This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4205.1.1.2.2.2.1 Message Board Post: There were *at least* 5 Jotham Browns associated one way or another with the Browns of Greene Co. 1. "Old" Jotham Brown (ca. 1740 - 1798) who married Phoebe (prob. Johnston). He apparently died in VA but was ancestor of many Greene Co. Browns. 2. Jotham Brown "Jr." (10/2/1783 - 7/21/1859) -- son of "Old" Jotham Brown, married Margaret "Peggy" Maloney. He is buried in Greene Co. 3. Jotham Brown (b.ca. 1797) -- grandson of "Old" Jotham Brown and son of David Brown m. Nancy Ann Craig. This Jotham married (1st) Mary (Polly) Johnson March 18, 1819 and (2nd) Mary (Polly) McCurry April 1, 1824. 4. Jotham Benjamin Brown (b. 1809) -- another grandson of "Old" Jotham Brown. This Jotham was son of Sylvanus Brown and Ruth Johnston. He married (1st) Eliza Bryant October 10, 1827 and (2nd) Hannah Knight after 1850 5. Jotham Brown (b. 1840) -- son of Jotham Benjamin Brown. He appears in this household in the 1850 census, but I don't know any more about him. It's *possible* he is father of your William L. Brown. I say this only because he is the only Jotham I have whose wife I don't know and who lived in about the right time frame. As far as William L. Brown is concerned, I show 10 William's and 2 William L.'s, but they are all of the wrong age or have different parents than you show. Renaee, I believe your William Brown was the brother of Jotham #3 above. I show his middle name as Benjamin, for what it's worth. All that having been said, everyone should realize that this information is collated from the "best efforts" of several different researchers who distributed various pieces of paper at the 2001 Brown Reunion. Much of it lacks firm evidence! Hope this is helpful! Jim Slone