16-43 Henry "Dad" Brown - South Carolina Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

HENRY "DAD" BROWN
Henry "Dad" Brown (1830-1907), a black veteran of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars, is buried 75'N with his wife Laura. Variously said to have been born free or born as a slave who purchased his and Laura's freedom, he was born near Camden. Brown, a brickmason, joined the Confederate army in May 1861 as a drummer in the "Darlington Grays," Co. F, 8th S.C. Infantry. Brown enlisted as a drummer in Co. H, 21st S.C. Infantry in July 1861 and served for the rest of the war, "capturing" a pair of Union drumsticks in battle. He was also a member of the "Darlington Guards" 1878-1907. Described as "a man of rare true worth" at his death in 1907, Brown was honored shortly afterwards by Darlington citizens who erected the monument nearby.
_{ERECTED BY THE CITY OF DARLINGTON HISTORICAL LANDMARKS COMMISSION, 2000}

Marker Name: Henry "Dad" Brown Marker Location: Roadside Type of Marker: Monument Marker number: 16-43 County: Darlington

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