John Brookes of Holland descendants ( click here )
Both Brooks and Cochran Research Pages ( click here )
Preserving our Past of both Cochran and Brooks ( click here )
Thomas Randolph Carter and Lacey Jane Bozeman (click here)
James E Brooks was born to Brooks and Ballard marriage
Mary Ella Thornton was born to Thornton and Hood marriage
Milton Elijah Thornton married Bessie Mae Hood
John Brooks, a tailor by trade, married Roxanna Permilia Smith in Tennessee about 1860; John came from Pennsylvania and his father was from Holland and his mother was from France. John's son, John, married Annie Clark Ballard in Tennessee and they moved into Alabama and are buried at Greenwood Cemetery.
Cooper, Levi Benjamin married Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Carter in 1884 in Montgomery AL and his family came from Chambers County Alabama. Sarah Cooper is buried by Annie Ballard as they both were widowed and living with James Brooks in the Montgomery census records. And of course we never traced the adoptive father of Cecil Earl Fenn Carter, and do not know if they were relatives of this Sarah Carter.
Hood, Bessie Mae's parents were Wesley Hood and Ella Mae O. and they are all buried at Caine's Chapel Cemetery in Holtville, Alabama.
Thomas S Smith married Caroline M Bond in 1840 Maury Co, TN
John Brooke of Holland had John, Christine, Edward and Henry.
James Calvin Ballard married Willie Eudora Florence Craig in 1876 TN
Charner P. Cooper of South Carolina married Sara F. Lee in 1845 Chambers AL and had Levi Benjamin Cooper who married Sarah Elizabeth Carter.
Thomas Randolph Carter married Mary Josephine Hereferd about 1861 and had Sallie Carter. After Mary passed away, Thomas married Lacy Bozeman, daughter of Jesse Bozeman. Now we have no idea how many children Lacy Bozeman had but they would be cousins to our Lorena Bozeman McClain wouldn't they :)
Charner Cooper's mother is only known as Alsey. His father was Andrew Cooper of South Carolina.
Elija Lee of South Carolina married Malinda Phillips about 1830 in Greene County GA and the moved into Chambers County near the Coopers. There are several families listed on the census with these surnames so perhaps many came to Alabama by wagon train and settled there, as the Creek Indians began to give up their lands. Chambers County was once Creek Indian Territory.
John L Hereford married Jemima Ramey about 1818
John Wise Carter came from South Carolina to Talledega Alabama which is named for a Creek Indian Village.
William M Craig married Rebecca Carolina Pennington in 1860 in Tennessee. which is rich with several indian tribe's history.
Larkin Frances Ballard married Rowena Densy Baxter in 1847 TN
James Baxter Jr married Hester Ward of NC in 1829 TN
James Milton Ballard married Kissiah Dickens of NC abt 1820
North Carolina had several indian tribes and still has a Cherokee Indian Reservation that my daughter has visited; it has a wealth of information for genealogists.
William Pennington married Gracey
David C Craig married Catherine Connelly of NC in 1832
These families are all living close together on the census records.
This author is reminded of a story told about one ancestor who married an indian woman and gave her a Biblical name. History tells us that once the woman was baptised, she was given and English name. Of course if the groom joined her tribe, he could have received an Indian name or the mixed blood children received both, such as Chief Red Eagle who was really named William Weatherford who's family migrated from Virginia to Montgomery Alabama.
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John Baptist Bond married Catherine Kitty Stone of NC in 1819 TN - X
Henry Smith of a Virginia John Smith lineage married Sinia Evans in 1819 TN and this lineage deserves much more research. ah another Stone unturned
Within my many unorganized webpages to follow, I have posted the census images and other documents recorded to prove this genealogy. Some relatives I knew personally, shared letters and phone calls with, and I have also been reading many old cards and letters from my family to document names, dates, and locations, but also ordering death certificates to prove even more.
Results of the family tree research shows that we come from many nationalities or origins and we all turned out beautifully :)
Cecil Earl Fenn Carter born 1900 Thompson, Alabama, lived in Macon, Georgia an
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