"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BL-Y53 : 4 April 2020), John Brooks in household of Zachary Brooks, Wilkes county, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing family 820, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2020), memorial page for John Brooks (1830–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 131318145, citing John Brooks Bob Bryan Cemetery, Traphill, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Carole Conrad (contributor 46532185) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John: