Sampson Brashears and Margaret Bright

Sampson Brashear
and Margaret Bright

Sampson Brashear b 21 Dec 1788 Sullivan Co TN d 1 Oct 1878 Perry Co KY; buried Cornett Cemetery, Ulvah, Perry (now Letcher) Co KY; s/o Samuel Brashear and Margaret Eakin. Sampson Brashear m. 26 Jun 1817 Sullivan Co TN to Margaret Bright b 23 Aug 1798 PA d 10 Mar 1866 Perry Co KY; buried Cornett Cemetery, Ulvah, Perry Co KY. Sampson served in the War of 1812 from November 13, 1814 to May 18, 1815 in Captain James Landen's Company, Fifth Regiment, Tennessee Militia. His regiment was organized in Sullivan County Tennessee, and "marched through the wilderness of Georgia and Alabama to Mobil Bay." On December 10, 1872, he was granted a pension of eight dollars per month, retroactive to February 14, 1871. Between 1821 and 1823, Sampson moved his wife and three children from Sullivan County Tennessee to what is now Slemp, Perry County Kentucky, where he died. Children of Sampson Brashear and Margaret Bright;

I. Isaac Brashear b 3 JUN 1818 Sullivan Co TN m. Jane "Jennie" Adams b 21 Feb 1821. Isaac was reared KY. When he was forty four years old, he volunteered for service in the Confederate Army on Aug 29, 1862. He was assigned to Comp. B, 13th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. After the Civil War, Isaac migrated to Greenup Co, Kentucky, where he died on an unknown date. He was buried there at what is described in an old letter as "Low Gap, between Raccoon Creek and the old Argillite Water Mill."

II. John Brashear b 10 OCT 1819 Sullivan Co TN d 6 Jun 1906 m. Rebecca "Bexy" Christian b about 1829 KY d/o Allan Christian.

III. James B Brashear b 27 JAN 1821 Sullivan Co TN d 28 Jun 1912 Perry Co KY; buried on his old farm on Masons Creek; m. Elizabeth Harris

IV. Sarah Ann Brashear b 3 MAR 1823 d young

V. Elizabeth Brashear b 3 JUN 1824 Perry Co KY d 26 May 1897 Letcher Co KY; buried Branson Cemetery, Rockhouse Creek, Letcher Co KY; m. Leonard Branson b 1820 Harlan Co KY d Sept 1862 Letcher Co KY s/o Henry Branson and Elizabeth Hoggard.

VI. Ezekiel Brashears b 11 JAN 1826 Perry Co KY d 11 Jun 1864 Cynthiana, KY m. 14 Mar 1859 to Mary Ann Combs b 11 Jan 1831; d/o Tarleton Combs and Elizabeth Betty Ison. Ezekiel Brashears m. 1 Jan 1852 to Nancy Cornett b 16 Aug 1830 Perry Co KY d 30 Sept 1857 d/o Roger Cornett and Mary "Polly" Lewis. Ezekiel volunteered for service in the Confederate Army on September 12, 1862. He was assigned to Company B, 13th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, CSA and was killed in action.

VII. Sampson Brashear b 5 JUN 1828

VIII. Robert S Brashear b 30 DEC 1830

IX. Louisa Brashear b 1 OCT 1832 Perry Co KY m. John Lusk b 1826 KY.

X. Harvey G Brashear b 4 APR 1835 Perry Co KY d 26 Mar 1918 Saint Paul, Madison Co AR; military service, Co H, 13th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA, 1862; m. 20 May 1875 to Mary Ann Cornett b 24 Jun 1852 Perry Co KY.

XI. Jesse C Brashear b 26 AUG 1837 Perry Co KY; military service, Co H, 13th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA; m. 25 Dec 1858 KY to Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Hogg b Sept 1839 d/o Stephen Hogg and Cynthia Ison.

XII. William Rutledge Brashear b 4 NOV 1841 Perry Co KY d 27 Jun 1925 Saint Paul, Madison Co AR; military service, 1st Corporal, Co B, 13th Kentucky Cavalry CSA; m. 20 Nov 1870 Saint Paul, Madison Co AR to Mary Lucinda Sumner b 28 May 1843 Elmira, Fulton Co OH.

XIII. Hezekiah Brashear b 9 JAN 1843 d 30 Dec 1929 Saint Paul, Madison Co AR; m. 7 Jun 1867 Letcher Co KY to Mary Hogg b 5 Jun 1853 d 10 Aug 1912 Letcher Co KY d/o Stephen Hogg and Cynthia Ison.