Isaac Brooks

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A014993

" The Brooks Clan in Chatham are descendants of John Brooks Sr., who received a grant of 640 acres on Tick Creek in 1755.He built a house 3 miles east of Ore Hill, was deeded to his son, Isaac. His sons Joab, an Mark built their homes On the headwaters of Ephraim's Creek northwest of Ore Hill. Isaac, one of Chatham's first legislators was an active Regulator and fought at the Battle of Alamance. he was on Fanning's "most wanted" list and several times narrowly evaded capture by the Tories."

After the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the Army of General Nathaniel Green camped at the Brooks Plantation, General William Washington making the house his Headquarters. Mrs brooks and her servants baked bread for the soldiers. Extracted from " Early Families and outstanding people - Chatham County 1771 - 1971. Ancestry.com. Chatham County, 1771-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Gender: Male Birth: 1727 Halifax, North Carolina, United States Marriage: 1763 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States Marriage: 1792 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States Death: 1825 Chatham County, North Carolina, United States Father: John Brooks Mother: Susan Narsin Spouses: Ruth Terrell Hannah Harper Children: Amelia Brooks William Terrell Brooks Joseph John Brooks Mary Brooks Sarah Brooks Nancy Brooks Phoebe Brooks Ruth Terrell Brooks Elizabeth Brooks

Origins

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062872569&view=1up&seq=..., p. 12

John Brooks, Esq., an English gentleman, married Susan came to America and died in Chatham County, N. C., about 1766. They had issue:

• 1. Thomas Brooks, b. about 1710, d. 1796 in Chatham County, N. C., married in Virginia, Mary , probably Mary Harris.
• 2. Joab Brooks, Esq., member of the early Courts of Orange County, N. C. b. about 1712, d. 1775 in Chatham County, N. C., m. Catherine Dimmaux.
• 3. John Brooks, Jr. b. about 1715, married Jane May, daughter of John May, from Virginia to North Carolina and then to Georgia.
• 4. Mark Brooks (or Marcus) b ' about 1720, d. about 1819, m. Fannie Harris of the Granville County Harris family.
• 5. James Brooks, born about 1725, died after 1812 in Georgia, said to have married Elizabeth Smith, m. 2nd about 1765 Margaret Thomason, daughter of Simon Thomason, from Chatham County, N. C., to Pendleton District, S. C. m. 3rd Unity.
• 6. Isaac Brooks, b. about 1727, d. 1825, m. 1st Ruth Terrell, b. about 1730, d. about 1790; m. 2nd Hannah Harper, widow