Mitzi, If you have the Hurley book, would you mind doing a look-up for me? I have been against my BROWNING brick wall forever. My 4th grandfather was Granville BROWNING b. abt. 1790 in Montgomery Co., VA. He had known bro.'s Braxton and William Augustus. Granville m. Mary (Polly) BURNETT of Pittsylvania CO.(?) abt. 1812 and we believe Braxton m. her sister or cousin Sarah (Sally). Their parents may be Benjamin BURNETT and Frances BARNETT. Our problem IS that we have never been able to determine the parents of Granville and his brothers. All we know is the m. license was taken out in Montgomery Co. I have seen Granville listed in one other place as Granville T. Would you be kind enough to see if Granville (or Granville T), Braxton and Wm. A. are listed in the Hurley book. They left VA, went to TN,1820 census of Robertson Co. TN, 1830 census of Morgan Co., IL and 1840 census of St. Clair Co., IL. Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Yulonda in IL -----Original Message----- From: Mitzi Hammond Perkins <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [BROWNING] Browning in Fleming CO KY >There is no Solomon T. in the Browning book by Wm Hurley, but he does say >that the Browning families who moved west into the Ohio River Valley and the >ones who moved more south into NC,SC, GA and westward into Mississippi, >Texas, etc were connected at some point, but there is as yet no >documentation of where the branches were severed. >Note on Meshach Browning, 1781-1859, from the Hurley book: ...one of the >more famous members of the Browning family. He lived his life in the >mountains of western Maryland, and while virtually an orphan at a very early >age, with little education, he made a name for himself that has been noted >in history...born i Frederick County and died in Great Glades, Allegheny >County, Maryland; the son of Joshua Browning (1735) and his wife, Nancy >Farmer, he is buried at Hoyes, in Allegheny County. Taken in by childless >relatives after the deaths of his parents, Meshach was promised he would >become their adopted son and heir; however after 20 years of marriage, the >aunt gave birth to a daoghter and the family's attitude toward him changed >and he was severely beaten, prompting his move into the mountains alone...he >became 'the great hunter'. > >Mitzi Hammond Perkins > > > >==== BROWNING Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >