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1. William Brown I. Born in County Ulster, Ireland. William died after 1761 in Augusta Co Va.

On May 22 1740, William Brown and several other heads of families appeared at the Orange Court to prove their importation in order to hold legal title to land in the colony. These familes came from Ireland to Philadelphia and continued on to Virginia. They acquired land in what was called "The Irish Tract" because the settlers where mostly Scotch-Irish. This tract was also called the Beverley Manor Patent. Prior to the organization of Augusta Co in 1745 92 families recorded their deeds in Orange Co. Most were associated with the Tinkling Spring Meeting House. William Brown and is family were part of this church. William served in the Augusta Co Malitia in 1742. There is a record dated 5-19-1761 where Mary qualified as administratrix of her husbands estate. After Williams death Mary took her family to the new settlement in the Greenbrier valley.

before 1740 William married Mary Unknown, in Ulster, Ireland. Born in Ireland. Mary died in 1817 in Greenbrier Co Va.

They had the following children:

i. Samuel. Born in Augusta Co Va. Samuel died on November 16, 1793 in Greenbrier Co Va.

ii. John. John died on June 25, 1839 in Augusta Co, Va.

iii. Sally.

iv. Martha.

v. Dorothy.

vi. Mary.

Mary married James Nelson.

2 vii. William (1730-1809)

viii. Margaret. Born in 1749 in Augusta Co, Va.

ix. Alexander. Born before 1761 in Augusta Co, Va. Alexander died in Augusta Co, Va on September 17, 1822, he was 61. In July 1809 when Alexander was 48, he married Margaret Cart, in Augusta Co, Va.

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2. William Brown II. Born on May 20, 1730 in Augusta Co VA. William died in Monroe Co VA in May 1809, he was 78.

About the time of the Revolutionary War, William and Jane (Doak) Brown bought land in the new settlement in the Greenbrier Valley a short distance from present day Union WV in Monroe Co. They settled here, built a home a raised a family of 8 children. Coming with William and Jane to Greenbrier Co was his widowed mother Mary and her family of grown boys and girls, most of whom were still unmarried.

In 1757 when William was 26, he married Jane Doak, daughter of Samuel Doak & Jane Mitchell, in Augusta Co VA. Born in 1745 in Augusta Co VA. Jane died in Greenbrier Co Va in 1758, she was 13.

They had the following children:

i. Rosanna.

3 ii. William (1759-1822)

iii. Mary. Born in 1761 in Monroe Co Va.

iv. John. Born in 1763 in Augusta Co VA.

v. Sarah. Born in 1767 in Augusta Co, Va.

On November 24, 1812 when Sarah was 45, she married Archibald Gray, in Monroe Co Va.

vi. Alexander. Born about 1784 in Augusta Co VA. Alexander died in Nicholas Co, Va about 1839, he was 55.

On November 18, 1805 when Alexander was 21, he married Mary Foster, in Monroe Co VA. Born about 1786 in Prince William Co, Va. Mary died in Nicholas Co, Va about 1840, she was 54.

vii. Jane. Born in 1789 in Augusta Co VA. Jane died about 1891, she was 102.

On April 16, 1807 when Jane was 18, she married John Morris, in Kanawha Co WV.

viii. Margaret. Born about 1790 in Augusta Co VA. Margaret died about 1895, she was 105.

On August 11, 1811 when Margaret was 21, she married Moses Ewing, in Kanawha Co WV.

ix. Elizabeth. Born in Monroe Co Va. Elizabeth died in Nicholas Co, WV.

Elizabeth married Nimrod Foster. Born on March 2, 1754. Nimrod died in Nicholas Co, WV on June 13, 1818, he was 64.

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3. William Brown III. Born in 1759 in Augusta Co VA. William died in Indian Creek, Monroe Co VA in 1822, he was 63.

William and Sarah(Guy) Brown established a home on 230 acres of land located on Bradshaw Run where they raised a family of 11 children, 7 of whom never married. Of the 4 who married, 3 came to what is now Boone Co. William set off in the early 1780's to rescue his wife and son James who had been captured in a raid on the Monroe settlements.

On January 7, 1782 when William was 23, he married Sarah Guy, in Botetourt Co VA. Born in 1767 in Augusta Co VA. Sarah died after 1820, she was 53.

They had the following children:

4 i. James (~1783-1849)

ii. John. Born in 1782 in Monroe Co Va.

iii. Robert. Born in 1785 in Monroe Co Va.

iv. Margaret. Born in 1789 in Monroe Co Va.

Margaret married Ruben Massey.

v. Nancy. Born in 1790 in Monroe Co, Va. Nancy died on April 4, 1872, she was 82.

On December 27, 1819 when Nancy was 29, she married John Jarrell, in Monroe Co VA.

vi. Alexander. Born about 1795 in Monroe Co, Va.

vii. Martha. Born in 1801 in Monroe Co, Va. Martha died in Monroe Co, Va in 1867, she was 66.

viii. Jane. Born in 1805 in Monroe Co, Va. Jane died in Monroe Co VA in 1861, she was 56.

ix. Sarah. Born in 1810 in Monroe Co, Va.

x. Mary. Born in 1812 in Monroe Co, Va. Mary died in 1851, she was 39.

xi. Elizabeth. Born in 1813 in Monroe Co, Va. Elizabeth died in 1867, she was 54.

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4. James Brown. Born about 1783 in Indian Creek, Monroe Co, VA. James died in Boone Co VA in 1849, he was 66.

One of the eary families that came to what is now Boone County and settled with the people here, was the family of James and Lucy (Ferrell) Brown, who came from Monroe County in 1823. They brought with them a large family of children, and settled on the upper West Fork of Pond. Perhaps the first settler in that part of Boone County. James Brown was born in 1780 in the part of Greembrier County that was later to become Monroe County. He was the son of William III and Sarah Brown and was the oldest of eleven children. There is one incident that took place in the early 1780's that involved James and his mother Sarah. In Alfred Beckley's Memoirs which was written July 19 1876, and published in 1955 wrote in his book on page 43: "The last Indian war party, or expedition, to the Monroe river settlements of which we have account, had captured some white people, chiefly women and children, among others a mother with a suckling baby in her arms, and they retraced their way with their captives and plunder and some horses, to the "painted trees"(Paint Creek), where they struck camp, thinking themselves secure from pursuit. However, a party of whites, under a resolute leader, had, by rapid pursuit, overtaken them, and in the night, which was wet and drizzly, quietly surrounded them, remaining silent and hidden. As soon as it was light enough in the morning to discern objects the Indians were seen with their blankets on, grouped around their fires, and among others, a tall gigantic Indian a head and shoulder taller than the rest, doubtless the leader of the party. At a signal from the leader of the whites, they emptied their rifles. Down went their leader and one or two more, the rest fled, and the captives were rescued. In 1840 the writer (Alfred Beckley) was at the house of an old gentleman named James Brown, on the West Fork of Little Coal River, and he told him that he was himself the identical baby in his mother's arms on this occasion." Soon after James and his mother werre returned to Monroe County, James' father William III patented 230 acres of land on Bradshaw Run of Indian Creek, where James grew up, and on May 9 1804 married Lucy Ferrell. After their marriage, James and Lucy Brown made their home in Monroe County for nearly twenty years, during which time at least eight children were born. They had three more children born after their move to Boone County.

On May 9, 1804 when James was 21, he married Lucy Ferrell, daughter of William Ferrell, in Monroe Co VA. Born in 1784 in Indian Creek, Monroe Co, VA. Lucy died in Boone Co VA in 1850, she was 66.

They had the following children:

i. Margaret. Born in 1805 in Monroe Co VA. Margaret died in Boone Co VA on December 23, 1889, she was 84.

In 1826 when Margaret was 21, she married Joseph Halstead, in Monroe Co VA. Born in 1804 in Boone Co, Va. Joseph died in Boone Co, WV.

ii. William. Born in 1807 in Monroe Co VA. William died in Boone Co WV after 1860, he was 53.

iii. Delilah. Born in 1811 in Monroe Co Va. Delilah died in Raleigh Co, WV.

In 1833 when Delilah was 22, she married John P Miller, in Boone Co, Va. Born in 1809 in Monroe Co VA.

iv. Catherine. Born on August 3, 1813 in Monroe Co Va. Catherine died about 1881, she was 67.

In 1833 when Catherine was 19, she married Squire Pauley. Born in 1813 in Monroe Co VA.

v. Wilson. Born in 1816 in Monroe Co, Va.

vi. Granville. Born in 1819 in Monroe Co VA. Granville died in Kanawha Co WV on July 10, 1863, he was 44.

On February 21, 1842 when Granville was 23, he married Melinda Green, in Kanawha Co WV.

5 vii. James Jr. (1821-1896)

viii. Elizabeth. Born in 1825 in Boone Co VA. Elizabeth died in Boone Co WV on June 11, 1889, she was 64.

On March 24, 1844 when Elizabeth was 19, she married David Pierce Workman, in Boone Co VA. Born on June 1, 1822 in Tazewell Co VA.

ix. Andrew Jackson. Born in 1826.

x. Rufus. Born in 1831.

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5. James Jr. Brown. Born on March 14, 1821 in Indian Creek, Monroe Co, VA. James Jr. died in Boone Co WV on October 14, 1896, he was 75.

James served in the Civil War on the Union Side. His brothers on Rock

Creek served on the Confederate side.

In 1845 when James Jr. was 23, he married Elizabeth Ferrell, daughter of John Ferrell & Catherine Tabor, in Boone Co VA. Born in 1827 in Boone Co WV. Elizabeth died in Boone Co WV.

They had the following children:

6 i. Granville (1846-1923)

ii. Harriet. Born in 1848 in Boone Co VA. Harriet died in Boone Co WV in 1924, she was 76.

On June 29, 1862 when Harriet was 14, she first married Matthew E. Mooney, in Boone Co, (W)VA. Born in 1847 in Mercer Co VA.

about 1870 when Harriet was 22, she second married Isaac Workman, in Boone Co WV. Born in May 1833 in Boone Co VA.

iii. Martha Ann. Born in 1850 in Boone Co VA. Martha Ann died in Boone Co VA on November 24, 1854, she was 4.

iv. Cynthia. Born on May 20, 1856 in Boone Co VA.

On December 18, 1873 when Cynthia was 17, she married William Riley Gunnoe, in Boone Co WV. Born in November 1852.

v. Rufus S. Born on October 25, 1859 in Boone Co WV. Rufus S died in Raleigh Co, WV on January 19, 1932, he was 72.

On July 24, 1880 when Rufus S was 20, he first married Martha Pettry, in Boone Co WV. Born on June 17, 1866 in Raleigh Co, WV. Martha died in Raleigh Co, WV in 1910, she was 43.

On September 20, 1915 when Rufus S was 55, he second married Jennie Richmond Totten, in Boone Co, WV. Born about 1883 in Raleigh Co, WV.

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6. Granville Brown. Born on July 7, 1846 in Boone Co WV. Granville died in Boone Co WV on July 18, 1923, he was 77.

On June 8, 1876 when Granville was 29, he first married Margaret Milam, in Boone Co WV. Born on March 1, 1855 in Boone Co WV. Margaret died in Whitesville, Boone Co, WV in 1898, she was 42.

They had the following children:

i. Artimisha. Born on July 9, 1877 in Boone Co, WV. Artimisha died in Boone Co, WV on July 3, 1966, she was 88.

ii. Sylvester C.. Born on September 2, 1879 in Boone Co, WV.

iii. George S.. Born on May 16, 1882 in Boone Co, WV.

iv. Aurie. Born in 1883 in Boone Co, WV. Aurie died in Boone Co, WV on October 4, 1893, he was 10.

v. Jacob. Born on October 10, 1886 in Boone Co, WV. Jacob died in Boone Co, WV in 1968, he was 81.

vi. Snodin. Born on March 30, 1889 in Boone Co, WV.

vii. Rhoda. Born on February 1, 1890 in Boone Co, WV. Rhoda died in Boone Co, WV on December 21, 1964, she was 74.

viii. Lewis. Born on August 15, 1896 in Boone Co, WV.

ix. Granville Jr. Born in December 1898 in Whitesville, Boone Co, WV. Granville Jr died in Whitesville, WV on May 31, 1915, he was 16.

x. Pearl. Born on December 13, 1899 in Boone Co, WV. Pearl died in Reynoldsburg, Oh about 1987, she was 87.

Pearl married Alex Dotson Stanley, in WV.

On August 2, 1902 when Granville was 56, he second married Martha Collins, daughter of Anderson Collins & Delitha Collins, in Boone Co WV. Born on December 26, 1873 in Wyoming Co WV. Martha died in Whitesville, Boone Co, WV on November 11, 1949, she was 75. They had the following children:

7 i. Vertie Marie (1903-1983)

ii. Julia Irene. Born on December 5, 1905 in Boone Co, WV. Julia Irene died in Boone Co, WV on April 18, 1978, she was 72.

On February 23, 1921 when Julia Irene was 15, she married Roy Thompson, in Boone Co, WV.

iii. Inez Baker. Born on March 17, 1907 in Boone Co, WV. Inez Baker died in Kanawha Co, WV on November 22, 1978, she was 71.

On December 31, 1924 when Inez Baker was 17, she married Everette E Pettry, in Boone Co, WV.

iv. Rufus. Born about 1908 in Boone Co, WV.

On January 29, 1929 when Rufus was 21, he married Alpha Brown, in Boone Co, WV. Born on January 12, 1914 in Raleigh Co, WV.

v. Harriette H. Born on April 11, 1910 in Cabin Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. Harriette H died in Boone Co, WV on December 6, 1989, she was 79.

On July 19, 1928 when Harriette H was 18, she married Albert Ray Ferrell, in Boone Co, WV.

vi. Jackson. Born on January 18, 1912 in Cabin Creek, Kanawha Co, WV. Jackson died in Kanawha Co, WV on June 13, 1989, he was 77.

On January 23, 1934 when Jackson was 22, he married Virginia Milam Fultz, in Boone Co, WV. Born on April 10, 1913 in Boone Co, WV. Virginia Milam died in Kanawha Co, WV on June 10, 1972, she was 59.

vii. Clara. Born on March 31, 1914 in Boone Co, WV.

On January 23, 1934 when Clara was 19, she married Clifford Estep, in Boone Co, WV. Born on January 30, 1906 in Kanawha Co, WV. Clifford died in Boone Co, WV on February 23, 1971, he was 65.

viii. Elizabeth. Born on May 10, 1917 in Boone Co, WV. Elizabeth died in Boone Co, WV on January 2, 1986, she was 68.

On December 24, 1934 when Elizabeth was 17, she married Harvey Dickens, in Boone Co, WV.

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7. Vertie Marie Brown. Born on January 2, 1903 in Boone Co WV. Vertie Marie died in Whitesville, Boone Co WV on February 11, 1983, she was 80.

On January 20, 1920 when Vertie Marie was 17, she married Litchfield B Blanton, son of John M Blanton & Lucinda C Ramey, in Whitesville, Boone Co WV. Born on February 12, 1887 in Coeburn, Wise Co VA. Litchfield B died in Sylvester, Boone Co WV on April 20, 1953, he was 66.

They had the following children:

i. David. Born in Boone Co, WV. David died about 1933 in Boone Co, WV.

ii. Eddie Egward. Born on November 10, 1920 in Whitesville, WV. Eddie Egward died in World War II on September 25, 1943, he was 22.

8 iii. Inez Syredah (1923-)

9 iv. Dorothy (1925-1974)

10 v. Ada Frances (1927-1981)

11 vi. Carrie Evangeline (1931-)

12 vii. Maggie Virginia (1934-)

13 viii. Norma Lee (1936-)

14 ix. Dolly Mazelia (1939-)

15 x. Linda Lou (1947-)

16 xi. Willard Franklin (1929-1979)