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Perry D. Braselton

One of the neatest and best kept plantations in the parish is that owned and operated by Mr. Braselton, which contains about 280 acres, and although it is not as large as some, 150 acres are under cultivation, and yield a larger annual income than many larger places.

He was born in Jackson County, Georgia, June 2, 1827, to Jacob and Mary (Bryson) Braselton, natives of North Carolina and South Carolina respectively. The former was reared in the Palmetto State, and after his marriage there he removed to Georgia about 1809, being one of the first settlers of Jackson County. Being the owner of a number of slaves, he opened up a valuable plantation, and on this property reared a large family. For forty years a doctor never entered his doors in his professional capacity, but at last Mr. Braselton succumbed to the destroyer-death- and passed from life about 1849, having been a worthy member of the Baptist Church for many years. His worthy widow survived him for four years, then she, too, passed from life.

Their family consisted of six sons and three daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was next to the youngest, he being the only survivor of the sons. His youth and early manhood were spent in Jackson County, Georgia, and there he received ordinary school advantages. In 1847 he removed to Floyd County, of the same State, and there continued to make his home until 1869, opening up a farm with his brother, but for his father. He first hired a substitute for the Confederate Army, but in 1863 became a member of the Floyd Legion of State Troops, with which he served until the close of the war, being in some light skirmishes. After the war he went back to his farm, but in 1869 sold out and removed to Louisiana, locating on the farm on which he is now living in Claiborne Parish. On his property are erected good buildings, his residence being beautifully and healthfully located. While a resident of Floyd County, Georgia he was married to America E. Camp in 1849, she being a native of that county and a daughter of Harrison Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Braselton have seven children living: Oscar F., Mattie (wife of William Nelson), Josie, Harrison, Judson V., Raymond and Brown. Ola died in 1874 at the age of seven years. The mother of these children is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890