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Descendants of William BRIGANCE (2 Generations Only)
Generation No. 1
1. William1 BRIGANCE1 was born Bef. 1750 in PA (?), and died 1804 in Sumner County, TN. He married Elizabeth (Brigance). She was born Abt. 1750, and died 1816 in Sumner County, TN.
Children of William BRIGANCE and Elizabeth (Brigance) are: + 2 i. James2 BRIGANCE, born September 13, 1765 in Pennsylvania or North Carolina; died February 25, 1825 in Sumner County, TN. 3 ii. Catherine BRIGANCE, born Bet. 1780 - 1790 in Sumner County, Tennessee. She married Henry Richard WILLIS. 4 iii. Mary (Polly) BRIGANCE, born Abt. 1782. She married George DEMPSY October 06, 1803 in Sumner County, TN; born Abt. 1776 in NC; died Aft. 1852 in Sumner County, TN. 5 iv. John BRIGANCE, born July 28, 1782. 6 v. Charlotte BRIGANCE, born Bet. 1790 - 1800 in Sumner County, TN; died Aft. 1840. 7 vi. Peggy BRIGANCE, born Bet. 1790 - 1804 in Sumner County, TN. 8 vii. Robert BRIGANCE, born Bet. 1790 - 1804. + 9 viii. William Carroll BRIGANCE, born Abt. 1791 in Sumner County, Tennessee; died Aft. 1842 in Pope County, Arkansas. + 10 ix. Elizabeth (Betsy) BRIGANCE, born 1792 in Sumner County, Tennessee; died Aft. October 02, 1850.
Generation No. 2
2. James2 BRIGANCE (William1) was born September 13, 1765 in Pennsylvania or North Carolina, and died February 25, 1825 in Sumner County, TN2. He married Hanna TURNER. She was born September 14, 1778, and died April 29, 1852 in Sumner County, TN.
Children of James BRIGANCE and Hanna TURNER are: 11 i. Milton H.3 BRIGANCE, born Abt. 1800. He married (1) Harriet JOSEY. He married (2) Ann DEMPSEY February 16, 1831 in Sumner County, Tennessee. 12 ii. Levenia C. BRIGANCE, born April 20, 1803. 13 iii. Alvah BRIGANCE, born December 22, 1814. 14 iv. Albert G. BRIGANCE, born April 22, 1817 in Sumner County, Tennessee; died December 16, 1896 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He married Susan M. COTTON; born February 27, 1828; died February 27, 1885 in Sumner County, Tennessee. More About Albert G. BRIGANCE: Burial: Old Brigance Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee3 More About Susan M. COTTON: Burial: Old Brigance Cemetery, Sumner County, Tennessee 15 v. John BRIGANCE. 16 vi. Catherine BRIGANCE. 17 vii. Isaac N. BRIGANCE, born Abt. 1814. 18 viii. Melissa H. BRIGANCE, born January 10, 1819.
9. William Carroll2 BRIGANCE (William1) was born Abt. 1791 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died Aft. 1842 in Pope County, Arkansas. He married Sarah A. SPARKS March 18, 1813 in St. Clair County, Illinois, daughter of Matthew SPARKS and Margaret TRAYLOR. She was born Abt. 1790 in Probably Wilkes County, Georgia, and died Bef. 1842 in Arkansas.
Children of William BRIGANCE and Sarah SPARKS are: 19 i. Alexander J.3 BRIGANCE, born Bet. 1813 - 1814 in Sumner County, TN4. He married Elizabeth SHAW March 20, 1859 in Pope County, AR; born Abt. 1815 in TN4. Notes for Alexander J. BRIGANCE: 10/31/1999 From the Pope County Federal Land Records: L Name F Name MI Sec No T R Acres Date BRIGANCE ALEXANDER J 10 8N 20W 40 1860/03/01
20 ii. Albert Caroll BRIGANCE, born April 22, 1817 in Sumner County, TN; died Abt. 1876. He married (1) Julia Ann HARRISON; born Abt. 1827 in TN; died June 18, 1911 in Montague, TX. He married (2) Elvira HAMILTON September 06, 1838 in Pope County, AR; born Abt. 1820 in Sumner County, TN; died Abt. 1840. He married (3) Julian HARRISON April 28, 1842 in Pope Co., AR. 21 iii. Melissa A. BRIGANCE, born June 01, 1818 in Tennessee4; died October 01, 1883 in Pope Co., Arkansas. She married (1) Alfred G. HAMILTON December 1840 in Pope County, Arkansas5; born September 15, 1808 in Tennessee; died November 1850 in Pope County, Arkansas. She married (2) Ancil Benjamin VANN January 14, 1855; born 1802 in South Carolina6; died Bef. 1870. Notes for Melissa A. BRIGANCE: 03/03/2003 Melissa Hamilton had her census taken twice in 1850. Once on November 6, 1850, family #396, when Alfred G. Hamilton, her husband, was alive. Then she had it taken again as Melissa Brigance on December 2, 1850, as family #681 without Alfred, now deceased. More About Melissa A. BRIGANCE: Census 1: 1850, Pope Co., Arkansas7 Census 2: 1870, Pope Co., Arkansas8 More About Alfred G. HAMILTON: Census: 1850, Pope County, Arkansas9 Occupation: 1850, Farmer9 Tax List: 1838, Johnson County, Arkansas Notes for Ancil Benjamin VANN: 03/03/2002 From the 1850 Federal Census of Washington Co., Fla: 23 Oct, 1850; 3rd Div; E. H. Kilber, Asst. Marshal; pg 561: VANN, Ancil B. 47 M Shoemaker 250 S.C. Josiah 42 M Ga William J. 13 M Ga Seabourn 11 M Ga Tabitha A. 10 F Ga Susan 4 F Fl Louis G. 2 M Fl
More About Ancil Benjamin VANN: Census 1: 1830, Walton County, Georgia Census 2: 1840, Campbell County, Georgia Census 3: 1850, Washington County, Florida Occupation: 1860, Shoe & Boot Maker 22 iv. Margaret Ann BRIGANCE, born 1821. 23 v. Elizabeth Jane BRIGANCE, born 1823; died October 1860 in Pope County, AR. 24 vi. Fanny D. BRIGANCE, born 1824 in Tennessee; died April 03, 1856 in Russellville, Pope Co., Arkansas. She married Thomas Henry HAMILTON December 19, 1838 in Pope Co., Arkansas10; born October 05, 1819 in Hunnington, Tennessee; died March 11, 1903 in Russellville, Pope Co, Arkansas. More About Thomas Henry HAMILTON: Burial: Russellville Cemetery, Russellivlle, Pope County, Arkansas10 25 vii. John S. BRIGANCE, born Abt. 1826 in TN; died 1862. More About John S. BRIGANCE: Census: 1850, Pope Co., Arkansas11 Occupation: 1850, Farmer 26 viii. Melvin Lafayette BRIGANCE I, born 1831 in Carroll County, TN; died November 11, 1920 in Atoka, OK. He married Mary Ann Vance HAMILTON November 29, 1857; born September 19, 1828 in Sumner County, TN12; died March 02, 1906 in Atoka Co., OK. Notes for Melvin Lafayette BRIGANCE I: 09/10/2001 From Brigance Genealogy: Melvin Lafayette Brigance changed his name, and sides during the Civil War. His final name was Melvin L. Brigham. Melvin L. Brigance's Confederate military record states "Deserted to the enemy 09/10/1863, the same date he entered the Union Infantry as Lafayette M. Brigance. He was 33 and enrolled at Dardanell, Arkansas in the 2nd Arkansas Union Infantry, AR Co. D. 09/10/1863 for 3 years. He is described as blue eyes, red complexion and born in Carroll County, Tennessee. There is a note in Lafayette M.'s military record stating "Also M.L. Brigance & W.S. Brigance" He must have changed to Brigham about that time. Later in the 1870 census he is listed as Marquis L. Brigham. More About Melvin Lafayette BRIGANCE I: Burial: Heights/Westview Cemetery, Atoka, Oklahoma Census: 1850, Ouachita County, Arkansas Notes for Mary Ann Vance HAMILTON: 09/21/2001 On September 19, 1844, on her 16th birthday Mary Ann Hamilton married James A. Empson, 22, in Pope County, Arkansas, in the home of her father. Her tombstone shows her birth date as March 22, 1828. More About Mary Ann Vance HAMILTON: Burial: Heights/Westview Cemetery, Atoka, Oklahoma 27 ix. Jasper Newton BRIGANCE, born January 17, 1832 in TN; died January 1903 in Mulberry Township, Franklin Co., AR. He married Clementine (Queensberry) WAGNER; born 1844 in Franklin County, AR; died December 13, 1925. 28 x. Susan Minerva BRIGANCE, born Abt. 1837 in AR. More About Susan Minerva BRIGANCE: Census: 1850, Pope Co., Arkansas13
10. Elizabeth (Betsy)2 BRIGANCE (William1) was born 1792 in Sumner County, Tennessee, and died Aft. October 02, 1850. She married Isaac LOONEY February 28, 1810 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He died Aft. 1889.
Children of Elizabeth BRIGANCE and Isaac LOONEY are: 29 i. John3 LOONEY, born 1816. 30 ii. Matilda LOONEY, born 1817. 31 iii. Minerva LOONEY, born 1818. 32 iv. William Russell LOONEY, born 1819. 33 v. Absolam LOONEY, born 1820. 34 vi. Paris LOONEY, born 1824. 35 vii. Peter LOONEY, born 1826. 36 viii. Thomas LOONEY, born 1828. 37 ix. Rachael Elizabeth LOONEY, born Abt. 1834.
Endnotes
1. Albert H. Brigance, Brigance Genealogy, Pg. 94. 2. Brigance Genealogy 3. Albert H. Brigance, Brigance Genealogy, pg. 99. 4. Brigance Genealogy 5. Henry Clay Hamilton Family Bible. 6. Brigance Genealogy 7. 1850 Federal Census - Pope County, Arkansas. 8. 1870 Federal Census - Pope County, Arkansas, she is recorded as living with her step-son Seaborn J. Vann. 9. 1850 Federal Census - Pope County, Arkansas. 10. Pope County Historical Association, History of Pope County, Arkansas, (First Edition 1979), Family #288. 11. 1850 Federal Census - Pope County, Arkansas, pg. 268B, family #396, John lived with his sister Melissa who was married to Alfred G. Hamilton. 12. Brigance Genealogy 13. 1850 Federal Census - Pope County, Arkansas, pg. 368B, family #396, Susan lived with his sister Melissa who was married to Alfred G. Hamilton.
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