DeBruhl Family History Notes.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Jehu Foster Marshall and wife Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall

Southern Sentinel Jehu Foster Marshall

E. C. Sanford

Jehu Foster Marshall of Ocala was a supplier of goods, including

whiskey and sugar to the Confederacy. His plantation was a major supplier of sugar until the end of the war when Federal troops overran the plantation and burned or destroyed the sugar mill and all the production. Marshall shipped his goods by way of Col. Hubbart I Hart’s HARTLINE STEAMBOAT LINE, on Hart’s, James Burt, and Capt. Richard J Adams Silver Springs plantation. Marshall’s plantation was raided on March 10, 1865 by the 3^rd Union Colored Infantry, led by Sgt. Major Henry James. The raid was repelled by Capt. J J Dickinson (“Florida’s Swamp Fox”), which ended all Union presence in Marion County Florida, and along the Oklawaha River. April 2, 1865, Richmond fell Jefferson Davis and his wife’s property was seized, May 1865, at David Yulee’s Cottonwood Plantation near Gainesville at a place called Irwinville, Ga. Lola Sanchez, Confederate spy, was a resident of Union occupied Palatka, who provided information to both Hart and Dickinson during the war and was paid in Mexican silver dollars in May 1865. Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall operated the sugar plantation until it was destroyed in 1865. Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall

lost her 17 year old brother William Jesse to a hunting accident, her father

Jesse DeBruhl was killed when a tree fell on him in 1860 in Columbia County Florida where he was clearing land on another of his several plantations. Her husband Jehu Foster Marshall was killed in 1863 at the battle of Second Manasses. Her father- in- law Dr. Marshall of Abbeville owner of White Hall plantation died soon after the end of the war. He divided up his 3,760 acre plantation among his slaves. Many of their descendants still live on the land. When Jefferson Davis's party was fleeing south with the Confederate cabinet and the treasury they stopped twice in Abbeville once at White Hall plantation. The treasury then went to Washington Ga, from there into legend. It has never been found or recovered. Jefferson Davis and his party were captured by Union cavalry but they only had a few dollars in gold on them. Jehu Foster Marshall had a sugar plantation in Ocala

Florida where he shipped goods by steamboat. It was rumored that Breckenridge hired a boat and took the remaining treasury to Cuba.

Judah P. Benjamin was rumored to have taken a large portion of the treasury

to England. He lived out his life in England.

All that is really known is it was loaded on a train in Richmond guarded
by a detachment of the Confederate Navy. The Federal government
owned the contents the moment Lee surrendered. Nobody guarding
the treasury had any incentive to turn it over to the Feds. As long as
they were on the train the weight of the gold and coins weren't a
problem
but when they de- trained with all that weight then they needed wagons
and horses which were at a premium. The only "friends" were recently
paroled
Confederate Calvary roaming throughout. The Federal Calvary was hot on
the trail looking for old Jeff Davis. If the Feds took the treasury they found
with Jeff Davis's party then they weren't talking. If the treasury was robbed
by bands of ex confederate Calvary they weren't talking either. This leaves
the "honest" ex navy guards who could have simply drove the wagons away
never to be seen and divided up the spoils. The interesting part of the flight
was the return to the Marshall plantation the second time when the Federal
Calvary was pressing too close. It is probably buried under lake Norman
or Lake Marion or some Interstate highway fill.

Monday, December 8, 2014

William Ashley DeBruhl age 17 only son of William Jesse DeBruhl

Light went out so did a life. Another instance of what proved to be a forerunner of
death occurs to me.

William Ashley DeBruhl age 17, the only son of Mr. Jesse DeBruhl by his first wife, Eliza Donovan was killed while shooting bull-bats received a load of small shot in the head from a
gun in the hands of a young man named Bird, a very gentlemanly appearing stranger, (Mr. Bird introduced family painted oil-cloth table covers here-something new.) It was clearly an accident, but poor Bird was completely broken down by it. I was present when the shooting
occurred. We were boarding at the time at the Globe Hotel, kept by Mr. William Reeder and his wife, where the post office now stands. Fearful of worrying young DeBruhl's relatives by his appearing at the house , he engaged me to go twice a day to inquire about the wounded youngster. The patient seemed to be doing very well, although the physicians could see no hopes for his recovery. This was in the oil lamp days. One night while the solitary lamp in the sick room was apparently burning all right, it suddenly went out. Young DeBruhl noticed it,
turned to his mother and said quietly, " I know what that sign means-- goodbye", and died before the lamp could be relighted. Dr Samuel Fair, of Newberry SC who had graduated in Paris and lately begun the practice of medicine in Columbia, attended the young man, and afterwards married his sister. The grave is unmarked in the Presbyterian Church yard.

Jullian Selby South Carolina Gazeteer
Transcribed by Norman DeBruhl
December 8, 2014

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Ship Canning passenger list Associate Archivist for Nova Scotia November 28, 1979

Ship Canning passenger list.

DeBruhl., Michael Samuel (DeBrull) DeBruhl Halifax, 1749.

Former private, 3^rd Troop Royal Horse Guards, ship Canning,

m., 1 boy, 1 male, 1 female sevant. M Margaret. Children

Edward, Michael Samuel Jr, Phillipina Margareta, Lucy Elizabeth.

Associate Archivist for Nova Scotia

November 28, 1979

Letter to Alma DeFelice

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Sir William Johnson papers

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 11:33 AM, <DRES1945@aol.com> wrote:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/305487/Sir-William-Johnson-1st-Baronet

And check this out. It refers to some engravings:

http://threerivershms.com/SWJ,vol1contents.htm

In a message dated 9/27/2014 10:55:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, telemandeb@gmail.com writes:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Norman DeBruhl <telemandeb@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:54 AM
Subject: Michael Samuel
To: Norman DeBruhl <telemandeb@gmail.com>

34 Sir William Johnson Papers

FROM THOMAS GAGE

New York March 3*. 1766
Dear Sir,

I am very sorry to find by your Letter of the 20 th . of Feb r J\ 2 ,
that you are in Expectation of a fresh Attack of your old Dis-
order, which will prevent me having the Pleasure to see you so
soon as I could wish.

Major Rogers has got his Instructions from me, of which I
shall take an opportunity to transmit you a Copy, that you may be
a Judge of what it will be Necessary for you to direct him in your
orders to him relative to your Department.

I find the Virginians were Intent on bringing about the Peace
between the Northern Indians and the Cherokees, to prevent the
latter from taking Revenge for the Murders committed in Virginia
hopeing by Such a Material Service to gain their Friendship, for I
believe the Gov r . will not be able to give them the Satisfaction
they require, and seem to have a Right to demand.

The sooner M r . Croghan Sets out with the Person whom you
intend to nominate for Commissary at the Ilinois the better; it's
very proper they should be there as early as it is possible, and
what you shall Judge necessary for them you will inform me of
and it will be supplyed them immediately.

I will enquire whether there is any good Engravers at Phila-
delphia; the Dye in my Possession was done by one de Bruhls 3
who was reckoned the best in these Parts of the world.

There are Reports here by Letters from Pensacola that the
34 th . Reg f . had got up to the Ilinois; I hope it's true, as they
carried a large Quantity of Presents with them, and many other
things which Cap 1 . Stirling 4 was in need of.

1 In Harvard University Library.
^ Ante pp. 20-25.

3 Michael De Bruls of New York. See negotiations with him for engrav-
ing Sir William's coat of arms in 1 765. Johnson Papers, 3:vii-ix.

4 Captain Thomas Stirling of the 42d regiment.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Sir William Johnson Papers

12 Sir William Johnson Papers

FROM MICHAEL DE BRUL S
A, L. S.
New York Jan9: 1 Ph 1763
SIR
M"^ Darlington hath Aquainted me with Your Conmiands
Concerning Your Coat of Arms, the Engraving of the Same will Cost Four Pounds The Printing and Colouring the Same proper will Cost Five Pound 17^ Hund^: or Twenty Pound ^ Thousend.
Sir Your Further Encouragement in this as also Encouraging the Subscription of the Several Views &c*: of New York as ^ Advertisement in [the] news papers will Greatly ObHdge S[ir]
Your Most Obed*:
Serv*: MiCHAEL D^B [RULS]
ADDRESSED : T o
Si"* WillTM: Johnson
Bar*:
INDORSED: Letter from M^ * DeBruhl —

Sunday, April 13, 2014

von Bruhl family

Brühl (family)

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The von Brühl family
Coat of arms of the von Brühl family
Ethnicity	German
Current region	Germany, United States, Sweden, Denmark, France, United Kingdom
Place of origin	Free State of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Distinctions	Imperial Count (European nobility)

Brühl (de Brüel, von Brühl) is the name of an old German noble family from Saxony-Thuringia, with their ancestral seat in Gangloffsömmern in Thuringia. Branches of the family still exist today.

With the era of Heinrich von Brühl during the 18th century, who indirectly controlled Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and thus was one of the most powerful persons in the Holy Roman Empire, the family was one of the most influential families in the world, and has been compared to the House of Medici, the Richelieu family, and the Rothschild family.[1]

One of the most important branches of the von Brühl family uses the spelling Brüel, and mainly resides in Denmark and Sweden.

Contents [hide]

1 History

1.1 United Kingdom
1.2 Scandinavia

2 Wealth
3 Art & Architecture
4 In Popular Culture
5 Members

5.1 Brüel, branch
5.2 United Kingdom, branch

6 Family Tree
7 See also
8 Literature
9 Further reading
10 References

History[edit]

Brühl Palace

Brühl's Stairs and Ständehaus

Brühl Estate in Nischwitz

Not much is known about the family's early history. They are first mentioned in 1344, with Heinrich aus dem Brühl. He is named as a ministerialis of the Counts of Hohnstein. The name Heinrich was later often still given to new members of the family.

Heinrich von Brühl (died 1446) owned the manor Wenigen-Tennstedt and is first mentioned in records in 1424. The familial line starts with him. His descendant Heinrich von Brühl acquired a manor at Gangloffsömmern in 1470, which became the family home.

In 1464 the manor of Pakosław (Greater Poland) was bought by one Johannes Brühl (senior), whose son Johannes Brühl (junior) left Poland for Saxony in 1496, with his wife Balice Banarowna, heiress of Oświęcim, accompanying the king's daughter, Barbara Jagiellon (later the wife of George, Duke of Saxony). The name Brühl-Oswiecino was still in use into the 18th century.

At the end of the 17th century the family seat was owned by the Oberhofmarschall and Wirklicher Geheimer Rat Hans Moritz von Brühl. His son was the well-known Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763). From 1719 he served the court of the Electorate of Saxony, and progressed quickly through the favour of Augustus II the Strong. For almost two decades, Brühl was the most powerful man in the Electorate, as prime minister he indirectly controlled Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth . His fiscal policy, unchecked by a weak Duke, almost led Saxon to financial disaster, but made Brühl extremely wealthy. Like his three older brothers a year later, Heinrich von Brühl was made an Imperial Count in 1737.

The two youngest of the four brothers founded two lines, the older Saxonian line, starting with the Saxonian Landeshauptmann Friedrich Wilhelm von Brühl and a younger Saxonian-Prussian line, starting with prime minister Heinrich von Brühl. The older line retained possession of Gangloffsömmern, Forst, and Seifersdorf.

An offshoot started to use the name Brühl-Renard from 1909. It died out in the male line in 1923. The family today has many branches.

United Kingdom[edit]

Hans Moritz von Brühl (1736–1809), was the son of F. W. Graf von Brühl of Martinskirchen, who died in 1760, and nephew of Heinrich von Brühl. Born at Wiederau in the Electorate of Saxony, he studied at Leipzig, and there formed a close friendship with Christian Gellert, who corresponded with him for some years. At Paris, in 1755, Brühl, then in his nineteenth year, took an active part in Saxon diplomacy, and was summoned to Warsaw in 1759. He was named, through his uncle's influence, chamberlain and commandant in Thuringia, and in 1764 appointed ambassador extraordinary to the court of St. James's.

He loved astronomy and promoted its interests. Brühl helped determine, in 1785, the latitudes and longitudes of Brussels, Frankfort, Dresden, and Paris. Brühl built (probably in 1787) a small observatory at his villa at Harefield, and set up there, about 1794, a two-foot astronomical circle by Jesse Ramsden, one of the first instruments of the kind made in England. He was intimate with William Herschel, and transmitted news of discoveries abroad through Johann Elert Bode's Jahrbuch. He supported the advancement of chronometry, in the work of Thomas Mudge and Emery. He also gave attention to political economy, and made a tour through the remoter parts of England early in 1783 to investigate the state of trade and agriculture. "Count de Bruhl" was next to Philidor , Verdoni and George Atwood one of the greatest chess player of his time.[2]

He married, first, in 1767, Alicia Maria, dowager countess of Egremont, daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter, who died on 1 June 1794, leaving him a son and daughter; secondly, in 1796, Maria, daughter of General Christopher Chowne, who died in 1835. The family was thus joined with the British aristocracy and intellectual elite, and offspring went on to possess significant influence in the United Kingdom. For example, Lord Polwarth was Brühl's grandson.

Scandinavia[edit]

Second Belvedere

Georg Wilhelm de Brüel (von Brühl), was sent to Denmark in the late 18th century to an establish operational plan of the forests in the stock houses Krenkerup on Lolland. Brüel was greatly successful, creating a close relationship with the Danish king, and started spelling his name "Brüel".[3]

Wealth[edit]

Patron presents Emperor Augustus Fine Arts, painting from the collection of Bruhl

The family achieved to accumulate remarkable wealth during the different reigns of their members, especially during the era of Heinrich von Brühl, whose fortune was sequestered but afterwards restored to the family. The inquiry showed that Brühl owed his immense fortune to the prodigality of the king rather than to unlawful means of accumulation.

Art & Architecture[edit]

The family's power was often beneficial to the arts and sciences. The family was a dedicated collector and protector of the arts. They owned a large gallery of pictures, which was bought by Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1768, and their library of 70,000 volumes was one the biggest private libraries in the Holy Roman Empire.

Brühl's glories refers to the, on the behalf of Heinrich von Brühl, on the Brühl Terrace in Dresden constructed buildings and collections. These include the Brühl Palace, the Brühl's library, the Brühl's Gallery, the Belvedere and the Brühl's garden.

Brühl's Terrace is known as the "Balcony of Europe", a name which was first thought up and used at the beginning of the 19th century and which since then has been used in all kinds of literature.

View over Brühl's Terrace

In Popular Culture[edit]

Numerous books and films has been made about the family and its members. "Saxony's shine and Prussia's Glory: Brühl the Great Career" and "Saxony's shine and Prussia's Glory: Brühl the War" (1985) was two parts of a six-part television film aired in Germany. Polish author Józef Ignacy Kraszewski immortalized the von Brühl family in two novels from the 1870s ("Count Brühl", "From the Seven Years' War").

Members[edit]

Heinrich von Brühl

Alois Friedrich von Brühl

Heinrich von Brühl
(* 1700; † 1763)
Alois Friedrich von Brühl
(* 1739; † 1793)
Carl von Brühl
(* 1772; † 1837)
Marie von Clausewitz, geb. Gräfin von Brühl
(* 1779; † 1836)

Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763), prime minister of Saxony
Hans Moritz von Brühl (1736–1809), Saxonian ambassador in London, scientist, writer, and philanthropist
Alois Friedrich von Brühl (1739–1793), a Polish-Saxon diplomat, politician, Freemason, soldier, actor and playwright.
Carl Adolph von Brühl (1742–1802), Saxonian and Prussian Lieutenant General, tutor to Frederick William III and his siblings
Hanns Moritz von Brühl (1746–1811), Saxonian nobleman, translator and artist
Christina von Brühl (1756–1816), author and garden architect
Carl von Brühl (Hans Moritz II, 1772–1837), a Prussian Geheimrat, friend of Goethe, director of the royal theatres in 1815-1828 and director of museums from 1829
Marie von Brühl (1779–1836), wife of the Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz
Friedrich-Joseph von Brühl (Maria Friedrich-Joseph Hubertus Michael Rupert Graf von Brühl; 1875–1949), hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Brühl (1791–1859), Prussian Lieutenant General
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brühl (1699–1760), Geheimrat in the Kingdom of Prussia and the Electorate of Saxony
Friedrich Stephan von Brühl (1819–1893), from 1851 a member and from 1879 the chairman of the regional assembly of the Niederlausitz and during 1851–1876 a member of the old, and then the new, Landtag of the Province of Brandenburg
Friedrich-Franz von Brühl (1848–1911), member of the Prussian House of Lords and of the Niederlausitz Assembly of Estates
Hans Moritz von Brühl (1849–1911), Lieutenant-General
Ferdinand von Brühl (1851-1911), Major-General
Franz von Brühl (1852–1928), administrative lawyer
Alfred von Brühl (1862–1922), painter in Düsseldorf and direktor of the Art Academy of Königsberg
Carl Brühl (1820-1899), was an Austrian physician and anatomist known for his work in the field of comparative osteology, and who also inspired Sigmund Freud.

Brüel, branch[edit]

Osaka - Japan, one of Brüel & Kjær's offices

Ludvig Bang Brüel (1904), Member of the Swedish Order of Vasa
Birgit Brüel (1927-1996), Danish singer and actress
Max Brüel (1927-1995), Danish architect and jazz musician, an accomplished pianist and saxophonist
Per Vilhelm Brüel (1927), Danish physicist, engineer, friend of Niels Bohr, and founder of the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of sound and vibration measurement equipment, systems and solutions, Brüel & Kjær.

United Kingdom, branch[edit]

Lord Polwarth

Family Tree[edit]

Sunday, March 23, 2014

DeBruhl (von Bruhl) family European origins