Julie McClung wrote:
"There seems to be a problem with the lists of John Brownings children. It seems to have started out with the book by Edward F. Browning. But the Will of John lists his 9 children, I think all of them, including Phebe and Milicent. Other Browning researches I have found on the Internet think this also. Then there are others who want to keep all the children running the count to 15 children. But I am going with only those listed in his Will."
"There seems to be a problem with the lists of John Brownings children. It seems to have started out with the book by Edward F. Browning. But the Will of John lists his 9 children, I think all of them, including Phebe and Milicent. Other Browning researches I have found on the Internet think this also. Then there are others who want to keep all the children running the count to 15 children. But I am going with only those listed in his Will."
This is an understatement! See Bible trandcriptions provided by Cindy Stamps at my Robert Hardy blospot.
WILL OF JOHN BROWNING
Greene Co., Ga Wills Book D pg342-3
Dated: 7 Oct. 1803
Recorded: 29 Jan. 1804
Greene Co., Georgia
In the name of God Amen - I John Browning of the county of Greene & state of Georgia -
Being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory & calling to mind the transtory things of this life do make, constitute, and ordain this to be my last will and testament, revoking all other wills heretofore made by me -First - I give and bequeath (after paying all my just debts) unto my beloved wife Susannah Browning both real and personal during the life of her widowhood and after her decease or marriage it is my will that the plantation whereon I now live containing one hundred & Eighty seven and a half acres with all its improvements shall belong to my son William Browning - it is also my will that all the balance of my property including all my negroes, horses, cattle, hogs and stock of ever kinds, also money, _____, notes or debts with all my household furniture, working tools, with all & everthing that may belong to me at my decease should be equally divided between my children as hereafter named, to wit, Francis Browning,
John Browning, William Browning, Anna Bird, Phebe Boring, Sincy Fuller, Clara Harrelson & Milicent Wright, except a negro man named Jack and a bay mare called bony and one feather Bed & furniture which I give unto beloved wife Susannah Browning to keep during her life & to be at her disposal at her death - I also give unto my son Joshua Browning one Dollar and desire my Executors to pay him that sum &c - witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th day of Octr 1803.
/s/ John Browning (seal)
Test: Davis Gresham
Phil Clements
Saml. Baldwin
Greene Court of Ordinary Jany. Term 1804
The within Will & testament of John Browning decd. Proven in open Court, by the oaths of Phillip Clements & Saml. Baldwin who was subscribing witness's to the same.
Recorded the 29 Jany. 1804.
/s/ Tho. Carleton C.C.V.
You can no longer find this will on the Greene Co., Georgia site at
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/GreeneWill/24
All of the Children were with Elizabeth Demarest his FRIST wife- if indeed that was the name of his first wife. They married in 1744 in Virginia. She was born Abt 1728 in Delaware and died Abt 1776-77 in North Carolina. John married SECOND to Susannah Teague (1729-1812) the widow of Joseph Boring(1730-1775). But all of the birth dates of his children from the Will are from before 1776. John and Susannah did not have any children together.
John (1728-1803) and Elizabeth's (1728-1776) children, according to his will, deeds, etc. are as follows:
1. Francis (1752-1855) m. 1775, Elizabeth Vermillion (1758-1838)
2. Joshua (1758-1807) m. 1775, Margaret Rankin (1754-1850)
3. Anna (1760-1824) m. 1784, Thomas Bird
4. Phoebe (1762-1857) m. 1780, Isaac Boring (1762-1831) ((Son of Susannah Teague Boring Browning))
5. Clara (1765-1841) m. 1782, 1)David Culberson (1762-1796), 1798, 2) Jonathan Haralson (1759-1833)
6. Asenith (Sincy) (1766-1811) m. 1782, Elijah Fuller (1756-1823)
7. John Browning Jr. (1767-1844) m. 1780, 1)Elizabeth Culberson (1760-1780), 1790 2) Nancy Peeples (1777-1850)
8. William (1768-1832) m. 1805, Elizabeth Atkinson (1770-?)
9. Millicent (1775-1840) m. 1790, Basil Wright
Greene Co., Ga Wills Book D pg342-3
Dated: 7 Oct. 1803
Recorded: 29 Jan. 1804
Greene Co., Georgia
In the name of God Amen - I John Browning of the county of Greene & state of Georgia -
Being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory & calling to mind the transtory things of this life do make, constitute, and ordain this to be my last will and testament, revoking all other wills heretofore made by me -First - I give and bequeath (after paying all my just debts) unto my beloved wife Susannah Browning both real and personal during the life of her widowhood and after her decease or marriage it is my will that the plantation whereon I now live containing one hundred & Eighty seven and a half acres with all its improvements shall belong to my son William Browning - it is also my will that all the balance of my property including all my negroes, horses, cattle, hogs and stock of ever kinds, also money, _____, notes or debts with all my household furniture, working tools, with all & everthing that may belong to me at my decease should be equally divided between my children as hereafter named, to wit, Francis Browning,
John Browning, William Browning, Anna Bird, Phebe Boring, Sincy Fuller, Clara Harrelson & Milicent Wright, except a negro man named Jack and a bay mare called bony and one feather Bed & furniture which I give unto beloved wife Susannah Browning to keep during her life & to be at her disposal at her death - I also give unto my son Joshua Browning one Dollar and desire my Executors to pay him that sum &c - witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th day of Octr 1803.
/s/ John Browning (seal)
Test: Davis Gresham
Phil Clements
Saml. Baldwin
Greene Court of Ordinary Jany. Term 1804
The within Will & testament of John Browning decd. Proven in open Court, by the oaths of Phillip Clements & Saml. Baldwin who was subscribing witness's to the same.
Recorded the 29 Jany. 1804.
/s/ Tho. Carleton C.C.V.
You can no longer find this will on the Greene Co., Georgia site at
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/GreeneWill/24
All of the Children were with Elizabeth Demarest his FRIST wife- if indeed that was the name of his first wife. They married in 1744 in Virginia. She was born Abt 1728 in Delaware and died Abt 1776-77 in North Carolina. John married SECOND to Susannah Teague (1729-1812) the widow of Joseph Boring(1730-1775). But all of the birth dates of his children from the Will are from before 1776. John and Susannah did not have any children together.
John (1728-1803) and Elizabeth's (1728-1776) children, according to his will, deeds, etc. are as follows:
1. Francis (1752-1855) m. 1775, Elizabeth Vermillion (1758-1838)
2. Joshua (1758-1807) m. 1775, Margaret Rankin (1754-1850)
3. Anna (1760-1824) m. 1784, Thomas Bird
4. Phoebe (1762-1857) m. 1780, Isaac Boring (1762-1831) ((Son of Susannah Teague Boring Browning))
5. Clara (1765-1841) m. 1782, 1)David Culberson (1762-1796), 1798, 2) Jonathan Haralson (1759-1833)
6. Asenith (Sincy) (1766-1811) m. 1782, Elijah Fuller (1756-1823)
7. John Browning Jr. (1767-1844) m. 1780, 1)Elizabeth Culberson (1760-1780), 1790 2) Nancy Peeples (1777-1850)
8. William (1768-1832) m. 1805, Elizabeth Atkinson (1770-?)
9. Millicent (1775-1840) m. 1790, Basil Wright
On the site
"Notes- This is probably EFB's John #1663, although the children named by EFB are not the same as the children listed here who are taken from John's Greene Co GA will. EFB says that Enos was a son of this John, however he is proven to be a son of John's brother, Nicholas, by Nicholas' will. According to deeds m Orange Co NC and Culpeper Co VA, John was the s/o Francis Browning of Culpeper Co VA. There is no proof of the marriage to Elizabeth Demarest. John was One of the nineteen men enrolled as a foot soldier in the Culpeper Co VA infantry in March 1756. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. DAR Patriot index No. 82058 Demarest and No. 76954 Peebles. (Some of the DAR records on this John, were taken from EFB's book, and are wrong.) "
Further documentaion from same page:
On 01 May 1754, John was granted a patent by Lord Fairfax, for 207 acres in Culpeper Co beginning in a "line of Capt. Edwin Hickman on the top of the said Hickman's Mountain." The land also ran along the lines of Joseph Norman. It was surveyed by Richard Young. (Northern Neck Land Grant book, p. 43)
On 20 Oct 1750, Francis Browning, Jr and Frances, his wife, sold 90 acres to John Browning for "ten Shillings current money of Virginia. " This was part of the 1735 patent for 400 acres granted to Francis Browning Sr. and John Ashley in partnership. 100 acres of this tract was give to Francis Jr. by Francis Sr. (Culpeper Co Deed Book A p 444)
On 04 Dec 1760, John and his brother, Nicholas, and Thomas Bywaters were witnesses to the Culpeper Co will of John & Nicholas' brother, Francis Browning Jr., recorded 19Feb 1761. (Culpeper Co Will Book A, p 242)
On 20 Aug 1770, John Browning of Orange Co. NC, granted power of attorney to Edmund Browning (his brother) to sell a "Parcel of land that Thomas Williamson now lives on situate lying and being at the foot of Hickman's Mountain . . . also another trace of land lying and being on the top of said Hickman's Mountain and joining the land of said Hickman.. '' Witnessed by Sam Scott, John Browning and Caleb Browning (Culpeper Co Deed Book F, p. 230)
In 1777, John was named in a court record in Orange Co (later Caswell Co) NC connected with the estate of Joseph Boren. (He later married Joseph's widow, Susanna).
John and his sons Joshua and Francis and his nephew Enos are found on the 1777 Caswell Co NC tax list. John was granted 400 acres of land in Caswell Co NC on the waters of Storm Creek grant #349 issued 29 Oct 1782 This land was located on the border between Caswell and Orange Co. John entered this land 09 Jun 1778, entry #36. (Caswell Co Deed Book B, p 9) Land records show that Isaac Boren (son of Joseph and Susanna Boren) made some improvements on that land, and it is likely that he was living on John's land. Isaac married John's daughter Phoebe. (Caswell Co Deed Book B, p. 101)
On 07 Nov 1778, Edmund Browning, acting as John's attorney, sold to "James Browning Junr. " (s/o Francis Browning Jr.). 207 acres on the top of Hickman Mountain, Culpeper Co VA. This deed was "certified" in March 1779. The certification was ordered on the oaths of John Norman and Courtney Norma. On 17 Sep 1792, it was recorded on the oath of John Minion. a third witness. (On 18 Oct 1795, what appears to be this same parcel was recorded on the oath of John Minion a third witness .
(On 18 Oct 1795 what appears to be this same parcel was sold by James Browning of Fayette Co KY, by Francis Browning, as "attorney in fact for James Browning, to Michael Tomblin. John and his sons, Joshua and Francis owned adjoining land on Story's Creek in Caswell Co NC. John entered land near Joseph Boren.
In 1778, John received another land grant in Caswell Co NC for 640 acres. ("Caswell Co Land Grants" by Katherine Kendall.)
On 20 Dec 1779, John is mentioned in a deed as owning land on Richland Creek, Caswell Co NC . Patent No 147. (Caswell Co Deed Book A, p. 343.)
John was granted 23 acres on Richland and Story's Creeks, adjacent to Edward Clay, Francis Browning and Elizabeth VanHook Patent No. 125. Recorded 17 Dec 1719. (CaswellCoDeed Book A, p. 376)
On 20 Dec 1779, John is mentioned in a patent to John, Wilson. (Caswell Co Deed Book A, p. 253)
On 18 Dec 1780, John is mentioned in two deeds as having adjoining land to that sold by John Wilson to David Mitchell. (Caswell Co Deed Book A, p.523,524)
On 13 Oct 1783, John is mentioned in Land Patent No. 495 as having land adjoining Elizabeth Van Hook. (Caswell Co Deed Book B, p. 300)
On 20 Dec 1784, John Browning, guardian of David Boring (Boren) sold land on the N Hico It was witnessed by Joseph Boren, Jr. and Elijah Fuller (John's step-son and son-in-law, respectively) John had gone to GA before 1785/86 when his brother, Nicholas moved to Caswell Co NC. He still owned land in Caswell Co, and in April/May 1786, he returned to Caswell Co, probably to see his brother and sell his land there. The land sale was not recorded until later (after Person Co was formed from Caswell Co)
On 18 Aug 1787, John is mentioned in a deed as owning land adjacent to Benjamin Hatcher (his son, Joshua's brother-in-law). (Caswell Co Deed Book D, p. 294)
On 01 Jan 1788, John is mentioned in a deed as owning land adjoining that which James Hopper sold to Richard Arnold. (Caswell Co Deed Book E, p. 263)
On 18 May 1789, John is mentioned in Patent No. 1008 to Joshua Browning, as having adjoining land (Caswell Co Deed Book F, p. 328-329)
On 04 Feb 1790, John recorded a brand for his livestock in (Greene Co GA. He bought land in Greene Co GA from David Boren on 10 Mar 1798. (Greene Co Deed Book 1, p. 395-396)
John Browing Sr. and wife Susanna of (Greene Co, sold 100 acres of land on the waters of Town Creek, Greene Co GA to John Browning Jr. for ten pounds sterling, on 06 Jun 1792. Recorded 29 April 1793. (Greene Co Deed Book 2, p. 401)
In 1792, John appointed his step-son, David Boren of Greene Co GA to serve as his attorney and to sell 260 acres of land in Caswell Co NC, formerly the property of Joseph Boren, to James Smith of Caswell Co. Deed signed 10 Jan 1792 and filed in Green Co GA March l792 court. (Greene Co Deed Book 1; p. 69)
On 08 Jan 1798, John was appointed an appraiser for the estate of Joseph Carmichael. (Greene Co Estate Book B) John sold a Negro man named Passunto for $400 on March 5, 1801. (Greene Co GA Book 1, p. 488)
Will dated 07 Oct 1803, recorded 29 Jan 1804 Heirs named were wife Susannah, children William, Francis, John, Joshua Anna Bird, Phebe Boring, Siney Fuller, Clara Harrelson, Millicent Wright . Joshua received $l, while the at her Children received an equal portion of the estate. (Green Co GA Will Book D) Copy in file.
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