Margaret (Fleming) Brown (1701 - 1801)

Born 1 Apr 1701 in Londonderry, Antrim, , Ireland

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1801 at age 100 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Photo of gravestone at Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

MARGARET PEGGY FLEMING was born 1701, maybe Londonderry, County Ulster, Ireland She was the daughter of JOSEPH FLEMING

She told a story about living close enough to hear the church bells of Londonderry, County Ulster, Ireland

She married WILLIAM BROWN (1687-1757) in 1731. They were married in Ireland. In the 1730s - 1740's William was the overseer on father-in-law Joseph Fleming's Farm, Londonderry, Co Ulster, Ireland.

It is believed they came to America around 1745 landing in Delaware, then Pennsylvania, then Virginia before arriving in North Carolina. William was granted land in Rowan (later Guilford ) May 5 1757. The land was on the south side of North Buffalo Creek across from John Nix land ( Nicks ) , all other land vacant.

William died December 28, 1757 South Buffalo Creek, Rowan County, NC (rezoned Greensboro, Guilford County, NC)

"Margaret Brown, when 84 years old. Traveled over the mountains from North Carolina to Davidson County, Tenn. in a wagon and on horseback with some of her children. Here she died September 17, 1801. She is buried in the old graveyard called “Springhill” on the Gallatin Pike, 7 miles east of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. In the pioneer days it was known as “Craighead”, for it was there the Rev. Thomas B. Craighead (buried near Margaret Brown) the first Presbyterian minister who came to Middle Tennessee settled, and it was not far from here the Porters and Browns also settled when they came from North Carolina at a place called Haysboro. Afterwards they entered large landed estates in Maury Co. and settled there and in Giles, Lincoln, and Bedford Counties"^[1]

Peggy in 1801 died age 100 at her daughter, Jane Porter's home near Nashville, TN

Margaret Brown’s tombstone bears the inscription:

Here lies the body

of

MARGARET BROWN

She departed this

life Sep. 17th 1801.

Aged 100 years

5 months &

17 days

Peggy in 1801 died age 100 at her daughter, Jane Porter's home near Nashville, TN Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, TN^[2][3]

Research Notes

Removed link to Janet Witherspoon because Janet Witherspoon was too young to be her mother, born only a few years before Margaret Fleming.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/geneal/brown.txt
2. ↑ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Scotch-Irish/2005-03/1110910904
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 31773274

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnlincol/geneal/brown.txt

Sources

Ancestry DNA Test Results for Descendant T. D. McLeod.

See Also

• The Threads of Ancestors