The will below of John Browning husband of Elizabeth possibly Demarest lists Joshua, apparently, Joshua and his dad were not on the best of terms. According to The Browning Families by William N. Hurley, Jr. this Joshua married Margaret Rankin and died in Clarke County, Georgia Teresa Browning 1803 WILL: Greene Co, GA, WB D, dtd 7 Oct, recorded: 29 Jan 1804. In the name of God Amen - I John Browning of the county of Greene & state of Georgia - Being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory & calling to mind the transitory things of this life do make, constitute, and ordain this to be my last will and testament, revoking all other wills heretofore made by me - First - I give and bequeath (after paying all my just debts) unto my beloved wife Susannah Browning both real and personal during the life of her widowhood and after her decease or marriage it is my will that the plantation whereon I now live containing one hundred & Eighty seven and a half acres with all its improvements shall belong to my son William Browning - it is also my will that all the balance of my property including all my Negroes, horses, cattle, hogs and stock of ever kinds, also money, , notes or debts with all my household furniture, working tools, with all & everthing that may belong to me at my decease should be equally divided between my children as hereafter named, to wit, Francis Browning, John Browning, William Browning, Anna Bird, Phebe Boring, Sincy Fuller, Clara Harrelson & Milicent Wright, except a negro man named Jack and a bay mare called bony and one feather Bed & furniture which I give unto beloved wife Susannah Browning to keep during her life & to be at her disposal at her death - I also give unto my son Joshua Browning one Dollar and desire my Executors to pay him that sum &c - witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th day of Oct 1803. /s/ John Browning (seal) Test: Davis Gresham Phil Clements Saml. Baldwin Greene Court of Ordinary Jany. Term 1804 The within Will & testament of John Browning decd. Proven in open Court, by the oaths of Phillip Clements & Sami. Baldwin who was subscribing witness's to the same. Recorded the 29 Jany. 1804. /s/ Tho. Carleton C.C.V.
Teresa, Hurley is correct from what I can find out. I always thought my Joshua was the son of John & Elizabeth (Demarest). My Joshua, who married Nancy Ann Scott, is the son of a John Browning but not this John. Additionally, his brother, James B. Browning (married to Susan Hickman), is often confused with another James Browning who is the son of John & Elizabeth. EF Browning missed a generation (there were three Francis Brownings) on this line as well as confused several families (cousins) with the same first names (John in particular). To further confuse things, a daughter of Joshua & Susan, Hannah Elizabeth Browning, married a possible cousin, Isaac Norman Browning. Isaac's father was Francis III, son of Francis Jr., son of Francis Sr., son of...you guessed it another John. If you haven't already received a copy of my files I'd be happy to send them to you. They contain enough info to convince me that I'm on the right track. My brick wall, however, is the elusive John Browning, father of Joshua & James B. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [BROWNING] Browning, William, VA to MO > The will below of John Browning husband of Elizabeth possibly Demarest lists > Joshua, apparently, Joshua and his dad were not on the best of terms. > According to The Browning Families by William N. Hurley, Jr. this Joshua > married Margaret Rankin and died in Clarke County, Georgia > > Teresa Browning > > 1803 WILL: Greene Co, GA, WB D, dtd 7 Oct, recorded: 29 Jan 1804. > > In the name of God Amen - I John Browning of the county of Greene & state of > Georgia - Being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory & > calling to mind the transitory things of this life do make, constitute, and > ordain this to be my last will and testament, revoking all other wills > heretofore made by me - > > First - I give and bequeath (after paying all my just debts) unto my beloved > wife Susannah Browning both real and personal during the life of her > widowhood and after her decease or marriage it is my will that the plantation > whereon I now live containing one hundred & Eighty seven and a half acres > with all its improvements shall belong to my son William Browning - it is > also my will that all the balance of my property including all my Negroes, > horses, cattle, hogs and stock of ever kinds, also money, , notes or debts > with all my household furniture, working tools, with all & everthing that may > belong to me at my decease should be equally divided between my children as > hereafter named, to wit, Francis Browning, John Browning, William Browning, > Anna Bird, Phebe Boring, Sincy Fuller, Clara Harrelson & Milicent Wright, > except a negro man named Jack and a bay mare called bony and one feather Bed & > furniture which I give unto beloved wife Susannah Browning to keep during > her life & to be at her disposal at her death - I also give unto my son > Joshua Browning one Dollar and desire my Executors to pay him that sum &c - > witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th day of Oct 1803. > > /s/ John Browning (seal) > > Test: Davis Gresham > > Phil Clements > > Saml. Baldwin > > Greene Court of Ordinary Jany. Term 1804 > > The within Will & testament of John Browning decd. Proven in open Court, by > the oaths of Phillip Clements & Sami. Baldwin who was subscribing witness's > to the same. > > Recorded the 29 Jany. 1804. > > /s/ Tho. Carleton C.C.V. > > > ==== BROWNING Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >