IN 1857 GEORGIA NATIVE WILLIAM
FRANKLIN BROWN MOVED TO THIS
AREA,WHERE HE WAS A PIONEER
COTTON FARMER.  THE FOLLOWING
YEAR HE LED IN THE ORGANIZATION
OF BROWN COUNTY AND WAS ELECTED
TO SERVE AS DISTRICT CLERK AND
AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.  HE ALSO
PARTICIPATED IN EARLY DEFENSES
AGAINST HOSTILE INDIANS.  MARRIED
THREE TIMES, BROWN WAS THE
FATHER OF 12 CHILDREN, SEVERAL
OF WHOM, DIED AS A RESULT OF
FRONTIER TRAGEDIES.
RECORDED - 1982