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George Y Braswell

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George Y Braswell

Birth
Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1 Aug 1888 (aged 70)
Union County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Marysville, Union County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Son of Irvin William Braswell (1790 NC - 1845 NC) & Hannah Watson Braswell (1795 NC - 1828 NC).

The following information was submitted by Contributor #47696479: Census records for 1850 & 1860 show his wife to be Mary (perhaps Myers).
"A HISTORY OF THE MARYSVILLE / WILKS COMMUNITY"
Compiled by Fonda Smith Dugal, May 1991. Published in the SoWeAr Genealogical Society journal, Fall 1991. (daughter of Excel Smith, granddaughter Marcus and Emma Williams Smith)
In the preface [of the Methodist Episcopal Church South roll of September 1884] the name of the church given is PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH located in WILKS, Arkansas. [1] George Dallas Williams and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Melton, both of whom were members of the church by 1868, had several children. On the birth certificate of their son, George Dallas, his place of birth is recorded as Wilks, Arkansas. There is a small oil field containing just a few wells located east of the Don Vinson house place that is named the Wilks Field. Before 1857 there was a store by the name of Wilks Store. One of the original organizers of the church, Isham Melton, bought the store in 1857 from Mr. Wilks. The building housing the store was located on what is now known as the Dan Davis place, which is on the Marysville Cemetery Road. "
Son of Irvin William Braswell (1790 NC - 1845 NC) & Hannah Watson Braswell (1795 NC - 1828 NC).

The following information was submitted by Contributor #47696479: Census records for 1850 & 1860 show his wife to be Mary (perhaps Myers).
"A HISTORY OF THE MARYSVILLE / WILKS COMMUNITY"
Compiled by Fonda Smith Dugal, May 1991. Published in the SoWeAr Genealogical Society journal, Fall 1991. (daughter of Excel Smith, granddaughter Marcus and Emma Williams Smith)
In the preface [of the Methodist Episcopal Church South roll of September 1884] the name of the church given is PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH located in WILKS, Arkansas. [1] George Dallas Williams and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Melton, both of whom were members of the church by 1868, had several children. On the birth certificate of their son, George Dallas, his place of birth is recorded as Wilks, Arkansas. There is a small oil field containing just a few wells located east of the Don Vinson house place that is named the Wilks Field. Before 1857 there was a store by the name of Wilks Store. One of the original organizers of the church, Isham Melton, bought the store in 1857 from Mr. Wilks. The building housing the store was located on what is now known as the Dan Davis place, which is on the Marysville Cemetery Road. "

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