Abel BROWN

1768 - 1841  (73 years)

• Name	Abel BROWN  [1]
  Birth	24 Feb 1768	New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	08 Mar 1841	York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio   [1]
  Burial	Amity Cemetery, Belmont County, Ohio   [1]
  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.
  Person ID	I08095	Main Tree

  
  

  Family	Lydia STUCKEY,   b. 16 Dec 1770, New Jersey, USA d. 26 Dec 1861, York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1790  [1]
  Children	1. John BROWN,   b. Abt 1797, (West) Virginia d. Between 1842 and 1852 (Age 45 years)  [Birth]   2. Elizabeth BROWN,   b. Abt 1802, York Township, Belmont County, Ohio d. Abt 1897, Belmont Co., Ohio (Age 95 years)  [Natural]   3. Isaac BROWN,   b. 01 Jan 1802, York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio d. Abt 1884, Belmont County, Ohio (Age 81 years)  [Natural]   4. Mary BROWN,   b. 23 Apr 1793, Ohio County, (West) Virginia d. 23 Jun 1870, York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio (Age 77 years)  [Natural]   5. Barbara BROWN,   b. 15 Nov 1809, Ohio d. 30 Oct 1856, Belmont County, Ohio (Age 46 years)  [Natural]   6. Joseph BROWN,   b. 01 Sep 1794, Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia d. 26 Feb 1872, Belmont County, Ohio (Age 77 years)  [Birth]   7. Jacob BROWN,   b. 21 Jun 1791, (West) Virginia d. 06 Jan 1868, Belmont County, Ohio (Age 76 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F11433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Burial - - Amity Cemetery, Belmont County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00014] "Descendants of Andreas Getz" by Marianna L. Zuelsdorf.