Joseph Emerson Brown Family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Emerson Brown Family papers
Creator: Brown family
Inclusive Dates: 1829-1980
Bulk Dates: 1850-1900
Language(s): English
Extent: 5.9 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized box, 1 volume
Collection Number: ms3630
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) was a lawyer, Georgia governor (1857-1865), and U.S. Senator (18780-1890). For more information, see the article Joseph E. Brown in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Joseph Emerson Brown's son, Joseph Mackey Brown, would go on to become a two-term governor of Georgia. Built in 1932, Joseph E. Brown Hall on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens is named in his honor.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of materials documenting the family relations of noted Civil War Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. It includes genealogy materials that cover the 18th and 19th centuries, correspondence between family members of different generations, which discuss typical family business for the time, including typed transcripts of Joseph E. Brown's 1865 letter to Andrew Johnson requesting release from prison, as well as his sworn agreement not to bear arms against the United States government. also included are women's diaries, the bulk being the European travel journals of Sally Eugenia Brown, as well as family financial material such as account books and land documents, as well as stock certificates for a company named posthumously for Joseph E. Brown. The collectioin also contains printed matter, including clippings and a speech to the Georgia Assembly that son Joseph M. Brown gave as governor in 1912, and photographs of a few later relatives of the family.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Joseph Emerson Brown family papers, ms3630, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

See also the John C. Reese Collection of Joseph M. Brown materials in the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Genealogy
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1	1	Joseph Brown (1731-1815) and Mary Porter
1	2	Joseph Brown (1760-1800) and Jemima Broyles
1	3	James Brown (1763-1829) and Nancy Burdine
1	4-6	Violet Brown (1768-1858) and William Reed/Reid
1	7	Elizabeth Brown (1770-1843) and James Reese
1	8	Mary Brown (1774-1822) and James Duff
1	9	George Brown (b. 1779) and Mary Bell
1	10	James Brown (1733-1788) and Jane Gillespie
1	11	Mackey Brown (1797-1874) and Sally Rice
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12	1	Mackey Brown (1797-1874) and Sally Rice
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1	12	Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) and Elizabeth Grisham
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12	2	Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894)
12	3	Mary Virginia Brown (1850-1927) and E.L. Connelly
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1	13	Cora McCord Brown (b. 1895) and Daniel McLeod
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2	1	Acker family
2	2	Baxter family
2	3	Bennett family
2	4	Blackburn family
2	5	Boston family
2	6	Broil/Broyles family
2	7-8	Jacob A. Broil family
2	9-10	Broil/Horton families
2	11	Clement family
2	12	Copeland/Sturges families
2	13	Garr family
2	15-17	Gresham/Grisham family
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3	1-3	Halbert family
3	4	Hammond family
3	5	Hentz family
3	6-8	Hill family
3	9	Green Hill family
3	10	Hill/Yarborough families
3	11	Hollingsworth family
3	12	Houston family
3	13	Hoyt/Haight/Hight families
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4	1-2	Looney family
4	3	Love family
4	4	McBride/Flournoy families
4	5	Nelson family
4	6	Patterson family
4	7	Porter family
4	8	Reese family
4	9	Rice family
4	10	Steele family
4	11	Telford family
4	12	Turner family
4	13	Venable family
4	14	Willis family
4	15	Woolverton family
4	16	Genealogy notebook A-W
4	17	Various families
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5	1	Scrapbook – Sally Eugenia Brown - letters and notes regarding genealogy, 1902-1909

 

2. Correspondence
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6	1	Letterbook – Joseph Emerson Brown, 1859-1861
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7	1	1835-1853
7	2	1854-1856
7	3	1857
7	4	1858-1860
7	5	1865-1870 (Transcripts Only)
7	6	1883-1890
7	7	1891 January
7	8	1891 February
7	9	1891 March-April
7	10	1891 May-August
7	11	1892
7	12	1893-1914
7	13	1919-1923
7	14	1924-1931, 1944
7	15	Charles Brockman, 1949, 1973, 1980
7	16	Undated and empty envelopes

 

3. Writings
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8	1	Diary – Elizabeth Grisham Brown, 1853-1857 Access Online
8	2	English composition – Mary Brown, 1912
8	3-4	Chemistry notebook – Mary Brown, 1914-1915
8	5	Various writers
8	6	Scrapbook – Sally Eugenia Brown – notes and pictures
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9	1	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1895 June 6-August 28
9	2	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1895 August 27-October 10
9	3	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1895 October 10-November16
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10	1	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1896 February 11-March 16
10	2	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1896 May 4-July 26
10	3	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1896 July 27-August 18
10	4	Travel journal – Sally Eugenia Brown – Europe, 1896 August 20-September 12
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11	1	Scrapbook – Martha Fort Brown – hotel labels from travel in Europe and Georgia , 1893-1905

 

4. Financial papers
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11	2	Financial papers, 1829-1931
11	3	Financial papers – account book, 1856-1865
11	4	Financial papers – land documents, 1906-1927
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1		The Joseph E. Brown Company stock certificates, 1913 (printed with images of Joseph E. and Elizabeth Brown, some of which are signed by purchasers)

 

5. Printed material and photographs
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11	5	Printed material
11	6	Message of Governor Joseph M. Brown to the General Assembly of Georgia , 1912
11	7	Clippings, 1887-1923
11	8	Photographs – Joseph Brown Connally & unidentified