William A. Brooks

Birth Date

1830-10-28

Death Date

1871-04-24

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mount Vernon, Kentucky, hotelkeeper. Rockcastle County, Kentucky, native. Son of Richard Brooks, Sr., and Nancy Brooks. Married to Sarah E. Carson Brooks in Rockcastle County on May 17, 1858. Father of James W. Brooks, Mollie Brooks, and John C. Brooks. Hotelkeeper in Mount Vernon in 1860. Hotelkeeper in Mount Vernon in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Southern Division, p. 164.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mt. Vernon, p. 583.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rockcastle County, Mount Vernon, p. 7.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Rolls #994027-994058, Rockcastle County Marriages, p. 289-90.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Rockcastle County, KY, June 1863, p. 41, (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Find A Grave, "William A. Brooks (1830-1871)," Memorial #115344223, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115344223 (accessed May, 30, 2017).

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