Maxey Brooks

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]

1. Emeline Brooks was born about 1831 in Georgia; and died.
2. Rhodom Maxey Brooks was born about 1832 in Georgia; died in 1891.
3. Robert H. Brooks was born about 1835 in Georgia; and died.
4. James M. Brooks was born about 1836 in Georgia; and died.
5. Thomas S. Brooks was born about 1839 in Georgia; and died.
6. Louisa A. Brooks was born about 1841 in Georgia; and died.
7. Lazarus Brooks was born about 1842 in Georgia; and died.
8. Rebecca A. Brooks was born about 1843 in Georgia; and died.
9. Infant son Brooks was born about Jun 1850 in Troup County, Georgia; died before 1860 in Georgia.