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From: "Teri Pettit" <>
Subject: Re: [KYBATH] The Brown Family in Bath County
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:12:32 -0700

At 6:41 AM -0700 9/12/00, wrote:
>Hello. I am researching the family of Abraham Brown, born in 1818 in Bath
>County. That simple statement hides a real mess. Abraham, according to a
>now deceased great-aunt, had a brother Daniel and an uncle Daniel. In the
>1820 census William, Alexander and Daniel Brown are listed with male children
>under 9. In nearby Nicholas County, there are also Browns listed with
>children under 9. I have corresponded with researchers of the Alexander
>Brown and Archibald Brown families, and no one can place either Abraham or
>Daniel.
>
>Again, according to my great-aunt and to definite records in Nicholas County,
>Abraham married Elizabeth Hensey in Nicholas County in 1847. In the 1850
>census he is listed with her and their first child Sarah.

Cathy,

Have you examined Nicholas County deed records for 1840 through 1860?
Lots of times land was deeded from father to son when the son married,
or the father died, or the father moved to another county.

I've found deed records to be the most fruitful source of parentage
information in the period before 1850, since there were very few birth
records kept, marriage records did not usually require the parent's
names unless the bride or groom was below the age of consent, and
most people died without leaving a will.

-- Teri

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