Asa Brightberry Brown

Family/Spouse: Marie Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Ally Brown
2. Martha Brown
3. Bernard Brown
4. Bettie Brown

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: DAR: Bernard Brown (1750-1800) was a special dispatch bearer for General Washington. He was born and died in Albemarle County, Va.

From History of Albemarle County, by Rev. Edgar Woods, 1901, pages 151-152:

BROWN

The Browns of Brown's Cove were a Hanover family. Its head, Benjamin, and his eldest son Benjamin, patented a large area of land in Louisa County, both before and after its establishment in 1742. They began to obtain grants in Albemarle also soon after its formation. From 1747 to 1760 they entered more than six thousand acres on both sides of Doyle's River. Benjamin Sr., married Sarah Dabney, who according to Dr. Charles Brown's will, was descended from the Jennings that left the enormous estate in England, which such a multitudinous posterity in the country has coveted, and which prompted Dr. Charles to cross the great sea twice in his old age. Benjamin died in 1762, leaving eleven children, Benjamin, William, Agnes, Barzillai, Benajah, Bernard, Bernis, Bezaleel, Brightberry, Elizabeth, the wife of John Price, and Lucretia, the wife of Robert Harris. Passing these names under review, one can imagine the delight of the old gentleman in the iterating alliteration of B.B., and how assiduously he searched the Scriptures and the Lives of the Saints, to attain his pet ideal.

Benjamin and William were their father's executors, and appear to have had their portions and residence in Hanover or Louisa. Barzillai sold out in Albemarle, and settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1809. Benajah also disposed of his interests, and removed to Buckingham.

Bernard had his home at the foot of Buck's Elbow, not far from Whitehall. He was the first of the family to depart this life, dying in 1800. He and his wife Elizabeth had twelve children, Robert, Reuben, Bernard M., Charles, Thomas H., Ira B., Asa B., Benjamin H., Bezaleel, Francina, wife of John Rodes, Lucy, the wife of Nathaniel Thompson Sr., and Sarah. Robert and Reuben emigrated to Sumner County, Tennessee. Bernard M. married Miriam, daughter of David Maupin, and had nine children, among whom were Thompson Brown, Sarah, the wife of Clifton Brown, and Pyrena, the wife of Tilman Maupin. Charles practiced medicine in Charlottesville in the early part of the century. He lived where Dr. W. G. Rogers now resides till 1822, when he removed to the farm on the waters of Ivy Creek which he bought from Crenshaw Fretwell, and on which his son Ezra still resides. He married his cousin Mary, daughter of Bezaleel Brown, and had six children. He died in 1879, having attained the remarkable age of ninety-six years. Thomas H. married first Mildred Brown, and secondly Lucy, daughter of Horsley Goodman. By his first marriage he had a daughter Emaline, who was the wife of W. G. Fretwell. Ira B. married Frances Mullins, and had six children, among them Burlington D. Brown. Benjamin H. married Judith, daughter of Hudson Fretwell. Bezaleel married Elizabeth, daughter of John A. Michie, and his children were Cynthia, the wife of William H. Brown, Frances, Addison, Williamson, Mary, the wife of George W. Kemper, Martha, the wife of Charles H. Parrott, and John A. M. He was cut off in the prime of his days in 1825. The family of Bernard Brown was remarkable in one respect. He and his three sons Charles, Thomas H., and Ira B. were magistrates of the county, and two of them served as Sheriff, Charles in 1841, and Thomas H. in 1849.

Bernard married Elizabeth Jennings Dabney on 22 Jun 1773 in near Buck's Elbow, Whitehall, Albemarle County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Dabney and Anne Harris) was born on 18 Jun 1751 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jul 1826 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Relative: Margaret I.B. RAGSDALE

Benjamin married Sarah Dabney about 1745. Sarah (daughter of Cornelius Dabney and Sarah Jennings) was born on 16 Nov 1724 in Bearcastle, King William County, VA; died on 5 Mar 1815 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: DAR: John Dabney (1724-1821) commanded Dabney's Legion at Yorktown at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis. He was born in Hanover County, Va.; died in Virginia.

John married Anne Harris about 1749 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Anne (daughter of Robert Harris and Mourning Glenn) was born on 31 Mar 1724 in Virginia, USA; died after 1770 in Bedford County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hanover County Will book 1, 1862-1868 page 81 # 634
Oct 22 1764 Will of Cornelius Dabney of St. Paul's Parish,Y Hanover County:
To Son William Dabney, 150 ac with plantation where said son lives,
Negroes (Judy, Venus, Christopher, Moses)
all testator's wearing apparel.
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To Son John Dabney,
1. Negro woman Molly,
2. saddle & c
3. Gun;
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exor to sell 150 ac and Negro wench Amey retained for son Cornelius Dabney
dec'd and money equal divide among said dec'd son's children
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to son in law Christopher Harris (husband testator's dau Mary), Lends Negro
wench Unity for benefit children by said dau. Mary
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To wife Sarah Dabney, good feather bed/furniture, 2 trunks, black walnut
chest, looking glass, horse & saddle, 2 cows/calves, house safe at her disposal,
to wife for life, 2 Negroes (Jane & Bob), river? swelling plantation: at death
of wife, son john Dabney may pay l45 to testator's dau Elizabeth maupin,
Frances maupin,anne thompson, for said bob and l45 said land to daughters, equal
divide residue estate, names on john Dabney and friend Harry Terrell as exors.
witness john Wingfield, Thomas wingfield
in codicil, Nov 5 1764: gives 1 shilling each to son in law, Christopher
Harris, Matthew brown and William Johnson)

Cornelius married Sarah Jennings in Apr 1721 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Charles Jennings and Mary Cary) was born on 3 Apr 1702; died in 1790 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Cedar Hill", Hanover Co., VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1736/1744, House of Burgesses
• Will: 18 Jun 1765

Notes:

Member of Va. House of Burgesses from Hanover until 1742, when he was appointed by the King as surveyor of the new Co. of Louisa. Late he moved to Albemarle Co. where he owned a large estate at Browns Cove. He was a vestryman of Fredericksville Parish for a number of years before his death.

Lived at Brown's Cove on Doyle's River, halfway between Stanardsville and Waynesboro, VA on Skyline Drive; see Harriston, north of Waynesboro on Highway 340. Bought property in 1750. Copy of his will is in HISTORY ANDGENEALOGIES, W. Harris Miller, p. 267. It was dated June 18, 1765.

Robert married Mourning Glenn on 30 Jan 1719/20 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Mourning was born in 1702 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA; died in 1776 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]