Ephraim Brown

Ephraim Brown was born April 9 th of 1763, in Massachusetts. He died before September 1850

in Russell County, Alabama. [ Now Lee County, Alabama ] (Alabama Patriots Searchable

Database, 2026) 31 Ephraim was a private in the Massachusetts Line. He entered service as a

young man during the later years of the war and served in regular Massachusetts units as a part

of the Continental forces. Ephraim Brown served as a private in the Massachusetts Line during

the final years of the American Revolutionary War. (S31580) 32 Much of his time was spent in the

Hudson Highlands near West Point performing garrison duty, patrols, and camp service, helping

maintain the Continental Army’s defensive position until the war ended in 1783. His service as a

private involved the typical duties of enlisted soldiers, including marching, guard duty, and

garrison assignments under company and regimental officers in the Massachusetts Line. The

names of his commanders are unknown, but the time period confirms he served during the final

phase of the war. No specific battle is definitively named but his period of service coincides with

the closing campaigns of the Revolution when American forces-maintained pressure on

remaining British positions leading up to the end of the conflict. After the war, Brown returned

to civilian life before eventually joining the migration of Revolutionary War veterans into the

southern frontier. By the time he applied for his pension, he was residing in Georgia, and he later

moved to Russell County, Alabama, where he died before September 1850. A copy of his will

provides details about the location of his homestead which was west of Smiths Station, Alabama

near Lee 293, Lee 577, and Hospilika Creek. He may have been buried in a family plot

somewhere on his property. The location of his gravesite is unknown.

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