Oh, my word, Carolyn - three Brown lines?!!! Whew! You are lucky, aren't you?!! You sound like one of my nephews. His last name is Brown, which was his father's name, plus he has the same two Brown lines that I have, from his mother (my sister). His father's Brown line came through Milam, Tennessee and on to Arkansas, I believe. Oh, by the way, even though my first name is Carolyn - I go by my middle name, Sue. Some of my other surnames are Johnson (my maiden name), Clark, Winfield, Cowan, McKee, Sherard, Dickey, Wiley, Faver - all on my father's side - just to mention a few. On my mother's side would be Gilbert, Thomas, Canady, Evans, Strickland, Braswell, possibly Taylor, Merritt, Stokes. Thanks for writing. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:41 AM Subject: Re: [BROWN] Two Brown Lines > Don't feel that you have all the luck---I have 3 main Brown lines, 2 for > me and one for my husband. And several in-law-Browns not in the direct > lines. > One of mine and one of my husband's are both stock in NC, the other in > SC. (I keep telling my husband we are going to find out that we are > related one of these days) > > 1. Hubby's line: grandfather was William Ethridge Brown b May 25, 1859 or > 1862 depending on which census you use. b somewhere in Tenn, d Harris Co, > TX 1919 both William's parents shown as being from NC. Married Zelphia > Anne Lowe Jan 3, 1901 in Gordo, Pickens Co, Ala. DNA results link us to > Thomas Brown (father of Edmund Brown) b abt 1716/1720 and living in Bladen > Co, NC in 1769.. Big gap there. > > 2. My gggggrandmother was Elois Brown b 1797 in NC, d after 1869 near > Fairplay, Panola Co, TX married John Harris b 1792/1795 d in Gipson Co, > TN. First 2 children b NC, 3rd child b 1825 in TN, last child b in TN > 1834. > > 3. My ggggrandmother was Margaret Brown b 1788 in SC m David Jay probably > in the Abbeville, SC area, d 1858 Conecuh Co, Alabama. Her parents were > Andrew Brown b abt 1755 d Jan 21, 1808 probably in Abbeville or Old 96, > SC and Mary Hutchenson b abt 1760 > > Oh by the way my name is Carolyn too.Good hunting hope we meet up > somewhere! > > Carolyn Brown > > Carolyn Sue Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > I have two Brown lines - aren't I lucky?!! Well, I haven't found out much > information on either line lately, so I thought I would write once again > to > the list. I figure it can't hurt! > > The first is my Brown line on my father's side of the family. My great, > great grandfather was a Ransom H. Brown, born in about 1813-15, supposedly > in Virginia (where, I have no clue). I have no idea who his parents were, > nor his siblings. But he travelled to DeKalb Co., Alabama and was there in > 1836, which is when he married my gg grandmother, Mariah Lamar, in DeKalb. > They were still there in 1850, and had the following children: The oldest > was my great grandmother, Mary Undine Brown, born in 1839; Frances, > William, > James, and Sarah. Thomas Brown was born a little after 1850. Mariah > (Lamar) Brown died between 1850 and 1860, and she may have died en route > to > Mississippi or she may have died in childbirth, with the birth of Thomas. > In 1858, my great grandmother, Mary Undine Brown, married Joseph Abner > (Joab) Johnson, and also earlier in that same year, Ransom Brown > remarried, > to a Jane Oliver. By 1859, both families (Ransom and his children from his > first wife, and the new wife, plus another child - Oliver H. Brown AND > Mary > Undine and her new husband, plus a child - my grandfather, John Randal > Brown) were all in Neshoba Co., Mississippi. Then, Ransom's second wife, > Jane, died and he married a third time, to a Nancy Dumas, and by 1870, > they > were in Copiah Co., MS, and they did have several children. I CAN'T EVEN > KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THEM!! At any rate, first of all, I would love to know > who Ransom H. Brown's parents/siblings were, where he was born in > Virginia, > etc. Then, I would love to know what actually happened to all of Ransom's > children from three wives. Well, I know what happened to Mary Undine, of > course, and Frances, the next oldest, went back to Pontotoc Co. and > married > an Ambrose Carter. I do believe that Oliver H. Brown, the one and only son > of Ransom and Jane (Oliver) Brown also went to Copiah Co., and remained > there. I also believe that the youngest child of Ransom and Mariah - > Thomas > Brown, was in Copiah and died there, but not positive about him. BUT WHAT > HAPPENED TO James Brown, Sarah Brown and the children of Ransom and Nancy > (Dumas) Brown? Well, I can see this is much too long and involved, but I > hope somebody can help. Thanks for reading. > > Sue (Johnson) Howard (P.S. I'll write about my other Brown line on another > e-mail) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message