Stephen Bartley Westbrook Sr. (1756 - 1820)

Born 18 Oct 1756 in Mecklenberg County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Amphelady (Hudson) Westbrook — married 1782 in Wilkes Co. Georgia, United States

Husband of Mary Polly (Haygood) Westbrook — married 1808 in Franklin, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1820 at age 63 in Crockets Creek, Franklin, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Stephen Westbrook Sr. served with 1st Georgia Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Stephen Westbrook Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123317.

Steven Bartley Westbrook was born on October 18, 1756, in Virginia, when his father, John Westbrook, was 23 and his mother, Barbara "Barbary" Richardson, was 16. ^[1] He came with his parents and younger brothers to the Ceded Lands of Georgia in 1773 on Coody’s Creek, which fed into Broad River just upstream from the Savannah River. ^[2]

During the Revolutionary War, he served in the 1st Georgia Regiment under Col. Elijah Clark, probably during the Battle of Kettle Creek in February, 1779. ^[3] Based on his bounty grants given for service in the Revolutionary War, Stephen served as Lieutenant and Captain in the militia and Captain in the Georgia Line. Being a resident of Wilkes County and serving in the militia, he fought with Col. John Dooly and Lt. Col. Elijah Clarke at Kettle Creek. With the defeat of the patriots at Augusta and Brier Creek, he probably fled the area with Col. Clarke to become an over mountain man. Based on the record of the militia of Wilkes County, Stephen would have served under Clarke in South Carolina and North Carolina. As a result of this service, he probably fought at King’s Mountain, Blackstock’s Farm, Cowpens, Musgrove Mill, and Beattie’s Farm, before participating in the siege and recapture of Augusta. ^{[4] [5]}

He married Amphelady Hudson in about 1782 in Wilkes County and they had 12 children together. He then married Mary Polly Haygood after 1804 and they had four children together.

He shows up on the Franklin County Tax rolls as early as 1803. ^[6]

He died on March 3, 1820, at the age of 63, and is buried in the Westbrook Family Cemetery in Franklin County, Georgia. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Bible records of Haygood family, copy of Beth Sauceman, LaFayette, Georgia. Jeff Westbrook, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WestbrookGenealogy/files/ SouthernLines/stephenwest.txt.doc
2. ↑ Grace Davidson, Early Records of Georgia, Wilkes County, June 1967, page 12.
3. ↑ "Battle of Kettle Creek" [1]]
4. ↑ Ruth Blair, Revolutionary Soldiers’ Receipts for Georgia Bounty Grants, Foote and Davies, 1928, Nos. 797 and 976
5. ↑ Allen D. Candler, The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia, Volume II, Franklin-Turner, 1908, page 717.
6. ↑ "Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890" Database GA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index
   • Steven Westbrook
   • State GA, County Franklin County, Township Tax List 1803, Year 1803
   • Record Type Tax List, Page 013
7. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial ID 25125489 [2]

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of WESTBROOK, STEPHEN", Ancestor # A123317.
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/westbrook/1686/

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kenyon Tribble for creating WikiTree profile Westbrook-654 through the import of F. Kenyon Tribble Jr. Family Tree.ged on Oct 2, 2013.