BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-398 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIES(Cockram) Brooks. On March 3, 1839, Phoebe Ann Brooks married IshamMoore or Moon in Upson County, Georgia. The family group sheet sent byWoody Brooks indicate that Sarah Brooks married Asa J. Williamson. The familygroup sheet sent by Woody Brooks indicate that Thomas J. Brooks married awoman named Mary E.. The family group sheet sent by Woody Brooks indicatethat Mary K. Brooks married Edwin S. Watson. The family group sheet sent byWoody Brooks indicate that Martha Brooks married Walter McCarthy. Thefamily group sheet sent by Woody Brooks indicate that Elizabeth Brooks marriedJames Clark. The family group sheet sent by Woody Brooks indicate thatPeggy Brooks died at the age of six months.References: 1) 1850 Census, Coffee County, Alabama - Robert P. Brooks, Elizabeth(Cockram) Brooks, Jordan Brooks (Jr.), Mathew Brooks; 2) Query, by Marion B.Brunson, “The Brooks Family Bulletin,” April, 1972; 3) Query, by Mrs. T. JackDorough, “The Brooks Family Query Exchange,” August, 1980; 4) Query, by KathleenEastridge, “The Brooks Family Query Exchange,” November, 1980; 5) Early BrooksMarriages of Georgia, “The Brooks Family Query Exchange,” February, 1982 (mostmarriages with dates); 6) Letter, Claire C. Dorough to Woody Brooks, November, 1998(deed, Robert P. Brooks, 1845, Chambers County, Alabama - selling land in UpsonCounty, Georgia, guardianship papers for minor of Jordan Brooks, 1851, estate papers ofElizabeth (Cockram) Brooks, 1861; 7) Family Descendant Sheet of Robert Brooks - includesJordan Brooks (sent by Woody Brooks), March, 2003; 8) Family Group Sheet ofJordan Brooks (sent by Woody Brooks), March, 2003; 9) Web Site, Sketch of JordanBrooks, Keith A. Selke, February, 2003; 10) Web Site, Rootsweb, Morgan County, Georgia,February, 2003 (will, Benjamin Cockram, 1815, deed, Jordan Brooks, 1819); 11)Email, Jane B. Johnson to Robert Casey, March, 2003 (deed, 1827, Crawford County,Georgia)ROBERT PETER BROOKS (9.1.1) is the son of Jordan Brooks and Elizabeth(Cockram) Brooks. Robert was born on August 25, 1817 in Morgan County,Georgia. On March 12, 1837, Robert Brooks married Elizabeth Head in UpsonCounty, Georgia. According to Marion Brunson, Elizabeth was born on March12, 1820 in Putnam County, Georgia and is the daughter of John Head andNancy (Grey) Head. In another query by Marion Brunson stated that Elizabethwas the daughter of John Head and Nancy (Pearson) Head. In the 1972 query,Marion Brunson gives a detailed sketch of the family of Robert Peter Brooks.This sketch states that Robert and Elizabeth Brooks were the parents of elevenchildren:............Frances Ann “Frank” Brooks (9.1.1.1), b. March 10, 1840, Georgia............Peggie Brooks, b. 1843............Nancy Elizabeth “Nan” Brooks (9.1.1.3), b. October 4, 1846, Georgia............John William Brooks, b. 1847, Alabama............Robert Plexton “Bob” Brooks, Jr. (9.1.1.5), b. July, 1850, Alabama............Catherine Elizabeth “Cat” Brooks (9.1.1.6), b. 1852, Alabama............Jordan Brooks (9.1.1.7), b. January 1, 1856, Alabama............Pocahantas “Poca” Brooks (9.1.1.8), b. October, 1857, Alabama............Missouri Brooks (9.1.1.9), b. 1859, Alabama............Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Brooks............Daughter, b. 1862, Alabama