George Mason Brown

George married Sara A. Hicklin on 20 Aug 1849. Sara was born in 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fought a bloody duel with the abolitionist Cassius M. Clay on 2 August 1843 near Lexington.

Samuel married Ann Cabell Harrison in 1818. Ann (daughter of Robert Carter Harrison and Ann Cabell) was born on 28 Aug 1798. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
"Clifton", Cumberland County, Virginia

Robert married Ann Cabell on 15 Feb 1788. Ann (daughter of Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins) was born on 15 Feb 1771 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jul 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Emigration: 1806, Fayette County, KY

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BIOGRAPHY: Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families
The young couple lived first at "Ampt Hill" Cumberland Co., Va., on lands that had come down to that branch of the family from Robert, commonly called, "King Carter"; in 1806, with nine children they emigrated to Fayette Co., Ky., on lands which had belonged to Shadrack Vaughan for military service in Braddock's war; they called their new home "Elk Hill "and here their last child was born. Robert Carter Harrison was son of Susanna Randolph & (her husband) Carter Henry Harrison, the next brother to Benjamin Harrison, the Signer, b. 1726. They left many descendants.

Died:
"Elk Hill", Fayette Co., KY

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Married:
"Sion Hill", Buckingham Co., VA

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• Birth: 22 Aug 1726; "Berkeley", Charles City Co., VA

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Birth:
"Berkeley", Charles City Co., VA

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Age: 57/"Clifton", Cumberland County, Virginia

Carter married Susannah Randolph on 9 Nov 1760 in St James Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA. Susannah (daughter of Isham Randolph and Jane Rogers) was born on 25 Sep 1738 in Dungeness, Goochland, VA; died in 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 25 Sep 1738, Dungeness, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

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Died:
"Clifton", Cumberland County, Virginia

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BIOGRAPHY: Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families
He was Justice of the Peace for Albemarle 1760, Major of Militia 1762, Burgess for Buckingham 1768-71 for Amherst 1772-75, member of Convention 1775-76, a Commissioner in 1776, Pay-master to the troops that fought at Point Pleasant under Gen. Andrew Lewis, vestryman for Amherst in 1776, Justice for ibid 1777, County Lieutenant in 1777, and was succeeded in 1780 by Col. Hugh Rose. He commanded a regiment of Militia to which were attached the students of William and Mary College at the siege of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. In a legislative capacity he was Member of the State Senate 1781-85, and represented Buckingham for the House of Delegates 1788-90. "A man of unbounded popularity and great influence, he was a devoted patriot, making large concessions without compensation, a lion when roused but naturally as gentle as a lamb, and generous as a prince."

Joseph married Mary Hopkins on 18 Oct 1752 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Arthur Hopkins) was born in Jan 1735 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jul 1811 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; was buried after 12 Jul 1811 in Sion Hill Cemetery, Buckingham County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: History of Albemarle County, Virginia
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Mary, daughter of Mary Hopkins and Joseph Cabell, became the wife of John Breckinridge, then of Botetourt County, but subsequently United States Senator from Kentucky, and Mr. Jefferson's Attorney General. Mr. Cabell, who had bought the glebe of St. Anne's on the south fork of Totier, presented it to his daughter, and there Mr. Breckinridge made his residence from 1785 to 1793, when he removed to Kentucky. During that time he was a member of the Albemarle bar, and in 1792 in the interval between the resignation of the first John Nicholas, and the appointment of the second, as Clerk of the county, he acted as Clerk pro tem. His two eldest children were born in Albemarle, one of whom was the father of the Vice President.