Mary Redding1

Female, #46365, (circa 1784 - )

Ancestry Unknown* Information about the ancestry (and husband, if none is shown below), of Mary Redding is wanted. See page footer for contact information. 
Birth*circa 1784 She was born circa 1784.2 
Marriage*circa 1800 She married John Brantley at South Carolina circa 1800.3 
Married Namecirca 1800  As of circa 1800, her married name was Brantley.3 
1800 Census4 Aug 1800 Mary was probably a free white female, age 10 and under 16, in an unknown person 's household on the 1800 Census at Saint Peter's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F45+..4 
1810 Census6 Aug 1810 Mary was probably a free white female, age 26 and under 45, in John Brantley's household on the 1810 Census at Saint Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, South Carolina. Enumerated in the census but otherwise not identified is 1 F0-10..5 
Relocationcirca 1817 Family member(s) Mary Redding, John Redding Brantley, Francis Manley Brantley and Joseph Van Buren Brantley, accompanying John Brantley, relocated circa 1817 at Conecuh Co., Alabama, (The Creek Indians ceded much of South Alabama in 1814, and from part of this land, Monroe County was formed on 29 Jun 1815 by the Mississippi Territorial Governor. The Alabama Territory was created on 3 Mar 1817, and the AL Territorial legislature formed Conecuh County on 13 Feb 1818 from part of Monroe County.
     Prior to the settlement of Brooklyn proper, quite a community had been formed on Ard’s and Bottle creeks. There were in this community, as early as 1818, two stores, owned respectively by McConnell and George Feagin. There was also a school being taught here by Mr Graham, of Georgia; and a blacksmith shop, owned by John Brantley. No trace of the settlement, which was about six miles northwest of the present location of Brooklyn, remains. The last vestige has been obliterated by plantations. A Methodist church was erected in 1821; the pastor of which was Elder Alexander Travis.).6 
Census1820 Mary was probably a free white female, age 21 or more, in an unknown person 's household in the D Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama.7 
1830 Census1 Jun 1830 Mary was probably a free white female, age 50 and under 60, in John Brantley's household, on the 1830 Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama.8 

Family

John Brantley (circa 1778 - )
Children

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Last Edited 15 Dec 2007

Citations

  1. Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
    The obituary of Mary's son Edwin says his mother was Mary Redding.
    "History of the Great NW" also says that Theodore Brantley's ancestor on the female side was a Redding.
  2. Based upon the fact that she apparently was age 10-16 in 1800 census.
  3. Ken Brantley, Brantley Association research, including John/Jack Brantley Study and family group sheets, For more info on the Brantley family, contact author at e-mail address, 4750 Oakleigh Manor Dr., Powder Springs, GA 30127: Brantley Association, Oct 2003.
  4. Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
    1800 Census, St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, pages 108-109 (Ref. page 15)
    John Brantly, 1M16-26, 1F10-16, 1F45+.
  5. Lawrence E. Jarrell, Early Beaufort SC Census, High Point, NC: Alligator Creek Genealogy Pubs., 1998.
    1810 Census, St. Luke's Parish, Beaufort District, SC, page 130 (Ref. page 29)
    John Brantley, 2M0-10, 1M26-44 2F0-10, 1F26-44.
  6. Benjamin Franklin Riley and J. Vernon Brantley, History of Conecuh County, Alabama, Blue Hill, ME: Weekly Packet, 1964, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. 976.126 H2r.
    page 47.
  7. Conecuh Co., AL 1820 State census, as transcribed by Ken Brantley:
    4 M<21, 1 M>21, 1 F<21, 1 F>21, 7 slaves.
  8. 1830 Federal Census, United States.
    Unk Twp, Conecuh Co., AL, page 100. Ancestry image 23
    John Brantley, 2M0-5, 1M5-10, 1M15-20, 1M30-40, 1M50-60, 1F5-10, 1F50-60.
  9. , RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
    "Bruey-Whitfield Quilt" (DB: shirleywhitfield) Shirley Bruey Whitfield. <e-mail address>