Jane Gillespie Brown
Birth: 22 Jun 1740
Death: 4 Jun 1831 (aged 90)
Burial
Brown Cemetery
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
aged near 91 years. "Sacred to the memory of the widdow Jane Brown who departed this life the 4th day of June 1831, aged near 91 years as she was born 22nd June 1740. She was 71 years a member of the Presbyterian Church and died in the triumph of a living faith. Her husband, James Brown, Esqr. was murdered by the Cherokee Indians on the Tennessee River, the 9th of May 1788 with two of his sons and 5 other young men and his wife and five children were taken prisoner. Some of them got back to the white settlement in one year, others longer, and on was five years. O Reader, these.....people lost their lives and liberty in obtaining this good land that you enjoy. O be ready to leave and go the the good world.:
Note: The remains of Mrs. Jane Brown were removed to Greenwood Cemetery and a new marble slab prepared by the D.A.R. ref: MCTC Cemeteries by Fred L. Hawkins. 1986.
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