BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-113............W. Wilkins Brooks, b. 1838, Georgia............Robert C. Brooks (2.3.1.2), b. 1839, Georgia............Isham R. Brooks (2.3.1.3) , b. August 29, 1843, Putnam County, Georgia............Amanda Vandalia Brooks (2.3.1.4), b. October 26, 1846, Putnam Co., Georgia............Alexander Sidney Brooks (2.3.1.5), b. May 14, 1847, Georgia............Martha E. Brooks (2.3.1.6), b. July, 1851, Georgia............Araminta Frances Brooks (2.3.1.7), b. May, 1854, Georgia............Adelaide Macon Brooks (2.3.1.8), b. May, 1860, GeorgiaJordan Brooks enlisted on July 12, 1861 as a private in the Confederate Army.He served in Company F, 37th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry originatingfrom Muscogee County, Georgia. Jordan was discharged for ill health onNovember 27, 1861. In 1867, Isham R. Brooks returned taxes for his mother indicatingthat Jordan Cruse Brooks died before then. Wilkins Brooks served inthe Civil War and died as a result of the war. Wilkins died of pneumonia in Columbus,Georgia on March 29, 1862. Jordan Cruse Brooks is buried in an unmarkedgrave in the Midway Church Cemetery in Muscogee County, Georgia.Caroline (Linch) Brooks died after 1880.References: 1) Will of Isham Brooks, 1851, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) “37,000 EarlyGeorgia Marriages,” by Joseph T. Maddox and Mary Carter; 3) 1850 Census, PutnamCounty, Georgia; 4) 1860 Census, Muscogee County, Georgia; 5) “Early Records ofPutnam County, Georgia, 1807 - 1860,” by E. F. Hull; 6) Letter, John Sheftall to RobertCasey, July 10, 1980; 7) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June12, 1980; 8) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July 27, 1981; 9) Letter,Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July 24, 1982ROBERT C. BROOKS (2.3.1.2) is the son of Jordan Cruse Brooks and Caroline(Linch) Brooks. Robert was born in 1839 in Georgia. On October 22, 1859,Robert Brooks married Sophia Evaline Phillips (born 1838 in Georgia) inMuscogee County, Georgia. In 1860, Robert and Evaline Brooks were livingnext to his father’s family in Muscogee County, Georgia. Robert and Evalinewere the parents of two children:............Mary Brooks, b. 1860, Georgia............Jefferson Brooks, b. 1862, GeorgiaMary “Mollie” Brooks married a Mr. Willet and they had one daughter: KateWillit. Robert C. Brooks died in the Civil War on August 2, 1863 at OldMarion, Mississippi. In 1870, Evaline (Phillips) Brooks was living with her twochildren in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.References: 1) 1860 Census, Muscogee County, Georgia; 2) 1870 Census,Chattahoochee County, Georgia; 3) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas,Jr., June 12, 1980