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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-2371860 to 1870, Mary (Perkins) Gates was living in Stewart County, Georgia.Mary (Perkins) Gates died in 1888 and was buried in the Providence Cemeteryin Stewart County, Georgia. According to “History of Stewart County, Georgia,”Volume 2, Margaret Ann Gates died in 1889 and was buried in the ProvidenceCemetery in Stewart County, Georgia. However, Anna Gates (bornNovember, 1849) was living with Foster Perkins (2.6.9.4) in Stewart County,Georgia in 1900.References: 1) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume1, Page 567; 2) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,” Volume 2, Pages 41 and142; 3) Letter, Virginia (Perkins) Webb to Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 27, 1976; 4)Family Group Sheet by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 10, 1981WILLIAMSON E. PERKINS (2.6.3) is the son of John Wright Perkins and Martha(Brooks) Perkins. Williamson was born on January 27, 1820 in Georgia. OnDecember 22, 1840, Williamson Perkins married Eliza Ann Holtzclaw in TalbotCounty, Georgia. Eliza was born on August 1, 1825 in Georgia and is thedaughter of Horrace Holtzclaw and Mariah Holtzclaw. In 1850, Williamson andEliza Perkins were living in Talbot County, Georgia and they were the parents ofat least three children:............Mariah Jane Perkins (2.6.3.1), b. November 25, 1841, Talbot County, Georgia............James Wright Perkins, b. 1843, Talbot County, Georgia............Susan (Martha) Perkins, b. 1845, Talbot County, GeorgiaWilliamson and Eliza Perkins had a son who died in young manhood. In 1860,Williamson and Eliza Perkins were living in Stewart County, Georgia. WilliamsonPerkins was a farmer. Williamson Perkins was killed in the Battle ofGriswoldville during the Civil War and was buried in the Providence Cemeteryin Stewart County, Georgia. Eliza (Holtzclaw) Perkins died on April 15, 1867and was also buried in the Providence Cemetery. A daughter of Williamson andEliza Perkins married a Mr. Fleming and they had one son, William Fleming,who married Maggie Kimble. On December 17, 1865, James Perkins marriedSarah W. Baker in Stewart County, Georgia. James Wright Perkins served inCompany E of the 31st Georgia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. BothJames and his wife applied for pensions while living in Walton County, Georgia.References: 1) 1850 Census, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) “History of Stewart County,Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Page 567; 3) “History of StewartCounty, Georgia,” Volume 2, Pages 87 and 397; 4) Family Group Sheet by Kenneth H.Thomas, Jr., August 10, 1981MARIAH JANE PERKINS (2.6.3.1) is the daughter of Williamson E. Perkinsand Eliza Ann (Holtzclaw) Perkins. Mariah was born on November 25, 1841 inTalbot County, Georgia. On October 27, 1860, Mariah Perkins married GeorgeW. Keith in Stewart County, Georgia and they were the parents of one son:............George W. Keith, Jr., b. May 22, 1862On March 28, 1865, Mariah (Perkins) Keith married Michael Theophilus Duskinin Stewart County, Georgia. Michael was born in 1840 in Georgia and is the