BRAMHAM.
Nimrod Bramham first appears, when he commenced business
as a merchant at the point where the road over Turkey
Sag comes into the Barboursville road. His store there was
a noted centre for many years. He purchased the place in
1797 from James Sebree and Gravett Edwards. He was
highly esteemed both for his commercial skill and energy,
and for his civil and military abilities. In 1800 he succeeded
William Wirt as Lieutenant in the militia, and in 1806
Francis Walker as Colonel of the Eighty-Eighth Regiment.
In 1801 he was appointed a magistrate. He represented the
county in the Legislature in 1812. In 1805 he gave the
ground for the Priddy's Creek Baptist Church, and was one
of the first trustees of the Charlottesville Baptist Church.
He probably removed to Charlottesville in 1806, as he then
bought part of the lot on the west side of the Square, where
for years he did business under the firms, first of Bramham
and Jones, and afterwards of Bramham and Bibb. In 1818
he purchased from Jesse W. Garth the place southwest of
Charlottesville, on which he built the large brick house, the
present residence of Herndon Fife, where he spent the
remainder of his life. He died in 1845. His wife was
Margaret Marshall, of Culpeper, and his children, Sarah, the
wife of William A. Bibb, Nimrod, James, Lucy, the wife of
John Simpson, Gilly, the wife of William Eddins, and Jane,
the wife of Dr. Wyatt W. Hamner.
