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Descendants of RICHARD BRACEWELL

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² BRASEL (RICHARD¹ BRACEWELL) was born Abt. 1770 in Anson ( Montgomery) County, NC, and died Aft. 1817 in Putnam orJackson County, Tennessee. He married REBECCA JANE PRUITT Abt. 1790 in Greenville District, South Carolina, daughter of MICHAEL PRUITT and ELIZABETH BRIGHT.

Notes for JOHN BRASEL:
From "The New OZARKS COUSINS" by Bud Phillips, 1984:
...The earliest known ancestor of our Newton County Brasels was John Brasel of North Carolina. He was granted land in Jackson County, Tennessee, 1817. This early Brasel settler had a son, James Brasel, born in Kentucky about 1811...

There have been many variations in the spelling of the family surname.
John has been listed as Brasel, Braswell, Breazeal among others.

John and Rebecca may have had more than the nine children listed.

More About JOHN BRASEL:
Burial: Aft. 1817, Cookeville, Putnam County, TN
Census: 1790, "newliwed", Greenville District, SC
Lived: 1781, Wilkes County, NC
Property: 1817, Land grant Jackson County, TN

More About REBECCA JANE PRUITT:
Census: 1850, listed as Jane, Jackson County, TN

Children of JOHN BRASEL and REBECCA PRUITT are:

	i.	JOHN JR.³ BRASEL, b. Aft. 1790, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Unknown, unknown.
	ii.	RICHARD BRASEL, b. Abt. 1792, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Bet. 1840 - 1850, Smith County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH, 1813, White or Jackson County, Tennessee.
	iii.	ROBERT BRASEL, b. September 15, 1794, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1849, unknown; m. AMELIA STEVENS, Unknown, unknown.
	iv.	WILLIAM BRASEL, b. Abt. 1796, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Unknown, unknown.
	v.	DIANAH BRASEL, b. October 09, 1797, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Unknown, unknown; m. RICHARD SMITH, December 11, 1817, Tennessee?.
	vi.	SAMUEL BRASEL, b. Abt. 1799, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Unknown, unknown.
	vii.	REUBEN BRASEL, b. Bet. 1800 - 1806, Greenville District, South Carolina; d. Unknown, unknown.
3.	viii.	JAMES J. BRASEL, b. Abt. 1811, White County, Tennessee*or Kentucky; d. 1854, Illinois or Missouri.
	ix.	EMILY BRASEL, b. Abt. 1816, Jackson or White County, Tennessee; d. Unknown, unknown; m. JOSEPH RODDY, Bef. 1836, Jackson County, Tennessee.

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