Re: Rufus J. Brooks
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Re: Rufus J. Brooks
jim peery 4/10/05
Jim,
I am from that Tazewell co. Brooks line.Very interesting line. i am related to both the Brooks and the Asbury line.I don't have info directly for you but Tazewell has court records of cases where the father of the woman having a child out of wedlock sued the father of the child for support.Those records could really help you in the search for the father's name.There are really good people at the Historical Society in Tazewell who might help you if you can't get there yourself.The court house there is very genealogy friendly as the records are all open for the public to peruse.Not like here in Washington where it is all unavailable and any records must be requested at $13 a pop.
You are right in you assumption that all the Brook in Tazewell are from William and Nancy Anne.You won't here that though from the Stony Ridge Brooks vs. the Thompson Valley Brooks clans.
Becki Lenhart