George Washington Brown
G. W. Brown was born in Haywood County, North Carolina, on May 9, 1829. He 
was the son of Henry Brown(abt.1810 - November 14, 1845) and Mary Hooper 
(1810 - after 1880). Sometime before 1845 they moved to Union County where 
his father died on November 14, 1845.  
In 1850 George was enumerated in the household of his mother in Union County. 
They lived in became Towns County. By 1860 he had married a woman named 
Adaline (1838 - c.1865). Her maiden name is unknown. They were the parents of 
one child, John Henry Brown. He was born May 03, 1861, in Towns County. He 
married Etta Taylor and moved to Cobb County, Georgia, where he died on 
December 19, 1934.  
On September 27, 1862 he enlisted as a private in Private, Co. G, 65th Ga. 
Infantry, at Hiawassie. He was captured on September 01, 1864 and was 
released later that month. Adaline died sometime around 1865 and on January 
10, 1867, George married Amanda Jane Russell, the widow of George W. Wood. 
She was born in Macon County, North Carolina, on September 11, 1830. she was 
the daughter of John Russell (May 20, 1803 - April 05, 1883) and Nancy Dickey 
(January 18, 1804 - August 22, 1859).  
They were the parents of two children: Lonnie Cicero Brown (November 09, 1867 
- July 22, 1928) and Nancy Alice Brown Woodring (November 01, 1870 - April 
20, 1945).  
George W. Brown died on November 21, 1889 and is buried at Ivy Mount Cemetery 
next to his wife who died on January 04, 1904.
TOWNS CO., GA - BIBLE RECORDS - Family Bible of George W. Brown
                                and Amanda J. Wood

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[page one]

Holy Matrimony

George W. Brown of Towns County, Georgia and Amanda J. Wood of Towns
County, Georgia were married on the 10th day of January AD 1867 at 
John Wood's by Elijah Kimsey, Baptist M. G.

Witness - Wm. L. Brown
Witness - Judson Wood

[page two]

BIRTHS

George Washington Brown was born the 9th day of May A. D. 1829
Amanda Jane Russell was born the 17th day of September A. D. 1830

John Henry Brown was born the 3rd day of November A. D. 1861

Leona Cicero Brown was born the 1st day of November A. D. 1870

Nancy Ales Brown was born the 1st day of November A. D. 1870

Clara Bell Brown was born the 3rd day of May A. D. 1900

Viola May Brown was born the 11th day of October A. D. 1901

Vernie lou Brown was born October the 3rd 1903

Carlton Miles was born May the 23rd 1905

Alice Faye Brown was born March the 21st 1907

Jay Ross Brown was born August 1st 1909

[page three]

DEATHS

George Washington Brown died November the 21st A. D. 1889

Amanda Jane Brown died January the 4th A. D. 1904

Leona Cicero Brown died July the 22nd A. D. 1928
Aged 61 years 8 months 9 days

Emma Miles Brown died on December 12, 1932
Aged 62 years, 10 months and 6 days

Vernie Lou Brown died October 21, 1948
Age 45 years and 18 days

[page four]

MARRIAGES

George W. Brown and Amanda J. Wood were married the 10th day of 
January A. D. 1867

Lonie Cicero Brown and Emma Miles were married the 1st day of June 
A. D. 1899

Marvin C. Allen and Clara Belle Brown were married the 25th day of 
December A. D. 1919

H. C. Berry and Vernie Lou Brown were married the 18th day of 
September A. D. 1925

L. B. Black and Viola May Brown were married the 18th day of October
A. D. 1929

Carlton Miles Brown and Willena M. Johnson were married the 22nd day
of June A. D. 1930

Jay Ross Brown and Gertrude Cunningham were married December 25 1934

Alyce Faye Brown and Leon Davis Johnson were married September 20, 
1936