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2c.2 Sylvia Marie Beasley ---------------------------------------- Birth: 28 Sep 1949, Martin Co. Texas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3a Helen Estelle Beasley* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 7 Feb 1915, Callahan. Florida Name: Helen Estelle BEASLEY Sex: F Birth: 7 FEB 1915 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL Census: 1920 Marianna, Jackson Co FL Reference Number: 5353 Note: Helen Estelle Beasley Hodges, 1995 1915 - Helen Estelle Beasley was born, February 7, 1915, in Callahan, Florida, in the home of her grandmother, Emily Braddock Pickett. For that day and time it was considered a nice home and it was on the corner of road US 1 and road A1A where the intersection of US1, 301 and SR200, on the southwest corner. Helen's family lived in Marianna, Florida at this time, but her mother wanted to come home and be near her mother, when Helen was to be born. Helen was the third child of Lawrence Winfred Beasley, who was born in Columbia, S. C. Her Mother was a good Christian woman named, Grace Estelle Pickett, born in Callahan, Florida. After Helen was born, when her mother was able, they journeyed back home to Marianna. Helen's earliest memory there was that they lived upstairs in a two story house and her Grandmother and Grandfather Beasley and their youngest daughter, Ruth, who was about 14 years old at the time, lived downstairs. She loved them very much and can remember them holding her and singing to her. She was the baby of her family then, with a brother two and a half years old and a sister that was four. Her mother, Grace, worked for Singer Sewing Machine Co., that had a shop upstairs there. At this time, her Father, Lawrence, was a log and timber inspector for a large company. He took care of the whole family then. She remembered that they had a Nash automobile and her mother was such a good driver that she was asked by several of her friends to teach them how to drive, and she did. That was a wonder in those days, as women didn't have the privileges that they enjoy now. Her mother became very popular and had many friends there. But soon, this would all end, as her Father was popular too, --- with the ladies. His Boss's wife fell for him, they left town together and life was never the same again. Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States at this time. 1917 - World War I began. 1918 - Times were hard, especially for a mother with three small children, so Grace and her family planned to leave Marianna and go back home to live near her people in Callahan. Helen remembered, as they left how sad her black Nanny was and how she had cried for Grace to take her to live with them, as she loved them all so much. But Grace knew that she would not be able to support her children and a Nanny, even though she wanted to work for them for "free". They parted and rode the train back home to Callahan. Helen was only three years old, at the time, and would never forget the train coaches were full of soldiers riding off to fight in World War I. She was the only little child there and they would take turns holding and cuddling her, with tears streaming down their faces, remembering their own children left without a father at home. Many of these brave young men never returned. War is, indeed, a terrible agony for the human race, and this was supposed to be the war that would end all wars. When they arrived back in Callahan, they went to live with Grace's sister Dessie and her husband, Cuyler Hilliard, in Orange Park, where they worked on his dairy farm, until they could find a place to live. 1919 - Warren G. Harding elected President of the USA. This was the beginning of the Probition Era when gangsters began "bootlegging" liquor and crime increased. Later, Calvin Cooledge was Elected President, and this was the time of Farm and Labor Hardships. Most American farmers became poor because of high tariff and crop surpluses. The KuKlux Klan was revived. 1920 - The Roaring 20's era. Herbert Hoover was President. As a whole, most of the country prospered. Riotous spending and real-estate booms sent prices skyrocketing. Henry Ford put " America on wheels" with his "Model T Ford". 1921- World War I ended. After some time, Grace found a house and moved to Jacksonville where she opened a rooming house and made a living renting rooms and cooking for boarders. Later, they moved to Callahan to the large two-story house on Green Street near the corner of Mickler Street, that was called the "Virginia White House". Grace needed a larger rooming house, as time went on, and the family moved to the "Mickler House," which was later known as the "Newt Conner home," and was located on the corner of Mickler and Green Street, where the First Baptist Church Family Life Center is today. Grace, also, worked as the church custodian for the "old" church, while living at this house, and Helen and Larry would go in the bellfrey and ring the church bell every Sunday morning for church. The US 1 highway was being surveyed through the State of Florida at this time, and Helen's Mother boarded the survey Boss, his crew and two of the crews wives. The years passed, and they moved to a twostory house called the "Higginbotham House" that was across US 301 in front of where the Elementary School is now, and Rented rooms to boarders. Grace's brother Elworth Pickett was a kind, and good man and had helped her whenever he could. He had a "general store" on Dixie Ave. His slogan was--- "Buys what you want to sell and sells what you want to buy". Upstairs, there was the Telephone Office and some vacant rooms, which he offered to Grace and her children to live in. They moved and she got a job as the first telelphone operator in Callahan. No one in Callahan had a telephone in those days, so it was up to Helen and her brother to summond people to the telephone office to talk on the telephone, when a call came through. Theyt were paid 25 cents for each walk to summond. In those days, 25 cents looked like a fortune to them! Through the years, Helen's mother, Grace, had worked as a seamstress, ran a rooming House and cooked for boarders and, also, worked as a telephone operator, to support her family the best she could in her day day and time. How she had time to do all of this was a "wonder". Helen learned to sew by watching her Mother and was able to help her. The next house that they moved to was the "Thomas house", located on US 1, across from Walter Hodges, Sr. home. Helen was six years old, and it was in this house that Helen's grandmother Pickett was living with them before she passed away, with a heart attack. 1925 - Now, Mr. John S. Brandies was a local dairyman that owned a dairy on A1A, about a block East of US 1 in Callahan. 1927 - John Brandies and Grace had six children. Meanwihle, Helen was left at home on the dairy farm, and her step-father took her out of school to help her Mother run the milk room at the dairy. It was her job to make the butter for market and wash the milk containers. She also, helped her mother cook and make biscuits for all of the dairy hands that worked there. She didn't think that anybody had cooked more biscuits than she had cooked! Until this day, she does not care for biscuit and wouldn't care if she never had to eat another one! Also, she had to carry heavy buckets of water from the well for cooking and for bath water for the family. Throughout her childhood, Helen had always been friends and had played with Thelma Hodges, who lived across the street from her. Thelma's older brother was Walter Hodges, and about this time, Helen and Walter had begun dating. Helen finally left home when she was eighteen and married Walter Hodges. 1933 - This was the year that Walter W. Hodges, Jr. and Helen Beasley were married in Folkston, Georgia. They lived with Walter's parents for about a year. Walter worked for his father, W. W. Hodges, Sr., on his chicken farm for $7.00 a week. Walter and Helen, also, helped run his father's chicken hatchery. His father gave him the land for their chicken farm that was a mile and a half East of Callahan, on what is now called Hodges Road, where they built a small house to live in on their farm. Later, Walter's father wanted to get out of the hatchery business, and they continued to run it until Walter built his own hatchery at his farm. They were so busy and happy and didn't have much in those early years, but had "love and commitment". Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President that year. 1935 - On May 18, 1935, Walter and Helen's first child, Jean Theresa, a beautiful baby girl, was born to them. Helen has stated that "She has been the greatest blessing God could give them". 1937 - Her daughter, Jean, was entered in Sixth National Photograph Contest and won fifth National prize in the United States. 1939 - Purchased their first automobile, a 1939 Plymouth, and was so proud of it! 1941 - World War II began when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and was a very difficult time for our Country. There was a shortage of doctors and nurses in the hospitals here in the states, as many of them had gone away to the war to care for our wounded and dying servicemen overseas. This was the year that Jean started to school and Walter and Helen's second child, Vivian Patricia, was born on July 24th. She was a beautiful little baby girl with black hair, and was a "blue baby" which was a heart defective condition.. The hospitals were very crowded and short of nurses at this time and there wasn't room in the baby nursery for her, so they had to but her in an incubator outside of the nursery in the hospital hall. She died on July 26, 1941. This was such a sad time in our lives. This was the last child born to this family. During the war, you could hardly buy an automobile or truck, since they were so scarce. We had to repair whatever we had, and make-do the best we could with what we had, until the war was over. Meat, sugar, butter, coffee and cigarettes were rationed, as these items were needed to be sent to feed our service men fighting the war. The government issued "rationed food stamps and tokens" to purchase each family's limited allowance of these foods. Instead of sugar, we used karo syrup and homemade syrup in place of sugar, when our allowance was used up. Automobiles (metal), tires (rubber) and leather were also rationed and scarce, as metal and rubber were used to make machine guns, army tanks, trucks and jeeps for the war, and leather was used to make boots for our soldiers. Helen, along with other women volunteers, helped the Red Cross make childrens overalls and shirts for the orphaned children of the war in Europe. They also made bandages for our servicemen that were wounded and in the hospitals. Japanese war planes were sighted off the coast of the U. S., and the President ordered everyone had to paint their automobile headlights with black paint, on the upper half of the headlights, to make it harder for any "Jap" planes to see cars down below at night, and to avoid possibly being bombed by the "Japs". In our homes at night, we had to have blackout curtains and could have only one or two lights on to try to keep our homes and towns from being easily seen in the dark. Farmers raised crops and meat to feed our troupes in the war. Walter was a farmer, of course, and every time he received an update on his draft card status, he would be relieved that he was not drafted again for that time. He was needed more on the farm, to produce more chickens and eggs to help feed our country. We were fortunate to have pretty floral printed feed sacks, that chicken feed came in, which Helen used to sew pretty dresses and shirts. Sheets, pillow cases, dish towels and underwear were sewn from white feed sacks that had been bleached. Also, we had plenty of chicken and eggs to eat. Fried chicken was "special" for Sunday dinner. Most people had to have a garden to have enough food to eat for the family. We ate lots of beans, rice, biscuits and cornbread, too. We canned our fruits and vegetables from the garden for winter and grew sugar cane, had cane grindings and made home made syrup. Coffee was very scarce and we drank a lot of Postum and Ovaltine, and of course we had milk cows for milk and butter and, also raised hogs to butcher for meat. Walter was an excellent deer hunter and we had plenty of vinison and wild game to eat. Helen was a faithful Christian mother and active church worker and Sunday School teacher, at the First Baptist Church in Callahan, from about 1938 until around 1960, where she taught various age groups from three year olds to teenagers. She was, also, a teacher in Vacation Bible School, and was the wife of Walter W. Hodges, Jr., who was the Chairman of the Board of Deacons for several years and was also Sunday School Superintendant. 1945 - Harry S. Truman was President that year and ordered the Atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima. World War II was over, it was a joyous time for the American people and our allies! During Jean's school years, Helen was very active in the PTA, and was a dependable room-mother for many years. Helen and Walter were active workers in the Northeast Florida Fair, when it was started around 1949, entering chicken and egg exhibits and winning blue ribbons. Helen was President of the Home Extension Club in Callahan during this time, and entered many beautiful exhibits in the Home Sewing division of the Fair. Her beautiful dresses, suits and other clothing won many blue ribbons. She even designed beautiful ladies hats with matching purses and shoes! One year, she designed and made a beautiful navy blue voile dress that won a blue ribbon in the 27th annual Florida State Council of Home Demonstration Workers. In 1953, she made Jean's beautiful satin wedding dress that was appliqued with lace and embrodieried with seed pearls. She, also, painted oil paintings and won blue ribbons on them. She had so many talents! 1948 - Bought first station wagon. Jean was queen of the Halloween carnival at school that year and a young man named Dorman Mizell came up and began talking to her that night. Little did she know that this would be a sign of things to come! 1949 - Walter and Helen built a beautiful new brick home. It took fifteen years to save the money to get this new home. Walter did not believe in buying anything on credit, so he saved his money and paid $15,000.00 cash for this house back then. 1950 - Korean War began. About this time, Helen's stepfather's health bad, his business failed and he was admitted into the hospital with cirrhosis of the liver and soon died. 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President of U. S. 1953 - Jean graduated from high school this year and married Dorman Mizell on June 6, 1953. Dorman had a milk route, and was employed by Perrett's Dairy in Dinsmore, 1954. Florida. They lived in Callahan for eight months in a house rented from her Uncle Leon Hodges. The following February, Dorman went to work on the chicken farm for Walter. Walter loved and enjoyed his three grandsons and took Clyde and Larry bird and squirrel hunting with him. Clyde tried his patience at times from some of the things that he did. He was a mischievous, adventuresome boy, not at all like the tame, only little girl that he had raised and been used to. It was such a shocking difference! Mike was only two and a half at this time, and the "apple of Walter's eye", especially since the older boys would aggravate him so bad at times. 1963 - John F. Kennedy, President, was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson became President of U. S. Walter's health began to fail and he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had surgery the following January. 1964 - Vietnam war started. Walter had cancer surgery in January and had to take radiation and cobalt treatments. His condition seemed to improve for awhile, as the cancer went into remission, but it did not last but about six months, even after several more surgeries. 1965 - Fourth grandson Walt was born January 28th. Dorman and Jean took Walt to the hospital when he was three weeks old, so Walter would get to see him before he died. Walter passed away, on February 28th, at the age of 53. Helen was only fortynine and Jean was only twenty-nine when this great loss consumed us. Walter's mother Pearl Hodges, passed away later that year. This past year was so hard and sad. After Walter's death, Hodges Poultry Farm, Inc. was established. Dorman had operated the farm during Walter's illness and was under a lot of stress and pressure, shouldering this big responsibility. He was the logical person to be President of the Corporation. Helen was Vice President and Treasury and Jean was Secretary. This period in time was very difficult for all of us to endure. Life would never be the same again. Helen's life went on after the death of her husband, Walter. The grandsons helped, some, to occupy her time, but she needed to get out more and develop new friends and interests. She began taking ballroom dance lessons and began to enjoy them. It was good exercise and she became quite good at it, and won several competitions. 1967 - Helen moved and traded homes with Dorman and Jean and the boys, so they could be near the business. 1968 - Richard M. Nixon was President of the U. S., now. About this time, Helen remarried but the marriage didn't last. 1969 - This was the year that the U. S. astronauts were the first men on the moon. 1974 - Gerald Ford was President this year. Helen met Jim Libby about this time, and later they were married. They joined the Eastern Star in Callahan. and were very active in this organization. She was also a member of the DAR. They became interested in family geneology as a hobby and enjoyed traveling to different states gathering information on the families of the Braddocks', Higginbothams', Picketts', Hodges' and others. 1976 - This was the year of the Bicenteniel celebration of our country. Helen and Jim were very involved in this. 1977 - Grandson, Larry, married Ann Brooks Jimmy Carter was now President of U. S. 1978 - Dorman and Jean celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary that year. 1979 - Grandson Clyde married Lucy Vittorie. The first great grandchild, Stephen, was born to Larry and Ann Mizell on February 21, 1979. 1980 - The second great grandchild, Jason, was born October 9, 1980 to Larry and Ann Mizell. 1981 - The third great grandchild, Adam, was born to Clyde and Lucy Mizell March 1, 1981. Ronald Regan was President of U. S. It was around this period in time that Helen and Jim's marriage ended. 1983 - The fourth great grandchild, Amy, was born to Larry and Ann Mizell on July 27, 1983. 1984 - Third grandson, Mike, married Kathy Carter Hammer on March 17, 1884. The fifth and "instant" great grandchild was acciquired, Ronald Scott Hammer. The sixth great grandchild , Justin, was born on September 11, 1984, to Mike and Kathy Mizell. 1985 - The seventh great grandchild, Emily, was born to Larry and Ann Mizell on May 21, 1985. The eighth great grandchild, Luke, was born to Clyde and Lucy Mizell on September 16, 1985. The fourth grandson, Walt, married Denise Davis on October 18, 1985. 1986 - Helen's mother, Grace, passed away on February 18, 1986. 1988 - The ninth great grandchild, Kayla Helene, was born to Mike and Kathy Mizell on December 28, 1988. 1989 - George Bush was President of U. S. During the past years, Helen had become interested in geneology, and had done extensive research on the Braddock, Pickett, Higginbotham, Hodges, Wilds, Mizell and other families. This was her hobby and she enjoyed it immensely! 1990 - The tenth great grandchild, Devin, was born to Walt and Denise Mizell. 1991 - Helen's health was not good this year, and she had to have colon cancer surgery. The next year her health had returned and she was feeling much better. 1992 - Helen's brother, Charles Brandies, passed away on August 13, 1992. This year, Dorman leased the Hatchery to H & N International. . 1993 - Bill Clinton was elected President of the U. S. Dorman's health was failing and had to have colon cancer surgery and chemotherapy. 1994 - In November, Helen attended the Braddock-Higginbotham Reunion in Callahan, where she is always getting orders for her "Braddock-Higginbotham Family History" books. Then, she was invited to a Thanksgiving play and dinner at grandchildren, Ronnie, Justin, Kayla and Devin's school. Later in November, Helen went on a bus tour with Dorman and Jean to Nashville, Tennessee, to see The Grand Old Opry and had a wonderful trip! In December she took another trip, with Dorman and Jean to Tallahassee, to see her great niece, Shannon Boyd's wedding and reception, and also attended a brunch the next day at her niece, Edith Boyd's new home. After they returned home, they attended great grandaughter Amy's Christmas play at University Christian School where Amy had the leading role. Next, we attended Ronnie, Justin, Kayla and Devin's Christmas play and reception at First Assembly of God School in Callahan, where Ronnie and Kathy played the leading parts of the play. Next, she attended the Mizell Brothers family Christmas dinner in Bolougne and, of course, Christmas dinner at Jean and Dorman's house. Not bad for an 80 year old great grandmother!! Her family keeps her going! There's always something going on! Her birthday is February 7th, 1995, and this Sunday, February 5th, I will have a surprise birthday dinner in her honor. All of her brothers and sisters, that are still living, and their families have been invited to be here. Ido hope they can all come --- we haven't all been together in a long time. Helen will be EIGHTY!! What a GREAT LADY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA, have a WONDERFUL day!!! I love you, Your daughter, Jean, 1995 Father: Lawrence Winfred BEASLEY , Sr. b: 18 OCT 1889 in Westville, SC Mother: Grace Estelle PICKETT b: 3 NOV 1891 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL Marriage 1 Walter Willis HODGES , Jr b: 1 AUG 1911 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., Fl Married: 17 DEC 1933 in Folkston, Charlton Co., GA Children Jean Theresa HODGES b: 18 MAY 1935 in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL Vivian Patricia HODGES b: 24 JUL 1941 in Duval County, Jacksonville, Fl Marriage 2 Oscar AMERSON Married: ABT. 1968 in Jacksonville, FL Marriage Ending Status: Divorce Marriage 3 James R. (Jim) LIBBY Married: 1972 Marriage Ending Status: Divorce -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Spouse: Oscar Amerson Other Spouses James R. ( Jim ) Libby, Walter Willis Hodges 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3b Helen Estelle Beasley* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: James R. ( Jim ) Libby Other Spouses Oscar Amerson, Walter Willis Hodges 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c Helen Estelle Beasley* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Walter Willis Hodges Children: Jean Theresa (1835-) Vivian Patricia (1941-1941) Other Spouses Oscar Amerson, James R. ( Jim ) Libby 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1 Jean Theresa Hodges ---------------------------------------- Birth: 18 May 1835, Jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida Founding Florida Pioneer Settlers & Their Descendants Updated October 28, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELCOME to my Southern home page! Y'all come on in! NEW UPDATES!! There are over 24,000 PEOPLE in my database now! Yes, I have been very busy! Be sure and check your family lines for new additions or corrections. The family reports are listed at the BOTTOM of this page. Check out new link to "FOUNDING FLORIDA PIONEER FAMILY SETTLERS & THEIR DESCENDANTS, II" for MANY other northeast Florida and southest Georgia families! Please let me know of any family ADDITIONS or corrections, I need all of the help that I can get! I have included a link to Jerry Braddock's web page, " J. G. Braddock's Bloodline Back into History," below, on the early Braddock ancestors. He also has links to "our Braddock cousins", Verna, Lori and Nassau County's Jan Jackson's web pages with other Braddock family and allied lines in our area. FAMILY REUNION DATES KEENE FAMILY REUNION, FOLKSTON, GA --- in May at the Folkston Train Depot, Folkston, GA. Contact: Archie D.(Corkey) Carrol 904-879-5957. ROSCO WALKER AND LEE WILLIAM FAMILY REUNION -GOLDEN GATE, FL--- Saturday July 28, 2001, 11:00 a.m untill 4:00 p.m. 4701 Golden Gate Communnity Center, corner of Sunshine Blvd. and Golden Gate Parkway, Golden Gate, Collier County, Florida. Bring a covered dish plus eating utensils. Tell your family. Bring new family birth, marriage and death dates, aLso family pictures to share. These are family of Whidden-Kirkland-Walker-Webb-Prine-Mercer-Waldron-Keen-Register-Skinners, etc. Katherine Worth, 233 Lake Drive West, Okeechobee, FL 34974. Ph: 863-763-5437. Email: Benjamin Walker, Ph: 941-455-8890 PICKETT FAMILY REUNION, PICKETTVILLE, FL - will be held Sunday, October 7, 2001- 12:30 P.M., Pickett Club House on Lane Avenue at Old Kings Road. Dinner will be served at 1:15 P.M. Bring enough food for your family and a little extra, and your favorite beverage. Contact Natalie Pickett Pittman Ph: 904/781-7481, Linda Pickett Moffett Ph: 904-221-1550, Larry James Pickett 904-249-9868, . HODGES FAMILY REUNION, HILLIARD, FL: Contact Wade Hodges 904/845-7640. HIGGINBOTHAM FAMILY REUNION, JACKSONVILLE, FL, off Lem Turner Road, at 12895 Gerald Rd., at Dot & Grumpy's, home will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2001. Contact Dot Higginbotham Ph: 904/765-0608. KEEN FAMILY REUNION, CALLAHAN, FL--- 10-28-2001, Nassau County Multi-Purpose Bldg. Northeast Florida Fairgrounds, U.S.1 N. at Musslewhite Rd., North of Callahan, FL. Covered dish luncheon at 12:00 noon. Tell your family & bring NEW family Birth, Marriage, Death dates, PHOTOS, RECORDS, HISTORY, that you have to share! Contact Geri Whitehead Ph: 904/659-2721. Address: 237 Beach Drive, Florahome, FL 32140. Or Jean Mizell email: Jeanhmz@aol.com. HODGES FAMILY REUNION, St. George, GA: Contact Effie Crawford Patrick Ph: 904/786-0885. BRADDOCK-HIGGINBOTHAM FAMILY REUNION, will be Saturday, November 10, 2001, CALLAHAN, FL, Nassau County Multi-Purpose Bldg. Northeast Florida Fairgrounds, U.S.1 N. at Musslewhite Road, North of Callahan, FL. Covered dish luncheon will be served at 12:00 noon. Bring your old family PHOTOS to share, NEW birth, marriage, death dates, etc. Contact: Frances Conner Winfrey: Ph: 904/879-2807. Inside these pages, I will be featuring selected Southern family genealogies of founding Florida pioneer settlers and their descendants. These pioneers migrated mostly from South Carolina and Georgia and settled in northeast Florida, and many were born here as native Floridians, when Florida was a Territory, before it became a state in 1845. Like the beautiful old Spanish moss covered liveoak trees, their roots grow deep in Florida's sands of time. Our people fought and lived through the wars of the British, French, Indians, Spanish, the World Wars and now, the Afganistans. "In GOD We Trust". God Bless America! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean H. Mizell 5041 Dorman Place Callahan, Florida 32011 United States Jeanhmz@aol.com Edit Your Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books Book: Descendants of Nathaniel Braddock, 1604; Updated 1-31-2001 Family Photos Nathaniel & Hester Ann Braddock Wilds III (187 KB) Capt. Nathaniel Wilds, III, born 1810 Nassau County, Florida, married Hester Ann Braddock, May 13,1831, in Camden Co., Georgia, a daughter of John David and Martha Christopher Braddock of Nassau Co. Florida. They settled down at Wilds landing, where Capt. Nat, as he was called, helped his father operate a ferry. An 1850 survey map of the St. Marys River, shows a road from the landing going South about a quarter of a mile, splitting and going West toward Kings Ferry and last to the Bell River and on to Fernandina. The ferry crossing was operated for more than 70 years, until the bridge was built across the St. Marys River. This was a very busy operation, for this day and time, the crossing of Wilds landing was a primary gateway to Florida for more that a hundred years. Ref: "Yesterday's Reflections" by Jan Johannes. Wilds family history of Mrs. Julia Wilds Muller, granddaughter of Nathaniel and Hester Ann Wilds. Submitted by: Helen B. Hodges, a four times grand niece of Hester Ann and Nathaniel Wilds. Spicer C. Braddock 1869 - 1944 (370 KB) Sicer C. and Dora Amanda Braddock lived in Hilliard, Nassau County, Florida. They had seven children. Photo was donated by Donald G. (Don) Hagan, a grandson of Spicer C. Braddock. Bobby Braddock, our famous country music star (81 KB) See Bobby Braddock's home page at: http://www.dizzyrambler.com/legends/BBraddock/bbra Bobby is a 4th generation Floridian,and his parents were Paul Edward and Lavonia Valentine Braddock who were citrus growers. Bobby played in rock and roll bands throughout the southeast - Coming to Nashville in the 1960's, he was Marty Robbins' piano player for 2 years. His hits span from Tammy Wynettes' "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", 1968, to Tracy Lawerence's hit "Texas Tornado," a hit in 1995. Bobby was inducted as the youngest living member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1981. Bobby has had 31 "Top 10" songs in the National Charts - 10 reaching #1. Bobby has been a rcording artist for five major labels from the 1960's through the 1980's. Favorite hobby is reading, especially history. James M. Keen 1809 - 1885 (153 KB) James M. Keen was the pioneer ancestor of most of the Keen/Keenes that lived in Florida and south Georgia. James M. Keen was born in Tattnall County, Georgia, He was probably a son of David Keen of Tattnall County, Georgia and his first wife. James M. Keen was a private in the Florida Militia for three enlistments during the Florida Seminole Indian Wars. James and Apsilla had 15 children, all being born before the Civil War. The first four were born in Tattnall Co., Ga., the next two in Appling Co., Ga., the next three in Columbia Co., Fl, the next two in Jacksonville, Duval Co., Fl, and the remaining four in Columbia Co., Fl . This shows that they must have moved several times, coming from Georgia down into Florida. He died Sept. 29, 1895, at Polk Co., Fl, and was buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery. Apsilla, his wife, died four years after her 15th child was born in 1856 in Columbia Co., Fl and was buried near Lake City, Fl. James M. Keen was the grandfather of James Wesley Keen, born 1859. 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Spouse: Walker Dorman Mizell Father: Walker Mizell Mother: Madeline Johnson Marr: 6 Jun 1953, Callahan, Nassau Co., Florida Children: Clyde Julian (1955-) Larry Stephen (1957-) Michael David (1961-) Walter Scott (1965-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.1 Clyde Julian Mizell ---------------------------------------- Birth: 18 Apr 1955, Jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida Spouse: Nora Louise (Lucy) Vittorie Children: Adam Jacob Luke Cody 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.1.1 Adam Jacob Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.1.2 Luke Cody Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2 Larry Stephen Mizell ---------------------------------------- Birth: 10 Sep 1957 Spouse: Ann Marie Brooks Father: Charles Brooks Mother: Glenn Anderson Children: Stephen Douglas Jason Phillip 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2.1 Stephen Douglas Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2.2 Jason Phillip Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3 Michael David Mizell ---------------------------------------- Birth: 2 Dec 1961, Jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida Spouse: Kathryn June Carter Father: Robert Carter Mother: Polly Waits Children: Justin Brent Kayla Helen 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3.1 Justin Brent Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3.2 Kayla Helen Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4 Walter Scott Mizell ---------------------------------------- Birth: 28 Jan 1965, Jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida Spouse: Carrie Davis Children: Devin Scott William Grant 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4.1 Devin Scott Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4.2 William Grant Mizell ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.2 Vivian Patricia Hodges ---------------------------------------- Birth: 24 Jul 1941, jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida Death: 26 Jul 1941, Jacksonvolle, Duval Co., Florida 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b Grace Estelle Pickett* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: John Stanley Brandies Birth: 31 Mar 1885, in Dahoma, Nassau Co., FL Marr: 29 Apr 1926, Jacksonville, Florida, Duval Co. Children: John Henry (1927-1999) Cleo Gay (1928-) Gene Stanley (1930-) Grace Chloe (1931-) Charlas Edward (1932-1992) Norma Elizabeth (1934-) Other Spouses Lawrence Winfred Beasley Sr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1 John Henry Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 4 Jun 1927, Callahan. Florida Death: 7 Jun 1999, in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL BRANDIES - Funeral services for John Henry Brandies, 72,of Callahan, will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday in the First BaptistChurch of Callahan, with burial in Jones Cemetery. Survivors include his wife,Jean `Nat' Brandies, Callahan; 2 daughters, Alma (Claburn) Davis,Callahan and Estelle (Johnny) Claxton, Yulee; 4 sisters, Helen Hodges and GraceBell, both of Callahan, Cleo Courson of Yulee, and Norma Fernandez ofOrlando, FL; 2 brothers, Larry Beasley, San Antonio, TX, and `Shug'Brandies, Callahan, FL; 4 grandsons, Natan and Derrick Davis, Jason Robertsand Brandon Claxton. Visitation will b e Wednesday 7 to 9 PM atCallahan Funeral Home. Spouse: Jean Natalie SINGLETARY Children: Alma Lagrange Grace Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1.1 Alma Lagrange Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1.2 Grace Estelle Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2a Cleo Gay Brandies* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 24 Oct 1928, Callahan. Florida Momma almost named me after this lady. But Named me Bonnie Gay instead. The Gay part of my name is after her. Spouse: Johnny BLYLER Other Spouses George W. COURSON Jr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b Cleo Gay Brandies* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: George W. COURSON Jr. Birth: 22 Feb 1926 Children: Laura Gale Nadine Gay Dorothy Estelle Other Spouses Johnny BLYLER 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b.1 Laura Gale COURSON ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b.2 Nadine Gay COURSON ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b.3 Dorothy Estelle COURSON ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3 Gene Stanley Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 13 Feb 1930 Spouse: Agnes ROWE Children: Gene Diane Rhonda Theresa Pearl (1955-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.1 Gene Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.2 Diane Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.3 Rhonda Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.4 Theresa Pearl Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1955 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4 Grace Chloe Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: Dec 1931 Spouse: James Quincy BELL Birth: 1922 Children: John Stanley Daniel Janie Estelle William BELL (1957-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.1 John Stanley BELL ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.2 Daniel BELL ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.3 Janie Estelle BELL ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.4 William BELL BELL ---------------------------------------- Birth: 4 Aug 1957 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a Charlas Edward Brandies* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 20 Nov 1932, Callahan. Florida Death: 13 Aug 1992, in Ocala, Marion Co., FL Burial: Jones Cemetery, Callahan, FL Spouse: Elizabeth ALDERMAN Birth: from Jennings, FL Children: Eric Keith Mark Evan Other Spouses MADELINE 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a.1 Eric Keith Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a.2 Mark Evan Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5b Charlas Edward Brandies* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: MADELINE Other Spouses Elizabeth ALDERMAN 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6 Norma Elizabeth Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 6 Nov 1934, Callahan. Florida Spouse: F. Florencio FERNANDEZ Children: Charles Fredrick John Earl Gracie Marie Norma Estelle (1955-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.1 Charles Fredrick FERNANDEZ ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.2 John Earl FERNANDEZ ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.3 Gracie Marie FERNANDEZ ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.4 Norma Estelle FERNANDEZ ---------------------------------------- Birth: 5 Jan 1955 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2 Desdamona Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 4 Jul 1875, in Nassau, County Fl Death: 4 Jul 1960 Spouse: Cuyler Walter Hilliard Jr. Birth: Oct 1861 Children: Sidney Hargraves (1895-) Theresa Denora (1903-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1 Sidney Hargraves Hilliard ---------------------------------------- Birth: 5 Jun 1895 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2 Theresa Denora Hilliard ---------------------------------------- Birth: 6 Mar 1903 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a John Seymour Pickett* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 3 Feb 1877 Spouse: Mattie Johnson Children: Cuyler Cedric Other Spouses Clara BELL 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a.1 Cuyler Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a.2 Cedric Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b John Seymour Pickett* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Clara BELL Children: Malcom Spencer Louise Other Spouses Mattie Johnson 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b.1 Malcom Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b.2 Spencer Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b.3 Louise Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.4 Lewis Wilson Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1 Oct 1887 Death: 20 Jun 1951 Spouse: Sally COWAN 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5 Mary Ella Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 24 Oct 1880 Death: 29 Feb 1952 Spouse: William Henry Brandies Birth: 6 Apr 1875 Children: Claire Lillian Lucille (1902-) Ira Winslow (1903-) Clifford W. (1907-) William H. (Cecil) (1910-) Myrtis (1918-) Carol (1922-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.1 Claire Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.2 Lillian Brandies ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.3 Lucille Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 10 Feb 1902 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.4 Ira Winslow Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 9 Nov 1903 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.5 Clifford W. Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 21 May 1907, in Florida 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.6 William H. (Cecil) Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1910 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.7 Myrtis Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 25 Apr 1918 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.8 Carol Brandies ---------------------------------------- Birth: 15 Aug 1922 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6 Henry Elwell Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 25 Jul 1882 Death: 29 Apr 1943 Spouse: Georgia Burgess Birth: 1 Feb 1894 Children: Shirley Henry Betty Margaret (1914-) George Cecil (1916-) Emily (1922-) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.1 Shirley Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.2 Henry Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.3 Betty Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.4 Margaret Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1914, in Nassau Co., FL 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.5 George Cecil Pickett Sr. ---------------------------------------- Birth: 18 Nov 1916 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.6 Emily Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 22 Oct 1922 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7 Emily Volena Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 28 Dec 1887 Spouse: L. P. Murphy Children: Donita Nadine Inez Marie Louis P. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.1 Donita Murphy ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.2 Nadine Murphy ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.3 Inez Murphy ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.4 Marie Murphy ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.5 Louis P. Murphy Jr. ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8 Martha Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 31 Mar 1889 Spouse: William A. Johnston Children: William A. Carmeta 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8.1 William A. Johnston Jr. ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8.2 Carmeta Johnston ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9 William Pickett ---------------------------------------- Birth: 25 Jan 1896 Spouse: Florence Jones Children: Doris Dorothy 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9.1 Doris Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9.2 Dorothy Pickett ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3 Andrew J. Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1852 Spouse: Virginia Turner Birth: 1858 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4 Lewis Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1854 Spouse: Elizabeth Mason 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.5 Thomas Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1858 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.6 Martha E. Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1858 Spouse: Abraham Ogilvie Birth: 1858 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.7 Mary Braddock ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Abner Davis 1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Joseph Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1832 Spouse: Isabella E. Birth: 1840 1.1.1.1.1.1.3 Alexander Braddock CSA ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1836 1.1.1.1.1.1.4 Elizabeth Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1838 Spouse: Joseph Jones CSA 1.1.1.1.1.1.5 Jane Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1840 1.1.1.1.1.1.6 Aldrich Braddock CSA ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1642 1.1.1.1.1.1.7 Henry E. Braddock CSA ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1844 Death: 1924 Spouse: Elmira Wright Birth: 1844 Death: 1938 1.1.1.1.1.1.8 Sarah Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1845 1.1.1.1.1.1.9 Hamilton Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1846 Spouse: Mary Higginbotham 1.1.1.1.1.1.10 Sanderson Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1847 1.1.1.1.1.1.11 Anna Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1850 1.1.1.1.1.1.12 Alburty Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1852 Spouse: Louisa 1.1.1.1.1.1.13 Virginia Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1854 1.1.1.1.1.1.14 Henrietta Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1858 1.1.1.1.1.2 John David Braddock II ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1810, in Nassau Co., FL Name: John David BRADDOCK II Sex: M Birth: 1810 in Nassau Co., Fl Death: AFT. 1858 Census: 1850 Nassau Co. FL Reference Number: 725 Note: Served in Seminole Indian wars. Index to Florida militia muster rolls, Seminole Indian wars: Braddock Jr, John D. Pvt, 02:021-22 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Melinda LEIGH b: 1826 in FL Married: 18 DEC 1845 in Camden Co., Ga Children Amanda BRADDOCK b: 1847 in FL Mary Delong BRADDOCK b: 1849 in FL John G. BRADDOCK b: 1853 Lu BRADDOCK b: 1854 James M. BRADDOCK b: 1854 in Nassau Co., Fl Spicer BRADDOCK b: 1856 Berrian BRADDOCK b: 1856 in Nassau Co., Fl Herman BRADDOCK b: 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Melinda LEIGH Birth: 1826, in Florida Marr: 18 Dec 1845, in Camden Co., Ga Children: Amanda (1847-) Mary Delong (1849-) John G. (1853-) Lu (1854-) James M. (1854-) Spicer (1856-) Berrian (1856-) Herman BRADDOCK (1858-) 1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Amanda Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1847, in Florida 1.1.1.1.1.2.2 Mary Delong Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1849, in Florida 1.1.1.1.1.2.3 John G. Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1853 1.1.1.1.1.2.4 Lu Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1854, in Nassau Co., Fl 1.1.1.1.1.2.5 James M. Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1854, in Nassau Co Fl 1.1.1.1.1.2.6 Spicer Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1856 1.1.1.1.1.2.7 Berrian Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1856, in Nassau Co Fl 1.1.1.1.1.2.8 Herman BRADDOCK Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1858 1.1.1.1.1.3 Charlotte Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1812, in Nassau Co., FL Name: Charlotte M. BRADDOCK Sex: F Birth: 1812 in Nassau Co., FL Death: AFT. 1870 Census: 1850 Nassau Co. FL Census: 1870 Nassau Co FL Reference Number: 726 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL 1.1.1.1.1.4 Spicer C. Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 23 Apr 1807 Name: Spicer C. BRADDOCK Sex: M Birth: 23 APR 1807 in Nassau Co., Fl Death: 3 JUN 1864 Census: 1850 Nassau Co., FL Reference Number: 724 Note: Spicer Christopher Braddock was a son of John David Braddock. He inherited part of his father's plantation at Evergreen, near the St. Marys River. It is still in the capable hands of his direct family now, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Owens, and as of his death, his descendants, as it has been for the past 150 years. Some of the deeds, will and papers are still intact, beautifully written and some bearing the signature of Spicer C.'s brothers. Evergreen Cemetery is on this land, where is buried Burris Higinbotham, a Revolutionary Soldier. Spicer was clerk of the Court for Nassau Co., for many years, the first Courthouse was on part of the Braddock land, but was moved after the Civil War to Fernandina. Spicer's widow, Anna Sapp Braddock, married a Mr. Geiger. Ref: Land records, Marriage record, court records, census records. Submitted by: Helen B. Hodges, a cousin of Spicer Christopher Braddock. Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Anna Sever SAPP b: 1822 in GA Married: 24 DEC 1840 Children Anna Mary BRADDOCK b: 2 JUN 1843 in FL Martha Christopher BRADDOCK b: 22 MAY 1845 in FL Berman or Henry BRADDOCK b: 31 MAY 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Anna Sever Sapp Birth: 1822, Georiga Marr: 24 Dec 1840 Children: Anna Mary (1843-) Martha Christopher (1845-) Berman or Henry (1857-) 1.1.1.1.1.4.1a Anna Mary Braddock* ---------------------------------------- Birth: 2 Jun 1843, Florida Name: Anna Mary BRADDOCK Sex: F Birth: 2 JUN 1843 in FL Death: 16 MAR 1883 Census: 1850 Nassau Co., Callahan, FL Reference Number: 781 Father: Spicer C. BRADDOCK b: 23 APR 1807 in Nassau Co., Fl Mother: Anna Sever SAPP b: 1822 in GA Marriage 1 Hezekiah TUCKER Married: 22 SEP 1861 Children Louisa Ann TUCKER b: 23 AUG 1862 Dora L. TUCKER b: 20 NOV 1864 Marriage 2 William H. COPE Married: 10 FEB 1869 in Nassau Co FL Children Agnes D. COPE Nina J. COPE Holly S. COPE b: 8 DEC 1869 William S. COPE b: 25 NOV 1871 George R. COPE b: 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse: Hezekiah TUCKER Marr: 22 Sep 1861 Children: Louisa Ann (1862-) Dora L. TUCKER (1864-) Other Spouses William H. Cope 1.1.1.1.1.4.1a.1 Louisa Ann TUCKER ---------------------------------------- Birth: 23 Aug 1862 1.1.1.1.1.4.1a.2 Dora L. TUCKER TUCKER ---------------------------------------- Birth: 20 Nov 1864 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b Anna Mary Braddock* (See above) ---------------------------------------- Spouse: William H. Cope Marr: 10 Feb 1869, in Nassau Co FL Children: Agnes D Nina J. Holly S. (1869-) William S (1871-) George R. (1890-) Other Spouses Hezekiah TUCKER 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.1 Agnes D Cope ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.2 Nina J. Cope ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.3 Holly S. Cope ---------------------------------------- Birth: 8 Dec 1869 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.4 William S Cope ---------------------------------------- Birth: : 25 NOV 1871 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.5 George R. Cope ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1890 1.1.1.1.1.4.2 Martha Christopher Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 22 May 1845, Florida 1.1.1.1.1.4.3 Berman or Henry Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 31 May 1857 1.1.1.1.1.5 William Monteith Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1819, Florida Name: William Monteith BRADDOCK Sex: M Birth: 1819 in FL Death: BEF. 28 DEC 1866 Census: 1850 Nassau Co. FL Reference Number: 729 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Jane Harvey CHRISTOPHER b: 1824 in Nassau Co., FL Married: 11 DEC 1840 in Nassau Co., Fl Children Wilson BRADDOCK b: 1842 in Nassau Co., FL Christopher BRADDOCK b: 1849 in FL Martha Louisa Harvey BRADDOCK b: 1857 in Nassau Co., FL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Spouse: Jane Christopher 1.1.1.1.1.6 Mary Greenwood Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: : 1805, in Yulee, Nassau Co., Fl Name: Mary Greenwood BRADDOCK 1 Sex: F Birth: 1805 in Yulee, Nassau Co., Fl Death: 14 APR 1887 Reference Number: 722 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 John Carroll HOUSTON II b: 1789 in Beaufort, SC Children Elizabeth Greenwood HOUSTON b: 1825 in Big Talbot Is., Duval Co, Fl David Braddock HOUSTON b: 1827 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co., Fl Martha Christopher HOUSTON b: 8 JUL 1829 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Jane Harvey HOUSTON b: 1 MAY 1831 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Robert H. HOUSTON b: 1832 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Ruth White HOUSTON b: 1833 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Anna L. HOUSTON b: 1835 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Spencer Louis HOUSTON b: 13 DEC 1837 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Edward D. HOUSTON b: 10 DEC 1839 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Mary Hamilton HOUSTON b: 1841 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Johnson HOUSTON b: 1843 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co., Fl William Ashman HOUSTON b: 8 AUG 1845 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl Sources: Helen Smotherman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Spouse: John Carroll HOUSTON II Birth: 1789, in Beaufort, SC Children: Elizabeth Greenwood 1.1.1.1.1.6.1 Elizabeth Greenwood HOUSTON ---------------------------------------- 1.1.1.1.1.7 Hester Ann Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 30 Oct 1813, in Nassau Co Fl Name: Hester Ann BRADDOCK Sex: F Birth: 30 OCT 1813 in Nassau Co Fl Death: 23 AUG 1891 Census: 1850 Nassau Co FL Reference Number: 3280 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Nathaniel WILDS III b: 16 JUL 1810 in Nassau Co., Fl Married: 13 MAY 1831 in Camden Co., GA Event: Source: in "The People of Camden County Georgia a Finding Index Prior to 1850" by Shirley Joiner Thompson Note: Hester Ann was living in Florida at this time. Children Nathaniel WILDS IV b: 1833 in Nassau Co., Fl Martha Christopher WILDS b: 1835 in Wilds Ferry, Nassau Co., Fl John WILDS b: 1837 in FL Pricilla Turner WILDS b: 1838 in Nassau Co., Fl Edward Elmo WILDS b: 1840 in Nassau Co., Fl Spicer WILDS b: 1842 in FL David WILDS b: 1844 in FL Wesley Curtis WILDS b: 1845 in Nassau Co FL William WILDS b: 1847 in Nassau Co., Fl Turner WILDS b: 1848 in FL Phineas Miller WILDS b: 13 AUG 1850 in Nassau Co., Fl Lewis WILDS b: 1852 in Nassau Co., Fl Chapellae WILDS b: 1854 in Nassau Co., Fl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Capt. Nathaniel Wilds, III, born 1810 Nassau County, Florida, married Hester Ann Braddock, May 13,1831, in Camden Co., Georgia, a daughter of John David and Martha Christopher Braddock of Nassau Co. Florida. They settled down at Wilds landing, where Capt. Nat, as he was called, helped his father operate a ferry. An 1850 survey map of the St. Marys River, shows a road from the landing going South about a quarter of a mile, splitting and going West toward Kings Ferry and last to the Bell River and on to Fernandina. The ferry crossing was operated for more than 70 years, until the bridge was built across the St. Marys River. This was a very busy operation, for this day and time, the crossing of Wilds landing was a primary gateway to Florida for more that a hundred years. Ref: "Yesterday's Reflections" by Jan Johannes. Wilds family history of Mrs. Julia Wilds Muller, granddaughter of Nathaniel and Hester Ann Wilds. Submitted by: Helen B. Spouse: Nathaniel Wilds Father: Nathaniel Wilds 1.1.1.1.1.8 Susannah M Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1822, in Nassau Co., FL Name: Susannah M. BRADDOCK Sex: F Birth: 1822 in Nassau Co., FL Census: 1850 Nassau Co. FL Reference Number: 730 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Emanuel GOMEZ Spouse: Capt. Emanuel Gomez 1.1.1.1.1.9 Elizabeth Louisa Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 18 Oct 1824, in Nassau Co., Fl Name: Elizabeth Louisa BRADDOCK Sex: F Birth: 18 OCT 1824 in Nassau Co., Fl Reference Number: 731 Father: John David BRADDOCK b: 1771 in South Carolina Mother: Martha Bluet CHRISTOPHER b: 1786 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co. FL Marriage 1 Phineas WILDS , Sr. b: 1819 in Nassau Co., Fl Children P. M. WILDS , Jr. M. J. WILDS b: 1859 in FL 1.1.1.1.2 William Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1777 [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Braddock/Lyford ] [ John Braddock ] [ Wm Braddock ] [ Christopher ] [ Greenwood ] [ Harrison ] [ Higginbotham ] [ Houston ] [ Hodges ] [ Keen ] [ Pickett ] The William Braddock Family William Braddock b. 1775, South Carolina, m. 9-May-1804, in Fernandina, Nassau Co., Fl, Charlotte Ann Christopher, b. 1788, (daughter of John Bluet Christopher and MarthaWatson) d. 1832, Nassau Co., Fl. William died 1855, Nassau Co., Fl. William Braddock was a resident of Nassau Co., Florida, from about 1797 until his death about 1855; he was born in South Carolina in 1775, a son of John Braddock, RS and his wife Lucia Cook Braddock. The said John and Lucia were married July 16, 1769, in St. Matthews Parrish, Ga., (now Effingham Co.), and she was a daughter of James Cook, RS, of that parish and county. John Braddock was a private in the Georgia Line in the Revolutionary War, and moved soon after the war to Glynn County where he lived until his death in 1794; John Braddock served as Representative from Glynn in 1787 and again in 1793, and was commissioned as captain in the Glynn County militia, Dec. 9, 1793; he died between that date and April 23, 1794, when his successor, George Valley, was commissioned as captain "succeeding Capt. Braddock, deceased" as shown by state militia records. William Braddock, the subject, grew up and lived in Glynn County until he was grown, and when about twenty-two years of age went to Florida. In his affidavit made Jan. 23, 1824, in support of claim for land made by William Berrie, William Braddock stated he had been a resident of what was then DuVal County, Fl, for twenty seven years. He was married according to the records of the Roman Catholic Church in St. Augustine, Fl, on May 9, 1804, to Charlotte Ann Christopher, born 1788, daughter of Spicer Christopher (native of Maryland) and his wife Mary Greenwood, native of Georgia. William Braddock served as a member of the Legislative Council of Florida, from Nassau County, in 1829, 1830, 1831; this was a position under the territorial government corresponding to being a member of the legislature. He also served as a Justice of the Peace, 1833 to about 1837. Reference: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. VI, pg. 19 and 20. I. John Spicer Braddock b. 1805, Nassau Co., Fl. II. Elizabeth Braddock b. 1806, Nassau Co., Fl, m. (1) 20-Nov-1824, in Nassau Co., Fl, divorced, James Bessent, m. (2) John Harden, m. (3) David Ogilvie. III. Mariah Braddock b. 1808, m. Stephen VanZant. IV. Christopher Braddock b. 1810, Nassau Co., Fl, m. in Nassau Co., Fl, Elizabeth Bessent. V. Ann Braddock b. 1811, Nassau Co., Fl, m. James Wilson. VI. Alexander J. Braddock b. 1814, Nassau Co Fl, m. Isabella Higginbotham, b. 1821, (daughter of Joseph A. Higginbotham and Mary Ann (Polly) Pinkham). It wasn't clear whether Alexander was the son of William or his brother David Braddock. The census did not start showing the names of children until the 1850 census, but in the 1860 Nassau Co., FL census, it shows that Alexander had a daughter named Martha, which was the name of William's wife, who must have been Alexander's mother, for whom his daughter was named . VII. James Aldridge Braddock b. 13-Jun-1816, Nassau Co., Fl, m. 22-Oct-1840, in Nassau Co, Fl, Elizabeth Winifred Haddock, b. 7-Feb-1822, Kings Ferry, Nassau Co., Fl, (daughter of Joseph Haddock and Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham) d. 2-Sep-1918, New Smyrna Beach, Fl, buried: Edgewater Cem., New Smyrna Beach, Fl. James died 25-Jan-1883, Crescent City, Fl, buried: Denver, Putnam Co., Fl. James Aldridge Braddock was a son of William Braddock and Charlotte Christopher Braddock of Nassau Co., Florida. James Aldridge Braddock and his sons, cattlemen and pioneers, traveled slowly southward in search of better grazing. They found it in the Crescent City area. When they had their ideal spot, they moved the family down from Nassauville, near Fernandina, Florida, by wagon. Everyone but the very young or sick, walking. (When I drive down, it was 100 miles and took two hours. I wonder how long it took them?) In this rangeland in the 1860's, James A. and sons owned huge herds of cattle, horses and hogs, all roving in this unfenced wild country. Another pioneer family, the Turners, were neighbors and there were many disputes over range rights and animals. This soon developed into a gun fight over some hogs in possession of the Turners, owned by the Braddocks. In the battle, Bill and Dave Turner were killed, as was John Braddock, the oldest sixty years. John's widow, Ozilla, later married James Padgett and John's 36 caliber five shot Colt pistol, is in possession of her descendants, James Padgett of Crescent City, Florida. This story is as told by H. N. Braddock, now deceased, a descendant of James Aldridge Braddock.Submitted by: Helen B. Hodges, Callahan, Fl, cousin to James Aldridge Braddock family. VIII. William G. Braddock b. 1822, Nassau Co., Fl, m. Laura___, b. 1823. IX. Hutto L. Braddock b. 1826, m. Louisa Higginbotham, b. 1846, (daughter of Thomas B. Higginbotham and Mary Lucretia Lee). Hutto died 1872. X. Oscar F. Braddock b. 1828, Nassau Co., Fl, m. 2-Jan-1849, in Nassau Co., Fl, Ann Bessent. XI. William S. Braddock b. 14-Jul-1829, m. 9-Oct-1850, in Nassau Co., Fl, Elizabeth Higginbotham, b. 1833, (daughter of Elijah Higginbotham and Ann Hodges). William died 2-Oct-1869, buried: Braddock Cemetery Nassau Co. Fl. XII. Spicer C. Braddock b. 1829, m. Jane Harvey Houston, b. 1-May-1831, Big Talbot Island, Duval Co, Fl, (daughter of John Carroll Houston and Mary Greenwood Braddock). Jean Mizell, daughter of Helen B. Hodges Jean Mizell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Updated: June 20, 2001 Email: lori@dangly.com Copyright © Lori Bragg 1997 - 2001 more webs at www.dangly.com wm Name: William Henry BRADDOCK 1 2 Sex: M Birth: 8 MAY 1777 in South Carolina 3 Death: 5 FEB 1860 in Nassau Co., FL Reference Number: 161 Note: According to Morman Records William and John Braddock married on May 9, 1804 to sisters, Charlotte Ann and Martha Christopher probably in Nassau County instead of St. Johns County, Florida. THE EAST FLORIDIAN Fernandina, Florida, Thursday, February 9, 1860, Vol.1, No. 37, p. 2. At his residence, on Sunday morning, the 5th instant, Mr. WM. BRADDOCK, aged 82 years, 8 months and 28 days. In the death of the deceased the community has lost a friend respected for his integrity, admired fore his industry and beloved as a neighbor. Mr. Braddock has paid the debt of nature, and we trust, made a happy exchange "for a better clime where sickness, sorrow, pain and death are felt and feared no more." A discourse was delivered on the occasion of his internment from Ecclesiastes, 9th chap. 10th verse J.L.S. Using the dates and figures in William Braddock's obituary (above) sent by Linda Balsavage, my Family Origins genealogy program date calculator says he was born May, 8, 1777. by: Jerry Braddock FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN ST. AUGUSTINE. A TRANSCRIPTION FROM THE PADRON DE LOS ESTRANGEROS FOR NON-SPANISH SETTLERS IN THE COLONY OF SPANISH EAST FLORDA DURING THE SECOND SPANISH PERIOD FOR THE YEARS 1793 - 1804 INCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT SUBJECTS OF THE SPANISH CROWN. ANY SUCH PERSON WHO WISHED TO OBTAIN A GRANT OF LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO REGISTER IN ST. AUGUSTINE AND GIVE THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATiON ABOUT HIS/HER PLACE OF ORIGIN, RELIGION, FAMILY, ETC. ON JULY 20 1796, WIDOW LUCIA BRADICK (BRADDOCK) AN AMERICAN PROTESTANT ALONG WITH 2 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. SETTLED ON ISLA AMELIA. (RECORDED IN NOTEBOOK 1) IN MAY 23, 1804, WILLIAM REGISTERED AND CLAIMED HE WAS SINGLE, BUT REGISTERED HIS RELIGION AS CATHOLIC. HIS PLACE WAS LISTED AS UNKNOWN. (AND HIS BROTHER, JUAN DAVID BRADICK REGIS'I'ERED. PLACE WAS "MOSQUTOS") (RECORDED IN NOTEBOOK 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail dated 1/18/01 from Jerry Braddock: I spent a couple of hours at the local LDS Family History Center yesterday and found a few items of interest: I have seen William Braddock's middle name as Henry on some Braddock genealogies and was somewhat skeptical as I had never seen evidence of him having a middle name. Not any more--on microfilm 0177167, "Camden County Inferior Court Minutes," Wm. H. Braddock is shown as a juror on a list dated 9/8/1795. The same records show him--without the H--as a juror on a list dated 7/10/1794, which is only a few months after his father, John Cutler Braddock's death. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of his birth year, 1777, that many of us show, as he would have been serving on the jury at the age of 17. Hester Braddock Christopher's will is on microfilm 0177204. I know that it isn't in her original writing but was handcopied into the will book by someone, however, in parts of the will her name is given as Hester and in other parts Esther. I have no doubt, though, that her name was Hester; her mother, Lucia Cook's, aunt Barbara, sister of James Cook, was married to a Hester. She mentions her sisters. "Mary Edwards" is clearly legible, further proof of which sister married whom. A William Greenwood is on the Chatham County, Georgia 1840 Census. Jerry Braddock Father: John Cutler BRADDOCK b: 3 OCT 1743 in Beaufort, SC (St. Helena Church Parish records) Mother: Lucia Ann COOK b: ABT. 1750 Marriage 1 Charlotte Ann CHRISTOPHER b: 1788 in Big Talbot Island, Duval Co., FL Married: 9 MAY 1804 in Fernandina, Nassau Co., FL Note: Charlotte Christopher and William Braddock were married by Father Crosby in the Catholic Basilica. Children John Spicer BRADDOCK b: 5 FEB 1805 in Nassau County, FL Elizabeth BRADDOCK b: 1 MAY 1806 in Nassau County, FL Mariah BRADDOCK b: 1808 in Duval County, FL Christopher S. BRADDOCK b: 1810 in Nassau County, FL Alexander Jackson BRADDOCK b: 1814 in Nassau County, FL James Aldridge BRADDOCK b: 13 JUN 1816 in Callahan, Nassau Co., FL Ann B. BRADDOCK b: 1817 in Nassau County, FL William Greenwood BRADDOCK b: 1822 in Nassau County, FL Hutto Loudner BRADDOCK b: 10 NOV 1825 in Callahan, Nassau County, FL Oscar F. BRADDOCK b: 1828 in Nassau County, FL Spicer Christopher BRADDOCK b: 25 DEC 1829 in Evergreen, Nassau County, FL Decatur BRADDOCK b: 1833 Sources: Title: 1850 Census - Duval County, FL Spouse: Charlotte Christopher 1.1.1.1.3 Lucia Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1778 Spouse: William Berrie 1.1.1.1.4 Mary Ann Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1780 Spouse: John Edwards 1.1.1.1.5 Hester Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1785 Spouse: John B. Christopher 1.1.1.1.6 Daniel Braddock ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1790 Index ? Isabella E. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Louisa spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.12 MADELINE spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5b Travis Matthew 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3.2 ALDERMAN Elizabeth spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a Amerson Oscar spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3a Beasley Bonnie Gay 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1 Effie Magdalene 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a Helen Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3a Irene Emily 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a Lawrence Winfred 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a Lawrence Winfred 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2c.1 Lawrence Winfred Sr. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a Susan 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2b.1 Sylvia Marie 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2c.2 BELL Clara spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b Daniel 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.2 James Quincy spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4 Janie Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.3 John Stanley 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.1 William BELL 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4.4 Berrie William spouse of 1.1.1.1.3 BLYLER Johnny spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2a Braddock Alburty 1.1.1.1.1.1.12 Aldrich CSA 1.1.1.1.1.1.6 Alexander CSA 1.1.1.1.1.1.3 Amanda 1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Andrew J. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3 Anna 1.1.1.1.1.1.11 Anna Mary 1.1.1.1.1.4.1a Berman or Henry 1.1.1.1.1.4.3 Berrian 1.1.1.1.1.2.7 Charlotte 1.1.1.1.1.3 Daniel 1.1.1.1.6 David Cutler 1.1.1 Elizabeth 1.1.1.1.1.1.4 Elizabeth Louisa 1.1.1.1.1.9 Emily Denora 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Hamilton 1.1.1.1.1.1.9 Henrietta 1.1.1.1.1.1.14 Henry E. CSA 1.1.1.1.1.1.7 Herman BRADDOCK 1.1.1.1.1.2.8 Hester 1.1.1.1.5 Hester Ann 1.1.1.1.1.7 James M. 1.1.1.1.1.2.5 Jane 1.1.1.1.1.1.5 John II 1.1 John 1 Capt. John Cutler Rev. Soldier 1.1.1.1 John David 1.1.1.1.1 John David II 1.1.1.1.1.2 John G. 1.1.1.1.1.2.3 John S. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 John S. I 1.1.1.1.1.1 John Spicer 1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Joseph 1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Lewis 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4 Lu 1.1.1.1.1.2.4 Lucia 1.1.1.1.3 Martha Christopher 1.1.1.1.1.4.2 Martha E. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.6 Mary 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.7 Mary Ann 1.1.1.1.4 Mary Delong 1.1.1.1.1.2.2 Mary Greenwood 1.1.1.1.1.6 Sanderson 1.1.1.1.1.1.10 Sarah 1.1.1.1.1.1.8 Spicer 1.1.1.1.1.2.6 Spicer C. 1.1.1.1.1.4 Susannah M 1.1.1.1.1.8 Thomas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.5 Virginia 1.1.1.1.1.1.13 William 1.1.1.1.2 William Monteith 1.1.1.1.1.5 Brandies Alma Lagrange 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1.1 Carol 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.8 Charlas Edward 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a Claire 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.1 Cleo Gay 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2a Clifford W. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.5 Diane 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.2 Eric Keith 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a.1 Gene 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.1 Gene Stanley 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3 Grace Chloe 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.4 Grace Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1.2 Ira Winslow 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.4 John Henry 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1 John Stanley spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b Lillian 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.2 Lucille 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.3 Mark Evan 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.5a.2 Myrtis 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.7 Norma Elizabeth 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6 Rhonda 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.3 Theresa Pearl 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3.4 William H. (Cecil) 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5.6 William Henry spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5 Brooks Ann Marie spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2 Brown Sandra Denice spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1 Burgess Georgia spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6 Carter Kathryn June spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3 Christopher Charlotte spouse of 1.1.1.1.2 Jane spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.5 John B. spouse of 1.1.1.1.5 Martha spouse of 1.1.1.1.1 Cook Lucia Ann spouse of 1.1.1.1 Cope Agnes D 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.1 George R. 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.5 Holly S. 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.3 Nina J. 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.2 William H. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b William S 1.1.1.1.1.4.1b.4 COURSON Dorothy Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b.3 George W. Jr. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b Laura Gale 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b.1 Nadine Gay 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.2b.2 COWAN Sally spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.4 Davis Abner spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.7 Carrie spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4 Earnest Ruth Magdalene spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a Edwards John spouse of 1.1.1.1.4 FERNANDEZ Charles Fredrick 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.1 F. Florencio spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6 Gracie Marie 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.3 John Earl 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.2 Norma Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.6.4 Flowers Nicholas spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2b.1 Gomez Capt. Emanuel spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.8 Hamock Pauline spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2b Harford Grace Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.1 Higginbotham Mary spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.9 Mary spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Sarah spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1 Hilliard Cuyler Walter Jr. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2 Sidney Hargraves 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1 Theresa Denora 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2 Hodges Jean Theresa 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1 Vivian Patricia 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.2 Walter Willis spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c HOUSTON Elizabeth Greenwood 1.1.1.1.1.6.1 John Carroll II spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.6 Howell Ted spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1b Johnson Mattie spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a Johnston Carmeta 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8.2 William A. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8 William A. Jr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8.1 Jones Florence spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9 Joseph CSA spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.4 LEIGH Melinda spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.2 Libby James R. ( Jim ) spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3b Lyford Mary spouse of 1.1.1 Mason Elizabeth spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4 McQueen Angela Grace 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.3 James Donald spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4 James Donald Jr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.1 Ronald Russell 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.2 Stephen 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.1.1 Melton Tonya Diane spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.2 Milanders Carol spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3 Mizell Adam Jacob 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.1.1 Clyde Julian 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.1 Devin Scott 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4.1 Jason Phillip 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2.2 Justin Brent 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3.1 Kayla Helen 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3.2 Larry Stephen 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2 Luke Cody 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.1.2 Michael David 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.3 Stephen Douglas 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.2.1 Walker Dorman spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1 Walter Scott 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4 William Grant 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.3c.1.4.2 Motes Ester spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Murphy Donita 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.1 Inez 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.3 L. P. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7 Louis P. Jr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.5 Marie 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.4 Nadine 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7.2 Oakley Teresa M. spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.1 Ogilvie Abraham spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.6 Olson Tonia Jean spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2a.1 Orthmann Amanda Lynn 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1.2 Ashley Nicole 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3.3 Elizabeth Ann 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3.1 Jeffery DeWayne 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1.3 Rebecca Ann 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.3 Robert Wayne 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.2 T/Sgt. Thomas Damian USAF spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1 William Edward 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1 William Edward Jr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.1.1.1 Owens Kevin spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4.3 Pickett Betty 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.3 Cedric 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a.2 Cuyler 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a.1 Desdamona 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2 Doris 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9.1 Dorothy 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9.2 Emily 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.6 Emily Volena 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.7 George Cecil Sr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.5 Grace Estelle 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a Henry 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.2 Henry Clay CSA spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Henry Elwell 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6 John Seymour 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3a Lewis Wilson 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.4 Louise 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b.3 Malcom 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b.1 Margaret 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.4 Martha 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.8 Mary Ella 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.5 Shirley 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.6.1 Spencer 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3b.2 William 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.9 Rabloeux Marion spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.1 Rodriques Mary Moreno spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2c ROWE Agnes spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.3 Russell Cuyler W. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3 Elvie Harford spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a Elvie Harford Jr. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.2 John Cuyler 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3.1 Marion Leon 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3.2 Russ Robert 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.3.3 Virginia 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.1a.4 Sapp Anna Sever spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.4 Sims Manuel Duane spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1a.2a.2b SINGLETARY Jean Natalie spouse of 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1b.1 TUCKER Dora L. 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