Person:Robert Brown (103)

Name^[1]	Robert Brown
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]^[5]	1747	Augusta County, Virginia
Alt Birth^[4]	Abt 1758	Augusta, Virginia, United States
Marriage	Bef 1778	to Catherine Unknown
Death^[3]^[4]^[5]	Bef Jul 1801	Elbert County, Georgia

Robert Brown was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

1 About Robert Brown

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About Robert Brown

After Robert's death, Catherine married again to William Stubblefield on 23 February 1809 in Elbert County, Georgia. According to the 1840 Census, their son Abraham was between 60 and 70. That means he was born between 1770 and 1780. Abraham was probably the oldest child. This is based on the fact that he and his mother were administrators of his father's estate. His parents were probably in their early twenties when he was born. So, it can be inferred that they were probably born between 1750 and 1760. Robert Brown was probably born in Augusta County, Virginia. His father was there about the time he was probably born. He had a plat of land surveyed for him in 1774 in Botetourt County, Virginia. He apparently came to Georgia from North Carolina between 1782 and 1788. According to the 1860 census his daughter, Mary, age 77, was born there. The Joel Maxwell Bible shows her birth date as 27 January 1782. Where he lived in North Carolina is unknown. So, it is known he was in North Carolina in 1782. According to the Elbert County, Georgia History, page 69, in the spring of 1788, Thomas A. Carter deeded one acre of land, including a church building known as "Beaverdam Preaching House" to Nathaniel Allen, Richardson Hunt, John Tollet, John Harkleford, Robert Brown, William Hanson and Peter Stubbs as trustees. The deed provided that, "They permit only such persons as are appointed by the conference of the people called Methodist, and no other, for the purpose of preaching and expounding God's word, and that the said persons preach no doctrines than is contained in Mr. Wesley's notes on the New Testament and his four volumes of sermons and the Minutes of the conference." The Beaverdam Preaching House was the second Methodist church built in Georgia. It was preceded by Grant's Meeting House in Wilkes County. This trustee was probably this Robert Brown, because there is no other one of record in the area. So he can most probably be placed in Georgia in 1788. Robert Brown was in Elbert County by 1790. He was paying taxes on some land in the Northwestern corner of Elbert County then. According to Elbert County, Georgia Land Court Records he received three land warrants of 400, 450 and 200 acres on 7 January 1793. The records show he had three in his family and he also received a headright. On the same day Moses Davis, self and four in family, to issue in the name of Robert Brown. On 1 January 1797 he received two land grants of 1,000 acres each.

Georgia, Surveyor General (Secretary of State) Land Grants, Book ZZZZ, 1796-1797, page 170.

Robert Brown's First Land Grant, 17 January 1797.

STATE OF GEORGIA By His Excellency Jared Irwin Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the said State, and of the Militia thereof.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:

KNOW YE, That, in pursuance of the Act for opening the Land- Office, and by virtue of the powers in me vested, I HAVE given and granted, and, by these presents, in the name and behalf of the said state, DO give and grant unto Robert Brown his heirs and assigns forever, ALL that tract or parcel of land, containing One Thousand acres, situate, lying, and being in the county of Elbert in the said state and butting and bounding Northwest by Said Brown Tollet Vinyard and Creswell Northeast by Raglins and Vacant, and Southerly by Mathews land. having such shape, form, and marks, as appear by a plat of the same hereunto annexed; together with all and singular the rights, members, and appurtances thereof, whatsoever, to the said tract or parcel of land belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand of the state aforesaid, of, in, to, or out of, the same: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land, and all and singular the premises aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members, and appurtances, with the said Robert Brown his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof forever, in Fee Simple.

GIVEN under my hand, the great seal of said state, this Seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven; and in the Twenty First year of American Independence.

Signed by his Excellency the Governor, the ) Jared Irwin 17th day of Jany 1797 )

J Meriwether LSD

Registered, the 18th day of Jany 1797

Georgia, Surveyor General (Secretary of State) Land Grants, Book ZZZZ, 1796-1797, page 171.

Robert Brown's Second Land Grant, 17 January 1797.

STATE OF GEORGIA By His Excellency Jared Irwin Captain-General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the said State, and of the Militia thereof.

To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:

KNOW YE, That, in pursuance of the Act for opening the Land- Office, and by virtue of the powers in me vested, I HAVE given and granted, and, by these presents, in the name and behalf of the said state, DO give and grant unto Robert Brown his heirs and assigns forever, ALL that tract or parcel of land, containing One Thousand acres, situate, lying, and being in the county of Elbert in the said state and butting and bounding Southwest by Templetons and Edward Northwest by Statam and Creswell Northeast by Tottels and Southeasterly by Brown and Mathews land. having such shape, form, and marks, as appear by a plat of the same hereunto annexed; together with all and singular the rights, members, and appurtances thereof, whatsoever, to the said tract or parcel of land belonging, or in any wise appertaining; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, and demand of the state aforesaid, of, in, to, or out of, the same: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said tract or parcel of land, and all and singular the premises aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members, and appurtances, with the said Robert Brown his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof forever, in Fee Simple.

Signed by his Excellency the Governor, the ) Jared Irwin 17th day of Jany 1797 )

T Meriwether LSD

Registered, the 18th day of Jany 1797

According to the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery by Virginia S. Wood, orphans of Robert Brown were entitled to a draw in Franklin County, Georgia but drew a blank. Catharine Brown was entitled to two draws as a widow in Elbert County, Georgia but both were blanks. According to The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia by Lucas, the orphans of Robert Brown of Keelings Militia District received Lot 117 in District 20 of Wilkinson County, Georgia. Robert Brown died in or before July 1801 in Elbert County, Georgia. This is reflected in the Minutes of the Inferior Court, 1791-1830. At the July Term 1801, Caty and Abraham Brown are appointed Administrators of Robert Brown deceased. On September 13, 1802 Robert Brown's estate was appraised and inventoried. On September 15 & 16, 1802 his estate was sold at auction. Among the principle buyers were Caty and Abraham Brown. On November 8, 1808 the sheriff was directed to see to it that Robert Brown's land was divided between his heirs. This was done in accordance with an act of the state assembly that specified how intestate estates were to be divided. Though the document implies that a special act was passed concerning this action, such was not the case. The land was divided according to the law as it was at the time. The division was to be done so each received land of the same approximate value. That resulted in various sizes for the lots depending on the quality of the land distributed. The heirs were his widow, Catharine, and their children Abraham, Elizabeth, John, Sally, Anna (probably one in the same as Anny shown in some records), Robert, Polly and Peggy. As stated in the document, Elizabeth was married to Silas White and Polly was married to Joel Maxwell. The division of the land was completed by December 23, 1809. Abraham Brown performed most of the Administrator duties required.

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