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Capt George Brandon

2 Aug 1770 – 12 May 1844

Birth2 Aug 1770
Death12 May 1844
CemeteryBrandon Cemetery
Kittrell , Rutherford County , Tennessee , USA
Added byDean Jones on 28 Feb 2017
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147469602

Bio

George was the son of the Christopher Brandon who died in present-day Davie County, NC in 1806 (Rowan County, at that time). Christopher was married twice, the first time likely in PA where his first children were born, namely this son,George, and a daughter, Sibella. Later, Christopher and his children migrated to Rowan County, NC to join his brothers and sisters who had settled there in the late 1760's with their father, also named George. Christopher remarried in Rowan County, signaling the death of his first wife, this George's mother. It is unknown if she died in PA, triggering the family's move to NC, or if she died on route to NC or after arriving there. [This] George married his first cousin, Sidney McGuire, on 24 Jan 1797 in Rowan County, NC. Sidney was the daughter of Mary Brandon McGuire and John McGuire who married in Rowan County, NC on 16 Mar 1767. George's father, Christopher, and Mary Brandon McGuire, were brother and sister. Christopher and Mary also had a sister, Sidney Brandon Withrow, wife of Capt. James Withrow who served as a Patriot in the American Revolutionary War. George's wife, Sidney McGuire Brandon, was a namesake of her mother's sister. Descendants of George and Sidney McGuire Brandon attribute the following information to the family: George Brandon: b. 02 Aug 1770, PA; d. 12 May 1844, Rutherford County, TN Sidney McGuire Brandon: b. 30 Nov 1774, Rowan County, NC; d. 22 Feb 1819, Rutherford Co., TN Children: 1. John Brandon: b. 16 Oct 1797, Rowan Co., NC; d. 2 Apr 1803, Rutherford Co., TN 2. Elizabeth (Betsey) Brandon: b. 09 Jan 1799, Rowan Co.,NC; married Hugh Good on 06 Aug 1816, Rutherford Co., TN 3. Christopher Brandon: b. 04 Sep 1800, Rowan Co., NC; d. 13 Sep 1811, Rutherford Co., TN 4. Mary E. (Polly) Brandon: b. 16 Nov 1802, Rutherford Co., TN; married John Reese 5. Nancy Brandon: b. 03 Apr 1804, Rutherford Co., TN; married John Pruitt Dunn 6. Jeanne Brandon: b. 20 Jan 1806 and d. 1806, Rutherford Co., TN 7. Thomas McGuire Brandon: b. 05 Dec 1807, Rutherford Co., TN; married Eudocia Ann Daniel on 27 Nov 1844, Rutherford Co., TN 8. Cynthia (Sinthy) Brandon: b. 12 Aug 1809, Rutherford Co., TN; married William A. Dunn on 08 Jan 1828 9. George Americus Brandon: b. 08 Jun 1811, Rutherford Co., TN; married Eliza A. Gregory on 30 Nov 1851, Rutherford Co., TN 10. William Graham Brandon: b. 03 Jul 1815, Rutherford Co., TN; married Tilmesia M. Goodloe on 22 Feb 1839, Rutherford Co., TN 11. Sarah (Sallie) Brandon: b. 1817, Rutherford Co., TN; married Eleazar A. Orr on 17 Jun 1833, Rutherford Co., TN 12 Hannah Brandon: b. 12 Feb 1819 and d. 05 Mar 1819, Rutherford Co., TN Note: Many thanks to contributor, Allie Nelson, for the following information regarding George's service in the War of 1812: COLONEL NEWTON CANNON's Compnay DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen DATES: September 1813 - December 1813 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Rutherford, Smith, Dickson, Franklin, Lincoln, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties CAPTAINS: Robert Allen,GEORGE BRANDON, Ota Cantrell, John B. Demsey, William Edwards, John Hanby, John Harpole, David Hogan, Francis Jones, William Martin, Andrew Patterson, James Walton, Isaac Williams, Thomas Yardley BRIEF HISTORY: Along with Colonel John Alcorn's regiment, this unit was part of General John Coffee's brigade that conducted the first campaign into the Creek Nation. Marching from Fayetteville, they went through Huntsville; crossed the Tennessee River at Ditto's Landing (mid-October 1813); stopped at Fort Strother; and fought in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813). Muster rolls show that just about every company in this regiment suffered casualties in these battles.

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