Re: Elias Wesley Browning/Joshua Browning
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Elias Wesley Browning/Joshua Browning
James W. Petty 12/05/01
My GGF is Elias Wesley Browning, b. 22 Mar 1793.Old Ohio history books tell us he moved from Oakland, MD (Garrett Co.) to Meigs Co., Ohio in 1797 with his parents,(father also named Elias Wesley Browning).Curiously he was drafted in 1814 in Hampshire Co., VA into the War of 1812.I got documents regarding this from the National Archives.Our family also has a divorce paper between him and Susanna Browning of Hampshire Co., VA dated 1821.If you look at a map you will see that Garrett Co., MD and Hampshire Co.,VA are adjoining.Elias Wesley Browning's family Bible states "Joshua Browning was born May the 1 1816."He was the second child of twelve by Elias and three wives.We had always assumed all the children were born in Meigs Co., OH in the area later named Sterling Bottom and later platted by Elias in 1853 as Portland.There is also a son, Joshua named in Elias' will but no further info.I do believe I have seen the name in some of the census records I checked but couldn't confirm when.If you wish copies of anything I have please feel free to contact me by email([email protected]) and send me your address and phone number if you wish.