17. Elizabeth BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1781, Person County, North Carolina, m. 1798, in Person County, North Carolina, John Murry FARRAR.  Elizabeth died Edgar, Illinois, buried: Probably Illinois.  John: John Murray Farar is shown to be formally John Mury in the Person County Deeds.
    Children:
      i Green B. FARRAR.
      ii William FARRAR.

18. J. Lemuel BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1785, North Carolina, m. 1 Mar 1812, in Wilson County, Tennessee, Mary Polly LOGAN, (daughter of David Manuel LOGAN and Mary HODGES). J. Lemuel died Aft. 1852.  J. Lemuel may have been enroute to Califonia during Gold Rush. Lemuel left Marshall County, Tennesse and was in Texas by 1850.
    Children:
    26. i William Thomas Jefferson BRECHEEN b. 12 Dec 1812.
      ii Azeriah BRECHEEN b. 18 Mar 1815, Tennessee, m. 3 Jul 1933, in Williamson County, Tennessee, Delinda HARPER.  Azeriah died Abt 1854, Texas.
      iii Eliza BRECHEEN b. 17 Mar 1818, Tennessee.
      iv Sarah Sallie BRECHEEN b. 18 Apr 1820, Tennessee, m. 6 Jul 1841, in Red River County, Texas, John Hamilton MATTHEWS.  Sarah died 1847.  One source says died before November 1848.
      v Elizabeth BRECHEEN b. 19 Jan 1822, Tennessee.
      vi Mary  H. Polly BRECHEEN b. 30 Dec 1826, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. Robert Evans MATTHEWS.
      vii Emoline BRECHEEN b. 1833, m. 6 Nov 1848, in Travis County, Texas, John Hamilton MATTHEWS.  Emoline died Aft 1852.
      viii John L. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1836, Missouri, d. 10 Dec 1871, Santa Clara County, California.

19. William Goslin Jr., BRACKEEN Rev. b. 29 Sep 1786, Person County, North Carolina, m. (1) 12 Jan 1807, in North Carolina,  Mariage Bond, Leatha WHEELER, (daughter of Benjamin WHEELER and UNKNOWN) m. (2) 6 Jul 1837, in Barry County, Missouri, Elizabeth VANCE.  William died 11 Apr 1852, Atlas, Lamar County, Texas, buried: Breckeen Cem, Atlas, Lamar County, Texas.  NAME: BIRTH: DEATH: William, Rev. Brackeen 29 Sep 1786 11 Apr 1852 CEMETERY: LOCATION IN CEMETERY: Brackeen SOUTHEAST

 NOTES: One of five stone crypts near Thomas H. Brackeen and Lilla Williams. In 1992 the inscription was unreadable. Found in the Daughters of the American Revolution Cemetery Collection enumerated in 1940, donated by the Joseph Ligon Chapter of Paris and copied by Sallie Lee Lightfoot of Paris. The book was located in the Corsicana Genealogical Library, Corsicana, TX., by Betsy Mills and Elizabeth House. Inscription said, '... born in North Carolina... departed this life in Paris, Texas...had been a member of the regular Baptist 35 years, and a preacher of the same order 16 years.' *THE PARIS NEWS, JULY 17, 1921- History of Lamar County, By Ed H. McCuistion, President of the Lamar County Historical Society. 'JAMES BRACKEEN, Son of William and One of the Pioneers of Lamar County-Rev. William Brackeen. In 1832, the Rev. Wm. Brackeen and his three hardy sons, James and Thomas and William came to Texas and selected as a place of settlement a point down near old Pleasant Grove. The descendants of this worthy man are morally certain that he came to the county with Joseph Hounshel and possibly a few other families who settled in Lamar county at that time. Mr. Brackeen in addition to three sons above named had three daughters, Frankie, who married Captain J. D. Wortham, the second was Sallie who married a Mr. Ray and Lethea who married a Gullick. Uncle Billy Brackeen, as he was commonly called in his life time, was a typical pioneer. If he ever killed a deer with a rock like Uncle Billie Wynn did, we have no record of it, and maybe it would not be any credit to him after Uncle Billie Wynn had already performed the feat. But there were don on Sulphur, wild varmints not in the class with deer and it was among these that Uncle Billie Brackeen was destined to make a reputation as a mighty hunter. Upon one occasion it is said that the old hero heard one of his hogs squealing must lustily and being satisfied that his porker was in the clutches of some wild varmint, he seized his trusty fowling piece and rushed to the rescue and when he arrived on the scene of disturbance what should he behold but Bruin seated upon one of his hogs proceeding to take a meal from its body without even the formality of putting the poor beast to death. This was contrary to all of Uncle Billie's ideas of rights and courtesies even in localities where the law of the jungle was in force. Uncle Billie though a man of peace felt his blood boil and at once drew a bead on Bruin and when he let fly with his old flintlock there was bear meat for supper in the settlers cabin. But Bruin had made such sad inroad upon the ham of the hog that the merciful old man felt constrained to put the poor brute out of its misery and a blow from his ax did the deed effectively. But the weather was hot and bear meat and pork would not 'keep' long, so Uncle Billie dressed the carcasses of both animals and carried a liberal mess to each of the settlers in easy reach of him. On another occasion he was chopping wood near his home and his faithful dog made an excursion into a nearby thicket or clump of trees, after a time Uncle Billie and Thomas, his son, heard Tige in the throes of a death grapple with some denizen of the forest. They had unhappily forgotten to bring their old flintlocks and evidently from signals of distress which Tige sent up there was no time to go for them. They quickly cut each man a green club and thus accoutered, sailed into the brush to fight man, beast, or devil as the case might prove to be, that had attacked their faithful dog. The culprit proved to be a panther ten feet from tip to tip. Tige, while playing the role of the under dog in the fight was nevertheless still playing in the game and entertaining 'Br'r Panther', Uncle Billie and Thomas did not hesitate, they considered an attack on Tige as an insult to the family and without ceremony they proceed to resent it. A few well directed blows did the work and the old panther soon stretched his stiff limbs to rise no more. Adventures like these were simply a part of the life of those who came to old Lamar County pathfinders. Uncle Billie Brackeen was a Baptist preacher and he never forgot his call in all the wild hub-bub of the west. He preached every where he could get an audience and that too for the most part without money and without price. His was a familiar figure in forts and stockades among the Rangers and in the settlers' cabins. Armed with his Bible and hymn book and then a few dirks pistols, a flintlock rifle and a blanket to wrap himself in whenever night over took him he assaulted the ramparts of sin and the strongholds of the devil, wherever he encountered them. He followed the advancing tread of the onward march of the settlers until they cross the Trinity. Everything from the Trinity this way was in his parish and woe betide the devil if he showed his face in Uncle Billie's 'diggins'. God bless the grand ole pioneer the good he did no computation this side of Judgment can ever declare. He died as he had lived 'rough and ready'. He left a numerous progeny. They are scattered all over the country and are entirely too numerous to mention. They are among our best and most patriotic people- most of them following the example set for them by one of the grandest most useful and earliest of the old pioneers of Lamar county.' *THE PARIS NEWS, Oct. 29, 1944, [page # missing]- 'UNCLE BILLY BRACKEEN WAS AN EARLY SETTLER OF PLEASANT GROVE-HOWLAND COMMUNITY.- By Joe Caldwell- (Information given by Mrs. Mary Hobbs, W.R. Justiss, Mrs. Lizzie McFadden, Mrs. Jim Brackeen and others, also access to Mr. Ed H. McCuistion's historical data is gratefully acknowledged.) Back in the days when gourds were universally used for dippers; when clothes were made of deerskin or homespun cotton; when a 'cotton picken' was a group of people invited to a home to pick cotton off of the seed to be carded and spun into cloth; when Paris was called 'Pin Hook'; to be exact, back in 1839 there came to Texas one of the most colorful pioneers of his generation, The Rev. William Brackeen, called by his many friends 'Uncle Billy.' (One of his sons was later called Uncle Billy). Much has been written and told of this early pioneer and his [unreadable] two stories deserve re-telling [unreadable] illustrate the [unreadable] rugged conditions of this district prior to the 50's. One time when Uncle Billy and his companion were cutting wood in the timber that covered the Atlas-Howland district, their dog became involved in the nearby thicker, and from his distressing yelps they realized that he was in need of immediate assistance. They had left their guns at home, but, nothing daunted, they hurriedly cut some heavy green clubs and dashed into rescue the dog. Much to their surprise they came upon the dog locked in mortal combat with a ten-foot panther, which they succeeded in killing with their heavy clubs. Another time, one of the Brackeen women folk heard a pig in a nearby pen complaining vociferously. she rushed outside and, by torchlight, saw a bear sitting astride the hog and calmly tearing great chunks of flesh out of the live hog. In true frontier style she took careful aim with the old flint lock rifle and killed the bear. This great old preacher carried the gospel from the Trinity to Red River, smiting the devil hip and thigh wherever he found him. At his home just south of where the town of Atlas now stands, Uncle Billy entertained the associations of his church and provided food as well as feed for the livestock, for as many as 50 delegates. Not only was this hospitality absolutely free, but 'Uncle Billy' Brackeen built a log church near his home of his congregation, and when he went on his long evangelistic trips, he refused remuneration for his services. Although Uncle Billy was a Primitive Baptist, two of his sons together with Sheb Williams, the Perkins and Jones families are credited with building the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, which was located about two miles east of the present town of Howland. The Pleasant Grove Church, established during the Civil War, is said to antedate other churches in the Howland-Pleasant Grove-Broadway communities, and great meetings were held by such porthy preachers as the Reverends Gardner, Billips, Harrison, Cornish and James, who preached to large crowds from the surrounding areas. It is noteworthy that Rev. Buckner held a protracted meeting at Pleasant Grove before he established his world famous Buckner's Orphans Home near Dallas. The McDonald Cemetery near Pleasant Grove was the burying ground for the community, although some of the Brackeens and others were buried in a little cemetery east of Atlas and in another cemetery, now almost obliterated, just south of Atlas. Many grave stones in the Brackeen Cemetery mentioned above are dated in the 1830's but time and erosion have practically obliterated the engraving on the stones. Everybody who reads this article should read the following list of names carefully, then read is a second time; it only takes a minute. These names are taken at random from the stones in the McDonald Cemetery, and contain many good old American names that have made history, not only in Lamar County, but throughout the nation. Jones, Moore, Viles, Patterson, Babb, Parker, Derrick, Huley. McCool, Gatlin, Estes, Scott, Shelton, Yates, Wickersham, McDonald, Coston, Justiss, DeWitt, Hudson, Jenkins, Street, Broughton, Jordan, Allen, Hagood, Crabb, Permon, Freeman, Duvall, Burke, Wright, Smith, Maddox, Adams, Golden, Mathews, Heflin, Brackeen, Perkins, Glenn, Barnett, Tharp, Williams, Vaughn, Mitchell, Jetton, Harris, Strickland. It is of course impossible to give a complete list of all the old families who have loved ones there, as stones are not all readable and other graves are not marked. The above list will give you an idea of the great American families represented in this district. Ground for the cemetery was given by the McDonald family and the cemetery antedates the establishing of the church. Several cemeteries in Lamar County were used before any Protestant churches were established, doe to the fact that prior to 1836, and for some time thereafter, Mexico claimed the district, and Mexico was under such rigid control of the Catholic Church that Protestant churches were not allowed. With the United States in full control of the district, religious tolerance was soon established and very soon thereafter all of the Protestant churches moved in. With the coming of other churches into nearby communities, Pleasant grove was abandoned, its membership combining with the Howland Baptist Church. Sunday School services are conducted at present in the Howland Church and an occasional preaching service is held. The old church at Pleasant Grove has in recent years been converted into a barn and many of the fine old trees of the grove have been destroyed. But the memory of those good Christian pioneers who established the Pleasant Grove church lives on the value of their influence for good is exemplified in the lives of many fine Christian fold, their offspring, throughout Lamar County and the Nation.'
 

    Children:
    27. i Sarah C. BRACKEEN b. 1808.
      ii Moses BRACKEEN b. Abt 1808, North Carolina, d. abt 1828, Bedford County, Tennessee.
    28. iii Letha Moore BRACKEEN b. 8 Nov 1810.
    29. iv James Madison BRACKEEN b. 12 Jun 1812.
    30. v Frances Wheeler "Frankie" BRACKEEN b. 12 Mar 1814.
    31. vi William Goslin BRACKEEN b. 12 Apr 1816.
    32. vii Thomas H. BRACKEEN b. 11 May 1818.
      viii Eliza A. J. BRACKEEN b. May 1830, Barry County, Missouri.
      ix Eliza A.J. BRACKEEN b. Abt 1838, Barry County, Missouri, m. 17 Mar 1853, in Lamar County., Texas, E. J. WORTHAM.
      x Martha J.B. BRACKEEN b. Abt 1840, Lamar County., Texas, m. 3 Apr 1856, in Lamar County., Texas, George W. PHILLIPS.
      xi Nancy A.J. BRACKEEN b. Abt 1844, Lamar County., Texas.
      xii John Vance BRACKEEN b. April 1849, Lamar County., Texas.
      xiii Benjamin Gabriel BRACKEEN b. 4 Apr 1850, Cooper, Delta Co., Texas, m. 24 Sep 1874, Julia Frances PERKINS.  Benjamin died 7 Jan 1920.
      xiv Allen Hill BRACKEEN b. 16 Nov 1852, Lamar County., Texas, m. 24 Oct 1872, in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, Lucy Jane Marrs.  Allen died 1914.

20. James BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1787, Persons County, North Carolina, m. (1) Abt 1809, in North Carolina (Probably), Mary WAGGONER, (daughter of Issac WAGGONER and UNKNOWN) m. (2) 1794, in Rowan County, North Carolina, Sarah JEFFRIES.  James died Aft 1850, Alabama or Tennessee.  James lived in Bedford County, Tennesse and later moved to Alabama.
    Children:
      i Dianna BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1810, North Carolina, d. Aft 1860, Tennessee (Probably).  Dianna is the mentally chellegend child of James and Mary.  She is the constant that enabled me to trace the family.  she was living with relatives in Tennessee in 1860, but was not located in the Censuses following that year.
    33. ii Mary Elizabeth ? BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. 6 Jul 1810.
    34. iii Alanson BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt  1812.
      iv Josiah "Josh" BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1816, Tennessee, m. 5 Feb 1833, in Athens, Alabama, Margaret D. ELLIOTT, (daughter of John B. ELLIOTT and Unknown). Josiah died Aft 1870, Alabama or Tennessee.
    35. v J/Joseph ? BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1820.

21. Frances BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN m. James STEWART.  Frances died Abt 1869, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.  Frances moved to Missouri with James R. Marcus until the Fall, 1855, returned to Tennessee and lived until her death in 1869.
    Children:
      i Permelia STEWART m. UNKNOWN HELTON.
      ii Elizabeth STEWART.
      iii Elmira Minerva STEWART m. Jas T. Dr. PATTERSON.
      iv Artissima Eveline STEWART m. UNKNOWN FRANKLIN.
      v Frances Matilda STEWART m. 7 Jul 1842, W. C. WOLF.
      vi Rosilla STEWART m. Frances M. WOLF.
      vii John STEWART.
      viii Stephen STEWART.

22. Josiah Sr., BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Circa 1795, North Carolina (Probably), m. (1) 21 Jan 1815, in Wilson County, Tennessee, Sally or Sarah LOGAN, b. Abt 1795, (daughter of David Manuel LOGAN and Mary HODGES) m. (2) 4 Mar 1860, in Tennessee, Agnes LOGAN, b. Abt 1815, (daughter of David Manuel LOGAN and Mary HODGES). Josiah died Bet 1866, 1866 in TN or 1878 in TX.  Josiah Brecheen was a Justice of the Peace for many years.  Source:  Marshall County Quarterly, Marshall County Historical Society.
    Children:
    36. i Elizabeth Brecheen/Brackeen b. 28 Nov 1815.
      ii Frances Brecheen/Brackeen b. 22 Nov 1818, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. 11 Oct 1858, Pervines Fox, b. 26 Mar 1810, Bedford County, Tennessee, (son of John FOX and Martha HARRIS) d. 16 Aug 1887, Marshall County, Tennessee, buried: Bur Fox Wheatley Cemetery.  Frances died Marshall County, Tennessee.  No Children By FOX. Pervines: No children.
    37. iii Mary Polly Brecheen/Brackeen b. Abt 1821.
      iv Adeline Brecheen/Brackeen b. 1822, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. (1) 3 Jun 1856, in Marshall County, Tennessee, Samuel WALKER, m. (2) (______) LOGAN.  Some sources say born in 1816 n Marshall County, Tennessee.
    38. v Levi R. Brecheen/Brackeen b. 10 Aug 1823.
    39. vi Sarah Caroline Brecheen/Brackeen b. 13 Jul 1828.
    40. vii William Brecheen/Brackeen b. 19 Feb 1830.
    41. viii Josiah, JR. Brecheen/Brackeen, b. 3 Sep 1832.
      ix Nancy J. Brecheen/Brackeen b. Abt 1833, Marshall, Tennessee, m. 28 Apr 1864, M. F AMNHEART, b. 1829.  Betsy Mills says born 1830. Linda Moon says 1833.
    42. x John H. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1834.
    43. xi James L. Brecheen/Brackeen b. Abt 1835.

23. John H. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1808, North Carolina, m. Magaret Caldonia HOUSTON, (daughter of W. A. HOUSTON and UNKNOWN). John died Bet 1860-1861, Marshall County, Tennessee.
    Children:
      i Charlotte BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1830.
      ii Jesse Bennett BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1834, m. (1) 31 Dec 1854, Mary J. DYNE, m. (2) 7 Apr 1864, Mary J. McKNIGHT.  Jesse buried: Lone Oak Cem.
      iii John C.W. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1836.
      iv Marcus L. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Bet 1837-1838, m. 1 Dec 1858, Mary Ann THOMPSON.
      v Caldonia BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1840.
      vi Thomas F. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1842.  Thomas served in the Cival War under Captain W. P. O'Neals Company G, 32 nd Tennessee Infantry.  He left Belfast, Tennesse on 15 October 1861.  He was not listed when Company G had its 15 October 1901 Reunion at the home of Calvin Leeper Caffey.  Source:  Marshall County Quarterly, Marshall County, Historical Society.
      vii Cyrus Fount BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1844.  Cyrus was Killed in Action during the Cival War. Cyrus was in CSA under Captain W. P. O'Neal's Company G, 32nd Tennessee Infantry.  He left Belfast, Tennessee on 15 October 1861.
      viii Theodocia BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Bet 1848-1850.
      ix Mary A.M. BRECHEEN/BRACKEEN b. Abt 1933, m. 1 Sep 1870, Leonard DYSART.

24. Mary BOYLE m. 28 Jun 1816, in Sumner County, Tennessee, Henry HOUSE, Sr., b. 1795, North Carolina.
    Children:
      i Hester Ann House m. Alfred BLACK.
      ii Julima HOUSE m. Tom HILL.
      iii Patsy HOUSE m. Issaac McGLOTHAN.
      iv Susan HOUSE.
      v Sinai HOUSE b. 1820.
      vi Mary Elvira Harvey HOUSE b. 1825, Sumner County, Tennessee, m. 12 Feb 1846, Alexander Augustus McKENDREE, b. 16 Oct 1824, Sumner County, Tennessee, d. 1 Dec 1805, Sumner County, Tennessee.  Mary died 1880-1890, Sumner County, Tennessee.
      vii Marshall House b. 1828, m. Rosa Anna DUNNING.
      viii James HOUSE b. 1829, m. Sarah HILL.

25. John Isaac BRACKIN b. 1816, North Carolina, m. 25 Jan 1842, in Sumner County, Tennessee, Prudence PERDUE, b. 1820, Virginia.
    Children:
      i Carrol BRACKIN b. 1844.
      ii Green BRACKIN b. 1845, m. Sally PERDUE.
    44. iii Mary P. BRACKIN b. 14 Feb 1846.
      iv Daniel BRACKIN b. 1847, m. Mary MUFFIN.
      v Adeline BRACKIN b. 1848, m. John A. BARBER.
      vi John BRACKIN b. 11 Dec 1850, m. Hannah ASHBRONNER.
      vii George W. BRACKIN b. 1854, m. Jane PERDUE.
      viii Wiley BRACKIN b. 1856, m. Margaret ROBERTS.
      ix J.M. BRACKIN b. 1858.
      x Granville Jackson BRACKIN b. 2 Aug 1860, m. Mary E. PERDUE.
      xi Morgan BRACKIN b. 10 Mar 1863, m. Mary Helen ROBERTS.
      xii Richard T. BRACKIN b. 1865.