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== Biography ==
Brahan was originally from [[Fauquier County, Virginia]].{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|page=87}} He was married to Mary Weakley, daughter of Tennessee politician and landowner [[Robert Weakley]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1837-01-17 |title=From the Florence (Al.) Gazette of the 13 instant a Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tri-weekly-nashville-union-from-the-flor/155605530/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=Tri-Weekly Nashville Union |pages=3}}</ref> Brahan was paymaster of the Tennessee militia in 1804 at [[Fort Southwest Point]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1804-08-08 |title=Militia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessee-gazette-and-metro-district/155583250/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Tennessee Gazette and Metro-District Advertiser |pages=4}}</ref> He and William Dickson were appointed to work at the Nashville Land Office on April 10, 1809.{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|page=87}} Brahan was in the [[Natchez District]] of [[Mississippi Territory]] when his appointment came through.{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|page=88}} A military staff list published at Natchez in May 1809 listed Brahan as a captain.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1809-05-27 |title=Article clipped from The Weekly Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-democrat/129827441/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Weekly Democrat |pages=1}}</ref>
Both Brahan and Dickson were land speculators.{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|page=87}} Brahan's job was "receiver of public monies" and Dickson's job was registrar.{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|page=87}} Both men had a connection to [[William P. Anderson (Tennessee)|William P. Anderson]] who was the district surveyor "who had been one of those instrumental in effecting the Chickasaw Treaty of 1805,"{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|page=87}} and an extended network of speculators and surveyors that included [[James Jackson (investor)|James Jackson]], [[John Coffee]], John Drake, [[John Strother (Tennessee)|John Strother]], [[Edward Ward (Tennessee)|Edward Ward]], and Thomas Freeman.{{sfnp|Roberts|2020|pages=87–88}} Many of this group were long-time allies of Andrew Jackson connected to one another by a dense web of business and family ties.{{sfnp|Dupre|2018|pages=196–197}}
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[[File:"Matt_and_Granville"_The_Democrat,_May_3,_1832.jpg|thumb|A unique runaway slave ad where the slave owner seemingly knows a great deal about the family of his missing slaves, Matt and Granville (John Brahan owned some of their relatives) suggesting that kinship networks may have played a role in the slave trade between Tennessee and Alabama (''The Democrat'', Huntsville, May 3, 1832)]]
Brahan was chair of a committee to organize an Episcopal Church in Huntsville in 1830 and was named a [[vestryman]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1830-06-17 |title=Protestant Episcopal Church |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-protestant-episcopal-church/155604286/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Democrat |pages=3}}</ref> In 1832, Brahan's daughter, Jane Brahan, married [[Robert M. Patton]], later [[List of governors of Alabama|governor of Alabama]]. The couple were married for over 50 years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1882-01-25 |title=A Golden Wedding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/huntsville-weekly-democrat-a-golden-wedd/155504654/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=Huntsville Weekly Democrat |pages=3}}</ref> The same year Brahan chaired an Anti-Union and Anti-Nullification Meeting at which [[William Smith (South Carolina politician, born 1762)|William Smith]] and [[C. C. Clay]] made speeches.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1832-11-15 |title=Union Meeting in Alabama |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charleston-daily-courier-union-meeti/155604619/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Charleston Daily Courier |pages=2}}</ref> Braham died in [[Florence, Alabama]] in 1834.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1834-07-14 |title=Died |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-banner-and-daily-advertiser-die/155604953/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=National Banner and Daily Advertiser |pages=3}}</ref> His executors planned to auction off 129 people he had legally enslaved on February 1, 1835 in front of the Madison County courthouse.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1834-12-03 |title=129 Negroes for Sale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-129-negroes-for-sale/155504562/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Democrat |pages=3}}</ref> "Dick, an old servant" of Braham was listed for sale later that year, auction to be held July 1.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1835-06-24 |title=Dick, an old servant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-dick-an-old-servant/155605155/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Democrat |pages=1}}</ref> In December 1835 the estate executor published notice that unless people who bought from Braham's estate paid their debts within three weeks of due date, lawsuits would be initiated and further interest would accumulate.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1835-12-30 |title=NOTICE |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-democrat-notice/155605296/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Democrat |pages=3}}</ref> Brahan's widow died in 1837.<ref name=":1" />
== See also ==
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