Edmund Brewer of Robertson County, Tennessee: A Correction to the Brewer-Lanier Database

 I created the Brewer-Lanier Database back in late 2015 and it was later updated in early 2016. It's purpose was to share collected genealogical research that I accumulated over a period of just a few months in an effort to help out members of the Brewer DNA Project who were descendants of George Brewer of Brunswick County, Virginia or of other Brewer families found in the American southeast. 

An Edmund Brewer is found on page seven of the Brewer-Lanier Database. It has been brought to my attention in an email from Michelle Reardon that the information I have assembled for this Edmund Brewer in fact belongs to two different men named Edmund Brewer. The purpose of this post is to correct and clarify the profile of Edmund Brewer found on the Brewer-Lanier Database. 

Michelle, whose 3rd great-grandfather is Edmund Brewer informs me that he was born about 1788 in North Carolina, and although he is the Edmund Brewer who witnessed a deed in Robertson County, Tennessee in 1805, he is not the Edmund Brewer who married Francis Rool, and had a daughter Rebecca Brewer who was born 16 February 1819 and died 28 November 1912 in Green County, Kentucky. The Edmund Brewer of Robertson County, Tennessee later relocated to Yell County, Arkansas where Michelle has traced her ancestors and her 3rd great-grandfather Edmund Brewer's descendants. 

In short, the profile of Edmund Brewer found on page seven of the Brewer-Lanier Database is actually for two different Edmund Brewers. One Edmund Brewer married Francis Rool and had a daughter Rebecca (Brewer) Handy who died in Green County, Kentucky in 1912. Her Kentucky Death Certificate names her parents as Edmond Brewer and Francis Rool. The second Edmund Brewer is Michelle's ancestor who is found as a witness to a deed in 1805 in Robertson County, Tennessee, but later moved to Yell County, Arkansas where he is found on the 1860 U.S. census in the household of his son Joseph Brewer (Michelle's 2nd great-grandfather).  The name of this Edmund Brewer's wife has not been discovered. Whether or not he is in fact related to Jones Brewer (as is postulated in the profile) is not known, and no evidence has been located to either confirm or refute this possibility. 

Thanks to Michelle Reardon for bringing this correction to my attention. Should anyone have additional information regarding either of the two Edmund Brewers mentioned, please feel free to use the Comments feature for this post to share such info with others.

[Also see the post of September 8, 2022].

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