Individual Details

There is no particular documentation for this date of birth; it is a guestimate.

A book on the Jennings family, DOCUMENTED NOTES ON JENNINGS AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by Beatrice Mackey Doughtie, provided some unexpected data. George, son of Charles & Sally Williams Brooks, married a Jennings descendant. The book states that George was a son of Sarah Williams, called Sally, & Charles B. Brooks of Caswell Co NC. He was a grandson of Elizabeth & Henry Williams of the same place; a great, grandson of Ursula Henderson & Daniel Williams. [This information was not new, but was a nice reinforcement for what is already known.] A Charles Brooks served in the Revolution in Capt Turner's Co., Caswell Co, under command of Col. McDowell from 15 March to 30 July 1779. Given that two of his brothers were in the Revolution and no other Charles Brooks are known in Caswell, it's likely this is Charles.

Caswell DB A, p.254
3 Mar 1779 State of NC Grant #30 to Thomas Brooks. 570 acres both sides Moon's Crk & McCorkles Crk of Moon's. chaincarriers: Wm. Holderness, Chas. Brooks.

Caswell Co NC Minutes 1777-1877 by Katherine Kerr Kendall c1976 (Holderness/NC/110)
Sept 1782 & Jul 1785. Charles Brooks was named as one of patrolers of St. Davids District

Caswell DB B
p.391
7 Jul 1784 Henry Williams and wife Elizabeth to George Barker Sen. for 400£. 142 acres adj Alexr. Kerr, Thomas Hart, crossing Hart's Hillsborough Road. Wit: Charles Brooks, Alexander Kerr.
p.414
7 Jul 1784 Henry Williams & wife Elizabeth to Alexander Kerr for 500£. 177 acres adj Williams & Kerr, George Barker. Wit: Charles Brookes, Goerge ???

Caswell DB C, p.105
10 Jul 1785 William Holderness to William Page for 161£. 266 acres on Moon's Crk adjacent Robert Embry, Thos. Brooks, Henry Cobb, William Adkins. Wit: Tho. Brooks Sen., Charles Brooks

Caswell DB E, p.18
11 Feb 1786 John Graves Sen. to John Payne for 533£. 160 Acres on Country Line Crk adj Jno Graves' old line, John Lay. Wit: Greenwood Payne, Charles Brooks, Barzillai Graves

Caswell Co DB J, p.230
12 Feb 1788 Charles Brookes to Conrad Strader for 100£. Negro woman Hanna aged 24 years which came to him from Henry Williams, dec'd. Wit: Abedego Cooksey, Ann Stublefield.

Caswell DB K, p.153
12 Jul 1797 Charles Brooks to John Cobb for 66£. Negro girl Milly about 14 years old. Wit: C. Dixon, W. Morgan

1800 Census. Hillsboro, Caswell Co, NC
Chas. Brooks: 1m -10 [Henry], 2m 10-16 [Blacknell & George], 1m 26-45[Charles]. 4f -10 Elizabeth, Ursley, Susannah, Jane], 2f 10-16 [Patsy & Polly], 1f 26-45 [Sally]

Caswell DB P, p.326
12 Mar 1804. Charles Brooks relinquished all right in warrant #1759 granted Henry Williams; his interest in consequence of wife Sally being an heir of Henry Williams.

1810 Caswell Co NC Census, p.3. Charles Brooks: 1m over 45 [Charles]; 1m 10-16 [Henry]; 1m 16-26 [George]; 5f under 10 [Sally, Frances, Rebekah, Dolly, Henrietta, with Melinda perhaps not yet born]; 2f 10-16 [Susannah & Jane]; 3f 16-26 [Ursley, Polly, Elizabeth]; 1f 26-45 [wife Sally Williams]. Oldest daughter Patsy married in 1805.

Charles Brooks was a witness to the will of Robert Blackwell, written 28 Nov 1812 and presented to the April Court, 1813. Robert Blackwell named his wife Zillah; sons Robert, John, Carter, Levi, Thomas and Garland Blackwell; daughters Nancy Malone dec'd, Polly Watt, Kitturah Watt, Betsy Malone dec'd without heirs. Exec: wife Zillah, Thomas & Robert Blackwell. The other witness to the will was Charles Mitchell.
Charles Brooks was also one of the buyers at the estate sale of Robert Blackwell, 7 May 1813.
Note: I have wondered if Robert was possibly a relative of Charles's mother Mary Blacknall....and the name has morphed somewhat or been transcribed wrong.

Will written 7 Oct 1815; Proved Jan Court 1816. Names beloved wife Sally Brooks to raise children. Appoints brother-in-law Nathan Williams and son George Brooks as Executors. Wit: Henrietta Rice, Jesse Payne.

Caswell WB G, p.134 Will of Charles B. Brooks presented, Jan Court 1816. Sally is to dispose of estate at her discretion.
p.159
Apr Court 1816 29 Jan 1816. Sale, estate of Charles B. Brooks: 1 sorrel mare and 1 bay horse sold to George Brooks.
p.178 Statement of property of Charles B. Brooks, dec'd. Note against Edmund Rice, due 1815. Nathan Williams, George Brooks, Exec.

Birth	Abt 1764
Military	1779	Capt Turner's Co., Caswell Co, NC, Revolutionary War
Death	Bef 1816	Caswell County, North Carolina
Marriage		SARAH "SALLY" WILLIAMS

Spouse	SARAH "SALLY" WILLIAMS (1765 - 1840)
Child	Blacknell Brooks ( - )
Child	Patsy Brooks (1787 - 1838)
Child	George Brookes (1787 - 1868)
Child	Polly Brooks (1800 - 1822)
Child	ELIZABETH BROOKS (1795 - 1858)
Child	Henry W. Brooks (1796 - 1870)
Child	Ursley Brooks ( - )
Child	Susannah W. Brooks ( - )
Child	Jane Brooks ( - 1841)
Child	Sally Brooks ( - )
Child	Frances Brooks (1804 - )
Child	Rebekah Brooks ( - )
Child	Dorothy "Dolly" Brooks (1813 - 1854)
Child	Henrietta Brooks ( - )
Child	Melinda Brooks ( - )

Father	THOMAS BROOKES (1730 - 1819)
Mother	MARY BLACKNALL ( - )
Sibling	Christopher Brookes (1755 - 1781)
Sibling	George Brookes (1757 - 1782)
Sibling	SARAH B. "SALLIE" BROOKES ( - )
Sibling	Jonathan Brookes (1762 - 1834)
Sibling	Mary Brookes (1766 - 1840)
Sibling	Thomas Brookes Jr. (1768 - 1793)