Anson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Brown, Dr. Morgan 1840 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Anson NCGenWeb n/a May 30, 2012, 4:56 pm Nashville Banner Found the following obituary in THE OBSERVER published in Fayetteville, North Carolina. 15 Apr 1840 On the 23d ult., at his residence near Nashville,Tennessee, aged 83 years, DR. MORGAN BROWN. The deaceased was a native of Ansoncounty, in the State of North Carolina, from which he removed into the State of South Carolina, and resided near the Cheraws on Pedee river until he emigrated to this State, in the year 1795. Dr. Brown served his country in various capacities during the Revolutionary war; first as a volunteer under Colonel Thompson, during which service he was at the defence of the city of Charlestonfrom the attack made on that place by the British fleet under Sir Peter Parker; afterwards as lieutenant of infantry in the North, having been present at the battle of Brandywine, and some minor engagements between the American and British Forces. At a later period of the war, he acted as Assistant Commissary to the Southern army under Baron de Kalb, Gates, and General Greene, and as superintendent of transports under the last named commander; and was engaged in the partisan warfare carried on in that section between the Whigs and Tories. After the war, he served several sessions in the Legislature of South Carolina. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/anson/obits/b/brown2938gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb