Benjamin Brackett c1740-1810 m1st? Mahetable m2nd Ann ?Adkins? c1750-1815 Old Tryon NC
Benjamin & Mahetable buried a daughter May 11, 1770 in Charleston SC
Documents do reflect that there were three Brackett's in NC prior to the Revolutionary War which lasted from (1775 to 1783)
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Wm 1764 Rowan Co. NC
Benjamin 1st landed in Charleston SC Feb. 5, 1768 he was the Master of the Schooner Lloyd (Brackitt) & got a land grant of (200 acres Tryon Co. NC April 15, 1772) see below.
John 1774 was chainbearer
Benjamin Brackett (Brackitt) came on the Schooner Lloyd from Charlestown Feb. 5, 1768 to NC (Wards Creek) 1772 probably by land..
(1772 & 1774)
Wm Tryon, Esquire, "His Majesty's Captain-General and Governor in Chief" of North Carolina Province ordered 200 acres in Tryon. Co. NC, be issued to Benjamin Brackett, dated 15, April 1772. Grant #187, entry #203 issued at New Bern, NC filed in book 22, page 33 on 21 July 1774. Jno. recieved his grant in 1773, Wards Creek
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Rutherford Co. NC was formed April 14, 1779
1782
Benjamin Brackett was one of 10 men charged with treason, Oct. 1782.
1800 census 3 males 4 females page 18, 19 (Benjamin, Rebecca, Adkins, Mary, Wm "Buck", Ruel)
1805 moved 20 miles Burke Co. NC & bought 400 acres
Benjamin's estate administered Jan. 1810 preface page