Hezekiah Brown Jr (1809 - 1856)

Born 23 Feb 1809 in Bedford, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Blythe) Brown — married 1828 in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1856 at age 47 in Springdale, Washington, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Hezekiah Brown was born 23 Feb 1809 and died 19 Sep 1856.^[1]

Census

1830 Bedford Co., Tennessee; pg 96 ^[2]

Hezekiah Brown 10001 -- 000101; no slaves
male female
1 < 5
5-10
10-15
15-20 1
1 20-30
30-40 1
40-50

His father is the next entry.

In the 1840 census for Bedford County there are 2 similar but not identical entries for a young Hesekiah Brown on the same page. Maybe they are the same person and maybe not.

1840 Bedford Co., Tennessee ^[3]
Hesekiah Brown Jun 111001 -- 11001; 1 in agriculture, no slaves
male female
1 < 5 1
1 5-10 1
1 10-15
15-20
20-30 1
1 30-40
40-50

This entry is 5 entries away from old Hesekiah Brown.

1840 Bedford Co., Tennessee ^[4]
Hesekiah Brown 110001 -- 11001; no slaves
male female
1 < 5 1
1 5-10 1
10-15
15-20
20-30 1
1 30-40
40-50

This entry is next to Martin Collins.

1850 Washington Co., Arkansas, Mars Hill Township; Oct 19 ^[5]
37/37
Hesekiah Brown 41 MW Tn $-- Farmer
Elizabeth Brown 40 FW Tn
Cynthia Brown 19 FW Tn
Thomas Brown 17 MW Tn Farmer
Phebe Brown 15 FW Tn
Hesekiah Brown 13 MW Al
Elijah Brown 10 MW Tn
James Brown 7 MW Ar
Joseph Brown 3 MW Ar
John Brown 8/12 MW Ar

He is not in the Slave Schedule. His younger brother Wm. M. Brown lives at 35/35 and their father is living at 34/34 in the household of James Duncan and his wife Sarah.

1860 Benton Co., Arkansas, Flint Township, p.o. Double Springs; July 7; pg 94 ^[6]
595/589
Elizabeth Brown 49 Tn $600/$250 Farming Widow
Cyntha Brown 27 Tn
Phebe Brown 22 Tn
James Brown 16 Ar Farmer
Joseph Brown 13 Ar
John Brown 10 Ar
Sarah Brown 6 Ar

She is not in the Slave Schedule. Her son Thomas Brown (26) lives at 597/591. Her brother-in-law John Brown lives at 594/588.

1870 Benton Co., Arkansas, Round Prairie Town Ship, p.o. Double Springs; Aug 27; pg 71 ^[7]
476/480
Elizabeth Brown 58 Tn $300/$300 Keeping house
Cyntha Brown 38 Tn
John Brown 20 Ar Farmer
Sarah Brown 17 Ar

Elizabeth's sister-in-law Pelena Brown lives at 478/482. Her son Thomas Brown (36) lives at 475/479. Jesse Brown (27) lives at 477/481. Jesse is the same person as her son James (16) in 1860. He is James J. (35) in 1880.

1880 Benton Co., Arkansas, Anderson Township, ED 10; June 8; pg 14 ^[8]
115/115
Elizabeth Brown 69 Tn Tn Tn Wd Keeping house
Cyntha J. Brown 50 dau Tn Tn Tn S At home
Eliga G. Brown 39 son Tn Tn Tn S Farmer
Sarah E. Brown 24 dau Ar Tn Tn S
Alven E. Brown 5 neph Ar Tn Tn S

Residence

Hezekiah Jr. purchased 39 acres from Hezekiah Sr. deed book GG page 351

Date: 1838

Place: Bedford County, Tennessee, USA

Residence: Moved to Alabama for a short time then back to Tennessee before moving to Arkansas

Date: 1837

Place: Alabama, USA

Residence:

Date: 1835

Place: Bedford County, Tennessee, USA

Residence:

Date: 1843

Place: Washington County, Arkansas, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #117749769
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5S-2T8 : Fri Mar 08 20:21:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Hezekiah Brown, 1830.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTV-BS1 : Sat Mar 09 16:01:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Hesekiah Brown, 1840.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTV-BS1 : Sat Mar 09 16:01:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Hesekiah Brown, 1840.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-68B : Sun Mar 10 07:12:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Hesekiah Brown and Elizabeth Brown, 1850.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87B-PHB : Sat Mar 09 03:45:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Elizabeth Brown and Cyntha Brown, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHB-4RM : Tue Mar 05 10:16:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Elizabeth Brown and Cyntha Brown, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7T-R8R : Fri Mar 08 23:20:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Elizabeth Brown and Cyntha J. Brown, 1880.

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Brown-30834 was created by Robert Brown through the import of Brown Family Tree.ged on Aug 23, 2014.