David Brown

1806 (age 23)

Wills Valley, Alabama , United States

Brown"s father was of mixed race, part white and part Cherokee. The school, which had been established by Moravian missionaries, was in Tennessee, 100 miles (160 km) from their home in Alabama. Brown later worked with Catharine in educating and Christianizing their native tribe. Brown was a preacher and interpreter, and also acted as secretary of the Cherokee national government. In November 1819, he assisted John Architecture in the preparation and printing of a Cherokee spelling book He established a mission at Creek Path, Mississippi in 1820. In the spring of 1820, Brown went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to attend school. After two years there, he spent a year at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, preparing for ministry work. According to a letter written by him in 1825, the Christian religion was generally adopted by the tribe. He died before the Cherokee people were dispossessed of most of their eastern lands by the United States government in defiance of treaty obligations. Brown"s sister was Catharine Brown (born c1800 and died July 18, 1823). Catharine began attending school with David when she was 17 years old. Within three months she had learned to read and write. She joined her church on March 29, 1818. In June 1820, she began to teach at Creek Path, near her home. A history of her life, prepared by Rufus Anderson, was published in New York in 1825. Brown died September 14, 1829 in Creek.

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Brown was born in Wills Valley, Alabama about 1806.

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Brown"s father was of mixed race, part white and part Cherokee. The school, which had been established by Moravian missionaries, was in Tennessee, 100 miles (160 km) from their home in Alabama. Brown later worked with Catharine in educating and Christianizing their native tribe.

Brown was a preacher and interpreter, and also acted as secretary of the Cherokee national government.

In November 1819, he assisted John Architecture in the preparation and printing of a Cherokee spelling book He established a mission at Creek Path, Mississippi in 1820.

In the spring of 1820, Brown went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to attend school. After two years there, he spent a year at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, preparing for ministry work.

According to a letter written by him in 1825, the Christian religion was generally adopted by the tribe.

He died before the Cherokee people were dispossessed of most of their eastern lands by the United States government in defiance of treaty obligations. Brown"s sister was Catharine Brown (born c1800 and died July 18, 1823). Catharine began attending school with David when she was 17 years old.

Within three months she had learned to read and write.

She joined her church on March 29, 1818. In June 1820, she began to teach at Creek Path, near her home.

A history of her life, prepared by Rufus Anderson, was published in New York in 1825. Brown died September 14, 1829 in Creek.

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They were members of the then wealthy and largely "civilized" Cherokee Nation.

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