Brooke County WV Archives Biographies.....Brown, Captain Oliver 
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Source: History Of West Virginia In Two Parts
Author: Virgil A. Lewis

Captain Oliver Brown, who resided many years in this county, was a native of
Lexington, Massachusetts. His ancestors were among the first settlers of that
State. He was an eye witness of the "Boston Tea Party," and a participant in the
battle of Lexington. He commanded the party of volunteers who converted the
leaden statue of King George into bullets for the American army. He served
throughout the war, and in 1790, moved west and settled in Wellsburg, then
Charlestown, where he died in 1846, aged ninety-three years.

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From Brooke County Chapter

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