Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Rebecca MILLER (281) & William Jackson BROOKS
532. Margaret BROOKS (Rebecca MILLER5, Sylvester4, Nancy HENSON3, William2, Paul1).

- from a descendant: “Margaret Brooks [is] my maternal grandmother, who claimed 1/4 Cherokee ancestry, and whose sister Julia was called a Cherokee "witch."
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533. Julia BROOKS (Rebecca MILLER5, Sylvester4, Nancy HENSON3, William2, Paul1).

- from a relative and researcher: Julia claimed 1/4 Chrokee ancestry and “was called a Cherokee ‘witch’. Despite all my searching, the closest Native American ancestor I can find is Ann Jacobs, whom Jess Wilson claimed was a "Jacobs Cherokee." This would make [her] only 1/16 Cherokee if Ann was full blood. There are a number of unknowns on the Brooks side of the family, though, and it's possible some native blood came that way, too.”
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