BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-399web site provides no references or source documentation to support these familyconnections. It shows that Robert Brooks was the father of five sons:............Matthew Brooks, b. ca. 1783, South Carolina, d. Chambers County, Alabama............Jordan Brooks, b. ca. 1790, SC, d. before 1850, Upson County, Georgia............(provides details concerning this family)............Robert Brooks, Jr., b. ca. 1792, South Carolina............Hiram Brooks, b. ca. 1800, SC, d. ca. 1848, Chambers County, Alabama............Thomas Jefferson Brooks, b. 1804, SC, d. 1888, Chambers County, AlabamaThe above family connection are supported by many events for these Brooksfamilies that exist in Chambers County, Alabama:............Thomas J. Brooks, 1836, appointed guardian of McLendell children............Robert P. Brooks, 1845, sold land in Upson County, Georgia from............Chambers County, Alabama............Robert P. Brooks, 1845, appointed guardian of children of John Head............Thomas J. Brooks, 1848, administrator for estate of Hiram Brooks............Matthew Brooks, died in Chambers County, Alabama (Selke)............Thomas Jefferson Brooks, died 1888 in Chambers County, Alabama (Selke)The 1820 census of Jones County, Georgia support the above family tradition.Jordan Brooks (9.1) may have been enumerated in the 1820 census of JonesCounty, Georgia. This Jordan Brooks (born 1794 to 1804) is shown with wife(born 1794 to 1804) and four sons (born 1810 to 1820). This census provides areasonable match for Jordan Brooks but introduces three additional sons (born1810 to 1820) that are not included in family as presented by many descendants.The 1820 census of Jones County, Georgia include at least eleven Brooks menwith families with three that match the above family tradition:............Jordan Brooks (born 1794 to 1804) - probably Jordan Brooks (9.1)............Robert Brooks, Jun. (born 1794 to 1804) - possible brother, Jordan Brooks (9.1)............Robert Brooks, Sen. (born before 1775) - possible father, Jordan Brooks (9.1)This earliest known document concerning Jordan Brooks (9.1) was his marriageto Elizabeth Cochram in 1815 in Morgan County, Georgia. On January 19,1815, Jordan Brooks married Elizabeth “Cockram” in Morgan County, Georgia.Elizabeth is the daughter of Benjamin “Cockram” who wrote his will on August23, 1815 which was recorded in Morgan County, Georgia on January 10, 1816.Item 7 in Benjamin’s will indicate that the balance of his property be dividedamong his children (husbands named for daughters): “Samuel Paskill, JamesCockram, Marvill Kelley, Bannester Cockram, Jordan Brooks, BenjaminCockram, Robert Brooks and John Cockram.” Item 8 also gave furniture toRuby Brooks (believed to have married Robert Brooks). According to the 1850census of Coffee County, Alabama, Elizabeth Cockram was born in 1800 inGeorgia. On January 9, 1819, Jordan Brooks sold 25 acres of land to ThomasLoveritt in Morgan County, Georgia.A 1980 query by Kathleen Eastridge states that Robert Peter Brooks, son of JordanBrooks (9.1), was born on August 25, 1817 in Putnam County, Georgia andthat Martha Brooks, daughter of Jordan Brooks (9.1), was born on April 16,1831 in Putnam County, Georgia. These two birthplaces of the children of Jor-