Jacob BROWN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Farmer
• Census: 1850, Living in Switzerland, Monroe County, Ohio
• Census: 1860, Living in Switzerland, Monroe County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1860; Farmer

Jacob married Elisabeth RUBLE on 28 Mar 1814. Elisabeth was born on 06 Dec 1796 in Washington County, Pennsylvania; died on 12 Apr 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Ellen BROWN was born in 1824 in Ohio.
2. Susanna BROWN was born in 1821 in Monroe County, Ohio.
3. William BROWN was born about 1830.
4. Mary BROWN was born on 05 Aug 1814 in Monroe County, Ohio.
5. Delila BROWN was born in 1822 in Monroe County, Ohio; died in 1842.
6. Hannah BROWN was born in 1825 in Ohio.
7. Abel BROWN was born on 16 Nov 1817 in Ohio; died on 04 Mar 1880.
8. Elizabeth BROWN was born about 1833 in Ohio.

Jacob married Nancy BROTHERS on 12 Nov 1842 in Belmont County, Ohio. Nancy was born about 1794 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Mariana L Zuelsdorf:
(from written history by James Edward Brown and Leona Brown June 1997)

Abel and Lydia came to the area which is now Wheeling, West Virginia. Their first child, Jacob, was born in the Wheeling area, which was then part of Virginia.

Wheeling area was called Fort Fincastle in 1774, and in 1776, the Fort's name was changed to Fort Henry in honor of Patrick Henry. The siege of Fort Henry took place about eight years before Abel and Lydia came to Wheeling. The road to Maysville, Kentucky was built while they were living in the Wheeling area. Able and Lydia son Isaac, born in 1801, states he was born in Ohio so the family must have moved across the Ohio River to the Captina Creek, York Township area by 1801, then took up land east of the Dover Bridge in 1805.

A clan history, read at a Brown Reunion held at Alledonia, Ohio about 1946, sent by Mary Brown, widow of Frank Brown, states that Abel and Lydia came from New Jersey in 1792, and located near Wheeling. It also states that their son Joseph was born in 1794 in a Blockhouse designed by George Rogers Clark, which stood near the corner of 11th and Main Street, in Wheeling.

Abel had a brother John, who he referred to in his will as his "esteemed brother, John" and named him as one of his executors. Abel's brother John left a will dated July 25, 1848, which awarded his wife Barbara the rent from two farms, with the remaining wealth to be divided between Jacob and Joseph Brown, sons of his brother Abel. He gave Mary Ann Ring and Harriet Ring, daughters of Alexander F. and Elizabeth ring, bedstead and bedding. He also gave Barbara and Elizabeth Ring twenty-five dollars each.

According to a history of Belmont and Jeferson Counties, concerning the settlement of York Township: George Lemley bought land i Section 14 in 1801 and Abel Brown purchased land there on December 21, 1805, and William Brown in 1805 as well. Able Brown received two dollars for killing one wolf over six months old that year.

In the tax lists of 1820, the Range, Township and Sections are given and contain the following:

William Brown R-3 T-4 S-27 original owner Henry Huffman

Able Brown R-3 T-4 S-27 original owner Henry Huffman

John Brown R-4 T-5 S-7 original owner Jacob Brewer

It would appear that Abel and William bought adjoining or the same land from Henry Huffman. There is probably some relationship between Abel and William; they could possibly be brothers. William, Abel, and John Brown were listed together in York Twp in 1806, 1810, 1815, 1817, and 1820.

In a statement by Arch Brown are the following comments:

On April 7, 1808 Abel bought a 192 acre farm in York Twp., from Henry Huffman. This farm lay along Captina Creek, below Dover, and is now known as the Pearsol Farm. the deed of Abel Brown for this farm can be found at St. Clairsville, Ohio Courthouse Deed Book B p 312. It is R-3 T-4 S-27. the price paid by Abel to Huffman was five hundred dollars, according to the deed. On October 3, 1822, Abel gave Jacob and Joseph 82 acres each of R-4 T-5 S-13 (Vol J. p 10-11). the rest of Abel's land was sold in 1852 to Michael Dorsey.

According to a story told by Ike Brown, he had two uncles who were captured by Indians while they were young. Eventually they escaped and came home. One of the boys got along well with the Indians and returned to visit them in later years. Evelyn Dowdle of St. Clairville has a family tradition that is much the same. "The Indians taking two of the Brown's sons while they were skating on the ice on Captina Creek. their mother would rock and cry, not knowing if her sons were living or dead. With the smaller one sleeping in his big brother's arms, they slipped away from the Indians one night, finding their way back to Captina Creek from Chillicothe, Ohio. One of the Brown boys would go back to visit the Indians and one would not sleep in a bed as he was used to the way the Indians lived."

The story does not say how long the boys were captives. the distance from Chillicothe to Powhaten Point is approximately one hundred and twenty miles. these boys may have been sons of Abel and Lydia. Jacob and Joseph were born in the Wheeling area. Assuming the capture took place about 1800, Jacob would have been 9 years old, Joseph 6 years old, and John probably about 3.

According to historians, the last Indian battle on Captina Creek took place May 1794 with settlers coming into the Captina Creek area soon after this battle.

Abel married Lydia STUCKEY about 1790. Lydia (daughter of Jacob STUCKEY and Hannah CREE) was born on 16 Dec 1770 in New Jersey, USA; died on 26 Dec 1861 in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio; was buried in York Twp., Belmont County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living in Washington, Belmont County, Ohio
• Occupation: 1860; Farmer