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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-395dan Brooks (9.1) would suggest that Jordan Brooks (9.1) resided in PutnamCounty, Georgia from 1817 to 1831. However, source documents imply thatJordan Brooks was still living in Morgan County, Georgia in 1819 and JonesCounty, Georgia in 1820. There are several documents that indicate the author’sdirect ancestor, Jordan Brooks (2), resided in Putnam County, Georgia. A 1940sBrooks Family manuscript by Myrtle (Lackey) Ashley indicates that JordanBrooks (2) moved to Putnam County, Georgia in 1808. This is very possible asit is known that the last document found for Jordan Brooks (2) in EdgefieldCounty, South Carolina was January 10, 1807 where Jordan and Mary Brookssold land there. The earliest known document of Jordan Brooks (2) in PutnamCounty, Georgia was where he served on a Petit Jury in March of 1809. OnSeptember 10, 1810, Jordan Brooks (2) married a second time to Mary Jacksonin Putnam County, Georgia. On May 1, 1811, Jordan Brooks sold land inPutnam County, Georgia “except (for) twelve feet square in the Garden, containingthe grave of the late Mrs. Jordan Brooks.” There is no doubt that the 1810and 1811 documents refer to the author’s ancestor, Jordan Brooks (2), and the1809 reference is most likely to be the author’s ancestor as well. Sarah Brooks,daughter of Jordan Brooks (2), married Joel Jackson on March 24, 1808 inPutnam County, Georgia. Isham Brooks, son of Jordan Brooks (2), marriedLezina Jordan on October 3, 1811 in Putnam County, Georgia. Robert Brooks,son of Jordan Brooks (2), married Frances Baugh on December 31, 1811 inPutnam County, Georgia. Over ten relatives of Jordan Brooks (2) have been locatedin census records of Putnam County, Georgia. It is very likely that JordanBrooks (9.1) may have never resided in Putnam County, Georgia and that his descendantsfound this author’s ancestor, Jordan Brooks (2), and mistaken him fortheir ancestor.The 2003 web site by Keith A. Selke indicates all of the children of JordanBrooks (9.1) were born in Upson County, Georgia from 1817 through 1840.This web site also indicates that Jordan Brooks died before 1850 in UpsonCounty, Georgia. The events presented in the web site indicate that JordanBrooks (9.1) resided in Upson County, Georgia from 1817 until his death in the1840s. Robert Brooks, son of Jordan Brooks (9.1), married Elizabeth Head onMarch 12, 1837 in Upson County, Georgia. Phebe Ann Brooks, daughter of JordanBrooks (9.1), married Isham “Moon” on March 2, 1839 in Upson County,Georgia. In 1845, Robert P. Brooks, son of Jordan Brooks (9.1), sold land inUpson County, Georgia while residing in Chambers County, Alabama. Thiscould be land that Robert P. Brooks, the oldest son of Jordan Brooks (9.1), wasselling from the estate of his father. Again, it is known that the author’s directancestor, Jordan Brooks (2), resided in Upson County, Georgia during thistimeframe. The 1830 census of Upson County, Georgia enumerates JordanBrooks (2) and shows his birthdate as between 1760 and 1770. On December30, 1830, Jordan Brooks (2) purchased 202 1/2 acres of land located in UpsonCounty, Georgia from Henry Sims of Walton County, Georgia. On July 7, 1833,Jordan Brooks (2) sold land in Upson County, Georgia to his son, WilliamsonBrooks (3), both direct ancestors of the authors. It is believed that all three ofthese events refer to the author’s direct ancestor, Jordan Brooks (2). By 1830,the land being sold by Henry Sims could be either Jordan Brooks, however, the1830 census record and 1833 deed are almost certainly Jordan Brooks (2), this