Life History

Other facts

Notes

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  Nancy was a sister of my great, great grandmother, Mary Ann (Gray) Cook. Although her parents are still a mystery, we do know that Nancy Gray’s mother was also named Nancy. Nancy Gray married Jacob M. Pentecost in Desha County, Arkansas, on 05 Aug 1852. This date is on file in the County Clerk’s office, Desha County Courthouse, Arkansas City.
  
  My great, great grandmother, Mary Ann Gray, married William Andrew John Cook before 1840, and her sister, Nancy, her mother, Nancy, and her brother, Isaac, are listed in the John Cook 1850 household, Richland Twp, Desha County (the Emaline listed is my great grandmother). Isaac is listed in Mary Ann’s 1860 household, Jefferson Township, Desha County.
  
  W.A.J. Cook, Mary Ann, and Mary Ann’s brother, Isaac Gray, all acquired Desha County land patents, involving adjoining acreage, which suggests they were planning on establishing a plantation (these patents can be observed on the BLM-GLO site). W.A.J. died about 1856, Mary Ann died 06 Nov 1862, and Isaac died of disease on 17 Jul 1862 while serving with Company E, 26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA. My great grandmother, Emma, ended up with all of the land, which totaled around 320 acres. She married my great grandfather, William Floyd Meeks, on 28 Feb 1867 (he also served with Isaac in Company E, 26th AR INF, CSA), and all of that acreage then became known as the Meeks place.
  --  Robert L. (Bob) Meeks, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 December 2014
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  1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 14 October, Richland Township, page 122/14, Hse/Fam #117
  John Cook 32 M Farmer $2000 Real Estate Value b SC [b abt 1818]
  Mary Cook 28 F b KY [b abt 1822]
  Emeline Cook 10 F b AR [b abt 1833]
  William Cook 2 M b AR [b abt 1848]
  Nancy Grey 55 F b SC [b abt 1795]
  Nancy Grey 15 F b AR [b abt 1835]
  Isaac Grey 12 M b AR [b abt 1838]
  
  U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880
  Nancy Gray
  Death Feb 1860 Desha County AR
  Age 64, Born in SC [abt 1794]
  Cause of Death Typhoid Fever

Sources

• 1. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 14 October, Richland Township, page 122/14, Hse/Fam #117
• 3. Robert Meeks, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 21 July, Jefferson Township, P O Campbell, page 31, Hse/Fam #17
• 5. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 21 July, Jefferson Township, PO Campbelle, page 3, Hse/Fam #21
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #88756338, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88756338
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 4 October, Richland Township, page 122/14, Hse/Fam #117