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Descendants of Symond BROUGHTON

Fourth Generation

7. Jesse BROUGHTON (Willoughby , James , Symond ) was born in 1748 in Virginia. He died feb Aug. 17 1778 in Wilkes Co, Georgia.

Jesse married Mary HAWKINS. Mary was born about 1758 in Virginia. She died after 1807 in Virginia.

They had the following children:

9. Jacob BROUGHTON (Willoughby , James , Symond ) was born in 1750/1755.

He had the following children:

10. Job BROUGHTON (Willoughby , James , Symond ) was born on 30 Oct 1755 in Brunswick Co., VA. He died on 27 Mar 1837 in Hammond, Knox Co., KY and was buried in Friendship Church Cemetery, Knox Co., KY.

Job Broughton, Pvt., served in Stephen Herd's fort in Wilkes County, Ga., "In fall of 1781 I was discharged and moved back to North Carolina, and on the road heard the firing at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. For my services as a minute man I was promised $8 per month, full rations for myself and my wife. The rations got best, as for the money I never got it, and if I had it would have taken $500 to buy a half pint of whiskey."
http://www.tcnet.net/ky/knox/decker.html
HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY KENTUCKY

Knox County KY Rev War Pension Records:
KNOX COUNTY:
BROUGHTON, Job, Pvt. Of Infantry & Cavalry, GA Militia, 9 Sept 1833, $60, age 79.

JOB BROUGHTON
KNOX COUNTY
PRIVATE
GEORGIA MILITIA
$60.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$180.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
SEPTEMBER 9, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 79

http://www.kcnet.com/~denis/gates/woodard/broug-07.htm
Job was a veteran of the Revolution, serving around the period 1775-1776. He and his wife were living in Surry County, North Carolina when he fought in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge against the Tories on February 27, 1776. They moved to Wilkes County, Georgia on or around February 24, 1777. Here he re-entered the service and was stationed at Stephen Herd's Fort in 1777 and served until 1781. During this time he served as a Minuteman and was a spy for some 18 months, and later participated in the seige of Savannah.

Job later moved his family to Buncombe County, North Carolina, where he owned land on Choats Creek. They later moved to Knox County, Kentucky.

Kentucky Lineage by Broughton - page 58-59. "I volunteered under Colonel Martin Armstrong, Captain Jabes Jarvis, Lt. James Freeman, and an ensign (not remembered) for a tour of six weeks. I lived at that time in Surry County, North Carolina, on the Yadkin River. We marched from the shallow ford on the Yadkin where we rendevouzed to the crossroad, as it was called then, now Randolph Courthouse, where we joined Col. Martin with the troops he commanded. Thence to Campbelltown on Cape Fear, a distance of 160 miles from where I lived. There we were stationed until we were discharged........

During this year (1775) I volunteered several times to go against the Tories, but they were each of short duration, not exceeding 10 or 15 days."

Fought at the Battle of Moore's Bridge in Surry County, North Carolina on February 27, 1776.

1777 Surry NC Tax Lists - "Jabez JARVIS District" (Excerpted):
Job BROUGHTON

1790 Federal Census -
Name: Job Broughton
Township: Not Stated
County: Surry
State: NC
Year: 1790
Roll: M637_7
Page: 185
Image: 0297
Males: 1 over 16, 3 under 16
Females: 1
Living nearby: John Moore
Males: 2 over 16, 3 under 16
Females: 7
Living in same county:
Elijah Smallwood Not Stated, Surry, NC 1790
John Smallwood Not Stated, Surry, NC 1790

1800 Federal Census -
Name: Broughton, Job
Township: Morgan
County: Buncombe
State: North Carolina
Year: 1800
Roll: M32_29
Page: 160
Image: 70
Males: 0 1(10-16) 2(16-26) 1(26-45) 0
Females: 0 0 1(16-26) 1(26-45) 0

1810 Federal Census - Clay Co, Kentucky
Job Broughton
Males: 0 0 0 0 1(45+)
Females: 1(0-10) 0 0 0 1(45+)

1820 Census - Stinking Creek, Knox, KY
Jobe Broughton
Males: 1 over 45
Females: 1 over 45
ALSO IN STINKING CREEK IN 1820:
Arthur Edwards Stinking Creek,Knox,KY 1820
John Edwards Stinking Creek,Knox,KY 1820
Will Edwards Stinking Creek,Knox,KY 1820
John Lawson Stinking Creek,Knox,KY 1820

1830 Census - Laurel Co, KY
Males:
2(0-5) - J. N., Hezekiah III
2(5-10) - James, John
1(30-40) - Hezekiah
Females: 0 0 0 0 1(20-30) - Elizabeth
Next door: Samuel Owens 1 2 0 0 1(20-30) - 1 0 0 0 1
On other side: Woodward Broughton
Next to Samuel Owens: William Owens 0 0 0 0 1(20-30) - 1 0 0 1
On Same Page: Job Brotten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(70-80) - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(70-80)

Broughton, Job Knox, KY 1835 N/A
Broughton, Job Unknown Townships, Knox, KY 1830

Burial: Friendship Church Cemetery, Knox Co., KY
Event: Military Service Revolutionary War; Private; Infantry & Cavalry, GA Militia
Note:
REFN: 6309
Revolutionary War Soldier:
KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835
Report from thr Secretary of War in relation to the pension establishment
of the US 1835
REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR IN OEDIENCE TO RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE
OF THE 5TH AND 30TH OF JUNE, 1834 AND THE 3RD OF MARCH 1835
IN RELATION TO THE PENSION ESTABLISMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON PRINTED BY DUFF GREEN 1835
JOB BROUGHTON
KNOX COUNTY
PRIVATE
GEORGIA MILITIA
$60.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$180.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
SEPTEMBER 9, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 79
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Knox County Kinfolk in the Revolutionary War
Job Broughton's Pension Papers, #W8395
"Broughton Genealogy" by Mrs. Lillian B. Creech:
"The pension papers of Job Broughton, my great great grandfather, are as
revealing as a visit to the past because they give such a vivid account
of his entire life.
He was born October 30, 1755, at Brunswick, Virginia, and married June
26, 1774. However, Mary, his wife, stated after his death that she
thought they married in 1772.
They went to Surrey County, North Carolina in the spring of 1775, where
he volunteered for service in the Revolutionary War under Colonel Martin
Armstrong, Captain Jabes Jarvis, and Lieutenant James Freeman.
There was an uprising of the Scotch in North Carolina to aid the British,
so the patriots mustered forces, marched across a shallow ford of the
Yadkin, and then rendezvoused at a crossroad, later known as Randolph
Courthouse. There they joined the forces of Colonel Martin Armstrong and
marched 160 miles to Campbelltown on Cape Fear. News reached them that
Caswell (or Lazwell) had defeated the uprising and this prevented them
from going any further.
Later in the year of 1775, he volunteered several more times to go
against the Tories, but each siege was of short duration.
On February 24, 1777, he removed his family to Wilkes County, Georgia.
Then that fall he enrolled as a minute man and took up quarters at
Stephen Herd's Fort.
The troops were divided into three groups: one marching against the
British, Tories, and Indians; one acting as spies; and the third guarding
the Fort and protecting the women when they went out to get milk or get
water at the spring.
Richard Austin was his Captain a short while, but was wounded
accidentally by one of his own men. At Captain Austin's death, he was
replaced by Captain Richard Herd.
Job Broughton was ordered out as a spy for 18 months, but was released
from service, not duty, before the entire period terminated.
Another important service during this period was to help besiege
Savannah. He served 31 days during this encounter under General
Linkhorn, Colonel John Doolie, and Captain John Stewart.
This was the only large engagement he participated in, but made many
skirmishes against the Indians while at Herd's Fort.
He remembers seeing General McIntosh, Count D'Estany, and Count Pulaski
sitting on a log when a cannonball hit. The log split but no one was
injured.
He received his discharge in the fall of 1781 and removed his family to
Bute County, North Carolina, which has now been divided into Warren and
Franklin Counties. Fighting was still going on at this time because he
stated that he could hear guns firing as they traveled along.
He spent several years in North Carolina and then came to Kentucky 25
years prior to August 26, 1833, the date he made application for a
pension, and had resided 13 of those years on Goose Creek, Knox County,
Kentucky.
He stated that he could verify his age by the family Bible which was in
the possession of his sister, Winny Davis, in Surry County, North
Carolina.
On August 12, 1838, his widow, Mary Broughton, made a declaration that
she was 82 years old, and that he had died March 27, 1837. She said that
their 52-year old son, William Broughton, had been made administrator and
that she was making her home with him on Stinking Creek, Knox County,

Kentucky."

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CEMETERIES: Stinking Creek Cemetery, Hammons, Knox County, Kentucky
Knox County GenWeb:
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE
BROUGHTON, Job 10/30/1750 03/27/1837 Rev. War Private
BROUGHTON, Mary 1756 1840
BROUGHTON, S. William 12/04/1787 12/24/1854
BROUGHTON, Elizabeth 1789 1875
BROUGHTON, Henry 1840 1854
BROUGHTON, John 1806 1870
BROUGHTON, Sarah Payne 1806 1870
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Kentucky Land Grants (as per FTM CD650, part 1, Chapter VI, 1816-1873):

50 Acres (Book I, Pg. 327) Survey Date - 8 March 1821, Knox Co.: Goose Creek

Job married Mary "Molly" LEWIS / WOODARD on 26 Jun 1774. Mary was born on 10 Mar 1756 in North Carolina. She died in 1840/1845 in Knox Co., KY and was buried in Friendship Church Cemetery, Knox Co., KY.

Pension Application (Abstract of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Knox County Kentucky, Compiled by Annie Walker Burns, 1835):
On the 12th day of August, 1838, Mary Broughton, aged 82, on 10th March next, and a resident of Stinking Creek, about 17 miles of Barbourville seat of Justice in Knox County Kentucky and made statement that she is a widow of John (Job) Broughton who was a private in the Revolutionary (war). She also declares that she was married to John (Job) Broughton in 1782 and that her husband died March 27, 1837; that she has been a widow ever since. That she is unable by bodily infirmity to go to the Court House when court is in session and knows of no one living by whom she can prove her marriage.

F. Adams, J.P.

Job and Mary had the following children:

Job and Mary Broughton's Tombstone

11. Winifred "Winnie" BROUGHTON (Willoughby , James , Symond ) was born in 1761/1765 in Brunswick Co, Virginia. She died in 1847 in Macon Co., North Carolina.

Winifred married (1) Isham DAVIS on 9 Sep 1783 in Edgefield, South Carolina. Isham was born on 6 Jan 1758 in Pee Dee River, Cheraw Dist., South Carolina.

Anson County, NC Deed Transfers
"Watts, Garrett","Isham Davis","Glade Lick ","Deed","3/31/1796"
"Watts, John","Isham Davis","Adj. Beard","Deed","7/20/1796"
"Watts, Garrett (by Shff)","Isham Davis","Glade Lick Branch","Deed","1/16/1797"
http://www.wattsline.org/gen/watts/newsletter33.htm

Isham and Winifred had the following children:

Winifred also married (2) John WOODWARD, son of Peter WOODWARD, in 1780 in Surry Co NC. John was born about 1755.

I am searching for information about John Woodward (b. about 1755) who married Winnifred Broughton (b. about 1762 in Brunswick County, Virginia) in Surry County, North Carolina about 1780. John was the son of Peter WOODWARD (b. about 1730 in Virginia). He was the father of Winnifred Willoughby BROUGHTON.
http://www.geocities.com/~surryco/jul98.html

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