Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), Apr. 9, 1840, p. 3:
DIED, On the 23d ultimo, at his residence near Nashville, Tennessee, aged 83 years, Dr. MORGAN BROWN. The deceased was a native of Anson county, in the State of North Carolina, from which he removed into the State of South Carolina, and resided near the Cheraws on Pedee [sic] river until he emigrated to this state, in the year 1795. Dr. Brown served his country in various capacities during the Revolutionary war ; first as a volunteer under Colonel Thompson, during which service he was at the defence of the bay of Charleston from the attack made on that place by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker ; resent at the battle of Brandywine, and some other engagements between the American and British forces. At a later period of the war, he acted as Assistant Commissary to the Southern army under Baron de Kalb, Gates, and General Greene, and was superintendent of transports under the last named commander ; and was engaged in the partisan warfare carried on in that section between the Whigs and Tories. After the war, he served several sessions in the Legislature of south Carolina--Nashville Banner.
DIED, On the 23d ultimo, at his residence near Nashville, Tennessee, aged 83 years, Dr. MORGAN BROWN. The deceased was a native of Anson county, in the State of North Carolina, from which he removed into the State of South Carolina, and resided near the Cheraws on Pedee [sic] river until he emigrated to this state, in the year 1795. Dr. Brown served his country in various capacities during the Revolutionary war ; first as a volunteer under Colonel Thompson, during which service he was at the defence of the bay of Charleston from the attack made on that place by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker ; resent at the battle of Brandywine, and some other engagements between the American and British forces. At a later period of the war, he acted as Assistant Commissary to the Southern army under Baron de Kalb, Gates, and General Greene, and was superintendent of transports under the last named commander ; and was engaged in the partisan warfare carried on in that section between the Whigs and Tories. After the war, he served several sessions in the Legislature of south Carolina--Nashville Banner.
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), Apr. 9, 1840, p. 3:
DIED, On the 23d ultimo, at his residence near Nashville, Tennessee, aged 83 years, Dr. MORGAN BROWN. The deceased was a native of Anson county, in the State of North Carolina, from which he removed into the State of South Carolina, and resided near the Cheraws on Pedee [sic] river until he emigrated to this state, in the year 1795. Dr. Brown served his country in various capacities during the Revolutionary war ; first as a volunteer under Colonel Thompson, during which service he was at the defence of the bay of Charleston from the attack made on that place by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker ; resent at the battle of Brandywine, and some other engagements between the American and British forces. At a later period of the war, he acted as Assistant Commissary to the Southern army under Baron de Kalb, Gates, and General Greene, and was superintendent of transports under the last named commander ; and was engaged in the partisan warfare carried on in that section between the Whigs and Tories. After the war, he served several sessions in the Legislature of south Carolina--Nashville Banner.
DIED, On the 23d ultimo, at his residence near Nashville, Tennessee, aged 83 years, Dr. MORGAN BROWN. The deceased was a native of Anson county, in the State of North Carolina, from which he removed into the State of South Carolina, and resided near the Cheraws on Pedee [sic] river until he emigrated to this state, in the year 1795. Dr. Brown served his country in various capacities during the Revolutionary war ; first as a volunteer under Colonel Thompson, during which service he was at the defence of the bay of Charleston from the attack made on that place by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker ; resent at the battle of Brandywine, and some other engagements between the American and British forces. At a later period of the war, he acted as Assistant Commissary to the Southern army under Baron de Kalb, Gates, and General Greene, and was superintendent of transports under the last named commander ; and was engaged in the partisan warfare carried on in that section between the Whigs and Tories. After the war, he served several sessions in the Legislature of south Carolina--Nashville Banner.
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