William Andrew John COOK2,2,1
about 18181 - about 18562
Life History
about 1818 |
Born.1 |
about 1839 |
Birth of daughter Emmaline Amelia COOK in Desha County, Arkansas.1,3,4,5 |
before 1840 |
Married Mary Ann GRAY in Desha County, Arkansas.2,1 |
18th Jan 1847 |
Birth of son William Jackson COOK in Desha County, Arkansas.1,3,6,5,7 |
about 1856 |
Died in Desha County, Arkansas.2 |
Notes
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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]
Sources
- 1. 1850 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
- 14 October, Richland Township, page 122/14, Hse/Fam #117
- 2. Robert Meeks, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins
- 3. 1860 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
- 21 July, Jefferson Township, P O Campbell, page 31, Hse/Fam #17
- 4. 1880 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas
- 8 June, Franklin Township, District 92, page 6-7, Hse/Fam #11
- 5. Ancestry Trees
- 6. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 7. 1880 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
- 5 June, Jeferson Township, District 77, page 4, Hse #34, Fam #35