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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Brooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia, on its southern border with Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,243. The county seat is Quitman. The county was created in 1858 from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly and was named for pro-slavery U.S. Representative Preston Brooks after he severely beat abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with a cane for delivering a speech attacking slavery..
Brooks County is included in the Valdosta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1857 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1858 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 6,356
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| 1870 | 8,342
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| 1880 | 11,727
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| 1890 | 13,979
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| 1900 | 18,606
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| 1910 | 23,832
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| 1920 | 24,538
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| 1930 | 21,330
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| 1940 | 20,497
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| 1950 | 18,169
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| 1960 | 15,292
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| 1970 | 13,739
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| 1980 | 15,255
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| 1990 | 15,398
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Brooks County, Georgia, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~gabrooks/
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