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From: Wanda Shepherd <>
Subject: Re: [BROWN-VALENTINE] BROWN-VALENTINE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 10
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 03:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <000001c8b1be$18101970$48304c50$@tv>


I'd love to see someone from Braxton Brown's line take
a DNA test too, to see if they are related.
Wanda

--- Wanda Eaton <> wrote:

> Thanks. I wonder if Valentine Brown could be a
> descendant of the English
> James Brown from Holland. I think Benjamin Brown
> probably was but that is
> just a theory. I wonder if anyone has compared the
> Valentine Brown DNA
> results to someone who is a known descendant of the
> James Brown family.
>
> According to the History of Watauga County, James
> Brown from Holland was one
> of the first settlers in Ashe County and he was
> reported to have had 10
> sons.
>
>
> Wanda Eaton
> Wanda's website:
> http://webpages.charter.net/dovecottage/dovecottage/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On
> Behalf Of
>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:02 AM
> To:
> Subject: BROWN-VALENTINE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 10
>
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: Information from the book "The Browns in
> aDelightful
> Mountain County" by O. Lester Brown (Judy
> Ladeur)
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:04:25 -0500
> From: "Judy Ladeur" <>
> Subject: Re: [BROWN-VALENTINE] Information from the
> book "The Browns
> inaDelightful Mountain County" by O. Lester Brown
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <004001c8b125$30fb6ff0$>
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>
> Dear Dan,
>
> My name is Judy LaDeur and I am also a descendent of
> the Brown family. I
> moved last year and all my info is still in boxes,
> and I admit I have not
> had time to unpack it or work on our family tree.
> But for years we have been
> looking for info on Valentine Brown and his
> descendents. I am a descendent
> of John Quincy Brown, son of Valentine Brown.
>
> Karen Worley is probably the person who has the best
> and most accurate
> records on the Brown side and I see that she
> recently responded to you. I
> would recommend that you have a direct male
> descendent tested to determine
> if you are related to the Valentine Brown Clan.
> There are lots of us out
> there with lots of info. I have been to Whitesburg,
> KY several times on
> research trips.
>
> I have lot of info that I can share on this side of
> the family. If you are
> interested, please contact me at
> and I would love to
> exchange family bible info and photos and historical
> info and docs.
>
> Regards,
> Judy LaDeur
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On
> Behalf Of Dan Brown
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 1:11 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [BROWN-VALENTINE] Information from the
> book "The Browns in
> aDelightful Mountain County" by O. Lester Brown
>
> Hello Wanda
>
> Apparently we're related, I am a descendant of
> George Brown Sr & Abigail
> Osborne, and of their son, George Brown Jr. & Anna
> Osborne. I'm always
> pleased to meet another cousin. It's been a while
> since i have researched my
> paternal Brown line, but i do have a lot of info and
> pictures that i'm
> willing to share.
>
> I am confused and or unaware that Abigail Osborne
> was married to Valentine
> Brown. Was that Val Jr. or Val Sr. ? Do you have any
> verification or records
> ?
>
> My great grandparents, George Brown & Anna
> Osborne, and many of their
> adult married sons migrated from Appalachia to
> Western Washington between
> 1910 and 1920 and were all loggers. Three of George
> Jr & Anna's sons married
> three Caudill sisters who were apparently originally
> from Wilkes Co. Some of
> my Browns traveled a lot in the mtns to look for
> work or to escape
> retribution from Yankee sympathizers after the Civil
> War. Many of George &
> Anna's sons and families at times lived in the
> remote mountainous areas of
> KY, TN, WV, and VA before moving west, but most were
> primarily from the area
> of Ashe Co, NC and Grayson Co, VA.
>
> Now i have to tell you that i have never known nor
> met any of my Brown
> ancestors nor have i ever been in the Blue Ridge. My
> parents were married
> but they seperated before my birth and i never met
> my father nor knew much
> about him. In 2003 when i was first attempting to do
> genealogical research
> with a computer, i met a person on-line who was a
> "volunteer look-up" and
> she quickly found the names of all my Brown
> ancestors. I have since met in
> person the children of my father's 2nd marriage who
> now tell me that i know
> more about the Browns than they do. They also knew
> that i existed and had
> tried to find me. I now know that my father made
> several trips in the 1970s
> and '80s to NC & VA to search for his relatives and
> roots and that before he
> died he was the president of the Lewis Co, WA
> Historical Society.
>
> So, even thou i have never known any Brown, i have
> met on-line and talked
> to many cousins who still live in the mountains and
> knew the Browns or were
> related to them, and many of them have contributed
> many pictures and other
> history or family info.
>
> My father was Joe Brown who was born 7 Jun 1918 in
> Whitetop Gap, Grayson
> Co, VA and died 8 Jan 1998 in Mossyrock, WA (5 yrs
> before i found out who or
> where he was). His father was Joseph H. Brown born 5
> Dec 1871 in Ashe Co who
> married Mary Adeline Sullivan. There are many other
> Joe Brown, so be
> careful.
>
> I have a copy of the book "The Browns--" by O. L.
> Brown.
>
> I also have images of bible pages that once
> belonged to George Brown &
> Abigail Osborne and which recorded the birthdates of
> their children. I will
> attach and send these and other pictures in my next
> mail. This is partly why
> i am confused about the marriage of Valentine Brown
> & Abigail Osborne. Maybe
> it was a different Abigail. I know there were a lot
> of Osbornes in that
> area. I also know that other Browns and other local
> researchers have had
> trouble trying to identify or sort out Valentine
> Brown and or Val Jr..
>
> Sincerely
>
> Dan Brown
> 1131 SW Wanetah Way
> McMinnville, OR 97128
>
> ph 503 434-1215
>
>
> Wanda Eaton <> wrote:
> I'm new to this list so forgive me if everyone
> already
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