Aaron Broyles Gen. 5, id #336, Keith #392 Edited 20140504
============= Son of Aaron Broyles & Nancy Davis |[1]
Born: 5 Jul 1821 TN, Campbell |[235]
Died: 24 May 1895 TN, Campbell |[235]
Marr: 1) Lavina Thomas
m: 6 Oct 1842 TN, Campbell |[A]
+---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
1. Riley 16 Nov 1843 TN, Campbell 16 Jun 1900 TN, Campbell
2. Nancy 10 May 1845 TN, Campbell
Marr: 2) Hannah Hays
m: 31 Dec 1848 TN, Campbell |
b: May 1827 TN, Campbell |
d: 12 Feb 1910 TN, Campbell |
? Dau of William Hays & Susan Lay |
3. Joel C. 26 Jan 1850 TN, Campbell 16 Apr 1934 TN, Campbell
4. Susanna 19 Aug 1851 TN, Campbell 14 Dec 1927 KY, McCreary
5. Andrew F. 6 Nov 1852 TN, Campbell 7 Sep 1930 TN, Campbell
6. Mary Jane 25 Apr 1854 TN, Campbell 15 Apr 1916 KY, McCreary
7. James Lafayette 24 Oct 1855 TN, Campbell 27 Oct 1943 TN, Campbell
8. William Hays 3 Mar 1857 TN, Campbell 1 Jun 1945 CA, Orange
9. Jeremiah 30 Oct 1858 TN, Campbell 24 Mar 1935 TN, Hamblen
10. Hannah Elizabeth 17 May 1860 TN, Campbell 9 Aug 1912
11. Polly Anna 7 Jun 1862 TN, Campbell 25 Mar 1926
12. Thomas Young 1 Mar 1865 TN, Campbell 28 Apr 1936 TN, Campbell
13. Margaret Emmeline 10 Jan 1867 TN, Campbell 30 Sep 1930 TN, Campbell
14. Aaron Durham 11 Nov 1868 TN, Campbell 21 Jun 1951 TN, Campbell
15. Lewis Marion 1 Sep 1870 TN, Campbell 23 Nov 1950 TN, Campbell
Census:
Age BP Occupation
1850 Broyles, Aaron TN, Campbell 29 TN Farmer
1860 Broiles, Aaron TN, Campbell 38 TN Farmer
1870 Broyles, Aaron TN, Campbell 48 TN Farmer
1880 Broyles, A. TN, Campbell 58 TN Farmer
1 Apr 1848 - Aaron Jr. and George Broyles buy four tracts of land
totalling 163 acres in Campbell Co., from Aaron Sr. for $1200.
The deed refers to a boundary with Michael Broyles. wit: James
Archer, Elias Boman. [46]K:238
3 Jan 1850 - John J. Crittendon, Governor of Ky., states that
by part of land office warrant No. 574 of the Whitley Co. Court,
Aaron Broyles Jr. is to have 1000 acres south of Walker's line,
between it and 36 degrees, 30 North; on the Elk fork. Registered
this date, surveyed 18 Apr 1848. [46]L:34 This looks like a case
where survey errors had Kentucky giving out Tennessee land.
22 Apr 1850 - William Broyles, and Lucinda Broyles (descendants of
Michael Broyles) and her husband James Stanfill hold inherited land
(five parcels totalling 372 acres), on the Elk Fork, near an island,
which they sell to Aaron Broyles, Jr. for $200. wit: John Grimes,
William Campbell. [46]L:88
1850 - He is listed in the census of Campbell Co., Tenn. His
parents Aaron and Nancy Broyles are living with him and his wife
Hannah.
30 Dec 1854 - Aaron Broyles Sr. sells 165 acres of land lying on the
Elkfork waters of the clear fork of the Cumberland River in district
8, to Aaron Broyles Jr., his son, for $1200. wit: Samuel P. Douglas,
Tyre Bolton. [46]M:357
1860 - Aaron is listed in the census of Campbell Co., Tenn.
His mother Nancy, age 85, is living with them. Interestingly, he
lists children Riley and Nancy at the end, as if they are not his
own children. Of course, he had them by his first wife.
1860...1865 - His farm was camped on by armies of the North and South
during the Civil War. "At the close of the war he was a broke man."
[291]
As recounted by his grandson Charles Broyles:
They had a beautiful house at Newcomb, Tenn. Aaron's son Jeremiah
remembered that when he was a lad during the war, a hungry soldier
chased one of the few remaining farm chickens through the "dog trot"
(covered walkway) which connected two of the "houses" (rooms) of the
farmhouse. The chicken flopped tired under a treadle (clothes press)
and escaped the confused soldier while Jerry looked on.
After the war he left his farm at Newcomb and went to Jacksboro,
Tenn., to work for the old Knoxville Nursery Company. One of Riley's
descendants says the old farm never sold, and that it was overrun
by settlers. The town of Newcomb grew up on the site. Some of
Aaron's descendants considered suing. There was also the question
of whether Aaron was able to pay the taxes on the land. He may
have just walked off and left it.
7 Apr 1865 - Aaron Broyles sells a tract of 100 acres in the 10th
district, on the Elk fork, to Samuel P. Douglass for $400. wit:
A.J. Smith, George Davis. [46]O:475
21 Mar 1867 - Aaron Broyles sells for $1 and in consideration of the
benefits to be derived, to the Knoxville and Ky. Railroad Company,
right of way through the tract of land on which he lives, known as
the old Aaron Broyles farm in the 10th district on the waters of
the Elk fork. He retains passways on the upper and lower ends of his
farm and one between James Smith. Rights are to revert to him if
the railroad isn't built. [46]P:271
4 Apr 1867 - Aaron has 1200 acres surveyed opposite Whitley Co., Ky.,
on the Elk Fork. [156] It isn't certain this is him rather than
one of his nephews.
1870 - In the census of Campbell Co., Tenn., his property
is valued at $3000, with a personal estate worth $1633.
10 Jun 1895 - Lewis Broyles is appointed Administrator of Aaron
Broyles, under penalty of $500. {unmarked book of will documents,
Campbell Co. courthouse}
30 Mar 1899 - Lewis Broyles pleads that he has executed the estate of
Aaron Broyles to the best of his ability. He is unable to collect
notes from Ephraim Morgan and William Walden, and found that debts
against the estate totaled $2674. Sale of land to the Mount Morgan
Coal Co. of Whitley County, Ky. fully paid these debts. His request
to be released is approved by R.D. Perkins, County Judge.
{Administrators and Executors Settlements, Book E}
Sources:
[A] Broyles, Aaron; Thomas, Lavina; Min: Broyles, Michael, M.G.; [176]
[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
[235] Cemetery records by locale, FindAGrave.com
[176] Ray, Marcena (Broyles), Marriage Book A & B, Campbell Co., Tenn., hand copy
[46] Campbell Co., TN, Deed Books, Campbell Co. Courthouse, Jacksboro, TN
[291] Broyles, Walter, Letter to Sam Thompson, 25 Jul 1942
[156] Jillson, Willard, "The Kentucky Land Grants…", 2 vols.
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