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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. William Daniel Bracy: Birth: JAN 1855 in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina. Death: in Portsmouth, Virginia

  2. Bettie Bracy: Birth: AUG 1858 in Garysburg, Northampton County, North Carolina. Death: 27 JUN 1930 in Portsmouth, Virginia

  3. Harriett Bracy: Birth: ABT. 1861 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina. Death: in Suffolk, Virginia

  4. Jacob Isaac Bracy: Birth: JAN 1862 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina. Death: APR 1908 in Portsmouth, Virginia

  5. William Moses Bracy: Birth: FEB 1866 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina. Death: in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina

  6. Mary Magdalene Bracy: Birth: MAY 1872 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina. Death: in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina

  7. Isaac Bracy: Birth: 1873 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina. Death: in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina

  8. Jobe Bracy: Birth: 1878 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina. Death: 1881 in Garysburg, Northampton, North Carolina


Sources
1. Title:   1870 Census Of Northampton County, North Carolina
Page:   Page 30
Author:   Federal Bureau Of Census
Publication:   Garysburg Post Office
2. Title:   1880 Census Of Northampton County-North Carolina
Page:   Page 22
Author:   Federal Bureau Of Census
Publication:   Occoneeche Township
3. Title:   1900 Census Of Northampton County-North Carolina
Page:   Entry #142/163
Author:   Federal Bureau Of Census
Publication:   Occoneeche Township
4. Title:   Bracey.paf
5. Title:   North Carolina 1870 Census Index
Page:   Page 271
6. Title:   Darryl Eley I2.FTW
7. Title:   Census Of 1880-Northampton County, North Carolina
Page:   Entry # 185/185-page 30
Author:   Federal Bureau Of Census
Publication:   Occoneeche Township

Notes
a. Note:   [Bracey.paf]
  Jane Esther Bracy was born in Aug. 1839 to Solomon Bracy, Jr. and Esther Bracy, a slave woman. She may have possibly had a twin sister, Ellen Bracy. They were born on the Bracy farm possibly and was owned by Solomon Bracy, Jr., the son of Solomon and Betsy Heacock Bracy.
 Solomon's mother and father were originally from West Hartford, Connecticut, according to the International Genealogical Index. She was a house slave and a cook for the slave master, Solomon and his wife, Mildred Williams Bracy. Solomon was married to his wife on August 23, 1837. She was raised in the first slave house on the plantation and was given the hand-me-downs from the master. The truth of the matter is that Solomon Bracy was Jane Esther Bracy's father. The census of 1840 shows two female black girls living on the plantation with many younger slave boys. One female black lived on the plantation. Her name possibly could be Esther. She was also a house slave. In 1850, the Slave Schedule of North Carolina gives the age of a black lady at 42 years old. That was Esther Bracy. She had a son older than the twin girls. His name is Henry Luke Bracy. In 1849, Solomon had an affair with his slave and a white woman named Mary Braddy. Two children were born: Willis Bracy and William Braddy.
 In 1855, Jane had her first son by Ned Ellis. His name was William Daniel Bracy. He was born in 1855. She married William Daniel Bracy in 1857. They had a daughter by the name of Bettie. In 1861, another daughter was born, Harriett. In January 1862, Jacob Bracy was born. In 1866, William Moses Bracy was born. He was the first child born free. Mary Magdalene Bracy was born in May 1872. Isaac Bracy was born in 1873. Jobe Bracy was born in 1878. Betty Bracy had the first grandchild, Sarah but had to leave the plantation. In the 1880's, Daniel and Jacob left the Bracy farm for Portsmouth, Virginia, a small town in southeastern Virginia.
 In 1893, Solomon Bracy died. The will was probated that year. Because of the death of his wife, and no male heirs, Solomon left all the land to his daughter, Jane Bracy. He left approximately 300 acres of land to his natural daughter. His illegitimate son, Bill Braddie contested the will. The lawyers in charge of the case coerced the land and rights to the land for Jane who was given all the land because of the death of his wife and the non location of an heir. She was told to leave the land. She moved in with her son.
 She lived with her son Moses. She moved to Portsmouth, Virginia where she lived with her son, Daniel. According to the 1900 Census of Portsmouth, Virginia, she was counted as living with her son, Daniel. She lived in Portsmouth for only a year. She died in Portsmouth, Virginia in September 1901. She was buried in Lincoln Cemetery in Portsmouth. Her grave is unmarked.
 Because of the migration of My two great grandmothers: Jane Bracy and Bettie Bracy Davis, our family can thank our forefathers and mother because we now hold the claim of having over 700 descendants in the City of Portsmouth and the surrounding areas. She was a very proud woman and the genetics of her life continue in her descendants as they hold their heads to a caliper of confidence.
 She lived in North Carolina with her son, Moses, according to the 1900 Census of North Carolina. She was also counted in the 1900 Virginia Census of Portsmouth with her son, Daniel. Her name is also included in the death certificate of Bettie Bracy Davis.



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