BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-14 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESOn March 5, 1790, Robert and Abigail Brooks sold 100 acres of land to JamesLambert for 40 pounds. On March 18, 1794, Robert and Abigail Brooks gaveFrederick Jones 150 acres on Great Creek. Also on March 18, 1794, Robert andAbigail Brooks gave 150 acres to David Thomas Wynn on Great Creek. Thiswas probably Robert’s son-in-law, David Thomas. On December 20, 1797,Robert Brooks gave 283 acres to John and Elizabeth Epps.Robert Brooks first married a woman whose first name was Brambly. On a deeddated May 18, 1779, Robert Brooks and Brambly Brooks, his wife, ofMecklenburg County sold 100 acres on the lower side of Little Creek (a branchof Poplar Creek) to Thomas Harrison of Brunswick County for 100 pounds.This deed was recorded on November 22, 1779 in Book 13, Page 408 in theBrunswick County deed book. At that time, there was only one Robert Brooksliving in Mecklenburg County. Brambly Brooks apparently died in the 1780’s.Robert Brooks married a second time to woman whose first name was Abigail.In 1790, Robert and Abigail Brooks gave two tracts of land to Robert’sson-in-laws. Abigail is listed as Robert’s wife in his will signed in 1804. The1782 census shows Abigail Ellis living near Robert Brooks. This is the sameAbigail Ellis who was made administrator of the estate of James Ellis, verylikely Abigail’s late husband. Because of the estimated birthdates of Robert’schildren, it very unlikely that Abigail was the mother of any of Robert’s childrenand Brambly was probably the mother of all of Robert’s children.The will of Robert Brooks, Sr. lists only nine of his children. The 1783 PersonalProperty Tax List indicate that Robert had at least two more sons: RobertBrooks and Jordan Brooks. Both were listed in the same household with RobertBrooks, Sr. In 1780, Robert Brooks, Sr. gave consent for his son, Robert RoseBrooks, to marry Mary Parham. Both Robert Rose Brooks and Jordan Brooksmigrated to Edgefield County, South Carolina and later to Georgia. Many oftheir sisters and nephews followed in the same migration pattern. Daniel andLucy Baugh witnessed many of Jordan’s deeds and Jordan also signed the marriagebond for his sister, Penelope. The reason that Robert and Jordan wereomitted from their father’s may never be discovered. It was probably becausethey were the first to move away from Virginia to Edgefield County, SouthCarolina. Lucy (Brooks) Baugh moved much earlier to Edgefield County andwhile others received one-eighth share, she only received the token amount of$2.00. Robert Brooks, Sr. gave his son-in-law, Daniel Baugh, 25,000 pounds oftobacco for 375 acres of land only two years after Daniel married Robert’sdaughter, Lucy. This sizable amount of tobacco could have been consideredLucy’s share of Robert Brooks’ estate and Robert could have felt that she had alreadyreceived her fair share.It is almost certain that Robert Brooks, Sr. was patriot during the RevolutionaryWar. On May 14, 1782, Robert Brooks gave for “Continental Use” 675 cwt ofBeef, 56 diets and 34 diets. Robert Brooks also signed Legislative PetitionNumber 392, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, dated May 14, 1777. This documentstates: “Wherefore, your Petitioners pray that all natives of Great Britain,who have not uniformly shown their friendly disposition to the American cause,may be compelled to leave the State, and that some more severe punishmentmay be inflicted upon those who depreciate the paper currency of the United