One of the early Methodist preachers in County of Albemarle, entering the ministry some years before the close of the eighteenth century. He was a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence April 2, 1779. He married Henrietta Rodes, a daughter of John Rodes and Sarah Harris his wife. He died in 1815. [History and Genealogies, W.H. Miller, 1907]
He was a Justice of Albemarle Co. (VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY,Vol. 7 (1900)p. 84)
Bernis Brown was a guard for the British Prisoners during the Revolution. (see Papers of Thomas Jefferson Vol. II, pages 32/33, by Julian P. Boyd.)
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1752 - 1814 (62 years)
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