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Children of James and Esther Parker Brawley (1783)


    James Alfred Brawley

  • Birth: 1807 Iredell Co NC
  • Death: Died young
  • Buried: NC
  • Parents: Father-James Brawley; Mother-Esther Parker


Peter Parker Brawley

  • Birth: 1809 Iredell Co NC
  • Married: Nancy McNinch in 1830
  • Death: 30 Dec 1845, Iredell Co NC
  • Buried: Perth Cemetery, Iredell Co NC
  • Parents: Father-James Brawley; Mother-Esther Parker

Wife: Nancy McNinch

  • Birth: 1797, Ireland
  • Death: 25 May 1881, Iredell Co NC
  • Buried: Perth Cemetery, Iredell Co NC
  • Parents: FatherSanuel McNinch, Chester District SC; Mother-Unknown


Elsy Brawley

  • Birth: 1811, Iredell Co NC
  • Married:
  • Death:
  • Parents: Father-James Brawley; Mother-Esther Parker


Esther J. Brawley

  • Birth: 1813 Iredell Co NC (Named for 1st Wife: Esther Parker)
  • Married:
  • Death:
  • Buried:
  • Parents: Father-James Brawley; Mother-Unknown


John O. Brawley

  • Birth: 1815 Iredell Co NC
  • Married: Margaret Parker Aft 1840
  • Died: Bef 1848
  • Buried: NC
  • Parents: Father-James Brawley; Mother-Unknown

  • Spouse: Margaret "Maggie" Parker
    • Birth: Abt 1815
    • Death: Bef 1848
    • Buried: NC

  • Children:
    1. James Stephen Brawley, 1841
    2. Peter Welbourne Brawley, 1845


    Note: The sons of John O. and Maggie Brawley lost their parents at a young age. For a time the boys lived with Maggie's sister, Betsy Parker, who eventually lost the land given to the boys by their grandfather. After Betsy's death, an Edwin Falls was assigned as guardian (ca 1856), and the children went to live with James "Big Wash" Brawley, working for their keep. [Source: Brawley Family of Iredell Co NC, Chandler and Karriker, 1993]


    James Neil Brawley

    • Birth: 1821, Iredell Co NC
    • Married: Lettie Lewis in 1846
    • Death: Cabarrus or Mecklenberg Co NC aft 1853
    • Buried:
    • Parents: Father-James Brawley; Mother-Unknown

  • Spouse: Lettie Lewis
    • Birth: 1821, Iredell Co NC
    • Death: Cabarrus or Mechlenberg Co NC aft 1853

  • Children:
    1. John F. Brawley, 1843
    2. Esther Elizabeth Brawley, 1850
    3. Laura Ann Brawley, 1853