Brown, John

Dates:
Active 1788
Active 1789

Biographical notes:

John Brown was a grocer and pharmacist in Warren, Ohio in the early 1800s.

From the description of John Brown letter, 1817. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 137733474

John Brown was a Philadelphia miller.

From the description of Account books, 1774-1787 (inclusive), 1774-1777, 1783-1787 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151378247

John Brown was a private in Company E. of the 4th Massachusetts Infantry, which was mustered into service September 26, 1862, and mustered out August 28, 1863.

From the description of John Brown letters, 1862-1863. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 256500513

American abolitionist.

From the description of ALS, 1846 June 6, Akron, Ohio, to John Brown, Jr., Austinburg, Ohio. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122466099

The town of Sarah, proposed by the proprietor, Mr. John Brown, was to be located "in the Southwest part of the North East quadrant in Section 34 in Town No. 19 North of Range No. 9 West in Fountain County Indiana." There is no evidence that the town was ever developed under that name.

From the description of A plat map of the town of Sarah in Fountain County, Indiana [map] 1830. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214281319

John Brown was a captain on the schooner, Hamden.

From the description of Account book, 1772-1775. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122555839

American abolitionist; the letter was often reproduced following Brown's death.

From the description of ALS, 19 November, 1859, Charleston, Va., to Luther Humphrey. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410915

Brown appears to have lived in the vicinity of Portsmouth, N.H., or Newburyport, Mass.

From the description of Diaries, 1748 and 1756. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237360144

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Subjects:

  • Accounts current
  • African Americans
  • Agriculture
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Loans, American
  • Ships
  • Capital punishment
  • Grocers
  • Hardware
  • Harpers Ferry, Battle of, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 1862
  • Logbooks
  • Privateering
  • Registers of birth, etc.
  • Shipping
  • Ship's papers
  • Voyages and travels

Occupations:

  • Millers
  • Photographers
  • Soldiers

Places:

  • New Windsor (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New Orleans (La.) (as recorded)
  • Sarah (Ind.) (as recorded)
  • Brashear City (La.) (as recorded)
  • Scotland (as recorded)
  • Northwest, Old (as recorded)
  • Warren (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Red River (Tex.-La.) (as recorded)
  • Port Hudson (La.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Plum Island (Newburyport, Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Algiers (New Orleans, La.) (as recorded)
  • Washington, D. C (as recorded)
  • Fountain County (Ind.) (as recorded)
  • Mississippi River Valley (as recorded)
  • Virginia--Cumberland County (as recorded)
  • Morristown (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • Cumberland County (Va.)--Genealogy (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Attica (as recorded)
  • China--Guangzhou (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Louisiana (as recorded)
  • Baton Rouge (La.) (as recorded)

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