Orangeburgh District Migrations
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Migration of Joseph BROWN
1. Joseph BROWN, born abt 1760; died abt 7 May 1822 in Pike County, Mississippi He married Sarah [---].
Notes for Joseph BROWN: Joseph, Daniel, Isaiah, Francis, Henry and William are some of the names of Browns first coming to Mississippi. Joseph Brown was in Lawrence County, MS. before June 24, 1822 (his Will). The 1st settlement was located three miles west of present day Tylertown, MS on Sweet Water Creek (Walthall Co.). A second Brown settlement was in Pike County (now Lincoln Co., MS) after 1824. The Browns, with Charles Hoover, Jacob Corley, Harris Rawls and Jacob Coon are at the new location. The names of Jacob Coon, Harris Rawls, Charles Hoover, Robert Brown, J.S. Miller appear in the Joseph Brown will papers. The name Henry Brown appears on Georgia passport of Jacob Coon and Harris Rawls, who were brother-in-laws.
Notes for Sarah [---]: Sarah listed in Joseph Brown's will as his wife but do not believe her to be his first wife and the mother of children. Widow Sarah Brown did in fact marry 2nd Archibald Graham in Lawrence County, MS and rear a large family in Mississippi.
Children of Joseph BROWN and Sarah [---] were as follows:
a. John BROWN. He married Lavenia [---].
b. Margaret BROWN, born abt 1790; died 1833. She married (1) on 20 Feb 1811 in Wilkinson Co., Mississippi Jacob< CORLEY, born abt 1785 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina; died abt 1824 in Pike County, Mississippi, son of Jeremiah CORLEY and Elizabeth [---]; (2) bef 1825 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi Charles HOOVER, born 20 May 1788 in South Carolina; died 19 Feb 1849 in Lawrence Co., Georgia, son of John McCover HOOVER and Mary RUMPH.
c. Robert Marshall BROWN, born abt 1790; died 1842. He married Celia Ann COWART.
d. Charles BROWN, born in North Carolina. He married Mary BURTON.
e. Jesse S. BROWN. He married in Hancock Co, Georgia Nancy HASWELL.
f. Hugh Alexander BROWN, born abt 1796; died 1850. He married Gracey Ann KING.
g. William Nathan BROWN, born 1797; died 1863. He married (1) Mary AMMONS; (2) Mary Elizabeth MARTIN; (3) McGuffee HARRISON; (4) Clarissa PERKINS.
h. Alsey BROWN. She married Elijah SULLIVAN.
i. Marion BROWN. He married Reden SESSIONS.
j. Sarah Ann BROWN. She married Henry FOX.
k. Sarah BROWN. She married Archibald GRAHAM.
l. Nancy BROWN. She married in 1816 in Amite County, Mississippi Robert TAYLOR.
Information provided by Gene Jeffries 6 May 2000.
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