In John's history he writes: "The tradition of our history dates back to Charles II of England. My ancesters were Quakers, who, being denied religious and civil rights and being persecuted, for conscience sake left the land of their nativity in 1660 and under Wm. Penn, settled in Pennsylvania."
The account below was sent to me by Iris Horne, a Rachel Adams nee Brown descendant, in August 2013, who got it from Beverly Joan Case (deceased) of Utah in 2000. I have edited it for Find A Grave. More about their migrations is in the story under Moses Brown, John's uncle. I suspect his middle name was Adams, after his mother's maiden name, not Adam.
John Adam Brown son of Solomon & Lydia (Adams) Brown
When Moses Brown, Sr, and his son Thomas returned to Missouri in the fall of 1841 from a business trip in Indiana, they were accompanied by John A. Brown, a son of Solomon Brown, Moses' brother.
Moses, Sr, his son Thomas and John A. first "came to Andrew County," possibly having traveled down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers by steamboats, "and walked across the prairie dividing the Platte and the Grand Rivers and traveled all day without seeing a man or a house or a domestic animal." The next day they walked across Daviess County to arrive on November 18, 1841 at Moses' home on Sugar Creek.
With his cousins, Eunice and Daniel Brown, John A. attended Quaker church services. At first, John A questioned the people's sincerity; however, in his article he comments that when he left the services, he was "more favorably impressed." He and his cousins visited a camp of the Sioux Indians on Cat Creek. The following April he returned to Indiana to bring to Missouri his mother Lydia (Adams) Brown and other members of the Solomon and Lydia Brown family. On their arrival in Daviess County, they settled in the area which later became known as the Pilot Grove community.
(this next section is also part of Beverly's account but seems to have some date inconsistencies with the above) Forty-six members of the Moses Brown and {related} families left Indiana in the spring of 1839 in a caravan of twenty-two covered wagons and began their journey to Missouri. Members of the Brown families in the caravan included Moses and Elizabeth (Hadley) Brown, and John Adams Brown.
From Kathy on Ancestry I have a transcription of John's 1899 history from which much of the above was taken. email [email protected]
The account below was sent to me by Iris Horne, a Rachel Adams nee Brown descendant, in August 2013, who got it from Beverly Joan Case (deceased) of Utah in 2000. I have edited it for Find A Grave. More about their migrations is in the story under Moses Brown, John's uncle. I suspect his middle name was Adams, after his mother's maiden name, not Adam.
John Adam Brown son of Solomon & Lydia (Adams) Brown
When Moses Brown, Sr, and his son Thomas returned to Missouri in the fall of 1841 from a business trip in Indiana, they were accompanied by John A. Brown, a son of Solomon Brown, Moses' brother.
Moses, Sr, his son Thomas and John A. first "came to Andrew County," possibly having traveled down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers by steamboats, "and walked across the prairie dividing the Platte and the Grand Rivers and traveled all day without seeing a man or a house or a domestic animal." The next day they walked across Daviess County to arrive on November 18, 1841 at Moses' home on Sugar Creek.
With his cousins, Eunice and Daniel Brown, John A. attended Quaker church services. At first, John A questioned the people's sincerity; however, in his article he comments that when he left the services, he was "more favorably impressed." He and his cousins visited a camp of the Sioux Indians on Cat Creek. The following April he returned to Indiana to bring to Missouri his mother Lydia (Adams) Brown and other members of the Solomon and Lydia Brown family. On their arrival in Daviess County, they settled in the area which later became known as the Pilot Grove community.
(this next section is also part of Beverly's account but seems to have some date inconsistencies with the above) Forty-six members of the Moses Brown and {related} families left Indiana in the spring of 1839 in a caravan of twenty-two covered wagons and began their journey to Missouri. Members of the Brown families in the caravan included Moses and Elizabeth (Hadley) Brown, and John Adams Brown.
From Kathy on Ancestry I have a transcription of John's 1899 history from which much of the above was taken. email [email protected]
In John's history he writes: "The tradition of our history dates back to Charles II of England. My ancesters were Quakers, who, being denied religious and civil rights and being persecuted, for conscience sake left the land of their nativity in 1660 and under Wm. Penn, settled in Pennsylvania."
The account below was sent to me by Iris Horne, a Rachel Adams nee Brown descendant, in August 2013, who got it from Beverly Joan Case (deceased) of Utah in 2000. I have edited it for Find A Grave. More about their migrations is in the story under Moses Brown, John's uncle. I suspect his middle name was Adams, after his mother's maiden name, not Adam.
John Adam Brown son of Solomon & Lydia (Adams) Brown
When Moses Brown, Sr, and his son Thomas returned to Missouri in the fall of 1841 from a business trip in Indiana, they were accompanied by John A. Brown, a son of Solomon Brown, Moses' brother.
Moses, Sr, his son Thomas and John A. first "came to Andrew County," possibly having traveled down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers by steamboats, "and walked across the prairie dividing the Platte and the Grand Rivers and traveled all day without seeing a man or a house or a domestic animal." The next day they walked across Daviess County to arrive on November 18, 1841 at Moses' home on Sugar Creek.
With his cousins, Eunice and Daniel Brown, John A. attended Quaker church services. At first, John A questioned the people's sincerity; however, in his article he comments that when he left the services, he was "more favorably impressed." He and his cousins visited a camp of the Sioux Indians on Cat Creek. The following April he returned to Indiana to bring to Missouri his mother Lydia (Adams) Brown and other members of the Solomon and Lydia Brown family. On their arrival in Daviess County, they settled in the area which later became known as the Pilot Grove community.
(this next section is also part of Beverly's account but seems to have some date inconsistencies with the above) Forty-six members of the Moses Brown and {related} families left Indiana in the spring of 1839 in a caravan of twenty-two covered wagons and began their journey to Missouri. Members of the Brown families in the caravan included Moses and Elizabeth (Hadley) Brown, and John Adams Brown.
From Kathy on Ancestry I have a transcription of John's 1899 history from which much of the above was taken. email [email protected]
The account below was sent to me by Iris Horne, a Rachel Adams nee Brown descendant, in August 2013, who got it from Beverly Joan Case (deceased) of Utah in 2000. I have edited it for Find A Grave. More about their migrations is in the story under Moses Brown, John's uncle. I suspect his middle name was Adams, after his mother's maiden name, not Adam.
John Adam Brown son of Solomon & Lydia (Adams) Brown
When Moses Brown, Sr, and his son Thomas returned to Missouri in the fall of 1841 from a business trip in Indiana, they were accompanied by John A. Brown, a son of Solomon Brown, Moses' brother.
Moses, Sr, his son Thomas and John A. first "came to Andrew County," possibly having traveled down the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers by steamboats, "and walked across the prairie dividing the Platte and the Grand Rivers and traveled all day without seeing a man or a house or a domestic animal." The next day they walked across Daviess County to arrive on November 18, 1841 at Moses' home on Sugar Creek.
With his cousins, Eunice and Daniel Brown, John A. attended Quaker church services. At first, John A questioned the people's sincerity; however, in his article he comments that when he left the services, he was "more favorably impressed." He and his cousins visited a camp of the Sioux Indians on Cat Creek. The following April he returned to Indiana to bring to Missouri his mother Lydia (Adams) Brown and other members of the Solomon and Lydia Brown family. On their arrival in Daviess County, they settled in the area which later became known as the Pilot Grove community.
(this next section is also part of Beverly's account but seems to have some date inconsistencies with the above) Forty-six members of the Moses Brown and {related} families left Indiana in the spring of 1839 in a caravan of twenty-two covered wagons and began their journey to Missouri. Members of the Brown families in the caravan included Moses and Elizabeth (Hadley) Brown, and John Adams Brown.
From Kathy on Ancestry I have a transcription of John's 1899 history from which much of the above was taken. email [email protected]
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