BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-404 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESGuard under the guidance of Captain Payne then went in pursuit. The hot battleensued and the country-side reverberated with sounds of muskets which arousedthe country folks for miles around. This small battlefield covered about twoacres and on the early morning of September 3, its soil was crimson with humanblood. Four members of the Home Guard were killed. They were William Bell,Make Carmichael, Robert P. Brooks and Thomas Larkin.” Elizabeth (Head)Brooks died on June 20, 1869 and was buried next to her husband in the EvergreenCemetery in Elba, Alabama. According to Marion Brunson, John W.Brooks never married and was killed in the Civil War. According to MarionBrunson, Thomas J. Brooks never married and died at the age of seventeen andwas buried in Elba, Alabama.References: 1) 1850 Census, Coffee County, Alabama; 2) Query, by Marion B.Brunson, “The Brooks Family Bulletin,” April, 1972; 3) Query, by Kathleen Eastridge,“The Brooks Family Query Exchange,” November, 1980; 4) Early Brooks Marriages ofGeorgia, “The Brooks Family Query Exchange,” February, 1982 (1837 marriage); 5)Letter, Claire C. Dorough to Woody Brooks, November, 1998 (deed, Robert P. Brooks,1845, Chambers County, Alabama - selling land in Upson County, Georgia, guardianshippapers for minor of Jordan Brooks, 1851, estate papers of Elizabeth (Cockram) Brooks,1861, History of Coffee County, Georgia, by Fred Watson); 6) Family Descendant Sheetof Robert Brooks - includes Jordan Brooks (sent by Woody Brooks), March, 2003; 7)Web Site, Sketch of Jordan Brooks, Keith A. Selke, February, 2003FRANCES ANN “FRANK” BROOKS (9.1.1.1) is the daughter of Robert PeterBrooks and Elizabeth (Head) Brooks. Frances was born on March 10, 1840 inGeorgia. Frances Brooks married Abner Jones. Abner and Frances Jones werethe parents of five children:............Gertrude Jones............Robert Jones............Ann Jones............Jordan Jones............Betty JonesFrances (Brooks) Jones died on December 20, 1923.References: 1) Query, by Marion B. Brunson, “The Brooks Family Bulletin,” April,1972; 2) Family Descendant Sheet of Robert Brooks - includes Jordan Brooks (sent byWoody Brooks), March, 2003NANCY ELIZABETH “NAN” BROOKS (9.1.1.3) is the daughter of Robert PeterBrooks and Elizabeth (Head) Brooks. Nancy was born on October 4, 1846 inGeorgia. Nancy Brooks married Matthew Brunson (born October, 1844 in Alabama).Matthew and Nancy Brunson were the parents of thirteen children:............Robert P. Brunson, b. 1866, Alabama............Matthew Eugene Brunson, b. 1868, Alabama............Lilly Brunson, b. 1870, Alabama............Clanton Brunson, b. 1872, Alabama............Arthur S. Brunson, b. 1873, Alabama............Ruby H. Brunson, b. 1875, Alabama............Forest P. Brunson, b. June, 1876, Alabama