I59167: Henry Skipworth BROWN (ABT 1860

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2 Jesse BURT b: ABT 1776 d: AUG 1829 + Martha BURT b: ABT 1778 d: BEF 1826
Children:
2 James G. BURT + Lucy PACE b: 09 OCT 1806 d: 01 JUN 1840 + Mary Ann SPEAR
2 William W. BURT
2 Henry H. BURT
2 Harriett BURT b: ABT 1805 + James BIGBEE + James Z DISMUKES
2 Mary E. BURT b: ABT 1810 + Thomas MCCLARY
2 Martha A. BURT b: ABT 1813 + Richard I. WRIGHT
2 Nancy Hurt BURT b: 1820 d: 1897 + Elkanah PACE b: 23 JAN 1815 d: 18 AUG 1867

Mary Elizabeth GOOD

ABT 1860 - 6 Dec 1955

ID Number: I23788

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Said to be a cousin of 1st wife, Cleopatra HATCHER.

William Chester HARGROVE

1815 - ____

ID Number: I94542

James HARRIS

ABT 1702 - BEF 27 Jul 1767

ID Number: I46563

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Sarah Bailey (Wife) b. About 1704
Children:
1. John Bailey Harris b. About 1732 in Henrico Co., VA
2. DescendantsPhoebe Bailey Harris b. About 1734 m. Joseph Royal Farrar (Husband) b. About 1734 in Goochland Co., VA
3. Mary Harris b. About 1736
4. Thomas Bailey Harris b. About 1738 Death: Before 22 Nov 1810 m. Frances Moseley b. abt 1732.
5. DescendantsJames Bailey Harris b. 1749 in Chesterfield Co., VA
6. William Bailey Harris b. 1757 d. Bedford Co. VA m. Mary Pollard (Wife) b. About 1760
7. Francis Bailey Harris b. About 1758 m. Ann DIUGUD (Wife) b. ABT 1760 Marriage: 7 JUN 1773

Hon. John Eager HOWARD Gov. of Maryland

4 Jun 1752 - 12 Oct 1827

ID Number: I71767

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Colonial Families in the U.S.: COL. JOHN EAGER HOWARD, b. 4th June, 1752, at the place settled by his grandfather in the "Garrison Forest,", Baltimore County; served through the Revolutionary Was as Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and "Lieutenant Colonel Commanding;" he was at White Plains, Germantown, Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Guileford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill, and Eutaw Springs, commanding his Regiment on most of those fields; for his conduct at Cowpens, where he commanded the main infantry line and at a critical moment, on his own responsibility, ordered a bayonet charge which decided the battle, he was voted by Congress a silver medal (one of the 12 medals given by the Congress during the war); he subsequently served his State and Country as Member of the Maryland Senate, Governor, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator, and in other capacities, and was honored by the choice of Washington for a seat in his Cabinet and as a Brigadier General in the expected war with France; m.18th May, 1787, Margaret CHEW, b 17th December, 1760; d 29th May, 1824, dau. of Chief Justice Benjamine and Elizabeth (OSWALD) CHEW. John Eager Howard was born & died at "Belvedere" in Baltimore Co., MD, the home built by his grandfather, Joshua Howard.

"Of Belvidere, Baltimore, Maryland; officer in the militia during the revolution; fought at Cowpens. Governor of Maryland 1788; United States Senator 1796-1803. "

Montgomery County, Maryland, 1879, which mentions Col. John Eager HOWARD. Page 59 states, speaking of the Revolutionary War battles:

"Their deeds of prowess, from the battle of Camden, where, under the command of Colonel Otho H. Williams of Montgomery County, General Smallwood and Colonel John Eager HOWARD, including the bloody struggles of Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Ninety-Six, Eutaw Springs, and the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, which took place on the 19th of October, 1781, nobly exemplifying the fact that from the Heights of Brooklyn to the cotton fields of the Carolinas, the Maryland Line maintained their reputation for discipline and valor, worthy to be enrolled on monuments of marble and bronze. They were not mercenary soldiers, but farmers, merchants, and mechanics, who pledged their fortunes and lives to the cause of Liberty."

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My Southern Family

Henry Skipworth BROWN

ABT 1860 - ____

ID Number: I59167

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Sarah Elizabeth BUCKNELL

6 Sep 1853 - 1927

ID Number: I3890

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Jesse BURT

ABT 1776 - Aug 1829

ID Number: I99909

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Mary Elizabeth GOOD

ABT 1860 - 6 Dec 1955

ID Number: I23788

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William Chester HARGROVE

1815 - ____

ID Number: I94542

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James HARRIS

ABT 1702 - BEF 27 Jul 1767

ID Number: I46563

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Hon. John Eager HOWARD Gov. of Maryland

4 Jun 1752 - 12 Oct 1827

ID Number: I71767

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