MISSISSIPPI STATE FILE
Mississippi Records 1830-1837
N A M E County Date
Letitia Brantley Oktibbeha Co 1837
Oliver Brantley Oktibbeha Co 1837
Larkin Brantley Oktibbeha Co 1837
Satney P Brantley Oktibbeha Co 1837 {Sidney}
John Branty Tishomingo Co 1837
Thomas Braulley Kemper Co 1837 {Brantley}
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History James Brantly
Biblical Recorder
Wednesday, August 26, 1835
Vol 1, No. 34
page 2, column 5 and page 3, column 1
The following extract of a letter from our esteemed brother, Tho. D. Armstrong, now in Alabama, will be read with interest by our readers generally, and particularly by those in Chatham, and neighboring counties in this State. We shall be pleased to hear from Brother Armstrong again.
Editor
....Time, paper, and prudence admonish me to desist. I shall close by giving you a short account of the death of brother James Brantly. He was a member of May's chapel church in Chatham county, N.C.; left there in 1832; lived in this county until last fall - was a deacon of one of my churches, and it seemed that if there ever was any person that was beloved by every member, he was the man; and I can say with propriety, that he was --- good report from without. I came to him when I came to this county, and can truly say, to me, he was a friend in need and a brother indeed. But benevolent men have to die. Abraham, the friend of God is dead; and Brantly, the friend of God, and of his poor ministers, is also dead. He moved from the county to Mississippi last fall, and died the 12th of last month (June.) From the time he was taken ill, he said he was going to die - commenced talking of the goodness of God, and commenting on the Scriptures. He told his family for him to live was Christ, but to die was his eternal gain. The day before he died, he sang with an audible voice two hymns, the one which commences 'Am I a soldier of the cross," &c. - the other, which commences, "Why should we mourn departing friends or shake at death's alarms," &c. and sung them both through. A few hours before he died, he called his children around his bed, took them each by the hand, and bid them farewell. He continued in his sense to the last moment. A few moments before he died, he exclaimed, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let may last end by as his,' &c. He lived the life of the righteous, and no doubt but he died the death. I close by asking your prayers, my brother, in behalf of his distressed widowed wife and orphan children.
Thomas D. Armstrong Presented by member Beth Moye.
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Bible Records
Issac Hodges Bible - Lawrence Hodges and Bessie V Brantley were married Dec 20 1900
Smith-Callahan Bible - Lenora Brantley born Jun 11 1843 Ezra Brantley married Ella Smith, dg of G.W. Smith
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AMITECOUNTY
WhittingtonCemetery
Harrison T Brantleyb Jan 30 1894d Jan 25 1976
Gertrude S Brantleyb Feb 12 1897
RobertsCemetery
Sallie (Brrantley) McDanielb Apr 25 1885d Jul 1 1918
George Rollinsb Oct 30 1876d Mat 30 1950
Ada (Brantley)b Oct 18 1881d Jun 19 1955
Arthur Brantleyb Feb 23 1884d Jun 19 1944
Littie R Brantleyb May 15 1892d Nov 8 1968
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ATTALACOUNTY
LibertyHillCemetery
Charlie Battle Brantleyb Nov 11 1890d Oct 22 1944
Doris Olane BrantleyJan 15 1925d Jul 31 1925 > {dg of Charlie}
Census
1900 - James Jr James Sr, Jesse, Charles = all descendants of Jacob & Rachel Brantley from GA
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CALHOUNCOUNTY
Census
1860/70/80
Sidney Brantley Family (wife Frances Hawkins) 1860-1870-1880 In Lafayette Co 1850
Larkin N Brantley (wife Rebecca Bagwell) 1860-1870"
Nicholas Brantley (wife Elizabeth C Hughes) 1860In Yalobusha Co 1850
1860 - Thomas R Brantley (wife Sarah Kilgore) Family. In Pontotoc Co 1850
1870 - John R Brantley (Mary Callahan)
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See History of Wilson Green taken from - Book unknown
Wilson Green Brantley b Calhoun Co abt 1854 d 1903 WacoTexas: wife Angeline Johnson. List 7 children; one is Wm Merriman Brantley
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CHICKASAWCOUNTY
Census
1900
Charles Brantley, age 39, (wife Nannie) and Family
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ProspectMethodistCemetery
C.L. Brantleyb Aug 22 1860d Nov 14 1912
Nancy Ann Brantleyb Sep 4 1863d Mar 5 1949> wife
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CHOCTAW COUNTYMISSISSIPI
HISTORY
See History dealing with the life and death of Gen. Wm F Brantley - on file
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Abstract from “History of Mississippi”
“Its Courts were attended by such men as: J.Z. George, Reuben Davis, E.C. Walthall, Wiley P. Harris, Bob Hudson”
Listed as prominent persons of ChoctawCounty in the early days:
J.V. Steen, Wiley Marshal, Frank Liddell, T.N. Davis, John Nolen, Capt J.B. Dunn, Col Wm Brantley, and J.J. Campbell
(All those underline have ties to the family of Wm Brantley & Marina Jolly) sb Brantley Clegg
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The Davis Family in Wales and America, by Harry Alexander Davis, 1927
Born Lewis Co., Ky., Feb. 1808. He married 1) about 1827 Susan Perkins, a widow, she died about 1832 and he married 2) Muriel or Murilla Brantley, born N.C. 1814. He was appointed trustee in Vanceburg in place of Alexander Bruce who refused to qualify, Sept. Court 1833. He moved to Miss. before 1835 and settled in ChoctawCounty where he served for over 20 years as clerk of the court. His wife died sometime between 1851 and 1860. He is listed as Probate Judge of the county in 1860......
The following are the children that I believe he had with Muriel or Murilla or Mieling (per census spelling):
Mary Nancy Davis b. 1835 Miss. who married Richard S. Cramer.
Eliza Ward Davis b. 1837 Miss
Lucy Brantley Davis b. 1838 who married Arnold Brantley after Arnold died or was murdered she married Henry C. Diggs
Sophia b. 1840 MIss
William Naylor Davis b. 1842
Harriet b. 1844 Miss
Deborah Parks
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Court Record Nov Term 1872 J.C. Kittrell vrs Julia Brantley sb Brantley Clegg
Stated Julia was the widow of W.F Brantley dec;d
That Mary Thomas Brantley was a minor orphan
That A. H. Brantley was the guardian of the minor child.
That M. E. Simpson was guardian ad litur of Mary Thomas Brantley
That D. L. Sweatman was exector of said dec’d.
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DEEDS
Book 1836-1868
Page 497 - Wm F Brantley sold to Mrs F.E. Peebles, wife of J.H. Peebles, for #500 East half of NW quarter of Section 8, Twp 19, Range 9 containing 80 acres and Lot #1 Block #37 in the town of Greensboro, Choctaw Co Nov 1865.
Page 507 - Willis Barfield sold to A.H. Brantley for $75 NE quarter of SW quarter of Sec 17 Twp 19 Rge 9 E Feb 1866
Page 587 - Henry Fox and Angie T Fox, his wife, sold to W. Brantley for $30 Lot #1 Block #33/34/35 in Greensboro, Choctaw Co Jan 1868
Page 595 Patrick Jourdan sold to Wm F Brantley, for $5 a pony Feb 1868
Page 612 Thos B Ford sold to Wm F Brantley, for $70, Lots in the town of Bellefontain, Choctaw Co Dec 1867.
Page 613 Contract between Frank Brantley, a freedman and W.F. Brantley for debts Mar 1868
Page 614 Contract between George Gibbs, a freedman and W.F. Brantley for debts Mar 1868
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Newspaper Articles - sb Emma Hill
Austin Gazzett (TEXAS)
Gonzales – Mar 19, 1859 – William Baltzell shot Dr John R Brantley and he died of his wounds the 26 ult
Gonzales Aug 27, 1859 – About 6 months ago Dr J. W. Brantley was killed by William H. Baltzell. Wednesday evening H. Bazell (Williams brother) was shot and killed by N. McCoy. Should read J. R. Brantley
(It was reported in one of the Mississippi histories, that the Brantley brothers hired Neal McCoy, known as the desperado of Mississippi, to go Gonzales and kill the Bazell men who killed the doctor).
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CLAIBORNECOUNTY
WintergreenCemetery
Florance V Brantleyb Jun 11 1866d Jul 15 1915
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CLARKECOUNTY
Probate Record
Nancy J Brantley & Lemuel D Fitts of KemperCountyMiss. and Robert Collins of Clarke Co were bonded to the Clk of Court for the penal sum of $4000 and bind themselves and each of their heirs Jan 26 1839. Nancy J was admx of goods & chattles of Thomas R Brantley dec. Exib to Orphans Court.
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COPIAH COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
OldCrystalSpringsCemetery
Laura A Brantleyb May 20 1840d Feb 16 1870> wife of George W Brantley (She was dg of Michem Wiest / of Julius C Wiest and Mary Sims)
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HOLMESCOUNTY
BrantleyCemetery (Near Coxburg, W.H. Cooksey's Place- 1953)
(MS105C)
John H Brantley b Nov 12 1813 d Mar 4 1876
Millie Brantley b Mar 3 1843 d Jul 30 1845 -Infant age 5 days
William Brantley b Jul 17 1840 d Jul 17 1848
(Son & Daug of J.H. & M.S. Brantley)
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unk cemetery
John T Brantleyd Aug 22 1874 age 58 yrs 8mo 10 days
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Book "The Ma?ys of Virginia 1730-1985"
See History of John C and Harvey Brantley (both m Archers) of Jonathan Brantley, in History section.
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Note from researcher, Jane Cross
Lewis H Brantley MS Holmes Co 10/20/35 Mt Salus 14421 MSo350 _ 463
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Message from Charles Binford 2003
Ken:
In light of our recent discussion, I thought you might be interested in receiving the transcribed notes attributed to my great-grandmother, Saleta Brantley Binford. As I understand it, the following was transcribed by one of Saleta's daughters, Louise Binford Oppenheimer based on conversations with her mother.
"My father was John Harrison Brantley, born in Putnam County, Georgia, and the middle one of eleven children. Five of his brothers grew to manhood. These were William (I do not recall his middle name); Henry, who was called 'Hal'; Hilliard Askew, who died at 17; Jonathan Thomas, who had a large family and raised four of 16 children; and Green, who married and left one son.
There were three sisters who lived to be grown. The oldest, named Mary, was always called Polly. She married a rich man named Perry, but only lived four years after that. She left two sons, John Brantley Perry and William (Billy) Askew Perry. Both died in the War Between the North and South. John left two children, Mary and Billy, but Billy Askew never married. He was killed in the Battle of Shiloh or the Battle of Fishing Creek. I've forgotten which.
My father's next sister was Nancy Ann, named for her mother, but always called Ann. She married a Mr. Robert Boyd, a school teacher, and raised three children. Of these children, Frances was first married to a man who died from measles contracted in camp. Robert Boyd, Aunt Ann's oldest son, lived to be about 70 years of age and was at one time comfortably well-to-do. He lived near Tyler and had a family of three or four, but I know nothing more of him. Aunt Ann's youngest boy, who was partly raised by my father, was named Romanta Packanett; my birthday was February 10 and his, February 13. He wrote to me several times three or four years ago (before 1930) while he was living at Rosebud with his fourth wife. He raised four children, all girls, I believe. All had married, but I do not know their names.
Eliza was my father's youngest sister, and she married twice. Her first husband was a splendid man named Thomason. When he died, he left her in good circumstances and with five children. The oldest was a girl named Jennie; the next William B., or Billy; and after that Ulissus (Ulysses?). Both of these boys were in the war and were killed. The next boy was Albert, and the youngest was Burton. These younger children lived with us until Eliza's husband, Jim Siddon, got so he could give them a home. He had been a Confederate soldier, also, but was CountySurveyor for Holmes County, Miss., many years before the war.
My paternal grandmother was Nancy Ann Askew who married William Brantley. Her bothers were Henry Askew and Luke Askew. All of them were natives of Virginia who left there and went to Georgia.
The brothers thought the land poor in Georgia and, so, after only one year they moved to Alabama and bought land near where the TombigbyRiver flows into the Alabama River. (check Clarke Co.). There my grandparents, William and Nancy Ann (Askew) Brantley, lived and there he died." (check Dallas Co., also, for Alabama records. Nancy Ann appears to have moved to Mississippi where she is shown on the 1860 census rolls as a member of the household of her son, John Harrison Brantley, with her age given as 76. This would make her birth date circa 1784. She would have been 29 when John Harrison, who would be Seleta's father, was born in 1813).
End of transcribed notes.
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HUMPHREYCOUNTY
Callihan-Brantley-Marshall Bible (was destroyed in tornado -Lenora wrote this on her death bed)
R.L. Callihan b Feb 24 1842(Robert Lee d 1872 CSA)
Lenora Brantleyb Jun 11 1843
R.L. Callihan Jrb Dec 14 1864(Bob died 1930)
Oscar Callihanb Apr 15 1968(1874)
Lula Callihanb Nov 17 186 7(d young)
Georgiana Callihanb Oct 2 11869(Harriet Georgiana d 1960)
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KEMPER COUNTYMISSISSIPPI
Jesse Brantley tax record here 1836.
Census
1840 - Jesse and Thomas Brantley
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Jan 7 1840 - Shadrack Briley and wife Mary H Briley of Kemper Co Miss. sell land in Green Co AL to John W Crisp of SumterCounty for $700. (See Alabama Deeds)
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Note: See Jean Tidwell File on Brantleys in KemperCounty
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LAUDERDALECOUNTY
CrystalSpringsCemetery
(MS103C)
G. W. Brantleyd Nov 10 1894age 64
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OakGroveCemetery
James A Brantleyb Jul 1854d Aug 9 1934
C. W. BrantleyNo Dates-Father
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EnondaleCemetery
Brantley, Arrelia Lutie Nov 20, 1894 - Dec 26, 1907, 13 Yrs, 1 Mo, 5 Days. (Dau. of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley)
Brantley, Ben B. (Briggs) May 7, 1927 - Feb 19, 1995, (Son of George W. & Ludie Richardson Brantley)
Brantley, Daisy Seales Oct 8, 1908 - Dec 5, 1991, "Mother" (Daisy Lee, dau of Albert & Mary Lula Seale, wife of Spurlin M. Brantley)
Brantley, Elizabeth A. Jul 8, 1839 - Oct 7, 1898, Wife of W. P. Brantley. (Dau of William & Sarah Calvert Grantham)
Brantley, George W. (Washington) Mar 21, 1865 - Feb 28, 1934, "Daddy" (Son of William Penn & Elizabeth Grantham Brantley)
Brantley, George W. (Washington) Nov 2, 1916 - Mar 2, 1985, "Daddy" (Son of George W. & Ludie Richardson Brantley)
Brantley, Howard Cecil "Jiggs" Oct 28, 1922 - Sep 25, 2000, (Son of George W. & Ludie Richardson Brantley)
Brantley, Infant Son Feb 9, 1909 - 1909, Twin of Mittie Vella, Son of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley
Brantley, Infant Daughter none given, Dau. of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley
Brantley, Infant Daughter none given, Dau. of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley
Brantley, James Albert Nov 24, 1927 - Jan 21, 1953, Sgt. Hq. Btry. 899th AAA AWBN, son of Spurlin & Daisy Brantley
Brantley, James (A.) Aug 29, 1858 - Nov 5, 1928, Son of William P. & Elizabeth Grantham Brantley
Brantley, Jesse Howard Dec 15, 1951 - Mar 23, 1985, "Father" (Son of Howard & Vera Audeline Brantley)
Brantley, Joseph E. Feb 9, 1870 - Oct 10, 1933, (Son of Willam P. & Elizabeth Grantham Brantley)
Brantley, Josephine Jan 11, 1923 - Aug 20, 1968, "Mother", Josephine Bradford, wife of George W. Brantley, Jr.
Brantley, Lucious E. (Elvin) Jun 19, 1893 - May 26, 1969, Cpl. Co. F. 115 Inf. WW I. (Son of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley)
Brantley, Ludie R. (Richardson) Dec 2, 1890 - Nov 4, 1960, "Mama" (Wife of George W. Brantley, Sr.)
Brantley, Margaret Pauline May 6, 1904 - Dec 25, 1959, Margaret Pauline Twilley, wife of Lucious Brantley
Brantley, Mittie Vella Oct 5, 1870 - Sep 17, 1947, Wife of James Brantley (Dau. of William & Rachel Selby Grantham)
Brantley, Percy B. (Bryan)Jun 28, 1897 - Apr 4, 1953, His Memory is Blesse - (Son of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley)
Brantley, Shonda E. b & d Feb 5, 1975, Dau. of Jesse & Maggie, Gone to be an Angel
Brantley, Spurlin Mosley Jul 14, 1901 - Jun 13, 1966, "Daddy," Son of James & Mittie Grantham Brantley
Brantley, Thomas K. Jun 30, 1866 - Dec 24, 1898, Son of William P. & Elizabeth Grantham Brantley, Husband of Mary Cullum
Brantley, Vera Audeline May 24, 1929 - Oct 21, 1998, "Mother Wife & Maw Maw", Wife of Howard Brantly, dau. of Spurlin & Daisy Brantley
Brantley, W. William Penn Mar 1, 1827 - Feb 7, 1908, Son of James & Elizabeth Kirven Brantley, husband of Elizabeth Grantham
Brantley, William B. Jun 7, 1861 - Dec 24, 1898, Son of William P. & Elizabeth Grantham Brantley
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LAFAYETTECOUNTY
Census
1850 - Larkin N, Sidney, and James C Brantley, all sons of James & Lettice Brantley of Chatham Co NC
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John Lucius Brantley, {son of Lawerence Brantley) m Lula Elizabeth Howell here on Dec 20 1900
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Gabriel Fooshee & wife Elizabeth (Brantley) Fooshee of Chatham Co NC are mentioned here - ref date abt 1820
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LEAKE COUNTY
ForrestGroveCemetery
Alpha Brantley b Jan 22 1875 d Feb 26 1951
Luther T Brantley b Jun 28 1871 d Nov 24 1919
Ora Brantley b 1900 d 1921
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History of LeakeCounty, Miss - Dr. F.L. Brantley
(MS102H)
Dr. F.L. Brantley was the first physician in Madden, Miss. He was a home boy, the son of Mattie Tarver and Ed Brantley. He finished MedicalCollege at the University of Tenn May 13, 1913. One month later he was licensed to practice medicine in the state of Mississippi. His first office was at Doodsville. He married to Miss Clennie Wiggins, on Dec 26 1915. Following his marriage, he moved his office to Madden, where he resided the rest of his life.....
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History of LeakeCounty, Miss - John Jackson Brantley Family
(MS103H)
John Jackson Brantley was born near Madden, Miss on Dec 28 1881 to William Harris and Virginia Lewis Brantley. There were two other sons in the family: William (Will) and Lonnie Lewis. Will settled and raised his family Laural Hill and Lonnie remained near Madden with his family all his life. These three boys lost their father who died with appendicitis at the age of 32. .. John J married Mary Lou Bishop.. children were Lamar, Billie, Roy, Dewitt, and Genevieve. He later married Jennie Mae Cox ant they gad nine children....shown.
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NESHOBACOUNTY
Cemeteries
BeechSpringsCemetery
Jones P Brantleyb Jun 10 1851d Aug 24 1915
Arabella B Brantleyb Jan 25 1850d Mar 2 1887
MorrowCemetery
A. B. Brantleyb 1854d 1921
High H Cemetery
Margaret Brantleyb Dec 12 1876d Oct 25 1900
BethsadaCemetery
Daniel Wm Brantleyb Fec 10 1872d Oct 15 1931
CookChapelCemetery
Annie Bell Madison Brantley b Nov 25 1875 d Feb 5 1918w/o D.W.
Wm Talmage Brantleyb Sep 10 1895d Oct 4 1896s/p D.W. & Annie
Infant son Brantleyb Jan 7 1911d Jan 18 1911
CedarLawnCemetery
Mrs Lena Leota Brantley b Mar 7 1873d Jan 2 1910
Wm Jasper Brantleyb Sep 7 1872d Aug 3 1917
Lyda Briggs Brantleyb Apr 6 1886d Oct 2 1967w/o W.J.
Wm Walter Brantleyb Sep 12 1875d Jan 7 1946
Margaret L Brantleyb Apr 8 1875--McBethw/o Wm W
Wm Fohnzia Brantleyb Jun 10 1897d Sep 10 1970- Nora
Jones Brantleyb May 22 1877d Feb 24 1951
Effie Mae Welchb Sep 16 1885d Jun 9 1976
Elizabeth Gibson Brantley b Mar 13 1907d Apr 28 1978
CarolinaPresbyterianCemetery
Wm Harris Brantleyb 1878d 1962
Annie McDonald Brantly b 1886d 1965
Vinnie Brantley LewisSep 11 1884
Harris Brantleyb Jul 6 1864d 5 yr 8 mo 4 dy