Yesterday I wrote about the DAR application that I ordered for William Brookshire.  I already knew a good bit about William, including the details of his military service (I have a copy of his pension application).  I ordered the DAR application because I was looking for a source document for the names of his children.  I had eleven children in my database, but I only had sources for two of those names.  While I felt confident that all the names were accurate, I had no evidence to back up my feeling.

If you’ve never seen a DAR application, it includes the following sections:

• Descendant list that shows each generation in a straight line from the applicant to the patriot and includes names of the parents, as well as birth, marriage, and death dates and places.
• References for the lineage:  this is just a list of references for each generation as opposed to full-out source citations.  There can be really excellent clues to other source documents, though.
• Spouse(s) and children of the Revolutionary Ancestor and the type of proof submitted.
• Ancestor’s Services: a brief summary of his/her services during the Revolutionary War, with references to the documentation.

So, what I did I learn from this DAR application?

• From the descendant list, I found a few discrepancies in dates compared to my information and since I had no documentation for the dates that I had, I changed them.  I also got some dates and more complete names on descendants that are not from my direct line.  I also added two new generations of descendants, including dates and spouses.
• Spouse and children:  It lists thirteen children belonging to William Brookshire and Mary Ann Marlow, including birth dates and spouses.  So, not only, did I get documentation connecting the eleven children I had to William and Mary Ann, but also, I found out about two additional children.  Moreover, the proof offered in the application was a copy of the family bible page, AND, it says a copy is in the data.  Now, as I said in yesterday’s post, the supporting documentation is not part of the application, but I (think) I can order it from the DAR library.
• References for the lineage:  this included a great piece of information.  Apparently there is a book called Genealogy: De[s]cendants of Joel & Nancy Brookshire, Western North Carolina, which was compiled by William F. Brookshire in 1969 and which includes a copy of the aforementioned Bible page.  How awesome is that?  I had never heard of this book, so I looked it up on WorldCat, which only shows two locations – the Library of Congress and a library in Kansas.  That’s not going to help me, so I will probably order the supporting documentation from the DAR Library.

All in all, I’m thrilled with what I learned from this DAR application.

Last month I spent time working on finding sources for some unsourced people who had been in my database for a long time.  There was one family, in particular, for whom I wanted documentation, but I didn’t find much.  The children in this family had all moved out long before the 1850, every-name census and I didn’t find anything else that connected the children to the parents.

Then a light bulb went off in my head.  The father, William Brookshire, was a proven American Revolutionary War patriot; I could look in the DAR records.  I had ordered one DAR application a few years ago via snail mail, but now one can order them online for immediate delivery as a pdf file (I am all about immediate gratification).

Looking in the DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS), I searched on William Brookshire, with service in North Carolina and came up with several hits, all for the right William Brookshire.

Three of the records matched my own line of descent down to my 3^rd-great grandparents, Robert Garrett and Nancy Emeline Brookshire, so I just picked one of them.

A few minutes later (after going through the shopping cart process), I had a link to the actual application in pdf format, which I was able to save to my computer.  This also saved me from having scan paper documents, as I would have had to do in the past.

The cost for records delivered online is $10.00, compared to $15.00 if one orders through traditional channels.  Faster service and a lower price.  What’s not to love?

Check back tomorrow to see what I learned from this application.

Births

• Martha (Ivy) Ellis was born in 1817 in North Carolina.
• Nancy Emeline (Brookshire) Garrett was born in 1833 in North Carolina (my 3rd great-grandmother).
• John William Stroud was born in 1851 in Murray County, Georgia.

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Births

• Johann Melchior Dellinger was born in 1727 in Oberacker, Baden.
• Elizabeth Jane (Brookshire) Long was born in 1847 in Fannin County, Georgia.
• Homer Harley Johnson was born in 1911.

Births

• James Brookshire was born in 1690 in Somerset County, Maryland (currently believed to be my 7th great-grandfather).
• Thomas Hemphill was born in 1807 in North Carolina.

Deaths

• Samuel Garrett died in 1743.
• James Garrett died in 1886 in Benton County, Arkansas.

Marriages

• Joel Nabors and Sarah Jane Whiteside were married in 1845 in Calhoun County, Alabama.
• Andrew Jackson Patterson and Julia Ann Terry were married in 1887 in Gilmer County, Georgia.
• James Young Hemphill and Mattie Leo Morrison were married in 1928 in Murray County, Georgia.

Births

• Mary Ann (Marlow) Brookshire was born in 1762 in Maryland (my 5th great-grandmother).
• John William Tucker was born in 1840 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Lula Maude Butler was born in 1894 in Georgia.

Deaths

• John Clayton Garrett died in 1949 in Georgia.

Marriages

• William Brookshire and Mary Ann Marlow were married in 1779, possibly in Wilkes County, North Carolina (my 5th great-grandparents).

Births

• Rosamond Malinda (Burgin) Halford was born in 1826 in McDowell County, North Carolina.
• Salina (Tucker) Forrester was born in 1853 in Georgia.

Deaths

• Mary Ann (Marlow) Brookshire died in 1830 in Elkville, North Carolina (my 5th great-grandmother).
• Rosa Evelyn (Ellis) Roberts died in 1936 in Murray County, Georgia (my 2nd great-grandmother).
• George Washington Forrester died in 1950 in Gilmer County, Georgia.

Births

• James Brookshire was born in 1799 in Wilkes County, North Carolina (my 4th great-grandfather).
• Grady Johnson was born in 1907 in Georgia.

Deaths

• Nancy Stroud died in 1869 in Wayne County, Tennessee.
• Paul Baggett died in 1990.

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Births

• Benjamin Brookshire was born in 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
• Eliza Adeline (Simmons) Hemphill was born in 1812.

Deaths

• Mary Jane McEntire died in 1930 in Motley County, Texas.
• Homer Harley Johnson died in 1979.

Marriages

• Nancy Minerva Edgerton  and James Hardy Whiteside were married in 1846 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Deaths

• Johann Wilhelm Dellinger died in 1720.
• Anna Barbara Albrecht died in 1902 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
• Alvin M. Brookshire died in 1889.
• Susan C. Whitener died in 1905 in North Carolina.
• Nancy Emeline (Brookshire) Garrett died in 1916 in Ellijay, Georgia (my 3rd great-grandmother).
• Louisa M. (Smith) Johnson died in 1963.

Marriages

• Thomas Hemphill and Mary Ann Mackie were married in 1773 (my 4th, 5th, and 6th great-grandparents).
• S. N. Honea and Susannah/Susan Sullins were married in 1866 in Blount County, Alabama.