Brown

Joseph Brown was born 20 October 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina and died 28 October 1800 in Franklin County, Georgia. He was married to Jemima Broyles (died 16 January 1860 in Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia) in 1781, a daughter of Adam Broyles and his wife, Mary (Wilhoit) Broyles.

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Mackey Brown, born 11 February 1797 who died 24 March 1874 in Cherokee County. He was married to Sally Rice (2/12/1797-5/10/1874) on 22 February 1816 in Bedford County, Tennessee, a daughter of Dangerfield Rice and his wife, Margaret (Looney) Rice. The Census Records of their children confirm that Mackey was born in South Carolina and Sally was born in Tennessee.

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1. Peggy Emeline Brown, born 9 December 1817, died 9 September 1818.
   
   
2. Prudence Caroline Brown, born 5 June 1819, died 10 August 1819.
   
   
3. Joseph Emerson Brown was born 15 April 1821 on Long Creek in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He was the son of Mackay and Sally Rice Brown. He married Elizabeth Graham (born 1827 in South Carolina) on 13 July 1847 in the Pendleton District by whom he had eight children. Governor Brown died 30 November 1894 and was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. In 1880 he was a U. S. Senator representing Fulton County.

   Governor Joseph M. Brown will retire from office Saturday and will return to Marietta at four o'clock Saturday afternoon. The people of Marietta and Cobb County, without regard to political affiliations, have planned to give the governor a most cordial welcome home: The reception will be absolutely devoid of everything except the general desire to show respect and friendship for a citizen who has honored the county and for whom there is a deep feeling of good will. That Governor Brown will continue to make Marietta his home is a source of gratification, especially to those who know him intimately and to the many friends of his family generally. The governor has already taken up his abode in his Marietta home and has fitted up in a building on the place a large library in which he expects to do a considerable amount of literary work. The Marietta Journal and Courier 30 June 1911.
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   1. Julius M. Brown, born 1852 in Georgia. (son by a first wife)
   2. Mary Virginia Brown.
   3. Joseph Jackey Brown.
   4. Franklin Pierce Brown.
   5. Elijah Alexander Brown.
   6. Charles McDonald Brown, born 1859 in Georgia.
   7. Sally Eugene Brown, born 1863 in Georgia.
   8. George Marion Brown, born 1866 in Georgia.

   
   
4. Mary Elizabeth Brown, born 16 February 1824, died 11 April 1915 in Cherokee County.
   
   
5. James Rice Brown, born 10 August 1827 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, died 2 March 1915. Wife, Harriet F., born 1836 in South Carolina. They were residents of Canton, Georgia, in 1880. Issue:
   
   

   1. John W. L. Brown, born 1859 Georgia.
   2. George R. Brown, born 1862 in Georgia.
   3. Joseph E. Brown, born 1866 in Georgia.
   4. Sally R. Brown, born 1871 in Georgia.

   
   
6. William Carroll Brown, born 3 December 1829, died 18 December 1884.
   
   
7. Aaron Pleasant Brown, born 12 April 1832, died 23 August 1891 in Smyrna.
   
   
8. Nancy Verlinda Brown, born 27 Mary 1833, died 28 February 1881.
   
   
9. Jemima Ann Brown, born 17 July 1835, died 18 November 1857.
   
   
10. Sallie Melissa Brown, born 7 May 1837, died 30 May 1911.
    
    
11. John Mackey Brown, born 1839, died 16 July 1864 in Milledgeville.
    
    
12. George Washington Marion Brown, born 1841, died 1864 in Richmond, Virginia, in the service of his country as a Confederate Soldiers.

Top: Governor Emerson Brown



Bottom: Governor Emerson Brown.

Sources: 1880 Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia Census; 1880 Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia Census.