Edmund Troupe Brewton

Notes:

On Dec. 10, 1868 Escambia County was formed. Brewton became a town on Feb. 13, 1885. Originally known as Newport because it became a new port with barges making runs to Pensacola, Fl and back on the Murder and Burnt Corn Creeks. The coming of the railroad in 1861 and building of a depot run by Edmund Troupe Brewton as Station Agent brought about the eventual change of the name of that place of Brewton Station, later shortened to Brewton.

Family/Spouse: Martha A. Coleman. Martha was born on 11 Feb 1835; died on 10 Oct 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emanuel F. Brewton was born on 17 Nov 1849; died on 8 Oct 1883.
2. Amanda A. Brewton was born on 31 Mar 1851.
3. Benjamin B. Brewton was born on 11 Feb 1854.
4. Mary Virginia Brewton was born on 31 Mar 1856; died on 10 Mar 1888.
5. Eliza C. Brewton was born on 3 Aug 1858.
6. Martha Clarissa Brewton was born on 17 Nov 1860.
7. Edmund J. Brewton was born on 7 Aug 1863.
8. Henry H. Brewton was born on 20 Sep 1865 in Alabama, USA; died on 5 Mar 1942 in Mobile, Mobile County, AL.

Family/Spouse: Bama Robertson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. W. Gideon Brewton
2. Nellie Brewton

Notes:

Around 1826 Emanuel married Elizabeth "Eliza" Caroline Bacon, daughter of Jonathan B. Bacon and Eliza Myers. Jonathan and Eliza had six children, but were not married until after the birth of their fifth child. Up until that time Jonathan was married to another woman. Caroline, who was born around 1810, was one of the five illegitimate children. One of these siblings was Charlotte Malvina Bacon, who married Emanuel's brother Benjamin Brewton. Emanuel and Caroline moved to the Fort Crawford area in southern Alabama in 1839, where the railroad was later built through their land. They moved there to join Emanuel's uncles, Joseph, who settled there in 1816, and Benjamin, who settled there in 1819. Emanuel first appeared in the Alabama census in 1840. At that time he had six children. He had two more children in Alabama.

Emanuel was one of twelve children of Nathan Jackson Brewton, Sr., the founder of the large Georgia Brewton family. He was born a "Bruton" in 1765 in Dobbs County, North Carolina, and moved to Georgia along with his family. It is possible that he lived for a short time near Charleston, South Carolina, as did many members of his family, but no records have been located to substantiate this theory.

Emanuel married Elizabeth Caroline Bacon in 1826 in Georgia. Elizabeth was born in 1810 in Chatham County, GA; died in Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1765, New Bern, Craven County, NC

Notes:

The Brewton family originated in England and migrated in the days of colonization to America. The Brewtons who settled in what is now Escambia County, Alabama, were two brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, a nephew, Emanuel, son of Nathan Brewton, and another Benjamin that family tradition says was a first cousin to Joseph and his brother, Benjamin. This family had settled in North Carolina originally. Joseph, Benjamin, Nathan, and Cecelia were children of Mrs. Isabella Brewton who married a Mr. Askew after the death of her first husband. Isabella and all the children by Joseph lived for a while in South Carolina where they owned land, before migrating to Georgia and settling permanently (Isabella and Nathan) in Tattnall County. The family of Nathan Brewton has been documented.

Buried:
Brewton Cemetery

Died:
Age: 90

Nathan married Nancy Fontaine on 18 May 1794 in Warren County, GA. Nancy (daughter of III Francis Fontaine and Jemima Johnson) was born in 1777 in Georgia; died on 7 Jul 1864 in Home of Mrs Martha Rogers, Tattnall County, GA; was buried in Brewton Cemetery, Hagan County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Isabella Emanuel. Isabella was born in Savannah, Chatham County, GA; died in 1824 in Bulloch County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Georgia Archives, Francis III was a Revolutionary Soldier and was killed by the Tories about 1780 or 1781. His wife, Jemima, sold provisions to the Revolutionary Army.

Francis married Jemima Johnson in 1770 in Davie County, NC. Jemima was born about 1755 in Virginia, USA; died in 1803 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Subsequent to the death of her husband, Francis Fontaine III, Jemima married Benjamin Bruton in 1785 and had moved to Warren County, Georgia by May 18, 1794.

Served in the Revolutionary War as listed in the DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition. Jemima sold provisions to the Revolutionary Army and thus is listed as being in the Patriot Service in SC.