Samuel BROWN, Sr. was a trader at Tuckasegee, North Carolina in 1714. (Side note: Two brothers, John BROWN & Samuel BROWN, are found in "Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A."; but the dates are unclear. John went to Florida & then Georgia before 1760. He is listed as a merchant accompanying William IRWIN. John BROWN had family members listed as Mary BROWN, Katherine BROWN & Susanna BROWN. John is also shown as "brother of Samuel B. in Alabama." Samuel BROWN is shown as “brother of John B.” and is listed as “Trader, Choctaw Nation.” He went to Georgia and then to Alabama before 1765. The record does not say how much "before".)
In 1725 Colonel George CHICKEN was sent to the Cherokee by the British to supervise trade and alienate the Cherokee from the French. CHICKEN had been in Cherokee country in 1715. After conferring with a group of Overhill Cherokee at Quanassee (near present Murphy, North Carolina), CHICKEN continued on with traders Eleazar WIGGAN (Old Rabbit) and Joseph COOPER past the Cherokee valley town of Tamantley (Tomantley) to Elejoy. The headmen of five towns in the area received CHICKEN in a very friendly manner. One of the leading men present was the head warrior of Great Terriquo (Tellico). He also visited Tunisee (Tenassee, Tonasee, Tennessee), where the "King of the Upper People" lived.
CHICKEN summoned Samuel BROWN (of Tuckasegee) to Keowee to answer questions. He was investigating complaints of Indian abuse by certain traders, especially that of John BROWN's supervisor, John SHARP. That might be a clue that this Samuel was related to (or at least knew) the John BROWN (000 1695-1760) who was the packhorseman. Samuel was then a licensed trader at the Cherokee "out town" of Tuckasegee (Tsiksitsi), North Carolina.
"A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia" by E. Merton COULTER & Albert B. SAYE, page 65, states Samuel Sr. was "an Indian Trader, who on 14 Jun 1736 had orders from Mr. Oglethorp for a 500 acres lot and house in Fort Augusta". His son, Samuel BROWN, Jr., was likewise an Indian Trader. Page 65 of the same source says Samuel Jr. was an "Inmate at Savannah on lot 51."
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