State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1872-1873<\/p>\n Born:\u00a0<\/strong>c. 1835 in Mississippi<\/p>\n On the 1870 census, Brooks was living in Monroe County with wife Louisa and three children.<\/p>\n “Sixty needle guns – rifles – were issued in 1873 to a colored militia company of Monroe County, commanded by one Arthur Brooks. After the law was passed, I think in the session of 1874-’75, abolishing that organization, those guns were left there in an old calaboose near the court-house. I had been appointed colonel of militia.”<\/em> Arthur Brooks (Monroe County) State House:\u00a01872-1873 Born:\u00a0c. 1835 in Mississippi On the 1870 census, Brooks was living in Monroe County with wife Louisa and three children. “Sixty needle guns – rifles – were issued in 1873 to a colored militia company of Monroe County, commanded by one Arthur Brooks. After the law was passed, I … <\/p>\n
\n(Testimony of J. W. Lee, Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the Mississippi Election of 1875)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"