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Sarah resided near Pitkin, LA and also had: Mary who married James Hicks and resided near Pitkin and Fannie who married Dr. Joseph Johnson who also resided near Pitkin.
William “Thornton” Brown and Molly resided near Pitkin and also had: Sarah “Sally”, Patrick “Pat”, and John. This “Thornton” Brown deserted his family when they were babies, lived in MS with some woman, and died there.
The above William “Thornton” Brown was supposed to be from Pike County, MS. As of this date, we have found no connection between these and our Browns. William “Thornton” Brown could possibly be a brother to Robert Brown, but not a son. Through our internet research, we have found William Thornton “Willoughby” Brown, bom on September 19, 1833 in Perry County, MS and died on February 11, 1891 in Hicks, Vernon Parish, LA. He married Sarah Ann Sims in Harrison County, MS on October 4, 1860 and had a family in LA. He was the son of John P. Brown who was bom in Alabama in September 1806 and died on February 5, 1862 inEnon, Perry County, MS. He married Charlotte “Lotty” Thornton and had a large family in Perry County. They can be seen in that county’s 1850 and 1860 censuses. Their children’s names included Green, Elizabeth, Jane, Caroline, etc. In the 1850 census, they were living next door to Elizabeth Davis, age 75 and two doors down from William Davis, the son of our James Davis and Elizabeth Daughdrill. Looking at this information, we feel this John P. Brown is somehow related to our Robert Brown. We will let someone else figure this out.
Another possible relationship is Tiny Miller, daughter of James “Turner” Miller and a descendant of Robert Brown, who lived in Gulfport and was married to Wilton Brown from Greene County, MS. Her husband claimed that he and Tiny were “distantly related.” With this Brown family from Greene County, MS, it is very possible they are somehow related to our Robert Brown.
We have found what could possibly be a sister to Robert Brown. In the 1880 Hancock County, MS census, living next door to Robert Brown in household #21, is Nancy Bounds age 70, bom in Georgia, and an “aunt” to Robert’s daughter, Jane, who was living with her in 1880. Also in this Nancy’s household is Ellen age 16, a daughter, Alexander age 17, a grandson, and Ester age 14, a granddaughter. All three dependants were bom in MS. This same Nancy Bounds and children: Elander, Ellick, and Henryetta appear for some reason in same census in household #49.
We also find Nancy Bounds living in the 1830 Hancock County census as head of the household with a family. She appears as the oldest female, age between 50 and 59 years (1771 and 1780) and living next to Addison Bounds. In the 1816 Territorial census of Greene County, MS, we also have James, William, and Solomon Bounds with families living next to each other.
Nancy Bounds is also listed in the 1850 Marion County, MS, census as bom in 1807 in Georgia, with husband, John Bounds and children. Some researchers say his full name was Addison John Bounds or John E. Bounds. They were living next door to Zach and Caroline Daughdrill. Caroline is Caroline Davis, a sister to our Jane Davis that married Robert Brown.
Then in the May of 1892, Hancock County Chancery Court case #450, we find Nancy’s son, Addison Bounds, having her declared “non compos mentis” or “not of good mind.” The record says she was receiving a “U. S. Government pension” of $36.00 for three months. We suspect this could be for her husband’s service in the War of 1812. Signers in this court case were Reuben Brown, William Bounds, James Bounds, Addison Bounds, etc. In December of
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