Family:John Bratton and Nancy Hitt (1)
Parents: James Bratton and Mary Unknown
John Bratton
b. 6 Oct 1791 Mason Co., Kentucky
d. 10 Apr 1846 Bracken Co., Kentucky
Parents: Aaron Hitt and Catherine Holtzclaw
Nancy Hitt
b. 7 Aug 1799 Kentucky
d. 27 Jun 1859 Kentucky
m. 11 Feb 1818 Mason Co., Kentucky
Facts and Events
Marriage[1] 11 Feb 1818 Mason Co., Kentucky
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Nancy Bratton
Abt 1817 Kentucky
 
2.
Captain Aaron Hitt Bratton
4 Dec 1818 Mason Co., Kentucky
13 Sep 1887 Robertson Co., Kentucky
3.
Malinda Bratton
19 Nov 1820 Mason, Kentucky, United States
25 Dec 1901 Bracken, Kentucky, United States
4.
James Bratton
20 Aug 1822 Bracken Co., Kentucky
2 Sep 1884 Bracken Co., Kentucky
5.
Minerva Bratton
9 Jan 1824
25 Dec 1901
6.
George Washington Bratton
12 Sep 1825 Bracken Co., Kentucky
10 Apr 1896 Robertson Co., Kentucky
7.
Benjamin Bratton
11 Mar 1827 Bracken County, Kentucky
20 Feb 1852
8.
Nancy Bratton
24 Sep 1828 Bracken Co., Kentucky
9 Sep 1894
9.
John Wesley Bratton
10 May 1830 Bracken Co., Kentucky
13 Apr 1903 Robertson Co., Kentucky
10.
Nelson Asbury Bratton
23 Sep 1831 Bracken Co., Kentucky
28 Jul 1923 Robertson Co., Kentucky
11.
Elizabeth C Bratton
9 Mar 1835 Bracken Co., Kentucky
19 Apr 1905 Robertson Co., Kentucky
12.
Mary M Bratton
27 May 1838 Bracken Co., Kentucky
14 Dec 1839 Bracken Co., Kentucky
13.
Frances M Bratton
18 Jan 1839 Bracken, Kentucky, United States
3 Jul 1855 Bracken, Kentucky, United States
14.
William Wallace Bratton
8 Feb 1841 Bracken, Kentucky, United States
 
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The John and Nancy Bratton family seem to have been the prototypical Appalachian family, in spite of living on the outskirts of Appalachia, if not barely outside it. Residing in northeastern Kentucky, they had apparent Scottish roots (or at least affinities) since they named one of their sons William Wallace Bratton. Mother Nancy's ancestry seems to be almost exclusively Prussian, and the couple's marriage in Mason County, home of Germantown, Kentucky, hints at the larger German migration to the area.

Son John Wesley Bratton points to a Methodist heritage, and the middle name of son Nelson Asbury Bratton brings to mind Methodist circuit preacher Francis Asbury who worked in Kentucky.

References
  1. ↑ Ancestral File
    AFN: WG80-7W.

    Place information found in ancestral file.

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