James C. Cook



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Name James C. Cook Born Sep 1821 North Carolina [2]
- Likely Bladen County or near there [1]
Gender Male Kinship
Sep 1821 Census
1 Jun 1850 Pike County, Alabama [3]
Occupation
1 Jun 1850 Pike County, Alabama [4]
Property
29 Sep 1856 Butler County, Alabama [5, 6]
Property
23 May 1860 Butler County, Alabama [7]
Census
1 Jun 1860 Precinct 15, Butler County, Alabama [8]
Military Service
14 Jan 1864 Ft. Gaines, Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama [9]
Physical Description
11 Jun 1865 [9] Residence
1866 Butler County, Alabama [10]
Residence
7 Aug 1867 Crenshaw County, Alabama [11]
Census
1 Jun 1870 Township 7, Crenshaw County, Alabama [12]
Census
1 Jun 1880 Shorterville, Henry County, Alabama [13]
Census
1 Jun 1900 Vernon, Washington County, Florida [14]
Lineage Society United Daughters of the Confederacy Died 21 Mar 1901 Washington County, Florida [15]
Buried Pleasant Grove Untied Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinsons Crossroads, Washington County, Florida [16]
- If there was an original headstone for James it is long gone. The United Daughters of the Confederacy placed a marker on his grave using the incorrect Regiment that Emily used for her pension. The dates on the headstone say 1822–1902.
Person ID I135 CookFolger Last Modified 18 Jun 2021
DNA Tests 1 DNA test is associated with James C. Cook
Father Stephen H Cook, b. c 1794, North Carolina
, d. Aft 15 Jul 1853 (Age ~ 59 years)
Mother Martha, b. c 1796, North Carolina , d. Aft 1850 (Age ~ 55 years)
Family ID F743 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife 1 Elizabeth Holland, b. Abt 1822, South Carolina
, d. Yes, date unknown
Married About 1841 Butler County, Alabama - Butler County, Alabama, had a major loss of records in an 1853 courthouse fire. No marriage record found in Butler or Pike Counties, Alabama.[1] Estate file of Mary Holland lists her heirs, including “Elizabeth Cook, wife of James C. Cook.”[2] Elizabeth is likely the female 15–19 in her father, James's, household in 1840. James & Elizabeth’s first child, Sarah, was born in April 1842. Based on those dates, they were likely married between 2 June 1840 and sometime in July 1841.
[1] Pike County, Alabama, Marriages, September 1830–January 1849, Cook surname; images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : viewed 24 July 2016); FHL microfilm 1,033,193.
[2] Butler County, Alabama, Estate Files, Box 6, folder 37, Mary Holland (1863); FHL microfilm 2,417,359.
Children + 1. Sarah Ann Cook, b. Apr 1842, Alabama , d. 7 Sep 1919, Munson, Santa Rosa County, Florida
(Age ~ 77 years)
+ 2. William S. Cook, b. 29 Nov 1843, Butler County, Alabama , d. 3 Sep 1907, Texas
(Age 63 years)
3. Stephen L. Cook, b. Abt 1845, Alabama , d. Aft 1860 (Age ~ 16 years)
+ 4. Mary E. Cook, b. 28 Jan 1847, Alabama , d. 21 Feb 1910, Pigeon Creek, Crenshaw County, Alabama
(Age 63 years)
5. Martha Cook, b. 6 Jun 1848, Alabama , d. Aft 1850 (Age 2 years)
+ 6. James David Cook, b. 6 Jun 1848, Butler County, Alabama , d. 9 Feb 1912, Crenshaw County, Alabama
(Age 63 years)
+ 7. John N. Cook, b. 2 Aug 1850, Butler County, Alabama , d. 4 Aug 1934, Pigeon Creek, Butler County, Alabama
(Age 84 years)
+ 8. Robert Marion Cook, b. 11 Nov 1851, Alabama , d. 17 Jul 1930, Kosse, Limestone County, Texas
(Age 78 years)
+ 9. Furman Jackson Cook, b. 14 Apr 1862, Butler County, Alabama , d. 29 Jan 1949, Covington County, Alabama
(Age 86 years)
Last Modified 9 Jan 2021 Family ID F69 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife 2 Harriet Emily Harris, b. 7 Feb 1858, Alabama
, d. 27 Jul 1930, Vernon, Washington County, Florida
(Age 72 years)
Married Between 1871 and 1875 - Emily’s brother, Ezekial, is living in the household of James C. & Elizabeth Cook in 1870, and Elizabeth is listed as the head of household rather than James. His Confederate pension states that he had suffered diphtheria and “wounded by being struck on the head with a ball.” If James was physically impaired, Ezekial may have been there to help the family with farming chores. Emily and her mother were living just a few farms from James & Elizabeth. No marriage record has been found for James and Emily or a divorce for him and Elizabeth. It is likely that they were never legally married. Emily’s widow’s pension of 1908 says they were married in Crenshaw County, Alabama in 1871, she did not remember the date. The 1927 application she lists about 10 January and no year. Elwood was born c. 1875 or 1876. The 1880 census only shows one child: Elbert, age 5, who is most likely Elwood.
Children + 1. James Elwood Cook, b. 11 Jan 1876, Crenshaw County, Alabama , d. 6 May 1955, Vernon, Washington County, Florida
(Age 79 years)
+ 2. Daniel S. Cook, b. 12 Jun 1880, Alabama , d. 21 Aug 1924, Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida
(Age 44 years)
+ 3. Rhoda Viola Cook, b. 3 Dec 1883, Alabama , d. 2 Apr 1959, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina
(Age 75 years)
+ 4. Wren Clifton Cook, b. 7 Apr 1889, Chipley, Washington County, Florida , d. 12 Jan 1919, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
(Age 29 years)
+ 5. John Thomas Cook, b. 13 Feb 1893, Chipley, Washington County, Florida , d. 28 May 1962, Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida
(Age 69 years)
Last Modified 24 Aug 2017 Family ID F48 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Last Modified 9 Jan 2021 Family ID F822 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Histories James C. Cook Confederate Service The Family of James C. Cook James C. Cook Narrative
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Sources - [S763] Lori Cook-Folger, “James C. Cook of North Carolina, Alabama, and Florida,” Lori's Genealogy Research (https://cookfolger.com/the-family-of-james-c-cook/ : 2019).
- [S358] 1900 U.S. census, Washington County, Florida, population schedule, Vernon, E.D. 123, p. 160B, dwelling/family 74, James Cook; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 March 2014); citing NARA microfilm T623, roll 177.
- [S166] 1850 U.S. census, Pike County, Alabama, population schedule, p. 159A, line 26, dwelling/family 317, J C Cook; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2014); citing NARA microfilm M432, roll 13.
- [S167] 1850 U.S. census, Pike County, Alabama, agriculture schedule, p. 415, line 14, SC Cook; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 July 2015).
- [S168] James C. Cook (Butler County) cash entry file, certificate no. 50301, W1/2 of NW1/4, Greenville, Alabama, Land Office; Land Entry Papers, 1800–1908; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- [S170] Bureau of Land Management, Records Improvement [U.S. Tract Books], microfilm, 1,265 rolls (Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, 1957), Alabama, Greenville Land Office, vol. 57, p. 129, entry for James C. Cook, 29 September 1856, W1/2 of NW1/4, Section 1, Township 7, Range 16, certificate of purchase no. 33528; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 January 2016) via “United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820–1908,”>Alabama>Vol 57 (Greenville)> image 82 of 226.
- [S169] James C. Cook (Butler County) cash entry file, certificate no. 52143, Greenville, Alabama, Land Office; Land Entry Papers, 1800–1908; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- [S286] 1860 U.S. census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Precinct 15, p. 3, dwelling/family 24, J.C. Cook; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 August 2009); citing NARA microfilm M653, roll 3.
- [S30] Compiled service record, James C. Cook, Pvt., 2nd Co. H, 1st Confederate Inf.; Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations, Civil War; Record Group 109: War Department Collection of Confederate Records, 1825–1927; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- [S126] 1866 Alabama state census, Butler County, population schedule, p. 46, J. C. & W. S. Cook households; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 December 2015); citing Alabama Department of Archives, Montgomery.
- [S125] Alabama, “Alabama, Voter Registration, 1867,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 June 2010), entry for James C. Cook; citing Alabama Department of Archives, Montgomery.
- [S127] 1870 U.S. census, Crenshaw County, Alabama, population schedule, Township 7, p. 23A, dwelling/family 206, Elisabeth Cook; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 August 2009); citing NARA microfilm M593, roll 12.
- [S355] 1880 U.S. census, Henry County, Alabama, population schedule, Shorterville, ED 85, p. 674A, line 46, James Cooke, image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 March 2014); citing NARA microfilm T9, roll 16.
- [S358] 1900 U.S. census, Washington County, Florida, population schedule, Vernon, E.D. 123, p. 160B, dwelling/family 74, James Cook; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 March 2014); citing NARA microfilm T623, roll 1773.
- [S28] Soldier's and Widow's Pension Claim, October 1899–September 1927, application no. A02824, James C. Cook and Emily Cook, widow, Co. A, 33rd Regiment Alabama Infantry; Confederate Pension Files; Records of the State Board of Pensions, RG 137; State Library and Archives of Florida, Tallahassee.
- [S67] Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, (Shakey Joe Rd. near Hinsons Crossroads, Washington County, Florida), James C. Cook marker, photographed by Lori Cook-Folger, 24 December 2006.
- [S763] Lori Cook-Folger, “James C. Cook of North Carolina, Alabama, and Florida,” Lori's Genealogy Research (https://cookfolger.com/the-family-of-james-c-cook/ : 2019).