Jacob Brown (1752 - 1841)

Born 1752 in Rowan, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Admire) Brown — married 29 Aug 1774 in Washington County, Tennessee

Husband of Mary (Salts) Brown — married 23 Jan 1816 in Washington, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 10 May 1841 at about age 89 in Washington, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Jacob Brown, the son of Jakob Braun and Elizabeth Goettgen was born about 1752 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He died 10 May 1841 (aged 88–89) in Washington County, Tennessee, United States and was buried at the Brown Family Farm Cemetery in Washington County, Tennessee, United States.^[1]

He married Elizabeth Artmire [Ardmire] on 29 Aug 1774 in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States. ^[2]

Jacob and Elizabeth were the parents of 4 children:
1. John Brown 2. George Brown 3. Mary Brown 4. Nancy Brown 5. Jacob Brown, II

On 22 Jan 1816 he married Polly Salts in Washington, Tennessee, United States.^[3]

Jacob Brown served in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in 1777. He marched against the Cherokee Indians.

When he was almost 90, he created a will dated 19 February 1841. He names children and grandchildren, and left to his wife Mary his "still and tubs", furniture, sow, and pigs.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39553570/jacob-brown
2. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28R-QN5M : 21 July 2021), Jacob Brown and Elizabeth Artmire, 29 Aug 1774; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 194,116.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-D4SD : 10 March 2021), Jacob Brown and Polly Salts, 23 Jan 1816; citing Washington, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,117,931.

• United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-BJB : accessed 26 July 2017), Jacob Brown, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 334, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPD-BY2 : 18 August 2015), Jacob Brown, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing ??, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 124; FHL microfilm 18,090.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB3-YSN : 24 August 2015), Jacob Brown, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 23, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 369; FHL microfilm 18,097.

• “The Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham (Braun) Brown, the Miller - the Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob (Braun) Brown, the Wagonmaker,” 1983, compiled and edited by John Burgess Fisher, Dorothy Brown Koller, Margaret Brown Anderson https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=84277&disp