Dudley BRANNON & Mary BRYANT

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Dudley BRANNON
Mary BRYANT

Husband: Dudley BRANNON
Birth: 1770-80, NC
Father: William BRANNON

Marriage:
Migration: 1805, arrives in Christian Co., KY
Migration: 1828-31, moves to Greene Co., IL

Wife: Mary "Polly" BRYANT

Children:

According to J.A. Powell:
1. Rachel BRANNON, b. 1801, SC

According to the LDS Ancestral File:
2. John BRANNON, b. ca. 1809; m. 31 Jul 1828, Christian Co., KY, Elizabeth BOYD
3. James BRANNON, b. ca. 1811
4. Sarah BRANNON, b. ca. 1813; m. ca. 1831, Greene Co., IL, Daniel R. JONES
5. Mary BRANNON, b. ca. 1815; m. Richard B. CUNNINGHAM
6. Thomas BRANNON, b. 18 Dec 1817; d. 31 Jan 1878, Greene Co., IL; m. 17 Jul 1839, Greene Co., IL, Nancy Caroline ORTON
7. Lucinda BRANNON, b. ca. 1819; m. 4 Sep 1840, Greene Co., IL, Lewalter F. THOMPSON
8. Enoch BRANNON, b. ca. 1820
9. Willis Dudley BRANNON, b. 1822; m. 9 Sep 1845, Greene Co., IL, Sarah Elizabeth ORTON
10. Alzana BRANNON, b. 1824

Sources:

1. Anon. 1991. The 1795 Census of Kentucky [as constructed from tax lists]. T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL: Dudley Brannon not found.

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312 — though there is no 1800 KY census, the disk includes the 1800 tax roll of Christian Co., KY): Dudley Brannon not found.

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313): Dudley Brannon not found.

4. Christian County Genealogical Society (Hopkinsville, KY). 1995. Christian County, KY, Census Records, 1820-1830-1840. Simmons Historical Publ., Melber, KY: Dudley Brannon not found.

5a. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1804-1809. (self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY):

Pg. in
Willhite Year Dist.* Last
Name First
Name A B C D E Acres Watercourse

1804

46 1805 North Brannon Dudley [data said to be unreadable]

1806

114 1807 East Branum Dudley 1 2 173 T W

1808

1809

Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this column not used in 1809);
C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses

Abbreviations: T W = Tradewater River

*The county was divided into just two districts: from 1804 to 1806, into North and South Districts; beginning in 1807, into East and West Districts.

5b. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1810-1813. (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY).

Pg. in
Willhite Year First
Name Last
Name A B C D E Acres Watercourse

4 1810 Dudley Brandon 1 3

55 1811 Dudley Brannon 1 2 70 T W

105 1812 Dudley Brannon 1 3 90 T W

155 1813 Dudley Branon 1 3 90 T W

Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this column used only in 1811);
C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses

Abbreviations: T W = Tradewater River

5c. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1814-1818. (Self-published. This book is out of print. I do not have a copy. If you have one to sell, please contact me.)

5d. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1819-1823. (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY).

Pg. in
Willhite Year First
Name Last
Name A B C D Acres Watercourse

8 1819 Dudley Branon 1 2 130 T W

80 1820 Dudley Brannon 1 3 90 T W

122 1821 Dudley Brannon 1 3 90 T W

166 1822 Dudley Brannon 1 4 170 T W

209 1823 Dudley Brannon 1 4 90

Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = Blacks over 16; C = Total Blacks; D = Horses

Abbreviations: T W = Tradewater River

6. Lon Arneld Bostick, Sr. & James Taylor Killebrew. 1985. County Court Order Book "A" for Christian County, Kentucky for the Years 21 March 1797 - 29 August 1805... Christian County Genealogical Society (1101 Bethel St., Hopkinsville, KY 42240): Dudley Brannon not found.

7. Lon Arneld Bostick, Sr. 1987. County Court Order Book "B" Part 1 for Christian County, Kentucky, for the years 14 Oct 1805 - 12 Sep 1809 for a County Court held at Town of Hopkinsville. Christian County Family and History Research Society (4465 Cadiz Rd., Hopkinsville, KY 42240). First column is the page number in Bostick; second column is the page number in Court Order Book B.

p. p. Date Motions

45 93 12 May 1806 Dudley Brannon exempted from paying a State Tax on one horse and County Levy on one Tythe they being improperly listed by the Commissioner in 1805 to be collected in 1806 and that it be certifyed to the Auditor and Sheriff.

8. James Taylor Killebrew. 1987. County Court Order Book "B" Part 2 for Christian County, Kentucky, for the years Nov. 1809 - 6 June 1814 for a County Court held at Town of Hopkinsville. Christian County Family and History Research Society (4465 Cadiz Rd., Hopkinsville, KY 42240): Dudley Brannon not found.

9. Christian County Genealogical Society. 1997. Christian County, Kentucky, Deed Abstracts of Books G-H-I (1816-1819). Christian Co. Gen. Soc. (1101 Bethel St.), Hopkinsville, KY 42240: Dudley Brannon not found.

10. Anon. 1993. Christian County, Kentucky, Wills and Estates, 1815-1823: Christian County Will Book C. T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL: Dudley Brannon not found.

11. "John Bobbitt m. Esther Brannon SC > KY," Message #333, by J.A. Powell, in the Bobbitt Family Genealogy Forum at GenForum.

12. Descendants of Caron Brannon by Virginia K. Wills. [link died]

13. Ancestors of Thomas Henry Brannon by Catherine Brannon Brock. [link died] Also has Dudley b. 1778 in Rome, GA.

14. LDS. Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index (online).

15. Email from Elsie M. Landon (15 Aug 2001): Mary's surname is BRYANT.

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