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About Anna Brown
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On May 4th, 1806 his wife, Anna (Ash) Brown, died after suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs for two or three years.
Leaving his sons in charge of the Negroes and the house, in 1810 Thomas Brown returned to his farm in Prince William Co., VA and remained there until about 1817, when he sold the 208 acre farm for $4,000 and returned to Preston County. The Prince William County farm is described as being between Powell's Run and Neabsco, at the intersection of Ewell's Mill Road and the Dumfries' Road, and being near the Woodbine Baptist Church, in Prince William County.
Upon returning to Preston County, son William Brown cared for the elder father until his death in 1844, which was about 27 years in duration. Between 1835 and 1840 son William became the person responsible for actually building the "Stone House", located on the old Kingwood and Clarksburg Road. The walls are of cut stone, very thick and large. The late Ralph Brown, whose family once owned and occupied the house and land in later years related how these huge, hand cut stone were lifted into place to make a two story residence.
His knowledge of the construction is the stones were slid on log ramps to their proper place on the building wall. As the building rose in height, this made the movement of the large cut stone difficult to slide on an upward grade. To alleviate this difficulty, the outward end of the logs had to be raised higher and higher by building a large ring of ever rising dirt around the building, thereby minimizing the incline up which the massive stones had to be slid to their final place in the wall. Upon completion of the height of the building, came then the task of removing this massive circle of earth which surrounded the new home. A close inspection of this very thick and massive wall reflects the joints, corners and alignments are as true today as they were when first put in place, and the chisel marks remain most distinct.
The children of Thomas Brown and Anna (Ash) Brown were: Elizabeth, John Buckner, George, Lydia, Samuel Byrne, William, Mary Ann, and Thomas Francis; eight in all.
The youngest son, Thomas Francis, was taken East and received much better schooling than it was possible to secure west of the mountains in those days.
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Anna Brown's Timeline
| 1763 |
October 20, 1763
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Prince William County, Virginia, United States
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| 1786 |
August 17, 1786
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Manassas, Prince William , VA
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January 28, 1788
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Prince William, Virginia
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November 14, 1789
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Prince William, Virginia, United States
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October 22, 1791
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October 24, 1793
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Prince William, Virginia, United States
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24, 1793
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March 6, 1796
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October 26, 1798
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May 4, 1801
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Prince William, Virginia, United States
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