MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE
COCHRAN, GEORGIA
31014
January 21, 1981
Dear Joe,
Just a quick note. I have found some interesting information on the daughters of Robert I (Parson) Bracewell. It concerns the Bacon's Rebellion and the part played by the husbands of Jane and Rebecca. (Copy enclosed) You will see from this that one of the Janes in what I sent to you will have to be deleted because she is one and the same person apparently.
I also believe that Robert I was not allowed to serve in the House of Burgesses because he was a Minister. This reference comes from Henning-Statutes at Large, Vol. 1, 1629-60, page 378. The note next to the bit about him being suspended says "Minister of Gospel suspended and declared ineligible to a seat in the House of Burgesses."
It looks as though I will have an evening class in Dublin next quarter and I will be over there two days each week. I hope to be able to go over early on those days and go to their Library and the Courthouse to gather information. Maybe will make some big break-throughs.
Keep in touch and I will try to keep you up-to-date on what I find.
Yours truly,
Ronald B.
Joe made a photocopy and the following paragraphs were added to the photocopy.
The following is pure speculation but Bacon's Rebellion may help explain another bit of verbal history that has been handed down through generations of Bracewells. That is: The Bracewells moved south to Georgia (ca. 1780), fleeing from the British Governor of Virginia. The account of the move, and the reason, fleeing from the Governor of the Colony of Virginia, are most probably correct but the date and destination may have been confused with the passage of time. Although, at present, no evidence has been found to suggest the involvement of any Bracewell in Bacon's Rebellion, they may have been supporters if not participates. This seems even more probable in light of the fact that two of the men sentenced to death for the Rebellion were husbands of Bracewell daughters.
The move from Virginia may have occurred in 1680's and the destination may have been South Carolina along the Tar River.
--Copied from the typewritten original (as written) by Mildred Powell
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