Gerard Chittocque Brandon was born in 1750 in Fermangn, Donegal, Ireland, the son of Gerard Brandon and Margaret Lindsay.
A follower of the Irish nationalist rebel leader, Robert Emmet, Gerard took his mother and escaped to America after the failure of Emmet's cause. They settled in Charleston, South Carolina - following in the footsteps of Margaret's brother, William.
Gerard served under Colonel Washington's cavalry in the War of the Revolution under Francis Marion and fought in the Battle of Cowpens as well as the Battle of Kings Mountain.
In 1785 and in North Carolina, he married a woman from South Carolina, Dorothy Nugent, and they eventually settled in Adams County in what is now the state of Mississippi where they raised a large family - including son, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, who went on to become the state's 4th and 6th governor - and founded Selma Plantation.
Gerard and Dorothy had seven children: Margaret Lindsay Brandon, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, Elizabeth Brandon, Matthew Nugent Brandon, Robert Emmett Brandon, Susannan Brandon, and William Lindsay Brandon.∼Gerard Brandon, only son of an Englishman who had held a government position in Ireland had married Margaret Lindsey, who was of Scotch descent , was born in County Donegal/Fermanagh in 1750.
As a young man, Gerard Brandon espoused the cause of Robert Emmet, an Irish nationalist, Republican orator and rebel leader. Subsequently, Gerard fled with his mother, Margaret Lindsey Brandon, to France, as his father was dead.
From France he came to America, reaching Charleston, South Carolina not long before the American Revolution.He first settled in 1768 in the Lake Pontchartrain Settlement, Mississippi Territory. He served under Marion and in the Colonel Washington's cavalry, and was in the battles of Cowpens and King's Mountain.
While the English were yet in control of West Florida, Gerard Brandon was an emigrant to the Manchac district near the Amite River; but after the invasion of Galvez, he moved to the Attakapas country, and then to the Natchez district, where he obtained grants of land in what are now Adams and Wilkinson Counties. On Dec 5, 1786 the couple settled on St. Catherine's Creek, in Mississipi Territory where Gerard purchased 450 acres of land 4 leagues from Fort Adams. Here is where Gerard and Dorothy lived and raised their nine children:
Mary Ann Brandon
1783 – 1807
Margaret Lindsay Brandon m. Lt. Col. James Smith
1786 – 1856
Sarah Brandon
1787 – 1831
Gerard Chittoque Brandon III -
Governor m. 1)Margaret Chambers 2)Elizabeth Stanton
1788 – 1850
Elizabeth Brandon m. William Stanton Sr
1790 – 1849
Matthew Nugent Brandon m. Louisa Spencer Austin
1792 – 1841
Robert Emmet Brandon m. Rosan "Rosie" C Davis
1796 – 1823
Susannah Brandon m. Chauncey Pettibone Jr
1800 – 1841
William Lindsay Brandon m. Ann Eliza Ratcliffe
1802 – 1890
Gerard Brandon died and was buried at Selma plantation, about nine miles from Natchez, on June 27, 1823.
A follower of the Irish nationalist rebel leader, Robert Emmet, Gerard took his mother and escaped to America after the failure of Emmet's cause. They settled in Charleston, South Carolina - following in the footsteps of Margaret's brother, William.
Gerard served under Colonel Washington's cavalry in the War of the Revolution under Francis Marion and fought in the Battle of Cowpens as well as the Battle of Kings Mountain.
In 1785 and in North Carolina, he married a woman from South Carolina, Dorothy Nugent, and they eventually settled in Adams County in what is now the state of Mississippi where they raised a large family - including son, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, who went on to become the state's 4th and 6th governor - and founded Selma Plantation.
Gerard and Dorothy had seven children: Margaret Lindsay Brandon, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, Elizabeth Brandon, Matthew Nugent Brandon, Robert Emmett Brandon, Susannan Brandon, and William Lindsay Brandon.∼Gerard Brandon, only son of an Englishman who had held a government position in Ireland had married Margaret Lindsey, who was of Scotch descent , was born in County Donegal/Fermanagh in 1750.
As a young man, Gerard Brandon espoused the cause of Robert Emmet, an Irish nationalist, Republican orator and rebel leader. Subsequently, Gerard fled with his mother, Margaret Lindsey Brandon, to France, as his father was dead.
From France he came to America, reaching Charleston, South Carolina not long before the American Revolution.He first settled in 1768 in the Lake Pontchartrain Settlement, Mississippi Territory. He served under Marion and in the Colonel Washington's cavalry, and was in the battles of Cowpens and King's Mountain.
While the English were yet in control of West Florida, Gerard Brandon was an emigrant to the Manchac district near the Amite River; but after the invasion of Galvez, he moved to the Attakapas country, and then to the Natchez district, where he obtained grants of land in what are now Adams and Wilkinson Counties. On Dec 5, 1786 the couple settled on St. Catherine's Creek, in Mississipi Territory where Gerard purchased 450 acres of land 4 leagues from Fort Adams. Here is where Gerard and Dorothy lived and raised their nine children:
Mary Ann Brandon
1783 – 1807
Margaret Lindsay Brandon m. Lt. Col. James Smith
1786 – 1856
Sarah Brandon
1787 – 1831
Gerard Chittoque Brandon III -
Governor m. 1)Margaret Chambers 2)Elizabeth Stanton
1788 – 1850
Elizabeth Brandon m. William Stanton Sr
1790 – 1849
Matthew Nugent Brandon m. Louisa Spencer Austin
1792 – 1841
Robert Emmet Brandon m. Rosan "Rosie" C Davis
1796 – 1823
Susannah Brandon m. Chauncey Pettibone Jr
1800 – 1841
William Lindsay Brandon m. Ann Eliza Ratcliffe
1802 – 1890
Gerard Brandon died and was buried at Selma plantation, about nine miles from Natchez, on June 27, 1823.
Gerard Chittocque Brandon was born in 1750 in Fermangn, Donegal, Ireland, the son of Gerard Brandon and Margaret Lindsay.
A follower of the Irish nationalist rebel leader, Robert Emmet, Gerard took his mother and escaped to America after the failure of Emmet's cause. They settled in Charleston, South Carolina - following in the footsteps of Margaret's brother, William.
Gerard served under Colonel Washington's cavalry in the War of the Revolution under Francis Marion and fought in the Battle of Cowpens as well as the Battle of Kings Mountain.
In 1785 and in North Carolina, he married a woman from South Carolina, Dorothy Nugent, and they eventually settled in Adams County in what is now the state of Mississippi where they raised a large family - including son, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, who went on to become the state's 4th and 6th governor - and founded Selma Plantation.
Gerard and Dorothy had seven children: Margaret Lindsay Brandon, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, Elizabeth Brandon, Matthew Nugent Brandon, Robert Emmett Brandon, Susannan Brandon, and William Lindsay Brandon.∼Gerard Brandon, only son of an Englishman who had held a government position in Ireland had married Margaret Lindsey, who was of Scotch descent , was born in County Donegal/Fermanagh in 1750.
As a young man, Gerard Brandon espoused the cause of Robert Emmet, an Irish nationalist, Republican orator and rebel leader. Subsequently, Gerard fled with his mother, Margaret Lindsey Brandon, to France, as his father was dead.
From France he came to America, reaching Charleston, South Carolina not long before the American Revolution.He first settled in 1768 in the Lake Pontchartrain Settlement, Mississippi Territory. He served under Marion and in the Colonel Washington's cavalry, and was in the battles of Cowpens and King's Mountain.
While the English were yet in control of West Florida, Gerard Brandon was an emigrant to the Manchac district near the Amite River; but after the invasion of Galvez, he moved to the Attakapas country, and then to the Natchez district, where he obtained grants of land in what are now Adams and Wilkinson Counties. On Dec 5, 1786 the couple settled on St. Catherine's Creek, in Mississipi Territory where Gerard purchased 450 acres of land 4 leagues from Fort Adams. Here is where Gerard and Dorothy lived and raised their nine children:
Mary Ann Brandon
1783 – 1807
Margaret Lindsay Brandon m. Lt. Col. James Smith
1786 – 1856
Sarah Brandon
1787 – 1831
Gerard Chittoque Brandon III -
Governor m. 1)Margaret Chambers 2)Elizabeth Stanton
1788 – 1850
Elizabeth Brandon m. William Stanton Sr
1790 – 1849
Matthew Nugent Brandon m. Louisa Spencer Austin
1792 – 1841
Robert Emmet Brandon m. Rosan "Rosie" C Davis
1796 – 1823
Susannah Brandon m. Chauncey Pettibone Jr
1800 – 1841
William Lindsay Brandon m. Ann Eliza Ratcliffe
1802 – 1890
Gerard Brandon died and was buried at Selma plantation, about nine miles from Natchez, on June 27, 1823.
A follower of the Irish nationalist rebel leader, Robert Emmet, Gerard took his mother and escaped to America after the failure of Emmet's cause. They settled in Charleston, South Carolina - following in the footsteps of Margaret's brother, William.
Gerard served under Colonel Washington's cavalry in the War of the Revolution under Francis Marion and fought in the Battle of Cowpens as well as the Battle of Kings Mountain.
In 1785 and in North Carolina, he married a woman from South Carolina, Dorothy Nugent, and they eventually settled in Adams County in what is now the state of Mississippi where they raised a large family - including son, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, who went on to become the state's 4th and 6th governor - and founded Selma Plantation.
Gerard and Dorothy had seven children: Margaret Lindsay Brandon, Gerard Chittocque Brandon, Elizabeth Brandon, Matthew Nugent Brandon, Robert Emmett Brandon, Susannan Brandon, and William Lindsay Brandon.∼Gerard Brandon, only son of an Englishman who had held a government position in Ireland had married Margaret Lindsey, who was of Scotch descent , was born in County Donegal/Fermanagh in 1750.
As a young man, Gerard Brandon espoused the cause of Robert Emmet, an Irish nationalist, Republican orator and rebel leader. Subsequently, Gerard fled with his mother, Margaret Lindsey Brandon, to France, as his father was dead.
From France he came to America, reaching Charleston, South Carolina not long before the American Revolution.He first settled in 1768 in the Lake Pontchartrain Settlement, Mississippi Territory. He served under Marion and in the Colonel Washington's cavalry, and was in the battles of Cowpens and King's Mountain.
While the English were yet in control of West Florida, Gerard Brandon was an emigrant to the Manchac district near the Amite River; but after the invasion of Galvez, he moved to the Attakapas country, and then to the Natchez district, where he obtained grants of land in what are now Adams and Wilkinson Counties. On Dec 5, 1786 the couple settled on St. Catherine's Creek, in Mississipi Territory where Gerard purchased 450 acres of land 4 leagues from Fort Adams. Here is where Gerard and Dorothy lived and raised their nine children:
Mary Ann Brandon
1783 – 1807
Margaret Lindsay Brandon m. Lt. Col. James Smith
1786 – 1856
Sarah Brandon
1787 – 1831
Gerard Chittoque Brandon III -
Governor m. 1)Margaret Chambers 2)Elizabeth Stanton
1788 – 1850
Elizabeth Brandon m. William Stanton Sr
1790 – 1849
Matthew Nugent Brandon m. Louisa Spencer Austin
1792 – 1841
Robert Emmet Brandon m. Rosan "Rosie" C Davis
1796 – 1823
Susannah Brandon m. Chauncey Pettibone Jr
1800 – 1841
William Lindsay Brandon m. Ann Eliza Ratcliffe
1802 – 1890
Gerard Brandon died and was buried at Selma plantation, about nine miles from Natchez, on June 27, 1823.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of
Gerard Brandon
a son of Erin
who departed this life
July 23rd 1823
aged 73 years
Gravesite Details
aged 73 years; A.S.R. 1776
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