Rob's Genealogy

John B Browning^1,2,3

born 16 April 1749, died 25 September 1813

Birth: 16 April 1749; Virginia, USAB G O^1,4,2
Anecdote: About 1769; His brother Charles Browning, married Mary Wade Strother, his wife's sister⁴
Marriage: 1774; Elizabeth Strother^1,4
Military: Between 1776 and 1782; Revolutionary War; See person note^4,2
Residence: Before 1813; Rappahannock County, Virginia, USAB G O; John Browning settled at the foot of Aaron's mountain, near Laurel Mills, now in Rappahannock County, on the plantation given to him by his father-in-law, Capt. John Strother⁴
Death: 25 September 1813; Virginia, USAB G O; Age: 64^2,4
Burial: After 25 September 1813; Rappahannock County, Virginia, USAB G O; He was buried in the family burial ground on his land⁴

Note: He enlisted at the beginning of the revolution and was at Valley Forge. He served through the eight years of the war, refusing a discharge that was offered him because of poor health, and was in the Yorktown campaign. When the flag-staff he was carrying was shot in two, he raised it again aloft and carried it to the end of the battle at Yorktown. According to the SAR application, he served as a lieutenant.

[S367] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=1179850&indiv=try, Source number: 8.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GEY, Record for Elizabeth Strother
[S451] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=1039711&indiv=try, Record for Lieutenant John Browning
[S773] Slaughters, Dr. Philip, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, pg. 151
[S703] Judith McGhan, Genealogies of Virginia Families (Tyler’s Quarterly, Vol I; Albridgton - Gerlache), pg 418