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John N. Branson

5 Jan 1801 – 27 Feb 1880

Birth5 Jan 1801
Death27 Feb 1880
CemeteryForest Hills Cemetery
Chattanooga , Hamilton County , Tennessee , USA
Added byAnonymous on 13 Nov 2022
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116584632

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___________________ ~~ JOHN N. BRANSON ~~ _______________________ (Pittsylvania County, VA is divided into 7 Districts: Banister, Callands-Gretna, Chatham-Blairs, "Dan River", Staunton River, Tunstall, & Westover.) _______________________ JOHN N. BRANSON was BORN in the "Dan River" District of Pittsylvania Co., VA in 1801. The middle initial "N." could be for "Norton" to honor his mother's maiden name (as he was her 1st child). "John N." was born to "John Branson" & "Jane (Jennie) Norton". His parents married on 2-17-1800 @ the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA. They lived in Chatham. They had 8 Children, but only 6 Lived-to-Birth. JOHN N. was their 1st. Child. _______________________ JOHN N.'s FATHER: "John Branson" was one of 8 children, 7 brothers & 1 sister, who were born to 'Absolom & Jemima Lorton Branson' (who married in 1764). John was born in 1772 & died between 1851—1855 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA where he lived his whole life. * In 1800 "John Branson" was the ONLY Branson family member left in VA. Absolom had died in Buncombe Co., NC 1798 after leaving VA; Jemima had died in Grainger Co., TN in 1800. John's SIBLINGS were either in TN or in IN. He 'alone' stayed in Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA where he married in 1800. * _______________________ JOHN N.'s MOTHER: "Jane (Jennie) Norton" was born on 7-1-1773 to "John Norton, Sr." & "Elizabeth ?Wilson? Norton". Jane is thought to have died about 1849 @ Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA. _______________________ JOHN N. MARRIED "Cynthia Hunter" in 1829; they are on The 1830 Census in Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN. "John N. Branson" was listed as a "Brick Mason". When JOHN N. & CYNTHIA HUNTER BRANSON moved to TN by 1830, he still had 2 living Branson Uncles (David A. who died later that year & Nathaniel who died in 1858) & numerous Cousins in TN. JOHN N. & Cynthia continued "farther SW of Grainger Co., TN" to Lincoln Co., TN "where Cynthia Hunter's Family lived". They had moved 520 Miles from Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA where his father lived. His dad (John Branson) had been arrested more-than-once for adultery. When The Census of 1850 was taken in Pittsylvania Co., VA, there was no mention of his mother Jennie in this census. Thus, it is surmised that Jennie had died prior to 1850. John Branson died between 1851-1855; his caregiver son & daughter-in-law then moved to Fayette Co., IL where they both died in 1856. (The full story of John N.'s Siblings is on his father's memorial page…you can click-on his link @ the bottom of this memorial to read it.) THE MIGRATION of JOHN & JENNIE's CHILDREN to other states is therefore understandable. Of the 6 Children, 4 went to Illinois; 1 went to TN = JOHN N.; & 1 stayed in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Distancing oneself from scandal seemed important in the early 1800's. _______________________ JOHN N. & CYNTHIA had lived @ Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN for 50 years when "John N. Branson" DIED in Feb. of 1880 of "inflammation of the bowels". This was according to the "Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. XVIII, No. 1"; but on The Census of 1880 of Lincoln Co., TN Mortality Index, his death is listed as 4-27-1880. He was most probably buried where most of his children (& their spouses) are buried in Forest Hills Cemetery @ Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN with his wife who died later that same year on 10-31-1880. (This seemed to be "the cemetery" where so many of John N.'s relatives were buried for a couple of generations...even though, they lived-out their lives @ or near Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN.) _______________________ JOHN N. BRANSON's LINEAGE: Thomas Branson 1635 England--1684 MD + Amy ?Morris? Michael Branson 1680 MD--after 1744 MD +Rebecca ?Yates? Absolom Branson 1740-1798 + Jemima Lorton 1744-1800 John Branson 1772—-between 1851—1855 + Jane Norton 1773—-about 1849 John N. Branson 1801-1880 + Cynthia Hunter 1803-1880 _______________________ * Cynthia Hunter's Father, "Reuben Hunter", is buried in Lincoln Co., TN @ a VERY small cemetery called "Hunter (Reubin) Cemetery" where he is buried WITH "4 Branson's".* CYNTHIA HUNTER's LINEAGE: William Hunter, I 1624-? + ? William Hunter, II 1650-1729 + Joane ? Nicholas Hunter 1678-1749 + Rebecca Hardy 1683-1785; m: 1703 Isaac Hunter 1705-1749 + 2nd. wife Sarah Hill; m: 1724 Reuben Bonahan Hunter 1735-1794 (or 1796) + Sarah Speight 1737-1811; m: 1760 Reuben Hunter 1761-1833 + Cynthia Utley 1762 (or 1764)-1854; m: 1783 *** There was a "Cholera Outbreak in 1854 in TN". *** Cynthia Hunter 1803-1880 + John N. Branson 1801-1880; m: 1829 _______________________ 10 CHILDREN of "John N. Branson & Cynthia Hunter Branson" ALL born @ Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN: 1. Sarah Jane Branson b: 1829 2. Franklin Daniel Branson b: 1832 3. Martha Cynthia Branson b: 1834 4. Thomas Benton Branson b: 1836 5. James Polk Knox Branson b: 1840 6. John Rufus Branson b: Jun 1842 7. Andrew Jackson Branson b: 1845 8. William Bonner Branson b: 11-26-1847 9. Sophronia Branson b: 1849 10.Amanda Branson b: 1850 _______________________ These CHILDREN & their Spouses ARE BURIED @ Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN according to cemetery records. ~Sarah Jane Branson Rouzee & Madison Rouzee; ~Franklin Daniel Branson & Frances Vickers Branson; ~John Rufus Branson & Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rodgers Branson. These are "possibilities" of being buried in this same cemetery...because they "died in Fayetteville, TN" as did many of their family who were "then buried @ Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga": ~~Martha Cynthia Branson; ~~Thomas Benton Branson; & ~~James Polk Knox Branson. ~~Sophronia Branson was last known in The Census of 1880 in Fayetteville, TN. ~~Amanda Branson married John A. Little in 1881 & then is shown to have died that same year. In The 1880 Census, she was in Fayetteville, TN. Here are the exceptions: ~~Andrew Jackson Branson is buried in Ennis, TX @ Myrtle Cemetery. ~~William Bonner Branson is buried @ Fairmount Cemetery @ Central City, KY. ______________________ "John N. Branson" died in 1880 & was undoubtedly missed by his wife, 10 children, & grandchildren. ______________________ ~~Lynda, John N.'s 2-great's-granddaughter through his son, William Bonner. ______________________

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