1870 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Moccassin precinct, lists as family #56:
Brown, John, 33; Anna, 38; Sarah, 5; Emma, 4; Wallace, 3; Wale, 2 mo., Rachel Briant, 11. All born in Ky.

1880 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Martinsburg precinct, lists as family #259:
Brown, John, 43, Ky Va Va; Anna, 49, Va Va Va; Sarah E., 15; Wallace, 12; Wales, 11; Thomas P., 8; Lucy, 2. (Next door is Jemmimah Brown, 44, with son Elijah J., 7. She is listed as married, but I think this is John’s sister.)

1900 census of Elliott Co., Ky, Brown precinct, enumerated 21 June, lists on p. 16 B as family #261/267:
Brown, John, 63, b. Sep 1836, Ky Va Va, farmer; Annie, wife, 69, b. Dec 1830, Va Va Va; Wails, son, 30, b. Feb 1870, at medical school; Thomas P., son, 28, b. Oct 1871; Lucy, dau, 23, b. Sep 1876; Tacket, James, servant, 9, b. March 1891; Nancy, servant, 9, b. March 1891. All children listed as born Ky Ky Va, including the Tackett twins.

The preceding household is headed by his nephew, John Brown the son of Thomas Brown and Nancy Cline.