This authors maiden name was Brown, so researching this family history was important. This Browne/Brown book concentrates on two different lines of John Sumner Brown's descendants. There are source notations, military, cemetery records, birth, death, marriage, census and other documents and pictures [if available] for family members. Definitely a treasured book for those Brown descendants located in Meriweather Co., Worth, Boston - Thomas County, Georgia. John Sumner Browns ancestry is taken back as far as this researcher could find records. Included is the history of the name and coat of arms pictures. Your family will love this book, especially if you are a descendant. This Browne/Brown Family History book will become a family heirloom to be passed down through generations.

This book begins with Arthur Brown(e) of Melchboone, England. His son Chad was born about 1600. Some of Arthur Brown(e)'s descendants to the 16th generation are covered in this history. The majority descend from Clark Brown, born 25 January 1771, in Stonington, Connecticut; married Tabitha Moffatt 1 December 1799; died about 1816 in Maryland. Descendants lived in Maryland, Oregon, Virginia, Missouri and throughout the United States.

How could a glorious age of American history also give rise to the darkest of literary traditions, one that would inspire Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and many other best-selling American writers?"

Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.

UPDATED! July 2010 with some family photos included in the book! There are two Chapters in this book Section A- Henry Downes of Maryland, and Section B: Ludowick Downs of Texas. Chapter Two covers Henry Downes & Lady Jane Douglas of Virginia and descendants. The states this line of Downs family is found is: Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. There is lots of DOWNES or DOWNS family history of the surname included. This book is complete with wills, cemetery records, census records, book research information, land deeds, and every scrap of information I could locate on the Downes or Downs family lines. Chapter Two family descendants traveled down and settled in the South Georgia area, Worth County, Georgia. This book is a must have if your surname is DOWNES or DOWNS.