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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-61References: 1) “Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia,” Volume II, compiledby Katherine B. Elliot, 1966, Pages 22, 24 and 25; 2) Marriage Bond, FrederickJones and Nelly Brooks, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, October 16, 1787; 3) Deed,Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Robert Brooks to Frederick Jones, Volume 8, Page 394,March 18, 1794; 4) Personal Property Tax Lists, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 1782 -1812; 5) Will of Robert Brooks, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book 5, Pages 354and 355, dated 1804, recorded 1806; 6) Inventory and Appraisement of FrederickJones, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book, 8, Pages 406 and 407, returned, February,1818; 7) Will of William Jones (father of Frederick Jones), Mecklenburg County,Virginia, Will Book, 8, Pages 406 - 408, proven, February, 1818; 8) Will of EleanorJones (wife of Frederick Jones), Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book, 19, Page 312,proven, April, 1858; 9) Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November,1997; 10) Ancestral File, extracted November, 1999TEMPERANCE JONES (1.4.3) is the son of Frederick Jones and Penelope(Brooks) Jones. Temperance was born in 1798 in Virginia. On January 22,1817, Temperance Jones married John Burton in Warren County, NorthCarolina. John and Temperance Burton were the parents of four children:............Frederick Burton............Jane Burton............Richard D. Burton............Massenburg BurtonJane Burton married Robert Burton.References: 1) World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky; 2)Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997WILEY GREEN JONES (1.4.4) is the son of Frederick Jones and Penelope(Brooks) Jones. Wiley was born in 1800 in Virginia. On December 14, 1818,Wiley Jones married Martha W. Johnson. On December 20, 1820, Wiley Jonesmarried a second time to Sally Ogburn. Around 1828, Wiley Jones married athird time to Rhoda Brewer (born 1810 in Virginia). Wiley and Rhoda Joneswere the parents of six children:............Benjamin Wiley Jones (1.4.4.1), b. February 11, 1829, Virginia............Nathaniel T. Jones (1.4.4.2), b. 1830, Virginia............Henry Jones, b. 1831, Virginia............Green W. Jones (1.4.4.4), b. 1833, Virginia............Frederick L. Jones (1.4.4.5), b. 1836, Virginia............Edmund Shell Jones (1.4.4.6), b. February 13, 1840, VirginiaIn 1850, Wiley and Rhoda Jones were living in Meckleburg County, Virginia.Rhoda (Brewer) Jones died on September 14, 1887 in Greensville County, Virginia.References: 1) 1850 Census, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; 2) World Family Tree,Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky; 3) Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent byBeverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997