David BROWN

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• Census: 1870, Living with parents in York, Belmont Co., Ohio
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in York, Belmont Co., Ohio
• Occupation: 1880; Helps on farm
• Census: 1900, Living in York, Belmont County, Ohio
• Census: 1910, Living in York, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1910; Laborer - Odd Jobs

David married Emmaline BROWN about 1883. Emmaline (daughter of George BROWN and Mary HELMS) was born in Apr 1862 in Ohio; died in 1929; was buried on 11 Mar 1929 in Powhatan Point Cemetery, Belmont County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Ethel BROWN was born on 06 Dec 1886 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in Jul 1961.
2. Harry E. BROWN was born on 15 Jul 1883 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died on 25 Oct 1944.
3. Lydia Pearl BROWN was born on 01 Jun 1903 in Belmont, County, Ohio; died in Oct 1941.

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• Fact: Son of Isaac Brown and Nancy Lemley
• Birth: Abt 1834
• Census: 1850, Living with parents in York, Belmont Co., Ohio
• Occupation: 1850; Farmer
• Census: 1870, Living in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1870; Farmer
• Census: 1880, Living in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1880; Farmer

John married Susannah GATES on 21 Jun 1858. Susannah (daughter of Solomon GATES and Hannah STUKEY) was born about 1829; died in 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in York, Belmont Co., Ohio
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in York, Belmont Co., Ohio

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• Census: 1850, Living in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1850; Farmer
• Census: 1860, Living in Switzerland, Monroe County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1860; Farmer
• Census: 1870, Living with son, Robert, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky
• Occupation: 1870; Farm laborer
• Census: 1880, Living with son, John, in York, Belmont County, Ohio

Isaac married Nancy LEMLEY. Nancy was born about 1805 in Green County, Pennsylvania; died between 1850 and 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in York, Belmont Co., Ohio

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• Census: 1850, Living in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1850; Farmer
• Census: 1860, Living in Belleville, Wood Co., Virginia
• Census: 1870, Living in Steele, Wood Co., West Virginia

Notes:

Birth Date is unconfirmed.

Solomon married Hannah STUKEY on 15 Jun 1820 in Belmont County, Ohio. Hannah was born about 1800 in Ohio; died in 1878; was buried in Sandy Hill Cemetery, Woods County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Belleville, Wood Co., Virginia
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Steele, Wood Co., West Virginia

Notes:

Information from Mariana L Zuelsdorf:
(from written history by James Edward Brown and Leona Brown June 1997)

Abel and Lydia came to the area which is now Wheeling, West Virginia. Their first child, Jacob, was born in the Wheeling area, which was then part of Virginia.

Wheeling area was called Fort Fincastle in 1774, and in 1776, the Fort's name was changed to Fort Henry in honor of Patrick Henry. The siege of Fort Henry took place about eight years before Abel and Lydia came to Wheeling. The road to Maysville, Kentucky was built while they were living in the Wheeling area. Able and Lydia son Isaac, born in 1801, states he was born in Ohio so the family must have moved across the Ohio River to the Captina Creek, York Township area by 1801, then took up land east of the Dover Bridge in 1805.

A clan history, read at a Brown Reunion held at Alledonia, Ohio about 1946, sent by Mary Brown, widow of Frank Brown, states that Abel and Lydia came from New Jersey in 1792, and located near Wheeling. It also states that their son Joseph was born in 1794 in a Blockhouse designed by George Rogers Clark, which stood near the corner of 11th and Main Street, in Wheeling.

Abel had a brother John, who he referred to in his will as his "esteemed brother, John" and named him as one of his executors. Abel's brother John left a will dated July 25, 1848, which awarded his wife Barbara the rent from two farms, with the remaining wealth to be divided between Jacob and Joseph Brown, sons of his brother Abel. He gave Mary Ann Ring and Harriet Ring, daughters of Alexander F. and Elizabeth ring, bedstead and bedding. He also gave Barbara and Elizabeth Ring twenty-five dollars each.

According to a history of Belmont and Jeferson Counties, concerning the settlement of York Township: George Lemley bought land i Section 14 in 1801 and Abel Brown purchased land there on December 21, 1805, and William Brown in 1805 as well. Able Brown received two dollars for killing one wolf over six months old that year.

In the tax lists of 1820, the Range, Township and Sections are given and contain the following:

William Brown R-3 T-4 S-27 original owner Henry Huffman

Able Brown R-3 T-4 S-27 original owner Henry Huffman

John Brown R-4 T-5 S-7 original owner Jacob Brewer

It would appear that Abel and William bought adjoining or the same land from Henry Huffman. There is probably some relationship between Abel and William; they could possibly be brothers. William, Abel, and John Brown were listed together in York Twp in 1806, 1810, 1815, 1817, and 1820.

In a statement by Arch Brown are the following comments:

On April 7, 1808 Abel bought a 192 acre farm in York Twp., from Henry Huffman. This farm lay along Captina Creek, below Dover, and is now known as the Pearsol Farm. the deed of Abel Brown for this farm can be found at St. Clairsville, Ohio Courthouse Deed Book B p 312. It is R-3 T-4 S-27. the price paid by Abel to Huffman was five hundred dollars, according to the deed. On October 3, 1822, Abel gave Jacob and Joseph 82 acres each of R-4 T-5 S-13 (Vol J. p 10-11). the rest of Abel's land was sold in 1852 to Michael Dorsey.

According to a story told by Ike Brown, he had two uncles who were captured by Indians while they were young. Eventually they escaped and came home. One of the boys got along well with the Indians and returned to visit them in later years. Evelyn Dowdle of St. Clairville has a family tradition that is much the same. "The Indians taking two of the Brown's sons while they were skating on the ice on Captina Creek. their mother would rock and cry, not knowing if her sons were living or dead. With the smaller one sleeping in his big brother's arms, they slipped away from the Indians one night, finding their way back to Captina Creek from Chillicothe, Ohio. One of the Brown boys would go back to visit the Indians and one would not sleep in a bed as he was used to the way the Indians lived."

The story does not say how long the boys were captives. the distance from Chillicothe to Powhaten Point is approximately one hundred and twenty miles. these boys may have been sons of Abel and Lydia. Jacob and Joseph were born in the Wheeling area. Assuming the capture took place about 1800, Jacob would have been 9 years old, Joseph 6 years old, and John probably about 3.

According to historians, the last Indian battle on Captina Creek took place May 1794 with settlers coming into the Captina Creek area soon after this battle.

Abel married Lydia STUCKEY about 1790. Lydia (daughter of Jacob STUCKEY and Hannah CREE) was born on 16 Dec 1770 in New Jersey, USA; died on 26 Dec 1861 in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1860; Farmer

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• Also Known As: George Gates

Notes:

Information from mariana L Zuelsdorf:
History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. J.A. Caldwell. Historical Publishing Co., 1880 Page 417
"York was one of the original civil townships and erected November 25, 1801, as follows: The third to begin on the Ohio river at the southeast corner of the township of Pultney.......thence up the river to the place of beginning, to be called and known by the township of York. This township has been the scene of severa Indian depredations, prominent among which was the battle of Captina....this battle occured in 1794, on section 8, at the mouth of Cove Run.
.........George Gates (setled) Septembe 28, 1804......Abel Brown (settled )December 21, 1805

From: "Belmont Co., Ohio before 1830." Irene M. Ochsenbein and Catharine F. Fedorchak. 1977. Page 53
"George Gates is buried in the Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., near the junction of State Road 7 and S.R. 148. He emigrated from Germany to eastern PA., then to Washington Co., PAS., in 1790, then to Washington and Belmont Cos. in Ohio, near the boundary with present day Monroe Co. His will is on file in Belmont Co. and the following children are named: 1. Mary; 2, Susan; 3. Daniel;4. Valentine; 5. Henry; 6. George; 7 Solomon; 8. Sevilla; and 9. John."

"Monroe County, Ohio: A History. by Theresa A. Maienknecht and Stanley B. Maienknecht. Chapter XXX Switzerland township. Page 408
"Early in the month of April 1819 a colony of ten Swiss families embarked in a flat boat......After leaving Wheeling they were informed that at Captina there was a great quantity of vacant land, and that there they would find two men (Henry Sweppy and George Goetz) who could speak German, and were urged to stop there. On the 15th day of September they landed there and were kindly received and cordially welcomed by the old settlers of the Valley of Captina, viz: the Greens, Lemleys, Moores, Browns, Goetz, Sweppy, Ruble, Smith, and others."
"Along the river all was a forest, except an improvement opposite Fish Creek, then owned by George Goetz. On Big Run, Jos Blare, Hendershot Lemley and the Smiths had made some improvement. In Belmont County, on Captina and Cat's Run, was settled by the Greens, Browns and Goetz, before mentioned."

Georg married Maria Sybilla STEHELI on 11 Jun 1782 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of Johann Melchior STEHELI and Maria Sybilla ?) was born in 1761 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died on 09 Dec 1850 in York Township,Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont Co., Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with daughter, Susannah Gates Brisen, in York, Belmont County, Ohio