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Maxey Brooks

Male 1796 - Abt 1861  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name Maxey Brooks  [1, 2
    Born Between 1791 and 1796  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1861  Meriwether County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Said to be a prominent owner of Brooks' Grist Mill in Troup County, Georgia which he built in 1829, a cotton factory in 1846 and a dye house operation in 1847. He was a pioneer settler of Troup County, Georgia.

      Location: Flat Shoals Creek on U.S. Highway 27, ten miles south of LaGrange, GA
      Marker Dedication or Erection Date: 1980
      Marker Text: TROUP FACTORY
      Troup Factory, first cotton mill in Troup County, Georiga, was established in 1846 on Flat Shoals Creek by Robertson, Leslie & Co., of Meriwether County. Water powered carding, spinning and weaving, in a massive four-storied mill, produced famed quality sheetings and osnaburgs until 1899. In 1902, L. M. Park bought and removed the mill to LaGrange. Maxey Brooks (1796-1861), pioneer millwright, built an important gristmill on the site in 1829 and sold it to the Company in 1846.
      Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1980

      Historic Chattachoochee Commission
      http://www.hcc-al-ga.org/tour_markers.cfm?GetPage=2&County=18



    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1850 Census
      Georgia, Troup County, 697 Dist 826 Division
      Enumerated 29 Aug 1850
      67-67
      Maxey Brooks 59 m Mill Wright 12000 Ga
      Lucy Brooks 39 F Ga
      Emiline Brooks 19 F Ga
      Rodam M 17 M Mill Wright Ga
      Robert H Brooks 15 M Farmer Ga
      James M Brooks 14 M Ga
      Thos S Brooks 11 M Ga
      Louisa A. J. Brooks 9 F Ga
      Rebecca A. Brooks 7 F Ga
      Lasrus B. Brooks 8 M Ga
      Babe Brooks 1/12 M Ga

      1860 Census
      Georgia, Meriwether County, P. O. Greenville
      Enumerated 24 July 1860
      Page 387
      372-372
      Maxey Brooks 64 M Farmer $9600 $2000 S C
      Lucy Brooks 40 F Ga
      Jas M Brooks 23 M Machinist $--- $400 Ga
      Lucy A McMiller 17 F Ga
      Rebecca Brooks 14 F Ga
      A H McMIller 20 M Farming NC
    Person ID I13142  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Lucy Thornton,   b. Abt 1812, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1878, Meriwether County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 1830  [3
    Children 
     1. Emeline Brooks,   b. Abt 1831, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Rhodom Maxey Brooks,   b. Abt 1832, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891  (Age ~ 59 years)
     3. Robert H. Brooks,   b. Abt 1835, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. James M. Brooks,   b. Abt 1836, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Thomas S. Brooks,   b. Abt 1839, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Louisa A. Brooks,   b. Abt 1841, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Lazarus Brooks,   b. Abt 1842, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Rebecca A. Brooks,   b. Abt 1843, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Infant son Brooks,   b. Abt Jun 1850, Troup County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2010 
    Family ID F2402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Between 1791 and 1796 - South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 1861 - Meriwether County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Georgia, Meriwether County, P. O. Greenville Enumerated 24 July 1860 Page 387 372-372 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S959] Website "Georgia, Pike County, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book", (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/history/dar.txt), Volume 86, page 36 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Brooks Britt. DAR ID Number: 85098 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S97] Fuller, Linda Nugent-Family Researcher; Correspondence, Family Group Sheets, Email.