William Brookshire Sr.

  General Notes:

From an old family Bible, Mrs Mable McKinney identified thirteenchildren who belonged to William of 1730, all by name except two whowere not legible.

NOTE:Mannering I of North Carolina is placed as the child of JamesBrookshaw, Jr. because James was married to Sarah Mannering. Asurname of a wife is much more likely to be given to a offspring ofthat wife than to a nephew. William I of North Carolins, 1730, on th=other hand, is known to be the child of William of Virginia. GlennaBeck is in possession of a letter written by James that married Marth=Wright that stated that his grandfather was William Brookshaw. Thismakes William and Mannering of North Carolina cousins rather thanbrothers as previously thought.[Carl Brookshire]

1737 SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND TAX LISTS
From Tax Lists of Somerset County, Maryland, 1730-1740 by ElliottRusso:
Note: the criteria for Somerset County, Maryland tax list was thatmales over 16 Iwhite and black) and every black female over 16 waslisted and taxable. There were exceptions. The implication is that =whilt male would appear on a tax list at the age of 16. If so, onemight surmise that William Brookshire was born about 1721. (ie. 1737minus 16 =3D 1721) (Normand)

1737 Somerset County, Maryland. Wicomico Hundred Tax list entry #1246 William, Thomas Sr., (head of household); Mackintier, Danil;Willin, Thos.; BRUCKSHIR, WILLIAM.

1739 Somerset County, Maryland, Wicomico Hundred Tax List entry #1809. Mackintire, Danl.; Croucket, Robert; BRUCKSHER, WILLIAM; CROP,(Slave).

1740 Somerset County, Maryland, Wicomico Hundred, entry # 1834,Mackintire, Daniel, (head of household); Crockett, Robert; BROOKSHAW,WILLIAM; Crop, (slave).

1744 Somerset County, Maryland, __________entry # 210, Dashiell,Robert, Capt., (head of household); BROOKSHER, WILLIAM; three slaves.

1753 Anson County, North Carolina. William was a witness to a landtransaction in Anson County, Nc. That transpired on 5 and 6 Jan 1753=Land was transfered from Edward Hughes to Nicholas Harford. Ref.Anson County, NC Deed Absrtacts 1749-1766.

Among the early tax lists in the North Carolina State Archives is afragment of the 1758 Tax List of Rowan County, dated 8 October 1758.The persons named in this one page list lived in that portion of Rowa=County which became Guilford in 1771 and Randolph County in 1779-andresided in the Northwest quarter of Randolph County, north andnorthwest of Asheboro, North Carolina, county seat of Rendolph County=The numbers after each name refer to the total number of taxablepolls, black and white, combined.
Robert Lamb 1William Robins 2
William Ellis 9Isaac Davinport 2 Thomas Fannen 1Joseph Robins 2
William Clark 1 MARENBRUCKSHEAR 1
Thomas Hoper 2 MichaelSwem 1
Roberd Anderson 1 SamuelCurtis 2
John Cooley 1Benjamin Pettit 1
Mamaduke Vicry 2 James Web=1
William Robins 1 Willia=Langly 1
John Bryant, Constable HenneryWalton 1
Elixander Tansey 2 WilliamReyndals 2
Cornelus Cain 1Recherd Crunk 1
Jaramiah Reyndals 1 JohnLewes 2
William Diffee 1Samuel Clark 1
Samuel Osborn 1 EdwardThronbrough 1 WILLIAM BRUCKSHEAR 2Nathan Reid
Elisha Isaac 1William Thronbrough 1
Joseph Cantrel 1Rechard Robins June 1
Enoch Rigdon 1 Josep=Medonel 1
Addam Davis 1Roberd Fields 1
John Nation 9Mager Beazeley 3

William Millikan's List of Taxables, which, by studyingthe names of Quakers in the list, and comparing with known Quakerrecords, can be dated about 1768, inclide Manering Brookshire andWilliam Brookshire.
In 1779, when Randolph County was cut from GuilfordCounty, a tax list was made for that area. A copy was obtained fromTHE NORTH CAROLINAN, of which pages 184 and 185 are copied here:
John Stanfield CharlesHewit
Elisha Bowdrie ThomasMilsap
William Perriman WilliamHannah
David Lewis BarnetHoughman
Robert Jackson SamuelLewis
Joseph Moore BrittainFuller
James Cook WilliamMiller
Thomas Putrail John Bell
John Erwin JohnCurtice
John Conway, Jun. BilleyWilliams
Richard Ward, S. Man Thomas Estes,S. Man
Mark Slader WilliamBlalock
John Jackson ThomasLowe
Francis Bell, Jun. JamesMadewell

James Gaddis ThomasYates
Elias Wildman PeterSmith
Thomas Hannon WilliamMassey
JESSE BROOKSHIRE Thomas Addison
James Lunsford FrancesBell, Sen.
Simeon Jackson GeorgeGibson
James Jackson, S. man George Lowry
Edward Poidry ThomasKing
James King MaryThompson
John Ingram JamesRoberts
John Canady, Sen. SamuelCrabtree, Sen.
Andrew Jackson MANNERINGBROOKSHIRE, SEN James Jackson, S. ManEdward Williams
Robert Haney WilliamYates
George Bond JohnDavenport
Edward Hews WilliamRoberts, Sen.
William BellWilliam Hunter
Richard Steadford JohnBillingsloa
Alexander Patterson CurticeMoore
Philburd Wright, Jun. AmosWorrell, S. man
Philburd Wright, Sen. John Evrit
Joseph Hopkins PinckCarter
William Roberts, Jun. WilliamDraper
Hamon Miller JohnThomson
Cordey Ridge LeonardCanford
William Robertson WilliamCaarter, S. man
William Ledford GeorgeZink
James Ward MARYBROOKSHIRE
Hartwell Hunter, s. man FrancisArnold
Daniel Mullen WilliamCole
Phillip Crawford JohnArnold
Charles Hopkins JonasHoover
John Coady, S. man

Persons failing or refusing to return Inventories of their Taxableproperty William Cole's List:
John Moss JacobFouts
Andrew Hoover Frederic=Vemier
Andrew Fouts

JACOB SHEPPARD'S LIST
William Hamilton WilliamOrrick
Geooge Tucker WilliamTucker
John Presnel Nathl.Tucker, s. man
William Presnel LamberdReid
James Carson CharlesMulhollon
William Diffey, Jun. RichardBean
George Lucas JohnConner
William Bland JohnGraves
Thomas Williams EdwardWilliams, Sen.
William Williams JohnWilliams (L. R.)
Daniel Presnel RobertMilton
Casper Coonse JohnFowler
Isaac CoxArthur Fowler, S. man
Agnes Rollins JohnLathem
James Powers JohnsonKing, Jun.
Drewry Goldsby JamesStemper
James Goodwin GeorgeWilson
John Williams PeterKing
Joseph Wade JamesPresnel
MANNERING BROOKSHIRE, JUN. Ezekiel Dollarhide
Joseph Salisberry WilliamBoling
Walter Ashmore MitchelBoling
John Carns JohnBoling
John HillWilliam Constant
James Anderson StephenPresnel, S. man
Sarah Laseter NathanHoward
James Blalock RichardPincher
Thomas Knight SWIFTBROOKSHIRE, S. man
Major Gibson WilliamHowlet, S. man
John Grifford JamesThomson
Stephen Cole JacobSheppard
Samuel Newby Peter Wrigh=
Andrew Baifour JohnOrrick
Joseph Brown DennisHopkins
Elisha Hobbs ThomasCox
Christo. Bundy, S. man WilliamRichards
David Gibson (Test A=Totom, CI.)

Persons failing or refusing to return Inventories of their Taxableproperty Jacob Sheppard's List:
William HillPharoah Venters
Samuel Bundy JesseHendley
John Winslow WilliamLewallen
Michael Harvey FrancisDollarhide
William Newby PeterVuncannon
Thomas Wilson WilliamHarvey, Sen.

From these tax lists and the Bible record of William I (see later) wecan approximate the birth dates of William and Mannering. William wa=probably a little older than Mannering as his older children seem tobe older than the older children of Mannering. Since William's firstchild was born in 1751, we may assume that he could not have been bor=much after 1730. Usually a person was exempted from paying poll taxupon attaining the afg of fifty, therefore, since William's nameappears on the 1768 tax list, he must have been born after 1718. Ifwe say that Mannering was a little younger than William, then he woul=have been born 1732 or before. As his name appears on the 1779 taxlist we may assume that he was not yet fifty years of age, thus, hewould have been born after 1729. 1729-1732 is a pretty close interva=so that we can feel reasonably sure that William was born ca. 1730 an=Mannering on 1732. (Note that this analysis is predecated upon thesupposition that the appearance of the name of Mannering upon the 177 tax list indicated that he paid poll tax that year.)

12 June 1764-William on Jury P. 27 Rowan County, North Carolina

17 Jan. 1769-William appointed overseer of Roads. P. 90
*Abstracts of minutes of the Court, Rowan Co. NC. 1775-1789 Vol. III.

According to William F. Brookshire, William Brooksher and Wife Sarah,were in Piedmont, Va. around 1752 and traditionally owned property there. The Date of their departure from Piedmont, Va. is not known.They settled in N.C. in what is now Randolph County, south of Greensboro, N.C. by or before 1756 as that year a son, William II was born. This William II, was the father of Joel Brookshire, born in 1802. William I left the area and moved to an area north of, Taylorsville, N.C. He was on the tax list in 1758 in Rowan, Co. NC. His home was in the present day Randolph Co. NC. between Little and Uharri Rivers-Carolina Cradle. Estate inv. 09 Nov 1786.

08 Aug 1786 "Letters of Administration on estate of Wm. Brookshire, dec'd. Orders to issue to Sarah Brookshire, the widow, who qualified and gave bond with Jesse Brookshire and Frances Williams, Secl, In the sum of 400 pounds.

8 Nov 1786-Inventory of the estate of William Brookshire filed.

9 May 1788-Ordered that Jesse and Mary Brookshire, Adm. of William Brookshire deceased appear at next court and account.

4 May 1789-Exe. of Yost Cope Vs. William Brookshires, Adm.

8 August 1789-Ordered that John Brookshire and Sarah Brookshire, Adms of William Brookshire, dec., be cited to appear at next court andsettle said estate.

8 August 1789-Ordered that Levin Brookshire, orphan of William Brookshire be bound till he attain the age of 21 years, to learn the trade of sadler. Master to comply with the law.

Jesse and Mary, Williams two oldest children were administrators ofWilliams (dec.) estate and were ordered by the State to give an accounting of his estate. They later show a balance of his estate tobe 79.1.1 pounds.

Deed Book # 14, p697 Rowan County, North Carolina: This indenture made this 24th day of Aug. 1796. Between JESSE BROOKSHEARS, WILLIAM BROOKSHEARS, MANNERING BROOKSHEAR, BENJAMIN BROOKSHEAR and LEVIN BROOKSHIERS of County of Rowan and State of North Carolina...and JESSE HARRIS of the same County and State of the other part.[L 200 Pd byJesse Harris]...sell...a tract of land on both sides of LickCreek...as in deed pg 594 from GEORGE HARRIS to JESSE HARRIS [all Brookshires sign by name except Manring(M) and Benj.(B) wits: William Grist, Henry Sluder, John Guis, George Harris.

William married Mary Sarah "Honour" Burk, daughter of James Burk and Mary Jane "Polly" Bane, in 1750 in North Carolina, USA. (Mary Sarah "Honour" Burk was born about 1732 in Virginia or North Carolina, USA, died in 1789 in Rowan or Randolph County, North Carolina, USA and was buried in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.)