1. Overview
    1. Location
    2. Date Constructed/ Founded
    3. Associated Surnames
    4. Historical notes
    5. Associated Slave Workplaces
  2. Associated Free Persons
  3. Associated Enslaved Persons
  4. Research Leads and Plantation Records
  5. Miscellaneous Information
  6. References
  7. Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

Location

Cross Creek

Date Constructed/ Founded

1760's

Associated Surnames

Brownlow, Council, Evans

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

none


Associated Free Persons

  • John Brownlow (c.1730 - April 1774) - Owner; He was a Merchant in Cross Creek, NC. Born in County Armagh, Ireland
  • Sarah Council Brownlow (1745 - 1770) - 1st Wife of John Brownlow
  • James Brownlow (c.1767 - 1814) - Son of John Brownlow and Sarah Council
  • Rebecca Evans Brownlow Fletcher (1752 - 1824) - 2nd wife of John Brownlow, later married George Fletcher
  • Mary Brownlow Purvaince (c.1744 - 1802) - Daughter of John Brownlow and Rebecca Evans, she married Samuel D. Purvaince

Associated Enslaved Persons

  • George - Born c. 1754. He was bought from William Robards by John Brownlow in 1765. Given to son James Brownlow in 1775
  • Nancy - Given to son James Brownlow in 1775
  • Cloe - Given to daughter Mary Brownlow in 1775
  • Young Cloe, daughter of Chole - Given to daughter Mary Brownlow in 1775
  • Sall - Given to daughter Mary Brownlow in 1775
  • Ben - Given to widow Rebecca Evans Brownlow in 1775
  • unnamed - Cloe's oldest daughter; Given to widow Rebecca Evans Brownlow in 1775
1790 Federal Census, Cumberland County, North Carolia; Slaves of Rebecca Fletcher

  • 7 Slaves
1810 Federal Census, Cumberland County, North Carolia; Slaves of Rebecca Fletcher

  • 5 Slaves
1820 Federal Census, Cumberland County, North Carolia; Slaves of Rebecca Fletcher

  • 1 Male b.1806-1820
  • 1 Male b.1775-1794
  • 1 Female b.1806-1820
  • 1 Female b.1806-1820
  • 1 Female b.1794-1806
Slaves in the Will of Rebecca Evans Brownlow Fletcher
Written May 18, 1824, Proven June, 1824

  • Tom to Samuel Archibald Purviance
  • Louisa to Lawrence Emmett Fitzharris
  • Besty to Mary Brownlow Tams if she moves to a slaveholding state
  • Nanny to Catherine Eleanor Fitzharris
  • Nelly to Henry E. Purviance

Research Leads and Plantation Records

*none reported yet


Miscellaneous Information

  • none

References

  • Division of the Slaves belonging to the estate of John Brownlow, dec'd, January 27, 1775. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Cumberland County, North Carolina
  • Deed book 2, page 451, Cumberland County, North Carolina
  • Will of Rebecca Fletcher, 1824, Cumberland County, North Carolina

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