| MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS The Brewers David Brewer Born: Virginia, 1815 Died: Barry County Missouri, 1862 (Bushwhacked during the Civil War) Olive Brewer Born: Tennessee, 1821 Died: Barry County Missouri - sometime after 1880 |
| David Brewer, my Great Great Grandfather, married Olive Oliff, my great-great grandmother. Olive's mother, my Great Great great grandmother, was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian maiden (Whose name is unknown to me). On July 31, 1850, Great-Great Grandfather, David Brewer, and family lived in District 31, Lee County, Virginia. This is in the very southwest corner of Virginia, near the Tennessee and Kentucky borders. The county seat of Lee County is Jonesville. In 1853, David Brewer bought land in Barry County, Missouri, in Township 21, Range 28, Section 1. He improved a farm here including building a house for his family and clearing land for cultivation. No record has been found that his eldest son, Christopher, lived in Missouri. David Brewer was killed in 1862 by "Bushwhackers" near his house and was buried in the yard. This was the start of the Brewer graveyard, which still stands. "We have killed your husband and now we come to burn his house." ~ Bushwhackers The house was burned at the time David died, Olive and family continued to live there. Olive was buried at this site sometime after 1880. Evan, a son, and his wife, Naomi, were also buried at this grave site and the marker still stands at Naomi's grave. This old farm site is approximately 1 mile southeast of Washburn, Missouri. This is where Great Grandfather, James Monroe "Bud" Brewer, was born. |
| James (Bud) Brewer My Great Grandfather 1856 - 1930  Marinda (Brewer) Cargile My Grandmother 1878 - 1960  Nadine (Cargile) Walker My Mother 1906 - 1986  |
| INTOLERANCE: Barry County, MO, was a very intolerant place and like many communities during my early years ignorant of the world around them. It was even more so during the late 1800's. Being an Indian or Negro or any part of either was considered a social disgrace. If one knew their ancestor's had one drop of Indian or Negro blood ... it was kept secret for many reasons. Being part Cherokee Indian in Barry County was not Socially accepted. This was the reason, as others and I were told by our Grandmother Marinda (Brewer) Cargile, why some of our early Cherokee ancestors did not get on the Cherokee Indian Census Rolls. My mother, Nadine (Brewer, Cargile) Walker, was always proud of being part Cherokee, but had no desire to make an issue out it. My father, Aaron Walker, could have cared less. It has been many years since I lived in Barry County, Missouri, but I have a feeling that things have changed over the years and Barry County has become more tolerant of other racial groups. But intolerance like sin will always be with us. |
| Photos are not dated |
| Resource: Warren Walker's Family Photos |
 Written by and Submitted by: Warren Walker |
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