Carroll Brooks
1869 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Carroll Brooks was born on 13 Dec 1869 (son of John Hampden Brooks and Jane Margaret Adams); and died.
2. John Hampden Brooks was born in 1833 (son of Whitfield Brooks and Mary Parsons Carroll); died on 14 Nov 1911. John married Jane Margaret Adams on 30 Dec 1868. Jane (daughter of James Hopkins Adams and Jane Margaret Scott) was born on 26 Jun 1841; died on 23 Dec 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jane Margaret Adams was born on 26 Jun 1841 (daughter of James Hopkins Adams and Jane Margaret Scott); died on 23 Dec 1911. Children:
- 1. Carroll Brooks was born on 13 Dec 1869; and died.
- Katherine Hammond Brooks was born on 13 Feb 1872; died on 10 Feb 1931.
- Ellen Adams Brooks was born on 14 May 1874; and died.
- Edward Loudon Brooks was born on 22 Jul 1876; and died.
- Macpherson Berrien Brooks was born on 22 Feb 1879; and died.
- Margaret Brooks was born on 24 Oct 1881; and died.
Generation: 3
4. Whitfield Brooks was born about 1790; died in 1851. Whitfield + Mary Parsons Carroll. Mary was born in 1800; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary Parsons Carroll was born in 1800; died in 1870. Children:
- Preston S. Brooks was born about 1830; and died.
- 2. John Hampden Brooks was born in 1833; died on 14 Nov 1911.
6. James Hopkins Adams was born on 15 Mar 1812 (son of Henry Walker Adams and Mary Howell Hart Goodwyn); died on 13 Jul 1861. Notes:
"James Hopkins Adams, only child of Henry Walker Adams and his wife, Mary
Howell Hart Goodwyn, graduated at Yale in 1831 when he was only nineteen
years of age. In 1834, when he was twenty-two years old, he was elected
to the House of Representatives of South Carolina and served through
several Successive terms. He was State Senator in 1850 and Governor of
South Carolina in 1854; a member of the 'Convention of the People' in
1860 and Commissioner of South Carolina to the United States Government
at Washington in 1861. The days and campaigns of 'Adams and Preston' are
still referred to in the political campaigns of South Carolina." Lower
Richland Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins"
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA
James is buried in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, which is located
about 16 miles from Columbia S. C., between Congaree and Hopkins, S. C.
His tomb bears the following inscription:
"James Hopkins Adams, born Mar. 15, 1812, graduated at Yale College 1831,
elected member of House of Representatives of South Carolina 1834 and
Senator 1850, Govenor of the Commonwealth 1854. Member of the Convention
of the people 1860. Commissioner of South Carolina to the Government
1861. Died July 13, 1861."
"Endowed by nature with an understanding of high order, he improved it
with care and rose to a position of eminence at a period illustrious for
genius and intellect. Urged by an ardent patriotism, he devoted his
energies to the cause of Carolina and the South, and few among us labored
with equal success. He achieved the greater glory of a victory over
theworld, and was comforted in death by the Christian's hope and
confidence. This monument is erected in memory of his virtues."James married Jane Margaret Scott on 10 Apr 1832. Jane (daughter of Samuel Scott and Jane Ross) was born on 4 Nov 1812; died on 15 Dec 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Jane Margaret Scott was born on 4 Nov 1812 (daughter of Samuel Scott and Jane Ross); died on 15 Dec 1885. Notes:
"Jane Margaret Scott, wife of Governor James H. Adams, was the daughter
of Samuel and Jane Ross Scott who were married October 8, 1808. Samuel
Scott was the son of Joseph Scott who married Margaret Dudley, descendant
of Governor Dudley of North Carolina. Jane Ross Scott was the daughter of
James and Margaret Law Ross. The Ross family was Scotch." Lower Richland
Planters by Laura Jervey Hopkins."Children:
- Henry Walker Adams was born on 19 Jan 1833; died in 1887.
- John Randolph Adams was born on 13 Apr 1834; died on 28 Aug 1875.
- Mary Goodwin Adams was born on 3 Jan 1836; died on 13 Oct 1866.
- Warren Adams was born on 28 Nov 1838; died on 5 Nov 1880.
- 3. Jane Margaret Adams was born on 26 Jun 1841; died on 23 Dec 1911.
- Laura Keziah Adams was born on 4 Jan 1843; died in 1866.
- Ellen Tree Adams was born on 21 Aug 1846; and died.
- James Hopkins Adams was born on 8 Nov 1848; died in Feb 1894.
- Caroline Hopkins Adams was born on 15 Dec 1850; died on 25 Mar 1935.
Generation: 4
12. Henry Walker Adams was born on 14 Jan 1790 (son of Joel Adams and Grace Weston); died on 2 Oct 1815. Notes:
"Henry (Harry) Walker Adams matriculated but did not graduate from the
South Carolina College. 'He returned to his plantation and was a large
and successful cotton planter.' Lower Richland Planters by Laura Jervey
Hopkins.Henry + Mary Howell Hart Goodwyn. Mary (daughter of Jesse Goodwyn and Keziah Goodwyn) was born in 1789; died on 9 Jul 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Mary Howell Hart Goodwyn was born in 1789 (daughter of Jesse Goodwyn and Keziah Goodwyn); died on 9 Jul 1813. Children:
- 6. James Hopkins Adams was born on 15 Mar 1812; died on 13 Jul 1861.
14. Samuel Scott was born in 1776 (son of Joseph S. Scott and Margaret Dudley); died in 1821 in Richland County, South Carolina. Samuel married Jane Ross on 8 Oct 1808. Jane (daughter of James Ross and Margaret Law) was born in 1782 in Scotland; died in 1866 in Richland County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Jane Ross was born in 1782 in Scotland (daughter of James Ross and Margaret Law); died in 1866 in Richland County, South Carolina. Children:
- 7. Jane Margaret Scott was born on 4 Nov 1812; died on 15 Dec 1885.