Ephraim Broyles   Gen. 4, id #75, Keith #96                          Edited 20140702
===============   Son of Matthias Broyles & Eva Klug                        |[1]       
 
Born:  3 Jun 1767 VA, Culpeper                                              |          
Died:  3 Sep 1851 TN, Greene                                                |          
 
Marr: Grace McCain                                      
      m:     c. 1788 TN, Greene                                             |[1]        
      b:    Mar 1769                                                        |          
      d:  2 Aug 1852 TN, Greene                                             |          
      Dau of (       ) McCain & (       )                                   |          
 
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  1.  Matthias              15 Nov 1789 TN, Greene       14 Dec 1862                
  2.  Eve                       c. 1790 TN, Greene                                  
  3.  Sally                        1795 TN, Greene                                  
  4.  John Jacob             1 Aug 1800 TN, Greene       28 Jun 1882 TN, Greene     
 
Census:
                                         +----Males----++---Females---+
1830 Broyles, Ephm.       TN, Greene      --------1      ------1      
1840 Broyls, Ephriam      TN, Greene      ---------1     ---------1   
1850 Broyles, Ephraim     TN, Greene      84 VA   Farmer                                                                                               
 
Ephraim lived on Horse Creek in Greene Co., TN.  He was a devout 
Methodist and classreader, and left a reputation as a very 
kind-hearted man.  Some small proof of this are the seven Greene 
Co. marriages where he signed as security.  Ephraim is also said 
to have had a withered hand.  [1]

Ephraim's wife Grace was the sister of Mary McCain.  Mary was the 
wife of Lewis Broyles.



   May 1796 - Ephraim was named to a road committee in Greene 
Co., Tenn.  [12]:233

18 Dec 1811 - Grant 1994, State of Tennessee, to Ephraim Broyles, 
10 acres on south side of the Nolachucky River on Higgins Branch, 
adjoining Thomas Prather and Philip Bird.  Based on Entry No. 
377, 21 Dec 1809 - founded on Warrant No. 2411 issued by John 
Carter to Henry McKenney for 100 acres, 10 Jan 1795 - assigned by 
McKenney to Jacob Bird, and by Bird 10 acres to Ephraim Broyles.  
[87]:238

       1812 - Ephraim is on the tax list of Greene Co., TN.  He 
is taxed for 190 acres.  [47]

       1850 - He and his wife Grace are listed in the Greene Co., 
TN, census.  Grace's birthplace is given as "unknown."  They 
appear to be quite poor, in that their property value is only 
$100.  

 6 Oct 1851 - Ephraim's will is probated.  The will had been 
written 19 Mar 1828.  The will names his four children and wife 
Grace.  Grace inherits the house and the interest on $500.  The 
children are to divide the estate equally on her death.  [10]:73

 
Sources: 
[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
[12]  Burgner, Goldene Fillers, "Greene Co., Tenn., Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795", Southern Historical Press, 1982
[87]  Burgner, Goldene Fillers, "North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene Co., Tenn."
[47]  Curtis, "Early East Tennessee Tax Lists"
[10]  Burgner, Goldene Fillers, "Greene Co., Tenn., Wills 1783-1890", Southern Historical Press, 1981

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