Alabama Family Group Sheet for the James P COOK Family
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Submitted by: Gina Heffernan
Email address: <gina gale h @ yahoo . com>
Submitted: 7 Dec 2014
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Husband: James P COOK
(1)
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Birthdate: 1827
- , , South Carolina, USA (2)
Death date: Bef 1871
- , Bell, Texas, USA
Buried:
Father: Thomas K COOK (1801-Abt 1879) (3)
Mother: Nancy P ??? (1804-1867/1870) (4)
Marriage: 1 Mar 1849 Place: , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (5)
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Other Spouse: Elmina BLACK (1827- ) (6,7)
Date: 14 Aug 1856 - , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (8)
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Events
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1. James appeared on the census on 1 Jul 1850 in , Calhoun, Alabama, USA, pg 814.
District 30?, hh #216
James P Cook M 23 South Carolina
Eliza Cook F 22 South Carolina
Sarah E Cook F 9/12 Alabama
James Johnston M 27 South Carolina
I believe the date on this census is actually Jany 1 1851
2. James appeared on the census on 19 Jul 1860 in , Calhoun, Alabama, USA, pg 115.
James P Cook M 35 S. C.
Elmina Cook F 34 S. C.
Missouria Cook F 11 Ala
James Cook M 9 Ala
Martha Cook F 9 Ala
Sofia Cook F 3 Ala
Margret A Cook F 0 Ala
3. He was on the Tax List, in 1868, in , Bell, Texas, USA.
4. He owned 1280 acres on 26 Oct 1870 in , Bell, Texas, USA.
County: Bell
Abstract Number: 161
District/Class: Milam 1st
File Number: 1665
Original Grantee: James Cook
Patentee: James Cook
Title Date:
Patent Date: 26 Oct 1870
Patent No: 262
Patent Vol: 18
Certificate: 1
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 1,280.00
Adj Acres:
Remarks:
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Wife: Eliza JOHNSTON
(9,10,11)
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Birthdate: 21 Feb 1827
- , Laurens, South Carolina, USA (12,13)
Death date: 20 Jan 1855
- , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (3,13)
Buried: 21 Jan 1855 - Duck Springs, Etowah, Alabama, USA
Address: Bristow Cemetery, Etowah County, Alabama
Father: Daniel JOHNSTON (1784-1835) (14)
Mother: Margaret ??? (1785-1852) (14)
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Children
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1 F Sarah Elizabeth COOK (16,17,18,19)
Birthdate: 9 Mar 1850 - , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (3,20,21)
Death date: 6 Mar 1937 -Thorndale, Milam, Texas, USA (22,23,24)
Buried: 7 Mar 1937 - Davilla, Milam, Texas, USA (25)
Address: Friendship Cemetery, Milam County, Texas
Spouse: George Alexander WILLS (1841-1922) (26,27,28,29)
Marr. Date: 11 Jun 1868 - Rogers, Bell, Texas, USA (30)
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2 M Daniel T COOK
Birthdate: Abt 1852 - , , Alabama, USA
Death date: Bef 1867 - , , Alabama, USA
Buried:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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General Notes: Husband - James P COOK
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Killeen,
Texas, ABS 161
I would love to know more about these girls.
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Notes: Marriage
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Benton County, was renamed Calhoun County in 1858.
Last Modified: 7 Dec 2014
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Sources
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1. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, AL, Cook, Thomas K.
2. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 814. age 23, South Carolina.
3. Anonymous, Biography of Sarah E Wills. This is 4 pages, typewritten, discribing
the life of Sarah. It was found in my grandmother's (Ima Jean Senn Holder)
things when she died.
4. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 795. Nancy P Cook.
5. Calhoun Co, AL Marriage Book, James P Cook to Eliza Johnston, 1 Mar 1849.
6. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 795. Elmyna Jones.
7. Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 (Family Search.org), Cook, James P. to Elimna [sic]
Jones.
8. Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 (Family Search.org), Cooks, James P. to Elimna [sic]
Jones, 14 Aug 1856, Calhoun County.
9. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, AL, Cook, Thomas K. Oct 13, 1866 - - Petition of
Thomas K. Cook to be appointed guardian of Missouri A. Jones, James F. Jones,
Martha J. Jones, minor heirs of H.E. Jones, deceased and also Sarah Cook, minor
child of James P. Cook and his first wife Eliza Cook, now deceased. James P.
Cook is now their Guardian and is about to remove to the State of Texas.
10. Tucker, Michael,
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mtucker&id=I4176. web page
11. Calhoun Co, AL Marriage Book, James P Cook to Eliza Johnston.
12. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 814. age 22, South Carolina.
13. Bristow Cemetery, Etowah County, Alabama, Cook, Eliza.
14. Tucker, Michael. web page
15. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A. Sallie Wills.
16. Senn, Ima Holder. I had several telephone interviews with Ima from 2000-2002. We
discussed her family and Wiley's family. She had an incredible memory and she
had "notes" about things she was afraid she would forget. I don't know what
happened to her notes and I wish I had recorded our conversations. She is my
grandmother.
17. Estate Records, Calhoun Co, AL, Cook, Thomas K. - - Petition of Thomas K. Cook
to be appointed guardian of Missouri A. Jones, James F. Jones, Martha J. Jones,
minor heirs of H.E. Jones, deceased and also Sarah Cook, minor child of James P.
Cook and his first wife Eliza Cook, now deceased. James P. Cook is now their
Guardian and is about to remove to the State of Texas.
18. Death Certificate, Wills, Ray Cook #48659. Sarah Cook.
19. Death Certificate, Senn, Beatrice #34157. Elizabeth Cook.
20. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A. age 51, Mar 1849, Alabama.
21. Death Certificate, Wills, Sarah #16870. 9 Mar 1850, Alabama.
22. Pension File, Wills, Sarah E #38120. "The said pensioner Mrs. Sarah Wills, died
on the 6th day of March, 1937, in the town of Thorndale - RFD...in the home of
Mrs. B. Seens (Senn)...daughter."
23. Milam Co, Texas Death Register, bk 5 pg 405.
24. Death Certificate, Wills, Sarah #16870.
25. Death Certificate, Wills, Sarah #16870. Friend Ship.
26. Senn, Ima Holder, Ima lived with Sarah Cook Wills and Beatrice Wills Senn for
almost four years until their deaths.
27. 1850 Federal Census, Texas, Washington, ppg 288B-289A. Alexander Mills.
28. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A. age 58, Oct 1841, Texas.
29. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org), Wills, Sidney
Albert. George Alexander Wills.
30. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/279.
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My Notes
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