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- Died between 28 April 1814 and 11 August 1814 (date of will — probate of will in court)
from:
History of Clermont and Brown counties, Ohio, from the earliest historical times down to the present
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…on the west, Adam Simmon’s class was increased by a local preacher — the Rev. George Brown — who possessed the usual zeal and piety of the early itinerants.
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Rev. George Brown who was a prominent Methodist minister, and was also one of the early mill owners of Washington Township. He became a large land owner, and was one of the substantial men of the county.
"History of Clermont Co., Ohio," By J. L. Rocky & R J. Bancroft, 1880, Transcribed by Genealogy Trails Transcription Team [page unknown]
Another Pennsylvanian, George Brown, settled on the Big Indian about 1799. He was a local Methodist minister and an energetic man. He built the first mill in the township soon after his settlement, and died about six years later. He had two sons - David, who married Margaret Abraham, and settled near Laurel, and Robert, who removed to Hamilton County.
…settled on the Big Indian about the beginning of the present century. [Frederick Sapp], John Sapp, Edward Sapp, Robert Brown, George Brown, and George West purchased the Brownlee survey of 1,000 acres for $2 per acre.
The mill erected by George Brown on Indian Creek, in 1802, was probably the first industry in the township which employed water-power. It was a well-known mill in early times, and passed from Brown into the hands of Benjamin and later of Elijah Penn, who also had a store nearby.
Benjamin Penn…On Oct. 8, 1814, he purchased of the executors of George Brown one hundred acres, including the famous Brown Mills, the first erected in Southern Clermont, and to which the early settlers came for miles around. Mr. Penn paid three thousand one hundred dollars in cash for this property, an almost fabulous sum for that day, which shows the great value attached to it, at that time in superb condition and reputed the best mills in the Ohio Valley.
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