Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Meshach Browning (1781-1859)
MSA SC 3520-13726

Sources:

Books -

Browning, Edward Franklin.  Meshach Browning.  His Ancestors and Descendants in America.  Journal print, Newburgh, NY, circa 1908.

Browning, Meshach.  "Forty-Four Years of The Life of A Hunter" Being Reminiscences Of Meshach Browning.
        Winston-Salem, N.C.:  Winston Printing Company, 1942.

Dorsey, Clement.  The general public statutory law and public local law of the state of Maryland : from the year 1692 to 1839
        inclusive, with annotations thereto,and a copious index.  Baltimore:  J. D. Toy, 1840.

Hoye, Charles E.  Garrett County History of the Browning and McMullen Families.  Reprint, the Mountain Democrat, May-June 1935.

Hoye's Pioneer Families of Garrett County.  Parsons, WV:  McClain Printing Company, 1988.

Meyer, Mary K. Westward of Fort Cumberland Military Lots Set Off for Maryland's Revolutionary Soldiers.  Finksburg, MD:
        Pipe Creek Publications, Inc., 1993.

Scharf, J. Thomas.  History of Western Maryland.  Philadelphia:  Louis H. Everts, 1882.

Tally, Mabel.  The Browning Family.  Privately published and contributed to the Wichita Public Library, January 23, 1967.  In possession
        of the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland.

Thomas, James W. and T. J. C. Williams. History of Allegany County Maryland.  Baltimore:  Regional Publishing Company, 1969.

Youghiogheny Glades Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, comp.  Maryland's Garrett County Graves.
        Parsons, WV:  McClain Printing Company, 1987.

Newspaper articles -

Brown, Jacob.  Cumberland Daily News, May 1880.

Archival sources -

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Mashick Browning, 1800, Allegany County, Page 41 [MSA SM61, M 2054-1]

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Mishesh Browning, 1810, Allegany County, ED 1 Page 20 [MSA SM61, M 2059-1]

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Meshae Browning, 1820, Allegany County, Page 5 [MSA SM61, M 2062-1]

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Meshaek Browning, 1830, Allegany County, ED 1 Page 8 [MSA SM61, M 65-1]

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Mashack Browning, 1840, Allegany County, Page 76 [MSA SM61, M 4710]

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Meshack Browning, 1850, Allegany County, ED 10 Page 43 [MSA SM61, M 1481]

LAND OFFICE (Caveat Papers) James Cunningham vs. Meshack Browning, 1827, [MSA S5-402, 1/28/2/51]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Messack Browning, 1829, "Shadrack, Mesack &Abednego", Volume IB&GGB #H Page 555 [MSA SM2, SR 7787]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Messack Browning, 1829, "Shadrack, Mesack &Abednego", Volume GGB #1 Page 40 [MSA SM2, SR 7788]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Meshach Browning, et al., 1843, "Elysiansylvania", Volume GGB #6 Page 285 [MSA SM2, SR 7793]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) John Hoye, 1843, "Elysiansylvania", Volume GGB #5 Page 145 [MSA SM2, SR 7792]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Messhack Browning, 1829, "Kellington", Volume IB&GGB #H Page 605 [MSA SM2, SR 7787]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Messhack Browning, 1829, "Kellington", Volume GGB #1 Page 73 [MSA SM2, SR 7788]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Meshack Browning, 1830, "Scales", Volume GGB #2 Page 55 [MSA SM2, SR 7789]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Meshack Browning, 1834, "Browington", Volume GGB #2 Page 434 [MSA SM2, SR 7789]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Meshack Browning, 1834, "Browington", Volume GGB #1 Page 515 [MSA SM2, SR 7788]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Meshack Browning, 1857, "Browning's Manor", Volume GGB #8 Page 512 [MSA SM2, SR 7796]

LAND OFFICE (Patent Record) Meshack Browning, 1857, "Home", Volume GGB #8 Page 511 [MSA SM2, SR 7796]

ALLEGANY COUNTY COURT (Marriage Licenses) Meschach Browning and Mary Smith, 24 April 1841, Volume 1 Page 63 [MSA CM759, CR 8652-1]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) Meshach Browning, Volume B, pp. 169b-170 [MSA CM82-1, CR 28-1]
(Transcript of will printed in Hoye, Charles E.  Garrett County History of the Browning and McMullen Families.  Reprint from the Mountain Democrat, May-June 1935.)

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Meshach Browning, Volume E, pp. 58b-59a [MSA CM52, CR 8610-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Meshach Browning, Volume E, p. 85b [MSA CM52, CR 8610-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Meshach Browning, Volume E pp. 141b-142a [MSA CM52, CR 8610-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Meshach Browning, Volume E, pp. 193b-194a [MSA CM52, CR 8610-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Meshach Browning, Volume E, pp. 196b-197a [MSA CM52, CR 8610-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) Meshach Browning, Volume H, pp. 16-18 [MSA CM52, CR 8612]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) Meshach Browning, Volume N pp. 419-420 [MSA C20, 1-1-3-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) Meshach Browning, Volume N Page 477 [MSA C20, 1-1-3-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) Meshach Browning, Volume N pp. 605-607 [MSA C20, 1-1-3-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) Meshach Browning and William Browning, Volume O pp. 274a-276b [MSA C20, 1-1-3-3]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Meshach Browning, Volume G Page 142b [MSA CM78, CR 39,826-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Meshach Browning, Volume G pp. 148-149 [MSA CM78, CR 39,826-2]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Meshach Browning, Volume H pp. 153a-153b [MSA CM78, CR 39,827-1]

ALLEGANY COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Orphans Court Proceedings) Meshach Browning, Volume I Page 35a [MSA CM78, CR 39,827-2]

Internet sources -

http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/garrett/biographies/MBrowning/MBrowning.html

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