Rev. Edward Brown

Biography

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The founder and first pastor of Browns Baptist Church in 1778 was Rev. Edward Brown, who had also founded Great Cohera (now Rowan Baptist) 29 years earlier and Black River Baptist ca. 28 years earlier. In 1742, Rev. William Sojourner, a Virginian and General Baptist, came to NC and organized Kehukee Baptist Church near Palmyra in Halifax County. In 1749, he baptized Edward Brown and probably had a part in his ordination as a minister. In those days, and well into the 19th century, Baptist ministers were called elders. In 1749 Elder Edward Brown came to the portion of Duplin County which became Sampson County in 1784, and settled on Great Cohera Swamp. He founded "Great Cohera" Now Rowan Missionary Baptist, and served as pastor until his death in 1783.

Elder Edward Brown purchased part of his 900 acre plantation from Col. John Sampson. His wife's name was Prudence. He had three sons, Edward, Arthur, and Shered, and three daughters, Susannah, Jemima, and the wife of Hardy Stevens, and Mourning, the wife of Joshua Sikes.

Origins

From https://andersonnc.wordpress.com/daniel-mcdaniel/

He is named as a son in the will of Thomas Brown. Will of Thomas Brown 1718

April 1718… Albermar County… sick & weak

… to Christian… my wife… plantation whereon I now live beginning at the corner tree above the inden parth so running down the Line to potocati Creeke and so including six hunderd ackers of Land and Like wise six hunderd ackers of Litwood Land for the use of the sd plantation and for the maintanance of his children beginning? at Thomas Conners corner tree and Line and so running to bells branch and so up ye sd…

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… wife c all my moveabel estate within and withoute untell hirr children come of age or marries then if can be spend_______? to have to cowes and calfs a peace Except my son Thomas brown when he is of age or maners? marries? the to him three cowes and calfs if they can be spard and my dafter Sarah mackdaniel I give unto her twenty shilings and every one of my children _______? or ______? as they come of age if (any?)(they?) can be spend … unto son Thomas… to hunderd eakers and twenty eakers of land being and lying upon potacati Creeke … son William the half of the upper sirveys beginning at the ____? tree swamp … son Thomas… other half of ye sd sirveye … son John and Edward Brown my Land that Lies on ye South side of meharin Creeke and (land that is left of the Land that I sould to George Stevins) … son Howell and James… the sd plantation and all the land belonging after my wifes deses…

Thomas (X) Brown Judeth (X) Perry Thomas (X) Perry [1]

References

• https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.geni.com/p13/fa/86/8a/ba/5344484b969bb1d0/ms615_brown_edward_001_original.pdf
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brown-55180