Husband: James BROWN
aka: "Spanish Jim" BROWN
Birthdate: March 9, 1816
Birthplace: York, S.C.
Death date: May 24, 1893
Place of death: Dekalb Co., GA
Burial:
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: August 18, 1836
Marriage place: Dekalb Co., GA

Wife: Ellen Nancy TERRY
Birthdate: September 7, 1820
Birthplace: Gwinnett Co., Ga.
Death date: August 22, 1889
Place of death: Dekalb, Co., GA.
Burial:
Father: Thomas TERRY
Mother: Eleanor
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Infant BROWN
Birthdate: Died at birth.
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Child No. 2: Eleanor Rebecca BROWN
Birthdate: July 18, 1837, Dekalb Co.. Ga.
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Death date: October 1838
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Child No. 3: George P. BROWN
Birthdate: July 17, 1840, Dekalb Co., Ga.
Spouses' names: Bethrewl McKone
Marriage date: January 21, 1858, Campbell Co., Ga.
Death date: unknown
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Child No. 4: Elizabeth Jane BROWN
Birthdate: August 8, 1844
Spouses' names: William MCKEE
Marriage date: October 1, 1869, Dekalb Co., Ga.
Death date: June 9, 1907, place unknown
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Child No. 5: Julian BROWN
Birthdate: June 20, 1849, Dekalb Co., Ga.
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Death date: December 20, 1849
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Child No. 6: Josephine Margaret BROWN
Birthdate: August 4, 1851, Dekalb Co., Ga.
Spouses' names: John W. McWILLIAMS
Marriage date: September 8, 1868, Dekalb Co., Ga.
Death date: December 21, 1925, Atlanta, Ga.
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Child No. 7: Zipporah Lenorah BROWN
Birthdate: September 28, 1855, Dekalb Co., Ga.
Spouses' names: Jef CLAY
Marriage date: May 7, 1876
Death date: June 13, 1895, Atlanta, GA.
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Child No. 8: James Franklin BROWN, Sr.
Birthdate: June 17, 1860, Dekalb Co., GA
Spouses' names: [1] Martha Stewart [2] Willie Stewart
Marriage date: [1] February 16, 1887
Death date: November 13, 1935, East Atlanta, Dekalb Co., Ga.
Burial:
 
 
Documentation:
* Family Brown Bible,
* Family records,
* Dekalb Co., Records.

Notes:
* James Brown moved to Dekalb County in 1832 at the age of 16. In 1860 he purchased the Southern 1/2 of L.L 177 in Dekalb County, GA. This property was to become what is now East Atlanta. The Battle of Atlanta was fought on his property and the famous Leggett’s Hill depicted in the Cyclorama scene of the Battle of Atlanta lies approximately 100 yards North of the Northern line of his property. Gen. McPherson of the Union Army a was killed on his property just prior to the Battle of Atlanta by Confederate pickets. The monument honoring Gen. McPherson can still be seen at the corners of McPherson Ave., and Monument Ave. Spanish Jim donated the lot to the U.S. after the war for the monument. Oral family history says the Battle of Atlanta completely devastated his farm and buildings. IN 1865 he purchased the Northern 1/2 of L.L. 177 and through out his life he bought and sole real estate in the area, farmed and practiced his trade as a carpenter.
* James' wife Ellen Nancy TERRY was the sister of Tom TERRY who owned Terry' Mill which some say was the site where the first shots of the Battle Of Atlanta were fired. A historical marker once stood near the site but is now gone.