Thanks so much, Beth! Always intersted in MASON/BRASHEARS information. I have met a few "cousins" on line from the Daniel Mason/Mary Brashears line. Still looking to fill in gaps! :) Jean C At 03:49 PM 12/17/2010, you wrote: >Here's a refresher for all you Mason researchers > >This is directly lifted from Charles Brashear's Vol 2: Robert C. Brashear of >North Carolina and Descendants in TN, KY, MO, TX, etc.published 1999 > >Page. 80 >Family of RSB and Pheobe >Children of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks, all but the last two >born in present-day Guilford Co, NC (ref: RSB's Bible and Will; Division of >estate of Quinton Nicks); >1. Philip Brashears, b. 17 Dec 1755, d. before 1811. >Philip is in the 1790 Census of Pendleton Dist., So. Car., with two >daughters. Until about 1809, he is in Roane Co., TN, with RSB. > >2.Margaret Brashears, b. 27 Feb 1758. In Bible, but not in Will. Likely, she >died early, since another daughter was later named Peggy (i.e. Margaret). > >3. Isaac Brashears, b. 23 Oct 1760. d. 25 Jul 1833. Isaac Brashears >followed his >father to Sullivan Co., NC (now TN), then to Roane Co., TN;after 1830, he and >his sons migrated to Perry/Decatur Co., TN, and had hundreds, >perhaps thousands, >of descendents. > >4. Capt Samuel Brashear. b. 6 Aug 1763 d. 25 Dec 1826; m. Margaret >Eakin. Samuel >followed his father to Sullivan Co., NC (now TN) married there and >stayed on the >family homestead. He served in the Revolutionary War and Indian Wars, and was >appointed Captain of Militia when the Territory South of the Ohio >was formed. He >and his sons are the progenitors of virtually all Brashear families in >south-eastern Kentucky. > >5. (Margaret) Peggy "Pagay" Brashear, b. 14 Dec 1768 (per RSB Bible, but >probably 1766; otherwise birth too near sibling Phoebe); m. Alexander Mahan > >6. Phoebe Brashear, b.8 Jul 1768, d. 1834; m.1. Nathaniel Mason; >m.2. Stephen Rice > >7. Rebeccah Brashear, b. 9 Jan 1771, d. c1857 Roane Co., TN; m. Elias Roberts >and had 11 children. (See Vol. 3, and Roberts Familes of Roane Co., >TN by Snyder >E. Roberts, for details). > > >8. Nancy Brashear b. 11 May 1773 d.12 Jul 1830 m. Zaccheus Roberts (See Vol 3 >and Roberts Families of Roane Co., TN, as above) > >9. Mary "Polly" Brashear b. 13 Mar 1776, d. 1819; m.1. Robert Gilliland; >m.2. Daniel Mason > >10.Elizabeth Brashear, b. c1778-79, probably in Sullivan Co., NC >(now TN) d. c >1816. In RSB's Will, but not his Bible; m. c 1794 Jeremiah Satterfield. > >11. Basil (Bazzel) Brashear, b. 8 May 1781, in present-day Sullivan Co., TN, >d.10 Aug 1826; m. Margaret "Peggy" Horton, b. 16 Apr 1776. Basil cam >to inherit >Robert Samuel Brashears' land in Tennessee and the family Bible. > > >Most of the children of Robert Samuel Brashears and Phoebe Nicks had large >families in Tennessee. See Robert Samuel Brashears and Some Descendants in TN >and Southeastern KY for details. > > > >Hope this helps someone. >Beth > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Pauline Schwarz <pschwarz3@verizon.net> >To: arizard@rootsweb.com >Cc: daleevansh@aol.com >Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:25:31 AM >Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] [BRASHEAR] Phoebe Brashear & Nathaniel Mason > > > Hi Harold and Beth: > > > > I am most interested in the Nathaniell Mason - Polly Brashears family since > it is thought that a possible brother, Daniel Mason, was brother to Jane > Mason who married James Jeffery and lived for years at Mt. Olive, AR. > > Dale Hanks has also investigated this but no one seems to have discovered > documented truth in the matter. I await further discovery of any links. > Thanks. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE > > > > Pauline Harris Schwarz > Dec 17, 2010 08:25:51 AM, arizard@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Harold, > I'm sorry, I'm not informed about this > I just think it is very fascinating that someone has come out with the > info that Alexander Mason married Mary Mason who apparently was a first > cousin. And that the same people think that this Mary Mason Mason was > sister to > Leticia Mason Haggard and that the two were daughters of Daniel Mason who > eventually ended up in Greene County, MO. > I had previously noticed that there was a J A Mason in Howard Co., MO in > 1830, > where my Brashear clan landed about 1837. When List-Mom Jean had pointed > out > that she believed her Jeffery/Mason connection to have been to Daniel > Mason who > was married to Polly Brashear, it all set me thinking and > trying to check. > Maybe > we will get to bottom on these families sometime! > Beth > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Harold Blevins > To: arizard@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 9:31:47 AM > Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] [BRASHEAR] Phoebe Brashear & Nathaniel Mason > Does this family connect to the Jim Womack Mason family > that came from Dade County GA and settled around Violet > Hill in Izard County.?........HRB > This is the day the Lord has made: Lord help me not to mess it up! > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Beth Cooper" > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 7:57 AM > To: > Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] [BRASHEAR] Phoebe Brashear & Nathaniel Mason > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in >the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message