John Redding Brantley1

Male, #46368, (say 1805 - 1849)

Parent*John Brantley2 (c 1778 - )
Parent*Mary Redding2 (c 1784 - )
John Redding Brantley|b. say 1805\nd. 1849|p46368.htm|John Brantley|b. circa 1778|p46364.htm|Mary Redding|b. circa 1784|p46365.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*say 1805 He was born say 1805 at South Carolina.2 
 He was the son of John Brantley and Mary Redding.2 
1810 Census6 Aug 1810 John and Francis was probably a free white male, age under 10, 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..3 
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.).4 
Census1820 John, Francis and Joseph was probably a free white male, age under 21, in an unknown person 's household in the D Census at Conecuh Co., Alabama.5 
Marriage*say 1825 He married Cynthia Horton at Alabama say 1825.2 
Death*1849 He died at Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in 1849.2 

Family

Cynthia Horton (say 1808 - )

Last Edited 7 Oct 2003

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.
    Descendant Pattie Dawson advises that John R. was John Redding. The Redding middle name is given further credance by: (1) the obituary of Mary's son Edwin which says his mother was Mary Redding, and (2) "History of the Great NW" which says that Theodore Brantley's ancestor on the female side was a Redding.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.