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: 14 Aug 1856 Place: , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (5)
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Other Spouse: Eliza JOHNSTON (1827-1855) (6,7,8)
Date: 1 Mar 1849 - , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (9)
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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: Elmina BLACK
(10,11)
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Birthdate: 1827
- , , South Carolina, USA (12)
Death date: Deceased
Buried:
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Other Spouse: Hameth E JONES (1828-Bef 1857) (13)
Date: 20 Jul 1847 - , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (14)
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Events
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1. Elmina appeared on the census in 1870 in , Milam, Texas, USA, pg 108? 116?. hh
#793
Cook, Elmina 44 F W South Carolina
Sophia 13 F W Alabama
Margaret 10 F W Alabama
Shelton, Missouri 22 F W Alabama
Hale, Martha 20 F W Alabama (Hall?)
There is a James B Cook, age 27, a few lines up from them on this census. He is
married and working on a different farm.
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Children
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1 F Sofia E COOK (15)
Birthdate: 9 Jun 1857 - , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (16,17)
Death date: 14 Dec 1934 - Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (18)
Address: Providence Sanitorium, McLennan County, Waco, Texas
Buried: 15 Dec 1934 - Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (18)
Address: Oakwood Cemetery, McLennan County, Texas
Spouse: David H BATTERTON (1850-Bef 1901) (19,20,21,22)
Marr. Date: 11 Oct 1877 - Belton, Bell, Texas, USA (23)
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2 F Margaret A COOK (25)
Birthdate: Mar 1860 - , Calhoun, Alabama, USA (26)
Death date: Deceased
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.
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. Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 (Family Search.org), Cooks, James P. to Elimna [sic]
Jones, 14 Aug 1856, Calhoun County.
6. 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.
7. Tucker, Michael,
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mtucker&id=I4176. web page
8. Calhoun Co, AL Marriage Book, James P Cook to Eliza Johnston.
9. Calhoun Co, AL Marriage Book, James P Cook to Eliza Johnston, 1 Mar 1849.
10. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 795. Elmyna Jones.
11. Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 (Family Search.org), Cook, James P. to Elimna [sic]
Jones.
12. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 795. age 23, South Carolina.
13. 1850 Federal Census, Alabama, Benton, pg 795. Hameth? E Jones.
14. Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 (Family Search.org), Jones, H E. to Elmira Black,
20 Jul 1847, Calhoun County.
15. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Calhoun, pg 115. Sofia Cook.
16. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Calhoun, pg 115. age 3, Alabama.
17. Death Certificate, Batterton, Sophie #55939. 9 Jun 1857.
18. Death Certificate, Batterton, Sophie #55939.
19. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 1, pg 32 (269D). D H Batterton.
20. Waco 1896-1897 Directory \i0; digital images.
21. 1850 Federal Census, Missouri, Boone, pg 762 (382B). age 11/12 (it's September),
Missouri.
22. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Ballerton, D H. to Sphia E Cook.
23. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Ballerton, D H. to Sophia E Cook,
11 Oct 1877, Belltown, Bell County.
24. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 1, pg 32 (269D). Maggie Cook.
25. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Calhoun, pg 115. Margret A Cook.
26. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Calhoun, pg 115. age 4/12, Alabama.
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My Notes
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