John Brownlow

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1027
• _MILT: 29 May 1781, North Carolina, USA; American Revolution
• Census: 1800, South Carolina, USA
• Census: 1820, South Carolina

Notes:

John Brownlow was born about 1762 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, to William and Jane Brownlow. When he was a child, his family left Ireland and moved to the Carolinas. Although the Brownlows entered through the port of Charleston, it appears that they quickly joined other relatives in piedmont North Carolina. Following his father’s death in 1770, his mother remarried to Andrew McBride of Orange County, North Carolina. It appears that he grew to manhood in the area around Hillsboro and Pittsboro, North Carolina.

On 29 May 1781, when he was about nineteen, John Brownlow joined Captain Joseph Rosser’s company of Col. Robert Mebane’s regiment, 2nd brigade, North Carolina line. On 13 September 1781, while in the vanguard, John Brownlow was heavily wounded in the battle of Lindley’s Mill. According to his pension statement, he “was wounded in three places in the skull, which was broken with a sword by one of the enemy.” He was left for dead on the battlefield, but he managed to make it to his mother’s house in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where, after several months, he recovered. He had thirteen pieces of skull removed from his wounds, and his left arm was disabled.

Sometime about 1786, John Brownlow married. Unfortunately, despite many online trees giving her a name, his wife’s first name is currently unknown. (See discussion on the wife of John Brownlow).

In 1800, John Brownlow moved his family to Pendleton District, South Carolina. After multiple attempts, John Brownlow was finally able to obtain a federal pension for his service during the American Revolution. In old age, he still had the scars from his youth. In 1824, he described his unnamed wife as being “old & helpless” and suffering from “the deprivations of an affliction.” He also stated that she had “been his only comfort in early life.” She died 13 November 1828 in Anderson County, South Carolina. The Pendleton Messenger of 19 November 1828 reported that “Mrs. Brownlow died Thursday night.” She was about sixty-three years old.

John Brownlow died 12 April 1832, aged about seventy. The Pendleton Messenger of 25 April 1832, in reporting his death, stated that he was a “soldier of the Revolution and for many years honest resident of this District. The burial location of John Brownlow, and his wife, is currently unknown.

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Thanks to Jason Edwards

John Brownlow, son of William and Jane Brownlow, was born in Ireland in 1762. He came to South Carolina with his parents in 1767. On May 29, 1781, he entered the service of Colonel Mabane's Regiment of North Carolina Line. He was injured in several places at the battle of Lindy's Mill. He married sometime around 1785 but his wife's name is not know. Before 1800 he moved from Chatham County, North Carolina to Pendleton District, South Carolina. He applied for and received a pension from the State of South Carolina in 1819 and received it until his death on April 12, 1832. His wife had died in Pendleton District on November 13, 1828. Their known children were:

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John served in the American Revolutionary War.After appearing in the Halifax County, NC records in 1790, Chatham County records in 1800 and the New Hanover County records in 1802 this buch of Browlows moved to South Carolina.

John Brownlow - American Revolutionary War

John Brownlow was born in Ireland in 1762. He came to South Carolina with his parents in 1767. Possibly known as “Plain John,” John Brownlow is said to have been a Revolutionary War hero. He is the grandfather of James Alexander Henley Brownlow, father of Harriet Octavia Smith, Thiddo Smith’s* grandmother.James A. H. and his brother Obediah both fought in the Civil War (see below).

On 29 May 1781, he enlisted in Col. Robert Mabane's 3rd North Carolina Regiment and took part in the battle of Lindley’s Mill, in Alamance County, North Carolina, on 13 September 1781.

The day before, 1,100 Tory soldiers under the command of David Fanning attacked Hillsboro, North Carolina, the capital, and captured 200 prominent officials including the governor, Thomas Burke. Fanning took about 600 men and marched Burke and some of the other prisoners to Washington to turn them over to the British.

As they passed through Lindley’s Mill, which was a major crossroads, they were ambushed by 300 Patriots under the command of Gen. John Butler, Col. John “McBane” and his brother Col. Robert Mebane. The Patriots occupied high ground north of the mill.

During the attack, Gen. Butler is said to have lost heart and tried to retreat, but Col. Robert Mebane rallied the troops. In the end, the Patriots ran out of ammunition and the Tories escaped with the governor after Fanning threatened to kill the prisoners if pressed. In all, between 200 and 300 men died in a space of four hours.

Col. Mebane was murdered a month later, on 13 October, in Williams Township, and his killer, a Tory named Henry Hightower, was captured and hanged. The Governor was not rescued, and was imprisoned on James Island.[1] The Battle of Lindley's Mill closed the war in North Carolina one month before Lord Cornwallis surrendered the British Army at Yorktown.

John Brownlow, a private, was said to have been wounded 13 times during his service.

Lindley’s Mill was built in 1755 by Quaker Thomas Lindley, an Irish immigrant, who was granted 1,000 acres by the Earl of Granville. The mill is still in operation, having passed down through the Lindley family for nine generations.

Thanks to Betty Jo Evans
The State of South Carolina Pendleton District by the Honerable Charles Colecock Esquire, one of the Associate Judges of the State of South Carolina To all to whom these presents shall come, be, been or made known, Greetings. Know ye, that this day, John Brownlow, a citizen of Pendleton District, did appear before me and made oath, that on the 29th day of May 1781, at or near Chatham Court House, North Carolina, he, the said John Brownlow, entered the service of the United States of America as he understood during the (pleasure?) of the Government of the United States, under Joseph Rosser, Capt, of Col Robert Mabane's Regiment in the 2nd Brigade of the N.C. Line. He was in the battle at Lindley's Mill, on Crane Creek of the Haw River, Orange County, North Carolina. He was in the Van Guard and was wounded in three places in the skull, which was broken with a sword by one of the enemy. He was many months unable to do anything, by occassion of his wounds, during the time he laid at his Mothers near Chatham County Court House, N.C. And before he was fit for duty, he received a message from Col. Robert Griffen, whose command he was then under, that his services were no longer required by the United States. After he got able to do business or was fit for duty (as he lay several months, confirmed, the Tories in the battles having left him on the ground for dead) He thought it unnessary to be at any trouble to obtain a discharge as peace was made between the United States and Great Britian before his recovery. This despondant further saith that he has never received any bounty, pay or pension from the United States and from age and infirmity he is unable to labour as heretofore and that his reduced circumstances in life, he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. mark John X Brownlow In testimony that therefore was sworn to and subscribed before me, this twenty-seventh day of March Amno Domini one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. I have set my hand and seal of the court caused to be affixed. Charles Colecock the justice of the State

Obituary April 25, 1852 Issue of the SC Messanger:

Died on Thursday the 12th. Mr John Brownlow (Sr.) a soldier of the Revolution, and for many years an honest resident of this district.

November 19th 1828 Issue of the SC Messanger:
Mrs. John Brownlow died on Thursday night.

Notes for JOHN BROWNLOW:
Pendleton District newspaper: "April 25, 1832-Died Thursday 12th, Mr. John Brownlow, soldier of the Revolution and for many years honest reresident of this District."

Pension papers state that John fought in the Battle of Lindley's Mill, which occurred September, 13, 1781, and took place at Quaker Thomas Lindley's Mill, where over 250 soldiers on both sides were killed or wounded.
(Directions: Take Exit 147 off Interstate 85/40, travel south on NC Highway 87 to the ELi Whitney community at crossroads of Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road. Head west on Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road to Lindley Mill Road, then go south 1 mile to Rock Drive beside Cane Creek Bridge.)
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Bette,
While perusing an online scan of R.S. Sanders book The Family of Henry
Simeon Sanders, 1983 the following appeared. "John Saunders, son of
William Saunders, gave a deposition for John Brownlow when Brownlow was
wounded and carried to his mother's (S-) house in Pittsboro. John
Saunders was captured in the same battle near Pittsboro and imprisoned
in Wilmington NC, he lived to go home." The author has an endnote mark
by the deposition, but the scan (on the Sanders website that I sent you,
listed as "William Sanders family" on menu) does NOT include citations.
I suspect that the data came from _The Colonial Records of NC series.
Of course, this could be the John B- (ca.1724-80) the inn keeper, but he
was a bit old to be fighting and living in Fayetteville. However, he
was an active patriot, could this be what killed him? Your ancestor,
John, seems the proper age to be a "fighting Quaker" and living nearby.
Some of this Saunders clan moved to the Pendleton District of SC in the
late 1700s, and this family were also Quakers. The said John S- was the
brother of Mary who mar. James B- (son of Wm. & Jane) who d. in Giles
Co. TN.
Howard Hansen

More About JOHN BROWNLOW:
Military service: Fought in Revolutionary War

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susan Alexander. Susan died on 13 Nov 1828 in Pendleton District South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1029

Notes:

Two of John and Becky's sons were John Brownlow and James Brownlow. Both born in North Carolina. John A. married Susan Wimpy in Pendelton SC before moving to Georgia.

More About JOHN A. BROWNLOW:
Burial: Beaver Ruin Baptist Church, Forsyth County, Georgia
Census: 1840, Franklin Co, Georgia

Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PRIVATE Birth: (CIRCA) 1760 NORTH CAROLINA Death: (POST) 1820 PENDLETON DIST SOUTH CAROLINA Service Description: 1) CAPT.JOSEPH ROSSER & COL.GUILFORD DUDLEY

John married Susan Wimpy on 30 Jun 1821 in Pendelton, South Caroliona. Susan (daughter of Archibald Wimpy and Elizabeth Henely) was born on 19 Sep 1799 in Pendtleton SC; died in 1882 in White County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susan Alexander. Susan died in 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1339

Joseph married Mary Greer on 2 Feb 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: War of 1812
• FSID: L4BX-QNZ
• Reference Number: 963
• _MILT: 20 Jan 1814, Pendleton District, South Carolina; War of 1812
• Census: 1820, Pendleton District, South Carolina
• Census: 1830, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1830, Pendleton Village, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
• Census: 1850, Floyd County, Georgia.
• Census: 1860, Floyd County, Georgia.

Notes:

The United States federal era began in 1776. Events such as civil strife, wars, disease, the
introduction of cotton, and the development of roads influenced people to move into or out of South
Carolina. South Carolina's cotton economy depended heavily upon slave labor. Census records
from 1790 to 1840 list only the head of each household by name. Records, including military,
court, and land records, were created during this time.

1790 Census
Name: James Brownlow
Event Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina
Page Number: 447
Line Number: 14339
NARA Publication Number: M637
NARA Roll Number: 7
Film Number: 0568147
Digital Folder Number: 004440913
Image Number: 00262

In the1840 & 1830 Anderson County, SC Census
James Brownlow - the only Brownlow in the 1830 or 1840 SC Census in any Dist. or County in SC. (This could be William's father because he is from the right state and William named his first son James.) I copied these Censuses, but it does not give the names of anyone else, just the numbers, one of which is a male between the ages of 15 - 20. That seems too young. However, in the 1830 Anderson Co., SC Census, James Brownlow list 2 sons ages10 - 15 and 2 sons ages 15 - 20. One of these ages would fit William M. Brownlow.
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(Gene Brownlow 2013)
There are 2 Census, 1820 and 1830 that seem to show that William could be one of James and Rebecca's children.
In 1820 the report shows 2 males under 10 and 1 under 45. At this time George W was 6 and William would have been 5 and James would have been 33. The same report shows 1 female under 10 and 1 under 26. Sarah would have been 1 and because we don't have a birth year for Rebecca this could be her.

In 1830 the report shows 2 male between 10 and 15 and 2 between 15 and 20. George wouuld have been 16 and William would have been 15. It would be possible to have two other males, maybe twins at 10 that wouldn't have been on the 1820 Census. Also there was 1 male between 40 and 50 with James being 43 at that time. The report shows 4 females less than 5, 1 female betwen 5 and 10 and 1 female between 10 and 15. Sarah would have been 11, Eliza would have been 5 and Melinda would have been 3. It also show 1 female between 30 and 40 with Rebecca about 36.

in 1840 the Census report show only 1 male between 50 and 60 and at this time James would have been 53. For females the report shows 4 under age 5, 2 between 5 and 10 and 2 between 10 and 15. Emily would have been less than 1, Narcissa would have been 5, Nancy would have been 8, Melinda would have been 13 and Eliza would have been 15. This accounts for 1 below 4, 2 between 5 and 10 and 2 between 10 and 15. It also shows 1 female 40 to 50 and Rebecca would have been around 46

Next James' grandfather was William Brownlow and his Great grandfather was James Brownlow
James named his first son George Washington and his second William Monroe.
William Monroe named his first son James Monroe and his second Elias Albert.
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James Brownlow was among the buyers of the estate sale of Samuel Cherry in Anderson County 9 April, 1840. Also, James was a buyer at the estate sale of John Robinson on 15 Oct. 1841. Both of the estate sales were in Anderson Co., SC. Anderson County is a part of Pendleton District.

James served as Deputy Sheriff for 40 years in Floyd County. He fought in the War of 1812 and the Creek War, moving to Calhoun Co., Georgia in 1838, and on to Floyd C., Georgia where he resided for many years before his death. Myrtle Hill Cemetary Book, pg 51, Floyd Co., Georgia.

War of 1812: James Brownlow recieved a pension, SC-4655, served under Alexander Morehead's SC Militia, lived Floyd City Georgia. (War of 1812 Pensionets, pg 217)

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Jason Edwards
James "Jimmy" Brownlow was born about 1788, in Chatham County, Georgia. He was the son of John Brownlow, the Revolutionary Soldier. He moved, along with his family, to Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1801. There he married Rebecca Cross sometime around 1810. He served in the war of 1812 and in the Creek War. In 1838 he moved his family to Floyd County, Georgia, where he was a deputy sheriff for many years. He lived there until his death on February 15, 1876. He is buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. His obituary stated that he was the father of thirteen children. All but two of them were daughters and very little is know about them.

Floyd County, GEORGIA: 1850 Census Index
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Page numbers are stamped in upper right corners of the microfilmed pages.
Every other page is unnumbered. The "A" page is always the numbered page,
and the "B" page is the unnumbered page following it on the film (it was
the backside of the paper that was microfilmed).

NOTE: Page 125B does not appear on the microfilm, although it apparently
contained names.

BROWNLOW 119B-141B-142A

Notes for JAMES BROWNLOW:

More About JAMES BROWNLOW:
Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia
Occupation: Deputy Sheriff-Rome, Georgia
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From Find a Grave
Birth: unknown
Death: Feb. 16, 1876

James "Jimmy" Brownlow was born about 1788, in Chatham County, Georgia. He was the son of John Brownlow, the Revolutionary Soldier. He moved, along with his family, to Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1801.

There he married Rebecca Cross Oct. 22, 1833. He served in the war of 1812 and in the Creek War. In 1838 he moved his family to Floyd County, Georgia, where he was a deputy sheriff for many years. He lived there until his death on February 15, 1876. He is buried in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia. His obituary stated that he
was the father of thirteen children. All but two of them were daughters and very little is know about them.

(From the Rome Tri-Weekly issue of Feb. 17, 1876)
Obituaries of James Brownlow

James Brownlow - It becomes our duty to cronicle the death of old Uncle Jimmie Brownlow, one of our oldest and most respected citizens who died about 9oclock yesterday
morning (The next few words are unreadable but it looks like at 88 years) of age. He served in the war, of 1812 and then again in the Creek war, and was a Pensioner.

Although he could not write his name he served about 40 years as a Deputy Sheriff and constable, and was never ruled in any case nor. was he ever required to give reason for not obeying an order or serving a paper. He had been
a consistent member of the Baptist church some 28 years in short, He was an honest man, a good man, and lived and died without an enemy. His remains will be buried this evening. Peace be to his ashes.

(From the Feb. 23, 1876 issue of the Rome Weekly Commercial)

James Brownlow - The Honest, familiar face of the good old man will be seen no more in thi(s) world. Wednesday morning he departed this life, full of years and with a
record of honesty, frugality and purity of life and purpose, that the best and the greatest would not be ashamed of. For forty years he has gone in and out
before our people, always in quest of duty, and always avoiding offence.

Nearly half of his long life has been spent in official duty, either as sheriff or bailiff. He was a constable in South Carolina when the war of 1812 began. He served as a private soldier in that war. From the best information that can be obtained he died in his 90th year.

He was the father of thirteen children, only three of whom survive him. He has seventy-four grand children. He has lived(been?) a consistent exemplary member of the Baptist church for over 30 years. His last hours illustrated his earnest faith in his Redeemer, his humble trust in the goodness and mercy of God. His last prayers were full of touching, yea, eloquent pathos and caused those near him to breathe the prayer of David Oh, that I might die the death if the righteous.

Mr. Brownlow was born in Pendleton District, South Carolina. He removed to Georgia in the year 1838, and has been a resident of this county for 37 years.

His children were, George Washington Brownlow, William Monroe Brownlow, Sarah (Brownlow) Johnston, Eliza (Brownlow) Smith, Melinda (Brownlow) Pogue, Nancy Amanda (Brownlow) Bean, Narcissa (Brownlow) Dunn, Emily(Brownlow) Beard.

Note: Age: 88 - Born: SC

Burial:
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Rome
Floyd County
Georgia, USA


Birth:
1850 census show James as 64 indicating he was born in 1886

James married Rebecca Cross on 22 Oct 1813 in Pendleton Dist, South Carolina. Rebecca (daughter of John Cross and Nancy C Manoish) was born about 1789 in South Carolina; died after Oct 1850 in Floyd County, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1956

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1031

Notes:

James A. H. Brownlow

James A. H. Brownlow - Civil War

James, father of Harriet Octavia Brownlow Smith, Thiddo Smith’s gandmother, was mustered into Company K of Floyd’s Legion of State Guards in Cedartown, Georgia, sometime before 1863. Company K was called “Johnson’s Cavalry.” Each man had to bring his own horse. In mid-1863, James’ horse died and he was transferred to Company H.

According to family history, Floyd’s Legion was guarding Rome and after the battle of Chickamauga, their supply lines were cut off by Sherman’s advance and they began to starve. They were told by Col. Yieser to get home the best they could, but James was transferred to Wofford’s Brigate in the Army of North Georgia. He attained the rank of corporal. He was later captured and paroled in May 1865 at Kingston, Georgia.

James A.H. Brownlow (First_Last)
Regiment Name Floyd Legion, Georgia (State Guards)
Side Confederate
Company H
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 8

Though this pension is from Bartow County he lived in Van Wert, Polk County, during the War.

Brownlow J. A. H.
Bartow Co
Co. K. No. 86

INDIGENT PENSION

1895.

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Name: J. A. H. Brownlow
County: Bartow
Ground: infirmity and poverty
July 1st 1896

WARRANT HANDED TO
atty

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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STATE OF GEORGIA

Bartow County

I, J. A. H. Brownlow hereby authorize G. W. Hendricks of Bartow County to receive and receipt for the pension allowed
and request that he remit same to (blank) at (blank) by (blank)
Witness my hand and seal this 24th day of April 1895

J. A. H. Brownlow

Executed in presence of
K. S. Anderson
J. H. Ward

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AFFIDAVIT OF PHYSICIANS

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STATE OF GEORGIA

Bartow County
Personally came before me Jas W Bradley and Jon P Bowdoin both know to me as reputable physicians of said county, who
being severally sworn, say on oath that they have examined carefully J. A. H. Brownlow, applicant for pension under the Act
of 1894. And after such personal examination, say that his precise physical condition is as follows: Infirming from age and
Hemorrhoids

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
the 24th day of April 1895
G. W. Hendricks Ordy

J. W. Bradley
Jo P Bowdoin

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ORIDANARY’S CERTIFICATE

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STATE OF GEORGIA

Bartow County

I G. W. Hendricks, ordinary in and for said county, hereby certify that the applicant J. A. H. Brownlow resides in said
County, and was a bona fide resident of the State on the first day of January 1894.

I further certify that the tax digest of bartow County show that applicant returned for taxation in his name in 1893, Fifty two
dollars of property, and in 1894, Forty four dollars of property.

Witness my hand and seal this 18 day of May 1895.
G. W. Hendricks Ordinary
of Bartow County

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QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT

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STATE OF GEORGIA

Bartow County

J. A. H. Brownlow of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the pension Act Approved December 15th 1894
hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers
as follows;

1. What is your name and where do you reside? (Give State, County, and post office) J. A. H. Brownlow. Linwood Bartow
County Georgia.
2. Where did you reside on January 1st 1894 and how long have you been a resident of this State? Bartow County Ga.
About Sixty nine years.
3. When and where were you born? Apr 22nd 1824. Pendleton S.C.
4. Did you volunteer in the Confederate Army of the Georgia Militia? Georgia Militia
5. When and where did you enlist? August 1863. Old Vaworth Polk Co. Ga.
6. In what company and regiment did you enlist? Co. “K”. Yeiser’s Legion
7. How long did you remain in that company and regiment? About Eight months
8. If you were discharged from same and joined another, or if you were transferred to another, give an account of such
discharge or transfer? I was transfered to Wofford’s Brigade in August 1864 and remained in that Brigade until the close of
war.
9. For how long did you discharge regular military duty? About one and one half years
10. When, where and under what circumstances were you discharged from service? April 12th At Kingston Ga. At the end
of the War.
11. What is your present occupation? Farming
12. How much can you earn per annum by your own exertions or labor? About twenty dollars per annum.
13. What has been your occupation since 1865? Farming.
14. What sum would be necessary for your support for this pension year, and how much are you able to contribute thereto
either in labor or income? About Seventy five dollars. About Twenty dollars.
15. What is your present physical condition and how long have you been in such condition? I am suffering from Stricture or
gravel and hemorrhoids and ruptured on right side. And old and feeble. I have Stricture about twenty years and have had the
Hemorrhoids and been ruptured the same length of time.
16.Upon which grounds do you base your application for pension, viz.: first “age and poverty.” second “infirmity and
poverty” or third “blindness and poverty? Infirmity and poverty and age and poverty also
17.If upon the first ground, state how long you have been in such condition that you could not earn your support? I am
suffering from Stricture or gravel and have the Hemorrhoids and stricture and ruptured on right side which renders me unable
to perform normal labor sufficient to earn a support.
18.What property, effects or income do you possess? Nothing
19. What property or income did you possess in 1893 and in 1894 and what disposition did you make of same? Nothing
20. In what county did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation? Bartow County Ga.
About Fifty dollars worth.
21. How were you supported during the years 1893 and 1894? By my labor and the help of my children.
22.How much did your support cost for each of those years, and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor
or income? About Seventy five dollars. About Fifty dollars and still owe for balance.
23. What was your employment during 1893 and 1894? What pay did you receive in each year? Farming. About fifty
dollars.
24. Are you married and have you a family? If so, is your wife living and how many children have you? Give age and sex and
their means of support? Yes. My wife is living. Have no minor children. Have 7 grown children who are married - 50 - 46 -
44 - 36 - 33 - 30 & 26. Labor
25. Are you receiving a pension under any law of this State, if so for what amount and for wha disability? None
26. Are you recieving any aid from your County, and if so, how much? Did you ever apply for such aid? None

Sworn and subscribed before me this the 23rd day of April 1895.
G. W. Hendricks Ordinary
of Bartow County

D: I15
Name: James Archibald Henley BROWNLOW
Sex: M
Birth: 22 APR 1824 in Pendleton District South Carolina
Death: 8 JUN 1900 in Bartow County Georgia
Burial: 1900 Connesenna Church
Occupation: Farmer / Leather Worker / Shoemaker
Military: Corpl. In Co. K. Johnson's Ga. Cav.
Religion: Baptist
Note: 1860 Census Polk Co. Ga.
Note: J. A. H. B. Brownlow 36 M Farmer
Note: Jane A 32 F
Note: Susan E 14 F
Note: John W 10 M
Note: James 8 M
Note: Joseph 4 M
Note: Harriet O 1 F
Note:
Note: 1850 BROWNLOW J. A. H. Forsyth County GA 1850 Federal Census
Note:
Note:
Note: Georgia
Note: Forsyth County
Note: Austin, Jane Ann married Brownlow, James A. H. on 29 Jan 1846 in Forsyth County, Georgia
Note:
Note: Brownlow James A. H Floyd's Legion. Georgia. Private Private
Change Date: 21 OCT 2000

Father: John A BROWNLOW b: 1797 in Chatham Co NC
Mother: Susan WIMPY b: 1799 in Pendtleton SC

More About JAMES A. HILL BROWNLOW:
Burial: Connesenna Church in Kingston, Georgia
Census: 1880, Wild Cat, Dist 1019, Cherokee County, Georgia
Date Moved: 1826, From Pendleton District to Franklin County, Georgia
Extended family: 1880, GdS John age 7, b. GA, Susanna's son, John Witt
Name Confirmation: 1860, H. in middle initial is written out as Hill in the 1860 Georgia Census
Occupation: 1850, Farmer, Shoemaker
Value of Personal Estate: 1850, 300

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Thanks to Jason Edwards
James A. H. and Jane Ann Austin Brownlow

James A. H. Brownlow, son of John A. and Susan Wimpy
Brownlow, was born April 22, 1824 in Pendleton
District, South Carolina. His Paternal Grandfather
was John Brownlow of South Carolina John was in the
Revolutionary War and suffered 13 wounds. John’s
parents were William and Jane Brownlow , who came to
South Carolina from Ireland in 1767 aboard the
Chichester. James A. H. Brownlow’s maternal
grandparents were Archibald Wimpy and Elizabeth
Henley. James moved along with his parents to
Franklin Co. in the fall of 1828 and then to Forsyth
Co. in about 1835. They were members of Beaver Ruin
Baptist and he is mentioned on several church
rosters. On January 27, 1846 James married Jane Ann
Austin in Forsyth Co. Georgia. She was born June 10,
1827 in Georgia. She was the daughter of John Gideon
Austin and Elizabeth Jones. On the 1850 census in
Forsyth County we find:

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J.A. H. Brownlow

Jane Brownlow

Susan Brownlow age 3

John W. Brownlow age 1

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In about 1855 they moved to Van Wert in Polk County
Georgia. They were members of Van Wert Church. On the
1860 census in Polk County we find:
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J. A. H. B. Brownlow

Jane Brownlow

Susan E. Brownlow age 14
John W. Brownlow age 10
James M. Brownlow age 8
Joseph M.Brownlow age 4
Harriet O. Brownlow age 1

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(The Joseph M. Brownlow with them in 1860 in his
nephew, the son of his brother Obediah J. Brownlow.)

With the out break of the War Between the States
James joined Co. K of Floyd's Legion (State Guards)
. He was mustered in Cedartown. Co. K was cavalry but
they had to bring their own horses and in mid 1863
his horse died. He was then placed into Co. H which
was foot Infantry. The story is told that during
Chickamauga Floyd's Legion was guarding Rome. Their
supply lines were cut and they began to starve. At
this point their Colonel, Yieser, told them to get
home the best way they could. He was then transferred
to Wofford's Brigade in the Army of north Georgia.
He was captured and paroled in May of 1865 near
Kingston Georgia. He made it back home and after the
war he moved his family to Bartow Co. They lived in
the Linewood community near Adairsville. J. A. H.
Brownlow and his family were not on the 1870 census.
Before the War he was a shoemaker and a leather
worker but afterwards he was just a farmer. In Bartow
County in 1880 we find:

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Jas. H. Brownlow age 56

Jane Brownlow age 51

Susan Brownlow age 33

Jane D. Brownlow age 22

Octavia Brownlow age 21

Jackson Brownlow age 14

Julia Brownlow age 9

John Brownlow age 7

______________________________________________________________________________

The John Brownlow mentioned above is the son of Susan
E. Brownlow who had married a Witt. The census man
had incorrectly listed them as Brownlows. He received
a Confederate Pension in 1894 based on age and
infirmity. In Adairsville they were members of
Connesena Baptist Church. He had a two widowed
daughters and one widowed son that were living at
home at this time making a total of eleven people
living in the household. Even with all of these
people to support they never went without. He died
June 8, 1900 in Bartow Co. and is buried at Connesena
Church in Adairsville. His tombstone reads "United
with the Baptist Church 1846". Jane continued to
receive a Confederate pension. In Bartow County in
1900 we find:

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Jane A. Brownlow age 63

Jennie D. Dyar age 44

Eula M. Dyar age 7

Thomas S. Dyar age 4

Cora A. Dyar age 2

______________________________________________________________________________

She passed away on June 21, 1909 at the home of her
youngest daughter in Floyd County Georgia and is
buried next to her husband.

James and Jane were the parents of 7 children: Susan
Elizabeth, John wimpy, James Madison, Jennie Delusky,
Harriet Octavia, Henry Jackson, and Julia Emma.

James married Jane Ann Austin on 27 Jan 1847 in Forsyth County, Georgia. Jane was born on 10 Jun 1827 in South Carolina; died on 11 Jan 1909 in Bartow County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1030

Notes:

Notes for LARKIN SANFORD BROWNLOW:

thanks to Betty Jo Evans

Will of L.S. Brownlow
State of Georgia, White County
In the name of God Amen. I Larkin S. Brownlow of said State and County being of sound and disposing mind and memory, knowing that I must shortly depart this life deem it right and proper both as respects my family and myself that I should make a deposition of the property with which a kind Providence has blest me. I do therefore make this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all others by me herefore made.
1st I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christian like manner suitable to my circumstances and condition in life, my soul, I trust shall return to rest with God who gave it, as I hope for salvation through the merits of atonement of the blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
2nd I desire and direst that all my just debts be paid without delay by my executor here in after named and appointed.
3rd I give bequeath and devise to my beloved wife, Martha Jane, lot of land number one hundred twenty seven (127) in White County containing two hundred acres. It being the home place with all the rights, members, and appurtenances, said lot of land, during her natural life or widowhood, and all my household and kitchen furniture, also give and bequeath to my beloved wife the farming tools, wagon, and buggy, and all the stock consisting of cows and mules, all during her life or widowhood. At her death or marriage the land and all the other property be sold or equally divided between the following named children. Joe B and JS Brownlow, Elizabeth, Emer, and Cally Brownlow. They receive Twenty dollars each, to make them equal the other heirs except my grand daughter, Jessee Berry and my grands on Edgar Berry, I will give and bequeath them five dollars each.
4th I give and bequeath to my three daughters Mary, Emer, and Cally Brownlow, one lot of parcel of land in the County of White, containing eighty five (85) acres farming lands, James Head and John Head and others with all rights to said land.
I hereby constitute and appoint my sons Jerry S Brownlow and Joseph Brownlow executors of this my Last Will and Testament. This 22nd day of December 1890.
signed Larkin S. Brownlow

More About LARKIN SANFORD BROWNLOW:
Census: 1880, Wild Cat, Dist 1019, Cherokee County, Georgia
Occupation: 1870, Farmer

Larkin married Susan M. Payne on 18 Mar 1849 in Forsyth County, Georgia. Susan (daughter of Enoch Payne and Sarah) was born on 28 Dec 1828 in South Carolina; died on 13 May 1864 in White County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Larkin married Martha Jane Sears on 9 Jul 1865. Martha was born on 21 Sep 1834; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1062

Notes:

Obediah J. Brownlow - Civil War

“Obed” was the brother of James A. H. Brownlow above, but in keeping with the unique tragedy that was the Civil War, he fought for the Union. He joined Company D of the 4th Tennessee Cavalry (Union) and died 12 February 1865 of wounds he received in fighting at Pulaski, Tennessee. He was probably wounded September 26 or 27, when the 4th Tennessee was involved in a skirmish at Pulaski.

Death: during Civil War

More About OBEDIAH J. BROWNLOW:
Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1865, Co. D, 4th Tenn Calvary, Private

Name: O. J. Brownlow (Alias Obediah J. Brownlow
Rank: Private
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 4th Cavalry Regiment
Company: D
Date of Death: 12 FEB 1865
Cemetery: Stones River National Cemetery
Location: Rutherford County, TN
Section: A
Grave Number: 176
Submitter: Mitzi P. Freeman
Additional Information:

OBED J BROWNLOW
Rank: Privt
Age: 26
Enlisted: Jan 9 63 Mustered: Feb 10 63
Remarks: Died Feb 12 65 of wounds recd in action

Obediah married Lucinda Guthrie on 22 Mar 1854 in Forsyth County, Georgia. Lucinda was born in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1063

Notes:

More About SUSANNA NANCY BROWNLOW:
Census: 1900, Fulton County, Georgia
Occupation: 1870, Domestic Servant
Residence: 1900, Lives with brother Isaac Brownlow

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1147

Notes:

More About ISAAC ALLISON BROWNLOW:
Census: 1900, Fulton County, Georgia

Marriage Notes for ISAAC BROWNLOW and CAROLINE HUGGINS:

Page 32
Name of Groom: Isaac M. Brownlow
Residence: Forsyth Co.
Age: 50
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Birth:
Father's Name: John Brownlow d&c'd
Mother's M. Name-. Susan Wimpy Date of Marriage: 4-2-1877
Name of Bride: Caroline Huggins
Residence: Forsyth Co.
Age: 40

Place of Birth: Jackson Co.
Father's Name: Green Huggins, dec'd
Mother's Maiden Name: Letty Pugh

(Forsyth County, GA marriages....Record E)

Issac married Caroline Huggins on 2 Apr 1877 in Floyd County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Issac married Elizabeth Bishop on 11 Jan 1852. Elizabeth was born in May 1839 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Issac married Delilah Clementine Coase on 26 Aug 1860 in Forsyth County, Cumming, Georgia. Delilah (daughter of John Cruse and Cynthia Sams) was born about 1839 in Forsyth County Georgia; died in in White County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2021

Notes:

More About JOHN A. BROWNLOW:
Military: July 17, 1861, Enlisted -Company B, 6th Georgia Infantry
Residence: Bef. 1860, Catoosa County, Georgia
Residence-1: Aft. 1860, Ooltewah, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Family/Spouse: Delusky P. Fowler. Delusky died before 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Wash
• Reference Number: 960
• Census: 1840
• Census: 1850, Floyd County, Georgia
• Residence: 1850, Floyd County, Georiga
• Census: 1860, Gordon County Georgia
• Residence: 1860, Gordon County, Georgia
• _MILT: 1864, Gordon County, Georgia
• Census: 1870, Gordon County, Georgia
• Census: 1880, Gordon County, Georgia

Notes:

1850 Subdivision 30, Floyd County, Georgia Page 141

G. W. Brownlow M W 36 SC Farmer
Elizer Brownlow F W 35 SC
Sarah A. R Brownlow F W 13 SC Attending School
Mary C. Brownlow F W 11 SC Attending School
William Brownlow M W 10 GA Attending School
John W. Brownlow M W 7 GA Attending School
Martha E. Brownlow F W 3 GA

1860 Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia Page 271

Geo. W. Brownlow M W 43 SC Farmer
Eliza Brownlow F W 44 SC Domestic
William Brownlow M W 18 GA Day Laborer
John W. Brownlow M W 16 GA Day Laborer
Julian Brownlow F W 7 GA
James Brownlow M W 5 GA

During the Civil War George enlisted as a private in Co. A, of the 1st Georgia Infantry (State Troops).
G.W. Brownlow (First_Last)
Regiment Name 1 Georgia Inf. (State Guards)
Side Confederate
Company A
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 8

1870 Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia Page 287

George W. Brownlow M W 43 SC Farmer $200 (personal)
Eliza Brownlow F W 54 SC Keeping House
James B. Brownlow M W 13 GA Works on Farm
Martha Cook F W 9 GA

1880 Census

Name: G. W. Brownlow
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Butcher
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Birth Date: 1819
Spouse's Name: Eliza Brownlow
Spouse's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Page: 116
Page Letter: A

Family/Spouse: Melinda Elizabeth, Unk. Melinda was born in 1817 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FSID: KVKT-LBW
• Reference Number: 956
• Residence: 5 Aug 1843, Early County, Georgia; Marriage to Amelia Small
• Residence: 1845, Lousiana; Birth of Jura
• Residence: 1847, Lousiana; Birth of Mary Elizabeth
• Census: 1850, Nachitoches Parish, La
• Residence: 1851, Lousiana; Birth of James Monroe
• Residence: 22 Feb 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Time-Picayune News Paper.
• Residence: 1857, Lousiana; Birth of Elias Albert
• Residence: 1858, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas; Newspaper Article of farmers in town
• _MILT: 1859; Texas State Troops (Texas Rangers) Company A, Victoria, Victoria County
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas; Civil War Confederate
• _MILT: 25 Sep 1861; Company A 24th Brigade, Victoria Blues, Texas State Troops (Texas Rangers) W.W. Brownlow - Private
• _MILT: 12 Nov 1861, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas; Civil War Confederate
• Residence: 1862, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas; Birth of Amelia Amanda
• _MILT: 20 Jan 1862, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas; Through February 22, 1862
• _MILT: 24 Mar 1862, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas
• _MILT: 25 Mar 1862, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas
• _MILT: 31 Mar 1862, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas
• _MILT: 3 Jun 1862, Victoria, Victoria County, Texas
• Residence: 21 Jan 1864, Victoria, victoria County, Texas; Marriage to MaLinda Bray

Notes:

Submitted On: 7 Sep 2004 - Submitted By: Sandra Brownlow - keisanb1@consolidated.net
Eli Williams, who was living in NC, received a land grant in Florida from U.S. Congress in 1798 for revolutionary services. This documentation is easy to find, but I have not tied him into our line yet. But, I think he will be there.

ca. 1790 a John Williams and wife, Amelia were living around the Waccasassa Marina and Levy County Boat Landing in Florida. In 1843, Amelia Williams, b. 1822 Florida, married William Monroe Brownlow. William and Amelia Williams Brownlow married in Early County, GA. in 1843. They moved immediately to Nachitoches Parrish, Louisana where their first four children (James Monroe Brownlow, Elias Albert Brownlow, Rebecca Brownlow and Mary E. Brownlow) were born. They moved on to Victoria County, Texas about 1857/8. In the 1860 Victoria County, Texas Census, there is an "N. Williams, age 18, born Florida" living with William and Amelia Brownlow and their children. In 1861/2 another baby, Amelia Brownlow II, was born. Amelia I died in 1862. William was killed in the Civil War before 1864. He had married 2nd. Malinda. Malinda changed the baby's name from Amelia II to Malinda Brownlow II according to the 1870 Census.

A brother, (Benjamin Brownlow, b. Chatham County, NC) to our line moved from Guillford County, NC, to Levy County, FL. Our Brownlow's came out of VA to NC before GA, LA and Texas. (Note: It seems more likely that William Monroe Brownlow was born in SC as that is what he documented in the 1850 La Census, Gene Brownlow)
Somehow, it seems logical that our Williams line migrated mostly through the same areas with the addition of Florida which was mostly populated by Native Americans at the time.

If anyone has information that would help me tie any of this together, it would be appreciated.

William and Amelia Williams Brownlow married in Early County, GA. in 1843.
J.C. Weaver married William and Amelia, Marriage book II 1834 - 1854, Page 075

William’s brother stayed in Calhoun Co. Ga. See 1850 Georgia Census. Calhoun County is adjacent to Early County and originally was the same county. William and George probably left South Carolina together, traveling to the southern part of Georgia. George married a local girl, while William married Amelia whose family was likely on a wagon train from Florida to Texas.

They moved immediately to Natchitoches Parrish, Louisiana where their first four children (James Monroe Brownlow, Elias Albert Brownlow, Jura Brownlow and Mary E. Brownlow) were born.

1850 Census
BROWNLOW W. M. Natchitoches County LA 064 No Township Listed LAS5a221302
1171 W. M. BROWNLOW 35 M W Farmer . SC
. Amelia 28 F W . . Fld.
. Jura 5 F W . . La.
. Mary 4 F W . . La.

They moved on to Victoria County, Texas about 1857/8. In the 1860 Victoria County, Texas Census, there is an "N. Williams, age 18, born Florida" living with William and Amelia Brownlow and their children.

1860 Census Victoria County, Texas Page 70
Name: Wm M Brownlow
Residence: , Victoria, Texas
Ward: Victoria City
Age: 38 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1822
Birthplace: South Carolina
Gender: Male
Page: 38
Family Number: 297
Film Number: 805307
DGS Number: 4297449
Image Number: 00146
NARA Number: M653
Wm M. Brownlow M W 38 SC Farming $7000 (Personal)
Amelia Brownlow F W 33 FL
Mary E. Brownlow F W 13 FL Attending School
Jas. M. Brownlow M W 10 LA Attending School
Eli A. Brownlow M W 3 LA
N. Williams M W 13 FL Laborer

In 1860 another baby, Amelia Brownlow II, was born 5 Aug 1860. Williams' wife Amelia died 1860, i beleive in child birth.

Victoria County, Texas - Court Cases
1861-02-22 State of Texas vs. William M Brownlow
Brownlow William M. 393 District Court
Playing a game of pool
HC-83-A & B, HC-84-A

http://genealogytrails.com/tex/gulfcoast/victoria/history.html
Texas Genealogy Trails
Victoria County, Texas History
(The next three statements were extracted from the above website. Gene Brownlow)
The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track.

Among the farmers about town are the Schafer families, the Fishers, Mr. Fred Deigle, whose good lady is not surpassed on earth for Christian virtues, Peter Weldon, A. F. Hall, C. L. Thurmond, Charley Johns, Peter Wagner, Dr. E. H. Smith, C. C. Rosell, Alfred Rosell, Jake Grier, Ob White, Mr. Brownlow, John Newcomb, Robert Newcomb, Capt. Gwinn, Max Lender, H. Hauschild, Mr. Thomas Nevins, S. T. Stafford, George Josstym, and many more.

November 17, 1863
." The name of citizens of Victoria captured on Mustang island are: Lieuts. A. Clark, M. L. Stoner, Skrugg, H. Devine, Otto Von Rhoeder, P. D. Newcomb, J. D. Cabler, Bobett, Robert Willoughby, who died in prison at New Orleans; Dr. J. B. Throop, Dr. Robert Bell, Daniel Weisiger, Bill McDonnald, John Hunt, James Webb, Thomas Smith, George Emison, Bob Hogan, - Clayton, John A Emison, - and a Mexican Ines, sur-name not now remembered.
(Note: because Otto Von Rhoeder (SIC Roeder) was the Captian of the Texas State Troops that William Monroe Brownlow was assigned, I beleive he may have been involved in the Battle of Mustang Island. Gene Brownlow(Note additioanl informatinshow that William married again in 1864 so that would mean he wasn't involved in this action. Gene Brownlow))

September 25, 1861 Victoria Blues Muster Roll shows PRIVATE W.W. Brownlow under Capt. Jas. E. FURGUSON

Then, no date, W. M. Brownlow was listed on the Muster Roll as a Sergeant in Company A 24th Brigade, Victoria Blues, Texas Troops, under Capitan Otto Von Roeder. There were 9 individuals listed on both rolls. Due to the date of record I believe he was active as a Texas Ranger before they became Texas State Troops. This would have been in Capt G.J. Hampton's Company A

In Von Roeder's Biography it states;
While Nassau Plantation was tied up in litigation, Otto moved south and developed a “princely plantation” on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Victoria County’s Mission Valley. His family grew to eight children, and he was listed on the 1860 census, as one of the area’s most prominent and prosperous citizens. A year later at 54, when the civil War began, the well-known patriot joined Company A of Victoria’s reserves, the “Blues” as an officer. On November 24, 1863, Col. von Roeder was captured while the company was defending Mustang Island. Praised for his kindness to other prisoners, he was released at New Orleans in June 1864 following the Louisiana Red River Campaign in which his eldest son served as an officer.

The Story of Georgia and Georgia People, 1732 to 1860. By George Gillman Smith, published by George G Smith, Macon Georgia, 1900. This book list Wm Brownlow in the section List Soldiers of the Line.

In 1864 William remarried to Melinda Bray. They were married on January 21, 1864, in Victoria County, Texas.

Groom's Name: W. N. Brownlow
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Malinda Bray
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1864
Marriage Place: , Victoria, Texas
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59292-1
System Origin: Texas-ODM
Source Film Number: 1010590

I believe it is possible that sometime after William married Malinda he was called upon to join the fight in Louisiana. It is possible that he was killed in one of several battles near the end of the war. Two possibilites are the Battle of Mansfield or Pleasant Hill.

While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous
guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana
engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill.
In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in
Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas.

On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard
Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s
Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted
cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill.
Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas.
With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its
customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it
returned to Texas.

In May 2018 we visited the Mansfield Battle Field Meorial. We were told that that were 100's of unmarked civil war graves in La. However in Minden La there are 21 unmarked graves of Texas Civil War soilders.

Williams' children were raised by their stepmother, Melinda Bray Brownlow. She was born about 1825 in North Carolina. She also change Amelia's name to Amanda.

William's youngest son Elias moved to the Mayfield boarding house in Karnes County to farm and James stayed to help his stepmother in Victoria County.
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Consolidated notes that I have been able to find on William Monroe Brownlow as of Aust 2023. Gene Brownlow

William Monroe Brownlow
born 1815 - died 1864

William Brownlow was born in Pendleton District, South Carolina in 1815 according to the multiple US Census and several military documents. His father was James Brownlow born 1787 in North Carolina and his mother was Rebecca Cross born about 1789 in South Carolina. In the 1800 Pendleton South Carolina Census there is a James Brownlow and wife with two young boys and two young girls listed. Then in 1820 there is a James Brownlow and wife showing four boys and one girl. I believe two of the boys are William Monroe and George Washington Brownlow both under ten years of age. In the 1830 Census there is a James Brownlow and wife with two boys under ten and two boys between ten and twenty years of age. Also, there are 4 young girls under five and one under ten and one under twenty years of age. I believe the two boys between ten and twenty are William Monroe and George Washington Brownlow.
William moved from Pendleton, South Carolina to Rome Georgia sometime after 1835 according to the birth of Nassisa, William’s sister, with his father, James, mother Rebecca, and brother George Washington Brownlow and sisters, Sarah, Eliza, Malinda, Nancy and Nassissa. In the 1850 Census it shows James. Rebecca and three daughters, Amanda 18, Emily 16, and NaLisa 12. Both William Monroe and George Washington Brownlow had moved out and started their own families.
He married Amelia Williams in Earley County Georgia the 5th day of August 1843 according to their marriage license. William married Amelia whose family was likely on a wagon train from Florida to Texas.
William’s brother stayed in Calhoun County Georgia, according to the 1850 Georgia Census. Calhoun County is adjacent to Early County and originally was the same county. William and George probably left South Carolina together, traveling to the southern part of Georgia. George married a local girl, while
According to their Georgia marriage license, in 1843, William Monroe Brownlow and Amelia Williams were married in Early County Georgia. They soon moved to Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La. In the 1850 Census it shows W M Brownlow, Amelia, Jura 5, and Mary 4, farming in La. Both girls show to be born in La so they must have been in La. By 1845. William and his family farmed in Natchitoches, Louisiana until 1857/58 when they moved to Texas.
In 1845 Jura Narcissus Brownlow was born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La.
In 1846 Mary Elizabeth Brownlow born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La.
In 1850 The US Census show William and his family in Natchitoches Parish, La.
May 6th, 1851, James Monroe Brownlow was born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La.
In September 1856 Elias Albert Brownlow born in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, La
A little about Amelia Williams. A Sandra Brownlow who had married into the Brownlow family in the James Monroe Brownlow line submitted this info online
Submitted On: 7 Sep 2004 - Submitted By: Sandra Brownlow - keisanb1@consolidated.net
Eli Williams, who was living in NC, received a land grant in Florida from U.S. Congress in 1798 for revolutionary services. This documentation is easy to find, but I have not tied him into our line yet. But I think he will be there.

ca. 1790 a John Williams and wife, Amelia were living around the Waccasassa Marina and Levy County Boat Landing in Florida. In 1843, Amelia Williams, b. 1822 Florida, married William Monroe Brownlow. William and Amelia Williams Brownlow married in Early County, GA. in 1843. They moved immediately to Natchitoches Parrish, Louisiana where their first four children (James Monroe Brownlow, Elias Albert Brownlow, Rebecca Brownlow and Mary E. Brownlow) were born. They moved on to Victoria County, Texas about 1857/8. In the 1860 Victoria County, Texas Census, there is an "N. Williams, age 18, born Florida" living with William and Amelia Brownlow and their children. In 1861/2 another baby, Amelia Brownlow II, was born. Amelia I died in 1862.

By 1860 the US Census shows William M Brownlow, Amelia, Mary13, James M 10, Eli A 3, and N Williams 18 (a relative of Amelia) living in Victoria Texas. Both boys, James and Eli show to have been born in Louisiana. and N Williams was born in Florida where Amelia was born. The family farmed in Victoria County and William also

In the document “Victoria County, Texas – Victoria County Texas History – Section 2, Victor M. Morn of the Daily Times Print, Laredo, Texas wrote the following.
The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track. Lower down on the west side of the river were the farms of J. J. Linn, A. Bass, McDonough, John and Wm Hunt; and on the San Antonio river those of Capt Harvey, Green Clay, A. H. Cromwell, and Holliday. East of the Guadalupe, and north of town, were those of S. McCall Fenner, R. N. and S. P. Weisiger, J. W. Rose, J. E. Ferguson, Judge Barton, W. L. Callander, C. Beck. B. Tippett, Wagner; and south of town those of Rupley, Dr. Cocke, M. L. Stoner, Venable, Taylor, Scott. The principal stock men, commencing at Mission Valley, were R. Power, James George, John A., and David Emison, Daniel Weisiger, Sr., A. Clark, J. O. Wheeler; on the San Antonio, Mr. Teel, Fagan, and De la Garza. In other portions of the county Patricio, Santiago, and Frank De. Leon; Benevides, Traylor, Mat Alexander, Tho's Sterne, A Borland, R. Clarke. Of course there were many more engaged in stock raising, and farming, as the various biographical sketches will show. In the year 1860 the largest stocks of cattle were those owned by A. Borland - 8,000 head, (the numbers are approximate) Matt Alexander - 6,000 head, Archie Clark - 5000 head, Preston R. Rose - 5,000 head, R. Clark - 4000 head, Winn Traylor 3,000 head, Thomas Sterne - 2,500.
1858 Victoria County, Texas History
The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track.

Among the farmers about town are the Schafer families, the Fishers, Mr. Fred Deigle, whose good lady is not surpassed on earth for Christian virtues, Peter Weldon, A. F. Hall, C. L. Thurmond, Charley Johns, Peter Wagner, Dr. E. H. Smith, C. C. Rosell, Alfred Rosell, Jake Grier, Ob White, Mr. Brownlow, John Newcomb, Robert Newcomb, Capt. Gwinn, Max Lender, H. Hauschild, Mr. Thomas Nevins, S. T. Stafford, George Josstym, and many more.

Victoria County, Texas - Court Cases
1861-02-22 State of Texas vs. William M Brownlow
Brownlow William M. 393 District Court
Playing a game of pool
HC-83-A & B, HC-84-A
http://genealogytrails.com/tex/gulfcoast/victoria/history.html
Texas Genealogy Trails
Victoria County, Texas History
(The next three statements were extracted from the above website. Gene Brownlow)
The principal planters, many of whom included, to a less or greater extent, stock raising, were: Dr. Joseph Weisiger, Otto Von Roeder, Archie Clark, St. George Lee, J. O. Wheeler, in Mission Valley; Weisiger and Sanford, Dr. E. H. Smith, W. P. McLean, Marshal Spell, Judge Ragland, Dr. J. B. Ragland, Brownlow, N. M. Ragland, Jordan Williams, Rod Clay, Murphy, Felix Daughtery, Quincey Davidson, south of the valley, and adjacent to the town track.

Among the farmers about town are the Schafer families, the Fishers, Mr. Fred Deigle, whose good lady is not surpassed on earth for Christian virtues, Peter Weldon, A. F. Hall, C. L. Thurmond, Charley Johns, Peter Wagner, Dr. E. H. Smith, C. C. Rosell, Alfred Rosell, Jake Grier, Ob White, Mr. Brownlow, John Newcomb, Robert Newcomb, Capt. Gwinn, Max Lender, H. Hauschild, Mr. Thomas Nevins, S. T. Stafford, George Josstym, and many more.

William joined the Victoria Blues, Company A, 24th Regiment sometime after May 1861.
This document was found online at http://www.txcivwarconf.org/papers/spurlin.pdf



Victoria, Texas, Units that Served in the Civil War
Charles D. Spurlin

On the eve of the Civil War, Victoria was a prosperous, thriving commercial center with visions of becoming even more affluent. Since the 1840s steamboats laden with goods for the western trade plied the Guadalupe River and made regular visits to the town. By 1861, the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railway was established between Victoria and Port Lavaca, the first link in a commercial chain that the owners of the railroad intended to link the Alamo City with the coastal shipping trade.

Politically, Victoria was an avid supporter of the States’ rights doctrine. Victorians who saw commercial opportunities were reluctant to accept any protective trade laws emanating out of the central government. Furthermore, the county’s slave owners firmly stood against any northern opposition restricting bondsmen from the territories. However, most disturbing at the moment was the belief the newly elected president Abraham Lincoln, considered to be a Black Republican, would push for the abolishment of slavery. Consequently, local residents, be they slave owners or not, strongly supported the States’ rights doctrine. Many present day Victorians find little difficulty in relating to their predecessors views on States’ rights.

As the war clouds began to thicken after South Carolina seceded from the Union in late 1860, Victorians assumed considerable interest in the national news and speculated as to how the community would be affected. Some of the citizens quickly concluded that should Texas secede they would be prepared to defend their country.

As the political events unfolded, a Secession Convention convened, and on February 1, 1861, the delegates voted 174 to 7 to secede. The Victoria district representatives, State District Judge Fielding Jones of Victoria and William R. Scurry from DeWitt County, cast their ballots with the majority. Afterwards, Victoria County with about a forty percent voter turnout accepted the Ordinance of Secession 313 to 88.

Victor Rose, a Victoria County resident, newspaperman, and historian, in an assessment of the community’s attitude wrote in his History of Victoria County that Victorians were as enthusiastic for war. . .”as if years of oppression had driven them to the stern necessity.” He added that if the residents were asked why they were so zealous for war, the reply was “To whip the Yankees.” Rose pointed out that resistance in the county to war, where it could be found, came from the older naturalized residents who possessed strong feelings for their oath of allegiance to the United States. In a personal assessment of the unfolding event he stated, “Folly was toppling a great State into needless, ruinous, rebellion. We repudiated the counsels of Sam Houston, Jack Hamilton, J. W. Throckmorton; John Hancock, and other Texans, to follow the magpie chattering of South Carolina’s pigmy so-called statesmen. . . .There was never a more causeless war,—and a fearful responsibility for its consequences rests on the Yankee abolitionists. It seemed that some devil,—he must have been a South Carolina devil,— concealed from view, manipulated events upon the Southern chess board to suit his own malign purpose.” Despite Rose’s misgivings to the war, he served with distinction in Ross’ Texas Brigade.

Soon after Texas entered the Confederacy on March 2, 1861, the Victoria Cavalry Company, Twenty-fourth Texas Cavalry Brigade, was organized for local defense purposes. The commander of the unit was James E. Ferguson, a Methodist minister who had lived in the county since 1857. He was the father of future governor James E. “Farmer Jim” Ferguson. Composed primarily of married men who claimed regular service would interfere with their personal affairs, the company drilled four times a week so as to be prepared to defend the area from federal forces.

By the end of May, a second company was formed under the guidance of Victoria County Sheriff George J. Hampton. Originally the unit was known as the “Victoria Blues,” probably because some of men possessed blue uniforms acquired from the federal government.

After Gen. Henry H. Sibley, a former U. S. Army officer now serving in the Confederate service, arrived at San Antonio in the summer of 1861 and began organizing a brigade, Hampton and his comrades officially joined Sibley’s unit on September 11, 1861, as Company C, Fourth Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers. Meanwhile, the Victorians renamed the company “Victoria Invincible.”

In October 1861, Company C left San Antonio and marched to New Mexico. The first significant engagement the Victorians experienced was at Valverde, New Mexico, in February 1862. Lt. Col. William Scurry, regimental commander in the absence of Col. James Reily who was on a diplomatic mission in Mexico, encouraged the men, as reported by Lt. Charles C. Linn, a member of Company C and the son of Victoria’s first mayor John. J. “Juan” Linn, by yelling “Come on, My Boys. Come On, My Ragged Texians.” Although they were intensely involved in the fight, only eight Victorians, Hampton included, were wounded, none mortally.

After the Battle of Valverde, the Texans moved northward to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. On March 26, 1862, at Apache Canyon, the opposing forces collided in combat. The next day, the Victorians arrived at the scene of action as reinforcements. By March 28, the fighting shifted to Glorieta Pass. After a fierce struggle in which a high percentage of officers of the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment were killed or wounded, the Confederates retreated. The Victoria Company’s losses were three killed and three wounded. Because of his heroic deeds at the battles of Valverde and Glorieta, Hampton was promoted to major. Before the war ended, the former Victoria County sheriff became a colonel and commanded the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment.

Having failed to conquer New Mexico, Sibley ordered the brigade to return to Texas. During the summer of 1862, the men staggered into San Antonio. The journey from El Paso to the Alamo City was extremely hard, even for the toughest Victorian. When the Texans commenced the trek, their food supplies and clothing were inadequate for a long journey as they were to embark upon. Pete Fagan, a member of the “Victoria Invincible,” remarked, “The men were suffering terribly from the heat, very many of are a-foot, and scarcely able to travel from blistered feet. They were subsisting on bread and water, both officers and men; many of them sick, many ragged, and all hungry; but we did not see a gloomy face—not one.” By the middle of July, the company reached San Antonio, and a couple of weeks later arrived in Victoria to await assignment.

In the fall of 1862, Company C was ordered to the Trans-Mississippi Department and became a part of Gen. Thomas Green’s Cavalry Brigade. As an element in Green’s Brigade, the Victorians actively served in the battlefield operations of western Louisiana. Occasionally, however, the brigade, or portions of it, spent time in eastern Texas.

When news reached the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment that the military structure east of the Mississippi was collapsing, its members, Victorians included, defiantly adopted on April 27, 1865, at Independence, Texas, a resolution vowing to fight to the end and invited all Confederate troops outside the state to join with them. But, whether the Texans liked it or not, there was to be no further fighting for the Fourth Texas Cavalry Regiment.

Also organized for Confederate service at Victoria in 1861 was Company B, Sixth Texas Infantry Regiment, commanded by Capt. Jacob A. Rupley, a local businessman and a former resident of Pennsylvania. Company B was the only Victoria unit to serve east of the Mississippi River. Before leaving the state, the regiment trained for eight months at Camp Henry E. McCulloch, four miles north of Victoria. During its encampment in the community, the Male Academy was paid fifty dollars a month by the city to serve as the regimental hospital.

One of the recruits who trained at Camp McCulloch was R. R. Gilbert, a former newspaperman. Under the name of “High Private”, he applied his journalistic abilities by writing a series of satirical letters to the Victoria Advocate describing camp life. In a January 16, 1862, article, Gilbert gave the location of the encampment as a central one where “you can start from it and go to any part of the world—with a furlough.” His version of the Confederate oath was, “Do you solemnly swear that you will stay in the army as long as the war lasts, and fight to the best of your ability; that you will not growl at your rations, and be content with eleven dollars a month, whether you get them or not, so help you God?” The “High Private” also had a few choice comments about army regulations. He wrote, “army regulations require that every soldier shall keep his hair cut short. This cost 25 cents a month. Again, every one who acts irreverently, while the chaplain is officiating, has a Yankee shilling, or 16 2/3 cents, deducted from his pay, and he who swears an oath is mulcted in the sum of 16 2/3 cents for each swear. During the first month, I smiled once in meeting, and my liver being out or order, the number of swears for that month aggregated two each day.

“The result: High Private to the Southern Confederacy…:

“For Barber’s Bill, one month, 25 cents.

“For one ‘irreverently,’ 16 2/3 cents.

“For 62 swears at 16 2/3 cents each, $10.34.

“For Laundress, 50 cents per week, $2.00.

“For Company Cook, 25 cents.

“The total is $13.00 2/3 cents. Less one month’s pay, $11, leaving balance due the Confederate States of America, $2.00 2/3 cents.

“As eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, I immediately commenced reforming and engaged an enterprising individual to do my swearing at an enormous discount, left off going to church, and made arrangements to do my own cooking and washing.”

While training progressed at Camp McCulloch, Col. Garland asked a group of Victoria ladies to design and make an appropriate flag for the regiment. The women on the grounds they lacked the necessary materials declined, but Mrs. Richard Owens, the wife of a local merchant, with the help of her daughters assumed the challenge. The finished product was made of red merino with a border of white silk fringe. A blue shield, 28 by 36 inches, containing thirteen white stars was situated in the middle. Twelve of the stars were arranged along the border of the shield, six on each side, and a large star, to symbolize the Lone Star State, dominated the center. Stitched at the bottom of the flag with white silk was “Sixth Texas Infantry Regiment. Before Mrs. Owens completed the flag, the regiment broke camp and marched to Arkansas. It was delivered to Garland while the regiment was at Arkansas Post. Unfortunately, the flag was taken as war booty by federal troops when the Confederates surrendered the fort in January 1863.

After the capitulation of Arkansas Post, the Confederate prisoners of war were transferred up the Mississippi by steamboat to military prisons at Camp Butler, Illinois, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Camp Douglas, Illinois. During the spring of 1863, a prisoner exchange was made. In May 1863, The Sixth, Tenth, and Fifteenth Texas Regiments were consolidated. However, later in the war the Tenth Texas Infantry Regiment again became an independent unit. During the following month, the consolidated unit was assigned to Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne’s Division in the Army of Tennessee. As a part of the division, the consolidated regiment participated in the engagements at Chickamauga in September 1863.

After Chickamauga, the regiment was assigned to Col. Hiram B. Granbury’s Brigade and fought in the Chattanooga Campaign. Although the fighting ended in a defeat for the Southern forces, the one bright spot for the Confederates was the manner in which the Texans held its position at Missionary Ridge under intense Union pressure. The unit was eventually forced to retreat when the federals broke through other Confederate entrenchments and left the Texans’ flanks exposed.

The Army of Tennessee withdrew to Georgia. In the spring and summer of 1864, it engaged in the Battle of Atlanta. In this campaign, the Sixth Texas, now known as the “Bloody Sixth,” was a vital cog in the Confederate defenses around the city. Despite heavy casualties to the regiment, the men fought stubbornly to halt the federal advance. Fighting was so intense at times; the unit was commanded by five different men in a two day period. On May 29, Capt. B. R. Tyus was wounded and Capt. Rhodes Fisher assumed command. The next day Fisher was wounded and forced to relinquish command to Capt. M. M. Houston who lasted only ten minutes before being killed. Capt. R. R. Rice took charge and shortly afterwards became a casualty whereupon 1st Lieut. T. S. Flynt became the regimental commander.

During the fighting in Georgia and Tennessee, Victorian Jacob Fox won the distinction of being the most wounded soldier in Company B. On July 21, he either received shrapnel or a bullet but remained on active duty. On September 1, Fox was hit again. He, nevertheless, continued to be an effective member of the company. Later, on November 30, he lost a forefinger at Franklin, Tennessee, but shortly afterwards returned to duty.

After the Georgia Campaign, the Army of Tennessee moved into Tennessee and fought at Franklin and Nashville. At Nashville, the Confederate army was routed and retreated to Mississippi where Gen. Joseph E. Johnston assumed command from Gen. John B. Hood. Afterwards, the army intermittently marched to North Carolina. In the Carolina Campaign of 1865, Johnston’s strategy was essentially one of retreat, hold, and retreat. Because the ranks of the Army of Tennessee were continually depleted from its encounters with the federals, it was restructured. Under the reorganization setup, the Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and Fifteenth Texas Infantry Regiments were consolidated with the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-fifth Texas Dismounted Cavalry Regiments. The new command was designated the First Texas Infantry Regiment and assigned to Gen. D. C. Govan’s Brigade, Gen. John C. Brown’s Division.

On April 26, 1865, Johnston, his army in rags with little food and military supplies, formally surrendered to Gen. William T. Sherman. Confederate officer Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, an 1860 Democratic presidential candidate, was present at the meeting between Johnston and Sherman. All three men were old acquaintances. A bottle of liquor was acquired for social drinks. The more the men drank the more elegant Breckinridge’s comments became on the surrender terms. Finally, Sherman stated, “Hold on Breckinridge. If you get one more drink inside you, you’ll talk me into surrendering to Johnston.”

In the spring of 1862 on the Garcitas Creek east of Victoria, a third Victoria company was formed to serve in the Confederate army under the command of Dr. James B. P. January, a local physician. Within a year, he resigned and Reed N. Weisiger, a member of a prominent Victoria family, became the company commander. When the unit entered Confederate service on April 18, its members affectionately referred to it as the “Jim Scott Rangers,” but officially it was Company A, Thirteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion. Maj. Edwin Waller Jr., the son of the first mayor of Austin, was the battalion commander.

After the company was organized, it moved to Hempstead and united with the other companies in the battalion. In July, the unit broke camp and moved toward western Louisiana, reaching its destination in the latter part of August. Except for two companies of Louisiana infantry, Waller’s Battalion was the only Confederate force in the western sector of the state in the closing months of 1862.

In the early part of 1863, Green’s Brigade, after the ill-fated New Mexico campaign, arrived in Louisiana. Waller’s Battalion was attached to it and remained, except for occasional detached duty, as an integral part of the brigade until shortly before the war ended. While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas.

On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill. Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas.

With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it returned to Texas. In the final stages of the war, the company traversed the eastern part of the state without experiencing any action.

In early 1865, the battalion was elevated to regimental status. On March 30, it was integrated into Gen. Walter P. Lane’s Brigade, Gen. William Steele’s Division. Two months later, on May 20, Waller’s Regiment was disbanded.

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September 25, 1861 Victoria Blues Muster Roll shows PRIVATE W.W. Brownlow under Capt. Jas. E. FURGUSON

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The Story of Georgia and Georgia People, 1732 to 1860. By George Gillman Smith, published by George G Smith, Macon Georgia, 1900. This book list Wm Brownlow in the section List Soldiers of the Line.

The military muster card of 1861 show W M Brownlow as a Sargent under the command of Captain Otto Von Roeder, Company A Victoria City, 24th Brigade, Texas State Troops. There are pay records showing W M Brownlow in the 4th Qtr of 1861 and January through March of 1862 providing cords of wood. During my research I learned that most of the men in these years in Texas served in the Texas Rangers. They would sign up for a short period of time to protect the people from Mexican raiders and hostile Indians. When the Civil war started these Rangers converted over to Texas State Troops. I believe that is what William did as he was shown as a Sergeant in the Texas State Troops on one of his Muster cards. When not serving h farmed the land.
PVT Brownlow September 25, 1861, Janes E Ferguson Victoria Calv Company, 24th Brigade. Independent Company for Coast Defense.
Capt. J.E. FURGESON
Thos. SMITH
1st Lt. S.W. WALTON C.L. STADTLER
2nd Lt. J.T. STAFFORD W.M. VARNELL
3rd Lt. Jas. P. KEAN M. SPELL
Ord. Sgt. J.G. COLLOR R.H. HUNTER
2nd Ord. Sgt. J.L CUNNINGHAM W.G. THORNTON
3rd Ord. Sgt. U.N. ATKINSON Jas. J. NUNER
4th Ord. Sgt. S. DE LEON Geo. JOSLIN
lst Cop�l. W.J. STAFFORD L.F. WHEELER
2nd Cop�l. Thos. W. PEARSON W.T. HARRIS
3rd Cop�l. F.R. DOUGHTERY A. DEICHART
4th Cop'l. J.J. MURPHRY Thos. JENKINS
John C. WARDEN
MUSICIAN M.F. RUNDELL
Chas. REISNER Jas. HEPPERON
Alex BORLAND
PRIVATES S.D. DE LEON
F. SHULTER
Wm. HUNT J.B. WALKER
M.M. BREWSTER H WEAKA
J.G. ROWLAND MILLER
J.R. JANUARY W.S. GLASS
Jas. C. SCOTT SOL HALFIN
E.H. GAYLORD John E. MOODY
E. MORGAN M. BARTLETTS
C.C. SMOTHERS Sam�l JANUARY
Julius SCHNEIDER Frank DE LEON
Frank COLLER James SAMPSON
Rudolph HAYS Daniel WEISIGER Jr.
E. PICKERING Duncan WILLIAM
A. BARTLETTS Rarl SASA
C.L. THURMOND W.J. WHITEHEAD
L.F. GANT E.R. WELLS
Sam�l HARRIS Wm. GRAVETT
C.C. ROSELL L.D. EASTERBROOK
W.W. BROWNLOW Henry NELSON
R.N. WEISIGAR Samuel P. WEISIGER
W.J. MC DONALD Nicholas WILLIAMS
David BUNCE Jas. N. RAGLAND
E.H. SMITH Wm. RUPLEY
Rob. WILLOUPHY B.N. JOSLIN
W.J. CRAIG J.D.STAPLES
J.H.MULLINS

4th Quarter 1861 - Nov 12th, 1861, William Brownlow was paid for 16 cords of wood
Sgt Brownlow 1861 Cap Otto Von Roeder Company A, 24th Brigade Texas State Troops
1st Qtr 1862 - Jan 20 to Feb 22 1862 12 cords of wood - Mar 31 1862 !2 cords of wood
2nd Qtr 1862 Military Roll
Amielia died in 1862. I assume it was during childbirth of Amelia II Brownlow August 5th, 1862.

Then, (no date shown), W. M. Brownlow was listed on the Muster Roll as a Sergeant in Company A 24th Brigade, Victoria Blues, Texas Troops, under Capitan Otto Von Roeder. There were 9 individuals listed on both rolls. Due to the date of record, I believe he was active as a Texas Ranger before they became Texas State Troops. This would have been in Capt G.J. Hampton's Company A

In Von Roeder's Biography it states;
While Nassau Plantation was tied up in litigation, Otto moved south and developed a “princely plantation” on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Victoria County’s Mission Valley. His family grew to eight children, and he was listed on the 1860 census, as one of the area’s most prominent and prosperous citizens. A year later at 54, when the civil War began, the well-known patriot joined Company A of Victoria’s reserves, the “Blues” as an officer. On November 24, 1863, Col. von Roeder was captured while the company was defending Mustang Island. Praised for his kindness to other prisoners, he was released at New Orleans in June 1864 following the Louisiana Red River Campaign in which his eldest son served as an officer
In 1862 Amelia gave birth to a daughter. Amelia died in 1862 so it can be assumed that she died giving birth. William named the girl Amelia after her mother.

November 17, 1863
Sgt William Brownlow was involved in the Battle of Mustang Island. The names of citizens of Victoria captured on Mustang Island are: Lieuts. A. Clark, M. L. Stoner, Skrugg, H. Devine, Otto Von Rhoeder, P. D. Newcomb, J. D. Cabler, Bobett, Robert Willoughby, who died in prison at New Orleans; Dr. J. B. Throop, Dr. Robert Bell, Daniel Weisiger, Bill McDonnald, John Hunt, James Webb, Thomas Smith, George Emison, Bob Hogan, - Clayton, John A Emison, - and a Mexican Ines, sur-name not now remembered. It shows Brownlow was wounded on November 17th, 1863.
The following is a roll Call report without any date.
Capt. Otto Von ROEDER Prussia 54 Victoria
1st Lt. A.E. CLARK Miss. 46 "
2nd Lt. C.L. THURMOND Tenn. 29 "
2nd ? B.F. PONNDS Ala. 39 "
O.S. ? Montgomery Miss. 32 Meyersville, DeWitt Co.
Sergeants
W.J. MC DONALD
W.M. BROWNLOW S. C. 39 Victoria
Thomas SMITH Virginia 43 "
C.C. WHITTINGTON N.C. 46 "
Corporals
M.W. ALEXANDER Tenn. 45 "
F.B.H. KING Miss. 37 "
B.F. DAVIS Virginia 39 "
Henry BAKER

Privates
ANSURALDO, RAMON Mexico 40 "
ALLNOCH, F. "
BORLAND, A. absent
BUCKART, Louis
BURNHURST, F. absent
CLEMENTS, Geo. absent
DILLIMAN, John absent
FERGERSON, Henry Germany 36 "
GRAFT, Antonio Germany 41 "
GOLLA, John absent
HOWARD, Thomas absent
HOHENDON, William absent
HERZOG, Heny Germany 19 Victoria
HEPWORTH, John absent
HALFIN, Henry absent
HELLERBRANT, O.L. absent
JOHN, Chas. Germany 44 Victoria
KENNER, J.P.
KIBBE, R.P. sub for BARTLETT, A. Louisiana 17 Victoria
KOHEN, William absent
KERSEY, G.W. absent
LEVI, Henry absent
LEVI, Gregoria absent
LETTS, Jacob New York 25 Victoria
LUBE, Louis absent
MALTITZ,C.C. absent
MUSGA, John absent
MILLER, Geo. absent
MILLER, Falwine absent
MISE, Fred absent
NEIMAN, Geo. absent
O�REAGAN, M. absent
ORTZ, Romaldo absent
O�KEIFE, Thomas absent
PICKERING, E.E. absent
PISGA, Thos. absent
PILGRIM, Mat absent
ROWLAND, J.G. Virginia 41 Victoria
REUFF, E. absent
ROBINS, Edwin Maine 35 Victoria
RANDALL, W.D. absent
RANDALL, Thomas sub for RANDALL, Jas. Texas 16 Lavaca
ROBINSON, William
SHONDOW, Gotlieb absent
SIMONS, George absent
STRAUS, Charles absent
STERNE, Phillip Holland 22 Victoria
STERNE, Levi absent
SINGLETON, W.W. absent (marked out)
WASCHER, Henry absent
WEBBER, Paul absent
WUCHESER, Fred sub for WEISIGER. D. Germany 51 Victoria
WHEELER, J.0. absent
HILL, B.F. N. C. 46 Victoria
GABLER (CABLER),J.D. Tenn. 48 Mission Valley

Battle of Mustang Island
Following the battle of Brownsville, the Union army consolidated a garrison there under Major General Napoleon J. T. Dana. Major General Nathaniel P. Banks then planned to move against Corpus Christi. Banks directed Brigadier General Thomas E. G. Ransom on an expedition against a Confederate earthen fortification on Mustang Island known as Fort Semmes. The Confederate garrison, of less than 100 men, was composed of detachments from the 3rd Texas State Militia under Major George O. Dunaway and the 8th Texas Infantry under Captain William N. Maltby.

Ransom’s men made a forced march against Fort Semmes which was occupied by men from the 8th Texas Infantry and 3rd Texas State Militia. The Union advance encountered Confederate skirmishers on November 17. Ransom’s men fired one volley causing the Texas skirmishers to retreat back into Fort Semmes. Ransom deployed the 13th Maine and 15th Maine infantry regiments in line of battle while the USS Monongahela fired into the fort from offshore. Fort Semmes’ small garrison was not prepared for open battle and the fighting was over shortly after the attack commenced. Major Dunaway decided upon an unconditional surrender of the entire garrison rather than making an attempt to fight their way back to the mainland.[5]
Major General Cadwallader C. Washburn arrived at the head of the Union expedition on the Texas Coast. Washburn next led Union forces to capture Fort Esperanza on November 30, 1863.
References
• Howell, Kenneth Wayne, ed. The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War, University of North Texas Press, 2011
• Townsend, Stephen A., The Yankee Invasion of Texas, Texas A&M University Press, 2006


November 17, 1863
." The name of citizens of Victoria captured on Mustang island are: Lieuts. A. Clark, M. L. Stoner, Skrugg, H. Devine, Otto Von Rhoeder, P. D. Newcomb, J. D. Cabler, Bobett, Robert Willoughby, who died in prison at New Orleans; Dr. J. B. Throop, Dr. Robert Bell, Daniel Weisiger, Bill McDonnald, John Hunt, James Webb, Thomas Smith, George Emison, Bob Hogan, - Clayton, John A Emison, - and a Mexican Ines, sur-name not now remembered.
(Note: because Otto Von Rhoeder (SIC Roeder) was the Captain of the Texas State Troops that William Monroe Brownlow was assigned, I believe he may have been involved in the Battle of Mustang Island. (Note additional information shows that William married again in 1864 so that would mean he wasn't killed in this action.)


In 1864 William married Melinda Bray on January 21, 1864, in Victoria County, Texas.
I believe it is possible that sometime after William married Malinda he was called upon to join the fight in Louisiana. It is possible that he was killed in one of several battles near the end of the war. Two possibilities are the Battle of Mansfield or Pleasant Hill.

While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous
guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana
engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill.
In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in
Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas.

On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard
Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s
Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted
cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill.
Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas.
With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its
customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it
returned to Texas.

In the document Victoria, Texas, Units that served in the Civil War by Charles D, Spurlin, he states the following,
In the early part of 1863, Green’s Brigade, after the ill-fated New Mexico campaign, arrived in Louisiana. Waller’s Battalion was attached to it and remained, except for occasional detached duty, as an integral part of the brigade until shortly before the war ended.
As a side note Mary E Brownlow married James Sheppard Feb 4th 1864.
Soon after William married, he was sent to Louisiana with the Victoria Blues. While stationed in Louisiana, the Victoria company performed numerous guerrilla raids against the federal army. By far the most significant Louisiana engagements Company A participated in were the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. In the early spring of 1864, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Union forces in Louisiana, began his Red River Campaign that was designed to invade Texas.

On April 8, at Sabine Cross-Roads, near Mansfield, Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor’s forces engaged the advancing federal army. During the battle, Waller’s Battalion was attached to Gen. James P. Major’s Brigade and fought as dismounted cavalry. Following the struggle at Mansfield, the fighting continued at Pleasant Hill. Both engagements resulted in Banks aborting his attempt to invade Texas.

With the conclusion of the Red River Campaign, Company A resumed its customary small encounters with the enemy until the latter part of November when it returned to Texas. In the final stages of the war, the company traversed the eastern part of the state without experiencing any action.

In early 1865, the battalion was elevated to regimental status. On March 30, it was integrated into Gen. Walter P. Lane’s Brigade, Gen. William Steele’s Division. Two months later, on May 20, Waller’s Regiment was disbanded.
I visited the battle fields of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in La. There I learned that there were hundreds of unmarked graves from the civil war. One location was in Minden La. There in the cemetery are 10 graves that indicate the men were from Texas and had fought in the Mansfield/Pleasant Hill battles. Here I believe is the grave of William Monroe Brownlow.
Williams' children were raised by their stepmother, Melinda {Bray} Brownlow. She was born about 1825 in North Carolina. She also changed Amelia's name to Amanda.

William's youngest son Elias moved to the Mayfield boarding house in Karnes County to farm and James stayed to help his stepmother in Victoria County. According to multiple news papers Malinda became an Administratrix for a law office when she provided personal Will services.



Died:
Civil War Battle of Mansfield, La

William married Amelia Williams on 7 Sep 1843 in , Early, Georgia. Amelia (daughter of John S Williams and Amelia Small) was born in 1822 in Florida; died about 1862 in Victoria, Victoria, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Malinda Bray on 21 Jan 1864 ( by,J. E. FERGUSON, M. E. Church South) in Victoria County, Texas. Malinda was born in 1825 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1055

Family/Spouse: Samual Johnston. Samual was born in 1815 in SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1148

Eliza married Alexander Hamilton Smith on 19 Jan 1843 in Floyd County Georgia. Alexander was born in 1821 in Rome, Floyd, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1056

Notes:

1850 Division 12, Gordon County, Georgia Page 63

Peter Pogue 24 NC Laborer
Malinda Pogue 23 SC
Larkin T. Pogue 5 GA
Emily Pogue 2 GA

Melinda married Peter T. Pogue on 9 Sep 1844 in Floyd County, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1058

Notes:

Birth:
150 census showed Amanda being 18 indicating she was born in 1832

Nancy married on 4 Nov 1858 in Floyd County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Spraggins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1057

Notes:

Birth:
The 1850 Census showed NaLusa 13 indicating she was born in 1837

Nassisa married John H. Dunn on 29 Aug 1858 in Floyd County, Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1054
• Residence: 1880, Flat Woods, Floyd, Georgia, United States

Notes:

Birth:
The 1850 Census showed Emily 16 indicating she was born in 1834

Emily married Henry Beard on 19 Feb 1859 in Floyd County, Georgia.. Henry was born on 18 Oct 1839; died on 14 Jul 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Bud
• Reference Number: 1082

Notes:

Thanks to Jason Edwards
James Madison (Bud) Brownlow , son of James A. H. Brownlow and Jane Anne Austin, Was born June 1, 1852 in Forsyth Co., Georgia. In about 1855 he moved with his family to Van Wert in Polk Co., Georgia. After his father returned home from war they moved to Bartow Co., Georgia. On May 1, 1879 he married Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Phillips, daughter of James Phillips and Rhoda Martha Collins. She was born Nov. 13, 1861 in Bartow Co., Ga. The story is told that she was born while her father was off fighting for the Confederacy when she was born. One day while her and her mother were in town when a man came walking up the tracks. Her mother looked up and said “Well Lord, yonder comes Jim Phillips”.

Soon after that her father died of a sickness he had contracted in the army. She only got to spend a few days with her father. After his death Sarah ,along with her mother and sister, had to survive on their own. They did but it was not with out struggle. The story is told that during reconstruction they would take pine boughs and attach them to the side of their house for shade in the summer. They also worked keeping other peoples houses.

James and Sarah started out married life with a one eye stove, a table and crates for chairs. They would tie sacks in the corners of their one roomed house for beds. James and Sarah had the following children: George Lester Brownlow b. March 14, 1880, Annie Lee Brownlow b. September 12, 1881, married Hicks Carter December 28, 1907, Rhoda Judson Brownlow b. August 27, 1883, Willie Estelle Brownlow b. April 26, 1886, married Bartow Carter February 25, 1917, Virgil Ephriam Brownlow b. March 1, 1888, and Oliver Johnson Brownlow b. July 8, 1895, married Ethel Briton February 10, 1924.

In about 1900 James moved back to Van Wert. Then in abt 1910 they bought an old white house in Aragon. James and his family grew what they needed to eat and any thing they couldn’t grow they bought. During the World Wars train loads of soldiers would stop in Aragon and the family would take flowers to them. Many of those men went over to Europe and never returned. James was a Mill Supervisor. Every year for Sarah’s birthday her children would throw her a big party which would be attended by sometimes over two hundred people. It was not un common for Governor Talmadge to stop by as well. They would take the furniture out of the house and line the walls with tables of every kind of food imaginable. They would hire local women to do some of the cooking. The main food was a huge pot of stew that was cooked over a fire. There was always plenty at the Brownlow house. James was a member of Prospect Baptist church. He died on Jan 3, 1931 and is buried in the church cemetery{1931 Prospect Church} next to Sarah who passed away on April 15, 1951.

Notes for JAMES MADISON BROWNLOW:

James Madison Brownlow and Sarah Elizabeth Phillips

James Madison (Bud) Brownlow , son of James A. H. Brownlow and Jane Anne Austin, Was born June 1, 1852 in Forsyth Co., Georgia. In about 1855 he moved with his family to Van Wert in Polk Co., Georgia. After his father returned home from war they moved to Bartow Co., Georgia. On May 1, 1879 he married Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Phillips, daughter of James Phillips and Rhoda Martha Collins. She was born Nov. 13, 1861 in Bartow Co., Ga. The story is told that she was born while her father was off fighting for the Confederacy when she was born. One day while her and her mother were in town when a man came walking up the tracks. Her mother looked up and said “Well Lord, yonder comes Jim Phillips”. Soon after that her father died of a sickness he had contracted in the army. She only got to spend a few days with her father. After his death Sarah ,along with her mother and sister, had to survive on their own. They did but it was not with out struggle. The story is told that during reconstruction they would take pine boughs and attach them to the side of their house for shade in the summer. They also worked keeping other peoples houses.

James and Sarah started out married life with a one eye stove, a table and crates for chairs. They would tie sacks in the corners of their one roomed house for beds. James and Sarah had the following children: George Lester Brownlow b. March 14, 1880, Annie Lee Brownlow b. September 12, 188 1, married Hicks Carter December 28, 1907, Rhoda Judson Brownlow b. August 27, 1883, Willie Estelle Brownlow b. April 26, 1886, married Bartow Carter February 25, 1917, Virgil Ephriam Brownlow b. March 1, 1888, and Oliver Johnson Brownlow b. July 8, 1895, married Ethel Briton February 10, 1924.

In about 1900 James moved back to Van Wert. Then in abt 1910 they bought an old white house in Aragon. James and his family grew what they needed to eat and any thing they couldn’t grow they bought. During the World Wars train loads of soldiers would stop in Aragon and the family would take flowers to them. Many of those men went over to Europe and never returned. Every year for Sarah’s birthday her children would throw her a big party which would be attended by sometimes over two hundred people. It was not un common for Governor Talmadge to stop by as well. They would take the furniture out of the house and line the walls with tables of every kind of food imaginable. They would hire local women to do some of the cooking. The main food was a huge pot of stew that was cooked over a fire. There was always plenty at the Brownlow house. James was a member of Prospect Baptist church. He died on Jan 3, 1931 and is buried in the church cemetery next to Sarah who passed away on April 15, 1951.

More About JAMES MADISON BROWNLOW:
Census: 1930, Aragon, Polk County, Georgia

BROWNLOW FAMILY

[first page]
FAMILY REGISTER
PARENTS NAME'S
HUSBAND: James M. Brownlow
BORN: June 1st 1852
WIFE: Sarah Elizabeth Brownlow
BORN November 13th 1861
MARRIED: May 1st 1879
[second page]
CHILDREN'S NAMES:
George Lester March 14 - 1880
Annie Lee September 12 - 1881
Rhoda Judson August 27 - 1883
Willie Estelle April 26 - 1886
Virgil Ephriam March 1 - 1888
Oliver Johnson July 8 - 1895
[third page]
MARRIAGES:
Annie to J. Hicks Carter December 28 - 1907
G. L. to Grace C. Gladden April 11 -1909
Willie to Bartow M. Carter February 25 - 1917
O. J. to Ethel Briton February 10 - 1924
George L. to Mellie Mae East April 19 - 1924
[fourth page]
DEATHS:
James Madison Brownlow January 3 - 1931

James married Sarah Elizabeth Phillips on 1 May 1879 in Bartow County Georgia. Sarah (daughter of James Phillips and Rhoda Martha Collins) was born on 13 Nov 1861 in Bartow Co., Ga; died on 15 Apr 1951 in Polk County Georgia, Prospect Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Sis
• Reference Number: 1096

Family/Spouse: Jim Connoway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Wimp
• Reference Number: 1098

Notes:

More About JOHN WIMPY BROWNLOW:
Census: 1900, Kingston, Bartow County, Georgia

John W. Brownlow (First_Last)
Regiment Name 40 Georgia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company D
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 8

John married Sally A. Collins on 10 Nov 1870 in Bartow County, Georgia, Book F, Page 144. Sally was born in Dec 1844 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Tavey
• Reference Number: 1101

Family/Spouse: James D. Witt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Lus
• Reference Number: 1103

Family/Spouse: John Dyar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Jack
• Reference Number: 1105

Family/Spouse: Emily Doster Phillips. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Missouri Owens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Emma
• Reference Number: 1108

Family/Spouse: James Genral Conaway. James was born on 21 Sep 1865 in Floyd County, Georgia; died on 10 Apr 1934 in Gordon County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1668
• Reference Number: 2098

Notes:

More About JOHN HENRY BROWNLOW:
Census: 1910, Cornelia, Habersham County, Georgia

John married Cynthia Elizabeth McMillian on 19 May 1875. Cynthia was born on 17 Nov 1848 in Hall County, Geogria; died on 17 May 1925 in Cornelia, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2099

Notes:

Notes for JEREMIAH SANFORD BROWNLOW:
MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1867-1878
Issue of November 22, 1871

On 19th Oct., by Rev. B. E. L. Timmons, Mr. J. S. Brownlow to M. F. McKinn ey, all of White co., Ga.

More About JEREMIAH SANFORD BROWNLOW:
Census: 1880, Mossy Creek, White County, Georgia

Marriage Notes for JEREMIAH BROWNLOW and MARY MCKINNEY:
Marriage Notices from The Southern Christian Advocate, 1867-1878
Issue of November 22, 1871
page 214
Marriages, Southern Christian Advocate, 1867-1878
On 19th Oct., by Rev. B. E. L. Timmons, Mr. J. S. Brownlow to M. F. McKinney, all of White co., Ga.

Jeremiah married Mary Elvira Frances McKinney on 19 Oct 1871 in White County GA. Mary (daughter of William McKinney and Mary Miller) was born in Apr 1854 in White County, Georgia; died on 24 Mar 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Martha Missouri Thomas on 8 Feb 1893 in White County GA. Martha was born on 22 Feb 1870 in Habersham County, Georgia; died on 10 Jun 1949 in Fulton County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2100

Notes:

More About ENOCH WIMPY BROWNLOW:
Burial Location: West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
Census: 1910, White County, Georgia

Family/Spouse: V Ellen. V was born in 1896 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maggie Davidson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Annie Black. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sally Anderson. Sally was born on 5 Apr 1857; died in 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2101

Family/Spouse: Joseph Berry. Joseph was born on 2 Feb 1859; died in 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1670
• Reference Number: 2103

Notes:

More About CHARLES WIMPY SUMPTER BROWNLOW:
Cause of Death: Measles

Charles married Nettie McMillian about 1 May 1885 in Hall County, Georgia. Nettie was born in 1861 in Hall County, Geogria; died in 1953 in Cornelia, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1462

Susan married John Kytle Ferguson on 17 Nov 1879 in White County GA. John died on 12 Feb 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1673

Notes:

More About ANDREW B. BROWNLOW:
Census: 1910, DeKalb County, Georgia
Occupation: Preacher

Family/Spouse: Nancy Paire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Noble J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1674

Notes:

More About JOSEPH B. BROWNLOW:
Census: 1900, Banks County, Georgia

Joseph married Callie Hill on 27 Aug 1891. Callie was born on 7 Oct 1867 in White County, Georgia; died on 16 Jan 1954 in Mossy Creek, White County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2092

Mary married James O'Kelley on 7 Mar 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2094
• Birth: 2 Jun 1872

Emmer married Thomas Lee Meaders on 8 Jun 1895. Thomas was born on 14 Sep 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2096

Family/Spouse: Walter Goodwin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2097

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1661

Notes:

More About JAMES ISAAC BROWNLOW:
Burial: Leavenworth Cemetery, Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington

Census: 1900, Long Creek, Boone County, Arkansas

James married Mary Jane Glaze on 10 Nov 1891. Mary was born on 20 Jun 1868; died on 25 Jan 1927 in Chelan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Grace A. Hayes in 1891. Grace was born in May 1871 in Georgia; died in 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1169

Notes:

More About JOSEPH WILLIAM BROWNLOW:
Immigration-1: Abt. 1900, Georgia to Alabama

Joseph married Rosamond Amanda Collins on 25 Dec 1877 in Bartow County, Georgia, Book G, Page 208. Rosamond was born in 1863 in Cass (Bartow ) County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Green. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2105

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2089

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2082

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2083

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2084

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2085

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2086

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1487

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1488

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1489

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2087

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2088

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2078

Leni married William Calvin Ward on 10 Mar 1873. William was born on 21 Dec 1851; died on 6 Jun 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2079

Family/Spouse: Senator William Henry Payne. William was born on 11 May 1882 in Catoosa, County, Geogria; died on 10 Oct 1910 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2080

Alpharetta married Jefferson Davis Rooney on 10 Apr 1878 in Catoosa County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2077

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2073

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2072

Family/Spouse: George Washington Hunter. George was born in Mar 1836 in Georgia; died on 10 Oct 1911 in Cedar Bluff, Cherokee Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 989

Notes:

Georgia's roster of the Revolution
Compiled by Lucian Lamar Knight
State historian and director of the Dept. of Archives and History
CERTIFIED LIST OF GEORGIA TROOPS
Published as Appendix E, in the Third Annual Report of the National Society
D. A. R., to the Smithsonian Institution.
Senate Documents, Volume 16, Number 219,
Fifty-sixth Congress, Second Session, 1900-1901, pp. 347-368.

State of Georgia.
Office of Secretary of State.

I, Philip Cook, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the attached sheets contain a true and correct copy of the names of men who served in the Revolutionary War, as compiled from the records of this department.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, at the capitol, in the city of Atlanta, this 24th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and twenty-fifth.

PHILIP COOK,

Secretary of State.

APPENDIX E.
GEORGIA SOLDIERS OF THE LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Copied under the direction of Mrs. William Lawson Peel, from the original papers in the office of the Secretary of State.

page 375

Brown, Wm.
Brownen, Chas.
Brownlow, Wm.
Brownson, Nathl.
Brumley, John.
Brunson, David.

NAME OF SOLDIER, UNIT SERVED, OTHER INFORMATION
BROWNLOW, John W. Co D, 40th GA Infantry, CSA Private. Deserted
BROWNLOW, William B. Co F, 4th GA Infantry, CSA Private. Wounded 11-7-63 at Kelly's Ford, VA. Died in 1864

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1076

Notes:

NAME OF SOLDIER, UNIT SERVED, OTHER INFORMATION
BROWNLOW, John W. Co D, 40th GA Infantry, CSA Private. Deserted
BROWNLOW, William B. Co F, 4th GA Infantry, CSA Private. Wounded 11-7-63 at Kelly's Ford, VA. Died in 1864.

Family/Spouse: S. E. S. was born in 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1077

Notes:

GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA MARRIAGES
W. N. Stevens 10 Feb 1870 J. A. Brownlow

Julia married W. N. Stevens on 10 Feb 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2075

Notes:

More About JAMES B. BROWNLOW:
Residence: Aft. 1880, Floyd County, Georgia

James married Evline Abboth on 21 Feb 1878 in Jackson County, Alabama. Evline was born in 1860; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Rosa Jefferson about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2074

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-FGC
• Reference Number: 1316

Notes:

Rebecca died of "Brain fever" in 1860

Died:
brain fever

Other Events:

• FSID: 94T7-XHQ
• Reference Number: 961

Other Events:

• FSID: L457-NVV
• Reference Number: 962

Mary married James Sheppard on 4 Jul 1864 (9 Feb 1864 by, S. A. WHITE, JP) in Victoria, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: Lived with his aunt Melinda after parents died
• unknown: Lived with his aunt Melinda after parents died
• unknown: Lived with his aunt Melinda after parents died
• FSID: L457-NKL
• Reference Number: 959
• Americal Legion Card: 1900, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS
• unknown: 1900, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 7 (south part), Bexar, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 7 (south part), Bexar, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 7 (south part), Bexar, Texas, United States
• Reciept: 1910, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS
• unknown: 1910, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS
• unknown: 1910, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS
• unknown: 1910, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 7, Bexar, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 7, Bexar, Texas, United States

Notes:

James Monroe Brownlow

1900 Census
JM Brownlow Head
EF Wife
Travis Son
Leona Daughter
John Sheppard Border
Curtis Loudermilk Border

Groom's Name: James M. Brownlow
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Fannie Adcock
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 10 Aug 1882
Marriage Place: , Victoria, Texas
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59292-1
System Origin: Texas-VR
Source Film Number: 1010590
Reference Number: 2:1JNTJ6M

1880 Census
Name: James Brownlow
Residence: Victoria, Texas
Birthdate: 1852
Birthplace: Louisiana, United States
Relationship to Head: Step Son
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Florida, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 28 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA Film Number: T9-1330
Page: 191
Page Character: A
Entry Number: 4032
Film number: 1255330
Household Gender Age
Parent
Malinda Brownlow F 55
James Brownlow M 28
George Clifford M 15
Cicero Wade M 12

Birth: May 6, 1851
Campti, Natchitoches Parish
Louisiana, USA
Death: May 5, 1938
Floresville
Wilson County
Texas, USA

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Retired Farmer
Informant: Travis Brownlow of Shreveport, La.

Note: On his Texas Death Certificate No. 25866
Family Search Records Ref. No. Cn 25866
States: Born in Comti, La
Died: Floresville, Wilson County, Texas
Widowed

Note: On the 1860 Victoria Texas Census
Brownlow, Wm.M. born S.C. age 38
with him Amelia wife age 33 born Florida
Mary E 13 born Florida
Jas M 10 born La
Ely 3 born La
on the 1870 census Wm is not with them but James M age 19 is and other siblings.
on the 1900 Bexar Co, Tx census James born La., E.F wife born Missouri, Travis and two dau. are listed.

Burial:
Elmendorf City Cemetery
Elmendorf
Bexar County
Texas, USA

Created by: Wanda
Record added: Oct 18, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 30673236

Name: James M Brownlow
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Justice Precinct 7, Bexar, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Florida
Family Number: 57
Page Number: 4
Household Gender Age
James M Brownlow M 58y
Child
Travis Brownlow M 17y
Vivian Brownlow F 15y
Clara B Brownlow F 12y
Amon Brownlow M 8y
Kenneth Brownlow M 4y
Eugene Sheppard M 27y

James married Frances Elizabeth Sheppard on 31 Dec 1891 in Stockdale,Wilson,Texas. Frances (daughter of James Marshall Polk Sheppard and Mary Frances Loudermilk) was born on 10 May 1871 in Jackson, Texas, United States; died on 8 Sep 1905 in Elmendorf, Bexar County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Fannie Adcock on 10 Aug 1882 in Victoria Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• unknown: Lived with his stepmother Melinda after parents died
• FSID: 2JWT-24J
• Reference Number: 942
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Victoria County, Texas
• Census: 6 Aug 1870, Lived with his Step Mother Melinda after parents died
• Census: 5 Jun 1880, Helena, Karnes County, Texas
• Census: 12 Jun 1900, Concrete, DeWitt County, Texas
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, Justice Precinct 4, McLennan County, Texas
• Fact 4: 21 Oct 1913, Waco, McLennan County , Trxas; Eli was in jail
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, China Spring, McLennan Counrty, Texas
• Census: 15 Apr 1930, Waco, McLennan County, Texas
• Burial: 26 Oct 1930, Bosqueville Cemetery - Find A Grave Memorial# 70144807

Notes:

Bertie Brownlow

Name: Eli A Brownlow
Titles & Terms:
Event: Death
Event Date: 26 Oct 1930
Event Place: Mclennan, Texas
Gender:
Marital Status:
Certificate Number: 49873
Burial: Bosqueville, Texas

1920 Brownlow EA Mclennan Co.
Name:E A Brownlow
Residence: , McLennan, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1856
Age: 63
Birthplace: Lousiana
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Louisiana
Mother's Birthplace: Flordia
Film Number: 1821831
Digital Folder Number: 4390895
Image Number: 00800
Sheet Number: 4
Household Gender Age
Parent
Oscar Coleman M 25y
Hattie Coleman F 19y
Lyn Coleman M 3y0m
Clarra Coleman F 1y1m
George Coleman M 9y

E A Brownlow M 63y
Ira Brownlow M 20y
Archie Brownlow M 18y
Bertie Brownlow M 16y
EA 63
Ira 20
Archie 18
Bertie 16

Hettie dies 29 May 1911. In 1914 Eli was struggling trying to raise Archie, Bertie, Hettie and Mandy, Eli was put in jail and the kids were moved to the orphans home.

1910 Census McLennan Co.
Brownlow Eli A.
This document says Eli and Hettie had been married 29 years. She had 14 kids and 12 still alive.
Eli A 54 Lousiana Father Born Georgia Mother Lousiana
Hettie 46 Texas Father Born Georgia Mother Texas
Children
Maggie 15 Texas
Martin 13 Texas
Ira 11 Texas
Archie 8 Texas
Bertie 7 Texas
Hettie 3 Texas
Mandy 8/12 Texas

1900 Census DeWitt Texas
Lillie G 17
Lee A 16
Oliver W 11
Eugene A 10
Josephine 8
Maggie L 5
Martin 3
Otis C 1

Year Surname Given Name(s) County State Page Township Database ID#
1880 BROWNLOW ELI A. Karnes Co TX 003 Helena TX28955107

Elias Albert Brownlow and his wife, Hettie. They married ca.1880/1, moved from Karnes County, TX to DeWitte Co, TX to McLennan Co., TX. Their children were Lillie G.(born 1882), Lee A. (born 1884), Oliver W. (b.1888), Eugene A. (b.1890), Josephine (b.1892), Maggie (b.1894), Martin (b.1897), Ira C.(1899), Archie (b.1902), Bertie (b.1903), Hettie (b.1907), and Maudy Brownlow(b.1910). Wife, Hettie, died before the 1920 Census.

1880 Census:

Name: Eli A. Brownlow
Residence: Karnes, Texas
Birthdate: 1855
Birthplace: Texas, United States
Relationship to Head: Other
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 25 years
Occupation: Farm Laborer
NARA Film Number: T9-1315
Page: 3
Page Character: B
Entry Number: 228
Film number: 1255315
Household Gender Age
Wm. C. Mayfield M 54
Mary A. Mayfield F 45
Charles H. Mayfield M 20
Mary L. Mayfield F 18
Elizabeth A. Mayfield F 13
Ada L. Mayfield F 8
Carrie N. Mayfield F 6
John L. Mayfield M 2
Eli A. Brownlow M 25
Peter Coleman M 21
Jake Young M 22
Levi Hall M 25
Mathalina M 25
Clara Duprick F 16

1870 Census
Ely Brownlow 14 1855 Louisiana White Victoria, Victoria, TX Male
Genter William Brownlow 15 1854 Tennessee Colored Victoria, Victoria, TX Male Servant
James M Brownlow 19 1850 Louisiana White Victoria, Victoria, TX Male
Melinda Brownlow 8 1861 Texas White Victoria, Victoria, TX Female
Melinda Brownlow 46 1823 North Carolina White Victoria, Victoria, TX Female

1860 Census Victoria Tx
Willaim M Brownlow 38 South Carolina
Amelia 33 Florida
Mary E 13 Florida
James M 10 Lousiana
Eli A 3 Lousiana
N. williams 18 Florida

Marriage Record
Brownlow, E. A. to Hettie Boykin by William Vordenbaumen, JP - Nov 03 1881

Elias married Hatty Lou Boykin on 3 Oct 1881 in Guadalupe County, Texas. Hatty (daughter of William Joseph Boykin, Sr. and Elizabeth Jane Criswell) was born on 22 Mar 1864 in Oso, Fayette County, Texas; died on 29 May 1911 in Scott and White, Temple, Texas - Buried in Bosqueville, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 94T7-FG6
• FSID: 94T7-XKR
• Reference Number: 1317
• Census: Jun 1900, Moscow, Polk County, Texas
• Census: 25 Apr 1910, Polk County, Texas
• Census: 11 Feb 1920, Polk County, Texas

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Died:
Burried in Manning Cemetery in Angelina Co. TX

Amelia married William F Ervin on 27 Sep 1878 in Victoria Texas. William was born in Sep 1839 in Alabama; died after 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married Ida May Sammons on 3 Jul 1889. Ida was born on 7 Feb 1866 in Hot Springs, Garland Arkansas; died on 9 May 1926 in Hot Springs, Garland Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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