Ancestors of Pat Hardin
William Williams BRAND & Elizabeth LOVELESS
Compiled by Patricia Freeman Hardin
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WILLIAM WILLIAMS BRAND (son of Cashwell BRAND and Sytha Ann WILLIAMS) was born 1822 in Clarke County, GA, and died 12 Jul 1868 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, ARK. He married ELIZABETH LOVELESS 6 Feb 1845, daughter of Levi LOVELESS and Temperance JONES. She was born 19 Dec 1824 in GA, and died 8 Mar 1910 in Gwinnett County, GA.
Notes for WILLIAM WILLIAMS BRAND:
1850
Gwinnett County, GA 1850 Census
36th Subdivision; Cates District; page 59
William W. Brand, 28 GA
Elizabeth, 25 GA
Temperance C., 3 GA
Linna, 1 GA
William A. Loveless, 27 GA
1860
Gwinnett County, GA 1860 Census
GMD 407, Lawrenceville P.O.; page 34
W. W. Brand, 39 GA; farmer; $2,500/$400
Elizabeth, 35 GA
Temperance, 13 GA
Lina, 10 GA
Elizabeth, 7 GA
Levi, 5 GA
John, 3 GA
Mary, 10 months GA
1860
Gwinnett County GA Tax Digest (This Digest in not microfilmed but is located in the Archives Room at Gwinnett County Historical Society, Old Courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA)
Lawrenceville District, page 67
W.W. Brand paid tax on 365 acres. He had four children between age 6 and 18.
1860 - 1861
W.W. Brand served as County Sheriff for Gwinnett County, GA from 1860 - 1861. [source: "History of Gwinnett County Georgia 1818-1960, Vol. II" by J.C. Flanigan, 1959. page 14]
1861
Gwinnett County GA Tax Digest (This Digest in not microfilmed but is located in the Archives Room at Gwinnett County Historical Society, Old Courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA) Lawrenceville District, page 75. W.W. Brand paid tax on 200 acres and had four children between the ages of 6 and 18.
1861
Soldier: William W. Brand: Confederate States Army, Company F, 24th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army Northern Virginia, C.S.A., Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett Independent Blues, Jr. 2nd Lieutenant, Enlisted: Aug. 24, 1861., Resigned: Dec. 30, 1861. On Dec. 30, 1861.
William W. Brand resigned from the CSA for reasons of health, and became Commissary Agent to secure food and supplies for the Army from Gwinnett County for the remainder of the war. At the same time he served as a Justice of the Inferior Court. After the war William took his family and moved to ARK where he died. After his death the family moved back to Gwinnett County.
CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
24th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, and Hall counties. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H. Cobb, T.R.R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose. It fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. The 24th was not engaged at Chickamauga, but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign. Returned to Virginia it participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. In April, 1862, this regiment totalled 660 effectives, lost forty-three percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton's Gap, and had 4 killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing at Sharpsburg. It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg, reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 303 at Gettysburg, seventeen percent were disabled. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek and only 4 officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C.C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and Thomas E. Winn, and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
1863 - 1866
W. W. Brand served as Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett County, GA from March 26, 1863-Jan 23 1865 and Jan 23, 1865 - 1866. [source: "History of Gwinnett County Georgia 1818-1960, Vol. II" by J.C. Flanigan, 1959. page 14]
1864
Georgia Militia Registration of 1864
Gwinnett County, GA
W.W. Brand listed as farmer born in Clarke County, GA. Listed as 43 years 2 months. Justice of Inferior Court.
1864
Gwinnett County GA Tax Digest (This Digest in not microfilmed but is located in the Archives Room at Gwinnett County Historical Society, Old Courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA)
Lawrenceville District #407, page 62
W.W. Brand paid 1 poll; 2 dogs; 5 children between 6-18; 1 employed hand between 15-55; 225 acres in Gwinnett Co. valued at $3,250; Value all property before $200 deduct was $6,350.
Notes for ELIZABETH LOVELESS:
Elizabeth Brand received $467.25 for her share of her father, Levi Loveless' estate.
1870
Gwinnett County GA 1870 Census
Elizabeth is listed with three of her children living in the home of her father Levi Loveless. The census taker listed this Brand family as Loveless.
Gwinnett County GA 1870 Census,
Lawrenceville P.O., Page 71a
Levi Loveless, 71 SC; farmer; $1124/$518
Levi, Jr., 32 GA; farmer; $500/$100
Elizabeth, 45 GA; keeping house
Levi, 15 GA; farm labor
Octavia, 10 GA
Georgia, 7 GA
1880
Gwinnett County GA 1880 Census, Harbins District; Page 573B
Elizabeth Brand, 55 GA GA GA - keeping house
John L., 23 GA GA GA; son - farmer
Georgia, 17 GA GA GA; daughter - at school
Levi C., 25 GA GA GA; son - peddler
Georgia A., 25 GA; daughter-in-law, at home
William B., 1 GA GA GA; grandson
1900
Gwinnett County GA 1900 Census, Bay Creek, Dist. 58
George W. Jacobs, 52 GA
Sythia E., 47 GA, wife
Mary E., 27 GA - dau
William M., 22 GA - son
Simeon H., 18 GA - son
Fred V., 14 GA - son
Martha E., 9 GA - dau
Elizabeth Brand, 75 GA - mother-in-law
1910
Gwinnett County GA 1910 census, Martins District; GMD No. 544, Page 197 A & B, Enumberation Date: 5 May
William G. ARNOLD, head, M, W, 56, 1st marriage, married 34 yrs. GA GA GA, farmer
Mary O., wife, F, W, 49, 1st marriage, married 34 yrs. given birth to 10 children and all living, GA GA GA
Thomas G., son, M, W, 21, Single, GA GA GA
John B., son, M, W, 18, Single, GA GA GA
George L., son, M, W, 15, Single, GA GA GA
Earnest, son, M, W, 13, Single, GA GA GA
Obie, son, M, W, ??, Single, GA GA GA (age hard to read)
Elizabeth BRAND, mother-in-law, F, W, __, widow, 78 GA GA GA (age left blank but looks like her age was listed as years of marriage)
Children of WILLIAM BRAND and ELIZABETH LOVELESS:
i. TEMPERANCE C. BRAND, b. 1847, Gwinnett County, GA; m. JAMES FRANKLIN JACKSON.
ii. LINNA BRAND, b. 1849, GA; m. J. WILLIAM AYCOCK.
iii. SYTHA ELIZABETH BRAND, b. 11 Feb 1852, Gwinnett County, GA; d. 26 Dec 1924, Gwinnett County, GA; m. GEORGE W. JACOBS, c 1869, GA; b. 12 May 1848, GA; d. 17 Mar 1924, Walton County, GA.
iv. LEVI CASHUEL BRAND, b. 1855, Gwinnett County, GA; d. 21 Jul 1931, Hazelhurst, Jeff Davis County, GA; m. GEORGIA ANN TAYLOR; b. 1855, GA; d. 21 Mar 1927, Jeff Davis County, GA.
v. JOHN L. BRAND, b. 1857, Gwinnett County, GA; m. MARY C. THOMAS, 1 Aug 1883, Gwinnett County, GA.
vi. MARY OCTAVIA BRAND, b. 11 Sep 1859, Gwinnett County, GA; d. 2 Oct 1926, Gwinnett County, GA; m. WILLIAM GILBERT ARNOLD, 18 Nov 1875, Gwinnett County, GA; b. 19 Dec 1852, Gwinnett County, GA; d. 29 Mar 1939.
vii. GEORGIA ANNA BRAND, b. 6 May 1862, Gwinnett County, GA; d. 6 Apr 1946, Dacula, Gwinnett County, GA; m. JESSE BEAUREGARD JACKSON FREEMAN, 1 Apr 1883, Gwinnett County, GA; b. 30 Dec 1860, Dacula, Gwinnett County, GA; d. 7 Jun 1922, Dacula, Gwinnett County, GA. See Sketch on Jesse B. J. FREEMAN & Georgia Anna BRAND
viii. WILLIAM TERRELL BRAND, b. 6 May 1862, Gwinnett County, GA.