Individual Details

1860 Hart County GA Census: 21, 21, McCurry, Bio PO, Roll M653_126, pg. 390.
Brown, William J. 20 M farmer $1,000 $200 GA, Sophronie M. J. 19 F Mrs GA

Volunteered for duty in the Confederate Army on 10/15/1861 at Haley's Store in Hart County, Georgia under Captain J. C. Thornton. William was a 4'th Sergeant in the 38'th Regiment, Company F, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Evans Brigade, Gordon's Division, Wright's Legion, Army of Northern Virginia.
Feeling he might not return he left a will. He was right as he died of typhoid fever at the Belmont Hospital while serving in Civil War. His gravesite was marked by his gggranddaughter Sharon Brown Miller.
William had purchased 150 acres from his father. This was left to his wife and son. His wife retained the land but returned to the household of her father. After she died her son William remained in the Teasley home although his grandfather Brown was his legal guardian.



1870 Wife

Birth	23 May 1840	Hart County, Georgia, USA
Marriage	2 Dec 1858	Hart County, Georgia, USA - Sophronia Milla Jane "Phronie" TEASLEY
Death	14 Aug 1862	Typhoid feaver.
Burial		Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia, USA

Spouse	Sophronia Milla Jane "Phronie" TEASLEY (1840 - 1873)
Child	Jefferson Jackson Beauregard "Jeffie" BROWN (1861 - 1946)

Father	Andrew Jackson "Jackie" BROWN (1816 - 1899)
Mother	Sarah Ann "Sallie" RUCKER (1823 - 1899)
Sibling	Leisa A. BROWN (1841 - )
Sibling	Frances Ann BROWN (1843 - 1923)
Sibling	Elizabeth BROWN (1845 - 1893)
Sibling	Sarah Malisa BROWN (1845 - 1884)
Sibling	Alexander Rucker "Andrew" BROWN ( - 1911)
Sibling	Elzaphan Burton "Elzie" BROWN (1850 - 1916)
Sibling	Amanda Jane BROWN (1851 - 1902)
Sibling	Columbus Hiram Newton BROWN (1856 - 1923)
Sibling	Catherine Cornelia "Cassie" BROWN (1859 - 1941)
Sibling	Louisa "Lou" BROWN (1860 - )
Sibling	Eleazer Jackson BROWN (1863 - 1900)
Sibling	Felicia S. BROWN (1866 - 1927)