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Descendants of Nathaniel Branson
26.LOIS6 BRANSON (THOMAS5, JOHN DAY4, THOMAS L.3, WILLIAM2, NATHANIEL1) was born January 04, 1765 in Frederick County, Virginia, and died July 26, 1830 in Fairfield MM, Highland County, Ohio.She married JOHN BOWATER BEALS February 04, 1784 in New Garden MM, North Carolina.
Children of LOIS BRANSON and JOHN BEALS are:
| i. | EUNICE7 BEALS. |
| ii. | MARY BEALS. |
| iii. | SARAH BEALS, b. January 03, 1798. |
| iv. | NATHAN BEALS, b. July 09, 1800. |
| v. | JONATHAN BEALS. |
| vi. | JANE BEALS. |
Notes for ROBERT BRANSON:
Robert and Beulah were first cousins as Jane (Robert's mother) and Isaac (Beulah's father) were sister and brother.
Biography of Robert Branson
Based on information obtained while researching the children of Robert and Beulah, it appears some them were left in Virginia when their parents made the trek to Ohio.At least one son, RobertA., stayed with his grandparents ... Painter or Branson unknown.
Robert Branson settled land located on the Hillsboro to New Vienna Pike in about 1804.They built their cabin home near a clear water spring, which came out through a huge pile of limestone rocks.The rocks were infested with rattlesnakes that crawled through the yard leaving the family afraid to go to the spring or even walk through the yard; the snakes even entered the house. Robert sought the help of his neighbors, the McDaniels, who arrived carrying hoes and other instruments of destruction.The men went into the early morning sunshine and tore down the entire rock pile killing over sixty snakes.
Robert is recorded as receiving an order on the Treasurer for twenty-four dollars for service in surveying the county of Highland.
In the first census of Highland County in May 1807, Robert is listed for Liberty Township.
Robert was disowned from the Quaker discipline for training in the militia on August 7, 1809. During the War of 1812, Robert served as a Private in Captain Evans' Company of the Ohio Militia from February 24 to March 24, 1913.Robert's son Isaac also served in the War of 1812. Robert was authorized $8.00 per month receiving, for service to his country, pay in the amount of $8.26 for 1 month and 1 day …I don't know if Robert returned to the Quaker discipline.
Land dealings as follows:
Bought 110 acres on Paint Creek, Highland County, Ohio, July 14, 1808 from Mr. Warsham.
May 2, 1815 he made another land purchase of undetermined acreage.
April 1816 Robert sold the 110 acres to Mr. Carpenter.
January 1818 Robert sold 10 acres to Mr. Evans.
The probate of Robert Branson's will as transcribed can be found in the Will Record Book 1, 2, 3, Highland County, Ohio, pg. 66. The will is dated November 23, 1823 and proved December 12, 1823.
Finally, some research states Elizabeth Bowlen married Robert ... this is an error!Elizabeth Bowlen married a Robert Brinson 16 Sep 1784 and is on the marriage registers of 1744-1907 film #031.459.To confuse matters more ... Robert and his son Robert A. both have a confusion with a second wife named Elizabeth ... seems that neither ever remarried.
Notes for BEULAH PAINTER:
Perhaps born January 16, 1772
Marriage Notes for ROBERT BRANSON and BEULAH PAINTER:
Per the records of Frederick County, Virginia 1771-1825, Robert and Beulah were married by Christian Streit
Children of ROBERT BRANSON and BEULAH PAINTER are:
| i. | SARAH7 BRANSON, b. Abt. 1788, Virginia; m. JOHN BAKER. |
| 30. | ii. | JOHN BRANSON, b. October 01, 1789, Virginia. |
| 31. | iii. | RACHEL BRANSON, b. November 11, 1791, Virginia. |
| iv. | ISAAC BRANSON, b. 1794, Virginia; d. November 08, 1858, Delaware County, Indiana; m. MARTHA CHIPMAN, June 09, 1818, Kentucky. |
| Notes for ISAAC BRANSON: Isaac and Martha never had children of their own, however, they seemed renown for taking in many children to raise.Much of the following informationhas beed obtained from "History of Delaware County", Kemper, 1908 and "History or Randolph County", , , Biography of Isaac Branson Isaac Branson was a soldier during the War of 1812. As yet, I have no specific information regarding his enlistment, however, his grave has a War of 1812 Memorial Marker. Isaac's father, Robert Branson, served as a Private under Captain Evan's Company in the Ohio Militia from February 24 to March 24, 1813. Following a common direction of migration, Isaac is said to have left Virginia, crossing the mountains into Kentucky, where I believe he met and married Martha Chipman who was born on February 15, 1798; they were married June 9, 1818. Shortly after, Isaac and his new bride moved to Highland county, Ohio, arriving there in 1818. Isaac and Martha (Aunt Patsy) may have been the first settlers in Stony Creek Township arriving as early as February of 1819. They resided in the county some time before entering land (Sections 10, 19 and 12) on November 28, 1822, which was four weeks after David Vestal made the first land entry on October 31, 1822. It may have taken Isaac and Aunt Patsy the three years to raise money for an entry. Isaac and Aunt Patsy had peculiar hardships when they first settled in Randolph. They came into the woods with one horse of their own, though somebody's two-horse wagon moved them there. Less than a week after they arrived, Isaac cut his knee with a frow, while splitting clapboards for a roof to the "camp". So badly was Isaac hurt that he could not step on his foot for six weeks and spent much of that time laying helpless on the puncheons of the floor. About the same time, their only horse died.The horse was not very good, but it was better than none, and it was all they had, and they had nothing to buy another. Isaac and Aunt Patsy had brought four large iron kettles to make sugar in and were accompanied to their forest home by Isaac's 17-year-old brother that I believe was Robert A. Branson (my ancestor). Aunt Patsy and Robert took hold and opened an immense sugar camp that stood ready to their hand, and actually cut the wood, carried the water, made the troughs, and produced about three barrels of excellent tree sugar, all nice and dry, as good as need be. Their sugar was indeed a "God-send" to the poor afflicted family in the wilderness. Isaac hired a "Plug" Pony of his uncle in Wayne County and contrived to do his work. After they got corn planted, he took sugar to Richmond and exchanged it for corn and other necessaries. But their corn and vegetables grew splendidly, and long before the year was out, they had plenty of corn and potatoes and such things. They took to the corn as soon as it came to "roasting ears," potatoes as soon as they would do to cook, and squashes as soon as they got large enough, and so on. They had a cow and the pea-vines were up to her back, and she gave abundance of milk, and grew fat on her keeping to boot. When Isaac went to Richmond with his sugar, he borrowed a wagon and a yoke of oxen, and took grain and things, also, for some other neighbor settlers, and the trip took a week or more. The sister of Anna Retz was keeping house for Isaac Branson, and was with his children during the storm of 1824 called "Fallen Timbers". Anna's father clambered over the trees after the storm to find that half of Isaac's house roof was blown off and the stable roof also, and the logs were blown down around the horse, so that he could not move; yet he was not hurt.Their cow was killed, and that was the only animal Anna knew to have been hurt. Isaac later sold this land to Joseph Rooks in about 1825 and the property became the farm of Abram Clevinger.Isaac entered land again in the southern part of Nettle Creek Township (W.N.W., 15, 18 and 12), near Mr. Burrohgis, on March 26, 1826.Selling again, he moved to Delaware County in 1828 where he and Aunt Patsy became Pioneers in that region; they settled on Buck Creek within six miles of Muncietown. During the remainder of his life, Isaac was a successful dealer in land and owned many tracts at various times in Delaware and surrounding counties. He was known to be a good man; respected by all that knew him. Isaac and Aunt Patsy had no children but took in many homeless orphans. During their married life they furnished a home and supplied the wants of no less than fourteen children -- some of them until they reached mature years. Perhaps some confusion regarding parentage of Branson's found in Delaware County is thatsome of these children carried Isaac's name into adulthood. Isaac was blind during the closing years of his life. He and Aunt Patsy moved to Muncietown in 1858 where Isaac died three weeks later on November 8. Later in life, Aunt Patsy lived with one of her "daughters" in Muncie, Delaware County, and perhaps no pioneer of the county was held in greater esteem, or had more true friends, than the quaint, old-time lady they called Aunt Patsy. When she was nearly ninety years old, she was still very spry and strong, walked a mile or two without difficulty or fatigue, and retained in memory the events of her old time life with remarkable tenacity. It was a humorous boast of hers that for forty years she cut her garments by the same pattern. She was said to have possessed a strong individuality, had a noble heart and was a true friend. Through the long years of her widowhood she remained cheerful and sunny in disposition, always recognizing the realities of life, thinking of the brighter side.During her last years she was rewarded with a pension at the rate of $12.00 per month. Aunt Patsy died September 4, 1891 and was buried with Isaac in the Beech Grove cemetery, Muncie, Indiana. |
| 32. | v. | MAHLON BRANSON, b. September 16, 1796, Virginia. |
| 33. | vi. | NATHAN BRANSON, b. Abt. 1798, Virginia; d. 1829. |
| 34. | vii. | ROBERT A. BRANSON, b. March 25, 1802, Virginia; d. January 06, 1854, Delaware County, Indiana. |
| viii. | MARY BRANSON, b. Abt. 1804, Virginia. |
| 35. | ix. | REBECCA BRANSON, b. Abt. 1806, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. |
| x. | JACOB BRANSON, b. Abt. 1807, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; m. (1) POLLY ALLEN; m. (2) LYDIA JANE WARD. |
| xi. | LOIS BRANSON, b. Abt. 1810, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; m. JOHN HOLMAN. |
| 36. | xii. | LOT BRANSON, b. Abt. 1812, Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. |
Child of LYDIA FAWCETT and JOHN HORNER is:
| 37. | i. | JOHN7 HORNER III, b. 1814; d. 1890. |
Notes for ELI WILLIAM BRANSON:
Information re: Middle name came from sawlog1992@aol.com
Child of ELI BRANSON and LYDIA BARKER is:
| 38. | i. | JOHN7 BRANSON, b. March 28, 1795; d. September 02, 1867. |