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Husband: John BROWNING 1
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   Born: 1728 in Orange County, Virginia 2
Married: about 1744
   Died: Dec 1803 in Greene County, Georgia 3 4
 Father: Francis BROWNING
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   Wife: Susannah BORING 14 15
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Children
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01  (M): James BROWNING 16
   Born: about 1745 17
   Died: 1812 in Clark County, Kentucky 18
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02  (M): Joshua BROWNING 19 20
   Born: 1733 in North Carolina 21 22
   Died: before 04 May 1807 in Clarke County, Georgia 23 24
Spouses: Margaret RANKIN; >>>
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03  (M): Enos BROWNING 25
   Born: 24 Nov 1751 26
   Died: Unknown
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04  (M): Francis BROWNING 28 29
   Born: 24 Nov 1753 30
   Died: 18 Jul 1855 in Russell County, Virginia 31
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05  (M): John Radford BROWNING 34 35 36
   Born: 17 May 1757 37 38
   Died: 1844 in Arkansas 39
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06  (M): William BROWNING 42 43
   Born: 1759 44
   Died: after 1834 in Alabama 45
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07  (M): George BROWNING 46
   Born: 1761 47
   Died: Unknown
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08  (F): Eunice "Sincy" BROWNING 48 49
   Born: 1762 50
   Died: Unknown
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09  (M): Daniel BROWNING
   Born: 1764 51
   Died: Unknown
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10  (F): Anna BROWNING 52
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Spouses: ? BIRD
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11  (F): Clarra BROWNING 53
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Spouses: ? HARRELSON
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12  (F): Milicent BROWNING 54
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Spouses: ? WRIGHT

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Additional Information

John BROWNING:
Alt. Birth: 1728, New Castle County, Delaware 5
Military Service: Mar 1756, as a foot soldier in the infantry of Culpepper County, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War 6 7
Property: 1789, Greene County, Georgia 8
Property: 1797, Greene County, Georgia 9
Probate: 29 Jan 1804, Greene County, Georgia 10
Occupation: farmer 11
Residence: Orange County, Virginia 12
Residence: Tyrell County, North Carolina 13

Notes:
The Georgia Genealogical Magazine no. 13, 1964, p. 663. John Browning served on the Grand Jury in Green County, September Tern 1796. Will: dtd 10/7/1803, recorded 1/29/1804 Heirs were: Susannah (wife), children: William, Francis, John, Joshua, Anna BIRD, Phebe BORING, Siney FULLER, Clara HARRELSON, Millicent WRIGHT. (Greene Co. Will Book D) WILL OF JOHN BROWNING Dated: 7 Oct. 1803 Recorded: 29 Jan. 1804 Greene Co., Georgia In the name of God Amen - I John Browning of the county of Greene & state of Georgia - Being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory & calling to mind the transtory things of this life do make, constitute, and ordain this to be my last will and testament, revoking all other wills heretofore made by me - First - I give and bequeath (after paying all my just debts) unto my beloved wife Susannah Browning both real and personal during the life of her widowhood and after her decease or marriage it is my will that the plantation whereon I now live containing one hundred & Eighty seven and a half acres with all its improvements shall belong to my son William Browning - it is also my will that all the balance of my property including all my negroes, horses, cattle, hogs and stock of ever kinds, also money, _____, notes or debts with all my household furniture, working tools, with all & everthing that may belong to me at my decease should be equally divided between my children as hereafter named, to wit, Francis Browning, John Browning, William Browning, Anna Bird, Phebe Boring, Sincy Fuller, Clara Harrelson & Milicent Wright, except a negro man named Jack and a bay mare called bony and one feather Bed & furniture which I give unto beloved wife Susannah Browning to keep during her life & to be at her disposal at her death - I also give unto my son Joshua Browning one Dollar and desire my Executors to pay him that sum &c - witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th day of Octr 1803. /s/ John Browning (seal) Test: Davis Gresham Phil Clements Saml. Baldwin Greene Court of Ordinary Jany. Term 1804 The within Will & testament of John Browning decd. Proven in open Court, by the oaths of Phillip Clements & Saml. Baldwin who was subscribing witness's to the same. Recorded the 29 Jany. 1804. /s/ Tho. Carleton C.C.V.

Greene County deeds, 1785-1810, by Freda Turma. Book F, p. 401, John Browning, Sr., of Greene County., and wife, Susanna, to John Browning, Jr., dated May 10, 1792, 10 lbs currency, 100 acres, recorded April 29, 1793.

(03) Enos BROWNING:
Property: 1799, land that he was granted for military service 27

(04) Francis BROWNING:
Occupation: high sheriff 32
Property: land that he received as land grants for military services 33

(05) John Radford BROWNING:
Residence: 1792, Thomas County, Georgia 40
Residence: 1840, Arkansas 41

Notes:
The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, 1968, no. 30, p. 2051 Legal Announcements for _________ County, Georgia, John Browning admin. of estate of Nathan Peeples. December 5, 1797

Greene County deeds, 1785-1810, by Freda Turma. Book F, p. 401, John Browning, Sr., of Greene County., and wife, Susanna, to John Browning, Jr., dated May 10, 1792, 10 lbs currency, 100 acres, recorded April 29, 1793.

Greene County deeds, 1785-1810, by Freda Turma. Book BB p. 339. Francis Peeples, administrator of John Peeples, deceased, and John Browning, in right of his wife, Nancy, formerly Nancy Peeples, all of Greene County written Nov. 3, 1798, recorded May 31, 1806.

(08) Eunice "Sincy" BROWNING:
Name: SINCY

Footnotes

  1. Letter from Jean, 27 Nov 1999 LJM39@aol.com.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Will of John Browning.
  4. Patriot Index Database (1999. Sons of the American Revolution).
  5. Letter from Jean, 27 Nov 1999 LJM39@aol.com.
  6. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families.
  7. Patriot Index Database (1999. Sons of the American Revolution).
  8. Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799, p. 31.
    Quality: 3.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Letter from Jean, 27 Nov 1999 LJM39@aol.com.
  11. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  12. Letter from Jean, 27 Nov 1999 LJM39@aol.com.
  13. Ibid.
  14. Will of John Browning.
  15. Letter from Jim Nelson, 29 Sep 1999, concerning the Nelson and Browning families.
  16. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  17. Ibid., p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  18. Browning, E. F., Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 (reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), p. 460.
    Quality: 3.
  19. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  20. Will of John Browning.
  21. DAR Records.
  22. Patriot Index Database (1999. Sons of the American Revolution).
  23. Letter from Jean, 27 Nov 1999 LJM39@aol.com.
  24. Will of Joshua Browning (The Georgia Genealogical Magazine, no. 18, 1965, Will Book "A" Clarke County, Georgia 1803-1822, p. 18).
  25. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  26. Ibid., p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  27. Browning, E. F., Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 (reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass).
  28. Will of John Browning.
  29. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 15.
    Quality: 3.
  30. Ibid., p. 15-16.
    Quality: 3.
  31. Browning, E. F., Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 (reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), p. 461.
    Quality: 3.
  32. Ibid.
  33. Ibid.
  34. Will of John Browning.
  35. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  36. Browning, E. F., Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 (reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), p. 461.
    Quality: 3.
  37. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  38. Browning, E. F., Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 (reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), p. 461.
    Quality: 3.
  39. Ibid., p. 462.
    Quality: 3.
  40. Ibid., p. 462.
    Quality: 3.
  41. Ibid.
  42. Will of John Browning.
  43. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  44. Ibid., p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  45. Browning, E. F., Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 (reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), p. 462.
    Quality: 3.
  46. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  47. Ibid., p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  48. Will of John Browning.
  49. Browning, J. M., History of Browning Families, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  50. Ibid., p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  51. Ibid., p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  52. Will of John Browning.
  53. Ibid.
  54. Ibid.

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