Thomas Bragg
(1778–1851)
BIRTH
1778
PLACE
Craven County, North Carolina, United States
DEATH
1851
PLACE
Unknown
FAMILY
FATHER
Braxton Bragg
(1817-1876)
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Thomas Bragg Sr. was a carpenter and builder in Warrenton, North Carolina, and father of Confederate general Braxton Bragg and governor Thomas Bragg Jr. He married Margaret Crossland in 1803.
EARLY LIFE
He worked as a carpenter and builder in Warrenton, North Carolina.
CAREER
DEATH
Thomas Bragg Sr. was a carpenter and builder who moved to Warrenton, North Carolina, around 1800 and married Margaret Crossland in 1803. His shop employed both free and enslaved workers; archival research identifies the enslaved people he purchased by name. He later lived with his son Thomas Jr. in Jackson and was still working as a carpenter in 1850, the year before his death.
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