NameRachel BROWN 47
Birth Date1793
Birth PlaceRhea County, Tennessee
Death Date14 Feb 1850 Age: 57
Death PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee, Brakebill Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date10 Apr 1793
Birth PlaceBerkeley County, West Virginia
Death Date1875 Age: 81
Death PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceMonroe, Overton County, Tennessee, Brakebill Cemetery
OccupationFarmer
Family ID74
Marr Dateca 1810
Marr PlaceRhea County, Tennessee
Notes for Rachel BROWN
Alternative birth year 1795.
Alternative birth place Virginia.
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Notes for Henry (Spouse 1)
Henry moved to Monroe Co TN about 1823. Settled on Bat. Creek. 7 miles north of Madisonville & descendants still live in this section.
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As recorded in the family Bible, Henry’s name was Heinrich. His name was anglicized early in life because he and his family were proud Americans.
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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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