Overview
Location
Henry Co. TN
Date Constructed/ Founded
not determined
Associated Surnames
Brooks
Historical notes
John Brooks (b.1758-d.1845) was born in Montgomery Co., NC. His family probably lived in NC until the youngest son Michael was born there in 1807. The family eventually settled in Henry Co., TN where John Brooks established a plantation that was bequeathed to his wife in his 1843 Will.
Associated Slave Workplaces
none
Associated Free Persons
- John Brooks (b.1735-d.1790/1798)
- Edmond Brooks - son of John Brooks
- John Brooks (b.1758-d.1845) - owner; son of John Brooks
- Mary Polk Brooks (b.1776-d.?) - wife of John Brooks (m.1776)
- Naomi Brooks (b.1794-d.?) - daughter of John and Mary P. Brooks
- Charles Brooks (b.1795-d.1871/1881) - son of John and Mary P. Brooks
- William Brooks (b.1798-d.?) - son of John and Mary P. Brooks
- James Brooks (b.1800-d?) - son of John and Mary P. Brooks
- Jesse M. Brooks (b.1802-d.1836) - son of John and Mary P. Brooks
- John P. Brooks (b.1804-d?) - son of John and Mary P. Brooks
- Michael Brooks (b.1807-d.1854) - son of John and Mary P. Brooks
Associated Enslaved Persons
1763 Anson County NC Tax Listing, Brooks
John Brooks (from Viriginia)
William Brooks I
- Sharper
- Cesor
- Quam
- Mol
- David Senad
John T. Brooks
1843 Slaves of John Brooks
From the Will of John Brooks, Henry Co., TN, July 13, 1843.
To wife Mary Brooks
- Isaac I.
- Nance
- Kary - child of Nance
- Courneile Ann - child of Nance
Research Leads and Plantation Records
Miscellaneous Information
References
- John Brooks Will (posted online by Baylus C. Brooks). Excerpt posted by Georgia Walker-Adams at the Afrigeneas Slave Research Forum (www.afrigeneas.com).
- 1763 Anson County NC Tax Listing, Brooks (posted online by Baylus C. Brooks). Posted by Georgia Walker-Adams at the Afrigeneas Slave Research Forum (www.afrigeneas.com).
- Rootsweb World Connect Project - Marsh-Westbrook Family KY,OH,GA,AR,TN
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