Mary 'Polly' Mitchel Brown's Will....from the Genealogical Treasures of Annie Greer Heaton
In the last post we read that Polly, age 47, left her worldly goods to daughters Nancy and Franky (Brown Greer). In this final section of the Will, she bequeathed to her only son, Hugh Brown, a gray mare, a rifle and working tools. (See below; Mary 'Polly" Brown is my generation's 4th Great Grandmother.)
To Franky's daughter, Emeline (the future Mrs. Nathaniel "Nathan" Rominger who died in Texas in 1859), Polly gave her bed. Stating she was sick, Polly signed with an X her Will, witnessed by A. T. Callaway and Thomas Green. Polly's husband, Frances Franklin Brown, had died in 1828. He may have left his farm property to his wife as a life estate and at her death to his son or children. We do not know without finding his Will.
This was an agrarian economy; there is no cash or savings to pass to the children; only food and animals for which to use to bring in a new crop. No work, no food. No safety net in times of illness, drought or distress except family and friends. Very different times in America.
In the marginalia above, Annie Greer Heaton, has written notes on her lineage from Mary 'Polly' Brown. Annie's great grandfather, Isaac Greer, was Caroline Greer Wilson's brother. Franky Brown, 1810-1905, (my generation's 3 great grandmother) would marry Jesse Greer, Jr. 1806-1892.
This couple would have a number of children, one being a son Isaac Greer, Annie's great grandfather. This Isaac Greer was Caroline Greer Wilson's brother, my generation's great, great grandmother, 1828-1913. Below, Annie Greer Heaton in 1945.
More from Annie Greer Heaton's genealogical files.....next post.
More information on the relationships of Greers, Wilsons, Osbornes, Stansberys and others can be found at this writer's Ancestry.com site. Please write glennhistory@gmail.com for access or to add information.
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