Willis Brewer

1773 -

• Name	Willis Brewer
  Birth	Between 1765-1773
  Gender	Male
  Notes	1788, Mar 19 -- Land Grant #220, Moore County, NC Samuel Perry received 50 acres located north of Deep River. Peter Graves and Willis Brewer were chain carriers. 1788, Mar 19 -- Land Grant #229, Moore County, NC Samuel Perry received 100 acres located south of Deep River including his own improvement. William Phillips and Willis Brewer were chain carriers. 1793, Dec-Jan 1794 -- General Assembly Session Records, Box 3 Willis Brewer signed a petition to form Alfordstown as County Seat for Moore County, NC. [Editor's Note: the petition failed. In 1796 the NC General Assembly established Carthage as the county seat. In 1806, it was changed to Faginsville to honor Richardson Fagin. The name was changed back to Carthage in 1814] 1796, Mar 15 -- Land Grant #1555, Moore County, NC John Bullock received 100 acres located south of Grassy Creek below where Yew's and Carringer's Road crosses the Persimmon Branch adjoining George Carringer and including Willis Brewer's improvement. Christopher Yow Sr. and Christopher Yow Jr. were chain carriers. 1796, Mar 15 -- Land Grant #1587, Moore County, NC Neil McLeod [assignee of George Carringer Sr.] received 50 acres located southwest of Grassy Creek adjoining George Carringer, Jonathan Bullock and including Willis Brewer's improvement. Wm. Shershe[Searcy] and J. Bullock were chain carriers. 1810 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 598 Willis Brewer (26-45) 1M 1F (16-25) 1M 1F (10-16) 1M 1F (0-10) 2M 2F
  Person ID	I49653	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2020

  
  

• Histories

  Brewer Family of Moore County, NC - Miscellaneous Records The enclosed is a timeline and accounting of early Brewer references in Moore County and Cumberland County.