Phoebe BROWNING

1762 - 1857  (94 years)

• Name	Phoebe BROWNING  [1]
  Birth	19 Sep 1762	Culpeper County, VA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	19 Sep 1762	North Carolina   [1]
  Death	30 Jul 1857	Forsyth County, GA   [1]
  Death	30 Jul 1857	Jackson County, GA   [3]
  Burial	Lyle private property cemetery, Jackson County, GA
  Person ID	I15549	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John BROWNING,   b. 1728, Culpeper County, Virginia d. Nov 1803, Greene County, Georgia (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth DEMAREST
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1744  [2]
  Married	Aft 1775  [3]
  Family ID	F5624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac BORING, Sr.,   b. 8 Mar 1762, Orange County, NC d. 18 May 1831, Jackson County, GA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1780  [1, 4]
  Children	1. David Thoma BORING,   b. 3 May 1781, Caswell County, NC  [Father: natural] + 2. John BORING,   b. 14 Dec 1782, Caswell County, NC d. 6 May 1846, Forsyth County, GA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Elizabeth BORING,   b. 29 Oct 1784, North Carolina d. 17 Sep 1863, Jackson County, GA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Susannah BORING,   b. 20 Oct 1786, Casswell County, NC d. 1863, Jackson County, GA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Asenith BORING,   b. 22 Feb 1789, Caswell County, NC d. Bef 27 Jun 1816 (Age < 27 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Robert BORING,   b. 24 Apr 1791, Caswell County, NC d. Aft 1860 (Age > 70 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Rebecca BORING,   b. 26 Aug 1793  [Father: natural] + 8. Isaac BORING, Jr.,   b. 30 Mar 1799, Georgia d. Aft 1880, Cherokee County, GA (Age > 82 years)  [Father: natural] + 9. Phoebe BORING,   b. 17 May 1801  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 94 years, 10 months, 11 days. For more information on Phoebe Browning go to http://www.hitchhikers-guide.com/surnames/nti03237.htm --------------------------------------------- PHOEBE BROWNING BORING Revolutionary War Helpmate During the American Revolution a remarkable girl did what many would not. As far as any one knows she was never rewarded in any way by the United States Government. Letters were written to the Commisioner of Pensions in Washington, D.C. from as far back as 1931but they did not receive sucessful results. What a shame this is I feel. We must strive on and keep writing. Perhaps one fine day MISS PHOEBE BROWNING will be recognized by our Government for the wonderful HEROINE that all her family believe her to be. The following is an excerpt from a letter written to our US Government by a Mr. Isaac Boring Lester on October 12, 1931. "A number of British Officers who were stopping for a night at the BROWNING home were planning a forced march for the next day for the capture of a camp of Americans, sixty miles away and Phoebe, who was occupying an adjoining room, overheard the scheme and when these officers retired, she quietly went to the stable and saddled one of her father's horses and rode the sixty miles in the darkness through the forest, fording streams, climbing mountains, and without roads reached head quarters in time for preparations to be made for the reception of the British who instead of capturing were captured.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", File X21B.txt. [S90] Descendants of John Browning b. 1728 website, (Name: Name: Location: http://www.emilyskinner.com/gen/browning3.html;;;). http://www.emilyskinner.com/gen/browning3.html [S64] Boring Family National Database, (Name: Name: Location: http://www.hitchhikers-guide.com/boring/;;;). a Research Site and data repository for the Surname BORING. [S153] Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Isaac Boring, Sr. Pension Application of: R1031, (Name: Name: Location: http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/r1031.pdf;;;).