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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-43ROBERT ROSE BROOKS (1.2) is the son of Robert Brooks, Sr. and BramblyBrooks. Although Robert Rose Brooks was not mentioned in his father’s will, itis certain that he was a son of Robert Brooks, Sr. In 1780, Robert Brooks gaveconsent for his son, Robert Rose Brooks, to marry Mary Parham. Other thanRobert Rose Brooks, there was only one other Robert Brooks living inMecklenburg County, Virginia at the time, Robert Brooks, Sr. Also, a secondRobert Brooks was living in the same household of Robert Brooks, Sr. in the1783 Personal Property Tax List of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Accordingto Revolutionary War Pension Application of Robert Rose Brooks, Robert wasborn on June 3, 1762 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Robert’s middle name“Rose” is shown on his marriage consent certificate dated November 20, 1780.Robert Rose Brooks (or Robert Brooks, Jr.) had three nephews named Robertwhich makes it difficult to distinguish the various family members apart. However,it is fortunate that Robert Rose Brooks gave a detailed account of hisplaces of residence in his pension application for Revolutionary War service.In 1780, Robert Rose Brooks married Mary Parham in Mecklenburg County,Virginia. His certificate of consent to marry was signed by his father, RobertBrooks, Sr. and was dated November 20, 1780. According to John Jones’ book,Robert Rose Brooks (Robert W. Brooks) “left seven sons by his first wife.” In1936, a grandson of Robert Rose Brooks stated that his grandfather was marriedthree times, “his first wife had about eight or ten (children), mostly boys.” RobertRose Brooks not only appeared in the 1783 Personal Property Tax List ofMecklenburg County, Virginia but also appeared in at least the 1785 PersonalProperty Tax List. Robert Rose Brooks does not appear any other years whichdo include his father, Robert Brooks, Sr.Robert Rose Brooks served in the Revolutionary War and later received a pensionfor his service. His pension application states that he “entered service ofthe United States on the 10th day of January 1780 and rendezvoused at HenryDeloney’s stand in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on that day. That he belongedto Capt. Asa Oliver’s Company in Maj. Bines Jones battalion who was fromBrunswick County and in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Fleming, Ithink from Chesterfield and attached to Genl. Mecklenburg’s Brigade. Hemarched from the place of rendezvous to Petersburg, Vir., from thence our Regimentwas marched to Cabin Point, from which place, I with some others was detachedas a guard and went on a vessel stationed at Sandy Point on James Riverfrom which vessel we were called off some time in March and our Regimentwas sent to stop the incursions of Arnold the Traitor who had stationed himselfin Portsmouth, Vir. We had a skirmish with some of his party and took sevenprisoners. While in the performance of this service, our time expired and I withthe company was regularly discharged on the 10th April, 1781, making a threemonth tour.” The pension application continues with much more of the servicerecord of Robert Rose Brooks.According to Robert Rose Brooks’ pension application, he moved to EdgefieldCounty, South Carolina in January of 1800. On February 5, 1787, a RobertBrooks was granted 204 acres in the Ninety-sixth District of South Carolina.The 1790 census of Edgefield County, South Carolina enumerates a RobertBrooks with one male (greater than sixteen), three males (under age sixteen),