Hello Jim, Below are my notes on David Brown, father of Thomas G. Brown. David was in Washington County, Tennessee instead of Greene County. I saw that years ago about his wife being a Roark too but that turned out to be wrong. No one knows her identity as far as I know. I descend from David's son, William, who married Catherine Sweet. Anyway hopefully this will help you some. 1780 & 81 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, 5th District BROWN, David - 100 acres - 3 horses - 3 cattle BROWN, Thos. - 7 horses - 13 cattle - 3 negros BROWN, William - 4 horses - 1 cattle 1786 Washington County, Tennessee Voters List BROWN, David BROWN, James BROWN, John BROWN, Peter BROWN, Thomas 1787 Washington County, Tennessee Poll List BROWN, Jacob BROWN, John BROWN, Peter BROWNE, Eanos Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 1 p.368-70 6 May 1788: Daniel HARISON to David BROWN for £20 conveys 100 acres. Signed: Daniel HARISON, Serah (X) HARISON. Wit: John CAMPBELL, Moses CARSON. Washington County, Tennessee Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Monday, May 2, 1789. David BROWN, coroner. 1790 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. HARRISON's Co. BROWN, David - 300 acres - 1WP 1790-91 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. Thomas BIDDLES's Co. BROWN, David - 200 acres - 1WP Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 4 p.167-8 4 April 1791. James KUYKENDOLL to Abednego INMAN for £200 conveys 250 acres, adjoins HUNTER, Wm. RICHEY, VANCE, Peter McNAMEE. Signed: James KUYKENDOLL. Wit: David BROWN, M. HARRISON, Peter McNAMEE, John ALEXANDER. Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book E p.45 3 February 1792. Daniel HARRISON, Greene County, to Benjamin SANDS for £300 conveys 220 acres west fork Great Limestone adj. David BROWN. Signed: Daniel HARRISON. Wit: James KING, David BROWN, James MITCHEL. CT: May 1793. p.170-1 20 February 1793. Daniel HARRISON, Green County, to James KING, Knox County, for £200 Virginia money conveys 265 acres, adjoins Benjamin SANDS, Robert BLAIR, Handell VANCE, Joseph SHIELDS, Robert BLACKLEY, David BROWN. Signed: Daniel HARRISON. Wit: James MITCHEL, Benjamin SANDS, David BROWN. CT: Feb 1794. 1793 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. BLAIR's Co. BROWN, David - 200 acres - 1WP BROWN, William - 1WP 1794 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. BLAIR's Co. BROWN, David - 200 acres - 1WP BROWN, William - 100 acres - 1WP Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 6 p.14-6 23 May 1796. Robert ALLIN to Pointon CHARLESTON for £300 conveys 100 acres on Big Limestone, adjoins Bertholemew WOODS, John ROBISON, David ROBISON, John FARGESON. Signed: Robert ALLEN. Wit: H.G. KING, David BROWN. CT: Aug 1796. p.17 23 May 1796. Robert ALLIN to Pointen CHARLETON for £800 conveys 450 acres on Wood's fork of Big Limestone. Signed: Robert ALLIN. Wit: H.G. KING, David BROWN. CT: Aug 1796. p.309-11 20 November 1797. David BROWN to William BROWN for $144 conveys 22 acres, part of Daniel HARRISON's survey sold to D. BROWN. Signed: David BROWN. Wit: Jonathan HARRALD, John (SWEET?), John BROWN. p.574-5 5 February 1790. William LEMMONS, his NC grant of 1783 to David BROWN for £200 conveys 200 acres head of the spring of Mitchel's Branch Big Limestone; adjoins Daniel HARRISON. Signed: William LEMONS. Wit: John CAMPBELL, E. HARRISON. 1797 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. BIDDLE's Co. BROWN, David - 300 acres BROWN, William - 1WP SWEET, John - 27 acres - 1BP 1798 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. BIDDLE's Co. BROWN, David - 225 acres BROWN, William - 73 acres - 1WP S__ET, James - 27 acres - 1BP 1801 Washington County, Tennessee Tax List, Capt. BIDDLE's Co. BROWN, David - 252 acres BROWN, John - 1WP BROWN, William - 72 acres - 1WP Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 10 p.120-2 6 March 1802. David BROWN sold to John BROWN for $300 (no amount or location given.) land adjoins Benjamin SANDS and a grave. CT. Feb. 1808. Reg. 18 June 1808. p.132-3 6 March 1802. David BROWN sold to Jacob SANDS for $24 a parcel of land. Sig: David BROWN. Wit: Benjamine SANDS, John BROWN. CT: Feb. 1808. Reg: 24 June 1808. p.137 10 November 1807. Jacob SANDS sold to William BROWN for $24 (same land as pages 132-3: D. BROWN to J. SANDS). Sig: Jacob SANDS. Wit: Wm. BLAIR, Richard BLAIR, George SHIELDS. CT: Feb. 1808. Reg: 21 Jan. 1808. p.142-3 27 January 1808. John BROWN sold to William BROWN for $300 a parcel of land, adjoined by the graves, by the meeting house, David BROWN and Benjamine SANDS. Sig: John BROWN. Wit: Benjamine SANDS, Jacob SANDS. CT: Feb. 1808. Reg: 6 July 1808. p.148-9 4 August 1804. William BROWN sold to John BROWN for $300 a tract of 72 acres, part of a tract surveyed for Daniel HARISON and sold to David BROWN. Sig: William BROWN, Catherine X BROWN. Wit: David BROWN, Jacob SANDS, Ann SANDS. CT: Feb. 1808. Reg: 11 July 1808. Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 12 p.88 28 February 1809. William BROWN sold to Nathaniel SMITH of Greene County part of a survey on a branch of Big Limestone granted to Wm. LEMANS who conveyed it to David BROWN; from him to William BROWN; adjoins Shiloe Meeting House and graveyard, David BROWN, Benjamin SANDS. Sig: William BROWN, Catren X BROWN. Wit: John BLACKLY, Anne SANDS, Robert CAMPBELL. CT: May 1809. Reg: 29 August 1809. Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 13 p.78-9 28 April 1807. William BLAIR sold to Joseph SHIELDS for $1000 a tract of 131 acres on Big Limestone, next to his other land, to a stake in the Branch whichs runs from Shilo meeting house near a double popular on SANDS and Jane BLAIR's line; adjoining William BROWN, BRACKLEY. Sig: William BLAIR. Wit: Rich'd BLAIR, James REED. CT: Feb. 1812. Reg: March 1812. p.439-40 18 January 1814. David BROWN to Nathaniel SMITH part of the 9 acre tract on a branch of Big Limestone where BROWN lives. Sig: David BROWN. Wit: Wm. BLACKLEY, John BLACKLEY, Thos. COLLIER. CT: Feb. 1814. Reg: 7 July 1814. Washington County, Tennessee December the 2 day. I took account of the moveable property of David BROWN Decd. 2 horses 10 head of cattle 15 head of hogs 3 plows with hay. about 80 bushels of corn 1 small stack of ryes 1 but of wheat stack 1 plough 1 mattuk 2 hoes 1 weage 1 pan 1 double 2 C horses 2 pulley axes 1 hand ax 2 saws 1 plane 2 augers 1 sythe 1 harkle 1 pair of cards 1 bell 3 open barrels 1 whisky barrel 1 lott vessell 1 bed stead 1 soap 1 _____ 8 pacts 2 pots 1 oven 1 ba__ 1 dish 2 plates 1 step led hose 1 table 1 wheel 2 baskets 1 half bed 1 gun 1 old saddle 1 geopraphy 5 other books 1 _______ jug. The above is a true inventory of the personal estate of David BROWN Decd taken this 2d February 1808. Wm. BROWN Adm of David BROWN Decd. Filed of August Sessions 1809. Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 15 p.276-7 18 February 1817. Benjamin JACKSON sold his Tennessee grant of 1 July 1816 to Isaac HAIRE/HAIR for $100 consisting of 16 acres on Big Limestone; adjoins Isaac BAILES/BAELS, David RUSSEL. Sig: Benjamin JACKSON. Wit: William BROWN, Leroy Haile, Jn. C. HARRES. Reg: 17 July 1817. Washington County, Tennessee Deed Book 16 p.264-5 5 September 1817: John BROWN and others to David BROWN A tract of 134 acres of land lying on Big Limestone Creek. Signed: William BROWN, Jno. BROWN, Thos. G. BROWN, Jacob SANDS, John MACE, James POTEAT, Esebel BROWN, James WILLOBEE. Wit. James POTEAT Sr., Benjamin SANDS, Joseph SANDS, Thomas SANDS, John BROWN.(Note: The conveyors in the above deed were three sons, a daughter and four sons-in-law of David BROWN Sr. Dec'd. The conveyee was David BROWN Jr. another son.) p.266 October term of Washington County Court. Thomas MOORE, Clerk of Bedford County, Tennessee Court, certified that execution of the above deed was acknowledged in open court, by William BROWN and James POTEAT, and that James POTEAT made oath that he saw John BROWN sign the same. Thomas MOORE, 31 October 1817. Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, "Ansearchin'" News Vol. 40 No. 1, Spring 1993, page 13 Bedford County, Tennessee Deeds - 1808, Record Book A, page 341 1 Dec 1796: For military service of David BROWN to NC, TN Grant #296 is issued to Joseph GREER, assignee of the heirs of David BROWN, 150 acres in Rutherford County, R4,S3 on both sides of East Fork of Cane Creek, a branch of Elk River...mentions Thos. TOLBOT's line. Pioneers and Their Descendants Through Eastern Indiana By: Susan E. Davis <Shasta4737@aol.com> dated: 2006-07-30 My great-grandfather David Brown`s ancestors came to this country from Wales with one of Lord Raleigh`s fleets, and settled on the French Broad River, near Ashville, N.C. We do not know David Brown`s father`s name, nor his wife`s name. His brothers were Joseph, Jacob, Othniel, and Isaac Brown. Isaac married a Miss Frame and moved to Missouri. Some of the Browns lived in Cape Girardeau County, Mo. My great-grandfather`s children were as far as I know, Ann, Thomas and Isabella. Ann married Jacob Sands. Isabella married Nicholas Mace and lived in Putman Co., Indiana. I do not know who Thomas married. David Brown served in the Revolutionary War. Source: Letter telling of family genealogy written by Martha M. Kerlin Alexander, wife of John Alexander, lawyer, Huntington, Indiana. SOURCE - http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shasta4737&id=I1579 Wayne County, Indiana Connections Photo of 1901 letter telling of family genealogy written by Martha M. Kerlin Alexander, wife of John Alexander, lawyer, Huntington, Indiana. Tells of David Brown's Revolutionary War service. 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