Person:Richard Brightwell (8)

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Richard Brightwell
b.Abt 1767
d.20 Feb 1834
m. Abt 1766
  1. Richard BrightwellAbt 1767 - 1834
  2. William Brightwell1769 - 1834
  3. Absalom BrightwellAbt 1775 - 1833
Facts and Events
Name[1] Richard Brightwell
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1767
Death? 20 Feb 1834
References
  1. Information from Dennis Brightwell twobrights@@aol.com.
  2.   .

    Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800: Being Transcriptions from the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrators' and Guardians' Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners

    Front Cover
    Spotsylvania County (Va.)
    Genealogical Association, 1905 - Registers of births, etc - 576 pages

    See this book on Google Books

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    Http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/va/spotsylvania/1810/pgs-66-to-120.txt.

    CENSUS YEAR: 1810 STATE: VA COUNTY: Spotsylvania
    ===========================================================================================================================================
    |FREE WHITE MALES |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL | |
    | 10 16 26 | 10 16 26 |OTHER | |
    Head of Household |to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |FREE | |
    PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 26 44 up |10 16 26 45 up |PERSONS |SLAVES |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS
    ===========================================================================================================================================
    84 1 Powell Ptolemy 3 - - - 1 1 2 1 2 - - 11
    2 Dickinson Nancy - 3 1 1 - - - 3 - 1 - 19
    3 Thomas Mary - - - 3 - - - 4 - 1 - 3
    4 White John - - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - 31
    5 Hutchinson William - - 1 - 1 - - - 1 2 - 5
    6 Coleman Robert S. - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - 11
    7 Lumsdon Henry 3 1 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
    8 Corthron John - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - 2
    9 Corthron Betty - - 1 - - - - - 3 1 - 3
    10 Adams Stephen - 1 4 - 1 - 2 - - 1 - -
    11 Brightwell William 2 2 - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - 3
    12 Brightwell Thomas 1 3 - 1 - 4 1 - 1 - - 2
    13 Brightwell Mary - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 3
    14 Corthron Thomas 3 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 - - 6
    15 Carter Elijah 1 - 2 1 1 - - 2 - 1 - 4
    16 Coleman James 5 - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - 1
    17 Phillips Betsy 1 - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2
    18 Terry Obadiah 1 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 3
    19 Williams Joseph 2 3 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - -
    20 Stivers Peter - - 2 - 1 - - - 1 1 - 1
    21 22 15 14 12 9 14 8 14 15 13 - 110

    CENSUS YEAR: 1810 STATE: VA COUNTY: Spotsylvania
    ===========================================================================================================================================
    |FREE WHITE MALES |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL | |
    | 10 16 26 | 10 16 26 |OTHER | |
    Head of Household |to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |FREE | |
    PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 26 44 up |10 16 26 45 up |PERSONS |SLAVES |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS
    ===========================================================================================================================================
    85 1 Fipps Thomas 2 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 1 - - 1
    2 Stevens James 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - - -
    3 Gains William - - - - 1 4 - - 2 - - 5
    4 Johnston Richard 2 - - 2 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
    5 Fletcher William 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - - - -
    6 Sullivan Francis - 4 1 - - - 1 2 - 1 - 7
    7 McDormant David 1 1 2 - 1 1 2 - - 1 - -
    8 Brightwell Absolom 2 - - 1 - 3 - 1 - - - 7
    9 Fisher Sylvanus - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - 5
    10 Almond Henry - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - -
    11 Chevis John - 2 1 1 - - 2 1 1 - - 12
    12 Murphy Harris 1 - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - -
    13 Young Jacob - - - - 1 - 1 - - 2 - -
    14 Jenkins Gibson - - 2 - 1 - - - - - 7 4
    15 Loves Elizabeth - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - 16
    16 Davis John - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - 5
    17 Lipscomb Thomas - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 11
    18 Robinson Samuel 3 - - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - - 2
    19 Burrage Charles - - - - 1 - - - 2 1 - 1
    20 Lane Richard 2 1 - - 1 2 1 - - 1 - 5
    21 16 9 10 12 7 16 12 5 12 10 7 81


    IF THIS THOMAS DIED BEFORE 1810, IS THE MARY BRIGHTWELL HIS WIDOW, MOLLY?

    I DON'T SEE A RICHARD LISTED - IS HE IN ONE OF THESE OTHER BRIGHTWELL HOUSEHOLDS, BUT NOT LISTED AS HEAD?

  4.   Http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/va/spotsylvania/1820/pgs-64-to-75.txt.

    Richard, Absalom, Thomas, and William Brightwell households

    CENSUS YEAR: 1820 STATE: VA COUNTY: Spotsylvania MICROFILM#: M33-135 ENUMERATOR: Bowker Waller CENSUS-DAY: August 7, 1820
    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
    |WHITE MALES |WHITE FEMALES | |OCCUPATIONS |MALE SLAVES |FEMALE SLAVES |FREE BLACK MALES|FREE BLACK FEMALES |
    | 10 16 16 26 | 10 16 26 |# of | | 14 26 | 14 26 | 14 26 | 14 26 |
    Head of Household |to to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |For- | |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |TRANSCRIBER'S
    PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 18 26 45 up |10 16 26 45 up |eign |AGR COM MFG |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |REMARKS
    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
    64a 1 *U?R* John 4 . . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    64a 2 Pulliam John . . . . 1 . 6 . . 1 . . 9 . . 11 2 1 . 3 3 3 . . . . . . . . . .
    64a 3 Hilman Nimrod 2 . . . 1 . 2 . . 1 . . . . 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    64a 4 Brightwell Absalom 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 4 . . 7 . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    CENSUS YEAR: 1820 STATE: VA COUNTY: Spotsylvania MICROFILM#: M33-135 ENUMERATOR: Bowker Waller CENSUS-DAY: August 7, 1820
    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
    |WHITE MALES |WHITE FEMALES | |OCCUPATIONS |MALE SLAVES |FEMALE SLAVES |FREE BLACK MALES|FREE BLACK FEMALES |
    | 10 16 16 26 | 10 16 26 |# of | | 14 26 | 14 26 | 14 26 | 14 26 |
    Head of Household |to to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |For- | |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |TRANSCRIBER'S
    PG# LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 18 26 45 up |10 16 26 45 up |eign |AGR COM MFG |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |REMARKS
    ========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
    69a 1 Poindexter Thomas 2 . . 3 . . . . 2 . . . 15 . . 4 3 5 . 3 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . .
    69a 2 Johnson Benjm 1 . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 4 . . . 2 . . 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
    69a 3 Herndon Wm 2 . 1 2 . 2 1 2 2 1 1 . 8 . 3 8 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 . . . . . . . . .
    69a 4 Hayden Jesse 1 2 . 1 . 1 2 2 1 . 1 . 5 . . 2 . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 5 Downer Larkin 2 . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . 8 . . 5 1 1 1 6 6 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
    69a 6 Chastin William 2 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . 3 . . 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 7 Brown John 3 1 . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . 6 . . 4 2 . 1 4 3 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
    69a 8 StubblefieldGeorge 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . 3 . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 9 Bledsoe George 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . 3 . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 10 Ballinger Edward . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 11 Howard Peggy . 1 . . . . 2 . 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 12 Forkner Samuel . 1 . 2 . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 4 . . 1 . 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 13 Fisher Sylvanus . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . * . . . 2 . . 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 14 Webster William 1 2 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 15 Stevens Peter . . . . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 16 Coates Henry 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 17 Adams James 2 . . . 1 . 2 . . 1 . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 18 Pilcher Edward 1 . . 2 . 1 3 2 . 1 . . 4 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 19 Adkins Bryan 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 20 Brightwell Thomas . . 1 2 . 1 1 3 . . 1 . 8 . . 6 . . . 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 21 Atwood James 2 2 . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . 4 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 22 Coleman James 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . 3 . . 2 . . . 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 23 Brightwell Wm 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 6 . . 2 . . . 3 . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
    69a 24 Brightwell Richard . 1 . 1 . 2 2 . 1 . 1 . * . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .