Gillum (Hopper) Brown (abt. 1776 - 1848)

Born about 17 Oct 1776 in Amherst, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Died 27 May 1848 at about age 71 in Caneyville, Grayson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Gillum Hopper, aka John Brown, was born about October 17, 1776 in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. He is the son of Thomas Hopper and June Elizabeth.^[1]

Gillum is living with his uncle, Charles Gilley, in Guilford County, North Carolina when his half-brother Moses Edwards came from Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1781, per the Revolutionary War Pension application of Moses Edwards (aka Hopper). ^[1]

He married Nancy Campbell.^[2] They had ten children.

1. Samuel Hopper was born 1800 in North Carolina or South Carolina.
2. Moses Hopper was born 1802 in Kentucky.
3. William M(ayfield?) Hopper was born about 1804 in Kentucky.
4. James Townsend Hopper was born 1806 in Kentucky.
5. Absolom Clark Hopper was born abot 1808 in Kentucky.
6. Mary "Polly" (Hopper) Romjue was born on March 24, 1812 in Kentucky.
7. Elisha Hopper
8. Pickney Hopper was born 1816 in Kentucky.
9. Gillum Hopper Jr was born about 1818.
10. Anna Nancy (Hopper) Frizzell was born 1820 in Warren County, Tennessee.

Gillum, alias Doc Brown, allegedly killed David Stockstill in 1828 with a rifle over a land boundary dispute. A partly fictional book, Dock Brown, the Outlaw of Grayson County was written about what happened. After the murder, Gillum left home and never returned.

John Brown made a statement in regards to the pension of his half-brother Moses on May 23, 1845. He stated that he was seventy-five at the time, which would mean he was born about 1770, rather than 1776.^[1]

Doc John Brown (Gilliam Hopper) died on May 27, 1848 in Caneyville, Grayson County, Kentucky. He is buried at Dock Brown Cemetery in Pine Knob, Grayson County, Kentucky.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, (https://revwarapps.org/w25559.pdf), Pension Statement 22 May 1845, Grayson County, Kentucky, Moses Edwards alias Moses Hopper. Notes: born Pittsylvania County, Virgina. An orphan boy bound and apprenticed at the age of ten years to William Trainum under the name Moses Edwards. He ran away in February 1781 to Guilford County, North Carolina, where he then lived with his undle Charles Gilley, as well as other family members, including half-brother, John Brown. Entered US Service as a soldier in March 1781 under the name of Moses Hopper. Received honorable discharge under the name Moses Hopper. He went back to Guilford, then moved with family to the old Town on the Saluda River. Moved to Grayson County, Kentucky in about 1815. Moses married Mary Tweedle in November 1803 in Pendleton, South Carolina. Moses died August 10, 1847 in Grayson County, Kentucky. John Brown made a statement on May 23, 1845 in Grayson County, Kentucky for half-brother Moses Hopper/Edwards. John Brown states that he is 75 years old, lived in Guilford County, North Carolina in 1781, and at the time lived in Grayson County, Kentucky.
2. ↑ 'Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado' Chapman Pub Co. Chicago 1899 Pg 458-459, (https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph00chaprich/page/458/mode/2up), Nancy Campbell, wife of Gillum Hopper of Virginia. Eight children: Samuel, Moses J., A.C., James, Polly, Nancy, Pinckley, and Gillam

• Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #50277837 : accessed 29 May 2019), memorial page for John Brown (Hopper) (17 Oct 1776–27 May 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 50277837, citing Dock Brown Cemetery, Pine Knob, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by KEFleming (contributor 47080261). Name was originally Gilliam Hopper. Married to Nancy Campbell about 1799. Her burial place uncertain. Moses, Samuel, William, Elisha, Ana, James Townsend, Absolom Clark, Mary, Pinkney, Gilliam.

• Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #154720429 : accessed 29 May 2019), memorial page for Gillum Hopper (17 Oct 1776–27 May 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 154720429, citing Brown Cemetery, Caneyville, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Bobby and Carol Babin Estes (contributor 46900498). Marriage: 1 Nancy CAMPBELL b: ABT 1782 in NC. Nancy CAMPBELL, Sex: F, Birth: 1782 in NC, Death: 1862 in Adams, IL . Children:

1. Gillum (Dock Brown) HOPPER b: WFT Est 1798-1828

2. Samuel B. HOPPER b: 1 JAN 1800 in Pulaski, KY

3. Moses HOPPER b: 1802 in Pulaski, KY

4. William M(ayfield?) HOPPER b: 1804 in Pulaski, KY

5. James Townsend HOPPER b: 20 JUN 1806 in Christian, KY

6. Absalom C. HOPPER b: ABT 1808 in KY

7. Mary (Polly) HOPPER b: 24 MAR 1812 in Pulaski, KY

8. Pickney HOPPER b: 18 NOV 1816

9. Anna HOPPER b: 1820

• Helen Curry Deveny, compiled by. Descendats of Gillum Hopper (1776-1848) of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1990, (https://archive.org/stream/HelenCDevenyDescendantsOfGillumHopper1776N1848/Helen%20C%20Deveny%20-%20Descendants%20of%20Gillum%20Hopper%20%281776%20-n%201848%29_djvu.txt).

• Dock Brcwn , The Outlaw of Grayson County (Kentucky), written in 1 o 76 by William R. Haynes. Reprinted in 1950 by The Leitchfield (Ky.) Gazette

• Old Guilford, North Carolina Court Minutes 1781-1788 and Genealogical Implications of the Laws in Effect by Nancy Hawlick Stein and Mary Fowell Hammersmith (Hartford, KY; McDowell Publications, 1978), Hopper, Gilliam, age 6 in October 1782 apprenticed to Matthew Peggs at February Court, 1783 (page 60 of original record)

• Unite States Census, 1800, Pendleton County, South Carolina, Gilham Hoper with a wife and one male under 10.

• WikiTree profile Hopper-139 created through the import of MarilynCardwellGedcomJuly2011.ged on Jul 10, 2011 by Marilyn Cardwell.

• WikiTree profile Hopper-185 created through the import of Rankin-Ridgdill Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2011 by Elizabeth Rankin.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GH9Q-JZ4
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KL63-2ZM