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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-83liam Brooks” were involved in a second suit for the allotment of the widow’sdower.References: 1) “Emigration to Other States From Southside Virginia,” by Katherine B.Elliott, 1966; 2) Early Settlers Mecklenburg County, Virginia," Volume 1 and 2, byKatherine B. Elliott; 3) Personal Property Tax Lists, Mecklenburg County, Virginia,1782 - 1812; 4) Census Records, letter from John McKay Sheftall to Kenneth H.Thomas, Jr., January 29, 1979WADE BROOKS (1.8) is the son of Robert Brooks, Sr. and Brambly Brooks.Apparently Wade Brooks either lived or owned land in Mecklenburg County,Virginia and the neighboring county, Warren County, North Carolina. WadeBrooks first married in 1782, therefore, Wade was probably born in the early1760’s. Wade Brooks first married Sarah Beasley. This marriage is indicatedby a marriage bond of Warren County, North Carolina, dated August 13, 1782.According to Leonard McCown, Sarah is the daughter of John Pitts Beasley andhis wife, Elizabeth Beasley. This connection is verified as the 1805 division ofproperty of the estate of John P. Beasley, indicates land being inherited by heirsof Wade Brooks.Wade Brooks was listed in the Mecklenburg County personal property tax listsfor at least the following years: 1790, 1791, 1797 and 1799 to 1805. In 1805,listed with Wade was his son: Robert Brooks. In 1815, Wade Brooks had diedand the heirs of Wade Brooks were listed in the sale of land in Warren County,North Carolina that part of the estate of Elizabeth’s father, John Pitts Beasley.Wade and Sarah Brooks were the parents of four children:............Robert Brooks, b. Mid 1780’s............Alsy Brooks............Patsy Brooks............Elizabeth BrooksWade Brooks appeared to have married a second time to Tabitha Jones on January9, 1796 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It appears that Wade Brooks marrieda third time to Elizabeth Carol. This marriage was derived from marriagebond of Warren County, North Carolina, dated April 14, 1802. James Beasleywas bondsman and witness and Gideon Johnson was a witness.Wade Brooks was listed in his father’s will dated May 11, 1804. Not only wasWade given one-eighth of his father’s estate, but Robert Brooks left the “homeplantation and land that I bought of Hicks Ellis left to wife Abigail Brooks forher natural life and then to grandson Robert Brooks, son of Wade Brooks.”Wade Brooks died prior to December 26, 1805 when the division of property ofJohn Beasley was recorded in Warren County, North Carolina. This division ofproperty lists “the heirs of Wade Brooks, decd.” This would imply that WadeBrooks died in either 1804 or 1805.On January 1, 1807, Ebenezer McGowan, the representative of Wade Brooksand William Brooks, which were two sons and legatees of Robert Brooks, deceased,and the heirs of Sarah White, deceased, filed suit for division of theslaves in the estate of Robert Brooks, deceased. On October 9, 1809, “the chil-