John Ewing Brownlee, Sr. 1945

John Ewing Brownlee, born May 09, 1845 in Brownlee plantation, near Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., SC; died June 29, 1912 in Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., SC; married Cora Celestia Holland December 27, 1870 in by Rev. Nicholson, Anderson Co., SC; born Abt. November 02, 1850 in SC; died March 02, 1925 in Abbeville Co., SC.

Notes for John Ewing Brownlee:

John Ewing Brownlee enlisted 23 August 1861 and served in Co. I, 14th Regiment of SC Volunteer Infantry, "McCalla's Rifles," organized in Abbeville County. He was wounded at Frasiers Farm and Chancellorsville. He was discharged 9 April 1865 at Appomattox, VA. John Ewing received a Confederate pension from South Carolina.

Name: John Ewing Brownlee

Service Info.: CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY CIVIL WAR

Cemetery: Generostee Creek Arp Church Cem

Cemetery Address: Iver Brooks, GA 30205

The Heritage of Abbeville County, South Carolina, 1995, p. 90

John A. Brownlee was architecturally inclined. His son John Ewing Brownlee was an accomplished fiddler, having taught himself to play the violin.

"THE ABBEVILLE PRESS", Abbeville, South Carolina

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 15, 1863

LIST OF WOUNDED AT CHANCELLORSVILLE, May 3, 1863

List of Casualties of Company "I", 14th Regiment, S.C. V.

Wounded

Lieut. W.J. Robertson, wounded by bomb, severe

Serg't T.A. Carter; shell wound

Corp. J.E. Brownlee; head wound, severe, minnie ball

More About John Ewing Brownlee:

Burial: Generostee Creek ARP Church Cemetery, Iver Brooks, GA

Census: 1870, Diamond Hill, Abbeville Co., SC

Occupation: Farmer

Notes for Cora Celestia Holland:

At marriage she is identified as Miss Cora C. Holland of Anderson Co., SC. In 1920 she is living with her daughter, Lena Dickson, in Abbeville Co.

Source, Death date/place: South Carolina Death Index, 1915-1949.

More About Cora Celestia Holland:

Residence: 1919, Brownlee, Abbeville Co., SC