Documents and Records

• 1935 July 2 - Second Marriage of Ibbia Kennedy Brooks to J. D. Stallard

2 July 1935 Marriage Application, Wise Co VA

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Wise County VA application for marriage license by J. D. Stallard (s/o Hazelton Stallard and Susannah Lawson)
and Ibbie (dau of Wiley Kennedy) Brooks.

2 July 1935 Marriage License, Wise Co VA

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Wise County VA license for marriage between J. D. Stallard (s/o Hazelton Stallard and Susannah Lawson) and Ibbie
(dau of Wiley Kennedy) Brooks.

• More Brooks Documents Stored on Flickr
   

Chronologies

Allied Lines
 

• The McConnell Family of Pennsylvania and Russell County, VA. Please note that this is a working document - new material added as found.

Maps

• This map shows the distribution of the Scandinavian branches of haplogroup R1a1. Our CTS8277>CTS8746-A Brooks lineage falls downstream the Z284>Z287 branch (green pins), with a common ancestor 3,600 (+/- 400) years before present.

Photos

• Flickr Photo Albums
  You can browse the full Brooks Family Photostream or select one of the galleries below:

  • The Brooks Family

  • The Lawson Family

  • The Kennedy Family

  • Stallard & Davis Families

  • Places

  • Tombstones
     

• A beautiful photo by Brian Stansberry of the French Broad River in Cocke Co TN, home to the TN line of our Brooks Family.
   

Multimedia

• There are currently no multimedia assets in the library. Check back again on your next visit as I continue to add assets.

Books

• Recollections of the Rev. John Johnson and His Home  by Susannah Brooks Johnston
  This wonderful autobiography by Susannah Brooks Johnson (b. 1794), wife of 19th-century Methodist circuit rider John Johnson, is available free online in multiple formats. The first two chapters are a wealth of genealogical information and descriptions of the life of the Brooks family in the Revolutionary period and the early 19th century. Susannah was the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Teague Brooks, and while her book is a fascinating memoir in its own right, she also provides first-hand accounts of numerous shared Brooks ancestors and relatives mentioned in our database, as well as vivid descriptions of her early life in Abbeville, SC. This book can also be purchased in a bound format on Amazon.com. It is a must-read for any serious researcher of our Brooks family.
   

• William Lawson, A Scottish Rebel by William "Bill" Porter
  From a review by Tina Lawson on Amazon.com: "An absolutely indispensible resource for anyone descended from William Lawson of Montrose Scotland, particularly those of lineage through his son William Jr..."

Articles

• From the Blog

  • 2016-01-10 Ongoing DNA Testing of Kennedy Family Volunteers Reveals Millennia-old Irish Origins

  • 2015-08-16 DNA Testing Changes our Understanding of Old Kennedy Family Traditions

  • 2015-07-26 ​Memoirs of Susannah Brooks Johnson Provide Priceless Snapshots of late-18th Century Brooks Family

  • 2015-04-15 Y-DNA Testing: Where to Do It, Why to Do It, and How Many Markers to Test

  • 2015-02-15 A "Swindled" Inheritance, and Other Kennedy Family Legends Examined

  • 2015-02-08 Elizabeth "Nancy" Conway Kennedy Shot Clean Off Her Horse. That'll Teach Her to Free-Range Her Cattle, I Reckon

  • 2015-02-06 Disposition of Branson Family Land in Frederick County, VA

  • 2015-01-25 New Advances in DNA Haplogroup Studies Reveal Brooks Origins in Norway

  • 2010-10-09 Finley and Harris Connections Need Examination

  • 2010-10-08 A Correction on the Talbert Family Line

  • 2009-07-01 More on the Brooks Brothers and Daniel Boone

  • 2009-06-30 Three Brooks Brothers were involved in the adventures of Blue Licks, KY with Daniel Boone

  • 2007-11-26 New DNA Results provide answers...and questions

Additional Links and Resources

• Kennedy Family Links and Resources (an allied line from Ibbie Kennedy Brooks)

  • Kennedy Articles in my Research Blog

  • Kennedy Y-DNA Surname Project on Family Tree DNA

  • DNA Testing Changes our Understanding of Old Kennedy Family Traditions (from the blog, August 2015)

  • Ongoing DNA Testing of Kennedy Family Volunteers Reveals Millennia-old Irish Origins (from the blog, January 2016)

• Lawson Family Links and Resources (an allied line from Esther Lawson Brooks)

  • Lawson Family Heritage Program: Descendants of William Lawson (website for descendants of William Lawson, Scottish Rebel)

  • William Lawson Memorial Marker on Scott County Virginia Faces & Places

  • Lawson Y-DNA Surname Project on Family Tree DNA (see Group #12 - William Lawson "The Rebel" from Scotland to Virginia)

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• Stokely Family Links and Resources (an allied line from Sarah Stokely Brooks)

  • ​Jehu Stokely Timeline (a visual reference of the records of the earliest identified Stokely ancestor by Gordon Stokely Jr. of Del Rio TN)

  • The Stokelys of East TN (a narrative account of ancestor Jehu Stokely's)

• Cocke County TN Research Resources

  • Cocke County TN Genweb

  • Wikipedia History of Del Rio, Tennessee, birthplace of Warren D. Brooks Jr. (s/o Warren D. Brooks Sr. and Sarah Stokely Brooks. This Wikipedia article reads like a Who's Who of our Stokely ancestors, including mentions of the original Huff-Corder settlers.