Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLouisa Rebecca SEVIER
Birth Date21 Nov 1816
Birth PlaceJonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
Death Date29 May 1842 Age: 25
Death PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceWashington County, Tennessee, Jacob Brown Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date28 Oct 1801
Birth PlaceJonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
Death Date24 Mar 1886 Age: 84
Death PlaceJonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceWashington County, Tennessee, Jacob Brown Cemetery
OccupationMajor
FatherJacob Kean BROWN Jr. , 82 (1761-1838)
MotherElizabeth BIRD , 83 (1769-1846)
Family ID7250
Notes for Louisa Rebecca SEVIER
Louisa is a daughter of John Jr and Sophia (Garrette) Sevier.
She married Bird Patrick Brown and has a least one daughter: Sophia Louisa.
Family Records

Place of birth from son, John's DC.

unmarked grave

On Foind A Grave.

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Notes for Byrd Patrick (Spouse 1)
Bird is a son of Jacob Jr and Elizabeth (Bird) Brown.
He married (first) Louisa Rebeka Sevier, they have a least one daughter: Sophia Louisa.
Family Records

Place of birth from son, John's DC.

Louisa Rebeka (Sevier) Brown died in 1842.

Record of Marriage:
groom: Bird Brown
bride: Capandra (sic) M Lyle
date: 11 June 1846
place: Washington County, Tennessee
"Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950"
FamilySearch (no image available)

1850/ Tennessee/ Washington
BERD Brown, 48y b.TN, occ: Farm
Cassandra M Brown, 41y b.TN
Wm H Lyle, 21y b.TN, student
Cyrus Lyle, 18y b.TN, student
Lucinda Lyle, 16y b.TN
Hary Lyle, 13y b.TN
Chas Lyle, 9y b.TN
Frances Lyle, 7y b.TN
Jacob A Brown, 10y b.TN
Louiza Brown, 8y b.TN
Saml A Brown, 2y b.TN
Jacob L Brown, 20y b.VA, occ: Plaster

1860/ Tennessee/ Washington
Bird Brown, 59y b.TN, occ: Farmer
Casandra, 57y b.TN
John J, 20y b.TN
Louisa, 18y b.TN
Samuel A L, 12y b.TN

Cassandra (Boren) Brown died in 1862.

1870/ Tennessee/ Washington
BYRD Brown, 68y b.TN, occ: Farmer
Samuel A Brown, 22y b.TN, occ: Works on Farm
Louisa Deadrick, 28y b.TN
John W Deadrick, 7y b.TN
Mollie Brown, 22y b.TN
plus one other

He appears here with his son:
1880/ Tennessee/ Washington
h/ John J Brown, 40y b.TN, occ: Farmer
w/ Ester, 38y b.TN
s/ Thomas J W, 12y b.TN, occ: Works on Farm
s/ Byrd, 11y b.TN, occ: Works on Farm
d/ Martha R, 6y b.TN
s/ Embree S, 10y b.TN
s/ William F, 5y b.TN
s/ John J, 3y b.TN
father/ Byrd Sen, 79y b.TN, Wd, occ: Retired ?Miller

unmarked grave

On Find A Grave.


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Some times known as Major Bird Patrick Brown.

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