Edmund Irby Brown (abt. 1743 - 1821)

Born about 1743 in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina

Husband of Nancy Carney (Anderson) Brown — married about 1768 in Bladen, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1821 at about age 78 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Edmund was born circa 1743 in Bladen County, North Carolina.

Married Nancy Anderson circa 1768 in Bladen County.

Found with his father on a tax list in 1768 Archibald McKissack's District, Bladen County, North Carolina. "Thomas Brown and two sons, Edmond and Thomas," were taxed for three white polls ^[1]

Edmund appears on the 1790 census of Cheraw District, South Carolina, household included one white male 16 years or older [Edmund, Sr.], three males under 16 years [his sons, Edmund, James, & Henry], and six females [Nancy and daughters, Selah, Sarah, Nancy, and Charlotte]. The identity of the sixth female in the household is unknown^[2]

On the 1800 census in Marlboro, South Carolina, The household was listed as one male over age 45 [Edmund, Sr.], one male age 10-15 [Edmund, Jr.], four males under 10 years [James, Henry, & ?], one female over age 45 [Nancy], one female age 16-25 [Selah?], two females age 10-15 [Sarah & Nancy], and one female child under 10 years of age [Charlotte].^[3]

1820 census in Marlboro, South Carolina includes only Edmund and one adult female over 25, presumably Nancy. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ William L. Byrd, Bladen Tax Lists Vol. I, pg. 4.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKN-XW7 : accessed 11 August 2020), Edmund Brown, St Thomas, Cheraws District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 359, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRC-SSC : accessed 11 August 2020), Edmond Brown, Marlboro District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 51, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-XQD : accessed 11 August 2020), Edmond Brown Sr, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 70, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 121; FHL microfilm 162,024.

1821 Will, found in the probate records of wife Nancy. "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N396-ZZ?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-VZ4%3A190567801%2C190567102%2C190567802%2C191163901 : 21 May 2014), Marlboro > Probate Court, Estate papers > 1790-1906 > Apartment 17, Package 4 - Apartment 18, Package 13 > image 1177 of 1315; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.