Tarleton Brown Memoir Inventory (#5063-z)

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Date Completed
October 2001
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Tarleton Brown Memoir (#5063-z) undated
Creator
Brown, Tarleton, 1757-1845.
Extent
1 item (20 p.)
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
Tarleton Brown was born in 1757 and moved with his family to South Carolina in 1769. During the Revolutionary War, Brown enlisted as a private; he was eventually promoted to captain. After the war, he was active in public service and politics. He later moved to Boiling Springs, S.C., where he built several mills. The collection consists of an undated 20-page typed transcription of a microfilm copy of the 1862 publication of Tarleton Brown's memoir of the Revolutionary War, which he wrote sometime before his death in 1845. Brown began by describing the South Carolina countryside before the Revolutionary War, when it was a frontier society and still being settled. The bulk of his memoir relates to his experiences in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1780, when he fought under such commanders as William Harden, Francis Marion, and Andrew Pickens. Brown discussed his participation in the First Siege of Savannah, the Battle of Monk's Corner, and the Siege of Augusta, as well as his work as an army scout in both South Carolina and Georgia. The memoir also describes the relationship between Tories and Whigs in South Carolina. Included is a brief synopsis of his life after the war.
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Administrative Information

Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from Lawrence E. Jarrell of High Point, N.C., in June 2001 (Acc. 98985).
Alternative Form of Materials
This transcription was made from a microfilm copy of the 1862 publication of Tarleton Brown's memoir. The microfilm is held by the Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Greensboro, N.C.
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Online Catalog Terms

American loyalists--South Carolina.
Brown, Tarleton, 1757-1845.
Pioneers--South Carolina.
Soldiers--United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.
Whig Party (S.C.).
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Biographical Note

Tarleton Brown was born in Albermarle County, Va., on 5 April 1757 to William and Sarah Brown. In 1769, his family moved to South Carolina. In 1775, Tarleton Brown was drafted for a year to fight the British and, in 1776, he voluntarily enlisted as a private in the "American Army." He was promoted to captain in 1780. During the Revolutionary War, Brown took part in the First Siege of Savannah, the Battle of Monk's Corner, and the Siege of Augusta. Throughout much of the war, Brown served as a scout in South Carolina and Georgia. His commanders included William Harden, Francis Marion, and Andrew Pickens. During the war, his father and other family members were killed by Tories and their house burned to the ground. Brown himself contracted smallpox during the war and was sick for 40 days.

After the war, Tarleton Brown was a farmer and owned several grist mills and about 20 slaves. In 1788, he married Almedia Matthews, with whom he had three children. Almedia Matthews Brown died in 1800, and, in 1804, Brown married Judith O'Bannon, widow of Wilson Cook, Jr. Together they had four children. Judith died in 1837.

Brown was also very active in public service and a leader in the community. He was county coroner and sheriff, 1788-1792, of Winton County, S.C., and served in the state House of Representatives, 1792-1797, and Senate, 1798-1799. He was elected as sheriff of Barnwell, S.C., in 1799 and held that position until 1804. He eventually moved to Boiling Springs, S.C. At some point in the 1830s or early 1840s, Brown wrote of his Revolutionary War experiences and memories. He died on 4 September 1845.

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of an undated 20-page typed transcription of a microfilm copy of the 1862 publication of Tarleton Brown's memoir of the Revolutionary War, which he wrote sometime before his death in 1845. Brown began by describing the South Carolina countryside before the Revolutionary War, when it was a frontier society and still being settled. The bulk of his memoir relates to his experiences in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1780, when he fought under such commanders as William Harden, Francis Marion, and Andrew Pickens. Brown discussed his participation in the First Siege of Savannah, the Battle of Monk's Corner, and the Siege of Augusta, as well as his work as an army scout in both South Carolina and Georgia.

The memoir also describes the relationship between Tories and Whigs in South Carolina at that time. Brown painted a picture of guerrilla warfare in South Carolina during which his family home was burned to the ground, his father murdered, and his mother and sisters forced to flee. He discussed British control in South Carolina and the effect this had on the character of the Revolutionary War in that area and problems of establishing peace and order after the war. He wrote about Tories who continued to murder, steal, and wreak havoc on the population even after the fighting had ceased. Included is a brief synopsis of his life after the war, during which he built several mills and moved to Boiling Springs, S.C.

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Description

Memoir, undated.
1 item.
The collection consists of an undated 20-page typed transcription of a microfilm copy of the 1862 publication of Tarleton Brown's memoir of the Revolutionary War, which he wrote sometime before his death in 1845. Brown began by describing the South Carolina countryside before the Revolutionary War, when it was a frontier society and still being settled. The bulk of his memoir relates to his experiences in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1780, when he fought under such commanders as William Harden, Francis Marion, and Andrew Pickens. Brown discussed his participation in the First Siege of Savannah, the Battle of Monk's Corner, and the Siege of Augusta, as well as his work as an army scout in both South Carolina and Georgia.
The memoir also describes the relationship between Tories and Whigs in South Carolina at that time. Brown painted a picture of guerrilla warfare in South Carolina during which his family home was burned to the ground, his father murdered, and his mother and sisters forced to flee. He discussed British control in South Carolina and the effect this had on the character of the Revolutionary War in that area and problems of establishing peace and order after the war. He wrote about Tories who continued to murder, steal, and wreak havoc on the population even after the fighting had ceased. Included is a brief synopsis of his life after the war, during which he built several mills and moved to Boiling Springs, S.C.
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Memoir

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Related Material

The Memoirs of Tarleton Brown, 1862. North Carolina Collection, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.