Dear Lynne, I have an Elizabeth Brawner who married a James Harbin born abt 1729 in Charles or PG Cos, MD. Have you run across either of these names? > > Haven't posted for a long time. Earlier this year there appeared on the > Prince William Co, VA list the following court application posted by > CindyMcC 8 Dec 2006: > > LEGISLATIVE PETITION: SARAH BRAWNER SAYS HER LATE HUSBAND JOHN CONTRACTED > FOR A PLANTATION IN PRINCE WM COUNTY VA 1810 > > To the Honorable the Legislature of Virginia. The memorial and petition of > Sarah Brawner now of the County of Prince William formerly of the State of > Maryland. Humbly sheweth. > That her late husband John C. Brawner some time in the year 1807 > contracted > for a plantation in the said County of Prince William at a high rent for > the ensuing year, with a view of removing his family thereto, but > unfortunately died in the fall of the same year previous to his removal > leaving your petitioner a widow with eight children, six of them females > and the greater part of them very young. In this situation your petitioner > found herself under a necessity of removing, in conformity to the contract > of her husband to Virginia leaving behind her a negro boy named Anthony > now > about the age of eighteen years, whose services in aiding her in the > support of her numerous and helpless family would be to her of the utmost > importance could she be permitted to bring help from Maryland, where he is > to her of little value, to Virginia, where she has only the assistance of > one slave, a small negro girl. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that > your honorable body will take into consideration her peculiar situation > and > grant her a law for that purpose permission to bring the aforesaid slave > from Maryland to this Commonwealth and your petitioner will pray be. > Sarah (X) Brawner > > I can and hereby do certify that from my own knowledge the circumstances > respecting the death of Mr. Brawner and the removal of Mrs. Brawner in the > above petition alluded to are correctly stated. The contract for a > plantation having been entered into between the said John C. Brawner and > myself. I also know the very distressed situation in which the petitioner > and her small family now placed in the need of their removal and the > difficulty with which she contrived to support their needs and verily > believe her to be deserving wonder and hope that her present application > shall be favorably received by the legislature. > Dumfries, September 29th, 1810 John Lawson > > I am acquainted with the petitioner and have faith in her petition stated > to be true and myself knowing the informant of the said petitioner I hope > she may be gratified. > > We the subscribers cheerfully concur in support of the foregoing memorial > and petition under a confedate impression of the correctness of the > statement there in made and hope that the prayer of the petitioner may be > granted verily believing that the accommodation prayed for will be of > material benefit to the petitioner and his family and of no injury to the > community or any individual thereof. > > Peter Trane Rob Graham J. H. Fox > Bernard Gallagher Burr Harrison Posey D. Grant > John Linton P. Harrison Daniel Grant > William Cocke Thomas Chapman William Wheeler > R.D. Cox Rott Chiments Thomas Wyelee > John Milstead Wm Alj Dach Samuel Adams > Colin Campbell Newman Matthews Mad. Sims > Charles King Stephen Tennis William Farrow > Thomas Davis William Fenora Wm Davis > Robert Hedges William H. Barron Thomas Woodward > Charles Hedges? Enock Reno William Calvert > Lewis Coasley Thomas Smoote Charles Adams > George Pearson John S. Harding Thomas Pearson > Henry Bridwell Daniel Forgie David Boyle > Wm Brown John Merchant Wm Smith Jr > WILLIAM CORNWELL Jacob Merchant William Merchant > Reuben Calvert Robert Alexander Samuel W. Linebaugh > JOHN CORNWELL John Carter Gustavous Thomas > John Wright Wm S. Colquloun Nirth Mauk > Jesse Scott Mich Cook James Thomas > Q. Ratiliffe Glen Horinee Levi Walker > H. Barron A. Baughanucive Samuel Johnson > Thomas Clarke T. J. Davis Thomas Thomton > James W. Colquhoun B. Cannon H.R. Gilbert > Francis H. Dumington H. Gray Thomas Harrison Jr > John A. Bland Arrington Evans Peter T. Hatman > Richard Arrington John Lowe Joseph Smith > William Smith John Ratcliff Henry M. Smoote > Harrison Golding Daniel King Charles Reno > George Carney N. Teneson > > SOURCE: Legislative Petitions of Prince William County, Va, Microfilm > 2048686, Salt Lake City. > > Now my Brawner quest has been going for some time. A colleague (Lois P 21 > May 2000) found the following at Salt Lake City Archives: > "Representatives, the widow, & nine children of the deceased viz Grace > Brawner, Henry Brawner, Hetty Brawner, Amelia Brawner, Elizabeth Brawner, > John Brawner, William Brawner, _______ (blank space) Brawner, & Malinda > Brawner - Charles County July 7th, 1812. Then came Edward Brawner the > accountant within mentioned and made oath.......Edward Brawner, son of > John > C Brawner..." > > Lois P, 25 Jan 2001 > "On Sept 5, 1811 Harrison Golding and Sarah Golding relinquish > administration of John Cornish Brawner's estate to Edward Brawner." > > Lois P, 27 May 2000 > I got a new copy of the John C Brawner inventory and distribution. (I > asked one of the librarians at the FHL and they said viz means namely.) > I > also saw this abbreviation used with Anthony, a slave, the only "property" > that John C. owned. > > Given all of this and given that it is certain that this Brawner family > moved to Dumfries after the death of John Cornish Brawner in 1807, it > would > seem correct that the wife of John Cornish Brawner was Sarah, and not > Grace > as we had assumed from the quote naming all the family. > > It seemed strange to us at the time that the relinquishment of > administration should mention Harrison Golding and Sarah Golding > separately. Research has demonstrated that there was a Harrison Golding in > Prince William County in 1820 and that there were at least two boys: > Thomas > Golding and Harrison jr born 1813 and 1815 respectively with parents > Harrison and Sarah. This family ultimately moved to Rappahannock Co, VA. > > I am trying to find out something about Harrison Golding who seemed to > have > been in MD prior to 1810. I am also very curious to know whether anyone > would have a clue about who Sarah was and whether she married Harrison > Golding. > > Grateful for anything anyone can tell me. > > Cheers > > Lynne Simpson > Canberra Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message