Jacob Braselton

Birth: Mar. 17, 1785 Knap of Reeds Granville County North Carolina, USA Death: Dec. 17, 1849 Jackson County Georgia, USA

Jacob was the son of Jacob Braselton and Hannah Green. He married Mary, daughter of John Bryson, in Pendleton Dist., South Carolina, on 13 March 1815. On 25 July 1818, Jacob joined Walnut Fork Baptist church in Jackson Co., Georgia, and was made a deacon on 24 July 1819. His wife Mary joined the church in March 1820.

An obituary for Jacob appears in the "Christian Index" (a Baptist newspaper), 14 March 1850, p. 43, col. 6. It was written by M.J. Garner, clerk of the Walnut Fork church. It also notes that Jacob Braselton died in Jackson Co. on 17 Dec. 1849, aged 64 years and 9 months. It notes that soon after joining the church, Jacob was made a deacon and clerk of the church, and that he bore his final illness "with sustaining Christian patience," and "died as he lived relying on the merits of his Saviour."

A eulogy for Jacob in the Walnut Fork Baptist church minutes for 2 March 1850, p. 166, state that Jacob was an exemplary member of the church and long served as deacon and clerk.

The 1850 mortality census also notes that Jacob died in Jackson Co., Georgia, in December 1849.

A biography of Jacob's son Perry D. Braselton in "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana" (Nashville: Southern, 1890, pp. 405-6, states, "Being the owner of a number of slaves, he [i.e., Jacob Braselton] opened up a valuable plantation [in Jackson Co., Ga.], and on this property reared a large family. For forty years a doctor never entered his doors in his professional capacity, but at last Mr. Braselton succumed to the destroyer, death, and passed from life about 1849, having been a worthy member of the Baptist church for many years."

Jacob served at Fort Daniel during the war of 1812, and was captain of the militia of his district in Jackson Co., Georgia, at this time. He returned to South Carolina to marry in 1815. He was also a justice of the peace in Jackson County for a number of years.

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Parents:

 Jacob Braselton (1749 - 1835)

 Hannah Green Braselton (1757 - 1832)

Spouses:

 Mary Bryson Braselton (1787 - 1856)

 Mary Bryson Braselton (1787 - 1856)*

Children:

 Jane Price Braselton Sanford (1811 - 1890)*

 John Bryson Braselton (1813 - 1859)*

 William Harrison Braselton (1816 - 1854)*

 Green C Braselton (1818 - 1857)*

 Clarissa Saxon Braselton Chastain (1819 - 1893)*

 Elika Ann Braselton Webster (1822 - 1909)*

 Gustavus Vasse Braselton (1824 - 1854)*

 Perry D Braselton (1827 - 1910)*

 Judson Vespucius Braselton (1829 - 1867)*

Siblings:

 John B Braselton (1774 - 1850)*

 Elizabeth Braselton Brown (1775 - 1805)*

 Henry Brazelton (1777 - 1851)*

 William Daniel Braselton (1779 - 1858)*

 Hannah E Braselton Putman (1781 - 1833)*

 Mary Braselton Wilson (1783 - ____)*

 Jacob Braselton (1785 - 1849)

 Green Braselton (1786 - 1820)*

 Reuben J Braselton (1788 - 1844)*

 Daniel David Braselton (1790 - ____)*

 Job Green Braselton (1792 - 1848)*

 Rebecca Braselton Brazeal (1795 - ____)*

 Amos Braselton (1797 - 1875)*

 Sarah Braselton Bell (1799 - 1832)*

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Inscription: The inscription on the tombstone reads, "Jacob Braselton, Jun., was born in North Carolina on the 17th day of March 1785, departed this life on the 17 of Nov. 1849."

Note: because the stone is badly eroded, some transcribers have read the date of death as 1819. Jacob had children born up to 1829. His son Perry Braselton's bible records his date of death as 17 December 1849, and the same date is given in his obituary on 14 March 1850 in the newspaper "Christian Index." A eulogy for Jacob, noting his recent death, is in the minutes of Walnut Fork Baptist church on 2 March 1850.

Burial: Walnut Fork Cemetery Braselton Jackson County Georgia, USA

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