Descendants of John Brooks

 

Generation No. 1

 

1. JOHN1 BROOKS was born 1745 in Culpepper, VA, and died October 8, 1815 in Woodsonville, Hart Co., KY. He married LILLIAN (LILLY ANN) AMOS 1769 in Culpepper, VA.

 

Children of JOHN BROOKS and LILLIAN AMOS are:

2. i. DABNEY2 BROOKS, b. December 1, 1770, Prince Edward Co., Colony of Virginia; d. 1815, Posey Co., Indiana.

3. ii. MILES BROOKS.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. DABNEY2 BROOKS (JOHN1) was born December 1, 1770 in Prince Edward Co., Colony of Virginia, and died 1815 in Posey Co., Indiana. He married SARAH BUMPASS Abt. 1790 in Person Co., North Carolina, daughter of EDWARD PUMPASS and MARTHA COULTER.

 

Children of DABNEY BROOKS and SARAH BUMPASS are:

i. MARIA3 BROOKS, b. 1791, Spartanburg Dist., SC; m. REUBEN STOCKTON, April 19, 1814, Barren Co., KY.

4. ii. RHODA BROOKS, b. 1792, Barren Co., KY; d. September 3, 1856, Marion, Crittenden Co., KY.

iii. DABNEY BROOKS JR., b. August 1794, Spartanburg Dist., SC; m. CATY WEBB, February 20, 1812, Essex Co., VA.

iv. SARAH BROOKS, b. 1795, Kentucky; m. THOMAS MEADOWS.

v. KISIAH BROOKS, b. 1796, Spartanburg Dist., SC; m. WILLIAM HATTER, April 28, 1814, Barren Co., KY.

5. vi. HARRIET BROOKS, b. 1797, KY.

vii. ELIZABETH BROOKS, b. 1800; m. (1) JOSEPH HARRELSON, May 1, 1817, Posey Co., IN; m. (2) BENJAMIN HARRELSON, February 12, 1844, Posey Co., IN.

viii. DICY BROOKS, b. Abt. 1802, Barren Co., KY; m. (1) DAVID SHELBY, April 27, 1820, Posey Co., IN; m. (2) JOHN CALVIN, March 7, 1824, Posey Co., IN.

6. ix. CATHERINE BROOKS, b. 1803, Barren Co., KY.

x. JULIET C. BROOKS, b. 1804, Barren Co., KY; m. BENJAMIN HARRELSON, December 7, 1824, Posey Co., IN.

xi. JOHN L. BROOKS, b. 1806, Barren Co., KY; m. (1) ELIZABETH REEDER, October 16, 1825, Posey Co., IN; m. (2) REBECCA PADEN BORING, January 2, 1847, Posey Co., IN; m. (3) NANCY ? GARRETT, May 12, 1855, Gibson Co., IN; m. (4) LAVISA CONNER, February 28, 1877, Bethel, Posey Co., IN.

xii. AMELIA BROOKS, b. 1808, Barren Co., KY; m. WILLIAM MEADOWS, October 21, 1829, Posey Co., IN.

 

3. MILES2 BROOKS (JOHN1).

 

Child of MILES BROOKS is:

i. AMERICA ANN3 BROOKS, m. WILLIAM T. WILLIAMSON.

 

Generation No. 3

 

4. RHODA3 BROOKS (DABNEY2, JOHN1) was born 1792 in Barren Co., KY, and died September 3, 1856 in Marion, Crittenden Co., KY. She married WILLIAM MCMICKEN Abt. 1812 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, son of JAMES MCMICAN and NANCY ?.

 

Children of RHODA BROOKS and WILLIAM MCMICKEN are:

i. JOHN B.4 MCMICKEN, b. 1818, KY; m. NELLEY.

ii. AMZI W. MCMICKEN, b. September 18, 1829, Crittenden Co., KY; m. (1) ELIZABETH ANN ALSOPP, September 15, 1855, KY; m. (2) MARY ELIZABETH WATHEN, August 4, 1857, Union Co., KY; m. (3) HARRIET SHIPLEY, May 11, 1883, KY.

 

5. HARRIET3 BROOKS (DABNEY2, JOHN1) was born 1797 in KY. She married JOHN E. WILSON.

 

Children of HARRIET BROOKS and JOHN WILSON are:

i. MARY4 WILSON, b. Abt. 1818, KY; d. Abt. 1870, Hardin Co., IL; m. JONATHAN BELT.

ii. ELEANOR WILSON, b. Abt. 1820, Livingston Co., KY; d. Aft. 1880, Crittenden, KY; m. (1) GABRIEL BUTLER, July 21, 1834, Livingston Co., KY; m. (2) JESSIE B. FRANKS, November 20, 1845, Crittenden Co., KY.

iii. SARAH WILSON, b. Abt. 1820, Livingston Co., KY; m. LAWSON N. LACY, November 20, 1839, Livingston Co., KY.

iv. HARRIETT CASSANDER WILSON, b. December 1824, Livingston Co., KY; d. June 16, 1908, Crittenden, KY; m. PETER BEBOUT, July 23, 1845, Crittenden Co., KY.

v. FRANCES JANE WILSON, b. Abt. 1829, Livingston Co., KY; d. June 2, 1884, KY; m. NEWTON J. LYNN, April 1, 1848, Crittenden Co., KY.

 

6. CATHERINE3 BROOKS (DABNEY2, JOHN1) was born 1803 in Barren Co., KY. She married JOHN M. POTTER June 23, 1821 in White Co., IL.

 

Children of CATHERINE BROOKS and JOHN POTTER are:

i. ROMELIA B.4 POTTER, b. Abt. 1826.

ii. JAMES P. POTTER, b. Abt. 1831, Posey Co., Indiana.

iii. AMANDA POTTER, b. Abt. 1833.

iv. RHODA POTTER, b. Abt. 1838, Posey Co., Indiana.

v. GEORGE M. POTTER, b. Abt. 1838, IN; m. ALEVA A. CALVIN, August 18, 1866.

vi. JOHN J. POTTER, b. Abt. 1840, IN.

vii. JOHANNAH POTTER, b. Abt. 1843, IN; m. ALFRED M. CALVIN, January 14, 1864.