Maxey Brooks

1796 - Abt 1861  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Maxey Brooks  [1, 2]
  Birth	Between 1791 and 1796	South Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1861	Meriwether County, Georgia   [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 d. Oct 1878, Meriwether County, Georgia (Age ~ 66 years)
  Marriage	1830  [3]
  Children	1. Emeline Brooks,   b. Abt 1831, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rhodom Maxey Brooks,   b. Abt 1832, Georgia d. 1891 (Age ~ 59 years)   3. Robert H. Brooks,   b. Abt 1835, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   4. James M. Brooks,   b. Abt 1836, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas S. Brooks,   b. Abt 1839, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   6. Louisa A. Brooks,   b. Abt 1841, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lazarus Brooks,   b. Abt 1842, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   8. Rebecca A. Brooks,   b. Abt 1843, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   9. Infant son Brooks,   b. Abt Jun 1850, Troup County, Georgia d. Bef 1860, Georgia (Age ~ 9 years)
  Family ID	F2402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1791 and 1796 - South Carolina Death - Abt 1861 - Meriwether County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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