James Brooks  Timeline3
Compiled by Linda Sparks Starr May 2005

1782	Caswell Co. NC Dec 26 marriage James Brooks to Elizabeth Traylor with John H. Simpson, witness or bondsman. [Caswell Co. NC Marriage Bonds, 1778 - 1868 by Katharine K. Kendall, Clearfield Co., Baltimore 1990, page 9.]

1783	approximate birth year son William

1783	Halifax Co. VA may be the James Brooks 1 white male, 0 slaves, 1 horse, 4 cattle on same list with William Traylor [Halifax County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists 1782 - 1791 by TLC Genealogy, Miami Beach, 1998] 

Wilkes Co., GA  area that became Oglethorpe Co.:

1786	Survey date for James Brooks' headright of 400 acres [Book Q 38, YYY23]

1786	approximate birth year son Bevin

1788	October / November 16 birth daughter Sarah  [tombstone or Bible record; birth in GA per 1850 Cass Co. TX census]

1791	Capt. Patton's Tax  Dist, James Brooks 200 acres [Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records 1785-1805 in two volumes, by Frank Parker Hudson, Atlanta, 1996]

1791	March 1 James Brooks signed note for 2800 pounds Augusta inspected crop tobacco to Leroy Pope, to pay 1400 pounds by December 1. Jury verdict James to pay Pope $45.92, trial not dated, but early 1800s.  [p. 350 Oglethorpe Co. GA Inferior and Ordinary Court Records 1794 - 1920 volume I by Fred  W. McRee Jr. 2003 by Historic Oglethorpe Co.]

1792	Capt. Sander's  Tax Dist James Brooks 295 acres on Indian Creek, 1 slave [Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records 1785-1805 in two volumes, by Frank Parker Hudson, Atlanta, 1996]

1792	Oct 31 James Brooks chosen guardian by Frances Traylor and appointed guardian of Milly Traylor, orphans of William. [p. 125 vol. I Early Records of Georgia: Wilkes Co. in 2 vols, reprint Southern Historical Press, SC,  by Grace Gillam Davidson, "Minutes of the Inferior Court 1792-1793," p. 41]  Copy of record from Wilkes County shows security for each guardian / child "500" line / ink blot unclear if "$" sign or " £ ".

1792	Nov 6 James Brooks sat on the Petit Jury [The Wilkes County Papers 1773 - 1833 by Robert S. Davis Jr., Southern Historical Press, SC p. 131]

1793	Capt James Sander's Tax Dist, James Brooks 1 slave, 200 acres on Indian Creek [Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records 1785-1805 in two volumes, by Frank Parker Hudson, Atlanta, 1996]

1793	Wilkes Co. / Oglethorpe Co. GA James Brooks Headright 400 acres [Book Q 38, YYY 23]

1794	April 15 James and Elizabeth Brooks to Middleton Brooks for 200 pds sterling, 200 acres on Millstone Creek, waters of Broad River. [Oglethorpe Deed Bk A p. 68]

1794	June 4 Frances and Milly Traylor, orphans of William, choose James Brooks their guardian. [Nat'l Gen. Soc. Qtrly, vol. XLI, Sept 1953 #3 page 74, abstracted by J. H. Hill. Also p. 132 McRee.]

1795	January 4 birth son Paschal [per non-contemporary Bible record]

1796	Jackson County, GA John McConnel to James Brooks [Jackson Co. Deed Bk A&B p. 83]  

1797	Oglethrope Co. GA Oct 18 Richard Reynolds to James Brooks, both of Oglethorpe Co., for £45 100 acres on Long Creek Waters [Oglethorpe Deed Bk D p. 395]

1798	 July 24 birth son James [? tombstone or perhaps non-contemporary Bible record]

1798	Oglethorpe Ga James Brooks Tax digest  [per Monroe Jones]

1799	June James Brooks and George Hudspeth appointed road overseer from "James Brooks down to the furnace road and devide the distance between themselves." [p. 176 McRee.]

1799	Sept 17 James Brooks to James Spurlock 100 acres on Long Creek [Oglethrope Co. Deed Bk D p. 365]

1799	Leroy Pope vs James Brooks appeal; defendant prays appeal, granted with Allen Spurlock security. [p. 177 McRee]

1799	Oglethorpe Co. GA tax lists -- only one James Brooks found per researcher at the  Archives --Capt. John C. Evan's District with 100 acres land on Ln Creek, 2 slaves

1800 	Oglethorpe Ga census James Brooks	20100-20100-03  age 16/26 with two sons and two daughters  [researchers agree age of James and Elizabeth errs]

1800	Oglethrope Co. GA tax list -- only one James Brooks found per researcher at the
	Archives --Capt. Joseph Warter's district -- B J Cr

1801	January 22 final returns James Brooks as guardian for Traylor orphans. [Oglethorpe
	Co.  Court records]

1801	Oglethorpe Co. GA tax list -- only one James Brooks found per researcher at the
	Archives -- Capt. Joseph Waters district --  Henry Pope next name on list

1802	Oglethrope Co. June 19  Bethany Baptist Church, James Brooks Dismissal Letter [LSS note: best indication he was moving permanently from Oglethorpe Co.]

Jackson Co. GA

1804	 James Brooks	[per Tax digest]

1804	approx. year son William married, wife's name unknown. [lss note: this my personal opinion; other researchers give Letitia Bickerstaff.]

1805	Jackson Co. Lottery 	James Brooks	 (drew 2 blanks)

1806	March 29 marriage daughter Sarah "Sally" to John Sparks [Jackson Co. Marriage License]

1809	March 7 James Strawn of Randolph Co. to James Brooks of Jackson Co., for $300, 80 acres on waters of Masbury's Creek, wit: C. T. Traylor, Thomas Hooks. [Jackson Co. Deed Bk E p. 172]

1809	Oct 2 James Brooks of Jackson Co. to William Henley of same for $300, 87 1/2 acres on Masbury's Creek /s/ James ( ) Brooks.  [Jackson Co. Deed Bk F p. 213]

1810	Jackson Co. Ga	 James Brooks	[per Tax digest]

Putnam Co. GA

1811	August 3 James Brooks purchased 101.25 acres, Lot #99, 14th district,
from David Howe. James (x) Brooks sold this tract with Merryman Pounds in 1820 to John Howard. [lss note: no indication why Pounds is involved in this.]

1812	January 6 James Brooks M.G. married John A. Mapp and Sally Brothers.

1813	Putnam Co. GA tax list:  James Brooks 6 slaves, 50 acres  on Murders Creek; John Sparks, same list, 150 acres

1814	January death son William, probably at the Battle of Calabee Creek, in Alabama. [lss note: William left four minor children named in James' probate records, but no wife is mentioned in William's  probate records. This makes me think his wife died before William's estate was probated. Others believe Letitia (Bickerstaff) married secondly  Britton Brazeal.]

1814	March 7 James Brooks appt'd admr estate William Brooks dec'd [Putnam Co. Probate
	records]

1814	approx marriage year son Bevin Brooks to Permelia (surname unknown)
	[marriage based on census and TX land records]

1818	October 29 son Paschal Brooks married Belvy Beal, county unknown

1820	Putnam Co. GA census: James Brooks 1 male 10-16; 1 male 26-45; 2 females under 10; 1 female 10-16; 1 fem over 45, 7 slaves (p. 108)   [lss note: William's minors are living with James and Elizabeth; I feel sure the male "26-45" is James  "over 45".]

1820	Putnam Co. GA James Brooks sold land 50 acres

Jasper Co. GA

1823	June 19 marriage son James Brooks to Sarah Bullard [LSS note: Sarah is sister of Jarmony who married James' niece, daughter of his brother William. Marriages 1816-1841 p.45]

1823	November 21 marriage son Paschal to his 2nd wife, Sarah Frances Traylor [Marriages 1816 - 1841 p. 40. LSS note: haven't identified her parents.] 

1826	James Brooks joined congregation of Sandy Creek Baptist Church, church located over the border in Butts County, but he lived in Jasper Co. [per church minutes]

1826 	January 18 marriage granddaughter Sarah Catherine Brooks to Jarmany G. Bullard [lss note: this is William's eldest daughter; Jarmany was appointed / chosen guardian of her three younger siblings when James' estate was distributed. Marriages 1816-1841 p. 80]

1827	Lottery James Brooks of Jasper Co. drew land in Coweta Co., Lot #59, Section 9.  List shows him a married man and RW soldier.  [lss note: How literal do we take "married" here? Does this prove Elizabeth is still alive in 1827?]

1828	January 19 James Brooks chosen pastor Sandy Creek Baptist Church [per minutes] 
	
1828	March or April death James Brooks. Minutes of Sandy Creek Baptist Church March 14 minutes -- "to send Brother Brooks" to ordination of deacon April 1st; April 19 set aside as day to choose a new pastor. 

1828	July 9 estate of James Brooks probated, Paschal and Beving Brooks administrators, James Brooks Jr. and Robert Bickerstaff security.  [Jasper Co. Minute Bk A p. 208; Adm Bond Bk B p. 241; Inv & Appr Wills Bk 9, page 67 and 68; land Annual return 1833. LSS note: Robert Bickerstaff co-signing security bond is a major clue, but what? Could his yet unidentified second wife be a daughter of James and Elizabeth? Thus his last marriage was his third?]

1828	Sale of Negroes -- Nancy and her two children, Solomon and Rachel; Amy and her two children, Maria and Warren; Ben, Juda 

1829	Jasper Co. probate mentions expenses for sale of land in Campbell Co. and also Coweta, now Crawford Co.  [lss note: the latter is the 1827 lottery land]

1830	September 27 Coweta County:  Lot #59, Section 9 granted to James Brooks of Jasper  Co. per 1827 Lottery.