--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record 0005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's Name Oliver Brewer Born: Place: Hillsboro District, North Carolina Died: 13 Oct 1834 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Married: 10 Jan 1804 Place: Knox County, Tennessee (bond) Married: Place: North Carolina Spouse: ....... unknown Father: Oliver Brewer Mother: Rebecca ....... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's Name Mary (Polly) Henderson Born: 27 Dec 1787 Place: Knox County, Tennessee Died: 10 Dec 1827 Place: Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas Father: Samuel Henderson Mother: Lucy Ryckman (Rickman-Ryceman-Richmond) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sex Name M Henderson Brewer Born: 15 Dec 1804 Place: Knox County, Tennessee Died: Place: Married: 02 Mar 1834 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Berthena (Bertha) White --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moved to Bellevue, Washington, Missouri in 1808 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sex Name M William Lewis Brewer Born: 03 Oct 1809 Place: Bellevue, Washington, Missouri Died: 01 Mar 1871 Place: Sebastian County, Arkansas Married: Abt 1828 Place: Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas Spouse: Elizabeth Sorrels --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sex Name M James Stephenson Brewer Born: 26 Jul 1811 Place: Bellevue, Washington, Missouri Died: Aft 1860 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (census) Married: 03 Mar 1833 Place: Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas Spouse: Zerilda (Serilda) E. White --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Sex Name F Lucinda Brewer Born: 13 Dec 1813 Place: Bellevue, Washington, Missouri Died: 12 Dec 1886 Place: Murfreesboro, Pike, Arkansas Married: Abt 1834 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: John M. Dickson Married: 1839 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Abijah Davis --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Sex Name F Rebecca Brewer Born: 12 Jan 1815 Place: Bellevue, Washington, Missouri Died: 01 Jul 1899 Place: Kirby, Pike, Arkansas Married: 17 Oct 1830 Place: Clark (Pike) County, Ark ... (A-45A) Spouse: Paschal C. Sorrels Married: Abt 1838 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: James Erwin Griffin Married: 1850 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (Nov-Dec) Spouse: Andrew B. Orrick Married: 28 Sep 1879 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Alexander Barentine --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas in 1818 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Sex Name F Mary (Polly) Brewer Born: 15 Mar 1820 Place: Hempstead (Pike) County, Arkansas Died: 14 Mar 1841 Place: Pike County, Arkansas --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Sex Name F Mathilda (Matilda) Brewer Born: 03 Apr 1823 Place: Hempstead (Pike) County, Arkansas Died: 31 Mar 1841 Place: Pike County, Arkansas --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Sex Name F Luvisa Brewer Born: 07 Dec 1825 Place: Hempstead (Pike) County, Arkansas Died: Aft 1860 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (census) Married: 29 May 1842 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: William Harrison Preston --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moved to Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas in 1826 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources of Information: Census Records: Original Marriage Bond (1804), Oliver Brewer & Polly Henderson, Knox County, Tennessee, Tennessee State Archives, microfilm (copy); Clark County, Arkansas 1830; Clark County, Arkansas Marriage Record Book A, page 45-A; Certificate 4300, The Heirs of Oliver Brewer (1840), Land Entry, Washington Arkansas Land Office, Record Group 49, National Archives, Washington, D.C. (1980); Washington Telegraph, June 8, 1842, Volume II, Number XLIX, page 3; Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., (Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 324; Chronicles of Oklahoma, December 1932, Volume 10, Number 4, page 600; DAR application, Ja Jaye Preston Barrett, National Number 514157, approved January 17, 1966. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knox County Tennessee Marriage Bond --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Olliver (sic) Brewer to Polly Henderson 10 Jany. 1804 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- State of Tennessee, Knox County. Know All Men By These Presents: That we, Olliver (sic) Brewer and Jeremiah Brooks are held and firmly bound unto his Excellancy John Sevier, Governor, &c. and his successors in office in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty dollars, to be void on the condition there be no lawful objection why Olliver (sic) Brewer and Polly Henderson may not be joined together as Man and Wife. Witness our hands and seals this 10th day of January 1804. Oliver Brewer (LS) Jeremiah (his x mark) Brooks (LS) Attest: Chas. McClung, Clerk. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Indenture made this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and seventeen, between Oliver Brewer and Mary Brewer his wife of the one part and John Hutchins of the other part, both of the Township of Bellevue, County of Washington, Territory of Missouri. Witnesseth, that, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars to them in hand paid (the act of which is hereby acknowledged) the said Oliver Brewer and Mary his wife, have this day bargained and sold, and by these presents do bargain, sell and alien to the said John Hutchins, his heirs and assigns, all their right, interest and claim in and to an improvement in which said Brewer and wife now lives, together with all the appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining thereunto. And the said Oliver Brewer and Mary his wife to the said John Hutchins, his heirs and assigns, the aforesaid improvement (which improvement was made in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen) will warrant and forever defend from the claim of themselves and their heirs and all persons whatsoever, claiming government excepted. In testimony of which, the said Oliver Brewer and Mary his wife, have hereunto set their hands and seals, this day and year above written. Oliver (his x mark) Brewer (Seal) Mary (her x mark) Brewer (Seal) Signed and delivered in the presence of: Thos. Baker Henry Brewer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington County, Territory of Missouri. This day came Oliver Brewer Senior and Mary his (wife), personally before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and acknowledged the within Instrument to be their voluntary act and deed, the wife being examined separately. In Testimony whereof, I have set my hand, this eleventh day of September 1817. J.H. Bell, J.P. Recorded, bearing date January 10th 1818. John Brickey, Recorder. Washington County, Missouri Deed Record Book A, page 214-215. Reference: FHL film 915368, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark County, Arkansas Census 1830 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to Jacob Barkman. Head of Household Males Females Slaves Missouri 00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50 00 05 10 15 20 Township 04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59 04 09 14 19 29 William L. Brewer 1 1 1 Oliver Brewer 1 1 1 3 2 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Doddridge Brewer (1861-1932). Born near Hackett, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, June 18, 1861, died at Oklahoma City on August 28, 1932. Son of John Oliver Brewer, born in 1834 in (Pike) County, Arkansas, and his wife Sarah Louise Brewer, nee Council, born in Alabama. His paternal grandfather, William Lewis Brewer, a Methodist preacher, located in an early day in Sebastian County, coming from Pike County, Arkansas, where his father settled near Murfreesboro in 1818 or 1819, the Little Missouri River in said section being named by the party of settlers who came with his father from Missouri. His father was Oliver Brewer born in North Carolina in Hillsboro District, Chatham County, from where he moved to (Tennessee) and ... Missouri ... and later to a point near Murfreesboro in Pike County, Arkansas, where he died on October 13, 1834. Married twice, by his first wife he had (sons John and Oliver and) a son Henry Brewer, born in North Carolina, October 30, 1799, died April 30, 1876, and buried in a cemetery at Murfreesboro, Arkansas, and a daughter by the name of (Rosanna). By the second wife, who was born on December 27, 1787, and died December 10, 1827, he had the following children: Henderson Brewer born December 15, 1804, coming to Pike County, in Arkansas Territory, with his father ... The said William Lewis Brewer, born October 3, 1809 (in Bellevue), Missouri, coming with his father Oliver Brewer to Pike County, Arkansas, died March 1, 1871, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, and is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery at Midland, Arkansas. His wife was Elizabeth Sorrels, daughter of George Washington Sorrels, ... one of the early judges of (Pike) County, Arkansas. Another son by the second wife was James Stephen(son) Brewer, born in Pike County, Arkansas, July 26, 1811. The following daughters were by the second wife: Lucinda, born in Missouri, December 13, 1813, whose first husband was John M. Dickson. After his death she married Abijah Davis. Another daughter was Rebecca Brewer, born in Missouri, January 12, 1815. Her first husband was named Sorrels, her second was named Griffin, her third was named Orrick, and her fourth named Barentine. Another daughter was Mary Brewer, born March 15, 1820 in Pike County, Arkansas. She did March 14, 1841. Another daughter was Mathilda Brewer, born April 3, 1823, died March 31, 1841. Another daughter was Luvisa Brewer, born December 7, 1825. She married Major William Preston, who in an early day was engaged in the mercantile business in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. They had a son who was a distinguished officer in the Confederate Army. The dates of births and deaths of the said Oliver Brewer and his wife and children are secured from an old family Bible in the possession of Mrs. Cora Rountree, of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas, who is a descendant of Lucinda Brewer. Chronicles of Oklahoma, December 1932, Volume 10, Number 4, page 600, edited & corrected. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINEAGE I, Ja Jaye Preston Barrett ... apply for membership ... by right of lineal descent in the following line from Oliver Brewer who was born in Virginia ... and died in Chatham Co., N.C. ... 1792. His place of residence during the Revolution was North Carolina. I am the daughter of (1) James Clark Preston born 06-25-1876 at Texarkana, Texas (and) died at Oklahoma City, Okla. on 01-08-1927 and his 2nd wife Margaret Lewis born 11-15-1899 ... near Greenville, Texas ... (and) living ... 1965 (and) married on Dec. 05, 1920. (2) The said James Clark Preston was the child of James Patrick Preston born on 02-14-1845 at Murfreesboro, Ark. (and) died at Oklahoma City, Okla. on 04-15-1925 and his wife Idella Kirby born on 07-06-1847 at Pike Co. Ark. (and) died at Texarkana, Ark. ... 1909 (and) married ... 1865. (3) The said James Patrick Preston was the child of William H. Preston born ... 1814 ... (in) Kentucky (and) died at Murfreesboro, Ark. ... ca. 05-28-1873 and his wife Luvisa Brewer born on 12-07-1825 at Pike Co., Ark. (and) died at Pike Co., Ark. ... 1860-1865 ... married ca. 1842. (4) The said Luvisa Brewer was the child of Oliver Brewer born ... (in) Chatham Co., N.C. (and) died at Pike Co., Ark. on 10-13-1834 and his 2nd wife Polly Henderson born on 12-27-1787 ... (in Knox Co. Tn.) ... (and) died at Pike Co., Ark. on 12-10-1827 (and) married on 01-10-1804. The said Oliver Brewer was the child of Oliver Brewer born ... (in) Virginia (and) died at Chatham Co. N.C. ... 1792 and his wife Rebecca (unknown) ... I was born on October 17, 1921 at Oklahoma City (and) married on 07-03-1944 at Galveston, Texas by W.D. Miller to Clarence Allen Barrett ... Ja Jaye Preston Barrett. Subscribed and sworn before me at Houston, Texas this 29 day of November A.D. 1965, Marcelyn Hedden, Notary Public in and for Harris County, Texas. References for Lineage: Will of Oliver Brewer, Chatham County, North Carolina, Old Wills of North Carolina, p. 57; DAR Magazine, Vol. 69, page 439, Oliver Brewer ( -1792) son of George Brewer, will dated 1741, pro. 1744; Census records of Pike County, Arkansas, records of this county burned ...; Family records and letters of granddaughter of William H. Preston; Biography of Phillip Doddridge Brewer, Oklahoma Chronicles; War voucher from State of N.C., Oliver Brewer paid by the Auditors of (the) State of N.C.; Tyler's Magazine, Vol. 3, page 137; Esther V. Cobb, DAR National #494907; Margaret Dell Barrett, DAR National #512131. Application for Membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Ja Jaye Preston Barrett, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, National Number 514157, approved January 17, 1966. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 03.07.00 David Kelley 1999 FGR-0005.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------