Person

John M. Brooks (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1840?

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Nicholas County, Kentucky, native. Son of Susan Brooks. Married to Sarah H. Hollar Brooks in Nicholas County, Kentucky, on November 6, 1862. Resident of Nicholas County in 1860. Farm laborer in Nicholas County in 1860. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1863.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 411B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 419.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Nicholas County, KY, July 1863, p. 2.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252393, p. 176-7.

Citation

Brooks, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201662 (November 12, 2026).

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