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 1764 - 1825 (61 years)
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| Name |
John Brown |
| Birth |
1764 |
New Port, Rhode Island  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
20 Apr 1825 |
Camden Co, Georgia |
| Burial |
Camden Co, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I241 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
4 Oct 2015 |
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| Notes |
- John Brown was born on FEB 20 1764, in South Kingston, Rhode Island, and died
APR 20 1825 in St. Marys, GA. Names of John Brown?s parents have not been determined, but his mother was a Crawford, because his uncle, John Crawford willed land to him as ?my nephew.?
After the Revolutionary War, John Brown moved to St. Marys, and by 1788, was eligible to vote when the town was established. In recognition for services during the Revolutionary War- in 1784, he received two bounty land grants in Franklin and Washington Counties totaling 450 acres in 1784; another 200 acres in 1812; and in 1819, an additional 445 acres.
Starting in 1798, he served as lieutenant in the 5th Company Camden County Militia, and was promoted to captain in 1801. He was also named to a commission to select the site for the courthouse and jail in the new county seat at Jeffersonton in 1802. He was named Justice of Peace in new district in 1806. As a resident of St. Marys, he received a Revolutionary Soldiers Pension starting August 8, 1820.
John Brown died on April 20, 1825, (although tombstone incorrectly shows April 20, 1835), and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Camden County records show his widow, Sarah applied for administration on his estate on June 6, 1825, and his large plantation, including slaves, was divided among his widow and five sons in 1827. After his death his widow, Sarah Mizell Brown, moved from Camden County to Jefferson County, Florida with their five sons: David, Robert, Samuel Willard, John, and George. Later, she moved to Thomas County, Georgia, where she died in 1864.
- Children:
1) John C.,b 1797; died 1826 in Jasper Co., GA mar Elizabeth Ponder in St. Marys on Dec 17, 1823 (b1806-d1849), daughter of Hezekiah Ponder in St. Marys.
2) David, b 1800 mar Henrietta F.; three children
3) Robert, born in Camden on Dec 14, 1804; Married in Camden to Eliza Ann Clementine Pendergast (1811- 1848), the oldest daughter of Vincent Pendergast. About 1830, they moved to Colombia County, Florida, locating at Suwanee Shoals on the Suwannee River, where he lived until his death on February 28, 1860. He was an elected official in Columbia County, FL for twenty years. They had eight children.
4) Samuel Willard b May 1, 1811 in Camden; died at his plantation in Leon County, FL on the Georgia border on March 4, 1877. He was a member of Bethpage Methodist Church (Thomas Co., GA) and a Mason. 1st married 1st Louisa Harley (1816-1843) and had five children; 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Hall McCay (1813- 1893) ? one child
5) George Washington b 1814, mar Elizabeth Copeland;
- John Brown, a native of South Kingston, Rhode Island, enlisted in the Continental Navy in 1779 at Boston, Massachusetts. He served aboard the frigate, USS Warren under the command of Captain Dudley Saltonstall. It was abandoned and burned to prevent capture by the British during the Battle of Penobscot Bay in August, 1779. He then sailed on another frigate USS Providence under the command of Captain Heckler in Commodore Abraham Whipple?s squadron into the port of Charleston on February 10, 1780. He was ordered to the Exchange Battery to serve under General Lincoln where he, only sixteen years old, was captured on May 12, 1780, by the British. He remained a prisoner on the British ship, ?Renown? in the Charleston Harbor until exchanged in August, 1780, when he re-enlisted in the Continental Navy at Philadelphia.
Starting in 1798, he served as lieutenant in the 5th Company Camden County Militia, and was promoted to captain in 1801.
- 1-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, vol 2, pages 46-47; and vol 4, p355-356
2-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 119-120 ?
3-- DAR Patriot Index: Vol 1 page # 365
4-- NSSAR Patriot & Grave Index-- SAR# P-122758
5-- Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Government, by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck,
6? Lucas, Silas Emmett, ?Index to The Headright & Bounty Grants of Georgia (page 72)
7-- Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, Vol. 2, Ross Arnold and Hank Burnham; page 68 -
8?Georgia?s Roster of the Revolution, Lucian Lamar Knight, Page 408- Harvey?s List
9- Revolutionary War Soldiers Pension Roll of 1835- Camden County, GA
10--Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files, Virgil White- volume 1, page 421
11- Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Mrs. Howard McCall - Vol 3, page 35 ?
12- DAR GRS File-- BROWN, JOHN DAR Ancestor #: A015632;
- Pension Number: *S38566
- Grave marked by Marshes of Glynn Chapter 12 Sep 2015
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