Samuel Brown Records

382 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 02/2007. Last revised 04/2018.

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EXTENT: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) ; 10 x 16 cm, plus one framed marriage certificate

DATE: 1814-1847

ALTERNATIVE FORM AVAILABLE: The Genealogical Society of Utah digitized materials from this collection in 2007. These copies are available on DVD [007-13] in the Archives Reading Room. The account book is available for viewing through the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Digital Collections.

SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains a memorandum book belonging to Samuel Brown. The book contains lists of persons owing money to Brown, as well as a diary section with daily entries about the weather and some mention of local deaths. The collection also contains the marriage certificate of Samuel Brown and Hannah Matthews, December 12, 1805.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Samuel Brown, born in 1783, was a successful merchant of Winchester, VA. He was also an active member of the Hopewell Friends Society. On February 12, 1805, he married Hannah Matthews of Baltimore, MD and had two daughters, Mary and Sarah. Brown died on August 10, 1852 and is buried in Hopewell Graveyard in Clearbrook, VA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cartmell, Thomas Kemp, Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: a History of Frederick County, Virginia from Its Formation. Berryville, VA: Chesapeake Book Co.

CITE AS: Samuel Brown Records, 382 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ORGANIZATION: 

BOX 1 

Memorandum book, Samuel Brown, 1814-1847, with notes, 1814-1824; diary, January 1 - May 31, 1824, receipts, 1847, 1 item, bound volume, manuscript

OVERSIZED – FRAMED COLLECTION

Marriage Certificate – Samuel Brown, Winchester, Virginia and Hannah Matthews, Baltimore, Maryland, December 12, 1805, 1 item, manuscript, in frame