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MARTHA BROOKS (2.6) is the daughter of Jordan Brooks and Mary (Cruse) Brooks. Martha was born in 1794 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Martha Brooks married John Wright Perkins. Wright was born in 1780 in Georgia. In 1820, Wright Perkins was living in Putnam County, Georgia. In 1830, Wright Perkins was living in Upson County, Georgia. From 1840 to 1850, Wright and Martha Perkins lived in Talbot County, Georgia. Sometime after 1850, they moved to Stewart County, Georgia. Wright and Martha Perkins were the parents of at least ten children:

Mary C. Perkins (2.6.1), b. 1813, Georgia
Robert Perkins, b. 1818, Georgia
Williamson E. Perkins (2.6.3), b. January 27, 1820, Georgia
Frances A. Perkins (2.6.4), b. 1824, Georgia
Isham Eldridge Perkins (2.6.5), b. July 15, 1824, Georgia
John Thomas Perkins (2.6.6), b. September 27, 1827, Georgia
Benjamin G. Perkins (2.6.7), b. 1828, Georgia
Thomas W. Perkins (2.6.8), b. 1832, Upson County, Georgia
Abner Fletcher Perkins (2.6.9), b. April 6, 1836, Georgia
Betsey Perkins, b. Georgia

“Brooks Family History” also mentions that Wright and Martha Perkins had a son named Mit. Williamson Perkins posted a $10,000 bond as administrator of Wright Perkins’ estate in Stewart County, Georgia on July 6, 1857. Therefore, Wright Perkins probably died in the early part of 1857. John Wright Perkins was buried in the Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery in Stewart County, Georgia. In 1860, Martha (Brooks) Perkins was living in Stewart County, Georgia. Martha (Brooks) Perkins died between 1864 and 1873 and was buried in the Providence Cemetery in Stewart County, Georgia. Robert Perkins was killed in the Civil War. Betsey Perkins married a Mr. Holtzclaw.

References: 1) 1820 Census, Putnam County, Georgia; 2) 1830 Census, Upson County, Georgia; 3) 1840 and 1850 Censuses, Talbot County, Georgia; 4) “Brooks Family History,” by Myrtle (Lackey) Ashley, 1944; 5) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Pages 567 and 568; 6) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,” 1975, Volume 2, Pages 152 and 396; 7) Letter, Virginia (Perkins) Webb to Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 27, 1976; 8) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July 10, 1980; 9) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July 24, 1982

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