William Brewer

Not the son of Oliver Brewer, Sr.. DNA does not match.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A014147

William Brewer

Birth: 1752 BRUNSWICK CO VIRGINIA
Death: 3- -1835 BLOUNT CO TENNESSEE
Pension Number: *S3085
Service Source: *S3085
Service Description: 1) CAPT WILLIAM GHOLSTON 2) COL AMBROSE RAMSEY

The descendants of William Brewer of Virginia born 1752 have used him as their patriot ancestor for fighting against the British in the American Revolutionary War. Many of these descendants about 20 years ago then qualified for the Sons of the Revolution through descent from William.

DAR lists wife Elizabeth.
Children:
Elizabeth m. Lemuel Adams
Thomas who married Lucretia X NOT the son of this man.

DAR also lists William Brewer as son of Oliver & Rebecca: WILLIAM [1] PHENAH RESDEN

https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/?ac...

. 6. Ann Goad, m ____ Risden. (this name may actually be Roysden, as a William Roysden lived nearby in Pittylvania Co, and was . poss the William Roysden listed in the 1762 and 1764 Halifax Co tax lists) . Acc to Ref 4 below, Ann Goad, b 4 Jul 1732 Richmond Co, d Jul 1771 Wise Co, Va, m William Rysdon, b 1745 Va, d 1781 . Wilkes Co, NC, s/o John and Kathrine Rysdon. They supposedly had dau Phanah Resden, b 1755 Va, m 19 Apr 1781 Wilkes . Co to William Brewer, b 1752, d 1835, but her birth year to early to be d/o William, b 1745. . Prob same as: . 1763 Halifax Co, Va: William and Anne Risden bought land (sold it the following year). . 1786 Pittsylvania Co: William Roysden deeded property on the Pigg River. . William was later on a Pittsylvania Co tax list, and he reportedly moved to Wilkes Co, NC

From https://revwarapps.org/s3085.pdf

Declarant was born in the State of Virginia in the County of Brunswick by then named.2 Declarant was removed when a small boy to the County of Orange in North Carolina where he resided, or in Chatham which was formed in part of Orange until after the war of the Revolution, about the [year] 1796 Declarant removed to the State of South Carolina and resided there six or seven years, when he removed to the County of Blount in the State of Tennessee where he has resided ever since = That Declarant knows of no documentary testimony by which he can prove his service, nor does he know of any person by whose testimony he can prove his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares [his name] is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the year aforesaid.
S/William Brewer, X his mark
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court 10th August 1832
[Samuel Jones, Henry McKoy, Milton Bradbury, Samuel Adams & William Bradbury gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $30 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831 for 9 months service in 1780 as a private in the North Carolina militia.]

Wrong notes

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBTG-82Z/william-brewer-1752-...

When William Brewer was born in 1752, in Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Oliver Brewer, was 45 and his mother, Rebecca Ann Lanier, was 38. He married Phana Roysdon on 19 April 1781, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Blount, Tennessee, United States in 1831 and Tennessee, United States in 1832. He died on 14 March 1835, in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 83.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 17 2020, 3:02:50 UTC

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• Military service: Virginia, USA
• Residence: Tennessee, USA
• Residence: Wake, North Carolina, United States - 1769
• Residence: Blount County, Tennessee, USA - Mar 4 1831
• Residence: Tennessee, USA - 1832
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 14 2019, 18:54:43 UTC

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• Residence: Tennessee, United States
• Residence: Wake, North Carolina, United States - 1769
• Residence: Blount, Tennessee, United States - 04 March 1831
• Residence: Tennessee, United States - 1832
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 17 2020, 23:10:17 UTC

References

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 17 2020, 23:10:59 UTC
• https://services.dar.org/members/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=fu...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214910916/william_brewer with errors
• https://revwarapps.org/s3085.pdf
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214910916/william-brewer linked to wrong parents