Richard Brown Sr. Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Richard Brown Sr: was born in Maryland in 1748, was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, serving as Colonel under the command of George Washington. He was captured at the battle of Brooklyn, Long Island (where the Americans were defeated), August 27, 1776. Held as a prisoner for a short time and then exchanged. Soon after the close of that memorable war, he with his wife and two children migrated west settling on a tract of land containing 1,100 acres, in Holliday's Cove. At one time he also owned what is now known as Brown's Island, from whence it derived its appellation. After their removal to this county another child to them was born, making a family of three children--Richard, Rachel and Margaret. Lived on his land until his death in March 1811.