Morgan Welles Brown served as a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western District of Tennessee from January 3, 1834 until his death on March 7, 1853. He was born at Clarksville, Tennessee in 1800. He began to study law in 1830 and started a private practice in Nashville in 1833. He was also the editor of the Nashville Republican from 1832 to 1833. Brown was nominated for federal judge by President Andrew Jackson on December 18, 1833 and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 31. He was reassigned on June 18, 1839 to the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western District of Tennessee.
From the description of Morgan W. Brown nomination, 1834. (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 671781336
