ROBERT ROSE BROOKS (1.2) is the son of Robert Brooks, Sr. and Brambly Brooks.  Although Robert Rose Brooks was not mentioned in his father’s will, it is certain that he was a son of Robert Brooks, Sr.  In 1780, Robert Brooks gave consent for his son, Robert Rose Brooks, to marry Mary Parham.  Other than Robert Rose Brooks, there was only one other Robert Brooks living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia at the time, Robert Brooks, Sr.  Also, a second Robert Brooks was living in the same household of Robert Brooks, Sr. in the 1783 Personal Property Tax List of Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  According to Revolutionary War Pension Application of Robert Rose Brooks, Robert was born on June 3, 1762 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  Robert’s middle name “Rose” is shown on his marriage consent certificate dated November 20, 1780.  Robert Rose Brooks (or Robert Brooks, Jr.) had three nephews named Robert which makes it difficult to distinguish the various family members apart.  However, it is fortunate that Robert Rose Brooks gave a detailed account of his places of residence in his pension application for Revolutionary War service.

In 1780, Robert Rose Brooks married Mary Parham in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  His certificate of consent to marry was signed by his father, Robert Brooks, Sr. and was dated November 20, 1780.  According to John Jones’ book, Robert Rose Brooks (Robert W. Brooks) “left seven sons by his first wife.”  In 1936, a grandson of Robert Rose Brooks stated that his grandfather was married three times, “his first wife had about eight or ten (children), mostly boys.”  Robert Rose Brooks not only appeared in the 1783 Personal Property Tax List of Mecklenburg County, Virginia but also appeared in at least the 1785 Personal Property Tax List.  Robert Rose Brooks does not appear any other years which do include his father, Robert Brooks, Sr.

Robert Rose Brooks served in the Revolutionary War and later received a pension for his service.  His pension application states that he “entered service of the United States on the 10th day of January 1780 and rendezvoused at Henry Deloney’s stand in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on that day.  That he belonged to Capt. Asa Oliver’s Company in Maj. Bines Jones battalion who was from Brunswick County and in the Regiment commanded by Col. James Fleming, I think from Chesterfield and attached to Genl. Mecklenburg’s Brigade.  He marched from the place of rendezvous to Petersburg, Vir., from thence our Regiment was marched to Cabin Point, from which place, I with some others was detached as a guard and went on a vessel stationed at Sandy Point on James River from which vessel we were called off some time in March and our Regiment was sent to stop the incursions of Arnold the Traitor who had stationed himself in Portsmouth, Vir.  We had a skirmish with some of his party and took seven prisoners.  While in the performance of this service, our time expired and I with the company was regularly discharged on the 10th April, 1781, making a three month tour.”  The pension application continues with much more of the service record of Robert Rose Brooks.

According to Robert Rose Brooks’ pension application, he moved to Edgefield County, South Carolina in January of 1800.  On February 5, 1787, a Robert Brooks was granted 204 acres in the Ninety-sixth District of South Carolina.  The 1790 census of Edgefield County, South Carolina enumerates a Robert Brooks with one male (greater than sixteen), three males (under age sixteen), three females and no slaves.  On December 24, 1794, a Robert Brooks and his wife, Ann Brooks, conveyed land in Edgefield County, South Carolina to Daniel Brannon which was originally sold to Robert Brooks by Coursey on March 24, 1794.  In 1799, a Robert Brooks sold land to Edmond Holland in Edgefield County, South Carolina.  It is not certain if the grant, deeds and census records were associated with Robert Rose Brooks.  In 1800, there were two Robert Brooks enumerated in the Edgefield County, South Carolina census records, both born between 1755 and 1774.  Again in 1810, there were two Robert Brooks enumerated in the Edgefield County, South Carolina census records.  However, one is distinguished from the other as Robert Brooks, Sr. (born prior to 1765) which probably was Robert Rose Brooks.  According to John Jones’ book, Robert Rose Brooks married a second time in 1800 in South Carolina and “by that union had two daughters.”  A grandson of Robert Rose Brooks (Robert W. Brooks), states that “his second wife had none (children).”

In 1814, Robert Brooks sold land to John Lyon and land to Robert Harem in Edgefield County, South Carolina.  According to the pension application of Robert Rose Brooks, he moved to Wilkinson County, Georgia in January of 1818.  The 1820 census of Wilkinson County, Georgia enumerates a Robert Brooks, Sr. and a Robert Brooks, Jr.  Robert Brooks, Sr. was shown born prior to 1775 and is probably Robert Rose Brooks.  According to John Jones’ book, Nancy Gilmore was the third wife of Robert Rose Brooks and that they married in Georgia around 1820.  His pension application continues states that Robert Rose Brooks then moved to Houston County, Georgia and then to Marion County, Georgia where he made application for pension in 1833.

According to “Dictionary of Alabama Biography,” Robert Brooks moved to Pike County, Alabama in 1836.  In 1840, there were two Robert Brooks (born 1770 to 1780) enumerated in the census of Pike County, Alabama.  In 1844, Robert Rose Brooks requested that his pension be transferred to his new place of residence.  Robert Rose Brooks was the father of at least four children (mentioned in his will signed in 1841):

  Elizabeth Brooks
  Samuel W. Brooks (1.2.2), b. 1820, Georgia
  Jordan Gilmore Brooks (1.2.3), b. 1822, Georgia
  Sterling H. Brooks (1.2.4), b. 1824, Georgia

On July 18, 1841, Robert Rose Brooks signed his will and it was recorded on November 6, 1848 in Pike County, Alabama.  This will mentions wife, Nancy.  According to John Jones’ book, Robert Rose Brooks died in 1845.  According to the will of Robert Rose Brooks, Elizabeth Brooks married a Mr. Rushing.

References:  1)  Certificate for Marriage Consent, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Robert Rose Brooks and Mary Parham;  2)  Will of Robert Brooks, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book 5, Pages 354 and 355;  3)  Revolutionary War Pension Application Number S.10422, Robert Brooks;  4)  Personal Property Tax Lists, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 1783 and 1785;  5)  South Carolina Land Grants and Deeds, by Roberta Lumpkin;  6)  1790, 1800 and 1810 Censuses, Edgefield County, South Carolina;  7)  1820 Census, Wilkinson County, Georgia;  8)  1840 Census, Pike County, Alabama;  9)  Will of Robert Brooks, Pike County, Alabama, signed 1841;  10)  Letter, Robert W. Brooks to Ilma ?, August, 1936;  11)  “History and Genealogy of the Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama,” by John Maxwell Jones, Jr., 1977

SAMUEL W. BROOKS (1.2.2) is the son of Robert Rose Brooks.  Samuel was born in 1820 in Georgia.  In 1850, Samuel Brooks and his wife, Dilla Brooks (born 1818 in Georgia), were living in Pike County, Alabama.  Samuel and Dilla Brooks were the parents of at least four children:

  Francis Brooks, b. 1842, Alabama
  Lucy Brooks, b. 1844, Alabama
  Judge Brooks, b. 1846, Alabama
  William Brooks, b. 1848, Alabama

Reference:  1)  1850 Census, Pike County, Alabama

JORDAN GILMORE BROOKS (1.2.3) is the son of Robert Rose Brooks.  Jordan was born in 1822 in Georgia.  Jordan Brooks married Mary Sophronia Walker.  Mary was born in 1820 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and is the daughter of Andrew Walker.  Mary’s sister, Margaret Walker, married Jordan Brooks’ brother, Sterling H. Brooks (1.2.4).  According to Robert W. Brooks (b. 1852), Mary’s middle name was Sabina.  In 1850, Jordan and Mary Brooks were living in Pike County, Alabama.  Jordan and Mary Brooks were the parents of at least seven children:

  Leonidas Monroe Brooks (1.2.3.1), b. January 8, 1845, Alabama
  Emmaline Brooks, b. 1848, Alabama
  Nancy J. Brooks, b. 1850, Alabama
  Robert W. Brooks, b. 1852, Alabama
  Louisa M. Brooks, b. 1854, Alabama
  Millard Fillmore Brooks (1.2.3.6), b. October 11, 1856, Pike County, Alabama
  Dora Brooks, b. 1861, Alabama

In 1860, Jordan and Mary Brooks were living in Butler County, Alabama.  Jordan Brooks enlisted as a private in the 33rd Alabama Infantry, Confederate Army.  Jordan was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain.  Jordan G. Brooks was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro in 1863.  In 1870, Mary (Walker) Brooks and two of her children were living with her son, Leonidas Brooks, in Escambia County, Alabama.  Mary (Walker) Brooks died in 1891 in Bluff Springs, Florida.

Emmaline Brooks married Jim Johnson.  Nancy Brooks first married a Mr. Corley and later married a Mr. Davis.  Robert Brooks married Ellen Bryars.  In 1936, Robert W. Brooks was Justice of the Peace in Atmore, Alabama.  Robert W. Brooks died around 1940.  Louisa Brooks married Frank Dawson.  Dora Brooks married Claude Donaldson.

References:  1)  1850 Census, Pike County, Alabama;  2)  1860 Census, Butler County, Alabama;  3)  1870 Census, Escambia County, Alabama;  4)  Letter, Robert W. Brooks to Ilma ?, August, 1936;  5)  “History and Genealogy of the Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama,” by John Maxwell Jones, Jr., 1977;  6)  “Dictionary of Alabama Biography,” Page 223

LEONIDAS MONROE BROOKS (1.2.3.1) is the son of Jordan Gilmore Brooks and Mary S. (Walker) Brooks.  Leonidas was born on January 8, 1845 in Alabama.  On March 11, 1869, Leonidas Brooks married Mattie A. Turner (born January 17, 1848).  Leonidas and Mattie Brooks were the parents of five children:

  Beulah Brooks, b. December 18, 1869, Alabama
  Mary Brooks, b. August 22, 1873
  Leslie Ernest Brooks, b. December 15, 1877
  Abbie Brooks, b. October 23, 1880
  Harry Brooks, b. February 5, 1888

In 1870, Leonidas and Mattie Brooks were living in Escambia County, Alabama.  Mattie (Turner) Brooks died on October 2, 1891.  On December 18, 1892, Leonidas Brooks married a second time to Vashti Bryant in Brewton, Alabama.  Vashti was born on August 3, 1868 in Alabama and is the daughter of Jeremiah Bryant and Elizabeth (Baggett) Bryant.  Leonidas and Vashti Brooks were the parents of two children:

  Bessie Marston Brooks, b. March 3, 1894, Alabama
  Marjorie Leonidas Brooks, b. August 1, 1897, Alabama

In 1900, Leonidas and Vashti Brooks were living in Baldwin County, Alabama.  In 1910, Leonidas and Vashti Brooks were living in Escambia County, Alabama.  Leonidas Brooks died on July 29, 1914 and Vashti (Bryant) Brooks died on November 2, 1928.  Beulah Brooks married a Mr. Saltzman and lived in Mobile, Alabama.  Mary Brooks married a Mr. Jennings.  Leslie Brooks was a bank clerk and was killed about 1912 in a bank hold-up in Arkansas.  Abbie Brooks never married and died in August of 1976 in Jackson, Mississippi.  On March 4, 1920, Bessie Brooks married Clyde O. Weekley and lived in Perdido.  Bessie (Brooks) Weekley died in 1940.

On June 8, 1918, Marjorie Brooks married John Maxwell Jones.  John and Marjorie Jones had at least four children:  -  John Maxwell Jones, Jr., b. January 1, 1921, Atmore, Alabama,  -  Leonidas Monroe Jones, b. February 19, 1923, Atmore, Alabama,  -  Paul Wright Jones, b. May 21, 1925, Atmore, Alabama,  -  Thomas Brooks Jones, b. July 14, 1927, Atmore, Alabama.  Marjorie (Brooks) Jones died in 1961.

Reference:  1)  1870 Census, Escambia County, Alabama;  2)  1900 Census, Baldwin County, Alabama;  3)  1910 Census, Escambia County, Alabama;  4)  “History and Genealogy of the Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama,” by John Maxwell Jones, Jr., 1977

MILLARD FILLMORE BROOKS (1.2.3.6) is the son of Jordan Gilmore Brooks and Mary S. (Walker) Brooks.  Millard was born on October 11, 1856 in Pike County, Alabama.  On May 1, 1880, Millard Brooks married Ella E. Anderson.  Ella was the daughter of William H. Anderson and Lucinda Anderson.  Millard and Ella Brooks were the parents of three children:

  Millard M. Brooks, b. April, 1882, Alabama
  Minnie I. Brooks, b. January, 1886, Alabama
  Leon G. Brooks (1.2.3.6.3), b. November, 1889, Alabama
  William E. Brooks, b. December, 1896, Alabama

Millard’s first business activities were telegraphy and later he was interested in the lumber business.  He was a telegrapher and station agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at William and at Brewton.  In 1886, he was elected by the Democrats to the circuit clerkship of Escambia County, Alabama.  In a special act of legislature of 1888 - 1889, Millard was made ex officio clerk of the county court.  He was also chairman of the Democratic executive committee of his county and was a Knight of Honor and Knight of Pythias.  From 1900 to 1910, Millard and Ella Brooks were living in Brewton, Alabama in Escambia County, Alabama.  In 1900, Millard M. Brooks graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.  Millard M. Brooks was a cashier at the bank of Atmore.

Reference:  1)  1900 and 1910 Censuses, Escambia County, Alabama;  2)  “Dictionary of Alabama Biography,” Page 223

LEON G. BROOKS (1.2.3.6.3) is the son of Millard Fillmore Brooks and Ellas (Anderson) Brooks.  Leon was born in November of 1889 in Alabama.  In 1920, Leon Brooks and his wife, Clara B. Brooks (born 1892 in Alabama), were living in Brewton, Alabama located in Escambia County, Alabama.  Leon and Clara Brooks were the parents of at least two daughters:

  Clara B. Brooks, b. 1915, Alabama
  Elizabeth N. Brooks, b. 1918, Alabama

Reference:  1)  1920 Censuses, Escambia County, Alabama

STERLING H. BROOKS (1.2.4) is the son of Robert Rose Brooks.  Sterling was born in 1824 in Georgia.  Sterling Brooks married Margaret Walker.  Margaret was born in 1823 in North Carolina and is the daughter of Andrew Walker.  Margaret’s sister, Mary S. Walker, married Sterling Brooks’ brother, Jordan Gilmore Brooks (1.2.3).  Sterling and Margaret Brooks were the parents of at least three daughters:

  Martha “Mattie” Brooks, b. 1848, Alabama
  Mary Frances “Fannie” Brooks
  Emma Laura Brooks

In 1850, Sterling Brooks and Margaret Brooks were living in Pike County, Alabama.  Sterling and Margaret Brooks later moved to Texas.  Mattie Brooks married a Mr. Hightower.  Fannie Brooks married Samuel Osborn Floyd and they had at least one son:  -  Andrew Walker Floyd, b. September 10, 1876, Madisonville, Texas.  Fannie (Brooks) Floyd was buried in Snyder, Texas.  Andrew Floyd married Millie Ann Pinkerton and they had twelve children (three known):  -  Ola Mae Floyd,  -  Samuel Snyder Floyd, b. January 18, 1916,  -  Maggie Ida Floyd.  Andrew W. Floyd was buried in Snyder, Texas.  Maggie Floyd married a Mr. Rogers.  Maggie (Floyd) Rogers was buried in Snyder, Texas.  Emma Brooks married Robert J. Mansel.

References:  1)  1850 Census, Pike County, Alabama;  2)  Letter, Robert W. Brooks to Ilma ?, August, 1936;  3)  E-mail Barbara Byrd to Robert Casey, January, 1999

PENELOPE BROOKS (1.4) is the daughter of Robert Brooks, Sr. and Brambly Brooks.  Because Penelope married in 1787 and her father gave consent for the marriage indicates that Penelope was probably born in the late 1760’s.  On October 16, 1787, “Nelly” Brooks married Frederick Jones in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  Frederick was born around 1765 and is the son of William Jones (born 1737).  Nelly’s brother, Jordan Brooks, signed the surety bond and Nelly’s father, Robert Brooks, Sr. gave consent.

From 1789 to 1793, Frederick Jones is shown in the Mecklenburg County, Virginia personal property tax lists in the same household with his father-in-law, Robert Brooks, Sr.  On March 18, 1794, Robert and Abigail Brooks gave Frederick Jones 150 acres on Great Creek in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  From 1796 to 1810, Frederick Jones appears on Mecklenburg County, Virginia personal property tax lists.  On May 11, 1804, Penelope Jones is listed in the will of her father, Robert Brooks, Sr.  On January 1, 1807, “Frederick Jones and wife Penelope” were involved in a Chancery Suit in Mecklenburg County, Virginia concerning the division of slaves in the estate of Robert Brooks, Sr., Nelly’s father.  On October 9, 1809, “Nelly Brooks who married Frederick Jones” was involved in a second Chancery Suit in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  Robert’s second wife, Abigail (Ellis) Brooks, had brought suit against her step-children for allotment of her widow’s dower.  Frederick and Penelope Jones were the parents of nine children:

  Richard P. Jones, b. 1788, Virginia
  Robert Jones, b. 1790, Virginia
  Temperance Jones (1.4.3), b. 1798, Virginia
  Wiley Green Jones (1.4.4), b. 1800, Virginia
  Martha Jones (1.4.5), b. 1807, Virginia
  Rebecca Jones (1.4.6)
  Eleanor Jones
  Mitchell Jones
  Frederick Williamson Jones

Apparently after the settlement of Robert Brooks’ estate, Frederick and Penelope Jones must have moved away from Mecklenburg County, Virginia as Frederick Jones does not appear on the 1811 and 1812 personal property tax lists of Mecklenburg County, Virignia.  Frederick Jones had died prior to December 16, 1817 when an inventory and appraisement of his estate was recorded in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  On January 26, 1818, Nelly (Brooks) Jones is mentioned in her father-in-law’s will in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  On March 5, 1855, Eleanor (Brooks) Jones signed her will in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  Her will was later recorded on April 19, 1858 indicating that Eleanor (Brooks) Jones died in the early part of 1858.

On August 8, 1809, Robert Jones married Betsey Guy.  On December 8, 1810, Robert Jones married a second time to Betsey A. Jackson.  Robert Jones died in 1859.  On September 28, 1830, Martha Jones married her first cousin, Baxter Lambert.  For additional information on the descendants of Baxter and Martha Lambert, see the sketch of Baxter Lambert (1.10.1).  Rebecca Jones married her cousin, Robert “Robin” Thomas (1.9.1).  Eleanor Jones married John Rittenburg.  Frederick W. Jones died in 1834.

References:  1)  “Emigration to Other States from Southside Virginia,” Volume II, compiled by Katherine B. Elliot, 1966, Pages 22, 24 and 25;  2)  Marriage Bond, Frederick Jones and Nelly Brooks, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, October 16, 1787;  3)  Deed, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Robert Brooks to Frederick Jones, Volume 8, Page 394, March 18, 1794;  4)  Personal Property Tax Lists, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 1782 - 1812;  5)  Will of Robert Brooks, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book 5, Pages 354 and 355, dated 1804, recorded 1806;  6)  Inventory and Appraisement of Frederick Jones, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book, 8, Pages 406 and 407, returned, February, 1818;  7)  Will of William Jones (father of Frederick Jones), Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book, 8, Pages 406 - 408, proven, February, 1818;  8)  Will of Eleanor Jones (wife of Frederick Jones), Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Will Book, 19, Page 312, proven, April, 1858;  9)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997;  10)  Ancestral File, extracted November, 1999

TEMPERANCE JONES (1.4.3) is the son of Frederick Jones and Penelope (Brooks) Jones.  Temperance was born in 1798 in Virginia.  On January 22, 1817, Temperance Jones married John Burton in Warren County, North Carolina.  John and Temperance Burton were the parents of four children:

  Frederick Burton
  Jane Burton
  Richard D. Burton
  Massenburg Burton

Jane Burton married Robert Burton.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

WILEY GREEN JONES (1.4.4) is the son of Frederick Jones and Penelope (Brooks) Jones.  Wiley was born in 1800 in Virginia.  On December 14, 1818, Wiley Jones married Martha W. Johnson.  On December 20, 1820, Wiley Jones married a second time to Sally Ogburn.  Around 1828, Wiley Jones married a third time to Rhoda Brewer (born 1810 in Virginia).  Wiley and Rhoda Jones were the parents of six children:

  Benjamin Wiley Jones (1.4.4.1), b. February 11, 1829, Virginia
  Nathaniel T. Jones (1.4.4.2), b. 1830, Virginia
  Henry Jones, b. 1831, Virginia
  Green W. Jones (1.4.4.4), b. 1833, Virginia
  Frederick L. Jones (1.4.4.5), b. 1836, Virginia
  Edmund Shell Jones (1.4.4.6), b. February 13, 1840, Virginia

In 1850, Wiley and Rhoda Jones were living in Meckleburg County, Virginia.  Rhoda (Brewer) Jones died on September 14, 1887 in Greensville County, Virginia.

References:  1)  1850 Census, Mecklenburg County, Virginia;  2)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  3)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

BENJAMIN WILEY JONES (1.4.4.1) is the son of Wiley Green Jones and Rhoda (Brewer) Jones.  Benjamin was born on February 11, 1829 in Virginia.  Benjamin W. Jones married Julia Everline Green Moseley (born 1827).  Benjamin and Julia Jones were the parents of eight children:

  Charles William Jones, b. 1857
  Ella Ann Jones, b. 1858
  Weldon M. Jones, b. 1860
  Martha Rebecca Jones
  Robert Henry Jones, b. 1861
  Rhoda Josephine Jones, b. 1865
  Richard James Jones (1.4.4.1.7), b. 1866
  Thomas Jackson Jones, b. 1867

Benjamin W. Jones died on May 15, 1903 and Julia (Moseley) Jones died in 1903.  Charles Jones married Julia Ann Clary.  Ella Jones married William Newman Jones.  Weldon Jones married Rebecca Alice Clary.  Martha Jones married Rueben G. Clary.  Robert Jones married Pearl Josephine Wright.  Rhoda Jones married William Henry Moseley.  Thomas Jones married a woman named Georgie.  Thomas Jones died in 1931.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

RICHARD JAMES JONES (1.4.4.1.7) is the son of Benjamin Wiley Jones and Julia Everline Green (Moseley) Jones.  Richard was born in 1866.  Richard Jones married Cora Ann Moseley (born 1868).  Richard and Cora Jones were the parents of seven children:

  Ethel Bruce Jones (1.4.4.1.7.1), b. 1895
  Ruth Mae Jones, b. 1897
  Weldon Mortimore Jones (1.4.4.1.7.3), b. 1898
  Harry Monroe Jones, b. 1900
  Julia Everline Jones
  Alma Elam Jones, b. 1905
  Sammie Moseley Jones (1.4.4.1.7.7), b. 1907

Richard Jones died in 1910 and Cora (Moseley) Jones died in 1940.  Ruth Jones married Ernest Lee Medlin and they had one daughter:  -  Judith Irene Medlin, b. 1920.  Ernest Medlin died in 1941 and Ruth (Jones) Medlin died in 1971.  Judith Medlin married a Mr. Powell.  Judith (Medlin) Powell died in 1990.  Harry Jones married Sarah Elizabeth Turner.  Harry Jones died in 1967.  Julia Jones married Brodie Lee Payne.  Julia married a second time to Clarence Burton.  Alma Jones married Charles Grissom Dickens.  Charles Dickens died in 1976 and Anna (Jones) Dickens died in 1991.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

ETHEL BRUCE JONES (1.4.4.1.7.1) is the daughter of Richard James Jones and Cora Ann (Moseley) Jones.  Ethel was born in 1895.  Ethel Jones married William Alfred Reaves (born 1893).  William and Ethel Reaves were the parents of eight children:

  Richard Rite Reaves (1.4.4.1.7.1.1)
  William Wylie Reaves (1.4.4.1.7.1.2)
  Cora Matilda Reaves, b. 1917
  Ethel Mae Reaves (1.4.4.1.7.1.4), b. 1919
  Jewel Evelyn Reaves
  Virginia Elwanda Reaves
  Elmer Bruce Reaves (1.4.4.1.7.1.7), b. 1924
  Donald Mason Reaves (1.4.4.1.7.1.8)

William A. Reaves died in 1967 and Ethel (Jones) Reaves died in 1978.  Cora Reaves married Jenson Lonnie Huff (born 1908) and they had one daughter:  -  Sharon Kay Huff.  Jenson Huff died in 1955.  Cora married a second time to Deckard Ernest Coates, Jr. (born 1909).  Deckard Coates, Jr. died in 1983 and Cora (Reaves) Coates died in 1995.  Sharon Huff married Dennis Cordell Scearce and they had one daughter:  -  Jodi Paige Scearce.  Virginia Reaves married James Willard Dean (born 1916) and they had two children:  -  James Willard Dean, Jr.,  -  Lynette Sue Dean.  James W. Dean, Sr. died in 1994.  James Dean, Jr. married Carolyn Sue Menefee and they have one son:  -  Christopher Darrel Dean.  Lynette Dean married Melvin H. Boyd, Jr.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

RICHARD RITE REAVES (1.4.4.1.7.1.1) is the son of William Alfred Reaves and Ethel Bruce (Jones) Reaves.  Richard Reaves married Marion Anna La Grou (born 1909) and they are the parents of two children:

  Beverly Ann Reaves
  Barbara Mary Reaves

Marion (La Grou) Reaves died in 1990.  Beverly Reaves married Terrence Anthony Sheeky, Jr. and they have two children:  -  Pamela Ann Sheeky,  -  Denise Marie Sheeky.  Pamela Sheeky married Michael John Masciantonio and they have two children:  -  Andrew Michael Masciantonio,  -  Anthony John Masciantonio.  Denise Sheeky married Scott Keith Shewell and they have two children:  -  Megan Leigh Shewell,  -  Meredith Anne Shewell.  Babara Reaves married John David Sadler and they have two children:  -  Daniel Joseph Sadler,  -  Jennifer Lynn Sadler.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

WILLIAM WYLIE REAVES (1.4.4.1.7.1.2) is the son of William Alfred Reaves and Ethel Bruce (Jones) Reaves.  William Reaves married a woman named Myrtle.  William Reaves married a second time to Hazel Dawn Grissom (born 1921) and they were the parents of three children:

  Elizabeth Dawn Reaves
  Jane Martin Reaves
  William Wylie Reaves, Jr.

Hazel (Grissom) Reaves died in 1988.  William Reaves married a third time to Mary Cox.  Elizabeth Reaves married Wilson Samuel LeKites and they have three children:  -  Brian Wilson LeKites,  -  Karen Lynne LeKites,  -  Eric Hansen LeKites.  William Reaves, Jr. married Sementia Ann Clement.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

ETHEL MAE REAVES (1.4.4.1.7.1.4) is the daughter of William Alfred Reaves and Ethel Bruce (Jones) Reaves.  Ethel was born in 1919.  Ethel Reaves married Howard Hurley Erwin (born 1913) and they were the parents of two children:

  Alice Constance Erwin
  Frances Carol Erwin

Howard Erwin died in 1967 and Ethel (Reaves) Erwin died in 1992.  Alice Erwin married Hubert Miles Edwards, Jr. and they have two children:  -  Douglas Erwin Edwards,  -  Sean Owen Edwards.  Douglas Edwards married Judith Valulick.  Sean Edwards married Kimberly Ann Bridges and they have one daughter:  -  Ashley Marie Edwards.  Frances Erwin married Joseph Webster Hollingsworth and they have two children:  -  Howard Leander Hollingsworth,  -  Heather Leanna Hollingsworth.  Heather Hollingsworth married Michael Bradley Sreves.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

ELMER BRUCE REAVES (1.4.4.1.7.1.7) is the son of William Alfred Reaves and Ethel Bruce (Jones) Reaves.  Elmer was born in 1924.  Elmer Reaves married Marian Marie Riggan and they are the parents of two sons:

  Elmer Bruce Reaves, Jr.
  Richard William Reaves

Elmer Reaves, Sr. died in 1985.  Elmer Reaves, Jr. married Marjorie Roberts and they have two children:  -  Melissa Marie Reaves,  -  Katherine Elaine Reaves.  Elmer Reaves, Jr. married a second time to Carol Ray Guy and they have two children:  -  John Guy Reaves,  -  Andrea Lynn Guy Reaves.  Richard Reaves married Sheila Marie McAteer and they have thee children:  -  Shannon Kathleen Reaves,  -  Jessica Robin Reaves,  -  Kelly Ann Reaves.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

DONALD MASON REAVES (1.4.4.1.7.1.8) is the son of William Alfred Reaves and Ethel Bruce (Jones) Reaves.  Donald Reaves married Kathryn Joan Green (born 1933) and they were the parents five children:

  Donald Mason Reaves, Jr.
  William Mark Reaves, b. 1957
  Elizabeth Ann Reaves
  Steven Paul Reaves
  Mary Kathryn Reaves

Kathryn (Green) Reaves died in 1991.  Donald Reaves, Jr. married Tammy Aileen Towers and they have three children:  -  Amanda Curran Payne,  -  Spencer Garrett Reaves, b and d. 1992,  -  Molly Kate Reaves.  William Mark Reaves died in 1978.  Elizabeth Reaves married Charles Trace and they have one son:  -  Mitchell Taylor Trace.  Mary Reaves married Boyd Fulton.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

WELDON MORTIMORE JONES (1.4.4.1.7.3) is the son of Richard James Jones and Cora Ann (Moseley) Jones.  Weldon was born in 1898.  Weldon Jones married Beatrice Irene Underwood (born 1902).  Weldon and Beatrice Jones were the parents of six children:

  James Weldon Jones
  Alice Ann Jones
  Richard Ernest Jones, b. 1925
  Robert Cleveland Jones
  Marietta Dawn Jones
  Milton Meade Jones

Beatrice (Underwood) Jones died 1984 and Weldon Jones died in 1990.  James Jones married Mary Collins.  Alice Jones married William Benard Clem, Jr.  Richard Jones married Lillian Martin.  Richard Jones died in 1983.  Robert Jones married Ruth Alice Scoblic.  Marietta Jones married Robert Allen White.  Milton Jones married Marsha Ann Whitehurst.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

SAMMIE MOSELEY JONES (1.4.4.1.7.7) is the daughter of Richard James Jones and Cora Ann (Moseley) Jones.  Sammie was born in 1907.  Sammie Jones married Franklin Alexander Nantz (born 1902).  Franklin and Sammie Nantz were the parents of five children:

  Frances Juanita Nantz
  Dorothy Marie Nantz
  Frank Junior Nantz
  Patricia Paige Nantz
  Robert Arthur Nantz

Franklin Nantz died in 1978 and Sammie (Jones) Nantz died in 1992.  Frances Nantz married Robert Carroll Baker.  Dorothy Nantz married Claude Spotswood Potter, Jr.  Frank Nantz married Mary Roberta Fisher.  Patricia Nantz married Marvin Pair.  Patricia married a second time to Charles William Draughan.  Robert Nantz married Sarah Dobbs.

References:  1)  World Family Tree, Volume 10, File 1659, by Beverly A. Sheeky;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

NATHANIEL T. JONES (1.4.4.2) is the son of Wiley Green Jones and Rhoda (Brewer) Jones.  Nathaniel was born in 1830 in Virginia.  Nathaniel T. Jones married Dorothy P. Brewer.  Dorothy was born in 1834 in Virginia and is the daughter of Tabitha Brewer (born 1790 in Virginia).  Nathaniel and Dorothy Jones were the parents of four children:

  James Jones
  Nancy M. Jones
  Robert Lee Jones, b. 1865, Virginia
  Mary T. “Molly” Jones (1.4.4.2.4), b. April, 1870, Virginia

In 1880, Nathaniel and Dorothy Jones were living in Brunswick County, Virginia.  In 1900, Dorothy (Brewer) Jones was living with her daughter, Mary (Jones) Kidd, in Brunswick County, Virginia.  Nathaniel T. Jones died on July 16, 1897 and Dorothy (Brewer) Jones died in 1918.  James Jones died in infancy.  Nancy M. Jones died young.  Robert Jones married Annie B. Weaver.

References:  1)  1880 and 1900 Censuses, Brunswick County, Virginia;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

MARY T. “MOLY” JONES (1.4.4.2.4) is the daughter of Nathaniel T. Jones and Dorothy P. (Brewer) Jones.  Mary was born in April, 1870 in Virginia.  Mary Jones married Tignal P. Kidd (born June, 1865 in Virginia).  Tignal and Mary Kidd were the parents of at least three children:

  Willie N. Kidd, b. December, 1888, Virginia
  Mary F. Kidd, b. December, 1893, Virginia
  Ruth M. Kidd, b. October, 1896, Virginia

In 1900, Tignal and Mary Kidd were living in Brunswick County, Virginia.

References:  1)  1900 Census, Brunswick County, Virginia;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

GREEN W. JONES (1.4.4.4) is the son of Wiley Green Jones and Rhoda (Brewer) Jones.  Green was born in 1833 in Virginia.  Green W. Jones married Virginia Laura Lewis Taylor (born 1836 in Virginia).  Green and Virginia Jones were the parents of four children:

  George Green Jones, b. 1859, Virginia
  Frederick Lewis Jones, b. 1862, Virginia
  Levi Johnson Jones, b. 1865, Virginia
  Gerard R. Jones, b. 1869, Virginia

In 1860, Green and Virginia Jones were living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.  In 1870, Green and Virginia Jones were living in Brunswick County, Virginia.  Green W. Jones died in 1899.  George Jones married Mattie Ann Warsham.  Frederick Jones married Ida Missouri Hammond.  Frederick Jones married a second time to Jennie B. Stanley.  Levi Jones married Rosa Green.  Gerard Jones married Sallie Belle Starks.

References:  1)  1860 Census, Mecklenburg County, Virginia;  2)  1870 Census, Brunswick County, Virginia;  3)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

FREDERICK L. JONES (1.4.4.5) is the son of Wiley Green Jones and Rhoda (Brewer) Jones.  Frederick was born in 1836 in Virginia.  Frederick Jones married Sallie E. Hobbs.  On August 6, 1874, Frederick L. Jones married a second time to Nancy Rebecca Taylor.  Nancy was born in 1846 in Virginia and is the daughter of Richard E. Taylor (born 1802 in Virginia).  Frederick Jones was the father of six children:

  Eugenia Mae Jones, b. 1875, Virginia
  Sarah R. Jones, b. 1877, Virginia
  William Benjamin Jones, b. 1879, Virginia
  Freeman Horace Jones
  Joshua Jones
  Adolphus Jones

In 1880, Frederick and Nancy Jones were living in Brunswick County, Virginia.  Frederick L. Jones died in 1889.  Eugenia Jones married Richard Edward Jarrett.  Sarah Jones married George H. Rose.  William Jones married Ola Elizabeth Brantley.  Freeman Jones married Sallie Harris Woodruff.  Joshua Jones died in the early 1920s.  Adolphus died in infancy.

References:  1)  1880 Census, Brunswick County, Virginia;  2)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997

EDMUND SHELL JONES (1.4.4.6) is the son of Wiley Green Jones and Rhoda (Brewer) Jones.  Edmund was born on February 13, 1840 in Virginia.  On December 24, 1860, Edmund S. Jones married Sarah Harrison (born 1839).  Sarah (Harrison) Jones died in 1874.  On November 9, 1875, Edmund S. Jones married a second time to Mary Elizabeth Morgan (born 1855).  On March 6, 1879, Edmund S. Jones married a third time to E. Sue Harrison (born 1848).  Edmumd Jones was the father of three children (mother unknown):

  Wiley Green Jones
  Henry Walter Jones
  Frederick Frank Jones

On January 14, 1880, Edmund S. Jones married a fourth time to Peter Ann Jean in Greenville County, Virginia.  Peter Ann was born on October 1, 1858 in Greensville County, Virginia and is the daughter of Henry Young Jean and Mary Jean (Dupree) Jean.  Edmund and Peter Ann Jones were the parents of ten children:

  Edward Shell Jones (1.4.4.6.4), b. October 24, 1880 ?, Greensville Co., Virginia
  Peter Ann Jones, b. November 25, 1880 ?, Virginia
  Nathaniel M. Jones, b. December 9, 1881, Virginia
  Sidney Young Jones, b. March 28, 1883, Virginia
  Benjamin Dolson Jones, b. August 20, 1884, Virginia
  James Robert Jones, b. March 14, 1887, Virginia
  Elizabeth Jones, b. October 27, 1888, Virginia
  Katie Irene Jones, b. May 3, 1890, Virginia
  Mary Olivia Jones, b. February 1, 1892, Virginia
  Oscar Vernon Jones, b. December 24, 1894, Virginia

Peter Ann (Jean) Jones died on September 6, 1909 in Greensville County, Virginia and was buried in the Zion Church Cemetery.  Edmund S. Jones died on May 22, 1915 in Greensville County, Virginia and was buried in the Zion Church Cemetery.  Wiley Jones married Myrtie I. Richardson.  Henry Jones married Rosa T. Jarrett.  Frederick Jones married Nannie F. Robinson.  Nathaniel Jones married Irenna Hazel Grizzerd.  Nathaniel Jones died on October 20, 1910.  Sidney Jones married Iona Lee Brantley.  Sidney Jones died on January 10, 1931.  Benjamin Jones married Ethel Mae Brantley.  Benjamin Jones died on March 20, 1920.  James Jones married Eva Francis Brantley.  James R. Jones died on May 27, 1955.  Elizabeth Jones died at five days old on November 1, 1888 in Virginia.  Katie Jones married John Rowland Stagg.  Katie (Jones) Stagg died on September 22, 1955.  Mary Jones married Ernest Jefferson Turner.  Mary married a second time to Willis Thomas Bryant.  Mary (Jones) Bryant died on February 14, 1974  Oscar Jones died at the age of fifteen years on October 21, 1912.

References:  1)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997;  2)  Ancestral File, extracted November, 1999

EDWARD SHELL JONES (1.4.4.6.4) is the son of Edmund Shell Jones and Peter Ann (Jean) Jones.  Edward was born on October 24, 1880 in Greensville County, Virginia.  On August 29, 1906, Edward Jones married Annie Bell Bryant in Seaboard, North Carolina.  Annie was born on January 24, 1887 in Virginia.  Edward and Annie Jones were the parents of two children:

  Bertha Jones, b. August 9, 1907, Greensville County, Virginia
  Mary B. Jones, b. October 8, 1908, Greensville County, Virginia

Annie (Bryant) Jones died on August 9, 1912.  On January 12, 1913, Edward Jones married a second time to Mary Jane Jean in Maryarettsville, North Carolina.  Mary was born on July 4, 1893 in Greensville County, Virginia and is the daughter of Shugar Andrew Jean and Susan Edith (Tomlenson) Jean.  Edward and Mary Jones were the parents of five children:

  Edna Elaine Jones, b. December, 1914, Greensville County, Virginia
  Frank Jones, b. June 21, 1920, Greensville County, Virginia
  Lola Lee Jones, b. June 4, 1922, Greensville County, Virginia
  Gladys Jones, b. August 22, 1923, Greensville County, Virginia
  Infant Daughter

Edward Jones died on October 19, 1944 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and was buried in the Old Emporia Cemetery in Emporia, Virginia.  Bertha Jones died as an infant on October 21, 1907 in Greensville County, Virginia.  Mary B. Jones died as a child on October 21, 1916 in Greensville County, Virginia.  On September 15, 1934, Edna Jones married Carroll Lee Williams in Dreweryville, Virginia.  Carroll was born on July 17, 1911 in Sussex County, Virginia and is the son of Oliver Lee Williams (born 1880, Virginia) and Rosa Temperance (Jarratt) Williams (born 1882, Virginia).  Carroll and Edna Williams had seven children (names unknown).  Edna (Jones) Williams died on May 12, 1970 in Petersburg, Virginia and was buried in the Shiloh Baptist Cemetery in Carson, Virginia.  Carroll Williams died on February 16, 1987 in Richmond, Virginia and was buried in the Shiloh Baptist Cemetery in Carson, Virginia.  Frank Jones died in 1920.  Lola Jones died on July 22, 1977.  Gladys Jones died in 1923.

References:  1)  Brooks & Jones Family Chart (sent by Beverly A. Sheeky), November, 1997;  2)  Ancestral File, extracted November, 1999