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- from http://members.tripod.com/edward_brantley/KeyProgenitors/john_of_nas h_coun ty.htm: that three of these sons; Lewis, Joseph and John, went in 1745-1751 to what would later become Chatham County, N.C. Lewis and Jose p h both died there (then Orange Co) in 1760 & 1761 respectively and John , the youngest, died there in 1782. It is clear after decades of researc h that all the Brantleys seen in Chatham County for generations were all de scendants of these three men You may want to refer to my study of John & Hannah in my 15th report. It clearly identified this line through this Ed ward of the Nottoway Parish who resided along the Meherrine River. We now turn to son, James Brantley, who with brother, Lewis, was executor o f Ed ward's estate. This James clearly died abt 1741. His estate was not comp letely settled until 1756 {See Exb 21 & 22} James, we assume, was the ol dest child of Edward, being (1) named first in his father's will a nd (2) as executor, which usually is reserved for the eldest. His younges t broth er, John, we know had sons born in the early 1730s. We would thi nk James should have had children born in the early 1720's. What happened to his children and where exactly did the family reside in the Nottoway Parish. To that we look first at the grant to Edward Brantley in 1717 to lands in then Isle of Wight County, along the Meherrine River {Exb 32}. H e may no t have kept these particular tracts, but it is clear that he did in fact reside there along the river as will be shown. {Exb 34}
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