Have you seen the Brooks Family by James McDowell Allen? It states: James born 1725 married Margaret Thomason daughter of Simon of Chatham died 1800; listed in the 1790 census in Newberry County, South Carolina; James served in the South Carolina militia as a private under Colonel Anderson; will of Simon Thomason proved 1784 mentions daughter Margaret Brooks and grandson Simon Brooks; James and Margaret moved to Franklin County, Georgia and probably died there. This source focuses on his children in SC and Georgia. Pam

I haven't as am from Isaac, son of John and Susan and we all, my branch, stuck around old Orange until my grandfather d. in 1955...so we knew a lot already and the Archives in Raleigh is just 2-3 hrs. from Winston Salem. I guess we are spoiled. My husband was b. in Person Co. as father's family there and grew up in Alamance where his mother was from. So you know how we feel about this general neck of the woods. Try the sp. of Thomason with 2 s's as seems I saw that sp. sometime in Chatham. Bebe -----Original Message----- From: pambrett@pacbell.net To: ncorange@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] I'm hunting Brooks Too!! Have you seen the Brooks Family by James McDowell Allen? It states: James born 1725 married Margaret Thomason daughter of Simon of Chatham died 1800; listed in the 1790 census in Newberry County, South Carolina; James served in the South Carolina militia as a private under Colonel Anderson; will of Simon Thomason proved 1784 mentions daughter Margaret Brooks and grandson Simon Brooks; James and Margaret moved to Franklin County, Georgia and probably died there. This source focuses on his children in SC and Georgia. Pam ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.