IN MEMORY OF Mr. Jesse Brown, died at age 57 years-old, and grave marker not found yet.
His daughter Mrs. Mary E. Moore stated that, she was 12 years-old when her father Jesse Brown died, so he may have born in 1792, instead of 1793.
He died in Feb 1850 in Sugar Valley, zoned in Cass County, GA at the time.
On 13th Feb 1850 the legislature created Gordon County, Georgia, which included Jesse's neighborhood. He lived in the Baugh Mountain Community located within Sugar Valley, GA.
* 1850 Mortality Census in Cass County, Georgia, Jesse C. Brown, age 57.
His family members attended the Old Sugar Valley United Methodist Church.
His home and farm were a few blocks from the Baugh Family Cemetery which the grave markers are all gone. Several of his children's in-laws are buried there.
* 1820 until 1834, his first few children were born in NC.
* 1820 Census, NC.
* 1830 Census, Surry County, NC, a perfect match to the ages of Jesse, wife Mary, and children.
* 1840 Census, Woodstock [voting] District, Cherokee County, GA, perfect match to Jesse & kids.
Before 1840 census, the family moved to Hickory Flats, Woodstock voting district, Cherokee County, GA according to Jesse's son Joseph Cleveland Brown (my grandpa), son of Joseph Parks Brown.
Source: Joseph Parks Brown and also Jackson J. Brown's [Jesse's son born in 1840] Civil War Pension Applications.
Before 1845, they moved to Bartow County, GA per obituary of Jesse's daughter Sarah Bates.
Before 1848, they settled permanently in Sugar Valley, GA which was zoned in Cass County, GA, then rezoned in 1840 to Gordon Co, GA.
ANCESTORS: Jesse was a great-grandson of William Brown born 1687 and lived near enough to Londonderry, Ireland to hear the Church Bells atoling in the City from their home, who died 28 Dec 1757 about 8 miles south of Greensboro, NC, then Rowan County, rezoned to Guilford County. William married Margaret Peggy Fleming born 1 April 1701 in Ireland - died 17 Sep 1801 in Davidson County, TN, buried in the Springhill Cemetery, 7 miles east of Nashville on Gallatin Turnpike.
* * * Jesse Brown's son Joseph Parks Brown's (1844 - 1907) grandson David Elmore Brown's (my Daddy) DNA results are at FamilyTreeDNA kit # 48188, BrownSociety.org member; GEDmatch # 1193868 and BT7221475; Ysearch.org ID # 9UCBB; MyHeritage # FT-746E79; LivingDNA # LT0251981A;
Mine was submitted to 23andMe.com;
By Florence Carrie Brown, cell: 352-223-0919, email: [email protected];