Wilson, Douglas L., ed; Davis, Rodney O., ed. 'Register of Informants' in 'Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements About Abraham Lincoln' . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: University of Illinois Press
Persistent link to this document: http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/file.php?file=herndon737.html

Born, like AL, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, Brown lived most of his life in Elizabethtown, where as a young man he entered the store of John B. Helm as an apprentice and eventually became a partner. He was a strong Confederate sympathizer. (Who was Who in Hardin County)