John Brodnax migrated to Autauga Co. AL from Hancock and Putnam Counties GA, ca 1822, with several of his children’s families, when he was past 70 years old. He was born ca 1749, Prince George Co., VA, the son of William Brodnax II and his wife Ann Hall. He was the grandson of William Brodnax and his wife, Rebecca Champion. He lived several years in Brunswick Co., VA, where he married Martha Kennon Clack, 25 March 1775. This couple had one known child Martha Kennon Brodnax. She was raised by her Clack grandparents after her mother’s death. John married second 23 July 1781, Martha Rivers, born ca 1760 in VA to Thomas Rivers and Mary, who is believed to be a Turner and widow of John Hunt. .
While a resident of Brunswick Co., in 1781, John Brodnax is recorded as giving aid to the Revolution by providing supplies on several occasions. He grew to be a wealthy man, selling 361 acres in Brunswick Co. in 1788, before beginning his journey south. In the 1790 census, his family was counted in Mecklenburg Co., NC. By 1795, he was a taxpayer in Hancock Co. GA, and his family spent the next 25-30 years in the Hancock-Putnam Co. areas. Martha Rivers Brodnax died prior to 1820, after raising eight known children to adulthood. .
John Brodnax was a large landholder. Cotton and Indian corn were the cash crops then common to the land areas in which he lived, and he likely grew tobacco and sweet potatoes on a lesser scale. The promise of more and better land was always the impetus to follow the frontier. He began deeding his land to his children by about 1815. In 1821, he made what is probably a final sale of Georgia land in Putnam Co. and soon moved to Alabama. He made further deeds of gifts to his children to include his slaves before his death in Autauga Co. 28 Feb. 1829. He left no will, but an inventory and sale of his personal property were recorded in probate and orphans court records. .
John Brodnaxs daughter by his first marriage, Martha Kennon Brodnax, m. Nathaniel Harrison, 25 Mar. 1799, in Brunswick Co., VA. This family moved south and lived as neighbors to the Brodnaxes and Shackelfords in Georgia. Martha B. Harrison died 9 May 1858, Putnam Co., GA. .
Born to John and Martha Rivers Brodnax were:
1) Thomas Hall Brodnax, b 1 Nov 1784, Brunswick Co., VA; d. 24 Oct. 1846 Madison Co., MS;
m. Winifred Tucker Mitchell.
2) Martha “Patsy” Brodnax (also called Mary), b 1784, Brunswick Co., VA, d ca 1825, Greene Co., AL, m in Hancock Co. GA ca 1800, James Shackelford, son of John Shackelford and Frances Wade Butler. (See Shackelford Family story.)
3) Ann Hall Brodnax, b. 15 May 1785, Brunswick Co. VA, d 6 July 1818, Putnam Co., GA; m. Eli Harris.
4) Rebecca Power Brodnax, b 1786, Brunswick Co., VA; m. Edmund M. Shackelford (his second wife).
5) William T. Brodnax, b. c1788, Brunswick Co. VA; d. after 1850 in Madison Co. MS; m. 1st Mary Whitaker, 2nd Polly N. Gleeson.
6) John Hunt “Jack” Brodnax, b. 14 Nov. 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. after 1860, OK; m. Katherine Baker Whitaker.
7) Robert Brodnax, b. 13 Mar 1792, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 27 Jul 1877, Marengo Co., AL; m. 1st Olive Taylor Whitaker, m. 2nd Hannah Evans Kirven.
8) Henry Power Brodnax, b. 7 Apr. 1800, Hancock Co., GA; d 3 May 1886, Ouachita Co., AR; m. 1st Mildred Whitaker; m. 2nd , Jane N. Pitts. .
Acknowledgements:
The premiere compiler of Brodnax genealogical information is Mildred Seab Ezell, of Germantown, MD (1998). Vol. 1, of “Brodnax Family in America”, is published and additional volumes are in process. She is the primary source of data for the John Brodnax family. James M. Brewer, of Senatobia, MS, submitter, is the fifth-great-grandson of John and Martha Rivers Brodnax through Martha “Patsy” Brodnax and James Shackelford..
(NOTE: According to "Boddie and allied Families" Martha Rivers' mother was Mary Jones, not Mary Turner.).
John Brodnax migrated to Autauga Co. AL from Hancock and Putnam Counties GA, ca 1822, with several of his children’s families, when he was past 70 years old. He was born ca 1749, Prince George Co., VA, the son of William Brodnax II and his wife Ann Hall. He was the grandson of William Brodnax and his wife, Rebecca Champion. He lived several years in Brunswick Co., VA, where he married Martha Kennon Clack, 25 March 1775. This couple had one known child Martha Kennon Brodnax. She was raised by her Clack grandparents after her mother’s death. John married second 23 July 1781, Martha Rivers, born ca 1760 in VA to Thomas Rivers and Mary, who is believed to be a Turner and widow of John Hunt. .
While a resident of Brunswick Co., in 1781, John Brodnax is recorded as giving aid to the Revolution by providing supplies on several occasions. He grew to be a wealthy man, selling 361 acres in Brunswick Co. in 1788, before beginning his journey south. In the 1790 census, his family was counted in Mecklenburg Co., NC. By 1795, he was a taxpayer in Hancock Co. GA, and his family spent the next 25-30 years in the Hancock-Putnam Co. areas. Martha Rivers Brodnax died prior to 1820, after raising eight known children to adulthood. .
John Brodnax was a large landholder. Cotton and Indian corn were the cash crops then common to the land areas in which he lived, and he likely grew tobacco and sweet potatoes on a lesser scale. The promise of more and better land was always the impetus to follow the frontier. He began deeding his land to his children by about 1815. In 1821, he made what is probably a final sale of Georgia land in Putnam Co. and soon moved to Alabama. He made further deeds of gifts to his children to include his slaves before his death in Autauga Co. 28 Feb. 1829. He left no will, but an inventory and sale of his personal property were recorded in probate and orphans court records. .
John Brodnaxs daughter by his first marriage, Martha Kennon Brodnax, m. Nathaniel Harrison, 25 Mar. 1799, in Brunswick Co., VA. This family moved south and lived as neighbors to the Brodnaxes and Shackelfords in Georgia. Martha B. Harrison died 9 May 1858, Putnam Co., GA. .
Born to John and Martha Rivers Brodnax were:
1) Thomas Hall Brodnax, b 1 Nov 1784, Brunswick Co., VA; d. 24 Oct. 1846 Madison Co., MS;
m. Winifred Tucker Mitchell.
2) Martha “Patsy” Brodnax (also called Mary), b 1784, Brunswick Co., VA, d ca 1825, Greene Co., AL, m in Hancock Co. GA ca 1800, James Shackelford, son of John Shackelford and Frances Wade Butler. (See Shackelford Family story.)
3) Ann Hall Brodnax, b. 15 May 1785, Brunswick Co. VA, d 6 July 1818, Putnam Co., GA; m. Eli Harris.
4) Rebecca Power Brodnax, b 1786, Brunswick Co., VA; m. Edmund M. Shackelford (his second wife).
5) William T. Brodnax, b. c1788, Brunswick Co. VA; d. after 1850 in Madison Co. MS; m. 1st Mary Whitaker, 2nd Polly N. Gleeson.
6) John Hunt “Jack” Brodnax, b. 14 Nov. 1790, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. after 1860, OK; m. Katherine Baker Whitaker.
7) Robert Brodnax, b. 13 Mar 1792, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 27 Jul 1877, Marengo Co., AL; m. 1st Olive Taylor Whitaker, m. 2nd Hannah Evans Kirven.
8) Henry Power Brodnax, b. 7 Apr. 1800, Hancock Co., GA; d 3 May 1886, Ouachita Co., AR; m. 1st Mildred Whitaker; m. 2nd , Jane N. Pitts. .
Acknowledgements:
The premiere compiler of Brodnax genealogical information is Mildred Seab Ezell, of Germantown, MD (1998). Vol. 1, of “Brodnax Family in America”, is published and additional volumes are in process. She is the primary source of data for the John Brodnax family. James M. Brewer, of Senatobia, MS, submitter, is the fifth-great-grandson of John and Martha Rivers Brodnax through Martha “Patsy” Brodnax and James Shackelford..
(NOTE: According to "Boddie and allied Families" Martha Rivers' mother was Mary Jones, not Mary Turner.).
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