Timeline of events 1858-1888 For Family of Wm Clifford Cook

To get the big picture of what happened to  William Clifford Cook, his wife Elizabeth, and their descendants between 1858 and 1888, a timeline was made using all of the sourced facts occurring to the family during that period.

In 1857, a year before the beginning of this timeline,  W C and Elizabeth had lost two children--son David V Cook at around 7 years old and daughter Rebecca at age 8.  Thankfully, that same year, they were also blessed with the birth of their youngest child, Cass B Cook.

Timeline 1858-1888 of 
Wm Clifford Cook, Wife Elizabeth Putman.Children & Grandchildren

1858 Jul 7 COURT: Boundary of District 9 & 10 runs through W C Cook property Bedford Co TN
1858 Aug 6 MARRIAGE: JP Cook & Messina Ann Bailey Rutherford Co TN
1859 Jan Term COURT: W C Cook reimbursed for the use of Road Tools Bedford Co TN
1859 Jul 27 RECEIPT: Account Purchases from Robt Mathews (merchant) Bedford Co. TN
1859 Dec term COURT: Bank of TN vs John Jordan, Wm Taylor, and W C Cook.Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: James P in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: Minerva in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: Joseph K in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: Angeline in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: J Gideon in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: Lurainy J. in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: William G in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: Cass B in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Jun 1 CENSUS: Wm Clifford Cook & Elizabeth Putman Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1860 Sep 9 MARRIAGE: JK Cook & Emily Rutherford Co TN
1861 May 29 BIRTH: JK & Emily's dau Parrie Elizabeth Cook
1861 Aug 24 MILITARY: JP Cook enlisted Co A 24 TN Conf. Camp Trousdale(sick until Oct 31)
1861 Nov MILITARY: JP Cook detailed as a wagoner (until April 30, 1862)
1862 --- IRS TAX William C Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN(155 acres)
1862 May 28 BIRTH: JK & Emily's son W M Cook
1862 Jun 18 MILITARY: JP Cook discharged from Co A 24 TN Reg at Tupelo Miss
1863 May 24 BIRTH: JK & Emily's dau Melzora Annis Cook
1864 Dec 11 BIRTH: Angeline's daughter Sallie Cook
1864 Dec 16 BIRTH: JK & Emily's son JK Cook Jr.
1865 Apr 12 DIVORCE: JP & Messina Bedford Co TN
1865 Mar MILITARY: J Gid forced to take an oath when stopped on a trip to Nashville
1865 Jun 27 MARRIAGE: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce Rutherford Co TN
1865 Oct 12 MARRIAGE: JP Cook & Harriet Hamer Williamson Co TN
1866 Apr 2 BIRTH: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce's son Evander W Boyce
1866 Sep 9 MARRIAGE: J Gid Cook & Mary S Hamer Williamson Co TN
1867 Mar 30 BIRTH: JK Cook & Emily's son Thomas Jefferson Cook
1867 Dec 20 MARRIAGE: JP Cook & Susan Carson Ferguson Rutherford Co TN
1868 May 16 BIRTH: J Gid Cook & Mary S Hamer's son Robert Lee Cook
1868 Sep 1 BIRTH: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce's son Jos. Forrest Boyce
1869 Feb 7 BIRTH: JP Cook & Susan's dau Harriet Sophie Cook
1869 Oct 30 MARRIAGE: J Gid Cook & Martha A Hale Rutherford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: Wm Clifford Cook & Elizabeth Putman 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: Angeline in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: Lurainy J in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: Wm G. in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: Cass B in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: JP Cook & Susan 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: J Gid Cook & Martha Hale Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1870 Jun 1 CENSUS: JK Cook & Emily 10th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1870 Dec 12 BIRTH: JP Cook & Susan's dau Minerva Mae Cook
1871 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1871 May 29 BIRTH: JK Cook & Emily's dau Mary Ella Cook
1872 Jan 20 BIRTH: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce's dau Rebecca L Boyce
1873 Dec 15 BIRTH: JP Cook & Susan's son Wm C Cook
1874 Feb 25 BIRTH: JK Cook & Emily's child E.T. Cook
1874 Oct 6 COURT: JK Cook appointed overseer of road work
1875---- TAX LIST J Gid Cook is likely in Rutherford Co TN(no records exist this place and yr)
1875 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 100 acres 9th Dist Bedford Co TN
1875 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1875 Jul 17 BIRTH: JK Cook & Emily's son David Stahl Cook
1875 Sep 23 BIRTH: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce's son Humphries Hastings Boyce
1875 Oct 6 COURT: JK Cook returned the road work order to court and it was accepted
1876 ----- TAX LIST J Gid Cook is likely in Rutherford Co TN(no records exist this place and yr)
1876 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 100 acres 9th Dist. Bedford Co TN
1876 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1876 Jan 25 DEATH: JK Cook & Emily's child E T Cook
1876 Feb 3 MARRIAGE: Wm Green Cook & Jane Bell King Bedford Co TN
1876 Feb 23 BIRTH: J Gid & Martha Hale's son Jefferson Gideon Cook Jr.
1877 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 100 acres Dist 9 Bedford Co TN
1877 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1877 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1877 Feb 18 BIRTH: Wm Green Cook & Jane's son John Lemuel Cook Bedford Co TN
1877 Aug 25 BIRTH: JK Cook & Emily's son George Daubey Cook
1878 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 100 acres Dist 9 Bedford Co TN
1878 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1878 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1878 Aug 28 BIRTH: J Gid & Martha Hale Cook's son John R Cook
1879 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 100 acres Dist 9 Bedford Co TN
1879 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1879 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1879 Jan COURT: WC Cook appointed overseer of road
1880 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 100 acres Dist 9 Bedford Co TN
1880 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook (For CassB?)Poll & School Tax Dist 8 Rutherford Co TN
1880 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: Minerva Cook & Wm Moody Boyce 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: JK Cook & Emily 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: J Gid Cook & Martha A 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: JP Cook & Susan 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: Wm Clifford Cook & Elizabeth 9th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: Lurainy J. in the household of Parents 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: Wm G Cook & Jane Bell King Cook 10th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: Angeline in the household of Parents 9th Dist Bedford Co TN
1880 Jun 1 CENSUS: Cass B working on J C Williams farm 8th Rutherford TN
1880 Aug 6 BIRTH: JK Cook & Emily's son Cass Green Cook
1880 Sep 5 DEATH: Elizabeth Putman Cook Bedford Co TN
1880 Sep 20 BIRTH: J Gid & Martha Hale Cook's son Cass B Cook
1881 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook(For CassB?) Poll & School Tax Dist 8 Rutherford Co TN
1881 ----- TAX LIST: WC Cook 103 acres Dist 9 Bedford Co TN
1881 Jan 15 DEATH: W C Cook's Maternal 1st Cousin Wm Green Hight Franklin Co AR
1881 Nov 15 MARRIAGE: JK & Emily's Dau Melzora & J B Reid married Franklin Co AR
1881 Nov 15 MARRIAGE: JP's stepdau Tennie Ferguson & Hugh E Clawson Franklin Co AR
1882 Jan 1 DEATH: Wm Clifford Cook Bedford Co TN
1882 May 22 BIRTH: Wm Green Cook & Jane's daughter Rebecca Love Cooke Bedford Co TN
1883 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1883 Jan 23 BIRTH: J Gid & Martha Hale's dau Martha A Cook
1884 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1884 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1884 Oct 14 MARRIAGE: J Gid & Mary J Elliot Rutherford Co TN
1884 Dec 25 MARRIAGE: Cass B Cook & Clemenza Anetah Wheelhouse Bedford Co TN
1885 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1885 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN1885 Jun 29 BIRTH: J Gid & Mary Elliot Cook's dau Ollie Mai Cook
1885 Oct 28 BIRTH: Cass B & Clemenza's dau Minnie Pearl Cook
1885 Dec 11 BIRTH: Wm Green Cook & Jane's daughter Eliza Amacy Cooke Bedford Co TN
1886 Jan __ DIVORCE: JP's step dau. Tennie & Hugh Clawson Franklin Co AR
1886 Sep 1 MARRIAGE: JP's step dau Tennie & Henry F Hill Franklin Co AR
1887 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1887 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1887 Feb 22 BIRTH: Cass B & Clemenza's son Joseph Alvy Cook
1888 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN
1888 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook 8th Dist Rutherford Co TN1888 Jul 13 BIRTH: Wm Green Cook & Jane's son Thomas Dewitt Cooke Bedford Co TN
1888 Aug 19 BIRTH: Cass B & Clemenza's son Willie Bogle Cook
1888 Aug 19 DEATH: James P Cook Franklin Co AR
1888 Sept 13 NEWS: J Gid Cook & David Vance Putnam at Broadway House Hotel Davidson Co TN

Still unsure if W C Cook went to Arkansas and was THE "William C Cook" involved in the canceled land transaction.  The years in question(1871-1874) were ones in which tax records for the Rutherford or Bedford Co TN were not required to be retained and no longer exist. No record of a William C Cook living in Lawrence Co Arkansas has been found.  The land transaction papers would lead one to believe that the man by that name was a resident there and had been for at least a few years before the purchase.  

Previous Post on this topic:
Cancelled Arkansas Land Transaction
Transcription Homestead Application No 7026 Lawrence Co Arkansas

Notes on locating records & additional info

Tennessee Tax Lists
1881 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook Years when he was traveling to Ark and back to TN
1882 ----- TAX LIST: JK Cook Years when he was traveling to Ark and back to TN

1875 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook Rford Likely but no tax record for that year exists
1876 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook Rford Likely but no tax record for that year exists
1881 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook
1882 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook
1883 ----- TAX LIST: JGid Cook

1875-79 TAX LIST CassB In HH of WC may not have
1880-----TAX LIST CassB Rford payment by WC for Cass

1875----- TAX LIST WmG
1887----- TAX LIST WmG Should be in Bedford

1881 ----- TAX LIST JP Cook Years when he was traveling to Ark
1883----- TAX LIST JP Cook Should be in Arkansas Records searched but not found(hard to read)
1885----- TAX LIST JP Cook
1886----- TAX LIST JP Cook
1887----- TAX LIST JP Cook
1888----- TAX LIST JP Cook

Bedford Co TN Deeds
Year	Grantor	Grantee	Book	Pg		Acres
1876 Apr 3	JK & EC Cook	T G Gentry	MMM	404	Dist 10	8
1880	JK & EC Cook	Elijah Morton	QQQ	19	Dist 10	45
1880 Oct	JK Cook & wife	Cass B Cook	QQQ	338	Dist 10	65
1881	A Tucker	W C Cook	QQQ	336	Anna G Putman Land	100
1881	S R King & Wife	W C Cook	QQQ	348		10
1884	EA Morton & Wife	Cass Cook	TTT	360	Dist 10	45
1886	JK & EC Cook	G W Mclain	UUU	516-518	Dist 9	12 acres 3 rods 15 poles
1886	B F Whitworth	Cass B Cook	VVV	265	Dist 9	80
1887 Dec 13	Lurainy J Cook	Ebb McLain	WWW	228	Dist 9	14
1883 Jan 2 not recorded til 1898	Hugh P & Adeline Smotherman,	Cass B Cook	5 495	279	Dist 9	5

Lawrence Co AR Tax lists, 1871-1875, FamilySearch IGN 8340190

While I did find some Cooks listed, no listing for a William C Cook or any variation was found for any of those years.  Possibly he was exempt from taxation due to his age(in 1871 he was 60). That also raises the question of why move to another state at that age.

The taxed Cooks were named:  Joseph, Thomas M, and Henry.

Also if it is not W C Cook who bought and cancelled that land, who is this other William C Cook?  I want to know more about him.  

JP, JK, and JGid all went to Arkansas at some point around the early 1880s.  JP stayed there and was living there when he passed.  JGid and JK returned to TN where they remained until their deaths.

I'm left with even more questions after assembling the timeline. However, I have a better idea of what was going on in their lives from 1858 to 1888. I hope this has helped others researching W C Cook's family to see all of the events happening within the family. If you have additional information I'd love to hear from you.

Sources and Referenced Information:  

Cook Bible Records, family pages from Bible given to Cass B Cook by Wm C Cook(his father) in late 1870s; digital images made by Hoyte Cook 14 May 1997, Copies sent to Marie Cooke Beckman. Entries appear to have been written by a few different hands.  The Listing covers the Births and Deaths of Wm C Cook, his wife Elizabeth Putman, all of their children, and the children of their youngest son Cass B Cook who received the bible from Wm C Cook. The bible was passed to Cass B Cook's youngest son Thomas C Cook and then handed down to his sons Hoyte and David Cook who currently possess the bible pages.  In addition to the Family Pages, there were clippings about Arkansas and a store receipt.  More about the Newspaper clippings can be found in the blog post about the canceled land transaction.

Cemetery Records

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66487991/william_clifford-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, William Clifford Cook (4 Apr 1811–1 Jan 1882), ID 66487991, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66488146/elizabeth-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Elizabeth Putman Cook (1814–5 Sep 1880), ID 66488146, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134283363/minerva-boyce: accessed 11 April 2024), memorial, Minerva Cook Boyce (1834–1900), Memorial ID 134283363, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219092138/james_p-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, James P Cook (13 Oct 1836–19 Aug 1888), Memorial ID 219092138, citing Highland Cemetery, Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66460594/angeline-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Angeline Cook (1838–1938), Memorial ID 66460594, citing Turner Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240757894/joseph_knox-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Joseph Knox Cook Sr. (1840–1907), Memorial ID 240757894; Burial Details Unknown.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240695080/rebecca-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Rebecca Cook (1843–1857), Memorial ID 240695080, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; Burial Details Unknown.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113595052/jefferson_gideon-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Dr Jefferson Gideon “Gid” Cook (30 Aug 1845–18 Jan 1931), Memorial ID 113595052, citing Triune Cemetery, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240696198/elizabeth-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Elizabeth Cook (7 Jul 1848–14 Jul 1848), Memorial ID 240696198, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; Burial Details Unknown.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240696240/david_v-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, David V Cook (1849–1857), Memorial ID 240696240, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; Burial Details Unknown.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://w,ww.findagrave.com/memorial/66487470/luranie_jane-williams: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Luranie Jane Cook Williams (16 Nov 1852–3 Jan 1923), Memorial ID 66487470, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15668258/william_green-cook: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, William Green Cook (16 Nov 1854–18 Dec 1944), Memorial ID 15668258, citing King-Cook Cemetery, Unionville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60183365/cass_buchanon-cook: accessed 11 April 2024), memorial, Cass Buchanon Cook (1857–1908), Memorial ID 60183365, citing Wheelhouse Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15668222/polly_elizabeth-king: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Polly Elizabeth Cook King (29 May 1861–15 Jun 1891), Memorial ID 15668222, citing King-Cook Cemetery, Unionville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.[Polly was her nickname however, her birth name was Parrie Elizabeth Cook.  She was named after her two grandmothers--Parry Putman Lamb and Elizabeth Putman Cook]

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66482043/sallie_tennessee-turner: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Sallie Tennessee Cook Turner (11 Dec 1864–9 Jun 1942), Memorial ID 66482043, citing Turner Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126105080/joseph_knox-cook: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, Joseph Knox Cook (16 Dec 1864–1 Oct 1919), Memorial ID 126105080, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113715402/evander_w-boyce: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Evander W Boyce (2 Apr 1866–17 Dec 1944), Memorial ID 113715402, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215649156/robert_lee-cook: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, Robert Lee Cook (1868–1954),Memorial ID 215649156, citing Triune Cemetery, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95260087/joe_forrest-boyce: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial,  Joe Forrest Boyce (1 Sep 1868–14 Oct 1938),  Memorial ID 95260087, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209175070/harriet_sophia-boyce: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, Harriet Sophia Cook Boyce (7 Feb 1869–20 Dec 1960), Memorial ID 209175070, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113719628/minerva_may-lamb: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, Minerva May Cook Lamb (12 Dec 1870–18 Feb 1913),  Memorial ID 113719628, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66974507/rebecca_l-turner: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial,  Rebecca L. Boyce Turner (20 Jan 1872–17 Jul 1919), Memorial ID 66974507, citing Cothran Cemetery, Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17920487/william_c-cook: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, William C. “Billy Kid Cook” Cook (1873–1961), Memorial ID 17920487, citing Cothran Cemetery, Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215649076/david_s-cook: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial,  David S. Cook (1875–1974), Memorial ID 215649076, citing Triune Cemetery, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209174230/humphrey_hastings-boyce: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Humphrey Hastings Boyce (23 Sep 1875–9 Dec 1966), Memorial ID 209174230, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40690465/jefferson_g-cook: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, Jefferson G. Cook (23 Feb 1876–7 Apr 1954), Memorial ID 40690465, citing Triune Cemetery, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41893056/john_lemuel-cook: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, John Lemuel Cook (18 Feb 1877–29 Jun 1968), Memorial ID 41893056, citing Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68443180/george_daulby-cook: accessed April 14, 2024), memorial,  George Daulby Cook (25 Aug 1877–1 Feb 1952),  Memorial ID 68443180, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228839603/john_rainey-cook: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, John Rainey Cook (28 Aug 1878–8 Jan 1971),  Memorial ID 228839603, citing Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41893245/rebecca_lovie-thompson: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Rebecca Lovie Cook Thompson (22 May 1882–13 Feb 1928), Memorial ID 41893245, citing Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18040919/minnie_pearl-lamb: accessed April 11, 2024), memorial, Minnie Pearl Cook Lamb (28 Oct 1885–22 Feb 1980), Memorial ID 18040919, citing Cothran Cemetery, Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222746741/eliza_amacy-rowland: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Eliza Amacy Cook Rowland (10 Dec 1885–26 May 1973), Memorial ID 222746741, citing Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215649022/ollie_mai-cook: accessed April 12, 2024), memorial, Ollie Mai Cook (1886–1968), Memorial ID 215649022, citing Triune Cemetery, Triune, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68444445/joseph_alva-cook: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Joseph Alva Cook (22 Feb 1887–26 Sep 1989), Memorial ID 68444445, citing Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34100297/thomas_dewitt-cooke: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Thomas Dewitt Cooke Sr. (13 Jul 1888–18 Mar 1971), Memorial ID 34100297, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66045189/willie_bogle-cook: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial, Willie Bogle “Dock” Cook (30 Jul 1888–31 Jul 1973), Memorial ID 66045189, citing Wheelhouse Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

 Census

1860 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Western Division District 10, Rover Post Office, page 115(penned),  dwelling 860, family 814, Household of W C & Elizabeth Cook; imaged "United States Census, 1860",  FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSF-9M1B : accessed 7 April 2024).

1870 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Shelbyville Post Office, 10th Civil District, pg 28 (penned), dwelling 189, family 189, W C  and Elizabeth Cook--in household of Parry Lamb; imaged, "United States Census, 1870,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68LS-F6Q : accessed 7 April 2024).

1870 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Shelbyville Post Office, 10th Civil District, pg 26 (penned), dwelling 179, family 179, William & Manervy Boyce; imaged, "United States Census, 1870,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68LS-DGN : accessed 7 April 2024)

1870 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Shelbyville Post Office, 10th Civil District, pg 31(penned), dwelling 210, family 210, Gideon & Martha Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1870,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8F-ZLC : accessed 7 April 2024).

1870 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Shelbyville Post Office, pg 31(penned), dwelling 211, family 211, James and Susan Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1870,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8F-ZLC : accessed 7 April 2024).

1870 U.S. census, Rutherford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Murfreesboro Post Office, Civil District 10, pg 26(penned), dwelling 177, family 178, Joseph and Emily Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1870,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62H9-87K : accessed 7 April 2024).

1880 U.S. census, Rutherford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Enumeration District 196, Eagleville Civil District 8, pg 1(penned), dwelling 6, family 6, J G & Martha A Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1880,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB6-9QMM : accessed 7 April 2024).

1880 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Enumeration District 10, pg 5(penned), dwelling 43, family 43, William & Manearva Boyce ; imaged, "United States Census, 1880,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBH-YJS : accessed 7 April 2024).

1880 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Enumeration District 10, pg 7(penned), dwelling 55, family 56, line 27, Joseph and Emily Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1880,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBH-YKX : accessed 7 April 2024).  [Joseph and Emily's household is incorrectly numbered as Dwelling 55 and Family 56. There is another household and family with the same numbers at the top of the page. Joseph and Emily's household begins on line 27.  Both Heads of Households(line 2 and line 27) were named Joseph.  This error in numbering only happens with Joseph and Emily's entry and the correct numbers for both the dwelling and family are used on the household which follows their entry.  This makes me think  the error was made while copying it to the form.]

1880 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Enumeration District 10, pg 7(penned), dwelling 62, family 63, W G and Jane B Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1880,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBH-YKX : accessed 7 April 2024).

1880 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Enumeration District 10, pg 12(penned), dwelling 102, family 103, James and Susan Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1880,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBH-YK1 : accessed 7 April 2024).

1880 U.S. census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Enumeration District 9, pg 12(penned), dwelling --, family 109, W C and Elizabeth Cook; imaged, "United States Census, 1880,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBH-YJ3 : accessed 7 April 2024).

Court

Bedford County, Tennessee, County Court Minutes, 1848-1855, 1857-1860, 1863-1963, image, IGN 8659600, image 646 of 844, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-9996-7?cat=238954 : accessed 16 April 2024); citing "Book Nov. 1857-Mar. 1860," p. 195, entry for Wednesday, 7 July 1858, boundary change Dist 9 & 10.

Bedford County, Tennessee, County Court Minutes, 1848-1855, 1857-1860, 1863-1963, image, IGN 8659600, image 710 of 844, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-999F-F?cat=238954 : accessed 16 April 2024); citing "Book Nov. 1857-Mar. 1860," p. 363, entry for Monday, January Term 1859, Reimbursement of $5 for use of Road Tools paid to W C Cook.

Circuit Court minute books, 1840-1851, 1853-1965, image, IGN 8659575, image 96 of 586, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-Q9RX-S?i=95&cat=247526 : accessed 16 April 2024); citing "Circuit Court Minutes Book 1859-1860," p. 128, Dec 1859 Case 4326,  entry for President & Directors of the Bank of Tennessee vs. John Jordan, Wm Taylor, and W C Cook.

Bedford County, Tennessee, County Court Clerk's Office, Road Minutes and Overseers Books," 1873-1886, 1889-1891, 1910, image, IGN 8659616, image 47 of 490, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-HZ4M?i=46&cat=247682 : accessed 16 April 2024), citing Road Books, Vol. 1A, 1873-1883 pg 36, Tuesday, 6 October 1874, J K Cook appointed Overseer.

Bedford County, Tennessee, County Court Clerk's Office, Road Minutes and Overseers Books," 1873-1886, 1889-1891, 1910, image, IGN 8659616, image 72 of 490, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-HHXT?i=71&cat=247682 : accessed 16 April 2024), citing Road Books, Vol. 1A, 1873-1883 pg 86, Tuesday, 6 October 1875, J K Cook Overseer to N B King.

Bedford County, Tennessee, County Court Clerk's Office, Road Minutes and Overseers Books," 1873-1886, 1889-1891, 1910, image, IGN 8659616, image 161 of 490, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-HCLG?cat=247682 : accessed 16 April 2024); citing Bedford Co. TN Road Books, Vol. 1A, 1873-1883, pg 265, Wednesday, 6 January 1879," W C Cook Overseer of Road ".

Divorces

Bedford County, Tennessee, Circuit Court Minutes, 1864-1865, IGN 8659576, Image 172-3 of 672, James P. Cook vs. Messina Ann Cook, State Case #6331 & #6332 (April Term 1865), pp. 283-284; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-49Z9-4 : accessed 7 April 2024).

Marriages

"Rutherford, Tennessee, United States records," 1856-1861, marriage register, pg 54, James P Cook and Cenia Ann Bailey, 6 August 1858; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93F-MSLY : accessed 10 Apr 2024), image 728 of 971; IGN 5725214.

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-MSBV : accessed 9 April 2024), Entry for Joseph K Cook and Emily C Lamb, 09 Sep 1860; image 754 of 971, IGN 005725214; Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville, Tennessee).

"Williamson, Tennessee, United States records," marriage bond, James P Cook and Miss Harriet G Hamer, 12 October 1865; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-SRXF : accessed 9 Apr  2024), image 1331 of 1649; IGN 5725450, Williamson County Archives (Franklin, Tennessee).

"Williamson, Tennessee, United States records," marriage license, James P Cook and Miss Harriet G Hamer, 12 October 1865; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-SRCY : Apr 10, 2024), image 1329 of 1649; IGN 5725450, Williamson County Archives (Franklin, Tennessee).

"Williamson, Tennessee, United States records," marriage bond, J G Cook and Miss Mary S Hamer, 8 September 1866; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-SGCJ : accessed 9 Apr 2024), image 1333 of 1649; IGN 5725450, Williamson County Archives (Franklin, Tennessee).

"Williamson, Tennessee, United States records," marriage license, J G Cook and Miss Mary S Hamer, 9 September 1866(license); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-SRW7 : accessed 9 Apr 2024), image 1333 of 1649; IGN 5725450, Williamson County Archives (Franklin, Tennessee).

"Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, "database, J P Cook and Susan Fergason, 20 December 1867, Rutherford County, Tennessee; citing  database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/31525:4125 : accessed 10 April 2024);

"Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com) J G Cook and Martha Hale 30 Oct 1869 Rutherford Co. TN, citing Rutherford County, Tennessee Marriages, 1851-70. FHL Film #0379649.

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-66RD : accessed 20 February 2024, Entry for Jefferson G Cook and Mary J Elliott, 14 Oct 1884, IGN 005725215.

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", marriage license, W G Cook and J B King, 03 Feb 1876;  FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHDG-7JR : accessed 10 April  2024),  citing Bedford County Archives (Shelbyville, Tennessee).

"Bedford, Tennessee, United States records, marriage license, Cass B Cook and Clamenza A Wheelhouse; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-62XG-G3 : accessed 10 Apr 11, 2024), image 229 of 1151; Bedford County Archives (Shelbyville, Tennessee).

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LL9-X6N : accessed 13 May 2024), Entry for H F Hill and Tennessee Ferguson, 15 November 1881.

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9QD-K8M : accessed 13 May 2024), Entry for J B Reed and Melzora A Cook, 15 November 1881.

Military

"US, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, 1861-1865", J P Cook, Private, Co A 24th Tennessee, images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/74863957/cook-j-p-24-page-1-us-civil-war-service-records-cmsr-confederatetennessee-1861-1865 : accessed 12 February 2024) citing Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

"Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGY6-SQ1R?cc=1874474&wc=M6ZF-P29%3A171467301%2C176249001 : 31 October 2018), Filed by Soldier(J G Cook--S16314 > no 16264-16474 > image 524-539 of 2139; State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Misc.

Wm C Cook bought of Robt Mathews, List of goods purchased, Bedford County Tennessee, July 27th 1859, Loose paper in Cook Bible, Cook Family Bible privately held by Hoyte & David Cook, copied image provided by Hoyte Cook to Marie Cooke Beckman May of 1997. A photocopy of the receipt that was a loose piece of paper tucked inside the Cook Family Bible.  The Cook bible was passed to Cass B Cook from Wm C Cook and to Cass' youngest son Thomas Clifford Cook.  From Thomas Clifford Cook the bible passed to his youngest son David who is currently in possession. Copies of the papers were distributed to some descendants.

"At The Hotels," Broadway House, The Tennessean, 13 Sep 1888, P. 3, col 5; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 Sep 2023). Jefferson Gideon Cook & David Vance Putnam were at Broadway House

Tax Lists

Bedford Co. TN Tax rolls for years 1858-1874 no longer exist.  I did inquire with the county archives and was told that any of those records either were thrown out or lost in one of the courthouse fires as the state at that time didn't require that the county retain them. This means the available years of the Bedford Co TN Tax rolls that would be included in this timeline(1858-1888) are 1875-1888. The US, IRS Tax Assessment List for 1862-1918 database at Ancestry only includes 1862 for Tennessee.  A check of the individual source for the TN data lists the source as Civil War Direct Tax Assessment Lists: Tennessee; NARA Microfilm Publication T227, 6 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, RG 217; NARA, DC.

Rutherford Co. TN Tax rolls likewise are also scares for years and run 1877-1888 for the years covered in this timeline.

U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918; database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264 : accessed June 15, 2024) Tennessee > Anderson through Coffee (part) counties(roll 1), image 57 of 488, 1862, Bedford County, Dist 10, William C Cook, 155 acres; citing Civil War Direct Tax Assessment Lists: Tennessee; National Archives Microfilm Publication T227, 6 rolls; Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, RG 217; NARA Washington, D.C.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1875-1877, 1875, n.p.(Page 2 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-4W3Q?i=90 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659629 > image 91 of 573; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1875-1877, 1876, n.p.(Page 1 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-4WRL : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659629 > image 269 of 573; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1875-1877, 1877, n.p.(Page 2 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-44PQ?i=464 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659629 > image 465 of 573; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1878, n.p.(Page 1 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-493N-X?i=111 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 112 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1879, n.p.(Page 1 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-499Z-1?i=304 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 305 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1880, n.p.(Page 1 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-499C-N?i=493 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 494 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1881, n.p.(Page 1 of Dist 9), W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-49Q9-V?i=680 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 681 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee. 

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1875-1877, 1875, n.p.(Page 2 of Dist 10 section), J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-4WV6?i=95 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659629 > image 96 of 573; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1875-1877, 1876, n.p.(Page 1 of Dist 10), J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-4452?i=273 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659629 > image 274 of 573; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1875-1877, 1877, n.p.(Page 2 of Dist 10), J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-47FQ?i=471 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659629 > image 472 of 573; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1878, n.p.(Page   of Dist 10), J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-63C6-49MX-M?i=118 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 119 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1879, n.p.(Page  of Dist 10), J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-49QS-5?i=309 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 310 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1878-1881, 1880, n.p.(Page  of Dist 10), J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-4978-F?i=499 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8659628 > image 500 of 774; citing Bedford County Tennessee.

Bedford County, Tennessee, 1876 Duplicate Tax Book, District 10, 2nd p. of dist. list, J P Cook(no land); imaged by Bedford Co Archivist Kathryn Hopkins(received via email 7 May 2024).

Bedford County, Tennessee, 1876 Duplicate Tax Book, District 10, 2nd p. of dist. list, William Cook(no land); imaged by Bedford Co Archivist Kathryn Hopkins(received via email 7 May 2024).

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1871 Dist 10, J K Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-66C7 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8663736 > image 269 of 390; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1881-1883, image 362 of 510, 1883 Tax, Dist 8, J K Cook entry

(no land, poll tax, school tax), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll, 1881-1883," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-X3CK-JDDP?i=361&cat=258178 : accessed 6 May 2024) IGN 8663738, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1883 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1884-1885, image 54 of 449, 1884 Tax, Dist 8, J K Cook entry

(no land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1884-1885," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-V1M8?i=53&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663739, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1884 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1884-1885, image 285 of 449, 1885 Tax, Dist 8, J K Cook entry

(poll  land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1884-1885," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-VBWL?i=283&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663739, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1885 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1887-1888, image 63 of 498, 1887 Tax, Dist 8, J K Cook entry

(no land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1887-1888," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-2V7K?i=62&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663740, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1887 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1887-1888, image 301 of 498, 1888 Tax, Dist 8, J K Cook entry

(no land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1887-1888," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-X3CK-2FKQ?i=300&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663740, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1888 Tax Year.

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1877-1880, 1877, n.p.(pg 2 of Dist 8), J G Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-6QVT?i=49&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN)8663737  > image 50 of 730; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1877-1880, 1878, n.p.(pg 2 of Dist 8), J G Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-67ZB?i=231&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8663737 > image 232 of 730; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1877-1880, 1879, n.p.(pg 1 of Dist 8), J G Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-6751?i=384&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN)8663737  > image 385 of 730; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1877-1880, 1880, n.p.(pg 1 of Dist 8), J G Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-677Z?i=580&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN)8663737  > image 584 of 730; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1884-1885, image 54 of 449, 1884 Tax, Dist 8, J G Cook entry

(no land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1884-1885," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-V1M8?i=53&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663739, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1884 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1884-1885, image 284 of 449, 1885 Tax, Dist 8, J K Cook entry

(poll  land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1884-1885," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-VBWL?i=283&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663739, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1885 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1887-1888, image 63 of 498, 1887 Tax, Dist 8, J G Cook entry

(no land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1887-1888," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-2V7K?i=62&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663740, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1887 Tax Year.

Rutherford County Tax Book, 1887-1888, image 301 of 498, 1888 Tax, Dist 8, J G Cook entry

(no land), imaged, "Tax books, 1809-1963; miscellaneous tax book, main assessment roll,

1887-1888," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-X3CK-2FKQ?i=300&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024) IGN 8663740, citing Rutherford Co TN Tax Books, 1888 Tax Year.

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1877-1880, 1880, p 241, W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-67YT?i=581&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8663737 > image 582 of 730; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Rutherford County, Tennessee, Tax books 1881-1883, 1881, p. 55, W C Cook entry; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-JZRR?i=142&cat=258178 : accessed 27 April 2024), image group number(IGN) 8663738 > image 143 of 510; citing Rutherford County Tennessee.

Image:  created using DALL-E 3 with Copilot and edited in Paint.

Documents from Wm G Hight's estate--Franklin Co AR

More documents from William G Hight's probate in Franklin Co. Arkansas

Franklin County, Arkansas Administrator's and guardian's sett. 1876-1904 p 200

FamilySearch IGN 007713660 Image 191 of 797

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-RJVY?i=190&cat=616228 

W G Hight Est. I. L. Hight admin
1881
Jany    17     Taking Bond & granting Letters ---------------------1.75
1881
Febry Term    Order Affirming bond 10 Index 10 Docketing 10  .30
"      "     Filing petition of Sarah A Hite 10 order 10 ---------------.20
"      "     Indexing 10 Affidavit to petition 10 -----------------------.20
"      "     Filing claim of S. R. Chew & Bro -------------------------.10
"      "     Affadavit to claim 25 Order 20 Index 10 ------------------.55
"      "     Transcribing to List of claims book ------------------------.20
"      "     Order to sell property 10 Indexing order 10 ---------------.20
"      "     Filing Inventory 10 Affidavit 10-----------------------------.20
Nov Term Docketing 10 Filing claims of Mack McFadden 10---- .20
"      "     Order allowing claim 20 index 10 Transcribing 20--------.50
"      "     Filing claim of Quesenberry & Co. 10
              Order allowing claim 20 ---------------------------------------.30
"      "     Indexing order 10 Transcribing claim 20--------------------.30
"      "     Filing claim of W S Hewitt 10
               Order allowing claim 20 --------------------------------------.30
"      "     Indexing order 10 Transcribing claim 20 --------------------30
"      "     Filing claim of D M Cloud 10
              Order allowing claim 20 ---------------------------------------.30
"      "     Indexing order 10 Transcribing claim 20 --------------------.30
"      "     Filing claim of J B Harris 10
              Order allowing claim 20 ---------------------------------------.30
"      "     Indexing order 10 Transcribing claim 20 --------------------.30
"      "     Filing claim of W.W. Jennings 10 affidavit 25---------------.35
"      "     Indexing 10 Order allowing claim 20
             Transcribing 20 ---------------------------------------------------.50
"      "     Filing claim of John H Rose 10
              Order allowing claim 20-----------------------------------------.30
"      "     Indexing Order 10 Transcribing Claim 20 --------------------.30
"      "     Filing Sale Bill 10 Order 10 Indexing 10----------------------.30
"      "     Recording Sale Bill------------------------------------------------.62
1882
Feb Tern Docketing 10 Filing Acct let No.1 10--------------------------.20
"      "     Filing Vouchers 10 Order Filing Acct 10 ----------------------.20
"      "     Indexing 10 Advertising 20 Printers fee 32 -------------------.52
May 2     By Each " " --------------------------------------------------------------15.10
May Term Docketing 10 Filing claim of G W Ivy 10 ------------------.20
              Order allowing claim 20 Indexing order 10 -------------------.20
"      "    Transcribing to list of claims book ------------------------------.20
"      "    Filing claim of L R Helms 10 Order 20 ------------------------.30
"      "    Indexing 10 Transcribing claim 20 30
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------$ 12.99 $ 15.10
Forwarded To Page 246

Franklin County, Arkansas Administrator's and guardian's sett. 1876-1904 p 246
FamilySearch IGN 007713660 Image 216 of 797
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-RJGF

W G Hight Est. I L. Hight admin From Page 200
1882
May Term To amt brought forward -------------------------------------12.99
"      "    By " " " ----------------------------------------------------------------------15.10
"      "    Order confirming 1st Acct Let. 10 Indexing 10 ----------------.20
"      "    Recording Acct -----------------------------------------------------.38
"      "    Filing final acct 10 affidavit 10 -----------------------------------.20
"      "    Order 10 Indexing 10 Filing Voucher 10 ------------------------.30
"      "    Advertising 20 Printers fee 29 ------------------------------------.49
Aug "   Docketing 10 Order Confirming acct 10 -------------------------.20
"      "    Indexing 10 Recording 15 -----------------------------------------.25

Additional entries
Administers Settlements 1878-1898 p 174
Film # 007713660 Image 391 of 797
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-RJ92

Administers Settlements 1878-1898 p 180
Film # 007713660 Image 394 of 797
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-RJ9F

See Also:  Wm G Hights Next of Kin list 1881

Jo COOK et als To G W TURNER--Deed 1910

Jo COOK et als To G W TURNER

FOR and in consideration of the sum of $75.00, Seventy Dollars, cash in hand paid the

receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, we, Jo Cook and Dock Cook and Bosh Lamb and wife
Pirl Lamb so transfer and convey unto the said G. W. Turner and his heirs and assigns a

certain tract or parcel of land in Bedford County, and being 9 Civil District, State of

Tennessee and more particularly described as follows to-wit: Known as our papa's interest

in the W. C. Cook land, his father's land, and his interest in hit(sic) which he sold some years
back to G. W. Turner and failed to make him a deed for hit(sic), bounded as follows: On east
by Angeline Cook and north by Jim Cotton, on the west by the land of the Cook heirs; south
by Mis Johnson, containing four acres.

To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, with the appurtenances, estate,
title and interest thereto belonging to the said G. W. Turner, his heirs and assigns,
forever. And we do covenant with the said G. W. Turner that we are lawfully seized and
possessed of said land in fee simple; have a good right to convey it, and the same is unen-
cumbered.

And we do further covenant and bind ourself, our heirs and representatives, to warrant
and forever defend the title to the said G. W. Turner his heirs and assigns against the
lawful claims of all persons whomsoever

Witness our hands this 22nd day of January, 1910

J. A. Cook
W. B. Cook
A. G. Lamb
Pearl Lamb

State of Tennessee
Bedford County

Personally appeared before me W. D. Farmer Farmer, a notary public public in and for said
county and state, the within named A. G. Lamb and wife, Pearl Lamb, the bargainers, with whom
I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that they executed the within annexed in-
strument for the purposes therein contained. And Pearl Lamb, wife of the said A. G. Lamb,
having personally appeared before me, privately and apart from her husband, the said Pearl
Lamb acknowledged the execution of said deed to have been done by her freely, voluntarily
and understandingly, without compulsion or constraint from her said husband and for the
purposes therein expressed.

 
Witness my hand and official seal at or near Longview, Tennessee,  this 4 day of February
1910.

W. D. Farmer, Notary Public
(SEAL)

State of Tennessee
Bedford County

Personally appeared before me W. D. Farmer, a notary public notary in and for said
county and State, the within named J. A. Cook and W. B. Cook, the bargainers, with whom
I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged they they executed the within instrument
for the purposes therein contained .

 
Witness my hand and official seal, at or near Fruit Valley, Tennessee, this 22nd day of
January, 1910.
(SEAL)
W. D. Farmer, Notary Public
Filed for record Dec. 3, 1919, at 1:00 o'clock P.M.

W. F . Bryan
Register.

Source:

Bedford County Tennessee, Deeds, vol. 25-26, p. 515, Deed Jo Cook et als to G W Turner, 22 Jan 1910; image,  FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-GJ2M : accessed 11 Jun 2024), IGN 8560455, image 636 of 702.

Cannon Death Announcement Confuses Son with Father(1888)

From the Shelbyville Gazette(TN) of 19 July 1888

A death notice reads as follows:  

Death of Charles L. Cannon

We are sorry to hear of the
death of this young man, who after
a somewhat lingering illness died at
his father’s residence in the 3rd
District, on Friday last. By those
who knew him best his loss is
deeply felt. Wherever known he
is spoken of as a most excellent
young man, and we sympathize
with his relatives and friends in
their great loss. Mr. Cannon was
about 24 years of age and was a
nephew of the late Governor Can-
non of this State.

The main issue with this announcement is that it confuses Charles Bowdon Cannon with his father, Charles Locke Cannon.  While Charles B Cannon died in 1888, Charles L Cannon did not die until 1897. Charles L Cannon, son of Clement Cannon(1783-1860) is the nephew of Newton Cannon (1781-1841) Gov. of Tennessee from 1835 thru 1839.

Charles B Cannon is enumerated in both the 1870 & 1880 census in District 3 of Bedford Co. TN within the household of his father.  The family had lived in district 3 since at least the time of the 1850 Census.

Sources:

• 1850 U.S. Census, Bedford County, Tennessee, Civil District 3, p. 99(stamped), dwelling 30, family 30; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-XVZ : accessed 1 June 2024), Entry for Charles L Cannon household, IGN 4191095(Item 2), image 40 of 391.
• 1860 U.S. Census, Bedford County, Tennessee, Civil District 3, p. 48, dwelling 367, family 367; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSF-9SLD :  accessed 1 June 2024) Entry for Charles Cannon household , IGN 5171418, image 217 of  565.
• 1870 U.S. Census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 3, p. 27, dwelling 195, family 195, entry for Chas L. Cannon and Margt Cannon; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68LS-8CT : accessed 1 June 2024), IGN 4275996, image 92 of 924.
• 1880 U.S. Census, Bedford County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 3, p. 171B, dwelling 8, family 8, entry for C. L. Cannon; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBH-LCV : accessed 1 June 2024), IGN 5162347, image 348 of 1038.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114882791/charles_bowdon-cannon : accessed June 1, 2024), memorial for Charles Bowdon “Charlie” Cannon (23 Nov 1864–13 Jul 1888), Memorial  ID 114882791, citing Cannon Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114882801/charles_locke-cannon : accessed June 1, 2024), memorial for Charles Locke Cannon (14 Feb 1813–24 Aug 1897),  Memorial ID 114882801, citing Cannon Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.
• "Death of Charles L. Cannon." Shelbyville Gazette, 19 July 1888, p. 3, col. 1; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-B3RX-7HQX : accessed 1 Jun 2024) IGN 8972073, image 126 of 630.