Research Notes:
Information supplied by Honey Dodge (Leader of the Brown Group).
Obediah (Dyer) Brown, 1804-1889, Canada>Ohio>Illinois>California
RES:Somerford Twp, Madison Co., Ohio 1818-1820
BOOK:History of Madison Co., Ohio by Beers, 1883 p814
CENSUS:1830 Madison Co., Ill.
CENSUS:1840 Pike Co., Ill
CENSUS:1850 West Division, Twp 4, Pike Co., Ill.
CENSUS:1860 Green Springs, Tuolumne, CA
CENSUS:1870, 1880 Camp Washington Precinct,Stanislaus Co., Ca.
MARR:Marriage Rec.[copy in my possession]Book B, P.304 #1641 filed 2 Feb 1828
BOOK:Portrait & Biog. Sketches of Clark & Green Co., Ohio-Chapman Bro., 1890
DEATH:Obituary written by Louisa J. Hartley, copy in my files
DEATH:Petition to probate,#1683 San Joaquin Co., Ca. Apr 1889 copy in my filesAdditional Research:
The 1860 Federal Census for Township No. 6, Green Springs, Tuolumine, California, page no. 59 provides the following information: On 21 September 1860, Dyre Brown (age 60, born Upper (Ontario)Canada, also reported as German Flats, Albany, New York) was living with his daughter, Hannah Brown Crosby (age 18, born Illinois) and her husband, James Crosby (age 26, born Tennessee) and thier son, William (age 1, born California).
Land Patent Details - BLM GLO Records
Accession/Serial #: Il.3980_.098 BLM Serial #: Il, NO S/N
Names Survey
Patentee: DYER BROWN State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 40
Metes/Bounds: NoTitle Transfer Document Numbers
Issue Date: 11/3/1840 Document Nr.: 6229
Land Office: Quincy Accession/Serial Nr.: IL3980-.098
Cancelled: No BLM Serial Nr.: Il, NO S/N
Mineral Reservations: NoAuthority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Aliquot Sec./ Fract. Survey
Parts Block Township Range Section Meridian State Counties Nr.SWSW I/ 5-S 6-W NO 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Pike
Land Patent Details - BLM GLO Records
Accession/Serial #: Il.4050_.111 BLM Serial #: Il, NO S/N
Names Survey
Patentee: DYER BROWN State: ILLINOIS
Acres: 40
Metes/Bounds: NoTitle Transfer Document Numbers
Issue Date: 11/3/1840 Document Nr.: 10169
Land Office: Quincy Accession/Serial Nr.: IL4050_.111
Cancelled: No BLM Serial Nr.: Il, NO S/N
Mineral Reservations: NoAuthority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Aliquot Sec./ Fract. Survey
Parts Block Township Range Section Meridian State Counties Nr.SESW I4/ 4-S 6-W NO 4th PM - 1815 Illinois IL Pike
Land Patent Details - BLM GLO Records
Accession/Serial #: CACAAA 106473 BLM Serial #: CACAAA 106473
Names Survey
Patentee: DYER BROWN State: California
Acres: 160
Metes/Bounds: NoTitle Transfer Document Numbers
Issue Date: 7/25/1873 Document Nr.: 1543
Land Office: Assigned for automation Accession/Serial Nr.: CACAAA 106473
Cancelled: No BLM Serial Nr.: CACAAA 106473
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: NoAuthority: March 17, 1842 Scrip or Nature of Scrip (5 Stat. 607)
Aliquot Sec./ Fract. Survey
Parts Block Township Range Section Meridian State Counties Nr.E1/2NE 31/ 1-S 13-E No Mount Diablo Ca Tuolumine
W1/2NW 32/ 1-S 13-E No Mount Diablo Ca TuolumineBritish North America Map: http://www.canadiana.org/citm/imagepopups/bna-1791_e.html
EXPL:Supposedly McMullen, but marriage license says Mc Millen.
MARR:Never married
MARR:Cert. [copy] in my files of her marriage to William Hartley. Pulaski
Brown was a witness to the wedding.
1860 U.S. Census • California • San Joaquin • Unknown Townships (Ancestry.com 13 of 236)
Castoria, San Joaquin, Ca