BROWN JOHN SUMMARY

CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA BROWN FAMILY Research Summary John Brown
John Brown was born before 1750, probably in Albemarle County in the part that is now Buckingham County, Virginia. He died in 1836 in Campbell County, Virginia. His wife was Nancy (Ann) Cannifax, the daughter of John Cannifax and Nancy (Ann) Radford. His father was James Brown and his mother was Johanna Neville. His children were: Lucy Brown married Ritchie Pitts 7 Mar 1791 Sarah Brown married John Miller, 1 Dec 1791 Mary Brown married James King, 16 Dec 1797 Elizabeth Brown married Jesse Edds, 20 Feb 1799 John Brown, Jr. married Phillis Dudley, 19 May 1792 The above five children are proved by a series of deeds dividing his estate and other intestate estate records. He also may have had a son James Brown that died before his father with no living descendants. Note: Coleman Pitts, son of Lucy Brown and Ritchie Pitts married Sarah David, daughter of William David and Lucy White. This Lucy White was the daughter of Jesse White and Elizabeth Brown.
John Brown died after 1836 Tax Digest was compiled but at least three months before 8 Aug 1836. His wife Ann Brown died after him but before Dec 1839. John Brown paid tax on two tracts (825 acres and 116 acres) prior to his death. His estate was divided into five (5) parts. Hence, he had five children (either living or deceased with living descendants) at the time of his death. It is clear that the Lucy Brown that married Ritchie Pitts was the daughter of John Brown. Initially, this makes the 1792 marriage of Lucy Brown to Anderson Chick a bit of a mystery. John Brown and James Brown were bondsman and witness to this marriage. Anderson Chick was the son of William Chick who lived in the northeast corner of Pittsylvania County (just across the river from John Brown.) This Lucy Brown is the sister of John Brown.
James Brown (Sr) of Buckingham County A good bit of the information on James Brown comes from the family of Henry White. Three of his children married three of the Children of James Brown and Johannah Neville. James Brown married Joanna Neville. They had a son John Brown that was mentioned in the will of James Neville (who died in 1752), father of Joanna Neville. They also had at least three other children: James Neville Brown, married Lucy White, Martha N. Brown, married Henry Page White and Elizabeth Brown, married Jesse White. Each of the Whites were the children of Henry White and Celia (Page? / Bryant?) of Buckingham County. Additional a likely fifth child Lucy Brown married Anderson Chick. Two daughters of Henry White married brothers Peter David and Isaac David. The Brown, David and White families have quite a tangle of relationships over the next few generations.
James Brown paid tax on 300 acres in the 1764 Tithables List of Buckingham County. He also paid tithes on himself and his son James Neville Brown in 1773. He died before 1782. Johannah /Joanna Brown (widow) paid tax in on the 300 acres from 1787 through 1790 in Buckingham County. She also paid personal taxes from 1782 to 1785. In 1787 and 1789 Lucy Brown paid the taxes. This is the primary clue that leads to the conclusion that this Lucy is the daughter of Johannah Neville. If she were the young daughter of James Neville Brown, there would be no reason for her to have any personal property. If she and her mother lived on the old homeplace, either she or her mother would pay the personal taxes.
From the research of others, Lucy Brown Chick (Cheek) moved on to Georgia. In 1820, Anderson Chick and James Chick were enumerated in Madison County, Georgia. Anderson Chick and James B. Chick died leaving wills in Walton County, Georgia. In the 1850 census of Madison County, Georgia, Lucy Chick appeared in the household of Stephen White and his wife Lucy White. Lucy White was the daughter of Henry Page White and Martha Nevil Brown (sister of Lucy Chick.).
James (Neville) Brown of Buckingham County, Virginia, Campbell County, Virginia and Elbert County, Georgia. Lucy Brown and Joanna Brown witnessed a deed of John Brown in 1790. James Brown and Johannah Brown witnessed the marriage of Lucy Brown to Ritchie Pitts in 1791. James Brown witnessed a few deeds through at least 1809. James Brown was a third party to a trust deed for money loaned by John Brown in 1806. This suggests a close relationship; however neither James Brown or any children of his participated in the division of John Brown's estate. Also it appears that James (Neville) Brown was already in Elbert County, Georgia when there is still another James Brown in northern Pittsylvania County. This suggest that one James Brown was a son of John Brown and died at some time after 1809, but before his father and had no living children when his father died; and the other James Brown was the brother of John Brown.
James Brown appeared in the tax digests of Buckingham County which dovetails with the arrival of him in Campbell County. He paid taxes in Buckingham County from 1782 through 1788, in Campbell County in 1789, back to Buckingham County in 1790 and returning to Campbell County from 1791 to 1799 (missing two years). James Brown appears in a number of records with his brother John Brown. He appears in the Personal Property Tax Digests of Campbell County for the years: 1789, 1791, 1793-1796, 1798-1799. He is missing from the Personal Property Tax Digests in : 1790, 1792, 1797, and 1800-1802. As of the date of this summary, I have not checked beyond 1802. He does not pay tax on any land in Campbell County. There is nothing much to connect him to John Brown in the tax digests other than he paid taxes on the same day as John Brown in 1798 and 1799. Yet another James Brown married Hannah Abbott on 2 Mar 1785 in Pittsylvania County. This appears to be an unrelated James Brown.
Bk-Pg	Date	Grantor	Grantee	Acres	Location
James Brown
VA Campbell DB 03.058	3 Jan 1790	John Brown and His Wife Nancy Brown	William Canifax, Jr.	53	Staunton R.
£75. Witnesses: James Kenny, Lucy Brown and Joana Brown. Recorded April 7, 1791. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1790-1796, page 10. Note: John Brown purchased this land in 1770 when it was a part of Bedford County. He was from Buckingham County.
20 May 1803. John Brown and James Brown witnessed the will of Joseph Edds. Campbell County, Virginia, Will Book 2, Page 186. Note: The will mentions, among others, a son Jesse Edds. A few years earlier Jesse Edds married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of John Brown.
VA Pittsylvania DB 15.265	1 Nov 1806	Isaac East and His Wife Joyce East	John Brown Sr of Campbell County	36
£36. Lot Two of division of lands of THOMAS EAST, deceased, between Thomas East and Elizabeth East. Witnessed by Thomas East, James Brown, Joseph West and John Brown. Recorded on 16 Feb 1807.
VA Pittsylvania DB 16.262	10 ___, 1806	Thomas East	James Brown of Campbell County	125	Staunton River
Mortgaged to secure a loan of £28 sh9 by John Brown Sr of Campbell County. Adjacent Ezekial East and William East. Witnessed by Joseph West, John Brown Jr and Edward Bybe. Recorded on 16 Feb 1807.
VA Pittsylvania DB 17.267	10 Mar 1809	Thomas East and His Wife Mildred	John Brown Sr of Campbell County	125	Staunton River
£58. Adjacent Ezekial East. Witnessed by Bennett Organ, Thomas Templeton, Elis Habell, James Brown and Jefse Harvey. Recorded on 15 Apr 1810.
John Brown m. Ann Burnley
A Burnley Connection Is Unlikely. Another John Brown married Ann Burnley, daughter of Israel Burnley in Bedford County a few years after John Brown of Staunton River first arrived in Bedford County. At that time Bedford County included present day Campbell County. The will of John Cannifax names, among others, his daughter Nancy Brown, wife of John Brown. John Brown of Staunton River lived immediately adjacent to John Cannifax. The following deed shows Israel Burnley lived on Little Falling River. The Little Falling River is in the far east section of present day Campbell County, near the intersection with present day Appomattox and Charlotte Counties.
VA Campbell DB 01.191	29 Mar 1783	Israel Burnley	Benjamin Johnson	600	both sides of Little Falling River
400£. Conveyed by Richard Swenson and Guy Smith to said Burnley by deed proved in Bedford County on 23 Jun 1767, together with 900 acres patented to said Burnley on 1 Sep 1780. Bounded by William Jordan, Jones, Venable, and Good. Witnessed by Thomas Jones, William Jordan, Joseph Aken and William Mckinzie. Recorded on 6 Nov 1783. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 19. Hannah Burnley released her dower rights in Campbell County, Virginia Deed Book 1, Page 247. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 23. Note: John Brown's wife released dower rights under the name "Ann" and "Nancy" and later "Ann". Because of the distance between Israel Burnley's land from John Brown's land on the Staunton River, it is highly unlikely that he is one and the same as the husband on Ann Burnley.
Burnley Marriages from Bedford County Genweb Site Jan. 20, 1776 John Brown & Ann Burnley, dt Israel; Joel Burnley, Surety. Dec. 21, 1778 John Barksdale & Susanna Burnley, dt Israel; John W. Holt, Surety.
John Brown
VA Bedford DB 03.422	27 Mar 1770	John Murphy	John Brown of Buckingham County	53	Stanton River
£55. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 27 Mar 1770.
VA PB D.010	20 Jul 1780	Commonwealth of Virginia	John Canefax	254	north side of Staunton River
In Bedford County . Surveyed on 8 Nov 1770. Bounded by his own land, John Brown and James Tolbot's branch. Note: On 5 Apr 1748, The Commonwealth of Virginia granted John Denny 191 acres on the north side of Staunton River. See Virginia Patent Book 26, 1747-1748, Page 323. On the same day, the Commonwealth of Virginia Granted John Denny 150 acres on the south side of Staunton River. See Virginia Patent Book 26, 1747-1748, Page 325. At the time this land was in Brunswick County and was remote frontier. It was probably a good location for a ford or a ferry. Note: On 22 Sep 1766, The Commonwealth of Virginia granted Jacob Faris 34 acres on the north side of Staunton River. See Virginia Patent Book 36, 1764-1767, Page 991. These three grants and the grant dated 20 Jul 1780 to John Canefax fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
VA PB D.737	1 Mar 1781	Commonwealth of Virginia	John Brown, Assignee of James Vest	354	north side of Staunton River
In Bedford County. Surveyed on 15 Mar 1780. Bounded by Cannefax, James Talbot's Branch, Denny's Road, Alford, Thomas Vest, James Martin, Cattamount branch. Note: This grant likewise fits together neatly with the other four grants above.
VA Campbell DB 02.093	11 Nov 1784	Henry Trueman	John Thompson	—	—
Mortgaged several slaves . Witnesses: Ro Alexander, John Brown, D. Bullock and Jesse Cobbs. Recorded November 3, 1785. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 17.
VA Campbell DB 02.187	3 Oct 1785	William Alford and His Wife Martha Alford	John Brown	200	near Staunton R.
£150. Known by the name of Alfords Mountain. Witnesses: Micajah Davis, Joseph Childress and John Vest. Recorded February 1, 1787. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 30.
VA Campbell DB 02.090	5 Oct 1785	John Brown and His Wife Ann Brown	James Kenny	100	bs Cattermount Branch near Staunton R.
£10. Bounded by Eadds and Rice. Witnesses: none. Recorded October 6, 1785. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 17.
VA Campbell DB 02.220	28 Mar 1787	James Doss of Pittsylvania County	John Cannifax	—	ns Staunton R.
£50. Bounded by the Hill, Alford's line. Proved by oaths of William Brown and Benjamin Canifax and the affirmation of John Brown, being one of the people called Quakers. Witnesses: William Brown, John Brown, Zackeriah Doss and Benjamin Doss. Recorded June 7, 1787. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 35.
VA Pittsylvania DB 08.440	15 Sep 1789	George Vest and His Wife Sarah Vest	John Brown of Campbell County	200	Beachtree Creek
£25. Adjacent Alford. Witnessed by Thomas East, Ezekial East and John Hester. Recorded on 21 Sep 1789.
VA Campbell DB 03.058	3 Jan 1790	John Brown and His Wife Nancy Brown	William Canifax, Jr.	53	Staunton R.
£75. Witnesses: James Kenny, Lucy Brown and Joana Brown. Recorded April 7, 1791. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1790-1796, page 10. Note: John Brown purchased this land in 1770 when it was a part of Bedford County. He was from Buckingham County.
VA Campbell DB 08.441	7 May 1794	James Bell	John Brown	—	—
Bound his sons James Bell (born 25 Nov 1777) and Elisha Bell (born 8 Oct 1793) as indentured servants. The indenture was conditioned on John Brown teaching them to read and write. Witnesses: Benjamin Terrell and Sarah Terrell. Recorded 10 Apr 1809. Campbell County, Virginia Deed Book 8, Page 441. Note: Elisha Bell was probably born in 1783. It is highly unlikely that a one year old would be indentured! The recorded deed clearly reads 1793.
VA Campbell DB 03.538	4 Jun 1795	Gideon Lea and His Wife Ann Lea	William Davis, Jr.	125	head branches of Fishing Cr.
£70. Witnesses: Thos. Wiatt, John Brown and Joel Yancey. Recorded June 4, 1795. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1790-1796, page 85.
20 May 1803. John Brown and James Brown witnessed the will of Joseph Edds. Campbell County, Virginia, Will Book 2, Page 186. Note: The will mentions, among others, a son Jesse Edds. A few years earlier Jesse Edds married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of John Brown.
VA Pittsylvania DB 15.265	1 Nov 1806	Isaac East and His Wife Joyce East	John Brown Sr of Campbell County	36
£36. Lot Two of division of lands of Thomas East, deceased, between Thomas East and Elizabeth East. Witnessed by Thomas East, James Brown, Joseph West and John Brown. Recorded on 16 Feb 1807.
VA Pittsylvania DB 16.262	10 ___, 1806	Thomas East	James Brown of Campbell County	125	Staunton River
Mortgaged to secure a loan of £28 sh9 by John Brown Sr of Campbell County. Adjacent Ezekial East and William East. Witnessed by Joseph West, John Brown Jr and Edward Bybe. Recorded on 16 Feb 1807.
VA Pittsylvania DB 17.267	10 Mar 1809	Thomas East and His Wife Mildred	John Brown Sr of Campbell County	125	Staunton River
£58. Adjacent Ezekial East. Witnessed by Bennett Organ, Thomas Templeton, Elis Habell, James Brown and Jefse Harvey. Recorded on 15 Apr 1810.
VA Pittsylvania DB 17.135	18 Aug 1810	Samuel Pannill & Co.	John Brown of Campbell County	67	Staunton River
£60. Adjacent East's Ferry, Isaac East and Widow East. Proved by Samuel Stone, partner. Recorded on 20 Aug 1810.
VA Pittsylvania DB 18.230	__ ___, 1813	Enoch Organ	John Brown Jr of Campbell County	284	Staunton River
Mortgaged to secure a loan of ______ by John Brown Sr of Campbell County. Adjacent John Brown, Sr., Ezekial East, John West, David Hunt and Cornelius McHaney Sr. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 19 Apr 1813
VA Campbell DB 10.324	__ Apr 1814	John Brown	Edward Bybe	30	Stanton R. near Cannafax Ford
£10. Bounded by Cannafax (now Hunt) and Bybe. His wife Ann Brown released her dower rights. Witnesses: Asa Craddock, Charles Rice and William Bybe. Recorded 9 May 1814.
VA Pittsylvania DB 18.441	16 Apr 1814	Enoch Organ	John Brown of Campbell County	15-3/4	Stanton River
£47 sh5. Adjacent said Brown. Witnessed by John T Craddock, James Templeton, John Turner, Cornelius Turner and James Pitts. Recorded on 18 Apr 1814.
VA Pittsylvania DB 24.569	17 Aug 1822	James Pitts	James King
Mortgaged personal property to secure a loan of $553.00 by John Brown, Sr. Witnessed by John Pitts and William West. Recorded on 19 Aug 1822.
VA Pittsylvania DB 25.089	15 Oct 1822	John Brown, Sr., of Campbell County	His Daughter Lucy Pitts	200	west side of Beech Tree Creek
Gift. Adjacent David Hunt, Ritchies Pitts, deceased and John Lester. Witnessed by John Hunt and Francis Luck. Recorded on 16 Oct 1822.
VA Campbell DB 23.212	1 Dec 1837	Isaac Miller as Power of Attorney for John Miller and his wife Sally Miller (formerly Sally Brown), James King and his wife Polly King (formerly Polly Brown), John Brown, Jr. and Phyllis his wife and Lucy Pitts (formerly Lucy Brown), legatees of the estate of John Brown, deceased	Robert Walthall	116	Buck Branch
$80. Four-fifths (4/5) Part. Adjacent Philip Payne, Samuel Dew, Leroy Dawson and Said Robert Walthall. Conveyed by Edmund Storer to John Brown, Deceased. Witnesses: William J. Harvey, Isham Hall and Edmund Brown. Recorded 14 Sep 1840. Note: This is a fantastic deed to prove the children and spouses of John Brown. The 4/5 part indicates that John Brown had five surviving children (or deceased with living descendants). The fifth part would have belonged to the children of Jesse Edds.
VA Campbell DB 22.029	13 Mar 1838	John Miller and His Wife Salley Miller of Logan County, Virginia	John Brown [Jr.]	183	Staunton R.
$260.37. Lot 3 of division of the estate of John Brown, Sr., bounded by Lot 2 drawn by Jesse Edds children, Lot 4 drawn by Lucy Pitts, Rice and Raynes. Witnesses: John Hill and Nathaniel Miller. Recorded 9 Apr 1838.
VA Campbell DB 23.219	29 Nov 1838	Lucy Pitts of Pittsylvania County	John Brown, Jr. and James Brown	187	Stanton R.
$414. Lot 4 of the division of the estate of John Brown, deceased. Adjacent William Rice and said John Brown, Jr. Witnesses: Edmund Brown, Henry Brown and William Brown. Recorded 29 Jun 1839.
VA Campbell DB 22.211	18 Jan 1839	John Brown, Jr.	John Roper, Jr., appointed by the court to sell the dower lands of Ann Brown, deceased	—	—
Gave a Trust Deed to, with William A. Clement as Trustee, to secure three bonds: $732 payable in 12 months and $434 in two bonds: one for $217 payable 2 Feb 1839; and $217 payable on 2 Feb 1840. The security for the deed was a slave Sarah, 217 acres bought under decree of Chancery Court of Harrison Eadds and others plaintiffs against Thomas Johnson, and 183 acres allotted John Brown, Jr. in the estate of his father John Brown, deceased. The deed references two lawsuits: John Brown and others, plaintiffs against Lucy Pitts; and Harrison Eadds and others plaintiffs against Thomas Johnson. Witnesses: none. Recorded 18 Jan 1839. Campbell County, Virginia Deed Book 22, Page 211.
VA Campbell DB 22.299	19 Apr 1839	John Brown, [Jr.]	John Roper, Jr., appointed by the court to sell the dower lands of Anna Brown, deceased	276	ns Staunton R.
Trust deed with Daniel Marr as Trustee and Henry Brown as security, to secure a bond for $963.24 payable on 17 Apr 1840. The security for the deed was 276 acres on ns Staunton R. bounded by Jesse Edds. Witnesses: none. Recorded 19 Apr 1839.
VA Campbell DB 22.300	19 Apr 1839	John Brown, [Jr.]	John Roper, Jr., appointed by the court to sell the dower lands of Anna Brown, deceased	225	ns Staunton R.
Trust deed with Daniel Marr as Trustee and Henry Brown as security, to secure a bond for $963.24 payable on 17 Apr 1840. The security for the deed was a slave Sam and 225 acres on ns Stanton R. Witnesses: none. Recorded 19 Apr 1839.
Estate Proceedings of John Brown, Deceased
8 Aug 1836. Ordered that the estate of John Brown, Sr. Be committed to Sackville King sheriff of this county to be administered as the law directs, it appearing to the court that said Brown has departed this life more than three months before this term, and no person having applied for administration of his estate. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 21, page 341.
Sep 1836. On the motion of Ann Brown widow of John Brown, deceased it is ordered that Philip Payne, Bowling Clark, Thomas Johnson and Thomas Fox or any three of them being first sworn for the proposed allot to her for her dower in the estate of her deceased husband and report to the court. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 22, page 24.
Oct 1836. On the motion of James Pitts it is ordered that a commission of lunacy issue to three justices of the peace for the county of Pittsylvania to inquire into the state of Ann Brown’s mind and report to this court on the first day of the next term whether her mind is sound and whether in their opinion she is capable of taking care of her estate. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 22, page 42.
Nov 1837. Lucy Pitts, John Miller and Sally his wife, James King and Polly his wife, Harrison Eadds, Hairston Eadds, Nevel Eadds, Leftwich Eadds, Hunter Eadds, Jesse Marcrum and Lockey his wife, James George and Eliza his wife, Isham Hall and Jincey his wife, Thomas Layne and Jinney his wife Joseph Akers, and Betsy his wife and Nancy Eadds and John Brown, Jr., Plaintiffs against Anne Brown, Jesse Burton, guardian ad litem of Anne Brown and Sackville King, sheriff of Campbell County, and as such administrator of John Brown, deceased, Defendants. In Chancery. This cause came on this day to be heard on the bill and answer by consent of the parties and was argued by counsel on consideration whereof the court doth adjudge order and decree that Thomas Fox, Philip Payne, Bowling Clark and Samuel Dews or any three of them who are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose to assign to the said Anne Brown one third [of the land] according to the quantity and quality and one third of the slaves in value in the bill mentioned to be held by her during her life and the balance of the land and slaves divide into five equal parts, the land according to quantity and quality and the slaves according to value and assign to Lucy Pitts one fifth thereof, to John Miller and Sally his wife one fifth thereof, to James King and Polly his wife one fifth thereof, to Harrison Eadds, Hairston Eadds, Nevil Eadds, Leftwich Eadds, Hunter Eadds, Jesse Marcrum and Lockey his wife, James George and Elizabeth his wife, Isham Hall and Jincey his wife, Thomas Layne and Jenney his wife Joseph Akers, and Betsy his wife and Nancy Eadds one fifth thereof, and to John Brown[, Jr.] one fifth thereof to be held by them as their absolute property and report in order to a final decree, but the parties are not to have the benefit of this decree as far as it relates to the division of the slaves until they give to Sackville King administrator of John Brown, Sr. refunding bonds with good security. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 22, page 328.
Mar 1838. John Dudley, Plaintiff, against Sackville King Sheriff of Campbell County and as such administrstor of John Brown, Sr., deceased and Jefse Markrum, Defendants. In Chancery. Jefse Markrum not having entered his appearance,... [order to serve process by legal advertising]. No details of the case are listed. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 23, page 29.
Dec 1838. John Rosser, Plaintiffs against Lucy Pitts, Defendant. In Chancery. This day this cause came on by consent of the parties to be heard upon the bill and answer and was argued by counsel, upon consideration whereof, and by the like consent of the Court doth adjudge order and decree that John Rosser, Jr., who is hereby appointed a commissioner for that purpose to proceed to sell the said 5 slaves [as the dower slaves] of Anna Brown, deceased in the estate of her late husband John Brown, Sr. deceased to the highest bidder upon a credit of 12 months after advertising the time and place of sale at least twenty days previous thereto at the most public places in the neighborhood thereof and take bond and good security for the purchase money, and report his proceedings to the Court in Order to a final decree. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 23, page 116. See also Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 23, page 119.
Feb 1839. Similar order to Dec 1838, but in this case to sell the dower lands of Anny Brown, deceased in the estate of her late husband John Brown, Sr. deceased. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 23, page 133.
Dec 1839. Commissioners appointed to settle the account current of the estate [i.e. close out the estate] of Ann Brown, deceased. Campbell County, Virginia Order Book 23, page 235.
Note: This is a great set of estate records. The estate of John Brown was opened in Aug 1836. One month later, his widow Anne Brown applied for her dower rights; and just one more month later a lunacy hearing was started against her. Apparently she was unable to handle her affairs. It is apparent she was living with her daughter Lucy Pitts. In 1837, the heirs of John Brown brought an action against her to settle the dower rights. The order of the court is a classic division of an estate. The suit appears to have been necessary to divide the estate with her being incompetent to handle her own affairs. She had died by Dec 1838 when an action was brought to sell her dower slaves.
Compiled by David Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075, davidhr@hushmail.com