BROWN -. DAWSON - DUNLAP FAMILIES OF TENNESSEE
Contributed by Dr. Robert Douglas Crowder, 5366 Nakama Drive, Dallas, Texas 75209
The saga of the Brown family began in TN ca 1780 with the arrival of John Brown at Fort Nashborough, now Nashville. In 1788, he founded Brown's Station which was located on Mill Creek near what is now the intersection of Thompson Lane and Murphreesboro Road in Nashville. John Brown was killed by the Creek Indians at Holly Tree Gap in Williamson County, TN on Dec 20, 1794.
T. John Brown m Sarah Ervin of Rowan Co., NC, a dau of Christopher Ervin and Jane McDowell. Later, Margaret Ervin, sister of Sarah, and her husband, David McEwen, joined the Browns at Fort Nashborough. They later all moved to Williamson County.
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