Branchscapes … A View of Family History
Genealogy for Branch descendants of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and, oh well, the entire southern United States by Dawn Branch King, Ayden, NC dawnbranchking@yahoo.com
When we talk about founding fathers, Colonel John Branch certainly fits the bill of the striving, hard working, pioneer that built the early frontier of colonial North Carolina. He was of a breed of men that brought the region to independence and to the new governance of the federal period. He was active in building... Continue Reading →
In a single generation, members of the Levi Branch family, in one generation, leave Duplin County, North Carolina in 1823 for west Tennessee, then travel on to Missouri and finally arriving at the frontier of Kansas in 1851. Then the next generation in 1880 migrates farther west to Oregon and the Pacific Coast. The Levi... Continue Reading →
George Branch Senior of Surry / Isle of Wight, Virginia married to Ann England: George Branch Jr. of NC Francis Branch Sr. of VA John Branch of IOW VA And two daughters, Sarah Lupo and Ann Hodges... George Branch Sr is the first well documented Branch of “Our Line”. Meaning NC Branch families. Yes there... Continue Reading →
My list of Branch men residing in NC who served in the Revolutionary War. This is a list of Branch Men Paid for Service in Revolutionary War From North Carolina that I have compiled. No one source has a complete list of all of these men. As far as I can tell, all these men... Continue Reading →
More Williams & Johns Than You Can Shake a Stick At This is a familiar topic to genealogists - multiple given names that occur over close generations in families. So confusing. The "name confusion" problem made me crazy until I took control of the situation in my Ancestry trees. I made my own rules. I... Continue Reading →
(Photo is the Branch-Rogers house near Severn NC. Built by the Branch family. This house exists today.) There is confusion around the name Benjamin because… of course there are so many of them in the Branch family for a certain period in time – 1720 to 1860. Check back on this site – I... Continue Reading →
A drawn Plan of the Town and Port of Edenton in Chowan County, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in June 1769, by C.I. Sauthier. When, 1693, George Branch Jr. arrived in this area with his sons, William and Francis, there was no town nor plan. Edenton was named and founded in 1722 and this map published... Continue Reading →
Transcription: ---- (viz.) himself and his wife William Georg Elizabeth & Phillis Branch, Margaret Thomas..... certifyed. Henderson Walker, ---- Nicholas Crisp. May 14, 1694 George Branch (signature) William Branch and Francis Branch, sons of George Jr., are the future in the Albemarle region. I was so excited when I found this scan. There is... Continue Reading →
This post will be updated periodically as soon as new information on enslaved persons prior to 1860 are found. These persons generally named as being on Branch Plantations in North Carolina. While census records do not name enslaved persons, wills often contain names that can be valuable. Slavery was a cruel and horrendous system and... Continue Reading →
(to be published)