George (Captain) Halbrooks

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Husband George (Captain) Halbrooks

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           Born: 1744
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           Died:  - Gibson ?, IN
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Wife

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Children

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1 M William Erwin Halbrook ¹

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           Born: 1782-1783 - Near The Virginia State Line, Surry, NC
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           Died: 1870 1
         Buried:  - Old Liberty Cemetery, Van Buren, Ak 1

         Spouse: Judith McGee
           Marr: 1812

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2 M John Halbrook

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3 M Ezekiel Halbrook

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4 M George Halbrook

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General Notes: Husband - George (Captain) Halbrooks

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FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF32719
DEAT: RIN MH:IF32720
NOTE: PRIN MH:I22713

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Research Notes: Husband - George (Captain) Halbrooks

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Born in either Virginia or England. "There are two applications for a
Revolutionary War pension by a George Halbrook. It shows that he was born
in 1744, and when the war broke out he enlisted in a company in Surry
county, North Carolina, the county in which my great grandfather was born,
who was born about the close of the Revolution. In August, 1828, while
living in Gibson county, Indiana, [southwest Indiana, south of Vincennes]
at the age of 84, he filed his application and this is a copy of his sworn
statement:

"For the purpose of obtaining the benefits and for the relief of certain
surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved the
15th of may, 1828, I George Halbrooks, aged 84 years, in the County of
Gibson, State of Indiana, do hereby declare that I was an officer ...

He filed another application on February 14, 1837 when he was 93. He was
probably living in Indiana when he died, based on the above information.

"It is of interest that the maiden name of this widow whom I married was
ODell Holbrook. So when she married me she just changed one letter in her
original name, from Holbrook to Halbrook. The tradition of our family, as
I was told by my great uncle, is that back in England the names were
variations in the same family and had the same root. In the Government
Archives we found the name of George Halbrooks, he added the letter 's' to
his name, and had applied for a Revolutionary War pension. He was from
Surry county, North Carolina, where my own great grandfather [William
Halbrook] was born, and was probably his father. When he made his
application he had moved to Gibson county, Indiana. Now my wife's
grandfather, Lewis Holbrook, claimed to have emigrated from White county,
Illinois, which is adjacent to Gibson county. So it is quite likely that
the two families have a common origin, the spelling having been changed
meanwhile." (from William Erwin Halbrook's "A School Man of the Ozarks",
p151-152)

Sources

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1. Conway County - Our Land, Our Home, Our People.

1 Conway County - Our Land, Our Home, Our People.

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