Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceRaschberg, Kusel, Pfalz, Germany
Death Date1 Apr 1808 Age: 77
Death PlaceTelford, Washington County, Tennessee
FatherJohan Stephan Christain BRAUN , M (1703-1763)
MotherMaria Eva HAMMENN , F (1710-~1750)
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1731
Birth PlaceRuschburg, Germany
Death Dateabt 1814 Age: 83
Death PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
FatherJohannes GOETTGEN , M (1707-)
MotherAnna Christina HAMMENN , F
Marr Dateabt 1751
Marr PlaceEast Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Notes for Johann Jacob “The Wagonmaker” BROWN I
At age seven, Jacob, along with his parents and younger siblings, arrived on the 9th of September 1738 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on the ship, Glasgow. While there, Jacob leaned the trade of wagonmaker by working with his father, the blacksmith in East Cocalico Township near Conestoga, Lancaster County, PA. It took twenty years for his father to serve out an indenture entered into by the Braun family to pay for passage to America. And it was Lancaster County where the family settled and remained until around 1757, when they moved southward to Rowan County, North Carolina -the stated destination on the Braun family German emigration permit.
After arriving in Rowan County, the family began spelling their name “Brown” and it is believed that Jacob took on the name of “wagonmaker” at that time. He served in the North Carolina Militia in Introubles and in the American Revolution at Cowpens and King’s Mountain. In 1760 and 1761, Jacob purchased two tracts of land on Crane Creek, Rowan County, from the Earl of Granville. A portion of this land adjoined that of Jacob’s brother, Michael Brown.
Jacob was a wagonmaker, and performed patriotic service during the American Revolution by making and repairing wagons. After the war, Jacob and his family took up a land grant near Jonesborough in the NC territory that was to become Tennessee.
On the 28th of August in 1778, a John Brown, Sr. took an oath of allegiance in Washington County, TN (Co Ct Min, 1/47) along with John Brown, Jr.
In 1796, Jacob moved from Rowan County, North Carolina to Washington County, Tennessee. Three of his sons, George, Jacob, Jr., and Abraham, had settled in Washington county several years earlier. Jacob purchased 235 acres of land on a branch of Little Limestone Creek from John Rimeal 17 July 1796. Later that year, he sold portions of this farm to his sons Jacob, Jr. and David.
In 1797 he recieved a land grant in the North Carolina territory that became Tennessee. The region was originally called “Leesburg” because of the postoffice address. After the Southern Railroad was built, generally following the Great Stage Road, the local was called Telford because of the railroad station.
Jacob is buried in the family burial plot on a hill overlooking the family home on Brown’s Branch. His grave marker is now in the hands of the Watauga Association of Genealogists at Johnson City Library.
As years passed the small stream that flows from east to west through the farm became known as the Brown Branch. This farm remained in the Brown family for nearly 150 years, with the last Brown owner selling out in the 1940’s; it is presently owned by John W. Howze of Telford. An old log cabin that ws located on this farm was believed to have been Jacob’s home; in January 1987, the cabin was dismantled by two descendants, James C. and James T. Dykes, and stored for future restoration.
After moving to Washington County, Jacob began to be referred to as “wagonmaker” in deeds and other legal documents in order to distinguish him from another, unrelated Jacob Brown who lived near the Nolichucky River. Several of Jacob Brown’s children attended Cherokee Baptist Church, a short distance south of the Brown farm; however, it is not known whether Jacob attended services there. Many of Jacob’s children, grandchildren and other descendants were blacksmiths, wagonmakers, and wheelwrights.
Jacob died in November 1807, Washington County and was buried in the family cemetery on his farm. As was the custom at that time, his grave was marked with a hand-lettered piece of limestone with the inscription: “Jacob Brown N 1807.” As time passed, the cemetery fell into disuse and the gravestones were broken and scattered. Jacob Brown’s gravestone was “rediscovered” in 1986 by Jmes T. Dykes, Nell fox, and Bill Fox and was removed from the farm, with the owner’s permission, for safekeeping.
After arriving in Rowan County, the family began spelling their name “Brown” and it is believed that Jacob took on the name of “wagonmaker” at that time. He served in the North Carolina Militia in Introubles and in the American Revolution at Cowpens and King’s Mountain. In 1760 and 1761, Jacob purchased two tracts of land on Crane Creek, Rowan County, from the Earl of Granville. A portion of this land adjoined that of Jacob’s brother, Michael Brown.
Jacob was a wagonmaker, and performed patriotic service during the American Revolution by making and repairing wagons. After the war, Jacob and his family took up a land grant near Jonesborough in the NC territory that was to become Tennessee.
On the 28th of August in 1778, a John Brown, Sr. took an oath of allegiance in Washington County, TN (Co Ct Min, 1/47) along with John Brown, Jr.
In 1796, Jacob moved from Rowan County, North Carolina to Washington County, Tennessee. Three of his sons, George, Jacob, Jr., and Abraham, had settled in Washington county several years earlier. Jacob purchased 235 acres of land on a branch of Little Limestone Creek from John Rimeal 17 July 1796. Later that year, he sold portions of this farm to his sons Jacob, Jr. and David.
In 1797 he recieved a land grant in the North Carolina territory that became Tennessee. The region was originally called “Leesburg” because of the postoffice address. After the Southern Railroad was built, generally following the Great Stage Road, the local was called Telford because of the railroad station.
Jacob is buried in the family burial plot on a hill overlooking the family home on Brown’s Branch. His grave marker is now in the hands of the Watauga Association of Genealogists at Johnson City Library.
As years passed the small stream that flows from east to west through the farm became known as the Brown Branch. This farm remained in the Brown family for nearly 150 years, with the last Brown owner selling out in the 1940’s; it is presently owned by John W. Howze of Telford. An old log cabin that ws located on this farm was believed to have been Jacob’s home; in January 1987, the cabin was dismantled by two descendants, James C. and James T. Dykes, and stored for future restoration.
After moving to Washington County, Jacob began to be referred to as “wagonmaker” in deeds and other legal documents in order to distinguish him from another, unrelated Jacob Brown who lived near the Nolichucky River. Several of Jacob Brown’s children attended Cherokee Baptist Church, a short distance south of the Brown farm; however, it is not known whether Jacob attended services there. Many of Jacob’s children, grandchildren and other descendants were blacksmiths, wagonmakers, and wheelwrights.
Jacob died in November 1807, Washington County and was buried in the family cemetery on his farm. As was the custom at that time, his grave was marked with a hand-lettered piece of limestone with the inscription: “Jacob Brown N 1807.” As time passed, the cemetery fell into disuse and the gravestones were broken and scattered. Jacob Brown’s gravestone was “rediscovered” in 1986 by Jmes T. Dykes, Nell fox, and Bill Fox and was removed from the farm, with the owner’s permission, for safekeeping.
Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
With the rest of the Braun family, she came to Rowan County, North Carolina, which was the stated destination on the Braun family emigration permit. After the American Revolution, she and her husband took up a land grant near Jonesboro in the territory that was to become Tennessee. She survived her husband and is thought to be buried in the Braun family burial plot near present-day Telford, Tennessee.