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Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805): Wythe County, Virginia Years, 1793-1805

June 8, 2021

Or, Subtitled: Fertile New Land, Lead Mines, Shot Towers and Forges, and Movement from the Middle Colonies into the Valley of Virginia With my first posting about Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805), I shared my information about Thomas’s life in Frederick County, Virginia, up to 1792, when he moved his family to Wythe County, Virginia. My account … More Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805): Wythe County, Virginia Years, 1793-1805

Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805): Frederick County, Virginia, Beginnings

June 3, 2021

Or, Subtitled: “I will and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Brooks, whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my whole and sole Executor” I’ve now finished telling you what I know of Thomas Brooks (1775-1838), who moved with his parents from Frederick County, Virginia, where he was born in 1775, to Wythe County, Virginia, in … More Thomas Brooks (abt. 1747-1805): Frederick County, Virginia, Beginnings