Amanda, the Brashears were both Choctaw and Creek related. Samuel Brashears was the first husband of Rachel McGillivray (sister of Creek leader Alexander McGilivray.) He received land under the Treaty of Ft. Jackson 1814 as a "friendly Creek" in the Tensaw area. Zadock Brashears was his brother and his ties were to the Choctaw. He was a signer of the Dancing Rabbit Treaty and was "rewarded" with a lot of land, located in what is now Sumpter Co., AL. His son, Jesse, married Delilie, a daughter of Chief John Charles Juzan, so you can see right away the Mobile area connection. My information on the family is from Prof. Woodie Wallace, a dear friend of many of us who passed away last year at the age of 95. He had spent a lifetime researching his McGillivray and Brashears families and their connections. I have quite a bit of correspondence from him over the years and I will look through it tonight to see if I can help pinpoint Anna Brashears and daughter, Maria. Evelyn > Amanda wrote: > I recently came across some information that may connect my ancestors to > the Brashears family. I have seen various things on the web that state the > Brashears family was Choctaw, while others say they were Creek. So I am > looking for more information on an Anna Brashears. She was living in the > Alabama, Tombigbee or Tensaw settlements in 1789. She had a daughter named > Maria baptized that year. > > I have seen a lot of information on a Zadoc Brashears, but I do not know > if they were related or not. Most of the information I have on him say > that he was MOWA Choctaw. My ancestor Richard Tarvin/Turvin, who was > Creek, lived on the Washington Co., AL side of the river. His brother > William Tarvin/Turvin lived on the other side near Tensaw. Richard's > neighbor was Adam Hollinger> >