Richard
Sims
Brooks
Born in North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Arthur Brooks Sr.
and Ann (Unknown) Brooks
Husband of
Vashti (Valliant) Brooks
— married
20 Apr 1823 in Huntsville, Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
Calvin Hurlock Brooks
Died
at about age 67
in Grimes, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2015
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Biography
Richard and Vashti lived in Madison County, Alabama untile 1833, when they moved to Tennessee. They lived there in Madison Co., and for a while in Haywood County. Martha being the oldest daughter, got married sometime when they lived in Tenn. They all moved to Texas in 1853. Richard owned a grcery store in Denmark, Tenn. One of his deeds apparently is describing a grocery store.
Sources
- Letters of son, C H Brooks c1914.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDJ-GCV : 9 November 2014), Vashti Brooks in household of Richard L Brooks, Haywood county, part of, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1009, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)."
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF2-PL8 : 12 December 2017), Richard S Brooks, 1860. Reeves-4890 16:43, 4 April 2018 (EDT)
- Johnson, Frank W. (Frank White), 1799-1884. A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 5, book, 1914; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth760587/m1/138/?q=brooks: accessed November 19, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cleng Peerson Research Library at the Bosque Museum. Biography naming children and migration.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~6.25%
Kerry Moore
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member doaker
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~0.78%
Jim Hollabaugh :
23andMe
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~0.78%
LaMyra Morton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M733654 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lamyra
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B493819
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Virgil Kester :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A673132 [compare], yourDNAportal VIR75bf8eb0, Ancestry member KesterIII
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~0.39%
Alvin Alexander :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T133123 [compare], Ancestry member zander570
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