Thomas Francis BROCKMAN

Married Frances SHELTON, 1779, in Albemarle Co, VA.

"Thomas Brockman born in Albemarle Co., Va. entered service early in 1776, under Capt. John Marks, Col. Charles Lewis Regiment in General Nathaniel Green's Division of the army, serving for three years; also served under Capt. Archibald Moon, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Stony Point, and other small engagements. Came to Illinois, residing in Montgomery county where he was buried in a little graveyard which is now a pasture owned by Joseph Spinner. He died about 1838." "The Brockman Scrapbook," pg 293.

Thomas is documented by the DAR as having been in Washington's Army at Valley Forge in 1777-1778 in the American Revolution.

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1. He served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier in the 14th Virginia

Infantry Regiment of the Continental Line; this regiment was later made

the 10th Virginia Regiment. During the winter of 1777-1778 he was at

Valley Forge. In 1779 he was released from duty and returned to

Albemarle county, VA where he married Frances Shelton, his neighbor.

They moved to Kentucky about 1783/84.

2. In Kentucky he was a lieutenant, then captain in the KY militia in the

mid-1790's. Statement made by Paul R. Brockman on 21 Dec 1998:

"Information on Thomas (1759 to 1839) appears in the following books by

William Everett Brockman: Virginia Wills and Abstracts, p. 24; Early

American History - Brockman, pages 36, 37; Orange County VA Families,

Vol. I, Pages 60, 168 and 169; Orange County VA Families, Vol. IV,

pages 83 and 86; Brockman Scrapbook, pages 11, 143, 144, 164, 181-183,

294, 295, 297, 298, 300, 309, 310. He is listed in Revolutionary

soldiers buried in Illinois (name misspelled as Breckman in the early

versions of this work).

The DAR credits his Revolutionary Service, and his relevant information

is in their register. Virginia denied him a pension, but they denied

most people who no longer lived in Virginia. His commissions as an

officer of the Kentucky Militia are in the Journals of governor Garrard,

which have been published in the last 30 or 40 years."

3. In KY he lived in Adair and Green counties and, after the death of his

wife, he moved to IL to live with his son, Samuel.

4. In Kentucky he obtained land that had been granted to his father in

Madison county for supplying provisions to the Army during the

Revolution.

5. His body was supposedly moved from IL to MO; place unknown.

6. Copied from page 293 of the Brockman Scrapbook:

"Thomas Brockman born in Albemarle Co., Va. entered service early in

1776, under Capt. John Marks, Col. Charles Lewis Regiment in General

Nathaniel Green's Division of the army, serving for three years; also

served under Capt. Archibald Moon, was in the battles of Brandywine,

Germantown, Stony Point, and other small engagements. Came to Illinois,

residing in Montgomery county where he was buried in a little graveyard

which is now a pasture owned by Joseph Spinner. He died about 1838.

(Walker, Revolutionary Veterans buried in Illinois)."

SOURCES INCLUDE:

Brockman Scrapbook, page 32 and 293.

Orange County Virginia Families, IV:83 and 93-100.

WFT 13:1554, information from Helen Coan,

7303 Feyhurst Dr., Louisville, KY 40258.

WFT 42:288, information from Tamara Parkison,

3902 W. 107th Place, Crown Point, IN 46307.

WFT 71:1202, information from Billie Witte,

4425-A Martin Street, Fort Campbell, KY 42223.

WFT 81:1042, information from Vicky J. Cannon,

Rt. 1, Box 510-L, Benton, TN 37307.

WFT 89:860, information from Dorothy D. McEnaney,

P.O. Box 763, 22 Clough Avenue, Windsor, VT 05089

WFT 94:386, information from Debbie J. Helms/Wright,

260 S. Main St., Britton, MI 49229.

WFT 135:530, information from Tom Sallee,

1245 Seminole Avenue, Longwood, FL 32750.

WFT 137:633, information from Linda B. McNees,

288 Monson Rd., Cynthiana, KY 41031.

Information submitted to the Brockman Family

Genealogy on GenForum by Paul R. Brockman

on 15 and 21 Dec 1998 and 19 Feb 2000.

Brockman, Oscar. Brockman from 1390. Typed

manuscript of 34 pages. LDS 929.2

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73 A1 no. 8950.

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