William Warren BRAND Family History 

Taken from the book entitled " History of 
Gwinnett County, Georgia, 1818-1960" by J C Flanigan 
Volume II, pages 425-429 THE BRAND FAMILY, by George W Jacobs II.

(copied from ancestry.com)

The Brands of Gwinnett County, Georgia, almost without exception, as well as 
their kindred of many other names, here and in many other places, are 
descendants of William Brand, a N. C., soldier of the American Revolution. He 
was born May 23, 1756, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, not far from 
Tarboro, the county seat. Family tradition has it that his father was, 
Benjamin Brand, of Virginia, who settled in N.C. and married before 1756, the 
name of his wife as yet being unknown. There is also an unverified tradition 
to the effect that "Grandsire" William Brand's grandfather also named Benjamin 
Brand, came from Scotland or England to Virginia many years before the 
American Revolution ; that he was educated at Boston to be an officer in the 
British navy ; and that he was noted as a penman, a rare accomplishment in his 
day.

In his application for Pension as a Revolutionary War Veteran, executed at 
Monroe, Ga., in 1832, William Brand gave a rather complete account of his two 
periods of military service including dates, places, names of his officers, 
showing that while serving under General Horatio Gates in the Carolinas, he 
personally knew the famous Baron Johann DeKalb, for whom Dekalb County was 
named. His pension claim No. S-31577 is still preserved by the US department 
of Archives, in Washington, D.C., under his Certificate Number 12278. Soon 
after the end of his military career on August 16, 1781, William Brand was 
married to Miss Sarah Bryant, daughter of Gail and Elizabeth Bryant, in 
Edgecombe county, NC, but the record of this marriage has not been located. 

As shown by the US Census records, the only Brands living in North Carolina in 
1790 were : William Brand, wife, 3 sons less than 16 years old, and 1 
daughter. Benjamin Brand, 1 son more than 16 years of age. Thomas Brand, wife, 
3 sons less than 16 years old, and 1 daughter. Benjamin and Thomas are assumed 
to be the father and brother of William, and one other brother (not named) 
lived with his father. Besides the 4 children shown by the 1790 census, 
several other children were born to Wm and Sarah Brand in NC.

 In 1800 and 1810 Census records show no Brands in N.C. Hence it is concluded, that before 1800 
the entire tribe had migrated to Georgia. Tracing their whereabouts in Georgia 
prior to 1820 is precluded by loss of the Georgia census records for 1790, 
1800, and 1810, in the burning of the US Capital Building by the British in 
1814. During the War of 1812, however, and 1820, William Brand and his family 
resided in Clarke county, (org. 1801 from a part of Jackson County). In 1817 
he received a grant of 78 acres of land in Oglethorpe County, and Benjamin 
received grants in that county in 1817 and 1825. 

About 1821 Wm and Sarah Brand, with the children still at home, removed from Clarke county to Walton 
county, settling on a farm 1 or 2 miles east of the present town of Loganville 
and on or near the road leading to Shiloh and Bay Creek Baptist churches. 
Their farm was located on Land Lots 185 and 186 of the 4th Land District of 
Walton County, and Lot No. 192 of the 5th Land District of Gwinnett County, 
which was later added to Walton County by a change of boundary. Here they 
lived in 1830 and 1840, his lands being distributed to this sons in sizable 
farms at give-away prices of $1.00 per acre or less, as shown by the Deeds 
recorded at Monroe. His last pension payment was received in 1841 at the age 
of 85 years, though he is said to have lived seven years longer. 

In J C Flanigan's "Gwinnett Churches" published in 1911, Sarah Brand is listed 
as a member of Shiloh Baptist (Now Primitive Baptist) church from the time of 
its organization, Jun 21, 1823. This has likewise been the home church of 
large numbers of Brands and other Brand descendants to the present time 
(1959). Including Ransom, and Tyler Brand and their families. Another home 
church of a large number of Brands nearby is Bay creek Baptist Church, also in 
Walton County, but not mentioned in Mr. Flanigans book. The records of 
Beaverdam Baptist Church, in Oglethorpe county, show that it was to this 
church William Brand and several members of his family transferred their 
membership shortly after moving to Walton county. William Brand is said by 
some of his best informed descendants to have died in 1848, at the age of 92 
years, being buried by his wife Sarah, near the northeast corner of his old 
family cemetery, which is still preserved near the site of his old homestead 
about 1 or 2 miles east of Loganville. Brand Family Cemetery, located near 
The Gwinnett Co Line On Walton Mills Dr. Just Off ST81. No record of a will 
has been found at Monroe.