James P Cook and Eliza Johnston

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Husband James P COOK ¹

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         Born: 1826 - South Carolina 2
         Died: Bef 1871 - Texas
       Buried: 

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       Father: Thomas K COOK (1801-Abt 1879) 3
       Mother: Nancy P ??? (1804-      ) 2

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     Marriage: 1 Mar 1849 - Benton Co, Alabama 4

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Events in his life were:

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• Census, Calhoun Co, Alabama, 1850

• Fact ³, Started to Texas with Sarah, 25 Oct 1866

• Fact ³, Landed at Little River between Temple and Rogers, Bell Co, Texas, 25 Dec 1866

• Property, Bell Co, Texas, 26 Oct 1870

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Wife Eliza JOHNSTON ^{1 5}

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         Born: 21 Feb 1827 - Laurens Co, South Carolina 2 6
         Died: 20 Jan 1855 - Calhoun Co, Alabama 3 6
       Buried: Jan 1855 - Bristow Springs Cemetery, Etowah Co, Alabama

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       Father: Daniel JOHNSTON (1784-1835) 7
       Mother: Margaret ??? (1785-1852) 7

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Children

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1 F Sarah Elizabeth COOK ^{1 8}

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          AKA: Sallie
         Born: 9 Mar 1850 - Georgia 3
         Died: 6 Mar 1937 - Conley, Milam Co, Texas 9 10 11
       Buried: 7 Mar 1937 - Friendship Cemetery, Davilla, Milam Co, Texas 11

       Spouse: George Alexander WILLS (1841-1922) 8 12 13
         Marr: 11 Jun 1868 - Rogers, Bell Co, Texas 14

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2 M Daniel T COOK

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         Born: Abt 1851 - Alabama
         Died: Bef Oct 1866 - Alabama
       Buried: 

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General Notes (Husband)

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1850 Benton/Calhoun Co AL census.
James P. Cook 23 SC
wife Eliza 22 SC

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:

"Early Waco Obits", Cook, James, CSA, 1st ST Cemetery
"Index to Early McClennan Co, Texas Deaths", p110

Are the Jones children his stepchildren? Is Nancy his sister? Are they her children?

James P. Cook-Served under Gen. Sterling Price is this my James?
The 5th Alabama Battalion Infantry Volunteers, Co C
Cook, C.C.
Cook, James P
Cook, John A (There is a John A Cook on the 1850 census with Thomas)
[Died during the war]
The 10th Alabama Infantry
Company H, Calhoun County Alabama
Cook, James P
Cook, Thomas E

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General Notes (Wife)

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The 1850 Autauga Co, AL Census has Sarah E Cook born 1850 in Alabama to James Cook and Emily Hall.

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Notes (Marriage)

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Benton County, was renamed Calhoun County in 1858.

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1 Estate Records, Calhoun Co, AL.

2 was Benton County at that time, 1850 Calhoun Co, AL, Census.

3 Anonymous, Biography of Sarah E Wills.

4 Calhoun Co, AL Marriage Book.

5 Tucker, Michael, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mtucker&id=I4176.

6 Cemetery, Bristow, Etowah Co, AL.

7 Tucker, Michael.

8 Senn, Ima Holder.

9 Pension File, 38120.

10 Milam Co, Texas Death Register, Book 5 Pge 405.

11 Death Certificate, Sarah E Cook.

12 1850 Washington Co, Texas Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/washington/census/1850/), 288b-289a.

13 1900 Bell Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), 111a.

14 Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, D/279.