Individual Details

Caswell Co DB X, p.112-3 4 Oct 1826 Jonathan Brookes to son John, all personal property, goods, chattels with negroes [21 in all], livestock, furniture. Wit: Emanuel & Paul Watlington
p.113-4 1 Apr 1826 Jonathan Brooks to son John for love and affection 569 acres adj Col. Thomas Graves, Robert Holderness, Watlington, Sally Brookes. Wit: Emanuel, Paul, & Armistead Watlington.

DB Y, p.133
17 Nov 1827 John Brooks & Jonathan Brooks to Thomas Graves for $790, tract on Moon's Crk adj Holderness, Watlington, Swift. Wit: Woodlief Hooper, Paul A. Haralson

Caswell Deed Book BB, p.245-7. John Brooks of Guilford Co sells to George Brooks [probably his brother] of Caswell, 294 acres on Moon's Creek adjacent Thomas Graves, Robt. Swift, James Atkins and 105 acres called the Swift tract adj Caswell Tate, Ralph Glaze, the Page old line, Sarah Brooks, Thomas Watlington. 2 Jan 1832.


I wonder if Mary died and John Lewis remarried. A list of children for John & Mary Watlington includes Iverson James, Jonathan, Ann Elizabeth Gardner Brookes, William Lewis, Mary Frances Graves Brookes, Martha Jane Brookes, Sarah Virginia Bracken Brookes.

The 1850 Census has a John Lewis with many of these same children. I suspect this is the same family:
Guilford NC, Hh 917
John Brooks, age 47, b. Caswell. C. B. [female], age 35, also b. Caswell
Born in Guilford: Jonathan age 22. Elizabeth age 21. William age 18. Mary 14. Martha 11.
and much younger, Hannah, age 2 (possibly a grandchild)
Hh 919 is Iverson W. Brooks, age 25, b. Caswell, and Susan D., age 21, b. Orange Co NC

1860 Census. Rockingham Co NC, Hh 323
John Brooks, age 56 Selenia B., age 45.
William L. 29. Mary F. 23.
Hannah L. 12. Nancy V. 7. Almedia, age 4.

Birth	1803	Caswell County, North Carolina
Marriage	3 Nov 1845	Caswell County, North Carolina - Selenia Bowes Simpson
Death	Bet 1870 and 1880

Spouse	Mary Watlington (1807 - )
Child	Iverson Brooks (1825 - )
Child	Jonathan Brooks (1828 - )
Child	Ann Elizabeth Gardner Brooks (1829 - )
Child	William Lewis Brooks (1832 - )
Child	Mary Frances Graves Brooks (1836 - )
Child	Martha Jane Brooks (1839 - )

Spouse	Selenia Bowes Simpson (1815 - )
Child	Hannah Brooks (1848 - )
Child	Nancy V. Brooks (1853 - )
Child	Almeda Brooks (1856 - )

Father	Jonathan Brookes (1762 - 1834)
Mother	Ann Lewis (1763 - 1833)
Sibling	Rev. Iverson Lewis Brooks (1793 - 1865)
Sibling	George Brookes (1790 - )
Sibling	Thomas Brookes (1796 - 1824)
Sibling	William L. Brookes ( - )