Most of what you'll find in Ancestry.com and other on line sites and services came from research of about 3 or 4 people, and published in my book on this family called "Dance Steps - Six Generations of the descendants of Dance Brown. Book sold out a few years ago. Much more on my website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~browngen/ or contact directly. Robert was a Civil War casuality. He enlisted at Bowling Green., KY on 27 Sept 1861 at 23 Years as 2nd LT. in the 2nd. batt'l, Tn mounted volunteer, evaluation of horse = $200. In 1850 census of Sumner Co., TN age 14 Living with Elizabeth Brown age 44 his mother & Susan = Malinda Susan, dau. of Josiah Rippy, his stepsister. Robert's mother, Elizabeth, bought most of John's estate in the final settlement. She reported in May 1840, that John Brown was dead and that their son Robert Sidney was 2 years old next November. It is therefore very likely that Robert S. never saw his father. 1860 census Sumner Co., TN family 991-285: born age sex color Brown, R. L. Farmer Tenn. 22mw (this is Robert Sidney) Brown, Sarah Wife Tenn. 22fw (this is Sarah Elizabeth) Brown, Mary Tenn. 5fw (this is Mary Elizabeth) Brown, Geo. Tenn. 4mw (this is George Washington) Brown, John Tenn. 3mw (this is John Wesley) 1861 Robert Sidney was mustered into service Sept 27, 1861 at age of 23, therefore his birth date was before Sept 27, 1838 and after Sept 27, 1837. 1862-died in civil war. ========================= Robert Sydney was the son of John Brown and Elizabeth McClary. John = oldest son of Dance Brown and Keziah Grant. Elizabeth McClary was the daughter of Robert W. McClary and Mary Spears. Robert Sydney was the only child of John Brown due to John's early death in 1838. Elizabeth McClary Brown then married two other times = Josiah Rippy in 1840 = one child - Malinda Susan Rippy, then she married Phillip Mabry in 1851. Thanks, Freddy Brown