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Maxey Brooks

Male 1796 - Abt 1861  (~ 70 years)


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  1. 1.  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]

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


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emeline Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1831 in Georgia; and died.

  2. 3.  Rhodom Maxey Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1832 in Georgia; died in 1891.

    Rhodom married Mary Frances Fuller on 28 Aug 1851 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Mary (daughter of James Anderson Fuller and Fanny Bailey) was born about 1829 in Meriwether County, Georgia; died about 1910 in Pike County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Robert H. Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1835 in Georgia; and died.

  4. 5.  James M. Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1836 in Georgia; and died.

  5. 6.  Thomas S. Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1839 in Georgia; and died.

  6. 7.  Louisa A. Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1841 in Georgia; and died.

    Notes:

    She married A. H. McMiller/McMilnor/McMillian, and they were living with her parents at the time of the 1860 Meriwether County, Georgia census. He was born in North Carolina ca 1830.


  7. 8.  Lazarus Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1842 in Georgia; and died.

  8. 9.  Rebecca A. Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about 1843 in Georgia; and died.

    Notes:

    Said to have married a BOWDEN.


  9. 10.  Infant son Brooks Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maxey1) was born about Jun 1850 in Troup County, Georgia; died before 1860 in Georgia.


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