Micajah Brooks (1761 - 1862)

Born 25 Dec 1761 in Orange, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hunter) Brooks — married 1784 in Chatham County, North Carolina, USA

Husband of Margaret T. (Carter) Brooks — married 27 Jun 1839 in Paulding County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1862 at age 100 in Polk, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Private Micajah Brooks served with Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Micajah Brooks is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015054.

Micajah Brooks is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P121946
Rank: Private

Revolutionary War

• 1776 Private Micajah Brooks served first in Georgia, then in Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment, Captain Miller's Company, Colonel Hammond's Regiment, for the State of South Carolina, during the American Revolution. NSSAR # p-121946. ^[1][2]

Five sons of John Brooks of Virginia served in the revolution. They were Allen (Ballam), Joab Brooks, John H. Brooks, James Brooks and Micajah Brooks and they were all Revolutionary War Soldiers. After the war, they all received land grants in Georgia for their service as documented in "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia" page 41. ^{[3] [4]}

military 1793 Wilkes County, North Carolina^[5]

1794 Warren County, Georgia

1805 residence place: Warren County, North Carolina

Micajah Brooks wed Margrett Carter June 27, 1839 in Paulding County, Georgia.^[6]

• 1849 Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers: Micajah Brooks, , Private, Half yearly allowance: $24.00. Commencing January 1, 1850. Pension received through September 1860. 98 years old. ^[7]

Micajah Brooks was enumerated at 950th District, Paulding County, Georgia for the August 26, United States Census, 1850. He was noted as born 1762 in North Carolina. He was a farmer and revolutionary son with $800 of value in real estate as seen in this image of the original census. Also included in the household are female Margaret Brooks, male Carter Brooks and male Grun L Brooks.^[8]

Micajah Brooks died June 15, 1863 in Polk County, Georgia.

Micajah McGreggor Brooks is buried at Hubbard-Brooks Family Cemetery in Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia, USA.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/121946
2. ↑ Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana (accessed 2 Feb 2022)
3. ↑ Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia Vol. I, Page 41.
4. ↑ Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol III, Page 292
5. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811; Record Group: 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984; Series Number: M9
6. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVX-TYC : 4 November 2017), Micajah Brooks and Margrett Carter, 27 Jun 1839; citing Marriage, Paulding, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 419,168.
7. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WB-ZHS4?cc=2069831&wc=MXMQ-52S%3A355664301 : 22 September 2016), 9-vol I Revolutionary War pensioners > image 250 of 362; citing NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYC-7XN : 12 April 2016), Micajah Brooks, Paulding county, Paulding, Georgia, United States; citing family 126, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Find A Grave website

See also:

• U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster G;

• U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811 NARA microfilm publication M905, 32 rolls. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-GB5C : accessed 27 March 2018), Micajah Brooks, 01 Jan 1850; citing Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 9; FHL microfilm 1,319,389.

• Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892 Georgia Tax Digests [1890]. Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives.Original data: Georgia Tax Digests [1890]. 140 volumes. Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives.

• U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco

• Georgia, United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811; Record Group: 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984; Series Number: M9 Data:

• American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions Publication: Name: Online publication Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1852.Original data: Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War P;

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-L36 : accessed 27 March 2018), M Brooks, Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States; citing p. 248, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 175,765.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPL-JN5 : 11 August 2017), Mcajah Brooks, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing 216, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 18; FHL microfilm 7,038.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMC-2LW : 13 December 2017), Micajah Brooks, 1860. Household ID 530 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number M653 Affiliate Film Number 134 GS Film Number 803134 Digital Folder Number 005165705 Image Number 00213.

• Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811; Record Group: 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984; Series Number: M9

• Hatcher, Patricia Law Title: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Publication: Volume: 1; Serial: 12978; Volume: 1

• Source: Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed December 25, 1761), "Record of Micajah Brooks", Ancestor # A015054.

Notes

Obtained from Nancy S. Brooks Shire who obtained info from: Jane Adair Brooks' Bible record pages, gravestones and correspondence with descendants of these families: Crisp, Micajah Brooks, Jr. and Joseph Brooks.

Almost all the information about the line tracing old Micajah Brooks back through John Brooks, English immigrant, came from the Woodson Hubbard family Bible; parts of the information are quoted in the book "Brooks and Kindred Families" by Ida Brooks Kellam.

Major info obtained from The Brooks Family Query Exchange, Vol.l, Issue 1, May 1980 located in the Clayton Library, a genealogical and historical library which is a part of the Houston City Library system. The article in the Brooks Family Query Exchange was obtained from Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society Quarterly, April 1978, pg. 2-4 & was submitted by Ted O. Brooke, 79 Wagonwheel Ct., N.E., Marietta, Georgia 30067. (8/15/93 - Ted O. Brooke now lives at 2055 Foster Drive, Cumming, Georgia. Phone # 770-781-9221). The article is as follows:

"Micajah Brooks was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1761, died June 15, 1863, in his 101 year of life. He lived to see his twelve children grown, some of his sons and grandsons fought in the Civil War. He was wounded at the battle of Cowpens in South Carolina January 17, 1781. He was the son of John and Jane May Brooks and a grandson of John Brooks who was born in England.

John Brooks, Sr. came from England with his wife, Susan, and six sons about 1730. They settled at the mouth of the James River in Virginia. In 1735 they moved to Bladen County, North Carolina, then to Orange, now Chatham County, North Carolina. In 1771 John Brooks Jr. and his wife, Jane, sold their land in Chatham County, North Carolina and moved to Georgia."

"Micajah Brooks' pension papers shows they arrived in Georgia in 1775 settling in Wilkes County that was later included in Warren County. He served in the Revolution War under Capt. Few, George Barber and Col. Elijah Clark in the Georgia troops. When returning home to North Carolina, he enlisted in Edgefield District South Carolina March 1780-81 and served three months as Private under Capt. Bartley Martin, Col. Leroy Hammond in the South Carolina Troops. He later served in the Georgia Troops under Capt. John Hil, Joseph Mimms, John Wilson, Stephen Bishop, Samuel Bechman, David Miller, Col. Elijah Clark and was in on an expedition to the Cherokee nation and was at the surrender of Augusta, Georgia."

In "Brooks and Kindred Families" by Ida Brooks Kellam, there is a cute story told by Jennie Lynn Wingard of Rockmart, Georgia. Her grandmother, Mary Eudora Hubbard Carpenter, told how Micajah's mother sent him to mill when he was an overgrown boy of fourteen. He met up with some recruiting officers, left his horse and meal and joined the army and wasn't heard of for seven years. They thought he was dead.

Evidently Micajah was remembering his old home in Chatham County, North Carolina and the girl he left behind and this was an opportunity to get back to the land of his nativity. The trek was long and hard. He stopped in South Carolina where he had kinsmen living, and enlisted for more service. He then went to Chatham County, North Carolina and married before returning home. He married about 1784 to Mary Hunter, daughter of Elisha Hunter, a German seaman, whose wife was Margaret Stute.

They first settled in Wilkes County, Georgia. (now Warren County) then moved to Putnam County then to Jasper County and finally settling in Paulding County, Georgia in a part of which is Polk County. He moved to Paulding County soon after the territory was surveyed in 1832.

Micajah Brooks, his son, John and wife Elizabeth, his daughter, Nancy and her husband Woodson Hubbard received land grants now known as the Everett Plantation in Polk County. The original grant and deeds are now in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. James Everett. Some of the original rooms of the Micajah Brooks' home are now a part of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett. These rooms are made of brick that was made near the house, and were not destroyed when the home burned. The deeds by John Brooks, son of Micajah, deeding the property to Hosea Camp, great-grandfather of James Everett in 1849 is also in the possession of Mr. Everett.

The cemetery in which Micajah Brooks is buried was given by his son-in-law, Woodson Hubbard, as a family burying ground in 1850. In 1851 Nancy Brooks Hubbard, wife of Woodson was the first to be buried there. After selling the homeplace Micajah moved to Fish Creek and settled on a hill above a large spring. He lived there with his second wife, Margaret T. Carter. They married June 27, 1839 in Paulding County. This homestead was sold in 1868 by his widow and son, Green L. Brooks to L.W. Harris in 1868. On Sept. 19, 1878 L.W.Harris sold it to William Phillips, husband of Caroline Frances Wilson Phillips, a granddaughter of Micajah Brooks. William Mitchell Phillips gave this place to his eldest daughter, Nancy Jane Phillips Blissette and after her death her youngest daughter, Jane Lillian Blissette Thacker, bought the old home at public auction. Micajah and wife, Mary, had issue, all of whom were married before they moved to Henry County, Georgia.

l. Elisha Brooks b. 5-27-1785, Wilkes Co. GA m. Fannie Mosely in Putnam Co.

6-2-1814. He was a soldier of the war of 1812.

2. Laney Brooks m. David Griffin, lived in Polk Co., GA.

3. Ruth Bertha Brooks m. Wm. Moseley 10-8-1814 in Putnam Co. They lived in

Henry Co., GA.

4. Jane (Jennie) Brooks b. 1793 m. Hugh Wilson 7-23-1809, Putnam Co.

5. John Brooks m. Elizabeth  ? , moved to Texas.

6. Mary Sarah Brooks m. William Allen, lived in Spalding & Troup Co.

7. Elizabeth Brooks m. ? Johnson, lived and died in Polk Co.

8. Temperance Brooks b. 11-9-1804 d. 1-20-1821 (or 1872), m. Burrell Peeples Key 12 Nov 1821.

9. Nancy Brooks m. Woodson Hubbard d. 1851 lived in Polk Co. GA

10. Elijah Brooks b. 1792 m. Rachel Brewer, lived in Polk Co. GA

11. Carter Brooks, died single

12. Green L. Brooks m. Lucinda Cheek, lived in Polk Co. GA. They had no

children.

Micajah Brooks, the last known Revolutionary soldier in the south and one of the last six in the United States, was the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary records. For his service he was granted land in Henry County, Georgia under the land lottery of 1827. (Re: Georgia Roster of the Revolution, by Knight) He was Captain of the 150 Georgia Militia, Warren County, Georgia, the Justice of Peace from 1813 to 1817 (re: Georiga Justices of Peace, State Archives, Atlanta).

While living in Putnam Co. Ga., Micajah Brooks and his daughter, Nancy were charter members of the "Crooked Creek Baptist Church" which was constituted in 1807.

July, 1950, the William Witcher Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution marked the grave of Micajah Brooks in the Hubbard Cemetery, about five miles west of Rockmart, Georgia. Over one hundred descendants watched the unveiling of the marker that identified the Brooks grave as being the definitely identified one of a veteran in Polk County Georgia who fought in our nation's war for freedom from the mother country.

Present that day were state NSDAR officers, pastors of local Churches and other dignitaries, including Mrs. J. W. Pickett, local Regent, a descendant of Micajah Brooks.

Brooks Cemetery

Henry County Georgia

Highway 155, several miles from McDonough, Ga. going towards Griffin, Ga. Turn off on Teamon Road, cross "Stricklin Crossing". turn south on a field road that runs through a grape vineyard. This old Brooks' cemetery is on the left. The undergrowth is thick & covers up some of the markers.

Big John Brooks Infant Sons of S.J. & N.C. Slaton Born June 21, 1821 Small lambs on the stones. No dates. Died Oct. 18, 1898

"Gone But Not Forgotten"

Leonard B. Brooks (son of John and Lizzie Roan Brooks) April 20, 1846

d. Sept. 17, 1882

Henry R. (Son of S.D & N.C. Slaton)

b. July 9, 1866

Age 10 yrs.

Micajah Brooks, son, Aaron Brooks, took the oath of Sheriff of Henry Co. Ga. in 1827. His daughter, Ruth Bartha Brooks m. Wm. Moseley.

 !CENSUS: 1850 U. S. Census Extracts, M 432, Roll 80, Free Inhabitants in 950th Districk in the County of Paulding State of Georgia.

Home Fam Name Age Sex Col Occupation Value Birth Mar Sch R/W # # Real Est. Place ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 126 Micajah Brooks 88 M Farmer & 0 N.C.

Rev.Soldier

Margaret Brooks 42 F GA

Carter Brooks 7 M GA X

Green L. Brooks 5 M GA X -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CENSUS: 1840 Not indexed

Polk County, Georgia was western part of Paulding County until 1851.

12-3-92 Jane Everett Lynn now owns and lives in the old Micajah Brooks homeplace. John and LaDell Montgomery had stopped by there over the Thanksgiving holidays looking for the family burial place. No one was home so we left a note and Jane contacted me this date. The Hubbard Cemetery is located on her brother's place which is across the road. There is a lock and chain to keep the vandals away and it is about 1-1/2 miles in a wooded area.

Jane's address is 207 Hightower Road, Rockmart, Georgia 30153 and her phone number is area code 770/684-3481. Jane works in Rome as a tax auditor for the IRS. She did live in the Atlanta area. At one time she lived in the Dunwoody area and her son attended Dunwoody High school.

Mrs. O.B. (Bette) McEwan, 1129 So. Osceola, Orlando, Florida 32806 who is a descendant of Micajah's daughter Ruth Bertha Brooks and also in the Adair line, Laura Elizabeth Adair, gave me the address of a genealogist who goes back to Micajah. His name is Joseph Moore, P.O. Box l45, Hampton, Georgia 30228. He is single and lives with his mother. Apparently they own Towalaga Farm? Also another genealogist by the name of A.B. Herbert in Cedartown.

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