Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
Birth Date16 Apr 1760
Birth PlaceHagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
Death Date14 Feb 1850 Age: 89
Death PlaceBlount County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMaryville, Blount County, Tennessee, Brakebill Cemetery
FatherJames Samuel ROREX , 358 (1735-1792)
MotherElizabeth BAILEY , 359 (1738-1782)
Spouses
1Peter BRAKEBILL 
185,47, 178
185,47, 178Birth Date16 Apr 1760
Birth PlaceLebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Death Date22 Jan 1844 Age: 83
Death PlaceNails Creek, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Burial PlaceMaryville, Blount County, Tennessee, Brakebill Cemetery
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
OccupationRW Soldier, Private PA, Greenwald, Hedrick & Green's Regs, Davis Co
ReligionMannonite
FatherJohn Nicolaus BREICHBIEL , 356 (1733-1817)
MotherMaria Juliana DILLER , 357 (1737-1813)
Family ID69
Marr Date1784
Marr PlaceHagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
Notes for Katherine ROREX
Most Recent Common Ancestor DNA verification:
GEDmatch, "One-to-One DNA Comparison”, database report, GEDmatch (http://gedmatch.com) accessed December 7, 2017), kit nos. T138444 D Bivens through 6C Erick Krueger (erickrueger@gmail.com) and T758555 John Johnson, 2 segments of 44.9 cM total segments larger than 7 cM, longest block on chromosome 20 (start—stop points: 18,234,130-45,997,403) equaling 27.5 cM.
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Brakebill Family bible located in the National Archives, Washington, DC which shows Peter and Katherine’s family members.
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NOTE: Breichbiel name changes to Brakebill. During this early period Breichbiel was anglicize and spelled how it sounded so it is in documents many ways including, but not limited to: Breichbiel, Brechbiel, Brechtbiel, Brightbill, Brechbil, Brechbill, Breakbill, Brakebell, before finally settling on Brakebill.
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No headstone exists for her grave, but it is assumed that she is buried in Brakebill family cemetery.
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There is a Rorex Family Cemetery in Maryville, Blount Co, TN192
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BRAKEBILL - Henry Brakebill and his son Wm. Brakebil, Sr. are ancestors of all Monroe county Brakebills (except for Joseph Brakebill brother of Wm. who is buried at NHCP) are not buried at New Hope but on a Knob above Bat Creek upstream from NHCP with Rachel brown wife of Henry. Luvina Moser Brakebill wife of Wm. Brakebill Sr. son of Henry and Rachel wife of Wm. son of H (this Family Brakebill Cemetery is on Anderson road). Peter Brakebill, 1760-1844 is buried in the Brakebill Cemetery on Nail Creek, Blount County, Tennessee with his wife Katharine Rorich Brakebill along with other Brakebills.
Posted on Ancestry by jsparish1
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KATHERINE ROREX BREAKBILL Born: 1760, place unknown; Died: 1850, Blount Co., TN; Married: Peter Breakbill; County Settled: 1796; proof: deed
Living Descendants (2000): John Houston Mays, Jr. Page 95187
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BRAKEBILL (BREAKBILL) Peter; 1760-1844; Bays Mountain Family Cem, Maryville, Blount C, TN; Private, TN; Katharine Rorex. Page 58193
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1830 Census189
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Gene Brakebill believes Catherine's maiden name to be (Rohrich, Roark).
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Clovis spells first name as Katherine.
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Mother listed simply as "Miss Bailey" 1738 Haggerstown, Washington Co, MD
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Some researchers have Katherine’s name as Katrina Rorich. DorothyMorgan66 on Ancestry.
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GEDmatch, "One-to-One DNA Comparison”, database report, GEDmatch (http://gedmatch.com) accessed December 7, 2017), kit nos. T138444 D Bivens through 6C Erick Krueger (erickrueger@gmail.com) and T758555 John Johnson, 2 segments of 44.9 cM total segments larger than 7 cM, longest block on chromosome 20 (start—stop points: 18,234,130-45,997,403) equaling 27.5 cM.
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Brakebill Family bible located in the National Archives, Washington, DC which shows Peter and Katherine’s family members.
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NOTE: Breichbiel name changes to Brakebill. During this early period Breichbiel was anglicize and spelled how it sounded so it is in documents many ways including, but not limited to: Breichbiel, Brechbiel, Brechtbiel, Brightbill, Brechbil, Brechbill, Breakbill, Brakebell, before finally settling on Brakebill.
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No headstone exists for her grave, but it is assumed that she is buried in Brakebill family cemetery.
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There is a Rorex Family Cemetery in Maryville, Blount Co, TN192
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BRAKEBILL - Henry Brakebill and his son Wm. Brakebil, Sr. are ancestors of all Monroe county Brakebills (except for Joseph Brakebill brother of Wm. who is buried at NHCP) are not buried at New Hope but on a Knob above Bat Creek upstream from NHCP with Rachel brown wife of Henry. Luvina Moser Brakebill wife of Wm. Brakebill Sr. son of Henry and Rachel wife of Wm. son of H (this Family Brakebill Cemetery is on Anderson road). Peter Brakebill, 1760-1844 is buried in the Brakebill Cemetery on Nail Creek, Blount County, Tennessee with his wife Katharine Rorich Brakebill along with other Brakebills.
Posted on Ancestry by jsparish1
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KATHERINE ROREX BREAKBILL Born: 1760, place unknown; Died: 1850, Blount Co., TN; Married: Peter Breakbill; County Settled: 1796; proof: deed
Living Descendants (2000): John Houston Mays, Jr. Page 95187
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BRAKEBILL (BREAKBILL) Peter; 1760-1844; Bays Mountain Family Cem, Maryville, Blount C, TN; Private, TN; Katharine Rorex. Page 58193
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1830 Census189
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Gene Brakebill believes Catherine's maiden name to be (Rohrich, Roark).
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Clovis spells first name as Katherine.
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Mother listed simply as "Miss Bailey" 1738 Haggerstown, Washington Co, MD
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Some researchers have Katherine’s name as Katrina Rorich. DorothyMorgan66 on Ancestry.
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Notes for Peter (Spouse 1)
Most Recent Common Ancestor DNA verification:
GEDmatch, "One-to-One DNA Comparison”, database report, GEDmatch (http://gedmatch.com) accessed December 7, 2017), kit nos. T138444 D Bivens through 6C Erick Krueger (erickrueger@gmail.com) and T758555 John Johnson, 2 segments of 44.9 cM total segments larger than 7 cM, longest block on chromosome 20 (start—stop points: 18,234,130-45,997,403) equaling 27.5 cM.
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NOTE: Breichbiel name changes to Brakebill. During this early period Breichbiel was anglicize and spelled how it sounded so it is in documents many ways including, but not limited to: Breichbiel, Brechbiel, Brechtbiel, Brightbill, Brechbil, Brechbill, Breakbill, Brakebell, before finally settling on Brakebill.
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Brakebill Family bible located in the National Archives, Washington, DC which shows Peter and Katherine’s family members.
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BRAKEBILL - Henry Brakebill and his son Wm. Brakebil, Sr. are ancestors of all Monroe county Brakebills (except for Joseph Brakebill brother of Wm. who is buried at NHCP) are not buried at New Hope but on a Knob above Bat Creek upstream from NHCP with Rachel brown wife of Henry. Luvina Moser Brakebill wife of Wm. Brakebill Sr. son of Henry and Rachel wife of Wm. son of H (this Family Brakebill Cemetery is on Anderson road). Peter Brakebill, 1760-1844 is buried in the Brakebill Cemetery on Nail Creek, Blount County, Tennessee with his wife Katharine Rorich Brakebill along with other Brakebills.
Posted on Ancestry by jsparish1
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Peter was a very large man, his sons are said to have weighed more than 300 lbs each. Hands large and extremely strong. German Descent.
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Peter Brakebill enlisted and served in the Revolutionary War in Penn. troops as follows:
1. July 1776 - 3 months as substitute for brother Philip-as private in Capt. Thomas Cuppenhavers Co., Greenwald's Regiment
2. Nov 1776 - 3 months as substitute for uncle, Peter Brakebill, as private in same in Col. Peter Hedrick's Regiment - was in battle of Trenton.
3. July 1777, 3 months in Capt. Caselys Co., Col. John Green's Regiment
4. Oct 1778, 3 months as teamster under Capt. Valentine Shoufler, wagon master
5. June 1781 or 1782, 2 months in Capt. Amos Davis Maryland Co & assisted in capture of a large body of Tories.
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The Battle of Trenton is part of one of the most magnificent campaigns in the American Revolution. "Necessity, dire necessity, will, na must justify my attack, victory or death" George Washington before Trenton. On Christmas night of 1776 Washington led 2400 of his dwindling army to the banks of the Delaware River. He planned to cross the river and attack the enemy held town of Trenton, New Jersey. His men were army regulars not militia. By now, Washington was convinced that only a standing army could meet and defeat trained British forces. An army he said that "Would look the enemy in the face." "It is fearfully cold and raw and a snow storm setting in. The wind is northeast and beats in the faces of the men. It will be a terrible night for the soldiers who have no shoes. Some of them have tied old rags around their feet, others are barefoot, but I have not heard a man complain." Colonel John Fitzgerald, Christmas 1776. "Glover's men have had a hard time to force the boats through the floating ice with the snow drifting in their faces. I have never seen Washington so determined as he is now. He is calm and collected, but very determined." Col. John Fitzgerald. The crossing took longer than expected. They still had nine hard miles to cover in order to surprise the enemy before dawn. At 7:30 in the morning, in a sleet storm, the American forces surprised the Hessians, still groggy from their Christmas festivities. They were caught totally by surprise. They were disorganized they really didn't know what was going on. Plus the weather was bad and it was hard to fire their muskets. The Hessian commander, spent after a Christmas night of drinking and gambling tried to rally his troops. "We could hear him shouting in German 'My brave soldiers advance!' His men were frightened and confused, where our men were firing upon them from fences and houses and they were falling fast. It was not long before Raul tumbled from his horse and his soldiers threw down their guns, and gave themselves up as prisoners." Col. John Fitzgerald. Mortally wounded, Raul surrended his sword to Washington. The American commander took 900 Hessian prisoners. This was the victory that Americans had to have in order to turn the whole thing around. It went through the dispirited American colonies like an electric shock, all the way from Carolina to Boston the news went out that we'd won one. Finally! From the History Channel series: The American Revolution.
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Monument to him in Blount Co, TN; Rev War Sol Pvt PA
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Lived in:
1776 - Lancaster Co, PA
1779 - Washington Co, MD - moved 12 yrs later to Berkeley Co, VA & lived 5 yrs
lived in Sullivan Co, TN, went to Blount Co, TN about 1807, about 1832 he moved to Monroe Co, TN. Went back to Blount Co a few years prior to his death.
Was awarded $26.36 per year pension for his Rev. War service in 1833. Peter served on juries in Blount Co, TN in 1817.
BRAKEBILL (BRAKEBILL) Peter; 1760-1844; Bays Mountain Family Cem, Maryville, Blount C, TN; Private, TN; Katharine Rorex. Page 58185
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When Peter Brakebill died in 1844, he and his wife, were living with their son, John, on the John Brakebill farm on Nails Creek. Because there were very few church cemeteries in 1844, it was general custom to bury the early pioneers on the property where they lived. Thus, Peter Brakebill was the first person to be buried in the Brakebill Cemetery on Nails Creek, across from the present day Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Several members of the Brakebill family are buried in the small Brakebill Family Cemetery.
The burials in the Brakebill Cemetery on Bays Mountain, just north from Nails Creek, nine and one-half miles northeast from Maryville, Tennessee, are from the Parham Cemetery Records, pages 13-14, published in 1947 by Will E. Parham, a noted genealogist who lived in Maryville, Tennessee. He did extensive research on the Brakebill Families. His records may be found in the McClung Room of the Lawson-McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee.47
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BRAKEBILL, PETER SR. (b 4-16-1760 Lancaster Co., PA/d 1-22-1844 Blount Co.) bur. private cem. Cedar Grove Baptist Ch. - Boys Mt. Nails Creek Rd - Blount Co., Tn. Grave DAR marked 1958. Enlisted PA Troops July 1776. Served as Pvt. under Capt. Copenhaver - as sub. for one brother, then another. Pen. record shows service - VA Line - pen. 1832 - Monroe Co. Tn., then moved to Blount Co. m 1784 MD to KATHERINE b 1760 Hagerstown, MD/d 2-14-1850 Blount Co., TN. Appl. pen. 6-3-1844 - Blount Co., TN. Ch.: Elizabeth b 3-3-1788 m Jefferson Nieman; Ann Marie b 11-7-1789 m William T. Vineyard; Peter b 9-20-1790; Henry b 4-10-1793 m Rachel Brown; John b 4-17-1798/d 10-5-1859 m 2-17-1817
Ann E. Thomas; Nancy b 1-23-1800 m 9-25-1816 Fuller Ryan of Blount Co., TN; Susan b 3-21-1802 m Walker; William m 10-4-1819 Mary Keller; Adam m 1st Nails, m 2nd Caroline Pickle, m 3rd Sarah Nance; Gertrude b 9-20-1791; Katherine b 2-28-1796 m Jos. Brown; Sarah m Dennison. Ref.: DAR # 464614; Pen, record W46 on certificate # 518; his certificate # 22042; A 1; A 2; SR 59-60. Page 51186
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PETER BRAKEBILL (BREAKBILL) Born: 1760 Co., PA; Deied 1844, Blount Co., TN; Married Katherine Rorex; County Settled: Sullivan, 1796; Proof: land grant. Living Descendants (2000) Carl Jackson Brakebill III, Clovis Hunter Brakebill, Gene Brakebill, Charles Edwin Cunningham, Thomas H. Faulkner, Jr., Claire Arlene Faulkner, Clay Andrew Faulkner, Betty Cunningham Johnston, John Michael Johnston, John Houston Mays, Jr., Joel MacLean Tiura. Page 95187
Image “Washington Crossing the Delaware” is by artist Emanuel Leutze painted 1851 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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DAR information 6/21/18: BRAKEBILL, PETER
Ancestor #: A013700
Service: PENNSYLVANIA - MARYLAND Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 4-16-1760 LEBANON TWP LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 1-22-1844 BLOUNT CO TENNESSEE
Pension Number: *S
Service Description: 1) CAPT COPENHAVER, DAVIS; COLS WALD 2) HEADERICK
Residence 1) County: LANCASTER CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
2) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: MARYLAND
Spouse 1) CATHERINE X
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SAR information 6/21/18: Peter BRAKEBILL SR
SAR Patriot #: P-119975
State of Service: PA Rank: Private
DAR #: A013700
Birth: 16 Apr 1760 /Lancaster/PA
Death: 22 Jan 1844 /Blount/TN
Citation: Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Spouse: Catharine/Katherine Rorex
Children: Henry, John
Cemetery: Priv nr Cedar Grove Baptist
City: Maryville, Blount / TN
Link to Cemetery on Find A Grave: 2216311
Link to Memorial on Find A Grave: 19285310
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Patriot Paths Tennessee’s Revolutionary War Veterans
The Revolutionary War had a huge impact on the area that would become the state of Tennessee. Although settlement of the eastern part of the state had begun in earnest in the 1770s, it was the military land grants issued by the State of North Carolina that encouraged Revolutionary War veterans and their families to brave the new western frontier.
North Carolina designated a “Military District” of 100 square miles as land to give soldiers in lieu of payment for their services in the Revolution. Today, Nashville stands at the center of this district. Although many soldiers sold their rights to land speculators, others moved to the area in the years following the Revolution. As these settlers gained a foothold, the value of land in Tennessee grew, and speculators were able to sell their vast acreage to more emigrants. By 1850, over one million people lived in Tennessee.
Many Revolutionary War veterans came to Tennessee. Most came from Virginia and North Carolina, but by no means all. This project only tracks those veterans who applied for a pension from the federal government. Pensions were first available in 1818, but only for those who had served in the Continental Line (George Washington’s army). In 1832 the pension laws were changed so that men who fought in state militia could apply. In 1836, widows of veterans could apply.
By searching lists created for Congress, the 1840 census of pensioners and other sources we identified just over 1,200 Revolutionary veterans who received a pension while living in Tennessee. Because the pension applications were written out longhand, not confined to a printed form, they include many interesting details and comments. Beginning in 1832, veterans were asked to provide the dates and places of their birth and enlistment. They were also asked to list all the places they had lived since the war.
Reading through their pension application papers (available through the Fold3 and Heritage Quest online databases) we entered these various dates and places into a spreadsheet. Of course not every file was complete. Some lacked dates, some lacked locations, some were general such as “I enlisted in Virginia” instead of giving a specific place.
This data was then matched to latitude and longitude points and displayed on a map. Where soldiers gave a state but not a county, the point was mapped to the center of the state. Where they gave a county but not a town (which was most common) the point was mapped to the center of the county.
Displaying these points graphically enables the user to see the general migration paths of Tennessee patriots. We can see where most of the men came from, which counties provided the greatest number of emigrants to Tennessee, and where in Tennessee they settled. It is our hope that by using this data scholars and genealogists will discover new facts about this generation of pioneers.188
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GEDmatch, "One-to-One DNA Comparison”, database report, GEDmatch (http://gedmatch.com) accessed December 7, 2017), kit nos. T138444 D Bivens through 6C Erick Krueger (erickrueger@gmail.com) and T758555 John Johnson, 2 segments of 44.9 cM total segments larger than 7 cM, longest block on chromosome 20 (start—stop points: 18,234,130-45,997,403) equaling 27.5 cM.
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NOTE: Breichbiel name changes to Brakebill. During this early period Breichbiel was anglicize and spelled how it sounded so it is in documents many ways including, but not limited to: Breichbiel, Brechbiel, Brechtbiel, Brightbill, Brechbil, Brechbill, Breakbill, Brakebell, before finally settling on Brakebill.
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Brakebill Family bible located in the National Archives, Washington, DC which shows Peter and Katherine’s family members.
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BRAKEBILL - Henry Brakebill and his son Wm. Brakebil, Sr. are ancestors of all Monroe county Brakebills (except for Joseph Brakebill brother of Wm. who is buried at NHCP) are not buried at New Hope but on a Knob above Bat Creek upstream from NHCP with Rachel brown wife of Henry. Luvina Moser Brakebill wife of Wm. Brakebill Sr. son of Henry and Rachel wife of Wm. son of H (this Family Brakebill Cemetery is on Anderson road). Peter Brakebill, 1760-1844 is buried in the Brakebill Cemetery on Nail Creek, Blount County, Tennessee with his wife Katharine Rorich Brakebill along with other Brakebills.
Posted on Ancestry by jsparish1
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Peter was a very large man, his sons are said to have weighed more than 300 lbs each. Hands large and extremely strong. German Descent.
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Peter Brakebill enlisted and served in the Revolutionary War in Penn. troops as follows:
1. July 1776 - 3 months as substitute for brother Philip-as private in Capt. Thomas Cuppenhavers Co., Greenwald's Regiment
2. Nov 1776 - 3 months as substitute for uncle, Peter Brakebill, as private in same in Col. Peter Hedrick's Regiment - was in battle of Trenton.
3. July 1777, 3 months in Capt. Caselys Co., Col. John Green's Regiment
4. Oct 1778, 3 months as teamster under Capt. Valentine Shoufler, wagon master
5. June 1781 or 1782, 2 months in Capt. Amos Davis Maryland Co & assisted in capture of a large body of Tories.
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The Battle of Trenton is part of one of the most magnificent campaigns in the American Revolution. "Necessity, dire necessity, will, na must justify my attack, victory or death" George Washington before Trenton. On Christmas night of 1776 Washington led 2400 of his dwindling army to the banks of the Delaware River. He planned to cross the river and attack the enemy held town of Trenton, New Jersey. His men were army regulars not militia. By now, Washington was convinced that only a standing army could meet and defeat trained British forces. An army he said that "Would look the enemy in the face." "It is fearfully cold and raw and a snow storm setting in. The wind is northeast and beats in the faces of the men. It will be a terrible night for the soldiers who have no shoes. Some of them have tied old rags around their feet, others are barefoot, but I have not heard a man complain." Colonel John Fitzgerald, Christmas 1776. "Glover's men have had a hard time to force the boats through the floating ice with the snow drifting in their faces. I have never seen Washington so determined as he is now. He is calm and collected, but very determined." Col. John Fitzgerald. The crossing took longer than expected. They still had nine hard miles to cover in order to surprise the enemy before dawn. At 7:30 in the morning, in a sleet storm, the American forces surprised the Hessians, still groggy from their Christmas festivities. They were caught totally by surprise. They were disorganized they really didn't know what was going on. Plus the weather was bad and it was hard to fire their muskets. The Hessian commander, spent after a Christmas night of drinking and gambling tried to rally his troops. "We could hear him shouting in German 'My brave soldiers advance!' His men were frightened and confused, where our men were firing upon them from fences and houses and they were falling fast. It was not long before Raul tumbled from his horse and his soldiers threw down their guns, and gave themselves up as prisoners." Col. John Fitzgerald. Mortally wounded, Raul surrended his sword to Washington. The American commander took 900 Hessian prisoners. This was the victory that Americans had to have in order to turn the whole thing around. It went through the dispirited American colonies like an electric shock, all the way from Carolina to Boston the news went out that we'd won one. Finally! From the History Channel series: The American Revolution.
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Monument to him in Blount Co, TN; Rev War Sol Pvt PA
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Lived in:
1776 - Lancaster Co, PA
1779 - Washington Co, MD - moved 12 yrs later to Berkeley Co, VA & lived 5 yrs
lived in Sullivan Co, TN, went to Blount Co, TN about 1807, about 1832 he moved to Monroe Co, TN. Went back to Blount Co a few years prior to his death.
Was awarded $26.36 per year pension for his Rev. War service in 1833. Peter served on juries in Blount Co, TN in 1817.
BRAKEBILL (BRAKEBILL) Peter; 1760-1844; Bays Mountain Family Cem, Maryville, Blount C, TN; Private, TN; Katharine Rorex. Page 58185
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When Peter Brakebill died in 1844, he and his wife, were living with their son, John, on the John Brakebill farm on Nails Creek. Because there were very few church cemeteries in 1844, it was general custom to bury the early pioneers on the property where they lived. Thus, Peter Brakebill was the first person to be buried in the Brakebill Cemetery on Nails Creek, across from the present day Cedar Grove Baptist Church. Several members of the Brakebill family are buried in the small Brakebill Family Cemetery.
The burials in the Brakebill Cemetery on Bays Mountain, just north from Nails Creek, nine and one-half miles northeast from Maryville, Tennessee, are from the Parham Cemetery Records, pages 13-14, published in 1947 by Will E. Parham, a noted genealogist who lived in Maryville, Tennessee. He did extensive research on the Brakebill Families. His records may be found in the McClung Room of the Lawson-McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tennessee.47
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BRAKEBILL, PETER SR. (b 4-16-1760 Lancaster Co., PA/d 1-22-1844 Blount Co.) bur. private cem. Cedar Grove Baptist Ch. - Boys Mt. Nails Creek Rd - Blount Co., Tn. Grave DAR marked 1958. Enlisted PA Troops July 1776. Served as Pvt. under Capt. Copenhaver - as sub. for one brother, then another. Pen. record shows service - VA Line - pen. 1832 - Monroe Co. Tn., then moved to Blount Co. m 1784 MD to KATHERINE b 1760 Hagerstown, MD/d 2-14-1850 Blount Co., TN. Appl. pen. 6-3-1844 - Blount Co., TN. Ch.: Elizabeth b 3-3-1788 m Jefferson Nieman; Ann Marie b 11-7-1789 m William T. Vineyard; Peter b 9-20-1790; Henry b 4-10-1793 m Rachel Brown; John b 4-17-1798/d 10-5-1859 m 2-17-1817
Ann E. Thomas; Nancy b 1-23-1800 m 9-25-1816 Fuller Ryan of Blount Co., TN; Susan b 3-21-1802 m Walker; William m 10-4-1819 Mary Keller; Adam m 1st Nails, m 2nd Caroline Pickle, m 3rd Sarah Nance; Gertrude b 9-20-1791; Katherine b 2-28-1796 m Jos. Brown; Sarah m Dennison. Ref.: DAR # 464614; Pen, record W46 on certificate # 518; his certificate # 22042; A 1; A 2; SR 59-60. Page 51186
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PETER BRAKEBILL (BREAKBILL) Born: 1760 Co., PA; Deied 1844, Blount Co., TN; Married Katherine Rorex; County Settled: Sullivan, 1796; Proof: land grant. Living Descendants (2000) Carl Jackson Brakebill III, Clovis Hunter Brakebill, Gene Brakebill, Charles Edwin Cunningham, Thomas H. Faulkner, Jr., Claire Arlene Faulkner, Clay Andrew Faulkner, Betty Cunningham Johnston, John Michael Johnston, John Houston Mays, Jr., Joel MacLean Tiura. Page 95187
Image “Washington Crossing the Delaware” is by artist Emanuel Leutze painted 1851 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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DAR information 6/21/18: BRAKEBILL, PETER
Ancestor #: A013700
Service: PENNSYLVANIA - MARYLAND Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 4-16-1760 LEBANON TWP LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 1-22-1844 BLOUNT CO TENNESSEE
Pension Number: *S
Service Description: 1) CAPT COPENHAVER, DAVIS; COLS WALD 2) HEADERICK
Residence 1) County: LANCASTER CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
2) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: MARYLAND
Spouse 1) CATHERINE X
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SAR information 6/21/18: Peter BRAKEBILL SR
SAR Patriot #: P-119975
State of Service: PA Rank: Private
DAR #: A013700
Birth: 16 Apr 1760 /Lancaster/PA
Death: 22 Jan 1844 /Blount/TN
Citation: Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Spouse: Catharine/Katherine Rorex
Children: Henry, John
Cemetery: Priv nr Cedar Grove Baptist
City: Maryville, Blount / TN
Link to Cemetery on Find A Grave: 2216311
Link to Memorial on Find A Grave: 19285310
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Patriot Paths Tennessee’s Revolutionary War Veterans
The Revolutionary War had a huge impact on the area that would become the state of Tennessee. Although settlement of the eastern part of the state had begun in earnest in the 1770s, it was the military land grants issued by the State of North Carolina that encouraged Revolutionary War veterans and their families to brave the new western frontier.
North Carolina designated a “Military District” of 100 square miles as land to give soldiers in lieu of payment for their services in the Revolution. Today, Nashville stands at the center of this district. Although many soldiers sold their rights to land speculators, others moved to the area in the years following the Revolution. As these settlers gained a foothold, the value of land in Tennessee grew, and speculators were able to sell their vast acreage to more emigrants. By 1850, over one million people lived in Tennessee.
Many Revolutionary War veterans came to Tennessee. Most came from Virginia and North Carolina, but by no means all. This project only tracks those veterans who applied for a pension from the federal government. Pensions were first available in 1818, but only for those who had served in the Continental Line (George Washington’s army). In 1832 the pension laws were changed so that men who fought in state militia could apply. In 1836, widows of veterans could apply.
By searching lists created for Congress, the 1840 census of pensioners and other sources we identified just over 1,200 Revolutionary veterans who received a pension while living in Tennessee. Because the pension applications were written out longhand, not confined to a printed form, they include many interesting details and comments. Beginning in 1832, veterans were asked to provide the dates and places of their birth and enlistment. They were also asked to list all the places they had lived since the war.
Reading through their pension application papers (available through the Fold3 and Heritage Quest online databases) we entered these various dates and places into a spreadsheet. Of course not every file was complete. Some lacked dates, some lacked locations, some were general such as “I enlisted in Virginia” instead of giving a specific place.
This data was then matched to latitude and longitude points and displayed on a map. Where soldiers gave a state but not a county, the point was mapped to the center of the state. Where they gave a county but not a town (which was most common) the point was mapped to the center of the county.
Displaying these points graphically enables the user to see the general migration paths of Tennessee patriots. We can see where most of the men came from, which counties provided the greatest number of emigrants to Tennessee, and where in Tennessee they settled. It is our hope that by using this data scholars and genealogists will discover new facts about this generation of pioneers.188
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Research notes for Peter (Spouse 1)
1830 Census189
Maryville, TN Entp. newspaper 11-5-1958 & 10-29-1958
National Archives
Family Record Soc.
Knoxville, Tenn
US Dept of Interior
Mormon archive information submitted by:
Kent Leslie Sager
2139 Corktree Lane
San Jose, CA 95132
Listed in:
Revolutionary War Graves Register
by Former President General, Editor 7 Compiler Clovis Breakbill:
Peter (Breakbill) Brakebill 1760-1844 Private, TN
Bays Mountain Family Cem.
Maryville, Blount Co, TN
married Katharine Rorex
BRAKEBILL,
Peter: b 4-16-1769 d 1-22-1844 m Catherine - Pvt PA *190
BRAKEBILL, PETER SR. )b 4-16-1760 Lancaster Co., PA/d 1-22-1844 Blount Co.) bur. private cem. Cedar Grove Baptist Ch. - Boys Mt. Nails Creek Rd - Blount Co., Tn. Grave DAR marked 1958. Enlisted PA Troops July 1776. Served as Pvt. under Capt. Copenhaver - as sub. for one brother, then another. Pen. record shows service - VA Line - pen. 1832 - Monroe Co. Tn., then moved to Blount Co. m 1784 MD to Katherine _____ b 1760 Hagerstown, MD/ d 2-14-1850 Blount Co., TN. Appl. pen. 6-3-1844 - Blount Co., TN. Ch: Elizabeth b 3-3-1788 m Jefferson Nieman; Ann Marie b 11-7-1789 m William Vineyard; Peter b 9-20-1790; Henry b 4-10-1793 m Rachel Brown; John b 4-17-1798/d 10-5-1859 m 2-17-1817 Ann E. Thomas; Nancy b 1-23-1800 m 9-25-1816 Fuller Ryan of Blount Co., TN; Susan b 3-21-1802 m _____ Walker; William m 10-4-1819 Mary Keller; Adam m 1st _____ Nails, m 2nd cousin Caoline Pickle, m 3rd Sarah Nance; Gertrude b 9-20-1791; Katherine b 2-28-1796 m Jos. Brown; Sarah m _____ Dennison. Ref.: DAR # 464614; Pen. record W46 on certificate # 518; his certificate # 22042; A 1; A 2; SR 59-60.191
Maryville, TN Entp. newspaper 11-5-1958 & 10-29-1958
National Archives
Family Record Soc.
Knoxville, Tenn
US Dept of Interior
Mormon archive information submitted by:
Kent Leslie Sager
2139 Corktree Lane
San Jose, CA 95132
Listed in:
Revolutionary War Graves Register
by Former President General, Editor 7 Compiler Clovis Breakbill:
Peter (Breakbill) Brakebill 1760-1844 Private, TN
Bays Mountain Family Cem.
Maryville, Blount Co, TN
married Katharine Rorex
BRAKEBILL,
Peter: b 4-16-1769 d 1-22-1844 m Catherine - Pvt PA *190
BRAKEBILL, PETER SR. )b 4-16-1760 Lancaster Co., PA/d 1-22-1844 Blount Co.) bur. private cem. Cedar Grove Baptist Ch. - Boys Mt. Nails Creek Rd - Blount Co., Tn. Grave DAR marked 1958. Enlisted PA Troops July 1776. Served as Pvt. under Capt. Copenhaver - as sub. for one brother, then another. Pen. record shows service - VA Line - pen. 1832 - Monroe Co. Tn., then moved to Blount Co. m 1784 MD to Katherine _____ b 1760 Hagerstown, MD/ d 2-14-1850 Blount Co., TN. Appl. pen. 6-3-1844 - Blount Co., TN. Ch: Elizabeth b 3-3-1788 m Jefferson Nieman; Ann Marie b 11-7-1789 m William Vineyard; Peter b 9-20-1790; Henry b 4-10-1793 m Rachel Brown; John b 4-17-1798/d 10-5-1859 m 2-17-1817 Ann E. Thomas; Nancy b 1-23-1800 m 9-25-1816 Fuller Ryan of Blount Co., TN; Susan b 3-21-1802 m _____ Walker; William m 10-4-1819 Mary Keller; Adam m 1st _____ Nails, m 2nd cousin Caoline Pickle, m 3rd Sarah Nance; Gertrude b 9-20-1791; Katherine b 2-28-1796 m Jos. Brown; Sarah m _____ Dennison. Ref.: DAR # 464614; Pen. record W46 on certificate # 518; his certificate # 22042; A 1; A 2; SR 59-60.191