ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Samuel Brown, Sr., Heirs Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Samuel Brown, Sr. heirs cemetery: 1937 Oct. 9 Research made by Robert Stover Cemetery Location: 9 miles west of Covington, Virginia, on the north side of Route #60; after the railroad underpass beyond Callaghans Station, the cemetery lies to the north of and between the first house and the C. & O.R.R. Alleghany County OWNERS: 1753-1772 875 acres on Meadow Creek (now Dunlaps Creek) a tributary of Jackson River. Granted to Adam Dickeson (Dickenson) in Augusta County. Whereas John Brown and wife Isabella, William Armstrong and wife Agnes, Nathaniel Dunlap and wife Jane, Robert Crawford and wife Elizabeth, and Mary Guthery, failed to pay to the Crown; James Brown paying ___ pounds and Ten shillings as revenue to the Governor General of Virginia, John, Earl of Dunmore, signed August 1, 1772. (The original parchment is in the hands of Mrs. Samuel A. Brown, widow) 1801 James Brown Sr. died, and his land passed to his son, Samuel Brown I. 1861 Samuel Brown I, will: All property both personal and real sold five years hence except my negroes who are to be divided among my wife and children. (Will Book 3, p. 244) 1865 Will of Samuel Brown Jr. II (Will Book 3, p. 416) 1927 Will of Samuel A. Brown III, died, leaving no will and his wife, Sarah H. Brown, inherited a life-time interest in all his lands. She is still living at the home place. List of heirs is as follows: D.E. Brown, Clarence, Irene, and W.A. Brown, Mr. H.D. Morris and his widow, Mrs. Sarah H. Brown. (Will Book 4, p. 478, 1927) DESCRIPTION: A family burying ground, it is located in an open pasture field and unenclosed. There are about fifteen graves in fair condition and well sodded over. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: James Brown and wife Agnes, received a land grant and settled on Dunlaps Creek, then known as Meadow Creek as recorded in the original land grant, about the time of the Revolutionary War. He was among the first settlers in this part of the county. The cemetery is about 75 yards north of the house. Samuel Brown Jr., born November 1815, died August 1866, is buried in the Myers (or Moyers) cemetery further down Dunlaps Creek, now the Grace Mission For Boys property, according to E.V. Marshall. Another son, Joseph Brown, born January 24, 1812, went West; Sophia M. Brown, daughter of Samuel and Frances Brown, born July 1819, married Thomas Hardy. The home and tavern of James Brown Jr., was about .5 mile down the road and the creek. The following Inscriptions may be seen in the Samuel Brown Sr. Cemetery: In memory of Frances M. Brown Aug 1785 – June 1857 The following without tombstones: Samuel Brown Sr. b. Dec. 1778 d. May 1865 Watson Sawyer b. 1845 – d. 1891 There are other graves of the Brown family also, the names unknown. It is not certain whether James Brown Sr. the first Brown who settled here, and his wife Agnes, are buried here, but in all probability they are. James Brown Sr. died September 1801; Agnes Brown his consort, died in January 1809. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informants: Mrs. E.V. Marshall, Callaghan, Virginia Mrs. Samuel A. Brown, Callaghan, Virginia Chalkley’s Abstracts of August County, Vol. II, pp 7,39,171,370,406,505,571. Court Records, Botetourt and Alleghany Counties, Clerks Office at Fincastle and Covington, Virginia ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________