William (Willie) Brown

William (Willie) Brown[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1819 - 1855  (36 years)

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  • Name William (Willie) Brown  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 1819  Adair County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1855  Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    • The KY death recs is a William Brown who died by a broken neck in a fall, but it is a black man. This could be where the "family story" about him falling came from.
    Person ID I26669489865  Markham_and_Marcum
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

    Father Thomas Brown,   b. 1780, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Before 27 Jan 1845, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Priscilla Dorton,   b. 1784, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F1389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Sallie Wood,   b. 20 Mar 1820, Madison County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1894, Wright County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1836  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marion Brown,   b. 1838, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1916, Monticello, Wayne, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Nancy Jane Brown,   b. 1840, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1882, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     3. Malinda Brown,   b. 16 Jul 1842, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1919, Swanton OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Belfield Brown,   b. 10 Jan 1845, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1926, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Edward Brown,   b. 1847, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1926, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     6. Lewis Brown,   b. 1850, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Wiseman Brown,   b. 1852, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1890, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     8. Wyatt Brown,   b. 1 Jun 1855, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1903, Burkesville, Cumberland, Kentucky, U Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F1259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

    Family 2 Rebecca Chesney 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1836  Wayne, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • This is not my Willie, it's another William Brown in Wayne Co. getting married in 1836, this one to Rebecca Chesney. I do have other records in my notes for this William. The marriage of my Willie and Sarah Sally is not in these Wayne Co. records.
    Family ID F972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2026 

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    What happened to William Brown?

  • Sources 
    1. [S_996095800] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky.

    2. [S_996095800] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    3. [S_996271740] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the ), Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 1, Wayne, Kentucky; Roll: 221; Page: 297a.

    4. [S_996271731] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G), Year: 1840; Census Place: Pulaski, Pulaski, Kentucky; Roll: 122; Page: 326; Family History Library Film: 0007831.

    5. [S_996185895] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    6. [S_995957229] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    7. [S668863804] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    8. [S711727791] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


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