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Family Group Record 0005
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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 .......
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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)
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Children
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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
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Moved to Bellevue, Washington, Missouri in 1808
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas in 1818
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6. Sex Name
F Mary (Polly) Brewer
Born: 15 Mar 1820 Place: Hempstead (Pike) County, Arkansas
Died: 14 Mar 1841 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
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7. Sex Name
F Mathilda (Matilda) Brewer
Born: 03 Apr 1823 Place: Hempstead (Pike) County, Arkansas
Died: 31 Mar 1841 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
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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
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Moved to Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas in 1826
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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.
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Knox County Tennessee Marriage Bond
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Olliver (sic) Brewer
to
Polly Henderson
10 Jany. 1804
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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.
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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
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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.
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Clark County, Arkansas Census 1830
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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
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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.
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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.
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Update 03.07.00 David Kelley 1999 FGR-0005.HTM
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