Henry “Dad” Brown

Marker #:

16-43

Title:

Henry “Dad” Brown

GPS:

N 34° 17′ 21.96″  W 79° 52′ 58.22″

Address:

204 Brockington Rd. (off #52)

Darlington

Erected:

2000

 

Inscription

Front:

Henry “Dad” Brown (1830-1907), a black veteran of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars, is buried 75′ N with his wife Laura. Variously said to have been born free or born as a slave who purchased his and Laura’s freedom, he was born near Camden. Brown, a brickmason, joined the Confederate army in May 1861 as a drummer in the “Darlington Grays,” Co. F, 8th S.C. Infantry.

Reverse:

Brown enlisted as a drummer in Co. H, 21st S.C. Infantry in July 1861 and served for the rest of the war. He “captured” a pair of Union drumsticks in battle. He was also a member of the “Darlington Guards” 1878-1907. Described as “a man of rare true worth” at his death in 1907, Brown was honored shortly afterwards by Darlington citizens who erected the monument nearby.