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Travis Greene Broocks

20 Aug 1808 – Jan 1864

Birth	20 Aug 1808
Death	Jan 1864
Cemetery	Brooks Cemetery San Augustine , San Augustine County , Texas , USA
Added by	phil r johnson on 03 Apr 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32814672

Bio

Texas and San Augustine Civic Leader. After being raised in Tennessee, in 1838 he moved to San Augustine, Texas, where he established himself as a merchant, first with a partner, and later with his sons. He was a Captain in the San Augustine Volunteer Militia and served as Justice of the Peace and in other offices. He was San Augustine's Postmaster from 1842 to 1846. In 1844 he was a brigadier general in command of 600 men under orders from Texas President Sam Houston to assist in quelling a local rebellion, the Regulator-Moderator War.

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Family

Spouse

• Elizabeth Ann Morris Broocks 1815–1898

Children

• John Henry Broocks 1829–1901
• Moses Augustine Broocks 1832–1857
• Lycurgus Waters Broocks 1843–1873
• Martha Broocks 1845–?
• Elizabeth H. Broocks Border 1846–1929

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