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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-267ALLEN BROOKS (2.9) is the son of Jordan Brooks (2) and Mary (Cruse)Brooks. Allen was born in 1802 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. On December23, 1824, Allen Brooks married Mariah Bullock in Wilkinson County,Georgia. Mariah was born in 1810 and is the daughter of Batson Bullock andComfort (Turner) Bullock. Batson’s father, Daniel Bullock, was a veteran of theRevolutionary War. From 1830 to 1840, Allen and Mariah Brooks lived in TalbotCounty, Georgia. In 1850, they were living in Marion County, Georgia. Allenand Mariah Brooks were the parents of fourteen children:............Abner J. Brooks, b. December 10, 1825, Georgia............Uriah J. Brooks, b. March 24, 1827, Georgia............Mary Ann Comfort Brooks (2.9.3), b. December 2, 1829, Georgia............Elizabeth Cotton Brooks (2.9.4), b. July 20, 1831, Georgia............Charles Athan Brooks, b. June 28, 1832, Talbot County, Georgia............Sarah Caroline Brooks (2.9.6), b. September 16, 1834, Talbot County, Georgia............Francis Daniel Brooks, b. February 28, 1836, Talbot County, Georgia............Joseph W. Brooks (2.9.8), b. January 16, 1838, Talbot County, Georgia............Robert Dixon Brooks, b. October 1, 1839, Talbot County, Georgia............Margaret Willmouth Brooks (2.9.10), b. February 25, 1842, Talbot Co., Georgia............Evaline Maria Brooks (2.9.11), b. March 1, 1844, Talbot County, Georgia............Thomas Wheeler Brooks (2.9.12), b. February 16, 1846, Talbot County, Georgia............James Lucius Brooks, b. November 30, 1848, Talbot County, Georgia............Mollie E. Brooks, b. October 24, 1850, Marion County, GeorgiaAccording to “Brooks Family History,” Allen and Mariah Brooks were the parentsof six children: Irvin, Mary, Elizabeth, Charles, William and Francis. AllenBrooks died in the early part of 1857 in Marion County, Georgia as hisson-in-law, Lucius W. Maddox, was made administrator of his estate on April 7,1857. In 1860, Mariah (Bullock) Brooks was living with her children in MarionCounty, Georgia. In 1870, Mariah (Bullock) Brooks was living with her daughter,Margaret, in Marion County, Georgia. Mariah (Bullock) Brooks died in1875. Allen and Mariah Brooks had one granddaughter whose father is notknown: - Zadie Brooks, b. April 7, 1851, Georgia. On November 2, 1868,Zadie Brooks married W. D. Stalling (?). On May 2, 1857, Charles Brooks marriedAngline T. Cobb. Robert D. Brooks was a private in Company 1 of theSecond Regiment of the Volunteer Infantry of the Confederate Army. RobertBrooks died on July 1, 1862. On July 17, 1869, James Brooks married M. E.Finch (?). James and M. E. Brooks had one son: - W. C. Brooks, b. April 16,1870.References: 1) 1830 and 1840 Censuses, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) 1850, 1860 and1870 Censuses, Marion County, Georgia; 3) Will of Jordan Brooks, 1835, TalbotCounty, Gerogia; 4) Letters of Administration, Allen Brooks estate, 1857; 5) FamilyBible of Allen Brooks (abstract sent by Harley Flowers); 6) “The Bullock Family Record,”by Miss Maria Harrold, February, 1915; 7) “Brooks Family History,” by Myrtle(Lackey) Ashley, 1944; 8) “Southern Kith and Kin,” Volume 4, by Jewel Scarborough,Page 192; 9) “40,000 Early Marriages,” by Joseph T. Maddox; 10) Letter, Ida Marie(Smith) Williams to Bernice Casey, August 6, 1980; 11) Letter, Pat (Stow) Crawley toBernice Casey, November 3, 1980MARY ANN COMFORT BROOKS (2.9.3) is the daughter of Allen Brooks andMariah (Bullock) Brooks. Mary was born on December 2, 1825 in Georgia. On