Individual Details

Caswell DB M, p.306
18 Mar 1802 William B. Brookes and Ann Brookes to William Clifton for 145E's. 274 1/2 acres adj Williams on the old survey. Wit: John H. Brown, Thos. Compton
This is likely William and his mother, Ann.

Caswell DB O, p.88
19 Mar 1800 William B. Brooks & Philip Gatewood of King & Queen Co VA to George Shelton of Caswell for 55£, Negro boy Nelson about 9 years old. Wit: Nathan Williams, Lewis Barton
Caswell Co NC

Deed Book R pp.128-129:
2 May 1809. William B. Brooks of Caswell County NC to James Shapard of Orange County NC ...Richard Brooks, dec'd ...land on the Waters of Stoney Creek and Rolands fork ..420 acres ...adjacent Alexander Kerr, Williams ...land being Willed by said Richard to be equally divided between his sons William B. Brooks and John Brooks. ...William B. Brooks hath conveyed his part to William Clifton. John Brooks dying, willed his part to William B. Brooks and James Shapard in right of his Wife Frances Armistead Brooks. ..for $120. William B. Brooks ..sells to James Shapard all right and title to said tract. Signed W. B. Brooks. In presence of William Clifton, Wylis Yancey.


1810 Caswell Co NC Census p. 3. William B. Brooks, 1m 26-45 [he was 36]; 2m under 10; 2m 10-16; 4f under 10; 1f 10-16; 1f 26-45 [Sarah Paine]. 13 Slaves.

Caswell DB V, p.196
20 Apr 1821 Deed of Trust. Richard H. Hays to John C. Vanhook [Hays in debt to Gabriel Lea for $575.39 and to Gabriel & Vincent Lea for $265, to John Richmond Sen $672.25, with Daniel Malone security], 442 acres on Kilgore's Br adj Joseph Currie, widow Jackson, Lewis Malone, William B. Brooks, Borings old road, James Lea. Wit: William Lea.

A WorldConnect file states that this family moved to Giles Co TN.
1820 Census. Pulaski, Giles, TN
William B. Brooks: 1 male under 10, 2 males 10-16, 2 males 26-45, 1 male over 45 (William would be 46)
4 females under 10, 2 females 10-16, 2 females 16-26, 1 female 26-45 (Sarah apparently at least a year younger than William)
Note: A tree on FamilySearch shows

1830 Census. Giles, TN
Wm B. Brook: 2 males 15-20, 1 male age 50-60 (William would be 56)
2 or 4 females (one marked over the other) age 10-15, 1 females 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 fmale age 50-60 (Sarah)

Will is recorded Phillips Co, AR Will Book E, p.56-57

Dates, including dates of children posted on FamilySearch by W. Leigh Brooks - from the Brookes Family Bible, belonging to Willis Swann Brookes (grandson of William Bird Brooks) who was Leigh's great grand-father.)

Birth	25 Feb 1774
Marriage	2 Feb 1796	Person County, North Carolina - Sarah Paine
Death	3 Jun 1836	Giles County, Tennessee

Spouse	Sarah Paine (1775 - 1835)
Child	John Brooks (1796 - 1830)
Child	Elizabeth Mary Brooks (1798 - 1822)
Child	Robert T. Brooks (1800 - 1878)
Child	Ann "Nancy" Brooks (1802 - 1881)
Child	Joanna Brooks (1804 - 1848)
Child	William Bird Brookes Jr (1805 - 1879)
Child	Susan Brooks (1807 - 1842)
Child	Sarah Paine Brooks (1808 - 1862)
Child	Thomas Paine Brooks (1810 - 1894)
Child	James Brooks (1812 - )
Child	Frances Armistead Brooks (1814 - 1876)
Child	Mary Paine Brooks (1815 - 1877)
Child	Edna Brooks (1818 - )
Child	Helen E. Brooks (1820 - 1904)

Father	Richard Brookes (1732 - 1790)
Mother	Ann [Brookes] (1755 - 1808)
Sibling	Ann Smith Brookes (1770 - )
Sibling	Betsy Brookes ( - 1808)
Sibling	Frances Armistead Brookes (1780 - )
Sibling	John Brookes (1785 - 1808)