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Pinkard BRANNON

Pinkard BRANNON

Male 1827 - 1915  (87 years)

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  • Name Pinkard BRANNON 
    Born 18 Sep 1827  Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1832, but nearly all other census records put his birth in about 1827. Findagrave.com reports it as Sep 18 1827, while age 85y 6m 15d in his death record caculates to a birth date of Jun 20 1829. His obituary gives his age as "about 90," which appears to be slightly overstated.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 4 Sep 1864 to 10 Jun 1865  [4] 
    Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Census 1870, 1880  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900, 1910  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6] 
    Died 4 Jan 1915  Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Buried Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Person ID I54282  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 May 2021 

    Father William W. WALTON,   b. CA 1808, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sarah A. "Sally" BRANHAM,   b. CA 1809, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza GIBSON,   b. Nov 1824,   d. 25 Mar 1906, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)  [9, 10] 
    Married 20 Nov 1847  Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Notes 
    • BRANNON, Pinkard (M) changed his name to Brannon from Pinkard Bramham and Pinkard Napper, when he migrated in the 1850s with his wife Eliza Gibson from Louisa Co., VA to Gilmer/Doddridge Counties, WV. The Branham (Brannon) and Napper families were free colored people since the early 1700s in Virginia.

      1850 Census, Louisa Co, Virginia, enumerated on Oct 3 1850:
      Pinkard Napper, 25; Eliza, 22; Malinda, 2, Infant (male), 11 months. All born in Virginia. The race of all indicated as mulatto.
      NOTE 1: The unnamed male infant was son Henry, later known as Henry Brannon, whose birth date was consistently reported as 15 Aug 1850. His age thus would have been about 1 month rather than 11 months.
      NOTE 2: A nearby household was that of James & Mahala (unable to read/write) Knighton and their children. Also in the Knighton household was Mal. [Malachi] Bramham, 76, mulatto, laborer.

      1860 Census, Gilmer Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), Post Office Coxs Mills, enumerated on Jun 2 1860:
      Pinkard Brannon, 33, farmer, value of real estate $700, value of personal estate $275; Eliza, 38; Malinda, 12; Henry, 9; Almira, 8; Sophia, 6; Lucy Ann, 3; Mary Jane, 7 months. All born in Louisa County, Virginia, except Lucy and Mary, born in Gilmer County. The race of all indicated as white.

      1870 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy Twp), enumerated on Jul 20 1870:
      Pinkard Brannon, 43, farmer, value of real estate $1,500, value of personal estate $700; Eliza, 47; Henry, 19, farm laborer; Elmira, 17; Sophia, 15; Lucy, 13; Mary, 10; Winfield S, 8; Louisa, 5; John, 3. All born in Va/WVa. The race of all indicated as white.

      1880 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 10/11 1880:
      Pinkard Brannon, farmer; wife Eliza, 56; dau Malinda, 28, single, cannot write; dau Lucy, 21, single; dau Mary, 19, single; son W. Scott, 17, farm laborer; dau Louiza, 15; son John W, farm laborer; Henry M. Brannon (relationship not stated), 27, farm laborer, married; wife Dovey, 18; dau "Not named," age 6 months, birth month December. All born in Va/WVa. The race of all indicated as white.
      NOTE: Records pertaining to daughter Claudia V. Brannon consistently show her birth as February 1880.

      1900 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Pinkard Brannon, 66, b. Sep 1832, farmer, married 52 yrs; wife Liza Brannon, 75, b. Nov 1824, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Malinda Brannon, 50, b. Oct 1849, single; dau Lucy A. Brannon, 44, b. Jun 1855, single; son-in-law Elmer Burton, 56, b. Mar 1843, farm laborer, widowed; grandson Hedgyman Burton, 24, b. Jun 1875, single; grandson Walter Burton, 23, b. Jun 1876, single; grandson Pinkney Burton, 20, b. Jul 1879, single; granddau Bird Burton, 18, b. May 1882, single; grandson Earl Burton, 15, b. Apr 1885; granddau Annie Burton, 9, b. Jan 1891.

      1910 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Pinkard Brannon, 85, widowed, living on own income; dau Melinda Boyce, 61, divorced, no occupation, mother of 2 children (1 still living).
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Pinkard's son John, his wife Martha and their four children.

      http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRANHAM/2000-12/0977337511

      https://books.google.com/books?id=mQtCAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA514&ots=YzfJi1v3iX&dq=barnett%20committee%20vs.%20greathouse&pg=PA514#v=onepage&q=barnett%20committee%20vs.%20greathouse&f=false [13]
    Children 
     1. Malinda BRANNON,   b. Oct 1849, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1933, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
    +2. Henry BRANNON,   b. 15 Aug 1850, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1942, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +3. Almyra BRANNON,   b. 23 Jan 1853, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1938, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +4. Sophia BRANNON,   b. 9 Nov 1855, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1895  (Age 40 years)
     5. Lucy Ann BRANNON,   b. 16 Jun 1857,   d. 10 Aug 1905  (Age 48 years)
    +6. Mary Jane BRANNON,   b. 5 Oct 1859,   d. 21 Nov 1941, Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +7. Scott Winfield BRANNON,   b. 24 Apr 1862, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1941, Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     8. Louisa BRANNON,   b. 30 May 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1942, Enterprise, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +9. John Wesley BRANNON,   b. 9 Mar 1867, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1953, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Documents
    54282_BRANNON_Pinkard_1900Census_GilmerCoWV_TroyDist_12Jun1900.jpg    		54282_BRANNON_Pinkard_1900Census_GilmerCoWV_TroyDist_12Jun1900.jpg
    Family ID F22434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    54282_BRANNON_Pinkard_199-acres-sold-to-Greathouses-in-1912.jpg    		54282_BRANNON_Pinkard_199-acres-sold-to-Greathouses-in-1912.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2129] 1870 Census, Gilmer County, WV.

    3. [S2275] 1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S184] 1850 Census.

    6. [S2009] 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA.

    7. [S1846] Gilmer County Death Records, Glenville, WV, DR Year 1915, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=523873&Type=Death.

    8. [S14] Obituary.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    11. [S2748] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    12. [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    13. [S2013] Dee Dovey's Genealogy, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosadove/DeeDovey'sPage/).