Brown & Smith

My father was Delbert Keith Brown & my paternal grandfather was Roy Jesse Brown, hence my connection to the Brown surname. The difficulty in searching through records for this name is probably obvious. It is very common. If you couple it with a common first name, such as James, you will find a long list of James Browns. To add to this difficulty the Browns married the Smiths. Are there more common surnames in the USA? Some of the other surnames entwined with the Browns are: Fortenberry, Dillon, Kennington, Spurlock,  and Smith.

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Following the direct Brown name back through generations & time, Edward Brown appears as our primary ancestor. He was born c. 1730 and died c. 1797 in Jones County, North Carolina.  His Will mentions sons: Aaron, Hardy, Moses, John, Edward & Daniel.

..... 1 Edward Brown b: Abt. 1730, d: Abt. 1797 in Jones, North Carolina
........... 2 Sarah Brown b: Abt. 1762
........... 2 Jane Brown b: Abt. 1765
........... 2 John Brown b: 1767
........... 2 Aaron Brown b: 18 May 1769
........... 2 Hardy Brown b: Abt. 1771
........... 2 Edward Brown b: 1775
........... 2 Moses Brown b: 07 February 1777, d: 27 February 1838 in Marion,MS
........... + Sarah Robertson d: 1810 in Liberty, Georgia, USA
........... + Nancy Perkins b: 01 Feb 1787, m: 07 Aug 1812 MS, d: 08 Feb 1870
........... 2 Daniel Brown b: 1779

Sources:
Tax Record 1769 Craven Co, NC
Tax Record 1770 Craven Co, NC
Tax Record 1786 Jones Co, NC
1790 US Census for Jones County, North Carolina, page 144.   
Last Will & Testament for Edward Brown, 10 Aug 1795, Jones County, NC
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Moses Brown, son of Edward Brown, born 7 February 1777, died 27 February 1838 in Marion, MS. He married Sarah Robertson and had four children. On 31 March 1810 Moses received a passport to travel out of Georgia to Mississippi. "That passports be prepared for the following persons to travel through the Creek Nation of Indians, to wit, one for Moses Brown and Daniel Brown, [his brother] the former with his mother in law, four children ...from the county of Liberty in this state..."Later he married Nancy Perkins on 7 August 1812 in Marion, MS.Moses died in 1838 in MS.

1 Moses Brown

...... + Sarah Robertson

............2 Christian Brown

............ + William M. Fortenberry

............2 Edward S. Brown

............ + Mary Polly Spurlock

............2 James G. Brown

............2 Sarah Brown

............ + Gasua Chapman Fortenberry

...... + Nancy Perkins

............2 Amanda Brown

............2 Nancy P. Brown

............ + Johnson Patrick

............2 Margaret C. Brown

............ + Harvey Reed

............2 Moses Brown Jr.

............2 Aaron Brown

............ + Elizabeth

............2 Rees P. Brown

............2 Samantha E. Brown

Sources:
Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi with Early Records Concerning the Faulkenberry/Fortenberry Families of the South. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1984.
Potter, Dorothy Williams. Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770 - 1823. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1990.
MS Early Census Index, 1813 Marion, MS. Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Mississippi Census, 1805-90. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.


Edward S. Brown, son of Moses Brown & Sarah Robertson, born 26 July 1806 in Georgia, died 7 May 1856 in MS. Wife: Mary Polly Spurlock. Children: Allen Moses Brown, Mary Magdelene Brown, Martha M. Brown, Adeline V. Brown, James P. Brown.

..... 1 Edward S. Brown b: 26 July 1806 Liberty, Georgia, d: 07 May 1856 MS
..... + Mary Polly Spurlock b: 01 Jan 1800  Georgia, d: 12 Jan 1888 Pike, MS
........... 2 Allen Moses Brown b: 26 Jan 1836 Liberty, Amite, MS, d: Aft. 1870
........... + Emmaline Smith b: 13 Sept 1831 MS, m: 28 April 1858, d: 03 Aug 1920 Pike, MS
........... 2 Mary Magdelene Brown b: 15 Dec 1836 Liberty, Amite, MS, d: Unknown
........... 2 Martha M. Brown b: 15 Dec 1836 Liberty, Amite, MS, d: Unknown
........... 2 Adeline V. Brown b: 1840 Liberty, Amite, MS, d: Unknown
........... 2 James P. Brown b: 1844 Liberty, Amite, MS, d: Unknown

Sources:
1850 US Census, Amite, MS
Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi with Early Records Concerning the Faulkenberry/Fortenberry Families of the South. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1984.
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Allen Moses Brown, son of Edward S. Brown and Mary Polly Spurlock, born 26 January 1836 in MS, died after 1870. Wife: Emmaline Smith. Children: Mary E. Brown, Jasper Pascal Brown & Alvira E. Brown.

..... 1 Allen Moses Brown b: 26 Jan 1836 Liberty, Amite, MS, d: Aft. 1870
..... + Emmaline Smith b: 13 Sept 1831 Pike, MS, m: 28 April 1858, d: 03 Aug 1920 Pike, MS
........... 2 Mary E. Brown b: 13 August 1861
........... 2 Jasper Pascal Brown b: 15 May 1865 Pike, MS, d: 08 June 1950 McComb, Pike, MS
........... + Rose Ella Brumfield b: 18 July 1867 MS, m: 21 Dec 1887 Pike, MS, d: 02 Oct 1948 MS
........... 2 Alvira E. Brown b: 05 Aug 1868

Sources:

1850 US Census, Amite, MS

1860 US Census, Amite, MS

1870 US Census, Pike Co, MS

1880 US Census, Pike Co, MS

Conerly, Luke Ward. Resource Records of Pike / Walthall Counties Mississippi, 1798 - 1910. Reprint. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1989.

Certificate of Death; 1950; Mississippi State Dept. of Health, Vital Records; 9908. Jasper P. Brown, died 8 June 1950 in Pike Co., Mississippi.
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Jasper P. Brown & grandsons Delbert & Leo

Jasper Pascal Brown, born 15 May 1865 in Pike Co., MS, died 8 June 1950 in McComb, Pike Co., MS, was the son of Allen Moses and Emmaline (Smith) Brown. On 21 December 1887 he married Rose Ella Brumfield. They had 9 children: Lucy, Ina, Junius, Hubert, Mavis, Lyda, Roy, Mildred and Thelma. Jasper farmed, ran a saw mill & was a mill wright.

Sources:
1860 US Census, Amite, MS Mary Brown & family
1870 US Census, Pike Co, MS Allen M Brown family
1880 US Census, Pike Co, MS Emmeline Brown family
1900 US Census, Beat 1, Pike Co, MS Jasper P Brown family
1910 US Census, Pike Co, MS Jasper Brown family
1920 US Census, Pike Co, MS Jap P Brown family
1930 US Census, Washington Co, Louisiana Jasper P Brown
Fortinberry, G. K. Abstract History of the Fortinberry Family. Privately Published, 1942.
Marriage Bond; 1887; The State of Mississippi, Pike County; Page354. Jasper P. Brown & Rosa E Brumfield
Certificate of Death; 1950; Mississippi State Dept. of Health, Vital Records; 9908 Jasper P Brown
Burial: Silver Creek Cemetery, Pike, MS
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Roy Jesse Brown, son of Jasper P. & Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown, born 8 March 1902 in Osyka, Pike, MS and died 12 May 1956 in Magnolia, Pike, MS.  He married Mary Thelma Ellzey and they had one daughter. He moved to Ohio. Then he married Ivy Regina Mark on 2 August 1927 in Ohio. They had seven children, six born in Ohio and the youngest born in New York State.

Sources:
1910 US Census, Pike, MS Jasper Brown family
1920 US Census, Pike, MS Jap P Brown family
Marriage License & Certificate; 1927; State of Ohio, Medina County; 2534. Roy J Brown & Ivy R Mark
1930 US Census, Rittman, Wayne, Ohio Roy Brown family
Certificate of Death; 1956; Mississippi State Department of Health, Vital Records; 7729 Roy Jesse Brown
Burial, Silver Creek Cemetery, Pike, MS


Jeremiah Smith, Sr. is our progenitor on the Smith family line. He is my 5th great grandfather. Jeremiah was born in 1755 and died after 1827 in Walthall, Mississippi. He married Jemimah Hollis. He is most likely buried in the George Smith Cemetery in Dillon, Mississippi.

..... 1 Jeremiah Smith Sr. b: 1755
..... + Jemimah Hollis
........... 2 Jeremiah Smith b: 23 December 1773 in South Carolina, USA
........... + Joanna Dillon b: 22 August 1778 in Bertie, North Carolina, USA
........... 2 George Smith Sr. b: 1775 in South Carolina, USA
........... + Clarissa Dillon
........... 2 Daniel Smith b: Abt. 1777
........... 2 Mary Smith b: Abt. 1779

Jeremiah Smith, Jr. was born 23 December 1773 in South Carolina. He married Joanna Dillon, daughter of Richard & Anne (Lawrence) Dillon. They had 13 children. Two of their children are in our direct family line. Jeremiah and Joanna are my double 4th great grandparents!

..... 1 Jeremiah Smith b: 23 Dec 1773 SC d: 1843 in Pike, MS
..... + Joanna Dillon b: 22 Aug 1778 in Bertie, NC d: Aft. 30 April 1821 MS
........... 2 Hollander Smith b: 08 July 1800 MS
........... + Benjamin Morris Jr. b: Abt. 1792 SC d: Aft. 1870
........... 2 Martha P. Smith b: 25 March 1802 SC d: 08 August 1861 MS
........... + Edwin Barksdale Alford b: 25 Nov 1792 NC d: 10 March 1878 MS
........... 2 Eli Smith b: 21 Jan 1804 SC d: 02 August 1838 MS
........... + Orpha Roberts
........... 2 Jane Smith b: 09 Oct 1805, d: 1846
........... + Thomas Coulter Warner
........... 2 Edwin Smith b: 03 June 1807 MS
........... 2 Wyatt Smith b: 31 Aug 1809 LA d: 16 Feb 1894 MS
........... + Euseba Fortenberry b: 03 Dec 1809 SC, d: 13 October 1878 MS
........... 2 Eliza Smith b: 14 Feb 1811 MS, d: 06 April 1837
........... 2 Calvin Smith b: 22 Sept 1812 MS d: 22 Jan 1843 MS
........... + Sarah Brumfield
........... + Sarah Brumfield b: 09 April 1824 LA
........... 2 Lidda Smith b: 06 April 1816 MS
........... + Harris Harvey
........... 2 Mehala Smith b: 15 July 1816 MS
........... 2 Milevey Smith b: 13 April 1818 MS
........... + Don Harvey
........... 2 Joanna Smith b: 05 October 1819 MS
........... 2 Jeremiah Smith b: 30 April 1821 MS d: 13 May 1894
........... + Pernecia Smith b: 26 Sept 1820, d: 04 April 1887

Sources:
The Jeremiah Smith, Sr. Bible, c. 1800 - 1917, Bible in possession of Mrs. W. C. Uhlman, Copy given to author by Pat (Brock) Smith.
Pedigree Chart for Roy Brown; 1700's to 1948; Compiled by Zelda Marie Alford Fortenberry.
Luke Ward Conerly, SOURCE RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989.
1790 US Census, Greenville Co, SC Jeremiah Smith

 

Martha P. (Smith) Alford was the daughter of Jeremiah and Joanna (Dillon) Smith. Martha was born in South Carolina. She married Edwin Barksdale Alford, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bryant) Alford. Edwin was born in North Carolina. They were married in Mississippi in 1818. They had 13 children, all born in Mississippi. They were my third great grandparents.

Sources:

Bible of Jeremiah Smith Sr. , c. 1800 – 1917, copy given to me by Pat (Brock) Smith, Dec. 2005 Bible in possession of Mrs. W. C. Uhlman

Luke Ward Conerly, SOURCE RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989.

'Cemetery Inscriptions Pike County, Mississippi 1750 - 1978' Ray & June Sartin Parish.

Photos of gravesite taken August 1997

Family records, pedigree charts, etc.

..... 1 Martha P. Smith b: 25 March 1802

..... + Edwin Barksdale Alford b: 25 November 1792

........... 2 Rev. Warren Jackson Alford b: 12 September 1819

........... + Celia Ann Lewis

........... 2 Cynthia Ann Alford b: 11 December 1820

........... + Jesse Ball b: 15 November 1808

........... 2 Ira Payne Alford b: 22 January 1822

........... + Elizabeth Hope b: 15 January 1826

........... + Mary Hughes Parker

........... 2 William Harmon Alford b: 03 August 1823

........... 2 Harriet Jane Alford b: 22 March 1825

........... + Tyra Jennings Tynes

........... 2 Lacey Alford b: 24 September 1828

........... + James Michael Ball

........... 2 Jeptha Josephus Alford MD b: 02 August 1830

........... + Fanny Roberts

........... + Corinne Edwards

........... 2 Julia Ann Alford b: 21 March 1832

........... + John Ratliff McEleveen

........... 2 Seaborn S. Alford MD b: 15 August 1834

........... + Anice Ball

........... 2 Elijah Hayden Alford b: 1836

........... 2 Julius Newton Alford b: 14 November 1838

........... + Mary Marguerete Brumfield b: June 1846

........... 2 Martha Elizabeth Alford b: 08 August 1846

........... + Jessie Alexander Brumfield b: 27 September 1838

........... 2 Julia Ann Alford b: 30 August 1856

Wyatt Smith, brother of Martha P. (Smith) Alford was the son of Jeremiah and Joanna (Dillon) Smith. Wyatt was born in Louisiana. He married Euseba Fortenberry, daughter of William Jasper and Violette (Kennington) Fortenberry. Like his sister, Wyatt is also my third great grandparent. Wyatt and Euseba had nine children. 

..... 1 Wyatt Smith b: 31 August 1809

..... + Euseba Fortenberry b: 03 December 1809

........... 2 Emmaline Smith b: 13 September 1831

........... + Allen Moses Brown b: 26 January 1836

........... 2 Saryntha A. Smith b: 31 August 1833

........... + John Shaffer Ellzey Jr. b: 13 March 1829

........... 2 William J. M. Smith b: 14 June 1835

........... + Rachel Ellzey Smith Schilling b: 23 December 1840

........... 2 Jasper R. Smith b: Abt. 1841

........... 2 Newton Oscar Smith b: Abt. 1842

........... 2 Rankin Smith b: Abt. 1844

........... 2 Eliza Jane Smith b: 21 January 1846

........... + David Jackson McClendon b: 10 March 1838

........... + John Narvel Fortenberry b: 05 October 1851

........... 2 Adolphus Scott Smith b: 22 June 1848

........... + Julia Jane Simmons b: 03 September 1853

........... 2 Walter Lorraine Smith b: 13 September 1853

........... + Emma Julia Warren b: 27 November 1858

Sources:

Bible of Jeremiah Smith Sr. , c. 1800 – 1917, copy given to me by Pat (Brock) Smith, Dec. 2005 Bible in possession of Mrs. W. C. Uhlman

'Cemetery Inscriptions Pike County, Mississippi 1750 - 1978' Ray & June Sartin Parish.

G. K. Fortinberry, ABSTRACT HISTORY OF THE FORTINBERRY FAMILY; 1795-1940's; Family History Center Microfilm #1036152

Adrianne Fortenberry Criminger, THE FORTENBERRY FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI; 1677-1984; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, Inc, 1984.

Luke Ward Conerly, SOURCE RECORDS FROM PIKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1798-1910; 1798-1910; South Carolina, Southern Historical Press, 1989.

1840 US Census, Pike County, Mississippi. Wyatt Smith

1850 US Census, Pike County, Mississippi, Wyatt Smith

1860 US Census, Pike County, Mississippi, Holmesville, Wyatt Smith

1860 US Census, Slave Schedule, Pike County, Mississippi, p. 51.

1870 US Census, Osyka, Pike County, Mississippi, Page 3.

1880 US Census, Pike County, Mississippi, SD 3, ED 37, Page 58.

Photos of grave site.

Family records, pedigree charts, etc.

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