Individual Details

Jonathan's birth stated in Pension application.

Moved with father when quite young to Brunswick Co VA for 4-5 years, then moved to Caswell Co NC.

Caswell DB H, p.396
18 Feb 1794 Thomas Brooks to Charles B. Brooks for 100£. 200 acres on Moon's Crk adj Page, Swift. Wit: William Holderness, Jonathan Brooks, Ann Brooks.

Caswell DB J, p.287
6 Apr 1796 Thomas Brookes to Jonathan Brookes for 100£. 270 acres on Moon's Crk. Wit: William Holderness, John Goodson.

Caswell DB K, p.192
24 Jan 1798 Jonathan Brookes to Thomas Swift for 133£, 6sh, 8p. 270 acres on Moon's Crk adj Samuel Moore. Ack. by Brookes.

1810 Caswell Co NC Census, p. 2. Jonathan Brooks; 1m over 45 [he was 48]; 2m under 10 [William & John]; 2m 10-16 [George & Thomas]; 1m 16-26 [Iverson]; 1f over 45 [Ann]. 7 Slaves.

Caswell DB R, p.401
14 Oct 1816 Jonathan and Geo Brooks [probably his son] witnessed deed of William Gillespie to Zachariah Groom for 30 acres on Country Line Crk adj Thomas Payne, Pendergrass, Rice old line.

Caswell DB S, p.66
20 Dec 1817 John Page to Jonathan Brooks for $1099. 314 acres on Moon's Crk adj Boyd, Brooks. Signed by John & Betsy Page. Wit: Armistead Watlington, David Boyd

1820 Caswell Co NC Census, p.45. Jonathan Brooks; 1m over 45 [he was 58]; 1f over 45 [Ann]; 3m 16-26 [prob. Thomas, William & John] 13 slaves.

Caswell Co NC Deed Book X p.112-114 Two deeds dated Apr & Oct of 1826 - Jonathan Brookes to son John ..569 acres adjacent Robert Holderness and Sally Brookes [widow of Charles], Watlington, Thomas Graves; and all personal property and chattels including 21 slaves. Witnesses: Emanual, Paul, and Armistead Watlington.

Caswell WB L, Apr Court 1826
p.73 Power of attorney. William Oliver of King & Queen Co VA to Jonathan Brooks of Caswell to transact business relative to the estate of Elizabeth Garner dec'd in state of NC. William Oliver is adm. of her estate in King & Queen Co. 14 Oct 1825.

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

1830 Guilford Co NC Census, p.201. John Brooks: 1m 30-40, 1m 60-70. 2f 15-20, 1f 50-60. [There was also a younger John - the age of Jonathan's son - young John will still be in Guilford Co in 1850. Not sure if this is Jonathan or not.]

23 Oct 1832 Jonathan Brookes, resident of Guilford Co, NC, age 70, 7 June last, applied for his Rev war pension. He had a record of his age copied from his father's family Bible in the possession of Robert Holderness, his nephew residing in Caswell Co. His father left Glocester Co, VA, as he was told, when he was a boy and moved to Brunswick Co, VA for about four or five years and then to North Carolina, a place now called Caswell County where he resided until about four or five years ago when he moved to Guilford County.

In a letter concerning Jonathan Brooks Revolutionary service from the Pension Service to Cornelia Graham: "He married Miss Ann Lewis, daughter of John Lewis (a lawyer) and Sarah Iverson. Ann Lewis was from Spotsylvania Co VA. [I believe Ann was instead a granddaughter of John & Sarah & that she probably was not from Spotsylvania Co] They had 5 children and Rev. Iverson Brooks of Abbeville, SC was the oldest. He was born in Rockingham Co NC in 1793."
Jonathan enlisted Oct 1778 from Caswell County and served in Capt. George Moore's Co., Col. James Sanders' NC Regt. Was transferred to Col. Archibald Lytle's Regt. in the battle of Brier Creek and discharged 10 Apr 1779. Enlisted again in Oct 1780 and served 3 months in Capt. James Wilson's Co., Col. Moore's Regt. in pursuit of Tories. Allowed pension 23 Oct 1832. Lived at that time in Guliford Co., NC. He was paid $37.77 annual allowance, but recieved only two payments.
The pension application refers to his birth record in a Bible in the hands of his nephew Robert Holderness which would reinforce the supposed relationship that Sarah "Sallie" Brooks Holderness was indeed a daughter of Thomas and sister of Jonathan.

Jonathan Brookes testified at the Superior Court of Rockingham Co NC on 30 Oct 1832 in support of the pension application of William H. Rice. He was at that time living in Guilford Co. He stated that he and William H. Rice had lived in the same neighborhood in Caswell County before the commencement of the Revolution. Jonathan entered a Militia Co in Caswell Co, the early part of Nov 1778. It was commanded by Capt. George Moore and the enlistment was for 5 months; William H. Rice was drafted in the same Company at the same. Col. James Saunders commanded the Regiment. Rice continued to serve until the expiration of the tour of five months and they were both discharged at Turkey Hill, 10 Apr 1779, South Carolina. Brookes was drafted in a Militia Company commanded by Capt. Wilson in Caswell Co, the latter part of Sep 1780 for three months. William H. Rice was drafted by the same company at the same time and continued to served until the end of the tour. They were discharged at Salisbury the latter part of December. In August or September of 1781, Brookes enteres a Militia Company commanded by Capt. John Oldham for three months, Caswell Co. William H. Rice again served in the said Company, as Lieutenant for the three months. Brookes served the same period. Signed: Jonathan Brookes.

1835 Pension Roll of Guilford Co. NC
Jonathan Brooks, Private, Annual allowance - $37.77. Sums received - $75.54. North Carolina Militia, Placed on pension roll, 27 Dec 1832. Pension commenced 4 Mar 1831. Age 79.

Birth	7 Jun 1762	Gloucester County, Virginia
Military	1778	Capt. George Moore's Co., Col. James Sanders' NC Regt, Revolutionary War
Death	Abt 1834	Guilford County, North Carolina
Marriage		Ann Lewis

Spouse	Ann Lewis (1763 - 1833)
Child	Rev. Iverson Lewis Brooks (1793 - 1865)
Child	George Brookes (1790 - )
Child	Thomas Brookes (1796 - 1824)
Child	William L. Brookes ( - )
Child	John Lewis Brookes (1803 - 1870)

Father	THOMAS BROOKES (1730 - 1819)
Mother	MARY BLACKNALL ( - )
Sibling	Christopher Brookes (1755 - 1781)
Sibling	George Brookes (1757 - 1782)
Sibling	SARAH B. "SALLIE" BROOKES ( - )
Sibling	CHARLES B. BROOKS (1764 - 1816)
Sibling	Mary Brookes (1766 - 1840)
Sibling	Thomas Brookes Jr. (1768 - 1793)