Our GG grandfather was
David Brown wh0 was born in the far western part of North Carolina in abt
1795. He was married to Rhoda Chastain who was born abt
1807 in probably the Pendleton District of SC. The only source we have for
their birth data is the 1850 census for Cherokee
County, GA. It
is possible that David was born in the Over-Mountain area of NC which is now
TN. We doubt that Rhoda was born there and believe that Pendleton was the
more likely place.
David and Rhoda sold
their land in Haywood County, NC,
in 1833, and removed to Union County,
GA. I have copies of their two
deeds for when they purchased the land and when they sold it.
We have studied the
Chastain family for a long time and have come to the conclusion that our Rhoda
may be the daughter of Edward Brigand Chastain who was the son of the Rev. John
"Ten Shilling Bell" Chastain. Edward Brigand grew up in the
Over-Mountain area of NC - now TN. He met and married his wife, Hannah
Brown, there, when he was 18 years of age (1787). . . .
No one seems to know anything about her. A family Bible and other
family records tend to support our belief but there is no solid proof at this
point.
We do know that we are
related to the Brown line which was, and still is, in central GA (with a couple
of them who have "scattered"). This line includes William Brown
(1784, VA), his son, Bowling P. Brown, and many of Bowling's
male descendants who form the prominent Brown family potters of GA.
Several books have been written about them and at three that I know of are
still in business today. Google Brown potters.
My Browns were in Haywood County, NC,
Union, Cherokee, and Murray Counties of GA, and finally settled in Craighead and Mississippi Counties of AR.