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Abt 1843 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Maxey Brooks was born between 1791 and 1796 in South Carolina; died about 1861 in Meriwether County, Georgia. 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
Maxey married Lucy Thornton in 1830. Lucy was born about 1812 in Georgia; died in Oct 1878 in Meriwether County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Lucy Thornton was born about 1812 in Georgia; died in Oct 1878 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Notes:
ROOKS, Mrs., widow of the late Maxey Brooks, died near Brooks' mill last Wednesday morning, aged about 65; Vol. 6, No. 44, October 18, 1878, page 3
Death Notices from The Meriwether County Vindicator
http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/m/s/msaffold/Vindicator%20obits.htm
Said to be the daughter of William Thornton and Dinah Briggs.
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