Notes for Richard Brashears

Notes for Richard Brashears

!Charles Brashear:Two Brashear Families 927.273 B736bc: "as a youth gained fame as a Captain in the forces of Gen. Geo. Rogers Clark, but had an unhappy marriage and a somewhat obscure later life."

!"The Long Knives Against the Indians" pg. 74-75. "The Conquest of the Country Northwest of the Ohio" by William English. "Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers" pg. 26: Richard and his brother, Tobias, married sisters who were the daughters of William Brocus. Richard was discharged from the Army in Louisville, KY in 1781 and married Ann Brocus that same year. He was 27. He was granted 4000 acres for his military service: 1000 acres at the mouth of Obyan Creek on 8-3-1782, 1000 acres on the Virginia and Carolina state line on 8-6-1784, 1000 acres on the Cumberland River on 8-10-1784 and 1000 acres on Mayfield Creek on 8-12-1784. Richard & Tobias were with Gen. George Rogers Clark at Vincenes.

!Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA; Section II (4), [Document No. 30--List No. I] - Brashear, Rich'd Captain State 4000 Mar. 3, 1784 3 years

!Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA; SECTION II, (5), [DOCUMENT No. 31--LIST No. 2] (5) LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE VIRGINIA CONTINENTAL AND STATE SINES AND STATE NAVY, WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE ARMY REGISTER, AND WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED LAND FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, OR NOT IN THE CHARACTERS IN WHICH THEY THERE APPEAR.
Brashear, Richard, Capt.

!Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA; SECTION 11, (7) TO (10) [DOCUMENT No. 32--LIST No. 4] ILLINOIS REGIMENT, WESTERN REGIMENT AND CAPTAIN FRANCIS CHARLOVILLES VOLUNTEERS, BOUNTY LANDS. 3. Brashear, Richard Captain 4000 March, 1784.

!Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA; SECTION IV; [p.530]: Brashears, Richard, Capt. Inf. (Ill. Regt. Cav., Va. State Line, Col.
George R. Clark). (Nos. 1,481 and 62,196). Mentioned: James Montgomery, Richard Harrison, Capt. A. Keller, Lieut. Joseph Calvit, "all of same regiment"; Lieut. Col. John Montgomery, Maj. Thomas Quirk, Capt. Robert Todd, Capt. Isaac Taylor, Capt. John Bayley, Capt. Michael Perrault, Capt. John Williams, Capt. John Gerault, Rev. John Kemp.

!Brashears, Richard (A.G. 50,020), Capt. in Clarke's Ill. Regt., Va. State Troops; LINK FOUND AT: http://my.execpc.com/~sril/clarkv01.htm
Stationed at Fort Kaskaskia. Left the service Dec. 31, 1781; d May 27, 1822. M at Fort Kaskaskia to Ann Brocus, daughter of William Brocus, divorced Dec. 28, 1805. In 1830 she, as Nancy Tabor, was living at Fort Gibson, Miss. Richard Brashears and Ann had a daughter, Celest, who m Arthur Caney (or Carney) and had a daughter, Elizabeth Louise Caney, who m Joseph Nicolls. At the death of the soldier, Joseph Nicolls and his wife, then living in La., were his only heirs.