Brief Life History of Nelly
When Nelly Braswell was born in 1775, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Solomon Braswell Sr., was 34 and her mother, Rachel Byrd, was 33. She had at least 1 daughter with Lamon Cahoon. She died in 1807, at the age of 32.
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1775
Many people believe that North Carolina was the first state to declare independence from England with the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775.
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English (Yorkshire): altered form of Bracewell . This surname is now rare in Britain.
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