Brown of South Carolina and Georgia

Mackay Brown was born 2/11/1797 in Habersham County, Georgia and died 3/24/1874 in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia. He was married 2/22/1816 in Bedford County, Tennessee to Sally Rice (2/12/1797-5/10/1874). The family resided in Pendleton District, South Carolina until about 1841 when they removed to Georgia. Issue: Joseph Emerson Brown, born 4/15/1821 in South Carolina, died 11/30/1894 in Atlanta, Georgia, buried in Oakland Cemetery. He was the traffic manager for the Western and Atlantic Railroad and influenced the southern freight business, had a hand in opening the Muscle Shoals terminal which made Tennessee navigable throughout its length which enabled the railroad to carry pig iron, coal, marble, granite and such from the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and return laden with hematite ores from the West Tennessee mines. The central collecting point was Chattanooga. "Mr. Brown says the opening of the shoals will shiver Southern rates"[1] He was married in Pendleton District, South Carolina on 7/13/1847 to Elizabeth Gresham (7/13/1826-12/26/1896). Issue:

Julius Lewis Brown, born 5/31/1848, died 1910.
Mary Brown, born 1/5/1850, died 1927.
Joseph Mackey Brown, born 12/28/1851 in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, died 3/3/1932. He was married to Cora Annie McCord in 1889. He also worked for the Western & Atlantic Railroad with his father. An article about his career (which also confirmed his date and place of birth) appeared in The Kennesaw Gazette, Atlanta, Georgia, dated December 15, 1888 as follows: Issue:
1. Joseph Emerson Brown, born ca 1890.
2. Charles McDonald Brown, born ca 1892.
3. Cora McCord Brown, born ca 1894.
Franklin Pierce Brown, born 4/15/1853 in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, died 12/17/1875 in Atlanta, buried in the Oakland Cemetery.
Elijah Brown, born 9/4/1857 in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, died 1/2/1926 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sallie Eugenia Brown, born 9/4/1857 in Canton Cherokee County, Georgia, died 1/28/1926 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Charles McDonald Brown, born 4/26/1859, died 8/19/1881 in Atlanta, Georgia.
George Brown, born 4/28/1859, died 8/19/1881.