Caroline County, VA

Robert Brooks Pension Records

>11 June 1845. Caroline Co., Va. Rhoda (X) Brooks, aged about 80,
>declares she is the widow of Robert Brooks who died in Caroline Co in
>1804.  She was married about 1784 by Parson Dick.  Her son James Brooks
>must be about 60.  Her husband served in the Continental Line three or
>four years.
>
>12 Feb. 1845.  The Clerk of Caroline Co., Va. certified that few
>certificates of marriage were returned prior to 1794 and none of the
>marriage of Robert Brooks appears of record.  In consequence of the
>office taking fire, numerous papers were destroyed.
>
>26 Feb. 1845. Caroline Co., Va. Nancy Eubank, aged about 74 declares she
>is the widow of Royal Eubank and has resided in said county all her
>life.  About one year after her marriage her daughter Elizabeth was born
>and in one year and three months after her birth, her second daughter
>Sally, now Sally Taylor, was born.  Sally is about 43 years of age.  She
>knows Robert Brooks who at one time lived with John Baylor of New
>Market.  Robert married Rhoda Jones at least ten or fifteen years before
>her marriage to Royal Eubank.  Robert Brooks died many years before
>(sic) her marriage and left by his wife Rhoda two children William and
>John, the last named of whom is dead.
>26 Feb. 1845. Caroline Co., Va. Dorsy Ennis declares she is about 73
>years of age and has resided all her life in said county.  She was
>present when Robert Brooks and Rhoda Jones were married in said county
>by Parson Dick at least 56 or 57 years ago.
>26 Feb. 1845. Caroline Vo., Va. Frances Brooks, in her 63rd year,
>declares she recollects seeing Robert Brooks, who married Rhoda Jones,
>at her father's house when she was between the age of 5 and 7, and
>Robert was then a married man.
>9 April 1845. Caroline Co., Va. John (X) Southward of said county, now
>in his 63rd year, declares he heard Robert Brooks speak of being in the
>Revolutionary War.
>25 Jan. 1845. Caroline Co., Va. John Baylor of said county, in his 59th
>year, declares he know Robert and Rhoda Brooks of said county from his
>infancy and believes their son James is older than he.
>20 Aug. 1845 Caroline Co., Va. William Covington, aged 67 resident of
>said county for the last 52 years, declared he did not know Robert
>Brooks but has always heard he was a soldier in the Continental Line.
>18 Nov. 1845 Caroline Co., Va. Robert (X) Satterwhite, aged 91, of said
>county, declared that during the Rwevolutionary War he was posted at
>Philadelphia where he often saw Robert Brooks, also serving in the
>American army.  He knows he served three years and understood he served
>longer.  Brooks served in Capt. Smith's company.
>
>22 April 1846. A. Broaddus, Jr., writes from White Plains, Va., Mrs.
>Brooks' granddaughter came to see him and begged that he would try
>further to prosecute her claim.
>20 June 1850. Caroline Co., Va.  Rhoda (x) Brooks applies for pension
>under the Act of 1848.
>
>Robert Brooks, a soldier of infantry, was paid 14.2.0 by Virginia on 24
>March 1785 and certificate was delivered to Thomas Brooks.
>
>Rhoda Brooks of Caroline Co., Va., widow of Robert Brooks who died in
>1804, private for one year, was placed on the Virginia pension roll at
>$40 per annum.  Certificate 10933 under the Act of 18381849 under the
>Acts of 1843 and 1844, and 5465 under the Act of 1848 were issued 2 July
>1850.(Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Vol. 10, compiled by
>John Frederick Dorman)
>
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