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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / 1st Lieutenant
Author: Jimmy Doyal Brooks
Elisha Brooks was born in 1761 and died November 3, 1804, in South Carolina. He married Nancy Butler on January 12, 1786, in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Nancy was the daughter of James Butler.
Elisha volunteered for service in the Revolutionary War for two months as a private under Captain John Wallace, South Carolina Troops; then served as a lieutenant for twelve months and was at the seige of Ninety-six. Nancy applied for a Widows Pension (#W9741) in June, 1845 from Abbeville District, South Carolina.
Elisha and Nancy had eight children. Most of the children settled in the Wilkes County, Georgia area although one son, John Wesley Brooks, moved to Texas sometime after the death of his wife in 1848. A detailed history of the Brooks family is available in a book entitled Brooks Family History by Bernice (Brooks) Casey and Robert Brooks Casey (7-13).
My descendancy from Elisha Brooks is:
Parents - William Yates Brooks and Lillian Lois Freeman Grand Parents- Harvey Lawson Brooks and Fannie Turner Chauncey G Grand Parents- Elijah Marion Brooks and Mahala H. Williams GG Grand Parents - John Wesley Brooks and Elizabeth McFarland GGG Grand Parents - Elisha Brooks and Nancy Butle
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