The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
His remains and tombstone were moved to Christ Church in 1927 from Taylor's Island, Dorchester Co., Maryland
Well-established cemetery in the heart of Cambridge, Maryland. Beginning in 1904, there was an effort to relocate graves of Patriots that were at risk to erosion, overgrowth and farming to an area of this cemetery referred to as Heroes Corner. There are ten known Patriots buried in this cemetery
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Center of the front of the cemetery against the brick wall
Author: MG James Allen Adkins
John Brohawn was born in Dorchester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore on 17 April 1761. His gravestone was moved from the family graveyard on Taylor's Island, Dorchester County, to the Christ Church cemetery in 1927 in an effort to preserve Patriot graves.
He served in Captain Pattison's Company as an ensign and was later promoted to captain. Captain Brohawn would serve during the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812. He participated in the Battle of the Ice Mound in January 1815, where a British tender from the Dauntless was captured.
John married Mary Edmondson in 1783, and they had five children;
John married Sarah Woolford.
Samuel married Susan Martin.
Eliza married Whitefield Woolford.
Hannah married Joseph Cator.
Mary married Joseph Robinson.
According to local SAR records, his grave was marked by the SAR in 1948-1949. However, the Patriot Research System did not reflect this marking. The grave is currently marked.
Service Source:
Revolutionary Patriots of Dorchester County, Maryland, 1775-1783, by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Author: Michael A. Irish
John Brohawn (1761 – 1820 Dorchester Co., MD)
John Brohawn was born 1761. He died 1820 in Dorchester Co., MD. His service was as a . His tombtone was removed from the family burying ground at the Mouth of Parsons Creek and erected in Christ P. E. Churchyard. SAR Marker was placed at his grave in 1948-1949 by the Graves Registry Committee, Maryland Society, SAR. {Ref: "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Dorchester County, Maryland", by Henry C. Peden, Jr., The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. XXIX, No. 4, Fall 1988, p. 130}
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