Addendum I: Transcribed from a typed document among my parent's (Ralph and Myra Brown) papers, dated 1913 and apparently dictated by Nate's wife Loulie (Louisa Nicholes Brown)
Nathan Atkinson Brown (son of Captain Nate Brown):
A well known and highly esteemed resident of Muscogee County, Nathan Atkinson Brown of Columbus, Ga, has served as deputy clerk of the United States Circuit and District Courts and United States Commissioner for many years, and during the time has administered the affairs of his office so wisely and conscientiously, and with such thoroughness a to win the approval of all concerned.
He was born March 5, 1866, in Camden County, Ga, on the same plantation that his father the late Captain Nathan Atkinson Brown first drew the breath of life.
His grandfather, David Brown (after whom my brother David is named EBS) was born in Pickens District, South Carolina. Coming to Georgia in pioneer days, he bought land in Camden Co. And on this plantation that he redeemed from its original wilderness where he spent the remainder of his life. He married Elizabeth Atkinson and they reared a large family of children.
His father, Captain Nathan Atkinson Brown, received his early education under the instruction of private tutors, later attending the Marietta Military Institute of Georgia. Although fitted for a professional career, he chose the independent occupation of an agriculturalist, and with the assistance of slaves carried on farming successfully. During the War between the States, he entered the Confederate service on the fifth day of August 1861, as 1st Lieutenant, "Camden Rifles" in Company I of the 13th Georgia Regiment, commanded by Col. Styles, Ga Volunteers G.S.A., and was at that time a resident of Camden County, Ga. He was honorably discharged from service by Col. Duncan L. Clinch on, or about the 15th day of April 1865, at which time he held the rank of Captain of Company C, 4th Georgia Calvary, and had been on duty the greater part of the war in South Georgia and Florida. The sword that he carried during the war was also used in the Revolutionary War by his grand uncle, John Atkinson, and in the war of 1812 by John Atkinson's son Nathan Atkinson, and is now one of the cherished possessions of his son Nathan A. Brown Sr. Captain Nathan Atkinson Brown lived a short time after the close of the war, his death occurring on Feb. 23, 1866 (died from smallpox EBS).
Captain Nathan Atkinson Brown married Louisa Tupper Nicholes, who was born in Beaufort District, South Carolina, a daughter of Dr. Henry J and Eliza Witter (Turner) Nicholes, natives of the same state. Dr. Nicholes was a successful physician and also an extensive planter. He operated his lands with his slaves, owning a valuable rice plantation in Camden County, Georgia. During, or soon after, the war, he moved from Camden to Cobb County, buying a home in Marietta and running a farm a few miles from that town. When Nathan Brown died in 1866, his young widow (she was just 26) Louisa NIcholes Brown and her three small children Eulalie (4 yrs), Lillie (2 yrs) and Nathan Atkinson Brown (infant) joined her father in Marietta. After her father died, she moved to Atlanta where she resided up to the present time (she died in 1929 age 89).
But an infant when his father died, Nathan Atkinson Brown Sr. was partly brought up and educated in Marietta. After removing to Atlanta, he studied stenography and secured a situation with
the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, and was for several years stationed at Atlanta. Subsequently accepting a position with the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, he went to New Mexico, and was in the railway office at Albuquerque until 1890. During that period, Mr. Brown spend his leisure time in reading law, and in 1890 returned to Georgia to further pursue his legal studies. He entered the Atlanta Law School, and was among the first graduates, receiving his degree of B.L. June 29th 1892.
After completing his course, he was admitted to the bar, and subsequently entered the office of Judge Henry B. Tompkins, formerly of the Savannah Circuit. In 1897 Mr. Brown was appointed deputy clerk of the United States District and Circuit Court at Columbus, Ga, and also United States Commissioner, and has continued in office ever since. His long record of service in these positions is ample proof of his ability and efficiency.
Mr. Brown, first married in 1893 at Dansville, N.Y. to Miss Rose Hopkins of Clay City Illinois, a daughter of Wm. Hopkins and Miriam (Kelly) Hopkins. She bore him three sons, Donald Vincin, Nathan Atkinson and William Hopkins Brown. The former was a beautiful child of 4 years when he died of scarlet fever. His devoted mother followed him in death in September 1904.
Mr. Brown's second marriage was to a Miss Annie Daniel, of Macon Georgia, a daughter of William Brantley and Urquhart (Evans) Daniel, and of this union two children were born: Mildred Daniel Brown and Louise Evans Brown (this was written before my father Ralph Dunwody Brown was born). Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Baptist Church. Fraternally, Mr. Brown belongs to Mount Hermon Lodge # 304, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons.
Approved by his mother, Louisa Nicholes Brown
April 4th, 1913
Photo above is of Nathan A. Brown, Jr, Nate and Loulie's son, as a young man.