Elizabeth Greathouse
- Born: Abt 1770
- Marriage (1): Richard Brown Jr.
- Marriage (2): James Muncey about 1792
- Marriage (3): Thomas Hamilton Brownlee on 23 Jun 1803 in , Washington, Pennsylvania
- Died: 26 Dec 1841, Buffalo Twp, Washington, Pennsylvania about age 71
- Buried: South Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo Twp.
 Notes:
See notes for Thomas Allen McNeal. where she is mentioned in a Kansas cyclopedia dated 1912. It states that daughter Rachel was living in hio in 1853.
Source: Chris Bailey
Elizabeth is solidly proven to be the daughter of Harmon and Mary Stull Greathouse in court records of Ohio County, W(VA) in 1779 when her father, Harmon Greathouse, represented her in a lawsuit against Richard Brown, Jr. Data on the descendants of Elizabeth Greathouse Brownlee have been researched and shared by Pat Thomas of Winona, MN and by David A. McCutchan of Monroeville, PA.
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Source: Louise F. Johnson also from Pat Thomas.
"We believe Elizabeth Greathouse was first married to a Mr. Munce/Munce/Muncey and on her second marriage in 1803 married Thomas Hamilton Brownlee. Basis for believing her surname was Greathouse" Brownlee Genealogy by John Templeton Brownlee, dated approx July 18, 1967 shows on page 5."
"We located a gravestone in the South Buffalo cemetery, two miles west of Washington which reads: "In memory of Elizabeth, consort of Thomas Brownlee, who departed this life Dec. 26, 1841 in the 70th year of her age" this would make her birth year 1770. We have a death date for Thomas's first wife and a marriage date of June 23, 1803 to Elizabeth. So she would have been about 33 on her second marriage. Their first child was born January 20,. 1805.
*Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882).
Crumrine's History of Washington County mentions her and her two marriages. "James Brownlee and resides in Washington, her husband having died nine years ago. James Brownlee was left a widower, and married for his second wife Mr. Elizabeth Muncey. She was a daughter of Herman Greathouse, who, with his friends Holliday and Edgington, located very early just in the edge of West Virginia. Mrs. Brownlee remembered very well when the Virginia and Pennsylvania State line was surveyed. By this second marriage of James Brownlee there were four children, on son and three daughters. The son, William J. Brownlee, emigrated to Missouri, where some of his descendants now reside. Others of his family are in Steubenville, Ohio. Elizabeth Brownlee became Mrs. Henry Bruce, and resides on the National road near Claysville. Susan married Richard McClelland, and her descendants live in Franklin township. Rachel Brownlee married Dr. George Davidson, of West Alexander. "
Ohio Co., WV court order Book Bk. 3, p. 111: Mar 4, 1789 Elizabeth Greathouse vs Richard Brown William Grantfith (sic - prob Griffith) Enters Special Bail Bk. 3, p. 124; May 5 1789 "Elizabeth Greathouse by Harmon his father, (sic - obviously should be "her" but miscopied) vs Richard Brown, Junr the Court Orders the Sheriff to Sumons a Jury, Imeadiately to Inquire of Same WEhereupon John McColloch, James Hall, James Moore, Jacob Wallker, William Blackney, James Girwin, Adam Wilson, Charles Foster, Charls Dugan, Saml Brady, Solomon Delong and Charls Hedges was chosen and sworn. We the Jury find for the Plantiff forty eight pounds and Costs on motion, Judjement-"Bk. 3, p. 126 May t, 1789 "ordered that the Execution Issue the 5th of May '89 on Judgement, obtained the day aforesaid by Elizabeth Greathouse against Richard Brown, Junr. "Verdict and Judgement Against Defendant, for forty Eight pounds and Costs. Defendant appeals to the district Couret and has Given bond, and Security in the sum of Ninety Six pounds bond/ Filed orered that no Execution Isue in the fourgoing Suit until it/ is finely Determined by the District Court aforesaid"
Elizabeth married Richard Brown Jr., son of Col. Richard Brown and Honor Wells. (Richard Brown Jr. was born on 4 Nov 1762 and died in 1842 in , Brooke, West Virginia.)
Elizabeth next married James Muncey, son of Levi Muncey and Margaret Patton, about 1792. (James Muncey was born about 1764 in Probably, Kent, DE and died before 10 Mar 1801 in Cross Twp, Washington, Pennsylvania.)
Elizabeth next married Thomas Hamilton Brownlee, son of Archibald Brownlee and Margaret Hamilton, on 23 Jun 1803 in , Washington, Pennsylvania. (Thomas Hamilton Brownlee was born on 21 Dec 1751 in Lanarkshire, Scotland and died on 27 Jul 1816 in Buffalo Twp, Washington, Pennsylvania.)
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