Jane Jenny (Herrin) Brewington / Cheraw/Cheroenhaka

Bill Brewington was the grandfather of the late Raford Brewington, just mentioned above.

       Bill Brewington's wife was a Cherokee Indian, by the name of Jane Brewington, who lived a good many years after her husband's death. They had a daughter, Hannah Brewington, who if now living would be upwards of one hundred and forty years old. Hannah Brewington is well remembered by few of the oldest people of the county, namely John Emanuel, Jonathan Goodman, James Strickland, and others. They describe her as being a true specimen of the original Cherokee, she being of a copper-reddish hue, with prominent cheek-bones, straight black hair and black eyes. She bought land in the year of 1807, as the records in Clinton, N. C., now show, though before that time she and her people lived on the banks of Coharee, without any need of buying, as the land was held in common by the Indians of those days.

       The above Hannah Brewington was the mother of Raford Brewington, who has already been mentioned in this section. She helped a poor illiterate bound white boy, who was, as we have been told, a son of a soldier who was killed during the Revolutionary War, while bearing arms for the independence of America. Soon after the death of his father his mother also died, leaving the child to provide for himself. His name was Simon, and as he was placed under the control of a man that owned a good many servants and slaves, he was given the title that has ever been known as his name, "White Simon." Hannah Brewington proved to be a friend to this poor orphan boy, and in time, by early Indian custom, she and he were married. Soon after the marriage of this couple, Raford, a son, was born in their home. Simon having no real surname, adopted the name of his wife. Soon after the birth of the above Raford Brewington, his father left the State and went north. He has never returned, but was heard from a few times indirectly. Thus you see the beginning of the Brewington family of Sampson County.

       One other son and daughter were born to Hannah Brewinto, namely, Nathan Brewington and Nancy Brewington.

Judging from features and general characteristics, and from the information given us by our ancestors, with the information we have gained from our Indian and white friends, we believe that this particular family is undoubtedly of pure Indian and white blood, white predominating in some and Indian in other members of the family.

       We have traced the genealogy of the Brewington family from "Bill" Brewington to the present generation, as follows:

       "Bill" Brewington and Jane Brewington were the parents of Hannah Brewington.

       Hannah Brewington and "White Simon" were the parents of Raford Brewington.

       Raford Brewington and Basha Emanuel were the parents of Hardy Brewington.

       Hardy Brewington and Frances Harding were the parents of nearly all of the present families of Brewingtons, which have numerous children of school age.

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