Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn “Continental“ Brown 
Birth1754
Death1813
BurialBraun Family Cemetery, Old Stone House, Granite Quarry, NC
FatherMichael Braun (1732-1807)
MotherMargareta Caterina Shambach (1734-1771)
Spouses
Birth1758, Rowan County, NC
Death25 Mar 1835, Rowan County, NC
BurialBraun Family Cemetery, Old Stone House, Granite Quarry, NC
FatherWendel Miller (1730-1805)
MotherFirst Wife UNKNOWN
Marriage11 Jul 1776
Notes for John “Continental“ Brown
John served in the 1st NC Continental Battalion, enlisting in Sept 1775, and fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain. He was also in engagements at Stono Ferry and Charleston, SC. From this service he got his nickname "Continental".
John and Catherina lived on a farm adjoining John's father near Granite Quarry. All of their descendants stem from Michael. Sophia did not marry, Anna and Elizabeth died young, and Polly married but was childless. Their grandson, Michael Alexander Brown, moved to Texas in Dec 1881.
1790 Rowan County census - There is only one John Brown (entry #1730)
1 free white male 16 or older
3 free white males under 16
3 free white females
0 other free persons
0 slaves
John and Catherina lived on a farm adjoining John's father near Granite Quarry. All of their descendants stem from Michael. Sophia did not marry, Anna and Elizabeth died young, and Polly married but was childless. Their grandson, Michael Alexander Brown, moved to Texas in Dec 1881.
1790 Rowan County census - There is only one John Brown (entry #1730)
1 free white male 16 or older
3 free white males under 16
3 free white females
0 other free persons
0 slaves