Brooks Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Martin, County, IN


	Brooks is the second cemetery that we reworked.  I estimate that as
many as 40% of the tombstone makers in Brooks Cemetery are simple field
stones with initials carved into them.  Many of these stones have no
markings at all.  We shall never know who these early pioneers were.

	I began with the original work published by the Martin County
Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Martin County, Indiana, Volume I", pages
65 through 69.  This work can be identified by the notation "MCHS-nnn".
Where "nnn" represents the page number in the original books where the
information can be found.  For example; MCHS-65 represents page 65 (this is
in volume I).  Please note that page one (1) begins with volume I and the
last page can be found in volume III.

	My children and I systematically compared each and every tombstone
to the early recorded data.  Together we corrected mistakes, resolved
differences and noted previously unrecorded tombstones.  A marking scheme
using colored chalk was devised to ensure we would not miss any stone or
look at the same stone twice.  When finished with the known data we
proceeded to probe the cemetery lot for buried tombstones.  All together,
three (3) new tombstones were discovered and recorded.  Data that we
contributed is annotated by "ECH-Jul1994:" indicating the month and year
when the work was performed.

	Only a single tombstone could not be accounted.  Newly discovered
tombstones are annotated with "(new)".  If the tombstone still exists we
annotated the fact with "stone".  When applicable, a description of the
general condition of the tombstone is included.

	The following page lists abbreviations and sources of information
used in the research. Abbreviations and sources used are as follows:

B:		born/birth date
D:		died/death date
Md:		Married/Marriage date
Bd:		buried at
Dd:		died at
Bp:		baptized at
F:		father
M:		mother
S/O:		son of
D/O:		daughter of
C/O:		child of
M/1:		marriage #1
M/2:		marriage #2, etc.
CN:		compiler's note/observation
TI:		tombstone inscription
MCHS:		Martin County Historical Society
MCDR:		Martin County Death Records
DCDR:		Daviess County Death records
SMaDR:		St. Martin's Death Records
SPBR		St. Peter's Baptismal records
Obit:		obituary
LDR:		Loogootee Death Records
MCT:		Martin County Tribune
SEN:		Loogootee Sentinel
SJDR:		St. John's Death Records
ABT:		about
NMB1994:	Information supplied by Natalie Montgomery Baker, 1994.
ECH-Jul1994: 	Information uncovered by Evan C. Hand during the month and
		year given.
(?)		data is illegible or questionable
Intv:		interview with person or persons indicated
MEM-EL:		Marshall E. Miller -- Ephraim Lockwood Genealogy
MEM-RF:		Marshall E. Miller -- Routt Family Genealogy
TJB:		Thomas Jefferson Brooks -- letters and memoirs

	NOTE: Some birth dates are computed from the death date and the
inscribed ages in Years, Months and Days when given.  These are annotated
as such: "Born ABT 28 Mar 1883".