Lucy Rowland and James Brown
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Lucy A.
Rowland was born around 1810/11 in
Virginia and died in 1879. She married James
Anthony BROWN on 20 December 1836 in Rutherford
County, TN; he was the son of Lent Brown and Nancy Caroline Windrow.
James died in 1900.
County records for James and Lucy have conflicting
information about their property ownership. According to
Rutherford County's tax rolls for 1849, James and Lucy
owned no land and were charged for one poll; in the 1850
census, they told enumerators that they owned no property.
However, Rutherford County deed books record a sale by
James of a 130.1-acre parcel at the headwaters of Overall's
Creek to his brother, Pleasant Watkins Brown, for $275;
James indicated that he had received the land in a grant on
7 December 1846 (grant #18362).
James and Lucy appear to have struggled financially, at
least for a while; after selling his 130 acres to Pleasant,
James took out a loan for $150 from his brother the
following year, using his furniture and livestock as
collateral.
James and Lucy spent their entire married life in
Rutherford County. They were enumerated in the 1850 census
in Rutherford County, along with their children Henry,
Clara, Mary, and Dandridge. In 1860, all their children
still lived at home, but by 1870, Henry had died (a
casualty of the Civil War) and Clara no longer appears. In
1880, James was a widower living with his daughter, Mary;
his sister Eliza Rowland was enumerated in the household,
probably during a visit with her brother. The 1880
mortality census includes a record for Lucy, indicating
that she had died the previous year, apparently of a
stroke.
Lucy A. Rowland (b.
1810, VA - d. Dec 1879, Rutherford, TN)
m.
20 Dec 1836, Rutherford, TN
James
Anthony Brown (b.
1815, TN - d. ca. 1900, Rutherford, TN)
Children:
i.
Henry Thompson Brown (1838-12
Mar 1863; no known marriage)
ii.
Clara Brown ("Clary") (1840-after
1860)
iii.
Mary J. Brown ("Molly") (17 Mar
1841-16 Jan 1901); never married
iv.
Dandridge S. Brown (or Daniel S.
Brown) (15
Jan 1844-15 Feb 1931); m1
Martha Owen;
m2
Sarah Mullins;
m3
Arizona Alice Harris
Both Henry and Molly Brown are buried at the Rowland Hill
Cemetery in Rutherford County. Henry's tombstone
inscription reads: --"Henry Thompson Brown, died as
prisoner at Franklin Tennessee, 1863. Oldest son of James
A. and Lucy Rowland Brown." Most of the tombstones at the
Rowland cemetery disappeared in the 1930s, but the
Rutherford County Historical Association's research
indicates that Molly is buried there and was said to be the
last enterred at Rowland Hill.