John Brockman Jr.

• Birth Notes
  • b 8 MAY 1735 in St. Thomas Parish,Orange Co.,VA.

• Death Notes
  • John's will was written 27 November 1800 and probated on 13 February 1801. John died 31 January 1801 and Amelia died in 1808 - both in Laurens Co, SC and both buried at the Clear Springs Baptist Church, Greenville Co, SC.

• General Notes
  • The family first lived in VA, but John and Amelia moved to Guilford county and then to Caswell County, NC and then to the Greenville District of SC. Many of their descendents still live in the Greenville, SC area. 2. John was a private in the American Revolution he enlisted and served from Caswell co., NC. DAR Index I 87 . From WFT 8 420, NC Archives Cert. 1400. For sundries furnished and cash paid to the militia of NC, VA and SC, as allowed by the auditors of Hillsborough Dist. in Dec. 1781, Report No. 81, Name John Brockman, number of vouchers 158, amount 2,500 pounds currency. 3. He received a 500 acre land grant on the Little Wolf Island Creek in NC on 13 Oct 1783 WFT 8 420 . 4. He had a land grant for 516 acres in District 96, SC OCVF IV 127 . 5. The Clear Springs Cemetery is close to Simpsonville in Greenville co., SC. 6. His will was proven 13 Feb 1801. SOURCES INCLUDE Virkus 4 70 and 5 690. Compendium Amer. Geneal. Hoosier Genealogy 2 1 4, 1962 see this for children . Clark, H.W. 1905 Genealogy of the Brockman and Dean Families. Montgomery, AL. Orange County Virginia Families III 110. Orange County Virginia Families IV 127 128. Brockman Scrapbook, page 198 202 page 199 his will . Southern Genealogist Exchange Quarterly, 10 7 8, Winter of 1969. AFN 5015 ND. DAC 8 66, 11 174, 21 401. World Family Tree, Vol. 8, Pedigree 420, 9 2327. DAR Lineage Book 162 285.
    
    Herman Geshwind, Old Pendelton District Database - a project of the Old Pendelton District Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogica Society..
    
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
    Repository:
    Family History Library
    35 N West Temple Street
    Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA).
    
    National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,compiler, SAR Patriot Index, 1999 Edition CD-ROM (PP-9905) ([Wolfville, NS: Progeny Publishing, 1999]. ,).
    
    Joseph R. Gainey, Some Spartanburg County Cemeteries (Repository: Spartanburg County Public Library), 102.
    
    John furnished sundries and paid cash to the Militia of North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. A certificate was issued for his Patriot Service by Auditor of Hillsborough District in December, 1781.

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