Son of John Jacob "Wagonmaker" (Braun) Brown and Elizabeth Goettgen. Solomon was the youngest child, #11.

Military Service: Solomon was in the War of 1812, enlisted as Private in Captain Andrew Lawson Company, Colonel William Johnson's Regiment East Tennessee. Drafted Militia. Due to illness, he was discharged early, illness plagued him the remainder of his life. He was a stone mason and farmer.

Solomon was married twice:
March 30, 1797, Washington County, Tennessee, he married Mary Ann Bayless, 1778-1820, she is buried at Cherokee Baptist Church Cemetery, Washington County, Tennessee. They were the parents of 11 children.

1. Phebe Brown, married John Holybee
2. Samuel Bayless Brown, married Elizabeth Boyd
3. Mary "Polly" Brown, married Sion Price
4. Hannah Brown, married John "Jack" Templin
5. Matilda Brown, married Adam Sliger, Jr.
6. Hezekiah Brown, married # 1 wife, Ann Basket, #2 wife, Susannah Wells
7. Rueben Brown, married Rhoda Billings, daughter of Peter Billings and Mary Alcorn Billings
8. Henderson Bayless Brown, married Rebecca Mullins
9. Martina Brown, married # 1 husband, Hutchinson, first name unknown, # 2 husband was John Good.
10, Elizabeth Bayless Brown, married Christopher Slyger
11. Reese Brown, married Julann, maiden name unknown

1822, Solomon married Elizabeth Carriger, born about 1792, died after 1860, she was the daughter of John Nicholas Carriger and Katherine Millard.

Solomon and Elizabeth were the parents of 4 children:
1. Nicholas Jackson Brown, married Nancy Blakley, moved to Kentucky.
2. Adam A. Brown, born 1824, Washington County, Tennessee, died 1860, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, married Sarah Jane Hartman, August 6, 1851, Washington County, Tennessee. They were parents of three children: 1. Mary Jane Brown, born 1853. 2. Archibald R. Brown, born, 8-23-1854, died 5-12-1918, buried in Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Washington County, Tennessee. 3. John Wesley Brown, born 1857 died 1921, married Eva A. Howard on November 6, 1894. They were both buried at Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery, Washington County, Tennessee., Adam died fighting in the civil war, CSA Pvt. 19th Regiment Tennessee Infantry Co B, died Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
3. William Isles Brown, married Melvina Loyd, moved to Kentucky.
4. John M. Brown, married Eliza Jane Sams, they moved from Unicoi County, Tennessee to Madison County, North Carolina.

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The Tombstones are broken and placed in a pile, hard to know where he and Elizabeth are buried on the Farm.