Finding Aid to the Jane Douglas Summers Brown Quaker Records
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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JANE DOUGLAS SUMMERS BROWN (1903-2007) QUAKER RECORDS
The collection includes notes and card files compiled by Jane Douglas (SUMMERS)
BROWN in connection with her work with William Wade HINSHAW in the writing of
the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Also included
are notes, correspondence and draft manuscripts of her book, Lynchburg's Pioneer
Quakers and Their Meeting House, originally published in 1936 and revised in 1986 for
the Lynchburg, Virginia, bicentennial celebration. The collection also contains several
manuscripts on a variety of topics done for publication or for public speaking, including
Quakers, Indian history, slavery, and church history.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection]
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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JANE DOUGLAS SUMMERS BROWN (1903-2007) QUAKER RECORDS
The collection includes notes and card files compiled by Jane Douglas (SUMMERS)
BROWN in connection with her work with William Wade HINSHAW in the writing of
the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Also included
are notes, correspondence and draft manuscripts of her book, A History of Lynchburg's
Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House, 1754-1936, originally published in 1936 and
revised in 1986 for the Lynchburg, Virginia, bicentennial celebration. The collection also
contains several manuscripts on a variety of topics done for publication or for public
speaking, including Quakers, Indian history, slavery, and church history.
BOX 1
BOX 2
1-1 BROWN, Jane Douglas (SUMMERS)
1-2 Correspondence (Miscellaneous) I
1-3 Correspondence (Miscellaneous) II
1-4 Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church (Miscellaneous)
1-5 CADWALLADER Family (George E. KOEHLER)
1-6 CREW(S) Family
1-7 GREGG Family
1-8 GRIFFIN/LEWIS/RAINE Family
1-9 HENSLEY/LEWIS Family
1-10 JOHNSON Family
1-11 MORGAN Family
1-12 STUART Family, Flora STUART
1-13 WILSON Family
Miscellaneous Writings
2-1 Bedford County Quakers - Where Did They Come
From and Where Did They Go
2-2 Beyond the Blackwater [Indian History] I
2-3 Beyond the Blackwater [Indian History] II
2-4 Beyond the Blackwater [Indian History] III
2-5 The Great Problem - Slavery
2-6 Historical Sketches of Monthly Meetings
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 2
2-7 History of the First Manse of the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian
Church
2-8 Pioneer Quakers on the Bedford Frontier
2-9 Religious Society of Friends and Campbell County (Lindley
WINSTON)
2-10 Visits to a People Dispersed in the Wilderness
BOX 3
A History of Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House
3-1 Final Draft
3-2 First Draft
3-3 Notes, Correspondence, Photographs - I
3-4 Notes, Correspondence, Photographs - II
3-5 Bicentennial Edition
BOX 4
Notes on Virginia Quakers
4-1 Original Record Books and Other Sources - I
4-2 Notes, Related Data, Index of Meetings, Maps
4-3 Original Record Books and Other Sources - II
4-4 Family Genealogical Data
4-5 Letters, Book Lists, etc.
4-6 Miscellaneous - I
4-7 Miscellaneous - II
BOX 5
5-1
5-2
5-3
5-4
5-5
5-6
5-7
5-8
BOX 6
6-1 Chuckatuck MM (Nansemond County) - I
6-2 Chuckatuck MM (Nansemond County) - II
6-3 Chuckatuck MM (Nansemond County) – III (Testimonies,
Certificates)
6-4 Chuckatuck Record 1672-1756 (Photocopy)
6-5 Chuckatuck Record 1672-1756 (Typescript)
6-6 Corinth MM (Southampton County 1905-1937)
6-7 Goose Creek MM (Bedford County) - I (History)
6-8 Goose Creek MM (Bedford County) - II
Notes on Virginia Quakers – HINSHAW Correspondence
Bethel Monthly Meeting [MM] (Southampton County)
Black Creek MM (Southampton County)
Camp Creek MM
Cedar Creek MM (Hanover County) -I
Cedar Creek MM (Hanover County) -II
Cedar Creek MM (Hanover County) -III
Cedar Creek MM (Lost Temple of the Virginia Wilderness)
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 7
7-1 Gravelly Run MM (Dinwiddie County) - I
7-2 Gravelly Run MM (Dinwiddie County) - II
7-3 Henrico MM (Upper Quarter)
7-4 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-I
7-5 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-II
7-6 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-III
7-7 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-IV
7-8 Henrico MM (Henrico Co.) (WOS) - V
7-9 Henrico MM (Henrico Co.) (Miscellaneous)-VI
7-10 Lower Norfolk County
7-11 Pagan Creek MM/Blackwater MM (Surry County)
BOX 8
8-1
8-2
8-3
8-4
8-5
8-6
8-7
8-8
8-9
South River MM (Bedford County) - I
South River MM (Bedford County) - II
South River MM (Bedford County) - III
South River MM (Bedford County) - IV
South River MM (Bedford County) - V (History)
South River MM (Bedford County) – VI (Miscellaneous Notes)
Wayne Oak MM
Western Branch MM
Virginia Yearly Meeting (Historical Sketch)
CARD FILES [BOXES 9-62]
BOX 9
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia A-B
BOX 10
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia C-E
BOX 11
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia F-H
BOX 12
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia I-Mi
BOX 13
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia Mo-R
BOX 14
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia S-T
BOX 15
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia U-Z
BOX 16
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia A-D
BOX 17
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia E-K
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 18
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia L-R
BOX 19
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia S-Z
BOX 20
Alexandria Monthly Meeting, Virginia - A-L
BOX 21
Alexandria Monthly Meeting, Virginia - M-Z
BOX 22
Black Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Camp Creek Monthly Meeting (Louisa County, Virginia) 1747-1753
BOX 23
Black Water Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, 1752-1807 - A-H
BOX 24
Black Water Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, 1752-1807 - I-Z
BOX 25
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
BOX 26
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - A-G
BOX 27
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - H-L
BOX 28
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - M-S
BOX 29
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - T-Z
BOX 30
Chuckatuck Record, 1647-1727
BOX 31
Crooked Run Monthly Meeting, Virginia,
Births, Marriages, Deaths - A-M
BOX 32
Crooked Run Monthly Meeting, Virginia,
Births, Marriages, Deaths - N-Z
BOX 33
Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia - A-H
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 34
Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia - I-P
BOX 35
Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia - Q-Z
BOX 36
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Loudoun County) - A-G
BOX 37
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Loudoun County) - H-N
BOX 38
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Loudoun County) - O-Z
BOX 39
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - A-D
BOX 40
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - E-K
BOX 41
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - L-P
BOX 42
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - R-Z
BOX 43
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - A-B
BOX 44
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - C-F
BOX 45
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - G-H
BOX 46
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - I-L
BOX 47
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - M-P
BOX 48
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - R-S
BOX 49
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - T-Z
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 50
Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting, 1656-1792
Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1696-1843
BOX 51
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - A-F
BOX 52
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - G-L
BOX 53
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - M-Z
BOX 54
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - Misc.
BOX 55
Western Branch, Lower Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1766-1912 - A-G
BOX 56
Western Branch, Lower Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1766-1912 - H-O
BOX 57
Western Branch, Lower Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1766-1912 - P-Z
BOX 58
Bethel Monthly Meeting, Corinth Monthly Meeting,
Somerton Monthly Meeting
BOX 59
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Bedford County)
BOX 60
Henrico Monthly Meeting
BOX 61
Gravelly Run/Burleigh Monthly Meeting,
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia, 1801-1832
BOX 62
Miscellaneous
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JANE DOUGLAS (SUMMERS) BROWN (1903-2007)
Jane Douglas SUMMERS, daughter of Lewis Preston SUMMERS and Katherine
BARBEE, was born 10 January 1903 in Abindgon, Washington County, Virginia. She
was educated at the Stonewall Jackson Female Institute and was graduated from Mary
Baldwin College in 1923. After graduation, she toured Europe and Scandanavia before
becoming a teacher in Covington, Virginia. She also taught in Tidewater Virginia.
In June 1926, Jane Douglas SUMMERS married Henry Dockery BROWN, Jr., of
Wilson, North Carolina. In 1928, they moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was
minister of the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church until 1936. In that year, Mr.
BROWN accepted a call to the Third Presbyterian Church, in Richmond, Virginia. Later,
in 1963, he became minister of the First Presbyterian Church and the Aberdour
Presbyterian Church of Emporia, Virginia.
Douglas (SUMMERS) BROWN has written numerous non-fiction books and articles
for publication, including Massanetta Miniature (1964), The Catawba Indians: The
People of the River (1966), A History of Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting
House, 1754-1936 (1936, Revised 1986), Historical and Biographical Sketches of
Greensville County, Virginia, 1650-1967 (1968) and Chase City and Its Environs (1975).
Following retirement, the Rev. and Mrs. BROWN moved into WestminsterCanterbury, a retirement community in Lynchburg, Virginia, where they continue to
reside.
[Jane Douglas Summers Brown Quaker Records, Mss., MS1515, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA;
Mrs. H. L. Morton, "History of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church" Lynchburg: n.pub, ca.1951), n.p.,
PAM2371, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Douglas Summers Brown, ed., Historical and
Biographical Sketches of Greensville County, Virginia, 1650-1967 (Emporia: Riparian Woman's Club,
1968), pp. 240-241.]
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Obituary, Lynchburg News & Advance, 19 July 2007
Jane Douglas Summers Brown, a resident of Westminster Canterbury, died
Friday, July 13, 2007, at the age of 104.
She was born Jan. 10, 1903, in Abingdon. She was a daughter of the noted lawyer
and historian, Lewis Preston Summers of Abingdon and his wife, Anne Katherine
Barbee, of White Gate, Giles County.
Douglas Brown's early education was by private tutors and in private schools
connected to the two colleges in Abingdon, Stone Wall Jackson Institute and Martha
Washington College. She graduated from the local William King High School and later
from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton in 1923.
Following graduation she spent the summer of 1923 touring Scandinavia, the
British Isles and Western Europe. The following three years she spent teaching high
school in Covington, and Lancaster County.
In 1926, she married Henry Dockery Brown Jr., of Wilson, N.C. At the time, he
was completing his preparation for the Presbyterian Ministry at the Theological Seminary
in Richmond. While he continued his studies there, she spent the following years as a
volunteer in her husband's several churches, as a trained Christian church worker. Her
major endeavor was in the work of the Women of the Church, where her main interest
lay. In time, she served as president of the Women of the Church of Bethel Presbytery in
South Carolina and Savannah Presbytery in Georgia. She taught Bible in the local
churches and in later years ecumenical places in the cities in which they lived. She also
served as "Mistress of the Manse" in Lynchburg, Richmond, and Emporia, as well as
Rock Hill, S.C. and Waycross, Ga. She was a charter member of her chapter of The
Daughters of The American Revolution. She was a member of Quaker Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
"Douglas" began her early writing for church publications, including The Out
Look, The Survey, and The Christian Endeavor. Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers was her
first history book, now in its third printing. It was her introduction to writing local
histories. Over the years, she wrote five books on local history, four of which have been
reprinted. Her book on the Catawba Indians was printed by the University of South
Carolina Press and pronounced one of its most notable books published by them over the
past 25 years. She also wrote a number of articles for magazines such as The Virginia
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Cavalcade, The Sandlapper (S.C.), The North Caolina Magazine, Lynch's Ferry, and
others.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her two sons,
Henry Dockery Brown III, of Lowell, Mass. and Lewis Summers Brown, of Lynchburg.
She is survived by her sister Olivia Dutcher of Neptune, N.J.; her daughter-in-law
Helen J. Brown, of Lowell, Mass.; her six grandchildren, Barbara J. Brown, Marcia D.
Maxfield, Bonnie M. Finneran, Henry D. Brown IV, David R. Brown, and Donna
Mendonca; as well as seven great- grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted by Dr. Corey Ingold in Quaker Memorial
Presbyterian Church at 12 noon on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Quaker Memorial Presbyterian
Church, 5810 Fort Ave. Lynchburg, Va. 24502.
Diuguid Wiggington Chapel is serving the family, (434) 385-8900.
[Published in The News & Advance from 7/17/2007 - 7/19/2007.]
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JANE DOUGLAS SUMMERS BROWN (1903-2007) QUAKER RECORDS
The collection includes notes and card files compiled by Jane Douglas (SUMMERS)
BROWN in connection with her work with William Wade HINSHAW in the writing of
the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Also included
are notes, correspondence and draft manuscripts of her book, Lynchburg's Pioneer
Quakers and Their Meeting House, originally published in 1936 and revised in 1986 for
the Lynchburg, Virginia, bicentennial celebration. The collection also contains several
manuscripts on a variety of topics done for publication or for public speaking, including
Quakers, Indian history, slavery, and church history.
[Detailed finding guide available with the collection]
MS1515
JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JANE DOUGLAS SUMMERS BROWN (1903-2007) QUAKER RECORDS
The collection includes notes and card files compiled by Jane Douglas (SUMMERS)
BROWN in connection with her work with William Wade HINSHAW in the writing of
the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Also included
are notes, correspondence and draft manuscripts of her book, A History of Lynchburg's
Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House, 1754-1936, originally published in 1936 and
revised in 1986 for the Lynchburg, Virginia, bicentennial celebration. The collection also
contains several manuscripts on a variety of topics done for publication or for public
speaking, including Quakers, Indian history, slavery, and church history.
BOX 1
BOX 2
1-1 BROWN, Jane Douglas (SUMMERS)
1-2 Correspondence (Miscellaneous) I
1-3 Correspondence (Miscellaneous) II
1-4 Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church (Miscellaneous)
1-5 CADWALLADER Family (George E. KOEHLER)
1-6 CREW(S) Family
1-7 GREGG Family
1-8 GRIFFIN/LEWIS/RAINE Family
1-9 HENSLEY/LEWIS Family
1-10 JOHNSON Family
1-11 MORGAN Family
1-12 STUART Family, Flora STUART
1-13 WILSON Family
Miscellaneous Writings
2-1 Bedford County Quakers - Where Did They Come
From and Where Did They Go
2-2 Beyond the Blackwater [Indian History] I
2-3 Beyond the Blackwater [Indian History] II
2-4 Beyond the Blackwater [Indian History] III
2-5 The Great Problem - Slavery
2-6 Historical Sketches of Monthly Meetings
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 2
2-7 History of the First Manse of the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian
Church
2-8 Pioneer Quakers on the Bedford Frontier
2-9 Religious Society of Friends and Campbell County (Lindley
WINSTON)
2-10 Visits to a People Dispersed in the Wilderness
BOX 3
A History of Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House
3-1 Final Draft
3-2 First Draft
3-3 Notes, Correspondence, Photographs - I
3-4 Notes, Correspondence, Photographs - II
3-5 Bicentennial Edition
BOX 4
Notes on Virginia Quakers
4-1 Original Record Books and Other Sources - I
4-2 Notes, Related Data, Index of Meetings, Maps
4-3 Original Record Books and Other Sources - II
4-4 Family Genealogical Data
4-5 Letters, Book Lists, etc.
4-6 Miscellaneous - I
4-7 Miscellaneous - II
BOX 5
5-1
5-2
5-3
5-4
5-5
5-6
5-7
5-8
BOX 6
6-1 Chuckatuck MM (Nansemond County) - I
6-2 Chuckatuck MM (Nansemond County) - II
6-3 Chuckatuck MM (Nansemond County) – III (Testimonies,
Certificates)
6-4 Chuckatuck Record 1672-1756 (Photocopy)
6-5 Chuckatuck Record 1672-1756 (Typescript)
6-6 Corinth MM (Southampton County 1905-1937)
6-7 Goose Creek MM (Bedford County) - I (History)
6-8 Goose Creek MM (Bedford County) - II
Notes on Virginia Quakers – HINSHAW Correspondence
Bethel Monthly Meeting [MM] (Southampton County)
Black Creek MM (Southampton County)
Camp Creek MM
Cedar Creek MM (Hanover County) -I
Cedar Creek MM (Hanover County) -II
Cedar Creek MM (Hanover County) -III
Cedar Creek MM (Lost Temple of the Virginia Wilderness)
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 7
7-1 Gravelly Run MM (Dinwiddie County) - I
7-2 Gravelly Run MM (Dinwiddie County) - II
7-3 Henrico MM (Upper Quarter)
7-4 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-I
7-5 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-II
7-6 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-III
7-7 Henrico MM/White Oak Swamp (Henrico Co.)-IV
7-8 Henrico MM (Henrico Co.) (WOS) - V
7-9 Henrico MM (Henrico Co.) (Miscellaneous)-VI
7-10 Lower Norfolk County
7-11 Pagan Creek MM/Blackwater MM (Surry County)
BOX 8
8-1
8-2
8-3
8-4
8-5
8-6
8-7
8-8
8-9
South River MM (Bedford County) - I
South River MM (Bedford County) - II
South River MM (Bedford County) - III
South River MM (Bedford County) - IV
South River MM (Bedford County) - V (History)
South River MM (Bedford County) – VI (Miscellaneous Notes)
Wayne Oak MM
Western Branch MM
Virginia Yearly Meeting (Historical Sketch)
CARD FILES [BOXES 9-62]
BOX 9
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia A-B
BOX 10
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia C-E
BOX 11
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia F-H
BOX 12
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia I-Mi
BOX 13
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia Mo-R
BOX 14
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia S-T
BOX 15
Marriage Records, Bedford County, Virginia U-Z
BOX 16
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia A-D
BOX 17
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia E-K
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 18
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia L-R
BOX 19
Marriage Bonds of Campbell County, Virginia S-Z
BOX 20
Alexandria Monthly Meeting, Virginia - A-L
BOX 21
Alexandria Monthly Meeting, Virginia - M-Z
BOX 22
Black Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Camp Creek Monthly Meeting (Louisa County, Virginia) 1747-1753
BOX 23
Black Water Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, 1752-1807 - A-H
BOX 24
Black Water Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, 1752-1807 - I-Z
BOX 25
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
BOX 26
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - A-G
BOX 27
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - H-L
BOX 28
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - M-S
BOX 29
Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1739-1939 - T-Z
BOX 30
Chuckatuck Record, 1647-1727
BOX 31
Crooked Run Monthly Meeting, Virginia,
Births, Marriages, Deaths - A-M
BOX 32
Crooked Run Monthly Meeting, Virginia,
Births, Marriages, Deaths - N-Z
BOX 33
Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia - A-H
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 34
Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia - I-P
BOX 35
Fairfax Monthly Meeting, Virginia - Q-Z
BOX 36
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Loudoun County) - A-G
BOX 37
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Loudoun County) - H-N
BOX 38
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Loudoun County) - O-Z
BOX 39
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - A-D
BOX 40
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - E-K
BOX 41
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - L-P
BOX 42
Henrico/Weyanoke Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Upper Quarterly Meeting, 1699-1841 - R-Z
BOX 43
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - A-B
BOX 44
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - C-F
BOX 45
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - G-H
BOX 46
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - I-L
BOX 47
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - M-P
BOX 48
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - R-S
BOX 49
Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Orthodox)
(Frederick County) 1830-1934 - T-Z
(Continued)
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(Continued)
BOX 50
Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting, 1656-1792
Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1696-1843
BOX 51
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - A-F
BOX 52
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - G-L
BOX 53
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - M-Z
BOX 54
South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia
(Bedford, Campbell, Halifax counties) - Misc.
BOX 55
Western Branch, Lower Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1766-1912 - A-G
BOX 56
Western Branch, Lower Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1766-1912 - H-O
BOX 57
Western Branch, Lower Monthly Meeting, Virginia
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1766-1912 - P-Z
BOX 58
Bethel Monthly Meeting, Corinth Monthly Meeting,
Somerton Monthly Meeting
BOX 59
Goose Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia (Bedford County)
BOX 60
Henrico Monthly Meeting
BOX 61
Gravelly Run/Burleigh Monthly Meeting,
Lower Quarterly Meeting, Virginia, 1801-1832
BOX 62
Miscellaneous
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JANE DOUGLAS (SUMMERS) BROWN (1903-2007)
Jane Douglas SUMMERS, daughter of Lewis Preston SUMMERS and Katherine
BARBEE, was born 10 January 1903 in Abindgon, Washington County, Virginia. She
was educated at the Stonewall Jackson Female Institute and was graduated from Mary
Baldwin College in 1923. After graduation, she toured Europe and Scandanavia before
becoming a teacher in Covington, Virginia. She also taught in Tidewater Virginia.
In June 1926, Jane Douglas SUMMERS married Henry Dockery BROWN, Jr., of
Wilson, North Carolina. In 1928, they moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was
minister of the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church until 1936. In that year, Mr.
BROWN accepted a call to the Third Presbyterian Church, in Richmond, Virginia. Later,
in 1963, he became minister of the First Presbyterian Church and the Aberdour
Presbyterian Church of Emporia, Virginia.
Douglas (SUMMERS) BROWN has written numerous non-fiction books and articles
for publication, including Massanetta Miniature (1964), The Catawba Indians: The
People of the River (1966), A History of Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting
House, 1754-1936 (1936, Revised 1986), Historical and Biographical Sketches of
Greensville County, Virginia, 1650-1967 (1968) and Chase City and Its Environs (1975).
Following retirement, the Rev. and Mrs. BROWN moved into WestminsterCanterbury, a retirement community in Lynchburg, Virginia, where they continue to
reside.
[Jane Douglas Summers Brown Quaker Records, Mss., MS1515, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA;
Mrs. H. L. Morton, "History of Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church" Lynchburg: n.pub, ca.1951), n.p.,
PAM2371, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA; Douglas Summers Brown, ed., Historical and
Biographical Sketches of Greensville County, Virginia, 1650-1967 (Emporia: Riparian Woman's Club,
1968), pp. 240-241.]
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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JANE DOUGLAS (SUMMERS) BROWN (1903-2007)
Obituary, Lynchburg News & Advance, 19 July 2007
Jane Douglas Summers Brown, a resident of Westminster Canterbury, died
Friday, July 13, 2007, at the age of 104.
She was born Jan. 10, 1903, in Abingdon. She was a daughter of the noted lawyer
and historian, Lewis Preston Summers of Abingdon and his wife, Anne Katherine
Barbee, of White Gate, Giles County.
Douglas Brown's early education was by private tutors and in private schools
connected to the two colleges in Abingdon, Stone Wall Jackson Institute and Martha
Washington College. She graduated from the local William King High School and later
from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton in 1923.
Following graduation she spent the summer of 1923 touring Scandinavia, the
British Isles and Western Europe. The following three years she spent teaching high
school in Covington, and Lancaster County.
In 1926, she married Henry Dockery Brown Jr., of Wilson, N.C. At the time, he
was completing his preparation for the Presbyterian Ministry at the Theological Seminary
in Richmond. While he continued his studies there, she spent the following years as a
volunteer in her husband's several churches, as a trained Christian church worker. Her
major endeavor was in the work of the Women of the Church, where her main interest
lay. In time, she served as president of the Women of the Church of Bethel Presbytery in
South Carolina and Savannah Presbytery in Georgia. She taught Bible in the local
churches and in later years ecumenical places in the cities in which they lived. She also
served as "Mistress of the Manse" in Lynchburg, Richmond, and Emporia, as well as
Rock Hill, S.C. and Waycross, Ga. She was a charter member of her chapter of The
Daughters of The American Revolution. She was a member of Quaker Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
"Douglas" began her early writing for church publications, including The Out
Look, The Survey, and The Christian Endeavor. Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers was her
first history book, now in its third printing. It was her introduction to writing local
histories. Over the years, she wrote five books on local history, four of which have been
reprinted. Her book on the Catawba Indians was printed by the University of South
Carolina Press and pronounced one of its most notable books published by them over the
past 25 years. She also wrote a number of articles for magazines such as The Virginia
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Cavalcade, The Sandlapper (S.C.), The North Caolina Magazine, Lynch's Ferry, and
others.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her two sons,
Henry Dockery Brown III, of Lowell, Mass. and Lewis Summers Brown, of Lynchburg.
She is survived by her sister Olivia Dutcher of Neptune, N.J.; her daughter-in-law
Helen J. Brown, of Lowell, Mass.; her six grandchildren, Barbara J. Brown, Marcia D.
Maxfield, Bonnie M. Finneran, Henry D. Brown IV, David R. Brown, and Donna
Mendonca; as well as seven great- grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted by Dr. Corey Ingold in Quaker Memorial
Presbyterian Church at 12 noon on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Quaker Memorial Presbyterian
Church, 5810 Fort Ave. Lynchburg, Va. 24502.
Diuguid Wiggington Chapel is serving the family, (434) 385-8900.
[Published in The News & Advance from 7/17/2007 - 7/19/2007.]
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Dublin Core
Title
Finding Aid to the Jane Douglas Summers Brown Quaker Records
Subject
Finding aids
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy--Virginia
Hinshaw, William Wade, 1867-1947
Brown, Jane Douglas Summers, 1903-
Description
Finding aid to the Jane Douglas Summers Brown Quaker Records held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The papers include notes and files compiled by Brown for work in writing the Virginia volume of the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
Creator
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Publisher
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Date
2023
Rights
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Format
pdf
Language
English
Identifier
MS1515FA
Collection
Citation
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.), “Finding Aid to the Jane Douglas Summers Brown Quaker Records,” Digital Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/558.