About one mile S.W., this pioneer from S.C. settled on Nolichucky River in 1771. Brown's purchase of 2 tracts of land from the Cherokee on March 25, 1775, was made beneath a great oak tree still standing nearby. His sandstone marker reads "Jacob Brown, D. Jan. 25, 1785," The brick house nearby was built by his grandson, Byrd Brown, about 1800.

Marker is on Tennessee Route 815.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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