Brooks (Brook), Sterling H (also H B)
3rd Lieutenant-2nd Lieutenant-1st Lieutenant
Company F., 37th. Alabama Vol. Infantry
Age at Enlistment: 38
Enlisted 12 March 1862 at China Grove AL;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 20 Apr 1862 as 3rd Lieutenant;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 26 May 1862 at Auburn AL as 2nd Lieutenant;
WIA or sick at Vicksburg as MS he is paroled at Vicksburg City Hospital as 1st Lieutenant of Company F of the 37th AL Infantry CSA;
Appears on Pay Roll of Company F as 1st Lieutenant dated 31 Dec 1863 with notation "Captured on Picket on Lookout Mountain" 24 Nov 1863;
died 1910; From Pike County AL
Sterling H Brooks, applied for a Confederate Pension on 7 August, 1899. He was a farmer, 75 years old and lived in Leon County. War Department records show he was a First Lieutenant, Company F, 37th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. He enlisted 12 November, 1862. He was captured 24 November 1863 at Chattanooga TN, and released on 12 June, 1865 at Johnson Island, Ohio. He also stated he had lived in Leon County for 25 years, he had two horses and a wagon valued at $65 and income of $25. In the last three years, he had sold $100 worth of cattle. He was indigent and unable to work.
On the 1900 Leon County Census, we find Sterling Brooks 86 years old living with his daughter Martha Brooks Hightower and her husband George. Also in the household was Sterling's grandson, Wiley Mansel.
Sterling Brooks was the son of Robert Rose Brooks born 3 June 1762 Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
death: 1845 Dale, Alabama, United States and Mary Parham born 1760 Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
death: 1789 , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
3rd Lieutenant-2nd Lieutenant-1st Lieutenant
Company F., 37th. Alabama Vol. Infantry
Age at Enlistment: 38
Enlisted 12 March 1862 at China Grove AL;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 20 Apr 1862 as 3rd Lieutenant;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 26 May 1862 at Auburn AL as 2nd Lieutenant;
WIA or sick at Vicksburg as MS he is paroled at Vicksburg City Hospital as 1st Lieutenant of Company F of the 37th AL Infantry CSA;
Appears on Pay Roll of Company F as 1st Lieutenant dated 31 Dec 1863 with notation "Captured on Picket on Lookout Mountain" 24 Nov 1863;
died 1910; From Pike County AL
Sterling H Brooks, applied for a Confederate Pension on 7 August, 1899. He was a farmer, 75 years old and lived in Leon County. War Department records show he was a First Lieutenant, Company F, 37th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. He enlisted 12 November, 1862. He was captured 24 November 1863 at Chattanooga TN, and released on 12 June, 1865 at Johnson Island, Ohio. He also stated he had lived in Leon County for 25 years, he had two horses and a wagon valued at $65 and income of $25. In the last three years, he had sold $100 worth of cattle. He was indigent and unable to work.
On the 1900 Leon County Census, we find Sterling Brooks 86 years old living with his daughter Martha Brooks Hightower and her husband George. Also in the household was Sterling's grandson, Wiley Mansel.
Sterling Brooks was the son of Robert Rose Brooks born 3 June 1762 Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
death: 1845 Dale, Alabama, United States and Mary Parham born 1760 Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
death: 1789 , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Brooks (Brook), Sterling H (also H B)
3rd Lieutenant-2nd Lieutenant-1st Lieutenant
Company F., 37th. Alabama Vol. Infantry
Age at Enlistment: 38
Enlisted 12 March 1862 at China Grove AL;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 20 Apr 1862 as 3rd Lieutenant;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 26 May 1862 at Auburn AL as 2nd Lieutenant;
WIA or sick at Vicksburg as MS he is paroled at Vicksburg City Hospital as 1st Lieutenant of Company F of the 37th AL Infantry CSA;
Appears on Pay Roll of Company F as 1st Lieutenant dated 31 Dec 1863 with notation "Captured on Picket on Lookout Mountain" 24 Nov 1863;
died 1910; From Pike County AL
Sterling H Brooks, applied for a Confederate Pension on 7 August, 1899. He was a farmer, 75 years old and lived in Leon County. War Department records show he was a First Lieutenant, Company F, 37th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. He enlisted 12 November, 1862. He was captured 24 November 1863 at Chattanooga TN, and released on 12 June, 1865 at Johnson Island, Ohio. He also stated he had lived in Leon County for 25 years, he had two horses and a wagon valued at $65 and income of $25. In the last three years, he had sold $100 worth of cattle. He was indigent and unable to work.
On the 1900 Leon County Census, we find Sterling Brooks 86 years old living with his daughter Martha Brooks Hightower and her husband George. Also in the household was Sterling's grandson, Wiley Mansel.
Sterling Brooks was the son of Robert Rose Brooks born 3 June 1762 Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
death: 1845 Dale, Alabama, United States and Mary Parham born 1760 Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
death: 1789 , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
3rd Lieutenant-2nd Lieutenant-1st Lieutenant
Company F., 37th. Alabama Vol. Infantry
Age at Enlistment: 38
Enlisted 12 March 1862 at China Grove AL;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 20 Apr 1862 as 3rd Lieutenant;
Appears on Muster Roll of Company F dated 26 May 1862 at Auburn AL as 2nd Lieutenant;
WIA or sick at Vicksburg as MS he is paroled at Vicksburg City Hospital as 1st Lieutenant of Company F of the 37th AL Infantry CSA;
Appears on Pay Roll of Company F as 1st Lieutenant dated 31 Dec 1863 with notation "Captured on Picket on Lookout Mountain" 24 Nov 1863;
died 1910; From Pike County AL
Sterling H Brooks, applied for a Confederate Pension on 7 August, 1899. He was a farmer, 75 years old and lived in Leon County. War Department records show he was a First Lieutenant, Company F, 37th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. He enlisted 12 November, 1862. He was captured 24 November 1863 at Chattanooga TN, and released on 12 June, 1865 at Johnson Island, Ohio. He also stated he had lived in Leon County for 25 years, he had two horses and a wagon valued at $65 and income of $25. In the last three years, he had sold $100 worth of cattle. He was indigent and unable to work.
On the 1900 Leon County Census, we find Sterling Brooks 86 years old living with his daughter Martha Brooks Hightower and her husband George. Also in the household was Sterling's grandson, Wiley Mansel.
Sterling Brooks was the son of Robert Rose Brooks born 3 June 1762 Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
death: 1845 Dale, Alabama, United States and Mary Parham born 1760 Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA
death: 1789 , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Inscription
First Lieutenant CO F 37 Alabama Infantry Confederate States Army
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