Monday, January 06, 2025

Notice of Estate of Jos. S. Cook--The Weekly Review(June 1839)

In Wm C Cook's role as administrator of the estate of Jos. S. Cook(relationship unknown), he placed a notice in the Weekly Review--a Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee Newspaper.  I'd looked for a publication that carried a notice for Joseph's estate but had not found one until this morning when I ran a search using the FamilySearch full-text search.  I am so thankful they are now adding newspapers from their digital collection.


Estate of Jos. S. Cook, Dec.

The undersigned, as administrator of
the estate of Joseph S. Cook, deceased,
having suggested to the clerk of the Will-
iamson county court, the insolvency of said
estate under the Act of 1833, chapter 36
hereby notifies all persons having claims a-
gainst said estate, to file them with said,
clerk, legally authenticated, on or before
the 10th day of December 1839, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar against them.
This 10th day of June 1839
Wm C Cook
Administrator of Jos. S. Cook, dec'd
Printers fee $4


So added to my To-Do list is a Joseph S Cook Estate Timeline which I will post once I have completed.

Source
"Estate of Jos. S. Cook, Dec.", The Weekly Review (Franklin, Tenn), June 214 1839, Vol 8 No 51 p 3(unnumbered) c 6; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-5H9L-V : accessed 6 January 2025), IGN 8141796, Image 49 of 640.

Thursday, January 02, 2025

Funeral costs in Trust Deed records(Rutherford Co. TN, 1922)

Nora Preston Cook, wife of Wm. Clarence Cook died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 28. Not only was Clarence facing raising their 3 sons who were under 6 years of age on his own, but he also had to come up with money for his wife's burial. So he, his father, and his father-in-law did what they had to do to come up with the money to bury Nora. To secure the burial which was handled by Woodfin & Moore, Clarence, his father, and his father-in-law put up property to secure the services and guarantee that the burial costs would be paid. We find out the details in Rutherford Co TN Trust Deed Book TT page 420, which gives the listing.

  • 1 white-faced cow 5 years old property of Clarence Cook valued at $ 50.00 said cow is at Christiana Tenn
  • I white-faced cow 6 years old property of J. B Preston valued at $ 80.00 Said cow on Frank Manken farm in the 24th District
  • 1 bay horse 6 years old property of W. G. Cook valued 75.00 Said horse is at Christiana Tenn.

Sources:
Trust Deed Book Vol TT p 420, Clarence Cook et al Mortgage to Woodfin & Moore pg 420; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTC-GP1G : accessed 2 Jan 2025), IGN 8332417, Image 539 of 651.

"Tennessee, Deaths, 1914-1966", Rutherford Co. TN, Death Certificate File # 134 --Nora May Cook, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DY49-NTJ? : accessed 2 January 2025), IGN 4184089, image 603 of 2306.







Friday, December 27, 2024

My 2024 Research Year In Review

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January
I'd found a cancelled land transaction for land in Lawrence Co Arkansas of a Wm C Cook in December. My order from the document retrieval service arrived. I transcribed the Homestead Application and started my timeline research on the Wm. C Cook family 1858-1888. I also found that Elisha Luna's widow had filed for his bounty land on his War of 1812 service. This was great because it helped to add to the evidence of proof of her maiden name. I subbed to Ancestry's ProTools and reviewed them.

February
This month's focus was on Jefferson Gideon Cook. I identified his wives and which one was the mother of each of his children. Obtained a copy of the deed for the house which George Solifelt left Tennie Hill. Found that Tennie's husband, Henry F Hill had been previously married and identified his wife. Still looking for that divorce. Worked on my daughter's paternal lines--her recent English immigrant(1880s) and her Germans who settled in Franklin County Indiana. Had hoped AncestryDNA would show them in communities since many have tested but that hasn't happened. RootsTech 2024 started.

March
Reviewed RootsTech 2024 Highlights. The research focus of this month was deeds. Found a lot about the area where Wm C Cook would have been at the time of the Williams vs Putman state supreme court case. (TN) This included mentioning William Harrison and Elizabeth Cook and identifying neighbors to add to the FAN. Found a Pope Family Probate file which identified by name and age those enslaved by the Pope family of Bedford & Williamson Co TN and Granville NC.

April
Another month of Deed research. I found so much more information about Wm C Cook and his children by reading those deeds. FamilySearch's Full Text Search is such a great help. Narrowed down the possible time frame of Anna Putman's death and also found Adkin Upshaw's Estate return in the Elbert Co GA records. Celebrated 20 years of blogging about my genealogy research this month.

May
This month was filled with Tax List research. I discovered that a page had been missed during the microfilming of the Bedford Co TN tax lists and was able to get a copy of the missing page from the clerk's office. Found that there was an outbreak of Cholera in Shelbyville in the year 1833. Posted a Quicklinks of the Bedford Co TN Newspapers available to view on FamilySearch.

June
Published the Wm Clifford Cook Family Timeline 1858-1888. Corrected an error I found in an obituary where the paper had confused the father and the son of a Cannon family. Located documents from Wm G Hight's estate in Franklin Co Arkansas.

July
Ordered a Kindle and published an article on how I use it to help with my genealogy research. Blogged about a DNA Cluster which links to a Jones & Williams family. Found Wm C Cook and son J.P Cook as witnesses on a Pope deed.

August
More William Harrison deeds. Bounty land records of Nancy Harrison Hight Culverhouse. Found the Cook brothers listed among those who owed money to J P Taylor. Really enjoyed reading through the listing of items that my great-uncle Will B Jakes put as security for a loan.

September
More on the Hight, Putman, and Harrison Deeds. Sorted through the records of my maternal great-aunt, Ovena Acuff

October
This month's focus was finding more records using the FamilySearch Full Text Search. They had started adding a lot more and I was finding items in the Court Minutes--Road Work Orders, Poll Tax Exemptions, and Jury Duty. Also wrote about our Cook(e) Y DNA project.

November
Found a Brandon & Williams Deed in Bedford Co TN records involving the Kings. Blogged about another error that was made during the microfilming which could cause confusion about the content of this particular film.

December
I wrote about another of my Granny's Charlotte Street neighbors and found a court minute entry registering the stock mark of the Ogilvies. Found several more Bedford Co TN deeds of the Cook family.  

While I still have many research questions, I've answered some and made progress toward answering others. I look forward to making many more discoveries in 2025.  I can't end this year in review without acknowledging The Best of Elizabeth Shown Mills series hosted by Legacy Family Tree Webinars.  The webinars are a members-only exclusive and so worth it.  I review them often.  They are very helpful when I am stuck in a rut and need motivation or a change of perspective on how to approach my research opportunity.  I am forever grateful to Elizabeth and Legacy Family Tree Webinars for making this educational opportunity available.



Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Bedford Co TN Deeds Burned Volume Index: W.C. Cook from Rowland Landers (1 Nov 1853)

I found another of WC Cook's deeds mentioned in the Bedford Co TN Deeds Burned Volumes Index. The entry doesn't describe the property, but if I can find out what lands Rowland Landers had before that date, I could possibly narrow it down.

1853 Nov 1 5pm Cook W.C.(Bargainee) Rowland Landers(Bargainor) Deed

Source
Bedford County Tennessee Deeds, Index to Burned Volumes 1851-1861, W C Cook from Rowland Landers, Deed 1 Nov 1853; image, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-93LT-C?i=24&cat=298281: accessed 24 December 2024), Bedford County Tennessee Index to Burned Deed Volumes, IGN 8150806, Item 1, Image 25 of 481.





J P Taylor to Minerva Boyce(1873, recorded 1877)

Beginning on page 266

J. P. Taylor Deed to Minerva Boyce

for a valuable consideration, I have this day bargained and sold and do hereby convey to Minerva Boyce all my right title claim and interest in and to a tract of Land in District No 10 Bedford County Tennessee, bounded on the North by the lands of J. A. Boyce, East by John King and South and west by William Jackson being the tract of land conveyed to me by James Russ to have and to hold the same to the said Minerva Boyce wife of W. M. Boyce her heirs and assigns forever. I covenant with the said Minerva Boyce that I am lawfully seized of said land and have a good right to convey the same and convey and warrant to her such title as I have acquired by the Deed above recited, and will defend only such title. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Nov 27th, 1873
J. P. Taylor

Test
W. C. Cook
Joseph K Cook

State of Tennessee 
Bedford County

Personally appeared before me R. L. Singleton Singleton Clerk of the County Court of said County W.C. Cook and J K Cook subscribing to the attached Deed who being first duly sworn deposed and says that they are personally acquainted with the above named J. P. Taylor, the bargainor and that he acknowledged the same in their presence to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained Witness my hand at Office this 5th day of April 1877 
R L Singleton Clerk
by A.A. Cooper DC


Source
Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds, Vol. NNN, pp. 266–7, J. P. Taylor to Minerva Boyce; Register of Deeds, Bedford County Courthouse, Shelbyville, Tennessee; digital image, Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds, vol. NNN–OOO, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-K9NN-K : accessed 24 December 2024), IGN 8567899, image 161 of 638.


Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Ogilvie: A crop in the left ear and an under keel in the right

Williamson Co TN Court Minutes Vol. 1 page 45
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-K94P-Q
IGN 008150670 Image 20 of 475

William Ogilvie & Richard Ogilvie recorded their stock marks:  
A crop in the left ear and an under keel in the right

The date was not given on this entry but given those in surrounding records, likely May 1802.
Is this Richard and his father, or his brother? The elder William Ogilvie did leave his stock to his son, Richard in his will(written in 1811 and proved in 1813) which mentions that his cattle are in the care of Henry Arthur in Rutherford Co TN.

The Ogilvies are thought to have been part of the Degraffenried immigration and settlement at New Bern, NC. But I have not yet dug into that research.  


The 1710 Von Graffenried Settlement Of New Bern, North Carolina
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol39/iss2/3/

History of the Presbyterian Church in New Bern, N.C
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/16864