General Notes

Birth & death dates verified by Mt. Gilead/trickem Cem. Benton, Lowndes Co., AL. records

Will of James M. Browning
Lowndes County, Alabama
Book B, page 73

This record contributed by Carolyn Golowka, <cgolowka@prodigy.net>

James Monroe Browning was a son of William and Elizabeth Atkinson Browning. The children of William and Elizabeth Atkinson Browning were:

John F. Browning, dates unknown
Henrietta E. Browning, b. Oct. 22, 1805, d. Oct. 24, 1834
Pemelia Browning, b. Sept. 9, 1806, d. Dec. 16, 1826, married William Browning Haralson on Apr. 3, 1823 in Dallas County, Alabama
Albert Gallatin Browning, b. Nov. 22, 1807, d. Oct. 24, 1934
Eliza Browning, b. about 1809, d. after 1880, married George Walker on Mar. 4, 1829, Montgomery County, Alabama
Julia Ann Browning, b. Apr. 11, 1811, d. May 14, 1842, married David A. Steele on Oct. 4, 1831 in Lowndes County, Alabama
James Monroe Browning, b. June 10, 1817, d. Aug. 3, 1839
Egbert Browning, b. Nov. 11, 1822, d. Sept. 5, 1836
Emily Browning, b. about 1830, married John D. F. Williams Jan. 9, 1849 in
Lowndes County, Alabama

Henrietta, Pemelia, Albert, Julia Ann, James Monroe, and Egbert are all buried with their parents in the Mt. Gilead/Trickem Cemetery near Benton, Lowndes County, Alabama


Will of James M. Browning
Lowndes County, Alabama
Book B, page 73


I, James M. Browning, of Lowndes County and State of Alabama, being sick and weak in body but of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, to wit:

First of all, I bequeath unto Alonzo Harralson my watch also I give and bequeath unto my sister, Emily Browning, the legacy left me in the last will and testament of my brother, John F. Browning. Also, I give and bequeath unto my said sister, Emily, all my land, tenements and ___taments and all the rest residue and remainder of my worldly goods and effects and I hereby nominate and  appoint George Walker Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other will and wills made by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my had and seal this the 5th day of July 1837.

Signed
James M. Browning (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said testator, James M. Browning, as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed and _______ names as witnessed.

John B. May
Archer B. Howard
C. Robinson

(The witnesses of the will were:

John Browning May, son of William Smith and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Browning May. James and Elizabeth were 1st cousins. Archer Barrett Howard's relationship to James is unknown. C. Robinson was most likely Cornelius Robinson, apparently no blood relation to James. However, his son, John William Robinson married Mary LaFayette May and she was a cousin of James Monroe Browning.

Executor George Walker was husband of James Monroe's sister, Eliza.)

The State of Alabama
Lowndes County

Cornelius Robinson came personally in open court and after being duly sworn upon the Holy Gospel of God disposeth and said that he was present and said James M. Browning, dec'd, in his life and times, signed sealed and published this within instrument in county as his last will and testament and that the said James M. Browning was at the time of sound disposing mind and memory and that he said Cornelius Robinson did at the request of the said James M. Browning and in his presence sign the same as a witness thereunto with John B. May and Archer B. Howard who also signed the same in presence of each other and of the decedent.
C. Robinson
Sworn and subscribed
In open Court this 2nd
Day of Sept. 1839
John Varner, Clk
Wnd Sept. 1839
Examined and admitted