Record #:

37690

Author(s):

Abstract:

Biography of Judge George W. Brooks (1821-1882) a native of Pasquotank County, NC, became a lawyer and then a Federal Judge. He became the greatest hero of Reconstruction Days in North Carolina by writing a writ of Habeus corpus to protect white men being held illegally by the military government imposed on Alamance and Caswell counties. His action has been credited with breaking up the power of the so called Carpet Bag Government of Gov. William Holden.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 8 Issue No. 3, , p77-79

Subject(s):

Pasquotank County--People; Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892