Since I saw the name Brooks come up on the list, I'll throw in my Brooks need. I have Jonathan Brooks born abt. 1775 in Oglethorpe GA (he later married Nancy Monk). His father was supposed to have been James Brooks who was born 1 Jan 1725 in Yorkshire England to John Brooks Sr. and Susan Narsin. There were THREE different James Brooks who were from Orange NC to SC, but the one I am interested in is the James Brooks who married Elizabeth Smith, born Cherokee Nation East, to Nicholas Smith and Elisabeth Downing. Nicholas Smith was the son of Ambrose Joshua Smith. While James Brooks migrated to SC and married there at least twice, he never lost touch with the family of his wife. Nicholas Smith migrated to Franklin County, GA but he died (according to the family story) while on a trip to visit family in Richmond NC. Does anyone at all know anything about the above Jonathan Brooks ? Lisa M. Mills ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Lisa, I have been to a few of the Chatham Brooks reunions but don't think anyone has proven where John and Susan Brooks were prior to NC but researchers think they were in VA, then to (proven) Cross Creek, with Terrells, area now known as Fayettville, NC. Then later up the Neuse River, thought in canoes, to Chatham, then still part of old Orange. They are sd. to have had the first glass windows in the county. The old house burned in ca the 1940's or 50's. And it is sd. John was on Tory Col. David Fanning's most wanted list and his men chased John up the stairs and was hacking at the door with his sword while John was jumping out the window onto his horse and sped away! This door is supposedly with a descendant in Greensboro, NC. Seems two of the Brooks signed the Regulator Advertisement. They were politically minded. John's son Isaac represented new Chatham at ...pre Rev War a bit, and he also presented a bill to Colonial Gov regarding building a better road between New Bern, if memory serves, to Wachovia, in current Forsyth Co., NC. We think it was the plank road or a BETTER plank road?? Anyway, Roger Foushee, Brooks fam. historian asked that a part of HWY 421 which is at or near Siler City, AND near the old Brooks property, be named Isaac or Ike Brooks after him. And so it was. Maybe you can find Roger through a Brooks site. He knows allll this about the family, and likely about your James if Kellam inc. him in her bk. I bet she did as had no children and traveled about with her husband to many courthouses in several states. Seems he was a lawyer. Interesting...keep us posted. Bebe -----Original Message----- From: SouthrnGenealogy@aol.com To: ncorange@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 8:04 PM Subject: [NCORANGE] I'm hunting Brooks Too!! Since I saw the name Brooks come up on the list, I'll throw in my Brooks need. I have Jonathan Brooks born abt. 1775 in Oglethorpe GA (he later married Nancy Monk). His father was supposed to have been James Brooks who was born 1 Jan 1725 in Yorkshire England to John Brooks Sr. and Susan Narsin. There were THREE different James Brooks who were from Orange NC to SC, but the one I am interested in is the James Brooks who married Elizabeth Smith, born Cherokee Nation East, to Nicholas Smith and Elisabeth Downing. Nicholas Smith was the son of Ambrose Joshua Smith. While James Brooks migrated to SC and married there at least twice, he never lost touch with the family of his wife. Nicholas Smith migrated to Franklin County, GA but he died (according to the family story) while on a trip to visit family in Richmond NC. Does anyone at all know anything about the above Jonathan Brooks ? Lisa M. Mills ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- 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.