 Abt 1785 - 1840 (~ 55 years)
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| Name |
BRUCE Joel |
| Born |
Abt 1785 |
South Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
3 Feb 1840 |
Greenville County, SC |
| Person ID |
I2031 |
Combo |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2009 |
| Father |
BRUCE Charles Austin, b. 30 Oct 1745, Romeo, Culpeper County, VA , d. 31 Jul 1833, Greer, Greenville County, SC (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
RAMSEY Margaret Hannah, b. Abt 1750, d. UNKNOWN, Greenville County, SC |
| Married |
Abt 1765 |
| Family ID |
F0047 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
WEST Mary Doris, d. Bef 1828 |
| Children |
| | 1. BRUCE Elizabeth, b. 21 Jun 1807, South Carolina , d. 10 Nov 1892, Lafayette County, MS (Age 85 years) |
| | 2. BRUCE Amanda, b. Abt 1808, d. UNKNOWN |
| | 3. BRUCE Clara, b. Abt 1812, d. UNKNOWN |
| | 4. BRUCE Hilvahor Silvah, b. Abt 1816, d. UNKNOWN |
| | 5. BRUCE Benjamin Franklin, b. 1 Jan 1820, Greenville District, SC , d. 23 Feb 1879, Pontotoc County, MS (Age 59 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0664 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
UNKNOWN Dorcus, b. Abt 1810, South Carolina , d. 31 May 1880, Coal Mountain, Forsyth Co., GA (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Married |
Bef Feb 1829 |
| Children |
| | 1. BRUCE Sarah Ann, b. Abt 1829, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 2. BRUCE Killis, b. Abt 1830, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 3. BRUCE Mary, b. Abt 1831, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 4. BRUCE Samuel, b. Abt 1832, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 5. BRUCE Kazar Francis, b. 15 Apr 1834, South Carolina , d. 17 Dec 1924, Gwinnett Co., GA (Age 90 years) |
| | 6. BRUCE Daniel, b. Abt 1837, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 7. BRUCE Martha, b. Abt 1838, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
| | 8. BRUCE Rebecca, b. Abt 1840, South Carolina , d. UNKNOWN |
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| Family ID |
F0534 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From Raymond Bruce in 2005: Joel built a grist mill on Highway 101 North (still standing today) and it was later sold to the Sheriff of Greenville County, P. D. Gilreath.
Joel married first to Mary West (sister to Rachel West), and they had 5 children.
He then married Dorcas ?? and they had 8 children.
1802 Land transaction
Greenville County, SC, Register of Deeds, Grantor Index to Conveyance, 1787 - 1913, Book F., page 540: 90 acres on Clear Creek. Grantor Joel Bruce, Grantee William King.
1810 Land transaction
Greenville County, SC, Register of Deeds, Grantee Index of Conveyance, 1787 - 1913, Book F, Page 350: 275 acres on Clear Creek. Grantee Joel Bruce, Grantor Bartholomew Turner.
1813 Land transaction
Greenville County, SC, Register of Deeds, Grantee Index of Conveyance, 1787 - 1913, Book #1, page 158: 120 acres on Clear Creek. Grantee was Hardin Bruce. Grantor was Joel Bruce.
1830 Census
Greenville County, SC with wife and children
1832
Joel Bruce won land in the Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, Number 121, 11th District, 2nd Section, Cherokee, 160th Residence, Greene County, GA.
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