BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-112 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESISHAM BROOKS (2.3) is the son of Jordan Brooks and Mary (Cruse) Brooks.Isham was born in 1786 in Virginia. On October 3, 1811, Isham Brooks marriedLezina (Daniel) Jordan in Putnam County, Georgia. Lezina (Daniel) Jordan wasborn in 1788 in North Carolina and is the daughter of Nathan Daniel. Lezinamarried Levi Jordan in Hancock County, Georgia on December 26, 1805 andthey were the parents of two children: Wiley Jordan who died young and SallieJordan who married Robert Patrick. Levi Jordan died in 1809 and Lezina thenmarried Isham Brooks in 1811. From 1811 to 1840, Isham and Lezina Brookslived in Putnam County, Georgia. In 1850, Isham and Lezina Brooks were livingin Talbot County, Georgia. Isham and Lezina Brooks were the parents of sixchildren:............Jordan Cruse Brooks (2.3.1), b. 1812, Putnam County, Georgia............Joseph Daniel Brooks (2.3.2), b. May 21, 1814, Putnam County, Georgia............Isaac Turner Brooks (2.3.3), b. October 15, 1818, Putnam County, Georgia............William Franklin Brooks (2.3.4), b. 1820, Putnam County, Georgia............Robert Brooks (2.3.5), b. September 23, 1825, Putnam County, Georgia............Alexander Sidney Brooks (2.3.6), b. 1828, Putnam County, GeorgiaIsham Brooks died on August 23, 1852 in Talbotton, Georgia. Isham’s obituaryin the “Columbus Enquirer” states the following: “As an instructor of youth, apursuit to which our deceased brother gave many years of his useful life, he accomplishedmuch good. He was attentive, laborious, faithful and competent, andit was his pleasure as it was his pride to have given direction to the early studiesand mental training of some of the most distinguished men in Georgia.” In1860, Lezina (Daniel) Brooks was living with her son, Joseph Brooks, in TalbotCounty, Georgia. In 1870, Lezina (Daniel) Brooks lived in Talbot County,Georgia and died there at her grandson’s, Alfred Patrick, on May 20, 1873.References: 1) Marriage License, Levi Jordan to Lezina Daniel, Hancock County, Georgia,(License is located in Clarke County, Georgia records); 2) Court Minutes, Estate ofLevi Jordan, Putnam County, Georgia, Book A, Page 21, July 22, 1809; 3) 1820, 1830and 1840 Censuses, Putnam County, Georgia; 4) 1850 and 1860 Censuses, TalbotCounty, Georgia; 5) Will of Isham Brooks, 1851, Talbot County, Georgia; 6) Obituary,Isham Brooks, “Columbus Enquirer,” Page 3, September 14, 1852; 7) Obituary, Mrs.Lazina Brooks, “The Southern Christian Advocate,” Volume 33, Page 132, August 20,1873; 8) “Brooks Family History,” by Myrtle (Lackey) Ashley, 1944; 9) “Brooks andKindred Families,” by Ida (Brooks) Kellam, 1950, Page 70; 10) Letter, John Sheftall toRobert Casey, July 10, 1980Home of Isham BrooksJORDAN CRUSE BROOKS (2.3.1) is the son of Isham Brooks and Lezina(Daniel) Brooks. Jordan was born in 1812 in Putnam County, Georgia. On December18, 1832, Jordan Brooks married Caroline Linch in Putnam County,Georgia. Caroline was born in 1814 and was the daughter of Lewis Henry Linchand Amy (Mosely) Linch. In 1850, Jordan and Caroline Brooks were living inPutnam County, Georgia. In 1860, they were living in Muscogee County, Georgia.Jordan and Caroline Brooks were the parents of at least eight children: