Brown Family History

Hi Sheila:

I am the family member who is doing the research on our family (Hickman and Brown) history. I have some very interesting information for you on the Brown side of our family. Every family member on this listserv is a descendant of George and Mollie Brown, your grandparents and my great-great grandparents. You say your grandmother’s name is Mary, but I talked in detail to Ida “Dollbaby” Hickman Roy (our family historian) and she reconfirmed that her name was indeed Mollie.

I have copies of the census from 1900 and 1910 for both George and Mollie Brown; they lived in Winston County, Mississippi. In 1900 George was 50 years old and Mollie was 40 years old. The following uncles and aunts lived in the household:

1) Alex
2) Laura
3) George Ann
4) James W (who you knew)
5) Fanny
6) Lucy
7) Earnest (who you knew)
8) Luby
9) Hosie (your dad)

Also living in the household w as your great grandmother and my great-great-great grandmother. Charlott (this is how she spelled her name) Brown, who was 70 years old in 1900 and was born in South Carolina. She was born a slave (1830 – our oldest known Brown family member) and was in slavery for at least 35 years. Slavery officially ended in 1865. I did some additional research on Charlott and I believe I found her in the 1880 census, which I have not been able to confirm. If I am correct in my research, I also found your great grandfather. (I’ll give you details about him once I confirm this information)

Additional information about your grandmother Mollie. Mollie was Indian (this is known by a number of living Hickman family members) (the 1910 census list her as being Mulatto) and I was having trouble researching our family history on her side because I could not find her maiden name, which you gave as being Baxter. Now I can look for her Indian tribe and further trace our family history. So, your dad Hosie was ¼ Indian and you are 1/8 Indian and every family on this listserv has Indian in his or her blood.

What’s interesting is that when I was in law school I wrote a constitutional legal paper on “Black Indians.” If I had known at the time I had Indian in my blood, I would have done research on our family and included this information in my paper.

I hope you and all the family members on this listserv find this information to be informative. If you have any additional information you would like to provide me, please do so. Also, do you have any pictures of your grandparents? Thanks and please share this information with your sister Fannie Mae.