IN MEMORY OF Eliza J. Brown, aka Mrs. Eliza J. Smith, born ~ 1822 in NC.
Source: 1850 Census, Lafayette County, MS, Line 30, Dwelling 814.
Eliza J. Brown married on 21 Jan 1841 in Cherokee County, GA to Robert C. Smith, born ~ 1811 in SC. Their grave markers have not been found yet, and death dates are unknown to me. Her parents and siblings attended the Old Sugar Valley United Methodist Church, Gordon County, GA. I have a copy of a family letters written around 1860s including one written and signed by their daughter Sarah J. Smith to her aunt Mary Elizabeth Brown Moore in Fayette County, AL. Source: Letters were provided to me around 1998 by Mary's descendant Brenda Brophy of Hammond, LA.
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From her birth around 1822, Eliza was raised in NC until after her brother James was born in 1834. By 1837, parents Jesse and Mary Brown moved to Woodstock voting district, GA. They lived near the city of Hickory Flat, GA per their grandson Joseph Cleveland Brown (my grandpa). Nearby Lickskillet was where Eliza's sister Nancy's husband William Black's in-law David Rush and relatives lived.
Eliza Brown was a cousin of Governor Joseph Emerson Brown, whose father and relatives lived near Canton, GA. Eliza's mother Mary Brown's maiden name was said to be Powell per relatives, who descend from Mary. Eliza's maternal-grandmother was definately a Miss. Harper, whose father owned land near Harper's Ferry, Virginia (West Virginia), which was confirmed by 3 descendants from 3 differentlines.
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* 1850 Census, Lafayette County, Mississippi, Line 30, Dwelling 814. Source: Ancestry.com Image 118 of 199, accessed on 11/07/2020.
Robt C. Smith, age 39 [b. abt 1811] Birthplace: South Carolina.
Eliza J. Smith, age 28 [b. abt 1822] Birthplace: North Carolina.
Children of Robert C. Smith and Eliza J. Brown Smith, who probably had several other children later:
(1.) Sarah J. Smith, age 9, [b. abt 1841] Birthplace: Mississippi.
(2.) Mary E. Smith, age 7, [b. abt 1843] Birthplace: Mississippi.
(3.) Nancy E. Smith, age 5, [b. abt 1845] Birthplace: Mississippi.
(4.) Jas B. Smith [maybe James Brown Smith], age 2, [b. abt 1848] Birthplace: Mississippi.
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* 1860 Census: not found yet.
Note: Our Robert C. Smith is not the same man as the Robert who served from Lafayette County, MS and died during the Civil War, because the deceased Robert was a much younger man, according to his Probate Record.
* 1870 Census: not found yet.
* 1880 Census: not found yet.
They may have moved to a nearby county in MS, or another state, or returned to GA.
* * * Eliza J. Brown Smith's brother 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];