Timeline
for Brooks of Old Anson
County, NC Region
Households grouped by colored boxes and listed
vertically in the columns.
Heads of household or subject of record
are in
larger green print.
Ages of individuals are given first according to
census information, then according to known facts.
Individuals are straight across as they appear through
the different record and census years.
Only males are listed to prevent confusion.
NOTE: 1820 Montgomery Co, NC census no
longer exists.
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Cooper's Creek area |
East (remains Anson) |
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Island Creek area |
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Unknown Exact
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500 acres were issued to John
Brooks "of Va" in 1762 that was on both
sides of the
NC in 1762 and was located near
Cooper's Creek on the north side
of the
from the area north of the
William rec'd his original 100
acres south of the Rocky River,
on
Before 1790, William Brooks I
moved just west of
Creek in
there and on the south side
of
Union Co, NC.
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John Brooks 500 acres Creek, Cooper's
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John Brooks "of Va" Invalid 3 slaves |
died before 1790 prob. b.c1710 |
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John Brooks Jr. at the time, this John Brooks was
one of two John Brookses old enough to possess
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John Brooks presumably John II Dec 1770 Company of Militiamen Recmd as Lieutenant w/John Culpeper as Captain also: 100 acres on |
John Brooks assumed to be John
II Petition to divide Anson County and form Montgomery County Feb 1779 |
John Brooks Sr. Invalid 150 acres 1 slave becomes John Brooks
Sr. now that his father has passed and his son owns property |
John Brooks Salisbury District b<1774 8 slaves prob. John II b.c1730 Va? prob. not well yet
still alive and listed as head of household |
not found in 1800 known to be dead Jan, 1792 |
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John Brooks Jr. 900 acres (100 acres in Anson) 4 slaves |
male b<1774 John III b.1758 |
John Brooks b.1755-74 4 slaves John III b.1758 |
Jonathan Brooks b<1765 8 slaves John III b.1758 |
no record for him in 1820.. he is known to have bought land in Henry Co, TN in 1826.. perhaps he left earlier |
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male b.1790-1800 Charles Brooks b.1795 |
male b.1794-1800 Charles Brooks b.1795 |
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male b.1790-1800 William Brooks b.1798 |
male b.1800-10 William Brooks? b.1798 |
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male b.1790-1800 James Brooks b.1800 |
male b.1800-10 James Brooks ? b.1800 |
James is unaccounted for in either NC or TN |
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male b.1800-10 Jesse Brooks b.1802 |
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male b.1800-10 John P. Brooks b.1804 |
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male b.1800-10 Michael Brooks b.1807 |
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male b.1775-90 |
male 1774-84 (poss. brother) |
William Brooks b.1765-84 |
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Joseph Brooks another poss. son of
John "of Va" or John II Petition to divide Anson County and form Montgomery County Feb 1779 |
presumably living with his father
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male b<1755 brother? or
Uncle? |
Who is this probable brother to William I and John II?
He's living with John III in 1800. Perhaps this is Joseph Brooks? |
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male 1775-90 |
Jesse Brooks b.1774-84 This Jesse b. c1775 |
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male b<1774 Edmond "Lilly" Brooks b.c1760 |
Bibby Brooks b.1755-74 4 slaves Edmond "Bibby" Brooks b.c1760 |
moved to Horry Dist., SC by 1810.. and Pike Co, AL after 1830 |
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male b.1790-1800 Evan Brooks |
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male b.1790-1800 ? |
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Jesse Brooks another poss. son of
John "of Va" or John II Petition to divide Anson County with Pee Dee River as line Oct 1779 |
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William Brooks 24 Apr 1762 100 acres below Richardson's Creek at John Lee's
ford, just south of Rocky River joining both sides of the
Spring Br. of Rich. Cr. |
William Brooks 6 taxables slaves: Sharper Cesor Quuan Mol David Snead |
William Brooks Dec 1770 Rocky River Company of Militiamen Recmd as Ensign under Capt. John Culpeper |
had probably just moved to Island
Creek area of Montgomery County c1777 son William II is born 1779 |
William Brooks 750 acres (100 acres in Anson) 5 slaves … William had recently moved to Island Creek area |
William Brooks Salisbury District b<1774 6 slaves William Brooks I b.1736 Va |
William Brooks b.<1755 8 slaves William Brooks I b.1736 |
William Brooks b<1765 11 slaves William Brooks I b.1736 d.1818 |
deceased in 1818 |
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male b.1790-1800 Joshua James Brooks b.1793 |
male b.1794-1800 Joshua James Brooks b.1793 |
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male b.1790-1800 Alexander Brooks b.1791 |
no census record for 1810 presumably on his own prob. living in West Anson Co, NC |
Alexander Brooks b.1775-94 Staton's District Actually b.1791 moved to (later |
Alexander Brooks b.1790-1800 known b.1791 near New Salem |
Alexander Brooks b.1790-1800 known b.1791 near New Salem |
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male b.1820-25 ? |
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male b.1825-30 William Alexander
Brooks b.1829 |
male b.1825-30 William Alexander
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male b.1825-30 James G. Brooks b.c1830 |
male b.1825-30 James G. Brooks b.c1830 |
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male b.1830-35 Thomas Hampton Brooks b.1831 |
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male b.1830-35 Cornelius B. Brooks b.1834 |
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William Brooks I bequested that his sons Alexander and John take
care of Ezekiel. County courts declared him mentally retarded in 1818 |
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male b.1790-1800 Ezekiel Brooks b.1798 |
male b.1794-1800 Ezekiel Brooks b.1798 |
male b.1794-1804 Ezekiel Brooks b.1798 might be living w/
brother Alexander however, court
records say he was working his father's farm prior to his marriage c1822 |
Ezekiel Brooks 1790-1800 known b.1798 after Ezekiel's
marriage to Siddy Green c1822, brother John Brooks
released guardianship |
male b.1800-1810 (mis-recorded) Ezekiel Brooks living w/his guardian
Alexander Brooks |
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wife Sinthia "Siddy" Green Brooks b.1790-1800 |
Sidda Brooks b.1790-1800 Sinthia Green Brooks b.c1796 |
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male b.1815-20 Siddy's first child…
presumably by Jesse Barnett |
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male b.1835-40 Ezekiel Marion Brooks b.1836 |
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Alfred (Alford) Ledbetter b.1800-10 Alford T. Ledbetter b.1805 lived on old James
Brooks farm just east side of Island Creek |
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got married c1822 had three boys and a girl before dying in 1829 wife: Temperance "Timpy" Jane Tucker b.1804 |
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male b.1790-1800 James Brooks b.1800 |
male b.1794-1800 James Brooks b.1800 |
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Timpy Brooks b.1800-10 known b.1804 wife of James Brooks
d.1829 |
wife b.1800-10 Tempy Brooks Ledbetter b.1804 |
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male b.1825-30 John Henry
"Rabbit John" Brooks b.1828 |
male b.1825-30 John Henry
"Rabbit John" Brooks b.1828 |
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male b.1835-40 Alfred M. Ledbetter b.c1840 |
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male b.1820-25 William H. Brooks b.1823 |
left for Pope Co, AR…
stopped over in TN according to tradition… and since they didn't arrive in AR
until 1842 and they weren't in NC in 1840… ? |
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male b.1825-30 James Henry Brooks b.c1825 |
left for Pope Co, AR…
stopped over in TN according to tradition… and since they didn't arrive in AR
until 1842 and they weren't in NC in 1840… ? |
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John Brooks, not listed Deposition of 1849 clearly states his existence as brother to Alexander |
probably living in Montgomery
Co, NC helping brother Ezekiel with the farm.. court records indicate that he
rented it out No census for that year
available |
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male b.1775-90 David Brooks b.1784-90 |
male b.1784-90 David Brooks b.1784-90 |
not found in 1810 not listed with a family member nor does he appear in Anson Co, NC |
Probably in Co, NC in 1820… no census available for that year. He's there in 1830. |
David Brooks b. 1780-90 known b. 1784-90 |
no listing for 1840 known to have died in 1842 his wife, Mary shows in 1850
Stanly Co, NC |
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male b.1825-30 Thomas Joshua Brooks b.1829 |
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male b.1775-90 William Brooks II b.1779 |
William Brooks b.1755-74 William Brooks II b.1779 (mis-recorded) married / no children Now lives on south
side of the mill on the river. Bible record states
first child is John, b.1802… |
William Brooks b.1765-84 William Brooks II b.1779 |
William Brooks b.1775-94 William Brooks II b.1779 |
William Brooks b.1770-80 William Brooks II b.1779 |
William Brooks b.1780-90 (mis-recorded) William Brooks II b.1779 |
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male b.1810-20 Culpeper P. Brooks b.1818 |
male b.1815-20 Culpeper P. Brooks b.1818 |
male b.1810-20 Culpeper P. Brooks b.1818 |
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male b.1810-20 William Brooks III b.1812 |
male b.1810-15 William Brooks III b.1812 |
married 1833 and left for Cobb
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male b.1810-20 Davidson Brooks b.1815 |
male b.1810-15 Davidson Brooks b.1815 |
male b.1810-20 Davidson Brooks b.1815 |
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male b.1825-30 Calvin Brooks b.1825 |
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male b.1800-10 John "Coffee
John" b.1802 |
male b.1794-1802 John "Coffee
John" b.1802 |
John Brooks b.1800-10 "Coffee
John" b.1802 3 girls and a wife…
no male children listed |
John Brooks b.1800-10 "Coffee
John" b.1802 |
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Cullen Brooks not listed here b.1825… might be the male b.1820-25 living
w/Alexander Brooks |
male b.1825-30 Cullen Brooks b.1825 |
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male b.<1774 |
Not likely to be Ephraim or Ezekiel B. Brooks since they both have children b.<1790 that do not appear here |
" Abstracts of Early Records" indicate an older James and older Joshua Brooks in the area prior to 1780 - could be one of them. |
This person is not likely to be a son of
William Brooks I but rather a brother or indentured servant |
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male b.<1774 |
Not likely to be Ephraim or Ezekiel B. Brooks since they both have children b.<1790 that do not appear here |
" Abstracts of Early Records" indicate an older James and older Joshua Brooks in the area prior to 1780 - could be one of them. |
This person is not likely to be a son of
William Brooks I but rather a brother or indentured servant |
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no record prior to this Jeremiah seems to be setting up shop as a farmer and a BIG farmer at that! The 7 "foreigners" may be a type of indentured servant… at least two are males working the farm with Jeremiah |
Jeremiah Brooks b.1794-1802 Ratcliff's District unmarried 7 "unnaturalized" foreigners.. 3 total in agriculture 2 male slaves and 1 female slave all under 14 |
Jeremiah also disappears by 1830 |
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parents not known could be son of Jesse, James or Joseph |
William Brooks b.1755-74 |
no trace in 1810 |
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male b.1784-90 |
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James Brooks b<c1755 Grant # 2790 (no date) Leverett's Creek <1778 - bought 640 acres from Wm. May
(sheriff) and Rob. Edwards on fork of Jone's Creek |
William Vaughn is granted land adjacent to James
Brooks Jone's Creek area is just north of the town of Morven |
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Elizabeth Brooks Anson Co, NC grant #
4117 on SW Pee Dee this is likely the
east side of modern Anson where Ansonville, Morven and Wadesboro are found |
known to have son Thomas Brooks who married Susannah T. Hinson, dau. of John Hinson from Old
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son Thomas Brooks b.c1780 |
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Thomas Brooks married before 1806
when son, Thomas Hinson Brooks is born |
Thomas must be around if his son
is born here in 1806.. he's here at least that long wife: Susannah Hinson |
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Thomas Hinson Brooks born 1806 |
Thomas sold land in 1828 deeded
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Thomas Brooks b.1800-10 Thomas Hinson Brooks b.1806 |
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James Brooks b.1784-94 married / 2 daughters prob. son of James
Brooks on Jone's Creek |
James Brooks b.1775-94 May's District b.c1785 |
James Brooks b. 1780-90 b.c1785 |
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male b.1810-20 |
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John Brooks b.1775-94 May's District This John is prob.
the son of James Brooks of Jones Creek |
this John Brooks is gone in 1830 |
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Aaron Brooks b.1765-84 prob. b. 1774-84 prob. son of James
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Not on 1820 census… Pass issued for an Aaron Brooks "from Anson County, NC" on through the Creek Nation (GA/AL border area) |
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wife b.1784-94 Peggy? |
Peggy Brooks b.1775-94 May's District |
this family is gone as well in
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due to this family's proximity to
SC, it may be that their whereabouts were confused with those of Chesterfield
Co, SC Sarah remarried to Roland Sellars and moved to SC |
Sarah Brooks b.1800-10 this could be Sarah
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no records are known for Ephraim Brooks in Anson prior to 1800. Probably younger brother of Ezekiel B. Brooks |
Ephraim Brooks b.<1755 |
Ephraim Brooks b.<1765 |
Ephraim Brooks b.<1775 he, wife and a
daughter (in Cash's Dist.) |
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male b.1790-1800 |
male b.1794-1800 |
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male b.1784-90 |
male b.1784-94 |
Eli Brooks? died in War of 1812… wife: Ruthy… son: Abraham |
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William Brooks? married
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Asa is listed in 1880 census as age 102 and
blind. None of the census records so
far have been very accurate for this man. His parentage depends on this… if he was born
in 1777, then Ephraim is NOT his father, but Ezekiel B. Brooks would most
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male b.1784-90 Asa Brooks? b.1787? |
no record for 1810 |
Asa Brooks b.1775-94 (in
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Asa Brooks I have no listing |
Asa Brooks believe they forgot
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Ezekiel Benbrooke prob. Ezekiel B.
Brooks (no Benbrooke family found) Actual date is 1777 Signed petition to build new
courthouse in Anson County |
Ezekiel is apparently already in Anson County
area by 1777. It's possible that he and Ephraim may have
just been overlooked by census takers in 1790 |
William Brooks I named a son Ezekiel - may indicate familial connection. |
Ezekiel B.
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George Brooks b.1775-94 Cash's District b.c1780 |
obviously gone by 1830 could have died at age 50
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male b.1784-90 |
Eli Brooks? |