Mike, My Brown family came from Fairfield S.C. and many of them came over to Amite Co., MS. I h ave not done anything on the Brown family. I was sent a miscellaneous list of info on S. C. and MS and there are a good many James Browns listed and Johns. You mentioned Lauderdale Co. I have no idea whether this pertains to your family or not. I have listeda Willis Haygood married Nancy Tew (Few) 21 Oct. 1868 Lauderdale Co.
This probably has no connection. In the 1860 census of Lauderdale Co there is listed a Willis Hagood 46 m farmer 1000 1500 S.C. Frances 44 f GA?, Elisha 22 m Farmer LA,
ALA, James 20 m farmer LA, ALA. Alexander m student ALA. Sorry I don't have anything definite. Ann