I'm going to focus in on the tax records relating to the elder Zebulon BRINSON, and then on his son John who went to Pulaski Co., but thought it might be handy to set the context first. (I descend from John's brother, Zebulon Jr., who as far as I know, never set foot in Pulaski Co. But I was working intensely on an unrelated family there, and just collected the Pulaski Co. BRINSON data in parallel.) There seem to be at least two major BRINSON lines in the United States. One descends from Daniel BRINSON who came to PA/NJ in the late 1600s, which is the one I've been belaboring. The other came a bit earlier and is strong in the Carolinas -- descendants of that line are also represented on this mailing list. Daniel BRINSON had various daughters and one son, Barefoot BRINSON. The will of Barefoot's widow, Mary BRUNSON, in 1759 named children John, Catherine, Susannah, Thomas, Samuel, Barefoot, Frances, Rachel, Mary, and Anna. John BRINSON married a daughter of Zebulon STOUT (which is when the name Zebulon seems to have seeped into the family). Zebulon STOUT's will names two grandchildren surnamed BRINSON: Zebulon BRINSON and Stout BRINSON. Stout BRINSON was in the Revolutionary War, filed for a pension, and eventually landed in Allen Co., Kentucky. I believe his descendants mainly go by the surname BRUNSON. Zebulon BRINSON, meanwhile, spent some time in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. (See yesterday's message.) I don't believe the name of his wife is known, but it was possibly Mary. (See 1805 below.) BRINSON in the tax lists of Montgomery Co., KY: 1797 David BRINSON - 5 horses Zebulon BRINSON - 9 horses, plus a boy over 16 1798 missing 1799 Zebulon BRINSON - 2 horses Zebulon BRINSON Senr - 5 horses, 1 stud horse David BRINSON - 3 horses 1800 Zebulond BRINSDON - 2 horses Zebuland BRINZIN Sen. - 3 horses David BRINZON - 3 horses John BRINZON - 1 horse 1801 John BRINZON - 1 horse Zebulon BRINZON - 3 horses David BRINZON - 2 horses, 1 stud horse Zebulon BRINZON Jun. - 2 horses 1802 1803 Zabulon BRINSON Jr. - 3 horses, 60 acres on Slate Creek Zabulon BRINSON Sr. - 3 horses David BRINSON - 3 horses, 20 acres on Buck Creek Comment: John BRINSON has left Montgomery Co. -- you'll see him appear in Pulaski Co. when I get to those tax lists in a bit. 1804 Zebulon BRINSON - 4 horses, 60 acres on Slate Creek David BRINSON - 4 horses, 200 acres on Licking Creek 1805 Zebulon BRINZON - 5 horses David BRINSON - 5 horses, 200 acres on Licking Creek Mary BRINSON - 2 horses Comment: It's somewhat rare to see a woman in the tax lists. Often when this occurs, she's a widow. Whose widow? Well, it's Zebulon BRINSON Sr. who has vanished from these tax lists, so he's my candidate. 1806 David BRINSON - 5 horses Zebulon BRINZEN - 6 horses 1807 David BRINSON - 4 horses, 1 stud horse Zebulon BRINSON - 3 horses Comment: David died -- his estate was appraised in October 1807 by Abraham ALPHAY, William CANTRELL, and John SAILOR. My assumption is that he's the oldest son of Zebulon BRINSON Sr., followed by Zebulon BRINSON Jr. (my line), followed by John BRINSON who went to Pulaski Co. In nearby Nicholas Co., a Thomas and Jonathan BRINSON are in the tax lists from 1800 on. These are also possibly sons of Zebulon BRINSON Sr. 1808 Zebulon BRINSON - 3 horses 1809 Zebulin BRINSON - 5 horses 1810 Zebulon BRYSON - 6 horses Bath County was created from Montgomery Co. at this time, and Zebulon BRINSON (junior) disappears from the Montgomery Co. tax lists, and appears instead in Bath Co. (1811-1817). I'll spare you the blow by blow. ;-) To repeat, about the time Zebulon's son John disappeared from Montgomery Co., KY, a man named John BRINSON appeared in Pulaski Co., KY. Because of the coincidence in timing, and because of the usage of the first name Zebulon by the line of BRINSONs in Pulaski Co., KY, it seems reasonable to suppose that the John BRINSON who came to Pulaski Co. early in the 1800s is the son of Zebulon BRINSON of Montgomery Co., KY. Here, then, is the record of BRINSONs in the Pulaski Co., KY tax records. I read the tax lists for the years 1799 to 1840. 1799 - no BRINSONs 1800 - no BRINSONs 1801 - no BRINSONs 1802 John BRINSON 1803 John BRINSTON 1804 John BRINSON - 1 poll, 1 horse 1805 John BRINSON 1806 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 1 poll, 1 horse 1807 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek 1808 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses 1809 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1810 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1811 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 4 horses 1812 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1813 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1814 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1815 1816 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1817 1818 Zibelon BRINSON - 1 horse John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses Let me pause here. This is why I believe that the Zebulon BRINSON of Pulaski Co., KY, who was born in the late 1790s, is the son of John BRINSON of Pulaski Co., KY. Note that "Zibelon" first appears in the tax lists in 1818 or so (he might have been there in 1817: I couldn't always read the things), so is of the right age. Second, and more interestingly, is that John BRINSON's three horses seem to have been split -- one for Zebulon and two for John. And of course it's credible that John would name his eldest boy after his father. Why was he not an heir when the estate was later divided? Perhaps he already had his share: this wasn't uncommon. Moving on... 1819 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses Zebalon BRINSON - 1 horse 1820 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses 1821 John BRINSON - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1822 1823 John BRINSON Jr. - 1 horse John BRINSON Sr. - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses Zebelon BRINSON Comment: John BRINSON Jr., born about 1802, now has to pay taxes. He married Rachel PRICE in 1822, but needed the permission of his father John Sr. to do so. 1824 John BRINSON Jr. - 1 horse John BRINSON Sr. - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses 1825 John BRINSON Jr. - 1 horse John BRINSON Sr. - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses 1826 John BRINSON Sr. - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses Zebulaon BRINSON John BRINSON Jr. - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses (Did I misread John Sr?) John BRINSON Jr. - 150 acres on Buck Creek 1827 John BRINSON Jr. - 100 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse - 150 acres on Buck Creek John BRINSON Sr. - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses Zebelon BRINSON - 50 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse Comment: Shortly after this, a John BRINSON, with wife Rachel, crops up in Decatur Co., Indiana. 1828 John BRINSON Sr. - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses Zebulon BRINSON - 50 acres on Buck Creek 1829 Zebulon BRINSON - 50 acres on Buck Creek John BRINSON Sr. - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 5 horses 1830 No Book 1831 Zebulon BRINZON - 50 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse John BRISON - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 3 horses 1832 No Book 1833 John BRINSON - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses Zebulon BRINSON - 50 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse 1834 Zebulon BRISNON - 50 acres 1835 No book 1836 No book 1837 John BRINSON - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse, 6 cattle Zebulon BRINSON - 50 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses, 5 cattle Taylor BRINSON - 1 horse 1838 Couldn't read the B's 1839 Zebulon BRINSTON - 60 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses, 7 cattle John BRINSTON - 80 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse, 7 cattle Taylor BRINSON - 1 horse 1840 John BRINSTON Sr. - 70 acres on Buck Creek, 1 horse, 5 cattle Zebulon BRINSTON - 60 acres on Buck Creek, 2 horses, 6 cattle Finally, digging through my files, I see Jonathan BRINSON (born c1820) assigned to both the family of Zebulon BRINSON and to family of John BRINSON. In the 1840 census, it appears that there was a young man in the household of Zebulon BRINSON, but not in the family of John BRINSON. Of course, Jonathan might be the son of John and yet lived with brother Zebulon, so who is to say? When and where did Zebulon die? I know he was in Greene Co., Indiana in 1850. And that he was the executor of Giles' 1861 will in Greene Co. That pretty much exhausts what I have on the Pulaski branch of the family. No, wait, a final tidbit. William Paul Barron Jr. has a book in the LDS library: "The Barron Family in America: 1635-1983: From Talbot Co. Maryland to All Parts West; with notes on related families of Boyd, Carlton, Jackson, McBee, McKenzie, McKinney, Phelps, Vaught, Whitaker, Walker, Walters." He shows the following attendees at the inventory sale of the John Brinson estate, 20 May 1844: Belinda Brinson Silas Hargis Lorenzo D. Phelps Jonathan Brinson William Hargis Singleton Earp John Ruruark Allen Hargis John Baker Taylor Brinson George Hargis Edward Herrin Thomas Clark Ill Hargis Randall Alexander Philip Clark Amos Cheyne Squire Bray So although Jonathan wasn't listed in the list of heirs, he was at least in the neighborhood, and did attend the sale... ==== BRINSON Mailing List ==== Invite your online BRINSON cousins to use the handy subscription form at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5248/