Jesse Anderson BROWN
Historical information included in notes. The will of Jerusha's father, John Humphreys, paints a rather unflattering portrait of his son-in-law. It gave to daughter Jenisha [Jerusha] Brown to get $1.25... grandsons John Humphreys Brown and Asa Madison Brown and their father Asa A. Brown, give them the negro which their father, Asa A. Brown, did "feloniously steal, take, and carry her away from me..." The will was probated January 1827
He married Obedience Leggett 1790 at South Carolina . Obedience Leggett was born at Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina 1761 daughter of William Leggett and Patience SHerrod .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Asa A. Brown
born 5 Oct 1791.
Leecy Brown
born 3 Mar 1793.
Charlotte Brown
born 3 Mar 1796.
Obedience Brown
born 23 Jun 1798.
David Brown
born 8 Oct 1802.
Jesse A. Brown
born 1809.
Martha Carol Brown
born 1 Feb 1815.
Harriett Brown
born 20 Mar 1817.
Jesse Anderson Brown died 3 May 1833 at Alabama .
Obedience Leggett died 1850 at Alabama .