Micajah Browning (1775 - 1830)

Born 1775 in Clark County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Died 1830 at about age 55 in Harrison County, Kentucky

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Biography

Micajah was born in 1775, the son of James Browning and Susannah Hickman. ^[1]

Micajah was both a farmer and a teacher. For many years he was also a justice of the peace and a member of the County Court, and at the time of his death was the presiding justice of the County Court. On 12 September 1801 he married Sarah Brown, daughter of Judge James Brown of Bourbon County, Kentucky.^[2] Sarah and Micajah had 9 children:

• 1. Tabitha Ann Browning, m. Capt. Elijah O. Bannon
• 2. Amanda Browning, twin, died unmarried, abt 25 yrs old
• 3. Miranda Browning, twin, died unmarried, abt 25 yrs old
• 4. Sen. Orville Hickman Browning, b. 1806, m. Eliza Caldwell
• 5. Marcus Elliott Browning, b. 1807, M. _______ Reese
• 6. Milton Davis Browning, b. 1809, m. _______ Brown
• 7. Zelinda Field Browning, 1813 - 1817
• 8. Ann Davis Browning, b. 1819, m. Dr. WIlliam Robertson
• 9. Elizabeth Brown 1822-1836

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families: John Lewis, of Hanover County, Virginia, published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT 2005. "Children of Micajah Browning, son of Susan Hickman and James Browning, who married Sarah Brown, daughter of Judge James Brown, of Bourbon County, Kentucky....." https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/12427/dvm_GenMono001703-00195-0/369?backurl
2. ↑ Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1905, published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT 2016; Film #000183077. Micajah Browning m. 12 Sep 1801 Sarah Brown, Bourbon, Kentucky. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61372/TH-1-9999-21062-85/2370208?backurl