The info I have slightly conflicts with what you have in regards to Jonathan Brooks. I have his wife as Jane Terrell with both of them being born in North Carolina. The line does evolve from England through his father, also John, who may have come to North Carolina by way Virginia. This information comes from the book "Brooks and Kindred Families" by Ida Brooks Kellam. I trust the Brooks book more than I do the Wilkinson County book, only because I have caught numerous errors in the Wilkinson County book. Note that the Brooks family came south to Wilkinson County from the Jones County area about the time of 1840 to 1850. In fact you will find that John and Martha Mercer Brooks lived in Wilkinson County in 1850. I have not been able to find them in the 1860 Census as of yet. This may be due to the fact that John had taken his family to Alabama to stay with relations before the war and only brought them back at the start of the war. I have not looked for him in Alabama yet. John Brooks was mortally wounded in the hip as a color bearer in the Battle of Baker's Creek or some call it the Battle of Champions Hill. All indications is that he went down in a charge across a road there early in the battle. I say early because the wounded later in the battle were left behind as the Union pushed back the Confederate line. He later died in Vicksburg during the siege and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery. A marker was placed there during the 1980's and another was placed at Asbury Methodist Church in Wilkinson County next to his wife. I have two unsolved mysteries with the Brooks family. One of the biggest mysteries of this family is where they went after the war. I cannot find them in the 1870 Census in Wilkinson County. She may have gone back to Jones County or maybe even to Alabama. I find this strange because there is a picture of the Brooks home near Asbury that is in the Brooks History. The second is who is the father of Robert Lee Brooks. Victor Myrick states in his book, "The Myrick Family" that he was the son of John and Martha Brooks. Well this would not be possible unless Martha was with child for several years. John died in 1863 and Robert was born in 1867. The Brooks family does go on to be very prosperous in Wilkinson County. Running Sawmills and Mercantile businesses about the Gordon area. Most of the family is buried in Ramah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery or Clear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. They are within a mile of each other. The decendents are scattered across Georgia now and I have been trying to get together a reunion. Bob Fisher