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John Brown Jr.

Birth
Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland
Death
16 Dec 1826 (aged 71)
Union County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Roseburg, Union County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Born in Belfast, Ireland.

Son of John & Nancy Brown. Both his parents were born in Ireland and possibly died in Laurens Co., SC.

Married Sarah Weeks on March 20, 1777 in Charleston, South Carolina.

They were the parents of:

Thomas, John, Matthew, William, Mary, Rebecca, Jane, Sarah and Pamelia

John was a Private in the South Carolina Militia and was a prisoner of war at Charleston.

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Data below from:
Contributor: Mary Ann Bumgarner (47200592) • Feb. 20, 2019


This man's brother was Mathew Brown, FAG#24065032, who is buried in Rays Crossing, Shelby Co., Indiana...a Rev War soldier.

The Brown Family came from Ireland to Charleston, SC, then upstate towards mountains as only "elite" slave-owners lived in Charleston area.

Others were directed to uplands to act as a buffer from the Cherokees. My
Mathew Brown family moved from SC to Indiana shortly after it became a state, with a lot of his brethren and cousins. The Browns were from Wexford, Ireland per Mathew's pension interview.
Born in Belfast, Ireland.

Son of John & Nancy Brown. Both his parents were born in Ireland and possibly died in Laurens Co., SC.

Married Sarah Weeks on March 20, 1777 in Charleston, South Carolina.

They were the parents of:

Thomas, John, Matthew, William, Mary, Rebecca, Jane, Sarah and Pamelia

John was a Private in the South Carolina Militia and was a prisoner of war at Charleston.

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Data below from:
Contributor: Mary Ann Bumgarner (47200592) • Feb. 20, 2019


This man's brother was Mathew Brown, FAG#24065032, who is buried in Rays Crossing, Shelby Co., Indiana...a Rev War soldier.

The Brown Family came from Ireland to Charleston, SC, then upstate towards mountains as only "elite" slave-owners lived in Charleston area.

Others were directed to uplands to act as a buffer from the Cherokees. My
Mathew Brown family moved from SC to Indiana shortly after it became a state, with a lot of his brethren and cousins. The Browns were from Wexford, Ireland per Mathew's pension interview.


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  • Maintained by: Jay Wright
  • Originally Created by: RWicks
  • Added: Mar 9, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159118527/john-brown: accessed ), memorial page for John Brown Jr. (7 Apr 1755–16 Dec 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 159118527, citing Brown Family Cemetery, Roseburg, Union County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Jay Wright (contributor 47711501).