Morgan Welles Brown V (1800 - 1853)

Born 1 Jan 1800 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Maria (Childress) Brown — married 7 Nov 1826 in Davidson, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1853 at age 53 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Morgan Brown V was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

Morgan Welles Brown (January 1, 1800 – March 7, 1853) was a United States federal judge. ^[1]

Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, and named after his father Dr. Morgan Brown IV (a revolutionary war soldier), his mother was the former Elizabeth Little. His parents had migrated from Grassy Island on the Peedee River in Anson County, North Carolina, where his father had been born, to Tennessee in 1795. They first settled on the Cumberland River where his father established the town and port of entry of Palmyra in Montgomery County and was made Collector for the District of Tennessee.

Morgan Welles Brown read law in the offices of his elder brother William Little Brown (1789 – 1830) who had served as Solicitor General of Tennessee (1814–1822) and as Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals and Errors of the State of Tennessee (1822–1824).

Admitted to the bar sometime prior to his elder brother's death in 1830, Morgan Welles Brown had established a private practice in Nashville, Tennessee by 1833. He was also a newspaper editor for one of the leading Nashville newspapers, the Nashville Republican, from 1832 to 1833. He was described as a man "of considerable reading and literary tastes, a fine miscellaneous writer . . . and a gentleman of polished manners and high social qualities."

In total from January 3, 1834 when he was first appointed, until his death on March 7, 1853, he served as a federal judge for 19 years.

He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville.

On November 10, 1826, while still a law student, Morgan Welles Brown had married Ann Maria Childress (1809 – 1878) of Nashville. They had three children: William L. Brown, Jane (Brown) Williams and Elizabeth (Brown) Stevenson.

Research Notes

• MORGAN BROWN OF RICHMOND & ANSON COUNTIES, NC TO DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN.

The data on this page has been gleaned from census records and marriage and death records. Corrections or additions welcome.

Researched by Myrtle Bridges March 30, 2011

The Weekly Herald, (New York, NY) Saturday, March 12, 1853; Issue 11; col F. Obituary of Morgan W. Brown, District Judge of the United States fro the District of Tennessee, died at Nashville on the 7th instant, aged 53 years. Judge Brown was born on the first day of the present century. He was on the bench as District Judge about twenty years, and was the second District Judge in Tennessee, having succeeded the Hon. John McNairy, who was appointed by General Washington in 1796. He was the great grandson, on the mother's side, of that Stuart who fled from Scotland after the battle of Culloden in 1745, and who settled in South Carolina. Doctor Morgan Brown, father of the deceased, was a Revolutionary soldier, and fought in almost every bloody field in his native State, (South Carolina), from Eutaw to King's Mountain (in North Carolina).

He was the great grandson, on the mother's side, of that Stuart who fled from Scotland after the battle of Culloden, in 1745, and who settled in South Carolina.

The above may refer to Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart who was a grandson of King James VII who was driven out of Britain in 1688 because of his support of the Catholic faith. Prince Charlie, claimant to the British throne led the Scottish Highland army in the Forty-five Rebellion. (Myrtle Bridges). [1]

Morgan W. Brown

Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950 Name: Morgan W. Brown Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 7 Nov 1826 Event Place: Davidson, Tennessee, United States Event Place (Original): Davidson, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Ann Maria Childress Spouse's Gender: Female

Judge Morgan Welles Brown, V

BIRTH 1800 DEATH 7 Mar 1853 (aged 52–53) Tennessee, USA BURIAL Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 7359439 Find A Grave: Memorial #7359439 - Judge Morgan Welles Brown, V

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Welles_Brown

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[2]

• "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950." Database. FamilySearch. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3R-YJS): 18 March 2020. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

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