Here you will find a compilation of various records pertaining to General Thomas Brown, Oakland plantation owner, as well as records belonging to the descendents of our Rubin Brown and Isaac Meares, Sr. families. Frequently Updated!!!
| Files | Date |
| Compiled List of Slaves Owned by General Thomas Brown | |
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| 1782-1842 | |
| Slave Bills of Sale | |
| Susy | 1799 |
| Chloe | 1819 |
| Sam | 1821 |
| Census | |
| Bladen County | |
| 1870 |
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| 1880 |
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| 1900 |
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| 1910 COMING SOON... |
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| 1920 |
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| Columbus County |
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| 1870 |
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| 1880 |
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| 1900 |
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| 1910 |
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| 1920 |
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| Wills | |
General Thomas Brown, plantation
owner |
1813 |
| Lucy Bradley, wife of General Thomas Brown |
1845 |
| George Brown, father of General Thomas Brown | 1782 |
| Deeds | |
| Isaac Mear(e)s Family Records | |
| I.B. Meares to Lester Brown-Land Deed | 1910 |
| Actual Marriage Bond Index of Isaac Meares & Mary Chancy | August 8, 1866 |
| Mear(e)s Death Certificates |
1914-1963 |
| Rubin Brown Family Records | |
| Census Abstract
of Rubin and Stephen Brown |
1880 |
| African American Marriage Records | |
| This is a transcribed marriage index of ALL African American MEARES and MEARS males and females in Columbus County, NC. | Dated from 1866 to 1952 |
| African American Cemeteries | |
| Blanks Cemetery |
Columbus County (Waccamaw) |
| Carver's Creek A.M.E. Church Cemetery |
Bladen County (Carver's Creek) |
| New Hope Cemetery |
Bladen County (Council) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Letter from Thomas Brown to his Brother |
May 19, 1815 |
| Letters
written to Lucy Brown of Owen Hill plantation |
Various Dates |
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Brown and Meares of Bladen and Columbus County