Obedience LEGGETT
F, b. 1761, d. after 1850
- Relationship
- 3rd great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Obedience LEGGETT, daughter of William LEGGETT and Patience Sherrod, was born in 1761 in Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina.
Obedience married Jesse Anderson BROWN, son of Edmund BROWN and Nancy ANDERSON, in 1790 in Marlboro District, South Carolina.
Obedience LEGGETT and Jesse Anderson BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1790 in St. Thomas, Cheraw District, South Carolina. The household was listed as one male 16 years or older [Jesse], one male under age 16 [?? Asa was born 1791], and one female [Obedience]. This household was only four houses away from that of his father, Edmund Brown, and her father, William Leggett.1
Obedience LEGGETT appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1800, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN in Marlboro County, South Carolina.2
She was probably the female age 60 to 70 listed in the household of her husband, Jesse Anderson BROWN, in the 1830 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.3
Jesse Anderson BROWN died on 3 May 1833 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, at age 63, leaving Obedience as a widow.
Obedience LEGGETT and Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. purchased a government land patent 26 September 1834 in Six Mile, Bibb County, Alabama. They bought 159.63 acres of the southeast quarter of section 9, township 23, range 10-E near the present site of Enon Baptist Church. Joshua Brown also received a land grant this same day in Tuscaloosa County. Their relationship is unknown.4,5 She witnessed the sale of land from Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. to Mary CAMP on 12 September 1835 in Bibb County, Alabama. George Howard.6
Obedience LEGGETT was a member of Enon Baptist Church and appeared on a membership roster in March 1838 along with some of her children and grandchildren: Asa A. Brown, Madison Brown, Patsey Brown, Martha Brown, Betsey Brown, Jerusha Brown, Nancy Brown and Polly Brown.7
She was probably the female age 60 to 70 listed in the household of her son, Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr., in the 1840 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.8
Obedience LEGGETT died after 1850 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.
Obedience LEGGETT appeared on a census, enumerated 5 November 1850, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. and Polly CAMP in Bibb County, Alabama.9 She was buried in Brown Family Cemetery.
Obedience married Jesse Anderson BROWN, son of Edmund BROWN and Nancy ANDERSON, in 1790 in Marlboro District, South Carolina.
Obedience LEGGETT and Jesse Anderson BROWN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1790 in St. Thomas, Cheraw District, South Carolina. The household was listed as one male 16 years or older [Jesse], one male under age 16 [?? Asa was born 1791], and one female [Obedience]. This household was only four houses away from that of his father, Edmund Brown, and her father, William Leggett.1
Obedience LEGGETT appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1800, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN in Marlboro County, South Carolina.2
She was probably the female age 60 to 70 listed in the household of her husband, Jesse Anderson BROWN, in the 1830 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.3
Jesse Anderson BROWN died on 3 May 1833 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama, at age 63, leaving Obedience as a widow.
Obedience LEGGETT and Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. purchased a government land patent 26 September 1834 in Six Mile, Bibb County, Alabama. They bought 159.63 acres of the southeast quarter of section 9, township 23, range 10-E near the present site of Enon Baptist Church. Joshua Brown also received a land grant this same day in Tuscaloosa County. Their relationship is unknown.4,5 She witnessed the sale of land from Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. to Mary CAMP on 12 September 1835 in Bibb County, Alabama. George Howard.6
Obedience LEGGETT was a member of Enon Baptist Church and appeared on a membership roster in March 1838 along with some of her children and grandchildren: Asa A. Brown, Madison Brown, Patsey Brown, Martha Brown, Betsey Brown, Jerusha Brown, Nancy Brown and Polly Brown.7
She was probably the female age 60 to 70 listed in the household of her son, Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr., in the 1840 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.8
Obedience LEGGETT died after 1850 in Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama.
Obedience LEGGETT appeared on a census, enumerated 5 November 1850, in the household of Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr. and Polly CAMP in Bibb County, Alabama.9 She was buried in Brown Family Cemetery.
Last Edited=1 Feb 2022
Children of Obedience LEGGETT and Jesse Anderson BROWN
- Asa Anderson BROWN+ b. 5 Oct 1791, d. c 1840
- Lecia BROWN+ b. 3 Feb 1793, d. b 1870
- Charlotte Catherine BROWN+ b. 3 Feb 1796, d. a 1 Jun 1870
- Obedience BROWN+ b. 23 Jun 1798, d. 17 Sep 1878
- David Leggett BROWN+ b. 8 Oct 1802, d. 3 May 1886
- Jesse Anderson BROWN Jr.+ b. 20 Jul 1810, d. b 1880
- Martha Carol BROWN+ b. 16 Feb 1815, d. a 1880
- Harriett BROWN+ b. 20 Mar 1817, d. 13 Sep 1839
Citations
- [S219] 1790 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, Jesse Brown household of Cheraw District.
- [S221] 1800 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, Jesse Brown household, pg. 51.
- [S229] 1830 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Jesse Brown household, pg. 164.
- [S211] Marilyn Davis Barefield, Old Tuskaloosa Land Records, pg. 48.
- [S931] "Government Records - Land Records", Tract Book for Township 23-N, Range 10-E, Section 9.
- [S329] Bibb County Deed: Deed Book B, pg. 189-190.
- [S604] XXX Copham, "Brown and Langston Families," e-mail to John K. Brown, 19 Oct 2006, Source: Minutes Enon Baptist Church, Bibb County, Alabama, Vol. 1 July 1819-March 1846, Microfilm MFC 70, Samford University Library, Birmingham, AL.
- [S241] 1840 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Jesse A. Brown household, pg. 104.
- [S4] 1850 U. S. Census, Bibb County, Alabama, Jesse A. Brown household, pg. 52, No. 508.
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