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The exchange is available only by volume, which includes four issues, and will not be sold separately by issue. The exchange is printed quarterly in May, August, November and February. The deadline for submissions is the 15th of the month prior to the month of issue.
 

I am pleased with the data which our members have sent within the past few months. In this issue there are some Brooks ancestors from Hawkins Co., TN listed and I know several of you have interest. There is also data from GA, NC and TX. The NC data is essentially all the data I was able to accumulate on my own family last year, and I can assure you it has not been published in the BFQE or BFB in an earlier issue. Please keep the data and queries coming. Keep in mind that if each member submitted each year only one query, one family group sheet, and one full page of Brooks information we would have a total of over 300 pages per volume instead of.the present 120+ pages!
 
 

Extracted from: Index to Marriage License, Carroll County, Georgia, 1827-1980
VOLUME II, compiled by Jenny Martin FAGG, 4314 Nenana, Houston, Texas 77035, 1984.
 

BRIDE INDEX
BROOK, A. A.	BARTLETT, J. T.	0/00/1800	G	557	White
BROOK, A. 0.	SIMPKINS, J. W.	2/20/1894	H	199	White
BROOK, Addie Pearl	DYER, E. N.	8/20/1905	J	103	White
BROOK, Beatrice	ROGERS, D. L.	9/23/1894	H	236	White
BROOK, Callie Lee	WILLIAMS, Henry M.	2/24/1901	I	300	Vhite
BROOK, D. L.	CARTER, J. M.	12/30/1897	I	47	White
BROOK, Debbie Jane	ANDERSON, Luther Wayne	7/3/1976	Y	375	White
BROOK, Elisabeth	JOURDAN, J.D.	11/5/1867	0	66	White
BROOK, Elizabeth T.	JORDAN, J .D>	11/5/1867	C2	242	White
BROOK, Ella G.	WADE, Jesse	1/11/1887	F	541	White
BROOK, Emma	HEATH, D. T.	4/4/1904	I	579	White
BROOK, Eva Belle	WYNN, Herman C.	1/21/1933	P	65	White
BROOK, Grace	JOHNSON, Hoyd Edgar	6/23/1929	0	385	White
BROOK, Ida C.	MILES, William D.	12/19/1878	E	129	White
BROOK, Ira	WHITE, Andrew	8/27/1922	N	242	White
BROOK, L. P.	THORNTON, W. H.	10/18/1896	H	477	White
BROOK, Mary Elizabeth	ALDRIDGE, Claude Henry		4/7/1946	S	233	White
BROOK, Sarah Frances	CRAWFORD, Glenn Ford	6/15/1922	N	168	White
BROOK, Susie 0.	BISHOP, C. R.	12/23/1897	I	40	White
BROOK, Zada	ROBISON, M. C.	1/27/1915	L	307	White
BROOKE, Bonnie Olivia	WHITMAN, Jack Edward		3/27/1971	X	69	White
BROOKE, E. M.	BISHOP, J. F>	9/16/1894	H	233	White
BROOKE, Pearl Ematine	MORRIS, Arthur Lewis		10/4/1941	R	176	White
BROOKS, Addie	HIXON, Guy	10/7/1923	N	410	White
BROOKS, Amanda	JONES, Randall	12/25/1879	E	227	Black
BROOKS, Ann Marie	BUSSEY, Roger E.	6/24/1972	X	262	White
BROOKS, Anna	LOWRY, Peter	10/6/1895	H	357	White
BROOKS, Anna M.	MASON, Ira H.	9/14/1943	R	464	White
BROOKS, Annie	ROOP, B. J.	12/26/1893	H	181	White
BROOKS, Annie Lee	WALKER, Wm. N.	12/9/1886	F	519	White
BROOKS, Betty	SINCLAIR, Will	5/18/1952	U	32	White
BROOKS, Betty Ann	CHANEY, Jerry Lee	6/17/1977	Y	546	White
BROOKS, Bobbie Jean	PATRICK, Wm. Everett	6/30/1957	U	429	White
BROOKS, Brenda Gayle	HUDDLESTON, Kenneth Ray	10/29/1966	W	146	White
BROOKS, Brenda M.	BAXTER, Charles M.	8/22/1970	W	619	White
BROOKS, Catherine E.	BROCK, Jimmy Leighton	6/12/1971	X	101	White
BROOKS, Charlotte Anne	PARMER, William E.		1/1/1952	T	466	White
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BROOKS, Christine C.	ELLIS, Charles Henry	6/13/1942	R	288	White
BROOKS, Cora Lee	VAUGHN, Zack	3/8/1921	C-	178	Black
BROOKS, D. C.	McKINDLY, E. D.	8/12/1885	F	465	White
BROOKS, Dela	STRIPLING, J. H. W.	12/25/1884	F	318	White
BROOKS, Delaney	RASPBERY, John C.	1/22/1833	A	85	White
BROOKS, Delaney	RASPBERRY, John C.	1/22/1833	Cl	28	White
BROOKS, E. T.	WHITE, T. W.	2/9/1889	G	200	White
BROOKS, Elizabeth	RUSSELL, Warren	3/28/1884	F	224	Black
BROOKS, Elvie	BROWN, Hezzie	6/1/1924	N	524	White
BROOKS, Emma	STEWART, W. J.	2/24/1924	N	498	White
BROOKS, Emma W.	LAYTON, John T.	11/21/1878	E	111	White
BROOKS, Ester	MITCHELL, Hamil	8/3/1941	R	109	White
BROOKS, Ethel	YEARLY, L. Y.	7/26/1914	L	213	White
BROOKS, Ethel S.	LANIER, J. P.	12/31/1896	H	504	White
BROOKS, Euma C.	GARST, P. H.	4/8/1926	0	130	White
BROOKS, Fannie	PITTS, Wm. H.	12/29/1904	J	20	White
BROOKS, Fern	CRUTCHFIELD, J. C.	11/3/1912	K	542	White
BROOKS, Francis	WYATT, W. H.	2/25/1883	F	102	White
BROOKS, Gaudie L.	GRIFFIN, Joseph A.	9/23/1894	H	235	White
BROOKS, Georgia Ann	BRIGGREL, John	4/13/1889	G	217	Black
BROOKS, Hattie	BROOKS, Hardie	4/18/1914	B-	372	Black
BROOKS, Helen Virginia	ROMPLEY, Clyde Donard		2/7/1948	T	15	White
BROOKS, Hester	YARBROUGH, B. M.	12/21/1884	F	296	White
BROOKS, Idora	SLATON, Jack	4/10/1932	0	575	White
BROOKS, Ila	NORRED, Luther J.	6/13/1926	0	140	White
BROOKS, Irene	ABERCROMBIE, Clifford	2/17/1945	S	51	White
BROOKS, Irma	GRIFFIS, C. H.	8/5/1883	F	130	White
BROOKS, J. E.	WYNN, W. T.	6/9/1889	G	224	White
BROOKS, Jane	SCOTT, Thomas	1/10/1895	A-	78	Black
BROOKS, Jane	POPE, Joshua S.	0/00/1800	E	185	White
BROOKS, Janice Louise	MOORE, David Austin		6/16/1967	W	201	White
BROOKS, Janie	MUSE, O.B.	12/24/1897	I	40	White
BROOKs, Joy Dunaway	GRIFFITH, Teddy Joe	8/16/1975	Y	211	White
BROOKS, Judith Ann	ROBINSON, Edward Lee	12/18/1972	X	341	White
BROOKS, Judy Lynn	HICKS, Hoyt Lamar	6/30/1976	Y	378	White
BROOKS, Julia L.	WEBB, B. M.	1/29/1972	X	202	White
BROOKs, Julia Layson	TERRELL, Loyd Cecil	6/15/1976	Y	354	White
BROOKS, Katie Lee	MUSE, 0. A.	12/15/1897	I	34	White
BROOKS, Laura P.	SCOTT, James D.	6/27/1882	F	7	White
BROOKS, Lilla	TURNER, Charles	6/25/1913	B-	323	Black
BROOKS, Lizzie	MERREWETHER, Elbert	6/1/1909	B-	135	Black
BROOKS, Lizzie	ADAMS, Zack	4/24/1925	C-	395	Black
BROOKS, Lois	MITCHELL, Luther	3/10/1923	N	344	White
BROOKS, Lucile	REID, Gus	11/8/1947	E-	364	Black
BROOKS, Lucinda	SWIFT, John	12/30/1899	A-	277	Black
BROOKS, Lucinda H.	WILLIAMS, Isaac T.	8/28/1873	Kl	232	White
BROOKS, Margaret J.	CHANCE, Nanthan T.	0/00/1800	E	277	White
BROOKS, Martha Ann	HOLT, Kenneth Milton	8/29/1958	U	524	White
BROOKS, Mary	POWELL, Lewis	7/21/1881	E	355	Black
BROOKS, Mary F.	HARDEN, Robert S.	6/27/1882	F	8		White
BROOKS, Mary F.	CHANDLER, James 0.	8/23/1878	E	85	White
BROOKS, Mary M.	POPE, F. W.	O/OO/18OO	F	12	White
BROOKS, Mary Magdelene	BOHANNON, Claude Eugene		1/14/1965	V	526	White
BROOKS, Mattie	WYATT, James	11/18/1894	A-	66	Black
BROOKS, Mattie L.	COWN, Sam Mark	1/28/1915	L	301	White
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BROOKS, May Jo	BROOKS, Charles P.	2/8/1969	W	410	White
BROOKS, Mollie	SPAKE, T. M.	9/7/1902	I	432	White
BROOKS, Myrlene	CLEMENTS, Richard	5/4/1973	X	399	White
BROOKS, Myrtice Eloise	CARTER, Wilbert Edward		2/20 /1965	F-	373	Black
BROOKS, Nellie	ROSS, Perry	12/26/1903	A-	445	Black
BROOKS, Nellie May	REESE, Earl	0/0/1900	C-	307	Black
BROOKS, Octovia	WHITE, J. R.	12/26/1888	G	174	White
BROOKS, Ola	BASSETT, Daniel	O/OO/1800	G	175	Black
BROOKS, Ollie Mae	WARD, Oscar	3/14/1925	0	39	White
BROOKS, Patricia Elaine	TODD, Gary Glenn		7/14/1962	V	270	White
BROOKS, Patsy Elaine	LOVVORN, Larry Douglas	12/21/1963	V	424	White
BROOKS, Pearl	WALLIS, Rellie	1/15/1922	N	170	White
BROOKS, Phylus Carol	REID, Marlin Lee	5/8/1966	W	87	White
BROOKS, Renie	DEWBERRY, Alex.	10/18/1925	0	88	White
BROOKS, Rosa E.	HAMRICK, G. A.	4/29/1894	H	209	White
BROOKS, Ruth Temme	POULK, Robert Mark	1/9/1975	Y	99	White
BROOKS, Sarah	AVERY, Joe	3/26/1882	E	450	Black
BROOKS, Susan	REID, Isham	3/14/1884	F	219	Black
BROOKS, Teresa Ann	REDDENBERRY, Daniel A.	6/7/1969	W	445	White
BROOKS, Viola	KILGORE, Moses	12/25/1884	F	312	Black
BROOKS, Vivian Alice	VINES, James Duma	8/4/1945	S	100	White
BROOKS, Willie	YATES, Wm. W.	9/5/1897	H	584	White
GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA DEEDS
						DATES
GRANTOR	GRANTEE	INST.	BOOK-PAGE	WRITTEN	RECORDED
PIKE, Stephen	BROOKS, Bowling S.		C-32	5/2/1837	11/29/1837
ROGERS, Julius M.	BROOKS, John		H-355	2/8/1848	3/4/1848
COX, Peter*	BROOKS, John		H-355	1/10/1848	3/4/1848
CHUNN, Amos, Jr.	BROOKS, George		J-457	1/29/1850	7/1/1850
BROOKS, Jordan C.	BAILEY, Isaac		D-30	9/4/1837	8/24/1838
BROOKS, William	HOLLAND, Fain	(by Sh)	F-326		9/5/18438/26/1844
BROOKS, David	MARTIN, Samuel B.		H-187	1/2/1847	6/16/1847
BROOKS, Robert	MAHONME, James M.		K-35	6/3/1851	9/1/1851
BROOKS, John	GIPSON, John		K-255	9/29/1852	11/1/1852

 

*This Deed Not Found in Index.
 

NOTES:    1. Deed Book L has Grantor Index only.
                  2. Deed Books L (1853-1856) and R (1888-1890) have no index.

Born 2 Feb 1831. Married Nathaniel Norman BROOKE, son of John Prescott BROOKE and Hester BENNETT. Died 30 Ju1y 1897 and is buried at Sixes Methodist Church Cemetery in Cherokee Co., GA.
 

BROOKE ANCESTRY

The surname "BROOKE" is derived from the English names of BROOKS and BROOKE. One of the medevial forms was ATTENBROOK, later pluralized to BROOKS and BROOKE. BROOKER and BROOKMAN are variations of the same name, signifying, "residence near a stream" .

John BROOKE, father of John Prescott BROOKE, was born in Ireland and had four children when he and his wife, Mary PRESCOTT, left there. These were James, Mary, Nancy, and Margaret. The youngest, John Prescott BROOKE, was born on the ship "Volunteer" coming over. Evidently, John BROOKE was fleeing from Ireland that he might enjoy the liberty of conscience that was forbidden him by the High Church of England. He landed in Charleston, South Carolina, and settled in Pickens County, South Carolina. He afterward moved to Tennessee and settled at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains. He remained there two or three years, but moved back to South Carolina, from there to Georgia, and settled in Hall County, GA. He died there and was buried at a Presbyterian Church.

John BROOKE was married twice. His second wife was named LONG. They had one child, Margery, she married Mark BENNETT, a brother to Hester (also spelled Ester on some records) BENNETT, who later married John Prescott BROOKE.

James, the eldest son of John BROOKE, moved to Mississippi sometime between 1825 and 1830. He had several children, Thomas, the eldest, a Baptist minister and three daughters, Mary, Nancy and Margaret.
 

(Taken from items compiled by Annie Brooke PETRAY and M. Callie BROOKE, Oakland, California, 1945.)
 

JOHN PRESCOTT (SEABORN) BROOKE (1795-1880)

JOHN PRESCOTT BROOKE was born on the Atlantic Ocean on the ship "Volunteer" while his parents were sailing from Ireland to America. He married Hester BENNETT from South Carolina in 1812. He moved from South Carolina to Hall County, Georgia then to Cherokee County, Georgia. He served twice in the state legislature from Hall County and was a Militia Colonel and an Inspector-General for Hall, Habersham and Rabun Counties in Georgia.

After winning political distinction in Hall County, GA he settled his family in Cherokee County, GA, and helped to found Canton, GA. He was appointed to and served as a Grand Juror for the first term of Superior Court in Cherokee County on March 26, 1832. He served as Cherokee County's first sheriff after it was cut off from the original and was commissioned on March 20, 1833. He was a member of the state legislature from Cherokee County in 1842. *

* (Taken from THE HISTORY OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, Lloyd G. MARLIN, c. 1932, and THE HISTORY OF FORSYTH COUNTY, Don L. SHADBURN, c. 1981.)
 

Children of George Gale BROOKE and Helen Kirkbride HARBERT

(1) Helen Kirkbride HARBERT, b. 10/9/1871; m. George Gale BROOKE, of
Radnor, PA, 9/28/1891; she died 3/20/1902, leaving four children:

1) Helen Harbert BROOKE, b. 10/9/1892.

2) Lewis Trimble BROOKE, b. 3/24/1896.

3) Constance Gale BROOKE, b. 12/5/1897.

4) George Gale BROOKE, Jr., b. 3/20/1899.
 
 

Children of Bowyer BROOKE and Lydia SHINN
 

Lydia SHINN, eighth child of Restore and Mary (BIDDLE) SHINN, b. 9/20/1773; m. Bowyer, son of Bowyer and Hannah BROOKS, 7/17/1794. She was disowned at Mt. Holly for violating discipline in marriage. There is no record of her death, nor of the births of her children. Rebecca, in her will, named two nieces - Hannah and Mary BROOKE. (The spelling changed in ten years from BROOKS to BROOKE.) Lavina, twenty years later, names nephews John and Restore Shinn BROOKS, niece Lydia BROOKE, and great-niece Mary STREBENT, but omits Hannah.
 

(1) Hannah BROOKE; ob. sine proli.

(2) Mary BROOKE. b. 1797; m. ---STREBENT.

(3) John BROOKE.

(4) Restore Shinn BROOKE

(5) Lydia BROOKE.
 

*This is the inscription carved on the tombstone of John P. and Hester BROOKE. The stationery was in the possession of Margaret PETZEL, a descendant of Thos. Jefferson BROOKE, John Prescott BROOKE's son.
 

Extracted from: THE HISTORY OF THE SHINN FAMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, by Josiah H. SHINN, A. M., The Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company

FROM: Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Ashville, NC Newspapers, 1840
- 1870 Robert M. TOPKINS, 1977.

Humphrey P. BROOKS m. Edith L. Ellege, both of Buncombe Co., 20 Nov. 1854 (A.N., 30 Nov 1854)

John A. BROOKS m. M. L. WEAVER, both of Buncombe Co., 07 Mar 1858 (A. N., 11 Mar 1858)
 

FROM: Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe Co., N.C., Vol. I, Carolyn C. ASLAND & Billie C. LEDBETTER, 1984.
Jarrett Cemetery, Hways 19-23

Sarah BROOKS, d. of _______ & E. BROOKS, b. 27 Jul 1844, d. June 1860

Benjamin BROOKS, d. 27 Feb 1877, b. ca 1801

Sardis Cemetery, Sardis Road

Samuel BROOKS, b. 06 June 1847, d. 22 Apr 1919

Annie BROOKS, b. 25 Oct 1844, d. 25 Dec. 1920

Mack T. BROOKS, b. 22 Jan 1869, d. 22 Feb 1933
 

Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, Montevisto Rd., Candlen, N. C.

D. V. BROOKS, b. 04 Dec 1845, d. 03 Apr 1928
Hice Hill Cemetery, Pole Creek Rd., Montevisto Road
Nancy J. Reed BROOKS, w/o John D. BROOKS, b. 25 Aug 1864, d. 18 Feb 1941
Emma Grove Cemetery, Highway 74 S.W.
Marcia Elaine BROOKS, b. 27 Mar 1950, d. 26 Aug 1951
Inanda Baptist Church
Samuel B. BROOKS, b. 30 Aug 1904, d. 04 Jan 1964
Evie M. BROOKS, b. 07 May 1916
Azalea Methodist Church
Charles Harvey BROOKS, b. 08 Aug 1929, d. 14 Dec 1950, NC CPL TC WWII, Korea

Bent Creek Baptist Church
 

 
Kenneth J. BROOKS, d. 31 Oct 1961
Hester BROOKS BRlGMAN, b. 15 Aug 1874, d. 09 Mar 1960
Nannie M. BROOKS, b. 08 May 1870, d. 23 Oct 1940
Emma F. BROOKS, b. 31 Oct 1876, d. 13 pr 1966
David D. BROOKS, b. 13 Aug 1876, d. 02 May 1960
Nora L. BROOKS, b. 1893, d. 1950
Paul L. BROOKS, b. 30 Sep 1912, d. 06 Mar 1960, NC Pvt 9136 Tech SVC Unit WWII
Jack Ashley BROOKS, b. 18 June 1917, d. 30 June 1954
Mande F. BROOKS, b. 1890
Ottis H. BROOKS, b. 1884, d. 1954
Infant d/o Ottis & Mande BROOKS, d. 1929
Infant d/o Ottis & Mande BROOKS, d. 1928
Ossie V. BROOKS, b. 16 Mar 1881, d. 21 Oct 1883
Susan Young BROOKS, w/o R. S. BROOKS, b. 11 Jan 1860, d. 02 Nov 1887
R. S. BROOKS, b. 02 June 1855, d. 14 June 1923
Emma Lance BROOKS, b. 08 Jan. 1859, d. 30 Dec 1930
Juanita V. BROOKS, b. 21 Feb 1897, d. 23 Sept 1957
Clarence H. BROOKS, b. 16 Oct 1894, d. 07 Feb 1962
Edward R. BROOKS, b. 16 Feb 1901, d. 18 Mar 1967
Murphy M. BROOKS, b. 08 May 1892, d. 27 Jan 1973
 

Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Gary Lee BROOKS, b. 17 Aug 1958, d. 19 Oct 1960
 

VOLUME VII, No. 3 November 1986 Page 75
 
 

DEED BOOK

& PAGE GRANTOR GRANTEE DESCRIPTION DATE
 

B 43 John WEAVER Nancy BROOKS Fifty acres on French Broad River 14 April 1808

C 147 Andrew BROOKS Jacob PLOWMAN One hundred acres on Cooper' s Creek 15 Nov 1810

H 160 County John BROOKS One hundred acres S. Fork Homing River 27 Feb 1813

H 186 County John BROOKS S. Fork of Homing Creek, 140 acres 1813

11 464 Wm. MENSY, John ABEL John BROOKS Pole Creek, 100 A. lot and 143 A. lot Jan 1818

12 320 William FLACK William BROOKS Green River, 50 acres Nov 1818

12 345 James JUSTUS William BROOKS Green River, 100 acres for $100. Jan 1819

14 62 William BROOKS William JUSTUS Green River, 100 acres for $100 29 Mar 1822

16 240 Samuel COLE Samuel BROOKS Newfound Creek and French Broad River 21 Jul 1829

150 acres, witnesses: Benjamin DAVIS

and John BROOKS.

16 246 Samuel COLE Samuel BROOKS Probably on French Broad River 100 07 Oct 1829

acres, witnesses: Joshua RODGERS and

John FRISLY

16 247 Sheriff's sale Samuel BROOKS Pole Creek and Hominy Creek, 14 acres 12 Oct 1830

20 241 George BROOKS William ELIDGE Pole Creek, nmo acreage given 08 Oct 1836

21 346 Jerimiah ROGERS Jonn BROOKS Newfound Creek, no acreage given 04 Feb 1839

Witnesses: Abjah BROOKS, Wm. BROOKS

21 352 Samuel BROOKS Benjamin DAVIS Homing Creek 21 Mar 1838

21 404 Wm. JUDGES Samuel BROOKS West Side French Broad River 26 Oct 1835

21 540 Edward DUDLEY Samuel BROOKS Newfound Creek 20 Dec 1839

Wm. JUDGES Samuel BROOKS Newfound Creek, witness: Elijah BROOKS 19 Aug 1839

21 559-60 Wm. JUDGES Samuel BROOKS Newfound Creek 29 Jan 1840
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

VOLUME VII, No. 3 November 1986 Page 76
 
 

DEED BOOK

& PAGE GRANTOR GRANTEE DESCRIPTION DATE

22 532 Samuel BROOKS, George, John, North of Big Hominy, North of Pole 10 Aug 1843

Estate Samuel, William Creek, estate divided among living

Elija BROOKS, children. Will dated 31 Dec. 1840

Elizabeth CLARK &

Sarah GATES

22 541 Samuel BROOKS Elizabeth BROOKS Newfound Creek, 260 acres 14 Aug 1843

CLARK

22 543 Samuel BROOKS Sarah Brooks GATES Newfound Creek O5 Nov 1843

22 543 George BROOKS Peter GATES & wife Newfound Creek 05 Nov 1843

Sarah

22 202 William ELIGE Nancy BROOKS Pole Creek 06 Feb 1841

23 338 Nancy BROOKS and "Big" Creek 1840

George SHEPHERD of Henderson Co.

24 171 County, Sh. Sale of James BROOKS, Newfound Creek 18 Sep 1846

Thomas and Benjamin et al

RATCLIFF property

25 516 Nancy BROOKS John BROOKS Pole Creek, 225 acres given to son, 1858

witness: Charles BROOKS, Samuel

JUDGES

25 693 Nancy BROOKS David BROOKS Pole Creek, 50 acres and 40 acres lots 06 Aug 1856

given to son, witness: Jehu BROOKS

27 30 William BROOKS Newfound Creek, two tracts 07 Apr 1846
 
 

336-336
 

Precinct 2
44-48
 

BROOKS' IN TEXAS (Continued)
 

209-218
 

BARNES Need any/all data on Hannah BROOKS, wife of W. BARNES, who had
BROOKS Elijah, b. 1797 in Vermont. Where in VT was he born?
-----C01. Harold DOUD, 1306 E. Union Ave., Fullerton, CA 91631 VII,3,1

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BROOKS Leah BROOKS, b. 26 Feb 1747 probably in Brunswick Co., Virginia d.,

KYLE 28 Feb 1856 in Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tenn. Leah was maried in 1774 in Brunswick Co., VA to Robert KYLE (father Rot. KYLE of Old Albemarle, VA) both father and son were born in Tyrone Co., Ireland. Leah had two (2) known brothers. Castleton, d. 1774 in Hawkins Co., TN (land in Washington Co.) and Littleton BROOKS of Hawkins Co. Some family records have Leah's father's name as Thomas BROOKS, but I have no data to prove that. There ws at least one Thomas BROOKS, also in Hawkins Co., b. 1760 but I know of no relationship (whether a brother, cousin, etc.). George BROOKS was mentioned with Littleton (Leah's brother) in an article in 178?. In 1788-1800 Ebenezer, George, John, Moses Thomas, William and Anthony BROOKS also mentioned in deed along with Castleton (Cash) and Littleton BROOKS. Leah BROOKS my ancestor is mentioned with her husband Robert KYLE in several deeds and documents, including his will dated 1820. Leah is buried next to husband in the KYLE Cemetery on Walnut Hill in Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tenn. For years I've searched for clues as to her family. Can anyone provide any assistance?

-----April Kyle BLADH, 11033 Trudie Ave., Whittier, CA 90604 VII, 3,2

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ALDERMAN     I am the daughter of Aaron BROOKS' son of Joseph Sebron Silas
ARRINGTON     BROOKS. Joseph was the son of Sebron and Rebecca ALDERMAN
ARRINTON       BROOKS. Joseph was married three times. First to Lena ARRITON
BROOK              (ARRINGTON), 2nd to Martha GATES and third to Sarah Drucilla
GATES               SKAINS. My dad never found his brothers and sisters by Lena and
SKAINS             Martha; Charles, Joseph Sebron, George B., James W., Mary F. and
                            Nettie R.. I believe they were somewhere in Alabama or
                            Mississippi. Joseph went to MS searching for them in the early 1900's. I would appreciate hearing from any decendants of these people. One of my dad's brothers is still  living  and  he has tried to find them. Sebron and Rebecca were in GA. and they had Mary, Joseph, Matilda and Jobyah BROOKS.

-----Syble Brooks LOCKLING, Rt. 4, Box 253 B-2, Crossett, AR 71635 VII, 3,3

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BROOKS John BROOKS reported to have moved from West Point to Warren Co.,

OLLER KY ca 1850. The only BROOKS in 1850 Warren Co. Census is

Thomas. See John Earl BROOKS family group sheet this issue for spouse and children. John BROOKS was father of John Earl who was father of Jessie June BROOKS OLLER, my grandmother. Any information on this line of the BROOKS family will be greatly appreciated.

-----June B. HUSE, 19054 Victory Blvd., Reseda, CA 91335 VII, 3,6

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BROOKS Who were the parents of Heustice "Hugh" BROOKS? Heustice was b.

MEEK 8 Oct 1832, Cahaba, AL; married 13 Oct 1859 to Rachel MEEK, probably in Hood Co., TX; died 27 Dec 1883; buried in the Brooks Family Cemetery, Hood Co., TX along with his wife, father- in-law John MEEK, and several children. Hood Co., TX 1880 census indicates Heustice's father was born in TN and his mother in AL. The census also lists a Jessie BROOKS, born in TN and his mother in AL, the same as for Heustice. The Rock Church Cemetery, not far from the Brooks Family Cemetery, has J. V. BROOKS, 30 Sep 1837 - 15 May 1915; and Nancy J. BROOKS, wife of J. V. BROOKS, 13 Apr 1844 - 28 Apr 1912. Both cemeteries contain members of the MEEK family. Are Heustice and Jessie V. BROOKS brothers?

(See family group sheet, this issue.) VII, 3,4

-----Jeffrey P. BROOKS, 6717 Fair Meadows Dr., N. Richiand Hills, TX 76180

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BROOKS Who were the parents of William Henry BROOKS, b. TN, m. Mary J.

SHROPSHIRE SHRORSHIRE (?) 10 Aug 1865, Hawkins Co., TN? William Henry d. 23

WOODS Dec 1889, Hawkins Co., TN. One of their sons was Charles William

BROOKS, b. 1873 (?), TN, m. Ida Mae WOODS, 19 Oct 1893 in Hamblen Co., TN. Charles Williams is buried in Yellow Creek Cemetery, Bell Co., KY. One of their children was Alma Roweena BROOKS, b. 03 May 1903, Hambien Co., TN, d. 27 Sep 1985, Loudon Co., TN.

Any information on any member of this family will be greatly appreciated.

-----Michael P. ALTMAN, 715 A Jackson, Oshkosh, WI 54901 VII,3,5

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BROOKS My great-great-grandmother was Rachel BROOKS, b. ca 1813 in

CROSBY Scotland (?). She married Freeman CROSBY and a daughter Mary Brooks CROSBY was b. ca 1839 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, d. in 1916. Does anyone have additional information on any of this family?

-----Mrs. John G. TILLOTSON, 1311 Dana Dr., Dalton, GA 30720 VII, 3,7

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BROOKS Wish information on William BROOKS, apparent origin New york, b.

JAY 1815, d. 1897, married (where?) Mary Jane JAY, b. 1814, d. 1896.

SUNDERLAND Children: Phoebe Elizabeth, b. 1841 (where?); James, b. 1844; Nancy, b. 1842; Jane, b. 1847; Rebecca, b. 1850; William E., b. 1852; Margaret, b. 1854. Family in New York City 1850 census but moved to Kane Co., IL about 1854-55. Phoebe Elizabeth (my great grandmother) did not accompany family. Need Phoebe's marriages; one child born 1866, one child born Newark, NJ, my grandmother born "New York". Need marriage dates; first, if there was one, and second to George Washington SUNDERLAND. First child born to this union in Newark 1873.

-----Irene HARDIN, 213 S. Owen St., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056 VII,3,8

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EDITOR'S NOTE: A total of twelve family goup sheets (Matthew & Mary BROOKS and their children) were submitted by Mr. Eldon A. ROGERS. I have included in this issue all the possible direct family lines of Mr. ROGERS and will include the remainder in the next issue. I also included the Larkin BROOKS FGS in this issue because I know other members have connections to him.
 

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