Nicholas Broyles Gen. 5, id #200, Keith #273 Edited 20140709
================ Son of Samuel T. Broyles & Phebe Broyles |[1]
Born: c. 1800 TN, Washington |
Died: |
Marr: Sarah H. Pew
m: 24 Jun 1820 AL, Blount |[A]
+---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
1. Ezekial Mitchell 23 May 1821 AL, 24 Apr 1885 TN, Sevier
2. Nancy Pamelia 1823 TN, Cocke 1883 TN, Sevier
Census:
+----Males----++---Females---+
1840 Broyles, Nicholas LA, Natchitoche --1---1
1850 Broyle, N. TX, Cooke 47 TN Carpenter w/ Daniel Montague & family
1860 Broiles, Nicholas TX, Jack 60 TN Merchant
Nicholas is something of a puzzle. The name is rare, there
being just one man of that name known to have been born around
the year 1800. It's natural that we should assign all "Nicholas"
events to the same individual.
He married in Alabama but returned to Tennessee c. 1822, and his
wife apparently died after giving birth to their daughter. No census
record has been found for 1830, and we know the two children grew up in
Sevier Co. Family tradition is strong that the two children are his.
In 1835 a Nicholas Broyles married Mary Llewellyn in Hopkins Co., Ky.
She appears to be the daughter of Abednego Llewellyn of that county.
But it isn't certain this is the same Nicholas-- it's conceivable he's
the son of Matthias Broyles of Rutherford Co., Tenn.
In 1840 there's a Nicholas Broyles in Louisiana. He's 40 to 50 years
old and has a son aged 10 to 15. This suggests there were three
children, not two. (Son Ezekial was 19 in 1840.)
Moving west, he's found single in Cooke Co., Tex., in 1850. In 1860
he has moved a short distance to Jack Co. where it appears he may have
married again because he has two young children with him. One is
8 year old Cornelius Butler. This suggests Nicholas married a
widow Butler who gave him a daughter Louvina in 1859, but subsequently
died.
Sources:
[A] Broyles, Nicholas; Pew, Sarah H.; [238]
[1] Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, "The Broyles Family", typescript reprinted in [4]
[4] Broyles, John K., Sr., "The Broyles Family Newsletter" (periodical), self-published, 1982-2000
[238] Marriage records by locale, Ancestry.com
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