Isaac Brown
Early Settler of Buxton

Isaac Brown was born a slave in Calvert County, Maryland around 1794. He married Mary Jane and fathered five children; Elizabeth, Eliza, Isaac, William, John.  In 1845, accused of assaulting his master, Isaac was sent to the slave pens - given 200 lashes and sold "south" to Louisiana. Isaac and his family fled from Louisiana to Pennsylvania where in 1847 he was arrested and charged as an escaped slave from Maryland.

In court, the defense argued that Isaac wasn't a fugitive from Maryland; he had already been punished for charges against him in Maryland and had actually been sent out of Maryland against his will. The Pennsylvania Governor decreed the charges were defective and issued a new warrant for his arrest. However, before the new warrant could be enforced, friends helped the Brown's to escape to Sandusky, Ohio (where son William was born).

Isaac relocated his family to Canada West. They settled in the Dawn Settlement.  In 1851, the Brown’s moved to Buxton, settling on the Twelfth Concession on lots 9 and 10, across from William King. His descendants still live in Buxton today.

You can learn more about Isaac Brown reading One More River to Cross, by Bryan Prince.