Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameElias VEATCH
Birth Date25 May 1759
Birth PlaceMontgomery County, Maryland
Death Date13 Sep 1839 Age: 80
Death PlaceNashville, Washington County, Illinois
Burial PlaceEnfield, White County, Illinois, Enfield Cemetery
OccupationRevolutionary War Soldier, South Carolina Private, Under Cap. Long, Tucker, Whittaker & Col. Goodwin
Spouses
Birth Date3 Jun 1769
Birth PlaceJonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
Death Date1844 Age: 74
Death PlaceWashington, Tazewell County, Illinois
Burial PlaceEnfield, White County, Illinois, Enfield Cemetery
FatherJacob BROWN Sr. , 164 (1736-1785)
MotherRuth GORDON , 165 (1740-1810)
Family ID9318
Marr Date18 Feb 1790
Notes for Jane “Bonnie Jean” (Spouse 1)
Jane (Bonnie Jean) Brown
1769–1844


Birth 3 JUN 1769 • Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Death 1844 • Washington County, Illinois, United States

Said to be a daughter of Jacob Brown (1736-1785), one of the first settlers of the Watauga Settlement in Tennessee (first white settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains) and founder of Brown's Settlement.

No grave marker found but assumed to be buried beside or near her husband who predeceased her four years. A family tree says they both died in Washington County, Illinois.

From Find A Grave.

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