Bright, Frances Return to INDEX

Born: ca 1790
Died: bet 1841-50
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Biographical Sketch:

She married first to Thoroughgood Pate on January 17, 1807; they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary (ca 1811 - ca 1842).  Their marriage was Jan. 20, 1807, according to Marlboro County, SC probate records. 

She married second to John Brickhouse (1796 - bf 1860) on July 5, 1818.  She probably was the first wife of John Brickhouse in the 1840 TN census.  If so, she appears to have died before the 1850 TN census, which shows his second wife.
Other children - with John Brickhouse (ca 1796 - bf 1860) of Marlboro County, SC (and later TN):
Arnold (1820 - af 1850)     See:  1850a    
Latimer (1822 - 1892) + Mary C. Odom
Harriet (1825 - 1891) + William M. Jones
John W. (1828 - ?) + Martha M. Edmundson
Murray (1830 - 1861/65) + Susan Tinkle    See:  1850b     
Elizabeth (1835 - 1900) + Arville B. Whitehurst    See:  1850b  
 
 About John Brickhouse (ca 1796 - bf 1860) of Marlboro County, SC): Census data prove that he was born in SC.  He and his wife moved to TN before 1840.  See Tennessee US census Gibson County 1840a 1840b  (shows 1 male age 40 & under 50 + 1 female age 40 & under 50 + 6 children). He is found in 1850a 1850b, but not his wife. He is no longer found anywhere in 1860.

See p. 49 of Julia Pate's book.

Census Data:

1800 -- in the household of her father, Charles Bright   
 1810 -- In the household of husband Thoroughgood Pate.  He is age 26-44 and his wife is age 26-44.  One girl is under age 10 (probably Elizabeth K. Pate) and another is age 16-25 (possibly a female relative).
1820   In the household of John Brickhouse (Marlboro County, SC).  Household residents   = 1 boy under age 10, 1 male age 16-26, 1 male older than 45, 1 girl under 10, 1 girl 10-16, 1 female 16-18.
1830a 1830b -- Household of John Brickhouse (Marlboro County, SC).  Wife is between ages 30-40.  There are 3 young boys (probably Arnold, Latimer, John) and 1 young girl (Harriet) .
1840 -- TN census.  Household of John Brickhouse.  Wife is between ages 40-50.  There are 4 young boys (probably Arnold, Latimer, John, Murray) and 2 young girls (Harriet, Elizabeth) .
1850a 1850b -- TN census.  Household of John Brickhouse. Wife noted in 1840 census no longer appears.  Children Arnold, Murray and Eliza remain in the household.  Frances had probably died between 1841-1850.

The John Brickhouse found in the 1820 and 1830 Marlboro County, SC census has a woman in the household whose age would be consistent with Frances Bright's.  In 1820 the Marlboro County Brickhouses have 1 son and two daughters, whose ages are consistent with those of Arnold Brickhouse, Elizabeth K. Pate and Mary Pate.  In 1830, the only other female in the househouse is under age 5 (probably Elizabeth Brickhouse); there are also four young males (probably Arnold, Latimer, John and Murray Brickhouse).  Note that Frances Bright's daughter Elizabeth K. Pate would have been age 21 and married by 1830, as proved by the will of Elizabeth's grandfather, Charles Bright.

John Brickhouse (of Tyrrell County, NC) continues to appear in the 1840 and 1850 census.  Note that Currituck and Tyrrell Counties are contiguous in the extreme coastal northeast of NC; they are quite distant from Richmond County, NC, the SC border or Marlboro County, SC.  See the 1824 Finley map.

Conclusions:  At least between 1810 and 1830, the only Brickhouses relevant to the Cox genealogy are those found in Marlboro County, SC.  In 1850, John, John W. and Murray Brickhouse are found in Gibson County, TN (19th Civil District; pp. 69, 72 and 70, respectively); William M. Jones and W.F. Whitehurst are on  p. 72.


Notes:

Land records:  1833-35  
The following marriage license was issued by William Easterling. Ordinary (Marlboro County, SC):
Jan 20, 1807 - Thorogood Pate of Richmond county, NC and Frances Bright of Marlboro. To Rev Wm Bennett

The following marriage license was issued by William Easterling. Ordinary (Marlboro County, SC):
July 5, 1818 - John Brickhouse and Franky Pate. To Rev Robert Purnell

SC Marriages 1755-1820 says:
1) Jan 17, 1807
2) July 5, 1818

When she was about age 40, her father Charles Bright provided for her in his will.  She was married to John Brickhouse at the time of Charles Bright's death in 1830.

She signed a renunciation of dower on May 2, 1835 to 363 acres of land conveyed by John Brickhouse to Barnabas Wallace (recorded in Deed Book O, p. 122, Marlboro County Courthouse, Bennettsville, SC).

It is said (Julia Pate's book) that she and Brickhouse moved to Alabama, but no census records seem to exist to support this.  However, Brickhouse is found in the TN 1840 and 1850 censuses, but she only in 1840.  Frances' brother-in-law Samuel R. Pate (1800 - 1854) is found in the AL Sumter County census:  1840a 1840b   1850  
Frances' younger daughter Mary Pate  (ca 1811 - ca 1839) married John Covington Thomas (ca 1808 - Mar 1868).  Mary Pate named one of her sons Henry Brickhouse Thomas, which suggests she grew up in the household of her step father John Brickhouse.

John Covington Thomas (ca 1808 -1868) was in deed records in Marlboro County from 1823 to 1830. In the 1830 census of Marlboro Co, there were 2 adults enumerated in his household. Supposedly his first wife Mary was on a deed with him in 1831. In 1830, the heirs of Charles Bright dec'd deeded (for $5.) 94.5 acres to the children of John C. Thomas.