Place: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States[9]
Will
Will is dated 4 Nov. 1804, pr. Feb. court, 1805 (Wythe Co., VA, WB 1, pp. 308-9. The will stipulates that Thomas Brook's homeplace to be sold, with Thomas Brooks' beloved wife Margaret receiving widow's third of the money from the sale, along with household furniture and moveable property until her death, at which point these are to be divided by their daughter Rebecca and son John Jehu?. If Thomas Brook's son James pays the estate $200, if Thomas Brooks' son Robert pays $120, and if Thomas Brooks's son Jesse pays $100, they may have an equal divide of the monies from the land sale with their siblings Sally Lahue, Thomas Brooks, Margaret Day, Susanna Harland, Ruthy Greenwood, and Rachel Brooks. If the sums mentioned be more than an equal share, then the surplus must be paid to John Brooks. The plantation tools to be equally divided between Robert and Jesse Brooks, who are to be executors along with their mother Margaret. The will is signed and sealed by Thomas Brooks, and is wit. by John Folk, Sr., John Folk, Jr., Joseph Evans, and Jesse Evans. The will was proven at Feb court 1805 by John Folks, Jr., and Joseph Evans.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 May 2020), "Record of Thomas Brooks", Ancestor # A214245.
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This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Brooks-6383 was created by James Brooks through the import of Brooks Family Tree.ged on Nov 21, 2014.
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