Susan Elizabeth Brown

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• Residence: 12 Nov 1850, Conecuh, Alabama

Susan married Duncan B. McCall about 1811. Duncan was born in 1782 in North Carolina; died in 1851 in Conecuh, Alabama; was buried in 1851 in Conecuh, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Caroline McCall was born about 1812 in North Carolina; died about 1900.
2. Duncan D. McCall was born on 21 Mar 1814 in North Carolina; died on 27 Jul 1891 in Evergreen, Conecuh, Alabama; was buried in Jul 1891 in Conecuh, Alabama.
3. Elizabeth Jane McCall was born on 16 May 1822 in South Carolina; died on 1 Jan 1904 in Conecuh, Alabama; was buried in Jan 1904 in Conecuh, Alabama.
4. John Allen McCall was born on 3 Apr 1859 in Conecuh, Alabama; died on 5 Mar 1929 in , Escambia, Alabama; was buried in Mar 1929 in Dixonville, Escambia, Alabama.

John married Sarah Nisa Hansor about 1790. Sarah was born on 18 Feb 1772 in Sussex, Delaware; died in 1821 in Conecuh, Alabama; was buried in 1821 in Conecuh, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Polly HANSOR

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Wife of John Wesley Brown; she is buried in an unmarked grave. She descended from the Nanticoke Indians of Delaware.

In the birth and baptism records of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church in Sussex County, DE., Sarah Nisa Hansor was listed as "mulatto." Other sources suggest she was Native American, a descendant of the Nanticoke or Lenni-Lenape tribes of Delaware, or
part of a tri-racial group called the Delaware Moors.

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• Military: South Carolina

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before 1 Oct 1785, killed on the SC frontier.

Description: I am by no means a professional on this and have never really done a lot of research but I am almost positive that Bartlett and Katherine had more than just 2 children. Not sure exactly how many but at least one more boy born in 1762 named Joel Brown.(My great-great-great-great grandfather) who moved down to Conecuh County, AL from South Carolina with his brother, John Wesley. The rest of the line all the way down to me are buried in 2 different cemeteries in a small community called Brownville.

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Bartlett married Katherine Holcomb about 1750 in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia. Katherine was born about 1735 in Virginia; died about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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bResearch Notes: Benjamin Brown
/bBenjamin Brown of Hanover County was one of the first to take up lands in the westward counties. He and his son Benjamin procured patents on land in Louisa County before its establishment in 1742, and soon thereafter turned their attention to Albemarle. Between 1747 and 1760 they entered more than 6000 acres on both sides of what is now called Doyle's River, and additional tracts in other sections. The family became one of the most influential in that section of the county, often being magistrates and holding other offices. Browns Gap and Browns Cove are reminders of their settlement. The first Benjamin married Sarah Dabney who, according to the firm belief of her grandson Charles Brown, was a descendant of the Jennings who left a fabulous estate in chancery in England. As early as 1860 the Browns were active in pressing their claim and Dr. Charles went twice to England to see about it, but with no tangible result. Three quarters of a century have passed and still there are claimants to the Jennings estate. It is now a famous genealogical will-o'-the-wisp, and it is interesting to think that much of its life and the persistency of the belief in it comes from the labor expended on it seventy-five years ago by the Browns of the Blue Ridge. The first Benjamin Brown must have loved the alliteration of "B. B." for of his eight sons, seven were named Benjamin, Barzillai, Benajah, Bernard, Bernis, Bezaleel, and Brightberry. While the Biblical origin of some is evident, he must have invented several of these names. The son Bernis became a Methodist preacher and through this connection the entire family had a wide acquaintance with the ministers of that denomination.

In 1805 Brightberry Brown and bWilliam Jarman/b began the construction of a turnpike across the mountains, from Camping Rock on the west side, crossing the Ridge at Browns Gap, descending through Browns Cove, and ending at Mechum's Depot. Its formal opening and acceptance by Commissioners from counties on both sides of the mountains in 1806 was the occasion for a great celebration. Under the name of "Brown's Turnpike" it was long one of the important crossings. Some idea of values may be glimpsed, however, from the fact that in 1819 James, son of William Jarman, sold his half interest for $100. In 1867 the title to Brown's Turnpike as individual property lapsed, and it has since been a public road. This turnpike in part followed one of the oldest trails from the west - from the Old Fields (in what is now Hardy County, W. Va.) through Brocks Gap, by Singers' Glen (where there have been singing festivals yearly for over a hundred years), past Big Spring and so across the Blue Ridge by the Gap later known as Browns.

In 1745, at age 52, Benjamin Brown, Sr. began his move to what is now known as Brown's Cove in Albemarle County, VA. This is show by the following gifts to male children of his first marriage, Benjamin, Jr., William and Bartlett, 28 May 1745: Louisa County Virginia Deeds. P. 178 - 181. (This land now lies in AlbemarleCounty.)
"for good will of a fatherly love to (son) Bartlett Brown land of quantity unknown in the fork of the Moorman's River."

"(same) to son William Brown land on both sides of the North Fork of Moorman's River."
"to son, Benjamin Brown.; land in Louisa co. on both sides of the North Fork of Moorman's River on the Louisa Co. line. This later was incorporated into AlbemarleCounty.

His move was completed in 1750. At the time of his death the family holdings in the Cove was over 11,000 acres. His last five children were born in Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, VA, the others in Hanover/Louisa, VA.

Wills:
Benjamin Brown, Sr. written: 15 April, 1762: proved: 11 Nov 1762: Will Book 2, Page 130, Circuit Court of Albemarle County, VA.

Sarah Thomson Brown, written: 7 Oct 1803, proved: 4 Dec 1815, Will Book 6, p.130, CircuitCourtofAlbemarleCountyVA.

Benjamin + Hescott. was born in Wales; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]