Person

Anderson Brooks (Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1817? d. 1889?

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Susan Evans Brooks in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in November 1843. Father of Anne E. Brooks, Nathan A. Brooks, Eveline Brooks, Sarah E. Brooks, William F. Brooks, Elmira F. Brooks, and Mary L. Brooks. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Employed John J. Brooks as a farm laborer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 413A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 9.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 399.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 143A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 2, p. 227A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252404.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Nicholas County Executors Bonds, October-1889, p. 321.

Citation

Brooks, Anderson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202419 (November 12, 2026).

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