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Margaret Fleming Brown, my great grandmother 8 generations back, was born in Ireland on April 1,1701, and died in the home of her youngest daughter, Jane Brown Porter, in Haysboro, Davidson County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1801. Her grave is next to her daughter's grave who died 5 years later on August 30,1806. Margaret married William Brown in Ireland before 1720. Although Spring Hill Church and Cemetery were established in 1785, Margaret Fleming Brown's grave is the earliest documented grave and the oldest person known to have been buried at Spring Hill. Crawford F Barnett jr
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Margaret Fleming Brown, my great grandmother 8 generations back, was born in Ireland on April 1,1701, and died in the home of her youngest daughter, Jane Brown Porter, in Haysboro, Davidson County, Tennessee, on September 17, 1801. Her grave is next to her daughter's grave who died 5 years later on August 30,1806. Margaret married William Brown in Ireland before 1720. Although Spring Hill Church and Cemetery were established in 1785, Margaret Fleming Brown's grave is the earliest documented grave and the oldest person known to have been buried at Spring Hill. Crawford F Barnett jr
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Here lies the body of Margaret Brown
she departed this life Sept. 17th 1801
Aged 100 years 5 months & 17 days
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