Franklin County Family Histories

Ancestry/Family of Wilmot E Brown of Franklin/Richmond Counties, NC

By Zelia H Cline
October 16, 2006

/Generation No. 1/

 *1.*  *Joshua Gayle1 Brown* was born 1782 in VA.  He married *Elizabeth Foster* 1804, daughter of Peter Foster and Nancy Hall.  She was born October 04, 1782.
 
Children of Joshua Brown and Elizabeth Foster are:

+      2                i.    Peyton James2 Brown, Sr, born September 05, 1805 in Matthews County, Va; died January 04, 1885 in Warrenton, NC.

       3                ii.    Ann Brown.

       4               iii.    Caroline Brown.

       5               iv.    Selina Brown.

       6                v.    Polly Brown.


 
 
 
/Generation No. 2/
 
 

 *2.*  *Peyton James2 Brown, Sr* (Joshua Gayle1 ) was born September 05, 1805 in Matthews County, Va, and died January 04, 1885 in Warrenton, NC.  He married *(1) Sally W Harris* November 15, 1832 in Granville Co, NC.  She was born in Granville Co, NC, and died Bef. 1838.  He married *(2) Sallie S Turner* April 20, 1836 in Warren Co, NC.  She was born May 27, 1810 in Warren Co, NC, and died January 20, 1856 in Louisburg, NC.  He married *(3) Margaret S King* 1860.  She was born September 16, 1838 in Louisburg, NC, and died July 31, 1935 in Louisburg, NC.

 
Children of Peyton Brown and Sallie Turner are:

       7                 i.    William R3 Brown, born November 22, 1838 in Franklin Co, NC; died December 28, 1860.

       8                ii.    Mary Anna Brown, born 1841.  She married Watson.

+      9               iii.    Sarah E Brown, born January 1843.

       10             iv.    Martha O Brown, born July 1845.

       11              v.    Peyton James Brown, Jr., born 1847; died December 1894 in Warrenton, NC.

       12             vi.    Louisa E Brown, born 1850.

       13            vii.    Louis Brown, born 1853.

+      14           viii.    George Washington Brown, born January 10, 1856 in Louisburg, NC; died November 20, 1930.

Children of Peyton Brown and Margaret King are:

       15               i.    Edward G3 Brown, born 1861.

       16              ii.    Herbert C Brown, born 1864.

       17             iii.    Wilson R Brown, born 1865.

       18             iv.    Frances Allison Brown, born 1867.

       19              v.    Leona E Brown, born January 1870.

       20             vi.    Charlie E Brown, born 1873.

       21            vii.    William H Brown, born 1875. 
 

 

/Generation No. 3/
 
 

       *9.*  *Sarah E3 Brown* (Peyton James2 , Joshua Gayle1 ) was born January 1843.  She married *Peter H Allen* December 20, 1866 in Franklin Co, NC..  He was born March 1840.

 
Children of Sarah Brown and Peter Allen are:

       22               i.    Franklin4 Allen.

       23              ii.    Lula B Allen, born January 1870.

       24             iii.    Claude M Allen, born 1872.

       25             iv.    George Allen, born 1874.

       26              v.    Sallie Ethel Allen, born January 1880.
 
 *14.*  *George Washington3 Brown* (Peyton James2 , Joshua Gayle1 ) was born January 10, 1856 in Louisburg, NC, and died November 20, 1930.  He married *Matilda Charity Foster* May 18, 1881 in Franklin Co, NC., daughter of Peter Foster and Matilda Williams.  She was born December 15, 1855, and died October 20, 1912.

 
Children of George Brown and Matilda Foster are:

       27               i.    infant4 Brown, born March 24, 1882.

       28              ii.    infant Brown, born April 10, 1885.

       29             iii.    Mary Ozella Brown, born September 08, 1886; died January 25, 1950.

       30             iv.    Stapleton Foster Brown, born August 14, 1888.  He married Cooke.

       31              v.    Matilda Turner Brown, born January 14, 1891.  She married John A Holden December 20, 1915 in New York.

       32             vi.    Peyton James Brown, born April 08, 1894.  He married Mary Thompson.

+      33            vii.    Wilmot Ernest Brown, Sr, born March 19, 1899 in Louisburg, NC; died April 20, 1977 in Richmond Co, NC.

 

/Generation No. 4/
 
 

*33.    *
 

*Wilmot Ernest4 Brown, Sr* (George Washington3 , Peyton James2 , Joshua Gayle1 ) was born March 19, 1899 in Louisburg, NC, and died April 20, 1977 in Richmond Co, NC.  He married *Elizabeth Gertrude Turnage* December 11, 1920 in Greenville, NC, daughter of John Turnage and Emma Briley.  She was born October 23, 1898 in Greenville, NC, and died May 27, 1970 in Richmond Co, NC.

 
Children of Wilmot Brown and Elizabeth Turnage are:

       34               i.    Elizabeth Gertrude5 Brown, born September 27, 1921.  She married John Hardie Tilghman June 12, 1948; born May 05, 1907; died December 10, 1999 in Richmond Co, NC.

       35              ii.    Wilmot Ernest Brown, Jr., born January 31, 1923 in Hamlet, NC; died October 01, 2005 in Graham, NC.  He married Carol Andrews Garner September 21, 1951.

       36             iii.    Thomas Armstrong Brown, born July 20, 1925.  He married Mary Elizabeth Kemp April 09, 1950.

       37             iv.    Emily Lois Brown, born January 17, 1930 in Richmond Co, NC; died August 17, 2001 in Hamlet, NC.  She married Dr. William Moncure Pearce, Sr. October 02, 1953 in Richmond Co, NC; born October 20, 1920.

       38              v.    Helen Patricia Brown, born September 16, 1931 in Hamlet, NC.  She married (1) Stacy Floyd Gibson, Sr. December 22, 1952 in Richmond Co, NC; born January 18, 1931 in Hamlet, NC.  She married (2) Robert Eugene Johnson February 17, 1973.