1850 Census - Wayne County, Tennessee
5th District - 7 October 1850

  557 562 [next door to George and Rachel Brewer Ray, niece]
  Thos. P. Cash  45 M Farmer 400 Georgia
  Nancy          38 F            "
  Mary E.        16 F            "
  Sarah J.       14 F            "
  Elisabeth      12 F            "
  Jas. W.        12 M            "
  John            7 M            "
  Henry           6 M            "
  Thos            3 M            "
  Nancy        6/12 F            "

1860 Census - Wayne County, Tennessee
10th District - 2 July 1860

  465 465
  Abraham Fox  51 M Farmer 300 250 Tenn
  Nancy        47 F                N.C.
  Lydia        27 F                Tenn
  Mary         20 F                Tenn

  466 466
  John G. Fox  29 M Farmer     100 Tenn
  Elisabeth    26 F                Tenn
  Thomas        6 F                Tenn
  Patsy E.      4 F                Tenn
  Sarah A.  11/12 F                Tenn
  Martha C.     2 F                Tenn

1870 Census - Wayne County, Tennessee
11th District - 22 August 1870

  27 27
  Cash, Nancy   60 F W Keeping House 500 665 Tenn
  John H.       27 M W Farmer                Tenn
  Henry J.      25 M W Farmer                Tenn
  Caroline      21 F W                       Tenn
  Fox, Thomas   17 M W                       Tenn
  ---, Anjaline 10 F W                       Tenn

From Garry Wayne Brewer:

Henry Brewer was born 1780 in North Carolina.  We know little about his early life or who his parents
were. We suspect that he was the son of Lanier Brewer Jr. who was supposed to have sired 30 sons
during his lifetime.  Proof of this theory has not been found.  A Henry Brewer in the 1810 Moore Co.
NC Census closely matches what we know of the family of our subject. This fact gives credence to the
Lanier Brewer theory because Lanier lived in Moore County during this era; and in fact, was still
living there when the 1820 census was taken.  If Henry was the son of Lanier, then probably most of
the early Brewers who came to Lawrence & Wayne Counties Tennessee from 1818 to 1840 were brothers. We
have testimony that a George Brewer who lived in Wayne County in this time period was a son of
Lanier.  Henry M. Brewer was married to Mary Cockman, born 1781. We know her two sisters, Margaret &
Sarah both married Brewer, brothers of Henry, their names were Solomon & Julius.  Mary Cockman Brewer
was living with her youngest son, Henry Jefferson Brewer on Butler Creek in Wayne County, in the year
1860. she was 78 years old.  Mary must have died before 1879, because she didn't appear there at that
time.  The first known record of Henry M. Brewer is in the Lawrence County, Tennessee court records. 
He served on a jury on May 4th 1818, which is the earliest mention of him in the records.  He is
mentioned numerous times in these records until the last on January 7, 1822.  He was listed in the
1820 census of Lawrence County as well as in a special county census conducted by the Squires in
1819.  At that time he was living in the Shoal Creek area of the county along with Wiley Brewer, who
was younger and believed to be a brother of Henry M.  Evidently, Henry Brewer moved to Butler Creek
in Wayne County in the 1820s, because he show up in the 1830 census in that county. The censuses
continue to show him in that area until his death in 1855.  He left no will, but a settlement of his
estate administered by his youngest son, H.J.Brewer is very reveling of the members of his family
when studied closely.  The estate was divided into nine parts, indicating that he had nine children
who either survived him or had issue who did. Five of the parts are paid to the surviving children or
their husband---A.J.Brewer, H.J.Brewer, Thomas Cash, A.J.Risner and William Martin. From the census
records, the wives of Cash, Risner and Martin are found to be Nancy, Elizabeth and Sarah
respectively.  One part is divided into fifths and paid to L.A.Brewer (3/5) W.L.Hardwick and
J.P.Bromley. Lewis A. Brewer was the eldest son of George W. Brewer, born North Carolina 1803 and
died about 1852. Hardwick and Bromley married Nancy and Martha J., daughters of George W. Brewer. Two
other sons of George W. Brewer were minors at this time, James H. and Richard M.J. L.A.Brewer was
their guardian: an, therefore was paid their parts along with his. Thus, no doubt George W. Brewer
was a son of Henry M. Brewer.  Approximately one child's part was distributed to the administrators
of Enoch Brewer's estate.  Enoch outlived Henry but died before the estate was settled, in late 1855
or early 1856. Sanders Brewer, son of Enoch, and Joseph Cockman were administrator's of Enoch estate.
 Sanders received $40.00 and Cockman $5.50. These payments appear to confirm that Enoch was a son of
Henry M. Brewer.  Another child's part of the estate of Henry Brewer was divided into eighths and
paid to P.M.Hensley, L.P.Hensley, W.G.Hensley, B.W.Hensley,Martha Brewer, Permelia Prichard, and to
"interest of May". one eighth part was not paid.  From this information, one can surmise that a
daughter of Henry and Mary Cockman Brewer married a Hensley and had eight children, but neither she
nor her husband survived her father. In the 1850 Wayne County census, four Hensley children are
living with the Samuel Bromley family, namely Porter, Perry, Benjamin and Tennessee. Bromley's wife
was Parenthia Hensley, daughter of Lemuel Hensley Sr. and possibly an aunt of the children.    The
three Hensley boys are believed to be the P.M. L.P. and B.W. mentioned above.  A Wesley G. Hensley is
found in the 1850 Wayne County Census living in the household of Bery Rush, He is believed to be the
W.G. of the estate settlement. A.J.Brewer was appointed guardian of Tennessee Hensley, minor heir of
Mary Hensley about 1852. Tennessee Hensley died about 1867. Although over 21, for some reason she was
still under guardianship.  When her estate was inventoried, two item of note were: (1) Acct. on A.J.
Brewer-$97.67(evidently due from the guardianship):(2) Acct on H.J.Brewer-$5.50(the exact amount of
the remaining 1/8 child's part that was never paid in the Henry Brewer settlement).  Regarding the
cryptic"interest of May", in the 1850 Wayne County census, on Butler Creek, was a William J. May with
wife Rachel and children, William J. Henry C. and Mary A. May.  By 1860 apparently both parents had
died leaving the children were placed under the guardianship of Lenoir W. Cantrell. The guardianship 
stated that these are "minor heirs of Milly May". Perhaps Milly was the name by which Rachel May was
called.  This is not proof that Rachel May was the daughter of Mary Brewer Hensley, but circumstances
point in that direction.  The other two eighth parts went to Martha Brewer and Permelia Prichard.
Evident they were daughters of Mary Brewer Hensley who had married a Brewer and a Prichard
respectively. These heirs are not found in Wayne County census Records in 1850 or 1860 and were
probably living out of state. Only one clue exists as to the identify of Mary Brewer Hensley's
husband. The 1830 Wayne County census list a John Hensley with a son of the right age to be Wesley
and a wife of the right age to be Mary. The other children were not born at that time.  The last
child's part was divided into thirds and paid to G.W.Brewer, J.N.Brewer and G.W.Ray, suggestion a
family of a son of Henry and Mary with three surviving Children, two sons and a daughter. A William
Brewer died in Wayne County in 1849 and was survived by a widow and four children. The name of only
one child has been found.  The estate was administered by A.J. Brewer, who could have been a brother
to the Deceased.  1/4 of William Brewer's estate was paid to a guardianship of a minor son, Joseph.
H.G. Brewer, son of Wiley Brewer was appointed guardian of Joseph. He appears in the 1850 census in
the Henry G. Brewer household at age 18.  The disposition of the other 3/4 of this estate has not
been found.  The G.W. of the Henry Brewer settlement is believed to be the George Brewer, age 21,
with Elizabeth in the 1850 Wayne County census and also the Geo. W. Brewer, age 29, with wife Mary.
in the 1860 Wayne County, This is possible because, obviously, the wife, age 19, in the 1860 census
is not the mother of the three children ages 11,9 and 6. Possibly Elizabeth died between 1850 and
1860 and George married again. J.N. , could be the Joseph or another brother, if not Joseph, then
Joseph must have died between 1850 & 1855 when most of the payments against Henry M. Brewer's estate
were made. The other part was paid to G.W.Ray. G.W.Ray, in the Wayne County census, had a wife,
Rachel.  Therefore, of the nine children of Henry M. and Mary Cockman Brewer, six can be identified
positively with the identification of the other three based on circumstantial evidence.