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Brittain Sexton

Brittain Sexton came to Tennessee in 1795 from Wake County, North Carolina. He settled on Standing Rock (Standing Stone) Creek in what was to become Stewart Co.,Tennessee. The Sexton family had lived on the Nuce River in Wake County.

"Warrant Issued:: No. 34. 18th. January 1790. Robert SNEED Entered one Hundred acres of vacant land in Wake County on the waters of Cedar Creek, on the sounth side of Nuce River Joining the lines of John GRAY, John PULLEN Sen., David SPANE and Britain SEXTON, M. Holding, E. T."; [Source: Wake County North Carolina Land Entries 1778-1846, Copyright 1980, Weynette Parks Haun, 243 Argonne Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27704]

"Road Crew": Included in a long list of hands to work the road were: BRITAIN SEXTON, JOHN SEXTON & hands, GEORGE MARTIN, and SAMUEL MARTIN & hands.; [Source: Wake County, North Carolina County Court Minutes 1787 thru 1792, Book II, Weynette Parks Haun 243 Argonne Drive, Durham, North Carolina, Entry No. 376-66]

Marriage Record

"SEXTON, Britain & Nancy MOODY, 17 Feb 1787; Henry BURNAM, bondsman"

[Source: Marriages of Wake County, North Carolina, 1770 - 1868, compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1983, pg. 282]

Deeds: "522-143; State of No. Carolina Wake County:
1st Monday in Sept. 1791; A Deed from James SIMMS to Britain SEXTON was duly proved in open Court by the Oath Isham SIMMS a Witness thereto and ordered to be Registered."; [Source: Wake county, North Carolina County Court Minutes 1787 thru 1792, book II, Weynette Parks Haun 243 Argonne Drive, Durham, North Carolina, entry No. 522-143, pg. 73]; "A Deed from Absolom SEXTON to Henry MOODY was duly proved in open Court by the Oath of Walter CAMPBELL a Witness thereto and ordered to be Registered."; Absolom SEXTON may have been Brittain's father, and Henry MOODY may have been one of Nancy's relatives.; [Source: Ibid. Entry 520-141, pg. 72]

Arrival in Tennessee

When Brittain Sexton first came to Stewart County about 1795, it was actually Tennessee County. In 1796 Tennessee County was divided in Robertson County and Montgomery County. The area that comprises present day Stewart County, which was to be formed in 1803, was included in this new Montgomery County.

"Brittain Sexton came to Standing Rock Creek, Stewart County, Tennessee in 1795 from Wake County, North Carolina. He was a major in the militia. When Brittain and Nancy came from Wake County, North Carolina they settled the lower portion of Standing Rock Creek while Stewart County was still inhabited by a great many Indians."

[Source: Stewart County Heritage, Volumn One, The Stewart County Historical Society, 1980, 367]

Tax List

Brittian Sexton appears on the 1811 Stewart County Tax List for Captain Lewis' Company.

[Source: Tax List Stewart County, Tennessee Rutherford-Sumner, pg. 8 Microfilm Roll 8, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, Tennessee]

Brittain Sexton appears on the 1827-28 Stewart County Tax List for Captain Richard's Company.

                      "CAPTAIN RICHARD'S COMPANY

     TAX YEAR       NAME             ACRES    VALUE    LOCATION 

    1827-1828   William McGee          40              Long Creek
        "       James McGee           127      $50     Long Creek
        "       Thomas McGee          100              Long Creek
        "       Edward Robbins
        "       BRITTAIN SEXTON       120              Standing Rock
        "       ANDERSON SEXTON
        "       Fredrick Taylor       320              Saline
                   (Heirs)
        "       Enos Taylor
        "       George Taylor         196              Saline Creek
        "       David Taylor          196              Saline Creek

[Source: Stewart County Trustees' Office Tax Books, 1827-1832, Microfilm Roll 139, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, Tennessee]

Martin Family of Stewart County, Tennessee

There were several Martin families of the same county living along the Nuce River. The following families were found on land records in Wake County: William Martin, George Martin, George Martin, Sr., James Martin, and John Martin. It is quite possible that these families were the progenators of the Stewart County, Tennessee Martin Family who later married the grandchildren of Brittain Sexton and Nancy Moody Sexton.

Today, descendants of these families gather annually the first Saturday in August for the Martin-Sexton Reunion in Stewart, Houston County, Tennessee.

Brittain Sexton's Descendents Chart (Scroll down and click on "View Report")

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