Posted on: Jefferson County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/Jefferson/406 Surname: William G Brown ------------------------- William G. Brown was born in Jefferson Co. on May 8,1819. His family later moved to New Orleans, Lousiana. As a young man he worked on the boats on the Mississippi and later married Clarrisa Bartley and had sever children.