The purpose of the page is to record military information on members of the BRAKE family, especially information that does not fit well on other pages.

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American Revolutionary War

• Johan Jacob BRAKE's role in the Brake/Claypool Rebellion

American Civil War

• Civil War Incident at Brake's Run, Hardy County, WV

• Military records of two Brakes

  John R. Brake - Bugler
  Co. L 5th Reg. WV Cal. Vol.
  Age 18
  March 1, 1864 (Adj. Gen. 1864 p. 621)

  John R. Brake - Bugler
  Co. H 4th Reg. WV Cal. Vol.
  Age 18
  Oct 16. 1862
  Ass. to Co. G. 5th Cal. (AG 1864 p. 596)

  From notes in Colson Hall at WVU at Morgantown, WV
  Submitted by Linda Meyers