Brief Life History of William Edgar
When William Edgar Brunson Sr was born on 10 August 1811, in Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, United States, his father, Peter Brunson, was 58 and his mother, Rebecca Nettles, was 48. He married Maria Caroline Mole about 1836, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in South Carolina, United States in 1870 and Peeples, Hampton, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 11 January 1885, at the age of 73, and was buried in Brunson Family Cemetery, Brogdon, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.
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- Wm Edgar Brunson, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
- William Edgar Brunson, "BillionGraves Index"
- W. E. Brunson in entry for Samson L. Brunson, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English: usually from the Middle English personal name Brun (Old English Brūna or Old Norse Brúni) + -son ‘Brown's son’. See Brown . There may also be occasional survivals of an Old English compound personal name Brūnsunu ‘brown son’, attested in the Domesday Book, and presumably given to a child with brown hair or complexion. Whether it was also used as an adult nickname is uncertain. This form of the surname is most common in Norfolk.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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