Vol. 2 of A BRASHEAR(S) FAMILY HISTORY: "Robert C. Brashear and Some Descendants in TN, KY, MO, TX, etc." is in printing. Click here to see table of contents below for descriptions.  Send a note along with a check or money order (sorry, no credit cards) stating how many you want and where you want it/them sent.

WARNING!  Don't mistake this for something it isn't. (Some people bought the Brazier book, and then complained that their Brashear family wasn't in it!) This series of books is about descendants of Robert and Benois Brasseur, French Huguenot immigrants to Virginia, c1635, whose surname was Anglicized as Brashear.  Over the years, many branches of the family added an "s" to make it Brashears.  Benois Brasseur was naturalized in Calvert Co, MD, in 1662, and became known as Benjamin Brashear; he is the progenitor of virtually all Americans with surnames Brashear, Brashears, Brashares, Breshear(s), Breashear(s), Broshear(s), Beshear(s), Boshear(s), Beshires, often Brasher, Brashers, Brashier, Brashiers, sometimes Brazier, and about 35 other spellings.

The 1740s were an economically rough time in Maryland (some of our family lost their land and/or spent time in debtors' prison). Newly opened land in the Granville District of North Carolina was an invitation to a new start.  Three Brashear brothers--Robert C., Basil, and Otho--migrated to NC in the late 1740s, early 1750s, where Robert and Basil got land grants. Basil went broke again and left about 1766, and Otho simply disappeared, but Robert C. Brashear and his wife, Charity Dowell, stayed on and (we think) prospered. They were patriots during the Revolutionary War, after which newly opening land in western places beckoned again, and the family succumbed to wanderlust or land-hunger; they became part of the American westward movement. This book traces the families of sons Philip, Asa, and Zaza, and daughter, Ann (Brashear) Ball; Robert Samuel Brashear and Jesse Brashears have to wait for vol. 3 and vol. 5, respectively.

I have ordered 500 of Vol. 2 printed in hard-cover (no paperbacks this time; no great demand for paperbacks).  The book is 7" by 10", 316 pages (290 pages of text, about 50 illustrations, and 24 pages of 4-column index--over 4000 entries).  In order to get my money back on what I think I will sell, I'm going to have to charge $35 for the hard-cover.  Please add $3.00 for postage and packaging, and California residents (sigh) will have to add 7.75% sales tax.  It's a pain in the backbone, but I'm going to have to pay the State, so you'll have to pay me.

Send a note, saying which version you want and where you want it sent, along with the money, to

               Charles Brashear, Books Etc
               2380 NW Estaview Circle
               Corvallis, OR 97330-1066
               phone: 541/738-2685
               e-mail: brashear@mail.sdsu.edu   

If any of you want to order a gift copy for your favorite library, I'll knock $10 off the price (that is, you pay $25.00 for the hardback--plus $3 p&p), and I'll send it to the library in your name.  Just tell me which library, or let me pick one.

Well, inundate me with orders, please.  Pass the word on to all your friends and relatives!  Copy this and mail it to people like grandmothers, cousins, in-laws, especially those who do not carry the Brashear(s) surname(s).

               Charles Brashear, Books Etc
               2380 NW Estaview Circle
               Corvallis, OR 97330-1066
               phone: 541/738-2685
               e-mail: brashear@mail.sdsu.edu   

Visit the Charles Brashear website: www.charlesbrashear.com

               Charles Brashear, Books Etc
               2380 NW Estaview Circle
               Corvallis, OR 97330-1066
               phone: 541/738-2685
               e-mail: brashear@mail.sdsu.edu   

Visit the Charles Brashear website: www.charlesbrashear.com

DISCLAIMER: The author makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of any information provided in this document and is not responsible for any consequences of its use. Most of the material is based upon factual information, but some of the material related to individuals may be the author's opinions.