Massacre of the Brown family
After a preliminary trip to the Cumberland at the end of which he left two of his sons to begin clearing the plot of land at the mouth of White's Creek, James Brown returned to North Carolina to fetch the rest of the family,
1788, May 7,: Col. James Brown and his party passed down theTennessee River. His boat was seized by the Indians. Col. Brown was killed and his family, including young Joseph Brown, was captured. Joseph was James' older brother.