Parents : 
Father : Abraham Brokaw
Mother : Judith Davis

Date of Birth : March 29th 1755
Place of Birth : Somerset Cty, NJ

Name : Jane Custard
Date of Marriage : June 10th 1777
Place of Marriage : Sussex Co. NJ.
Died : 

Date of Death : June 27th 1842
Place of Death : Cadiz, Harrison Cty. OH
Cause of Death : 
Burial Information : July 1st 1842 at Old Crabapple Presbyterian Church Cemettery, Harrison Cth. OH.

Military Service : Revolutionary War
Enlisted: 1776; Served under General George Washington at the Battle of Long Island. 
Discharged: 1777

Biography : "George Brokaw, born Somerset, Co., N.J., lived there and in Sussex County, where, on Nov. 19, 1776, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War. (War Rec. No. R-1232.)  In his Application for a pension, in 1832, Harrison Co., Ohio, he gave date of enlistment, etc., stated that he was born Somerset Co., N.J. and was living in Sussex Co., when enlisted; that he moved back to Somerset Co., in 1777, after his discharge.  In 1781 returned to Sussex Co., and remained several years, then moved to Beavertown (Beasom Town), Fayette Co., Pa.  Five years later, to Washington Co., Pa, and three years later Jefferson Co., Ohio and six years later to Harrison Co., Ohio.  Stated that he enlisted Nov. 19, 1776 and served five months in "the Flying Camp Corps" under 1st Lieut. Rosegrant (Rosecrans) in Capt. Chambers' Co., Col Ephraim Martin's Reg. and that he marched from Sussex Co., N.J. to New York City.  On arriving at the Hudson River the British Man-O-War, Asa (Asia) was seen sailing up the river; the troops fired upon it, whereupon one of it's cannon burst and killed seven men.
         The company went to Long Island, to New York City, to Fort Washington and to White Plains.  He then crossed the North River to Fort Lee, N.J. and from there marched under George Washington "to a large field" and left in Col Martin's Regt., which encountered the British Light Horse, in a marsh. Regiment then "wheeled and joined the main army under Washington," who marched them to Elizabethtown, N.J. Records of the U.S. War Dept. show that he served, as a Private, in Capt. Peter D. Vroom's Co., Col. Abraham Quick's Regt. of Somerset Co. Militia.  He was discharged in spring of 1777 at New Brunswick, N.J., but was drafted again in Dec. of that yr. and served one month at Woodbridge, N.J. under Lieut. Henry Hoover.  N.J. records state that he enlisted 1776, aged twenty years, as a Private in Capt. Abraham Shimer's Co., Col Ephraim Martin's Regt. of State Troops, for five months and that he participated in the Battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776.  George Brokaw was granted a pension on Oct. 23, 1832, of $26.67 per year.
           The exact time of their removal from Washington Co., Pa, not known, but he and son Abraham were instrumental in the founding of the Crabapple Presbyterian Church, near Cadiz, Ohio, which was founded prior to 1799, and served well for many years, until 1948, when it was torn down to make way for a road into the strip-mining district there.  Services in that church were first held in a tent in a deep forrest, in summers, and in winter in the homes of members.  So they may have moved to there shortly after the land transaction.  George and family lived in Jefferson and, adjacent to Harrison Cos., where he farmed.  He left no will but there are deeds showing that he and Jane transferred land to their sons and others.  One or two of later deeds, read, "land given by the President of the United States," - prob. Bounty Lands.  George Brokaw is buried in the Crabapple church cem., and the old headstone which had become dilapidated and almost illegible, was replaced by a new marble headstone, by great-grandson, George Brokaw, of East Liverpool, Ohio, and others; later was marked with a D.A.R. Marker, in July 1955, by some members of the Wheeling, W. Va. Chapter of D.A.R. and among these were Mrs. Nancy Brokaw Ebeling, her sister Sara Brokaw, both of Wheeling, great-granddaughters and a Mrs. Helen Brokaw Cain, of Cadiz, Ohio.  They held a dedication service there. (Refs. George L. Brokaw, E. Liverpool, O.; Mrs. Nancy Brokaw Ebeling, Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. Mary B. Newman, Kansas City, 
Mo.; Miss Margaret Brokaw, Charleston, Miss.; Miss Mary Pickup, Kasbeer, Ill, all desc. - Rev. War Rec.; 'Ohio Valley Gen.', by Hanna, p. 12 - "Rev. Soldiers bur, Ohio"   - the NYG & B Recs. v. 88, pp. 86-87-88-89-90-91 and 92.)"²

Family : 
Abraham Brokaw²
Benjamin Brokaw² *
Sarah Brokaw² *
George Brokaw²
William Brokaw²
Judith Brokaw²
Jane Brokaw²
John P. Brokaw²
Mary Brokaw²
Isaac Brokaw²
Jacob Brokaw²
Peter Brokaw²