Mary (McGuire) Brooks (abt. 1807 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1807 in Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Brooks — married 20 Nov 1834 in Tazewell, VA

Died after 1860 after about age 53 in Virginia, USA

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Biography

Mary 'Polly' McGuire was born about 1807 in Tazewell County, Virginia. She was a daughter of Joseph McGuire and Elizabeth Brown.

She married Thomas Brooks on 20 November 1834 in Tazewell County, Virginia.^[1]

Tazewell County, Virginia Marriage Register No. 1, p. 125 (FHL Film 4284960, Image 354), I do certify to the Clerk of the County Court of Tazewell that the following marriages was celebrated by me, William McGuire, since the first of January 1834, given under my hand this 25th November 1834: 20 November 1834, Thomas Brooks and Polly McGuire.^[2]

Name Polly Mcguire

Gender Female

Marriage Date 20 Nov 1834

Marriage Place Tazewell, Virginia

Spouse Thomas Brook

FHL Film Number 34214

Reference ID Page 125

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850, FHL Film Number: 34214, pg 125
2. ↑ Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940

• Tazewell County, Virginia Deed Book 10, p. 121 (FHL Film 8359694, Image 68); 15 April 1850, Thomas Brooks and Mary, his wife, formerly Mary Mcguire, John M. Lockhart and Sarah, his wife, formerly Sarah Mcguire, Cornelius Mcguire and Margaret, his wife, William Mcguire and John Mcguire to Joseph J. Mays, all right and title to lands Joseph Mcguire owned at his death; 3 tracts of 120 acres, 100 acres and 27 acres totaling 247 acres on Indian Creek in the rich lands, the three tracts adjoining; Mary, Sarah, Cornelius, William and John being children and heirs of Joseph Mcguire, each entitled to one eighth part with five eighths hereby conveyed to Joseph J. Mayo. Mary, Sarah and Margaret each relinquished dower.
• Tazewell County, Virginia Deed Book 10, p. 123 (FHL Film 8359694, Image 69); 16 April 1850, Thomas Brooks and Mary, his wife, William McGuire, John McGuire and Joseph Bishop to Joseph J. Mays, all right and title in lands of Joseph McGuire owned at his death; 4 tracts of 24, 22, 115 and 11 acres totaling 173 acres on waters of Dismal. Mary Brooks, William McGuire, John McGuire and Joseph Bishop being children and heirs of Joseph McGuire, decd, Mary, William and John entitled to one eighth part each and Joseph Bishop entitled to one sixteenth part. Mary Brooks relinquished dower.