Spouse: Nancy Ann Stafford (1796 – 1865)
Children (haven’t checked all these yet):
Elijah (1821 – ?)
Cyrene (1825 – ?)
Alexander (1826 – 1853)
Mary (1828 – ca 1859)
William S. (1830 – 1899)
Lucretia (1833 – 1891)
John (1834 – 1850)
Moses (ca 1836 – before 1850)
Solomon (1840 – 1861)
Chronology:
1791, 06-10 Born in Burke Co (Screven wasn’t a county yet)
1811 Moved to Bulloch Co with family (church record)
1816 Bought grist mill near Brooklet (from Life in Old Bulloch by Dorothy Brannen). His father and brothers, Alexander and William, were co-owners.
1818 Married Nancy Ann Stafford in Bulloch Co
1820 Living in Bulloch Co with wife and 1 son [Elijah] (census)
1830 Living in Bulloch Co with wife, 4 boys, 2 girls (census)
[Who was the extra boy?]
1840 Living in Bulloch Co with wife, 4 boys, 3 girls (census)
[This is the right number.]
1850 Living in Bulloch Co with this family (census)
Solomon 59
Nancy 54
Cyrena 22 (never married)
Alexander 21
Mary 20
William 18
Lucretia 16
John 14
Solomon 9
1860 Living in Bulloch Co with this family (census)
Solomon 69
Elijah 39
Cyrene 35
Lucretia 26
Solomon 20
Where is Nancy? On the same census page are the people below:
In a separate dwelling next door
Alex, Jr 23 (‘Jr’? Some other Brannen?)
Sarah 25
James 5
Reamer 3
Ann 2
In another dwelling nearby
Nancy 60 (should be 64 to be Nancy Stafford Brannen)
Peter 20
Next door
William 21
Cimantha 18 (Samantha?)
Abram 3
James 3/12
Living nearby is son William and his family (preceding census page)
William 28
Eliza 28
Frances 6 (girl)
George 5
John 3
Alonzo 2
Nancy 7/12
1864, 09-16 Solomon died. Buried at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
1865, 06-08 Nancy died. Is buried next to Solomon.