Brents Family

John Brent
Thomas Brents
John Brents
Joshua Brents
Samuel Worley Brents
Mary Elizabeth Brents
Bartlett Graves Dickinson

John Brent, b. about 1640 in Carolina

John Brent is regarded as the founder of the Brent(s) Family in Carolina. In 1665, when the first Assembly met in the Provence of Carolina, he was one of a company of eighty-one persons who referred to themselves as “Adventurers to and Settlers of some part of the Province of Carolina.” John Brent was a member of the governing body of early Carolina life. (Colonial Records of NC. Vol. 1. Page 145 B.P.R.O.Shaftesbury papers Bdle.48 NO.81)

Thomas Brent, of Currituck County, NC. m. Alice

  1. John J. Brent, b.1709, d. Nov 1819; m. Elizabeth Deal
  2. Charles Brent, b 1712, m. Jane Williams
  3. Thomas Brent, Jr., b. 1727, m. Ann

John J. Brent(s) , b. 1709 d. November 1819 (110 years)
 m. Elizabeth Deal, b. 1710? d. Before 1819 (over 100 years old): First settlers of Green County, KY; 10 children;

    1. John Brents, Jr. b. February 3, 1761, Prince Edward County, VA, d. 1784 Ohio Falls; m. Hanna Wright
    2. Rebecca Brents m. 1802 John Marshall, Green County, KY
    3. Elizabeth (Betsy) Brents m. George Wolkskill James Brents, b. 1769, m. Ann Hurley Dec 25,
      1790, Nelson County, KY;
    4. James Brents was the 4th Corporal on the roll of Captain William Woods Company, KY Mounted Volunteers Militia in the War of 1812.5.
    5. Peter Brents, b.1771, NC
    6. Thomas Brents, b. September 17,1773, d. July 12, 1841 Marshall County, TN; m. January 5, 1808, Jenny Jane McWhorter;
    7. Anna Brents, b.1767; m. January 22, 1790 Thomas Lowery, in Nelson County, KY
    8. Solomon Brents, b. 1775 in NC, m. Elizabeth McWhorter;
    9. Samuel Worley Brents, b. July 30, 1777 in KY, d. June 14, 1833 of cholera in Greensburg, KY. m .#1 Isabella Mackey, #2 Margaret Hudson; Samuel Brents was the U.S. Attorney in Florida under President Andrew Jackson. Family stories say that President Jackson spent the night at the Brents home in Greensburg on his way to his Presidential Inauguration.
    10. Joshua Brents, b. March 1, 1780 in Fayette County, Ky
Joshua Brents, b. March 1, 1780 in Fayette County, KY; d. August 4, 1863 in Hart County, KY; The Kentucky Historical Society states that Joshua Brents was listed as a Lieutenant on the roll of Captain S.T. Moss’ Company of Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Col. Henry Renick, and was mustered in at Newport, on August 31, 1813 into the War of 1812. Joshua Brents held rank of Lieutenant in the War of 1812. Distinguished himself at the Battle of the Thames. Voted Whip Party, supported Union in Civil War. Occupation Lawyer (FTM)

 

 

 

 

m. November 25, 1815, Rebecca Allen Worley of Lexington, KY, daughter of Hannah McClure and David M Worley, b. February 20, 1795 in Lexington, KY, d. December 24, 1873 in Hart County, 9 children;

 

 


Rebecca Allen Worley
1. Marie Louisa Brents,
2. Samuel Worley Brents, b. December 8, 1818, d. July 5, 1890
3. John Deal Brents, b. June 16, 1826, d. 1895; m. Elizabeth Gavin of Hart County, KY
4. Elizabeth M. Brents
5. Rebecca Underwood Brents, m. John W. Rowlett
6. Joshua Milton Brents, b. August 3, 1828, d. February 26, 1905 in Munfordville, KY; m # 1 Susan J Carden on
November 8, 1852; m # 2 Sarah E. Munford Dec.7, 1865
7. Charles Brents, m. Mary Hall
8. Robert Brents
9. William Brents

Samuel Worley Brents Homeplace – 701 South Green Street, Glasgow, KY

The Brents Place was purchased about the beginning of the Civil War by Alanson Trigg for his daughter, Eliza Jane Trigg, who became the second wife of Samuel Worley Brents. (73) The home is at the corner of Leslie Avenue and Green Street in Glasgow. The “Brents Place” afterwards became the home of his grandson, Brents Dickinson and his wife Elizabeth Reid and their son, William Reid Dickinson.

LaVece Hughes has a wicker chair that her mother Kate Ganter said sat on the front porch of the Brents Place during the Civil War.

Samuel Worley Brents, b. December 8,1818, d. July 5, 1890; m #1 on June 25, 1846 Martha Ann Graves, daughter of Bartlett L. Graves, b. March 28, 1829, d. June 18, 1853; Samuel Worley was a lawyer and a Major commanding Kentucky Troops in the Mexican War in 1848.

  1. Mary Elizabeth Brents, b. April 18, 1849, Glasgow, KY, d. August 27, 1898, Glasgow, KY; m. William Dickinson on April 30, 1868, b. August 28, 1845, d. November 1890;
  2. Rebecca Ellen Brents, b. Sept 16, 1851, d. Aug 1, 1852
  3. Samuel Graves Brents, b. June 5, 1853, d. Aug 1 1874 m # 2. Eliza Jane Trigg on November 1855, daughter of Alanson Trigg, b. January 4, 1832, d. February 1890;
  4. Mary Brents
  5. Haiden Curd Brents
  6. John Hunt Morgan Brents
  7. 1. Mary Moss Brents, b. April 1, 1865, d. July 28, 1930; m. Ed. N. Caldwell

Mary Elizabeth Brents; b. Apr 18,1849 d. Aug 4,1898; m. Apr 30, 1868 William Dickinson b. Aug 28,1845 d. Nov 8,1890; Her marriage invitation called her, “Lizzie B”; 4 children:

  1. Brents Dickinson b. Feb 22, 1869; d. August 21, 1933; m. Apr 26,1893 Elizabeth Reid b. Jan 5,1874, d. December 18, 1959;one child, William Reid Dickinson, b. Feb 24,1894;
  2. William “Day” Dickinson b. Oct 6,1870 d. Mar 29,1959; m # 1. Oct 7,1891 Annie Rowlett b. Nov 19, 1869, d. Sept 16, 1905; two children:

1) Rebecca Dickinson b. Sept 25,1892; m. Eugene Barnett Ferguson Nov 24,1915; 3 children

2. Annie Rowlett Ferguson, b. Aug 13, 1921, m. Ted Fitzwater
2. Martha Rowlett Ferguson, b. Jan 11, 1923

3. Gene Brents Ferguson, b. Apr 4, 1925 m # 2 June 24, 1908, Nellie Burnett Lowe, b. Apr 23,1877; daughter of Rev. Joseph Burnett, former President of Liberty Female College (Glasgow) and Laura Duff; d. Apr 19, 1962

3. Martha “Annie” Dickinson, b. Oct 8, 1872; m. Oct 16, 1895, Paul Wilson Holman, b. Apr 17,1874, d. July 28,1933; 4 children:

1) William Dickinson Holman b. Aug 8,1897; d. Aug 12, 1897

2) Sidney Walker Holman b. Feb 16, 1900; d. May 6, 1941;

3) Elizabeth Brents Holman, b. Oct 25, 1903, d. December 9, 1970, m. Dec 27, 1928, Tho.Richard Thomas, b.Apr 10, 1903;

4) Paul Wilson Holman, b. June 23, 1910;

4. Bartlett Graves Dickinson