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Robert Samuel “The Rolling Stone” Brashears

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Robert Samuel “The Rolling Stone” Brashears Veteran

Birth
Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Death
15 Jan 1816 (aged 84)
Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Sugar Grove, Roane County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Robert Samuel Brashear - 20 Aug 1731 - 15 Jan 1816, Born in Brashear Meadows, Prince George's County, MD died about 15 Jan 1816 in Roane Co, TN. Parents: Robert C. Brashears (1704-aft 1782) and Charity Dowell (1711-1788). Wife, Phoebe Nicks - 8 Jun 1738 - 1811. Born in Talbot County, MD. Died in Guilford County, NC. Her body was returned to Roane County, TN for burial.

The Brashear Story; A Family History Book compiled by Troy L Back and Leon Brashears in 1962 says Robert Samuel was known as "The Rolling Stone" because he moved so much. His grave was almost in the back yard of his home near Harriman in Roane Co, TN. In 1960 the old homestead was owned by Elmer Edwards, a descendant.

DAR - A133593

Reedy Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina

Captain, Patriotic Service, John Adair's Pension S1158 WHITE'S KINGS MTN MEN P 152; NC LAND GRANT, SULLIVAN CO MILITIA KINGS MTN ENTERED, LAND GRANT 10-21-1779 SULLIVAN CO
Robert Samuel Brashear - 20 Aug 1731 - 15 Jan 1816, Born in Brashear Meadows, Prince George's County, MD died about 15 Jan 1816 in Roane Co, TN. Parents: Robert C. Brashears (1704-aft 1782) and Charity Dowell (1711-1788). Wife, Phoebe Nicks - 8 Jun 1738 - 1811. Born in Talbot County, MD. Died in Guilford County, NC. Her body was returned to Roane County, TN for burial.

The Brashear Story; A Family History Book compiled by Troy L Back and Leon Brashears in 1962 says Robert Samuel was known as "The Rolling Stone" because he moved so much. His grave was almost in the back yard of his home near Harriman in Roane Co, TN. In 1960 the old homestead was owned by Elmer Edwards, a descendant.

DAR - A133593

Reedy Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina

Captain, Patriotic Service, John Adair's Pension S1158 WHITE'S KINGS MTN MEN P 152; NC LAND GRANT, SULLIVAN CO MILITIA KINGS MTN ENTERED, LAND GRANT 10-21-1779 SULLIVAN CO


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