Stephen BROWN b. @1777 m. @ 1812 Mary ”Polly” BARBER b. @ 1781.
Issue:
1 Asa H Brown b. 4 Dec 1812 Duplin, NC d. 11 Feb 1887 Onslow, NC.( m1) 19 feb 1852 Onslow, NC to Mary E BRINSON; (m2) 31 May 1859 Onslow, NC to Amanda Melvina DAVIS. Issue: Martha, Ephram, Stephen edgar, Riddick, Mary elizabeth.
2 Needham Brown, b. @ 1813 m. bef. 1840 Nancy nee Unknown. Issue: Stephen William, Mary Jane, Absolam B., Nancy C., Alsey Thomas.
3 Absolom B. Brown, b. @ 1820 d. Catherines Lake Onslow Co., NC. m. 25 May 1856, Onslow, NC to Sarah Elizabeth HOLT. Issue: Ann E., Samuel F., William, Joseph “Joe” J. & Adopted/fostered my gg grandmother, Julia Ann EVANS m. Daniel James HUDSON.
4 John Brown b. @ 1821. Adopted/fostered my gg aunt Nancy “Nan” EVANS m. William Sims ROYSTER. No Issue.

1860 Haw Branch, Lower Richlands, Onslow, North Carolina
A. B. Brown 40 farmer
Sarah E Brown 22
Anne E. Brown 3
Samuel F. BRown 4/12
Lavinia Holt 13 [sister of Sarah]
Julia A EVANS 13

1860 Southern division, Duplin Co., NC
John Brown: 40 year old farmer [b. about 1820]
Letta Wallace 78
Letta A Wallace 42
Nancy EVANS 4
Notes: Nancy is the sister of JuliaAnn and John Evans; dau. of Mary EVANS and unknown father.
After their mother, Mary, died , Julia went to live with Absolom BROWN, John's Brother. Nan went with John Brown. I don't know where John EVANS went. Possible he went with either of these gentlmen. Family folk lore has it that John died shortly aftercoming to the home he went to. so he was young child when he died.]

1850 South Division, Duplin, North Carolina
Family Number:222
James Brown 62 Farmer [b. @ 1788]
Fenba Brown 31
Mary I Brown 2
Letta W Brown 60
Letta Brown 32
Jno Brown 29 Farmer [b. about 1821]

1840
John Brown would be 19
------------------------------------------------------------John K Brown [I think this may be our John Brown]
Age at enlistment: 42
Enlistment Date: 29 Jun 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: New Hanover County, NC
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, North Carolina Co. A 1st Light Artillery Battery on 29 Jun 1861.
Mustered out on 15 Sep 1862.

Birth Date: abt 1819
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
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John Brown [or is this him? He did not survive the war]
Residence: Duplin County, North Carolina
Age at enlistment: 40
Enlistment Date: 31 Aug 1863
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: New Hanover County, NC
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, North Carolina 30th Infantry Regiment on 31 Aug 1863.
Mustered out on 25 May 1864 at Richmond, VA.

Birth Date: abt 1823
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
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