Husband: Michael BROWN

Born: 16 JUL 1793 in Rowan Co., North Carolina Married: about 1809 Died: 18 JUN 1857 in Pierce Twp., Washington Co., IN Father: Michael BROWN Mother: >>> Spouses: Census: 17 AUG 1850 Jackson Twp., Washington Co., Indiana  p. 571  222 225 Michael Brown 58 M Farmer 3000 NC   Susan 44 F NC Notes: Who was Michael Brown? (By Marie Hurst Lewis) I do not know of any direct evidence of who he is however consider the following: · Letter from Toby Mull to Jacob Riblen, date 20 March 1817. He was writing to encourage others to come to Washington County, IN. In the letter, he writes, “Plees to let Widow Brown now that We are All Well and Michael Brown and his famerly are in good helth And Susanah wold wish them to Rite the first Opportunity how They All ware and if her Brother John had Come Back Yet.…” [The letter is in the papers Asa Riblen donated to the R! owan Public Library, Salisbury, NC. · 1820 Federal Census, Indiana. Michael Brown, Washington County, is the only Michael Brown in the state. · The Salem Democrat. 17 Jan 1877. “Pioneer Pickings” Column. by Horace Heffren. “Pap Cauble came to Indiana in 1813… There accompanied him on this trip from North Carolina, Tobias Mull, Andrew Bowlers and [John] Plowman… [pg. 106 of Pioneer Pickings. Publ. 1993. Wash Co. Hist. Soc.] · History of Washington County, Indiana. 1916-1976. Compiled under the auspices of the Washington County Historical Society. pg. 481. “Tobias Mull, the first of the Mulls in the area, came from Salisbury, North Carolina to Franklin Township in 1820, obtained a land grant from the government, built a log cabin near Blue River and cleared the wilderness for farming where part of South Boston is located.” [Certificate #3063. Dated 1 Oct 1834 was one of these land grants. [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov]

Wife: Susannah MOTSINGER

Born: 20 NOV 1784 in Rowan Co, NC Died: 01 FEB 1857 in Pierce Twp., Washington Co., IN Buried: Olive Branch Cemetery in Washington Co., IA Father: Jacob MOTSINGER Mother: Hannah BROWN Spouses: Census: 17 AUG 1850 Jackson Twp., Washington Co., Indiana  p. 571  222 225 Michael Brown 58 M Farmer 3000 NC   Susan 44 F NC Notes: SOURCE CITATION: Page: 893-894 Title: History Of Washington Co., Indiana. 1884. Author: Stevens SOURCE CITATION: Page: Pg 14 Date: 1857 Text: Brown, Susannah (Motsinger), B. 1785 North Carolina, D. 1 Feb, 1857. Wife of Michael, Sr., Dau. of Jacob, Sr. & Hannah (Brown) Motsinger. Title: Washington County Indiana Cemeteries, Polk Twp. Note:**Actual tombstone indicates she was 72 yrs 2 mos and 9 days old when she died. 1) Motsinger File at the John Hay Center, Gene. Library., Salem, Indiana. Susannah Motsinger, daughter of Jacob, Sr. and Hannah, married Michael Brown, Sr. They came to Indiana from N.C. They are buried in the Cem. at Olive Branch, Polk Tp. Wash. Co. Ind. 2) Washington Co. Indiana Deed Records.Deed book C., page 4. Jacob and Hannah Motsinger, his wife, to Michael and Susannah Brown, my beloved daughter, heirs, NE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec/ 1/T/1M-R.4E. Jan 1, 1823. 3) Her granddaughter, Susannah related a story that she was told about Susannah while she was a girl in North Carolina. Descendants, relate the following story about Andrew Jackson, the lawyer and eventually president of the USA, while he was a teacher at the school she attended in North Carolina. The source of water for the teachers and the children was a nearby spring. They had to bend down to get their drink. She related that he had pulled her pigtail at some point and she got even, later, when she pushed his face into the spring while he was bending down to take a drink. Another researcher I met in San Diego, related that she had read that he was quite a practical joker, and that while she had not read anything about his days as a teacher, it would fit with his personality. Note: Earlier this summer (1997) I met a woman who had been studying Andrew Jackson. She related that the term "tom-foolery" had been coined because of his teasing nature. I did some reasearch and foundthat he had been in Rowan Co. NC as a young man, and practiced law there for a time --Marie Hurst Lewis

Children

01 (?): John R. BROWN Born: 1809 in Pierce Twp., Washington Co., IN Died: 09 APR 1860  died age 51 yrs, 5 mo, 10 days Spouses:

02 (M): Jeremiah BROWN Born: 22 OCT 1817 in Washington Co., Indiana Died: 26 FEB 1888 in Washington Co., Indiana Spouses:

03 (M): James BROWN Born: 11 MAY 1819 in Indiana Died: 12 JAN 1892 Spouses: Census: 1850 Washington Co, IN  1850 Federal Census of Indiana, Washington Co., Franklin Twp.  424/427 Brown James 32, male Farmer, $350. b. Indiana

04 (M): Jacob BROWN Born: MAR 1821 in Pierce Twp., Washington Co., IN Died: 05 MAY 1849 in Pierce Twp., Washington Co., IN Spouses: Notes: Washington Co. Indiana. Polk Twp. Cemeteries. Wash Co. Hist Soc. pg 14. Brown, Jacob, B. ca 1821. d. 5 May 1849.(28 yr. 3 mos). Single. Son of Michael, Sr. & Susannah (Motsinger) Brown. [Mar 1821].

05 (F): Hannah BROWN Born: 20 FEB 1825 in Polk Twp., Washington Co., IN Died: 28 APR 1909 in Polk Twp., Washington Co., IN Spouses: Silas HILL

06 (M): Michael Preston BROWN Born: 15 MAY 1827 in Washington Co, IN Died: 13 MAR 1920 in Pierce Twp., Washington Co., IN Spouses: Lucinda JONES