David BRUNSON b. 29 Dec 1739/1729 Dorchester/Sumter District, South Carolina d. 24 Oct 1784/5 Sep 1788 St. Marks Parish, Craven County, South Carolina: Our Family History

29 Dec 1739/1729 - 1788

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Name	David BRUNSON [3]
Birth	29 Dec 1739/1729	Dorchester/Sumter District, South Carolina [1, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
HIST	Rev War Patriot [1, 2]
_UID	B45C3130A00742C1A6D9B0B9B116AE6BE395
Death	24 Oct 1784/5 Sep 1788	St. Marks Parish, Craven County, South Carolina [3, 5, 6]
Person ID	I5123	Singleton and Related Families
Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

Father	Isaac BRUNSON, Jr., b. 1714/05, in Wetherfield, Connecticut/Clarendon County, South Carolina d. Jul 1770, Sumter County/Clarendon County, South Carolina
Mother	Mary NEILSON, b. 1710, Prince Frederick Parish, Craven District, South Carolina d. 1770, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 60 years)
Marriage	Abt 1728 [1, 2]
_UID	F972B36E10ED4BB7A187D99A488647F732F2
_UID	F972B36E10ED4BB7A187D99A488647F732F2
Family ID	F54924	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth CANTEY, b. 29 Aug 1739, St. Frederick Parish, Craven District/County, South Carolina d. 3 Jan 1791, South Carolina (Age 51 years)

_UID 805C9DA0768D46E2A21C369A048798F3E841

Children

	1. Captain William BRUNSON, b. 1756/29 Dec 1754, St. Marks Parish, Craven Distict/Sumter District, South Carolina d. 11 May 1803, Sumter District, South Carolina (Age 48 years)
	2. David BRUNSON, b. 1 Dec 1758 d. 24 Feb 1778, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina (Age 19 years)
	3. Daniel BRUNSON, b. 27 Jan 1761 d. Bef 5 Sep 1831, Georgia (Age < 70 years)
	4. Jesse or Joseph BRUNSON, b. 6 Feb 1764, South Carolina d. 1767 (Age 2 years)
	5. Susannah BRUNSON, b. 27 Sep 1768, South Carolina d. Aft 1850 (Age > 83 years)
	6. George BRUNSON, b. 6 Jan 1773, South Carolina d. 1847 (Age 73 years)
	7. Elizabeth Cantey “Betsy” BRUNSON, b. 19 Jan 1777 d. Aft 1796 (Age > 20 years)
	8. Margaret BRUNSON, b. 22 Aug 1766, South Carolina d. Aft 20 Nov 1846, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age > 80 years)

Family ID F1856 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Nov 1999

Notes

David is the eldest son of Isaac II and Mary Mellette Brunson. Cantey paperwork says Elizabeth married James Brunson. David or James fought in the Revolutionary War. He is said to have received 200 acres from his father on Black River, and 100 acres on Lynches Creek from Josiah Cantey. He also got some land by grant on Pen Branch. These records of holdings were furnished Dr. C. B. Smith by Miss Janie Revell. [3]

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