?Raleigh Register, Raleigh, NC - 8 Nov 1808
"Died on the 1st instant, in Hertford Co. in the 63rd year of his age, Major John Brown, a Revolutionary officer and a very respectable farmer."

North Carolina Star, New Bern, NC - 9 Jan 1824
"Died in Hertford County on the 14th ult., Capt. Benjamin Brown, aged 95 years." 

Deeds of Northampton County, NC
#1 p 42 - George Downing and Mary his wife to James Wood. 18 July 1742  55 pounds current money of VA 200 ac more or less on the n side of Catawishey meadow, joining Richard Sumner and the meadow. Wit: John Brown, Isaac Carter, John Sutton Reg NH co Nov ct 1742  J Edwards cc
p 128 - Bryan O'Quin and Patrick O'Quin the one of Edgecombe Co and the other of Bertie Co to Thomas Deens of NH Co 16 Mar 1743/4 10 pounds  current and lawful money of VA 100 ac more or less joining Cattowaske meadow, Walter Brown, the county line and NW branch. Wit: John Brown, Elizabeth Brown Reg NH Co Aug Ct 1744 Robert Forster CC
p 71 - John Pugh of Society Parish in Bertie Co to William Benthall of NH Co 27 Aug 1750 35 pounds current money of VA 520 ac + /-  joining Potacasie creek, Robert Paterson, John Dickerson and James Bryant   Wit: John Brown, Joseph Benthall, Samuel Brown,  reg Aug Ct 1750 J Edwards cc
#2 p110 - Jane Carter of NH Co to Isaac Carter of Bartie Co 15 May 1753 for love, good will and affection I bear my son 150 ac +/- that I purchased of Jacob Carter, 3 negroes, cattle, furniture, horses, and household goods. Wit: John Brown, John Hare, Patrick Smith reg NH Co May Ct 1753 j Edwards cc
p 155 John Brown of NH Co to my beloved sons Samuel and William Brown 20 May 1754 200 ac that I purchased of Edward Brown Wit: James Washington, Wolliam Murfree, Moses Moore

Glimpse of the family from Moore's Historical Sketches of Hertford County
   [There appears to be some hum-bug in these accounts.]
Chapter 14. 
John Brown of Cuttawhiskey Marsh was not noisy in his politics but still in his heart even to the day of his death remained loyal to King George III. He was in every way a remarkable man. Of gentle lineage and considerable culture, he had been for many years during the reign of George II conspicuous as an officer of grenadiers until disabled by honorable wounds from further service. Maj. John Brown after the Culloden campaign was retired on half pay as an officer of the British Army. He came to America and sought a home among his kindred living near St Johns in our county. He married Sarah the oldest daughter of Col. Matt Brickell. When the Revolution came his children had reached maturity. One of his daughters married Godwin Cotton of Mulberry Grove who was whole hearted in his support of the patriot cause. This was a great grief to Major Brown. But a more cruel blow came in the defection of his son John. He left his paternal roof and volunteered in a Virginia corps. Under the immediate command of Gen. Lafayette he rose to distinction and became a field officer. His father never forgave him and after the was he removed to Georgia.
A sad  figure was that of Maj John Brown in the year 1784. The gray-haired and disabled veteran stern and unforgiving amid the pervading joy that surrounded him. In spite of his politics he was highly respected and utterly unmolested by those opposed to his sentiment. Though he was a high churchman and royalist, one of his nearest kinsman was the follower of George Fox, whose posterity are Quakers to this day.

Legends and Memories of St John's Chapel -by Major John W. Moore 
     poem about Major Brown

Winborne--
 p 34 The colonial justices of the peace appointed for Hertford county for life or good behavior included John Brown.
 p 45 Maj. John Brown of St John's a retired British navy officer, immigrated to America some years before the war, and settled in the St John's section in Hertford County and married before the war another of the daughters of Col Matthias Brickle. He was an uncompromising Tory. He was too old to enter the war but had several sons. His son John Brown, Jr. did not share his father's sentiments but was a loyal and patriotic continental. His father was so bitter in his opposition to his son's sympathies, that the latter went to Virginia and joined a Virginia company and fought under the command of Gen La Fayette. When the was was over he returned to his father's home but the old gentleman was so unforgiving and so unreconstructed that young John Brown left and made his home in Georgia, and is the ancestor of some of Georgia's most distinguished people.