W L Acuff Released from 1882 Poll Tax--Van Buren Co. TN

W L Acuff mentioned in the above image is my 2nd Great-grandfather, William Leon Acuff. He was a Christian Church minister. According to family stories passed down, he met my 2nd Great-grandmother, Sarah McElroy when he came to the McElroy community in Van Buren County to preach.

orderdered(sic) by the Court that W L Acuff 
be Released of his poll tax for 1882 he being 
a minister of the gospel and the trustee and 
tax collector have a Credit the same

Source:  Van Buren County, Tennessee, Court Minutes 1872–1886, p 532, April 1883 Term, W L Acuff released from poll tax 1882; images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39N-BTYH : accessed Oct 18, 2024), image 482 of 612; IGN 8478553.

Wm T Hale--Road Hand Van Buren Co. TN March 1845

Wm T Hale my 3rd great-grandfather was among the hands appointed to take care of the road under the direction of Dixon Hillis at the March Term of Court in 1845 Van Buren County Tennessee.  I have very few records for him which makes this find all the more exciting.  

Van Buren Co TN Court Records 1840–1866

IGN 8151146  Image 82 of 635

FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-3QZ4-C
County Clerk's Minute Book April 1840- May 1855 p 144

March Term 1845

Ordered by the Court that Dixon Hillis be appointed 
Overseer of the road from the forks of the road at Squire 
Yorks new field to the foot of the mountain and keep the same 
in repair as the law directs it being a road of the second class 
And have the following bounds of hands Wm McDaniel Archibald 
Hillis Jackson McCarver Dixon N Hillis Wm T Hale Francis 
A Hale Thos Russell & John Boyd 

William C Cook Jury Duty Bedford Co. TN- Aug 1854

It appears that more records are being added to the Full-Text Search Lab at FamilySearch.  On a whim, I searched on my William C Cook and found him listed in court records.  Apparently, he had jury duty in August of 1854.  This is a great reminder to revisit and search again if it's been a while since your last search. 

The ability to switch between regular Preview and Fact View is also helpful

Our Cook(e) YDNA Path : Comparing Y700 results with FTDNA's Estimate from an Uploaded Autosomal of the Y Tester's Brother

Below is the path of my youngest brother's results. He tested as a direct male descendant of Wm Clifford Cook(1811-1882) our 2nd Great Grandfather -- a brick wall of our Cook research.

YDNA Haplogroup Path: Descendant of Wm C Cook(1811-1882) Bedford Co., TN, USA

R-M269    --Descendants of Wm Tryon Patterson, Wm Cook(e), and Shem Cooke(1722-1796 Granville NC)

R-L23 
R-L51
R-P310
R-L151 --Wm Cooke b 1740 Surry Co Descendant
R-P312
R-Z46516
R-ZZ11
R-U152
R-L2
R-Z258
R-Z367   --(Carroll Co TN Roland Cooke Descend(Thru Shem's son James)
R-Z34  --Hunt Surname NPE;  My brother, David's estimated Haplogroup
R-Z33
R-BY164497
R-BY3604
R-Z256
R-Z275 -- (Shem Cooke--Carroll Co GA Descend thru Roland B Cooke;  Cook with unk path
R-CTS7352 My Brother at the Y500 Level
R-BY72556 --My Brother Y700 (Wm Clifford Cook descendant thru Wm Green Cook; Patterson who descends from Wm Tryon Patterson w/ Carroll Co GA connected Y Line.

We started out with the R-M269 and it stayed there with upgrades until I could purchase a BigY test.  I have placed several others I have identified in his match list to visualize where they are within the path.  I also included my other brother's estimated Haplogroup which FamilyTreeDNA notified me about this past week.  It is one of the haplogroups that FTDNA has estimated from an uploaded autosomal DNA test. I had expected that he estimated Haplogroup would be R-M269 but it was more precise.  I'm not complaining.

If you have a connection to Cook(e)s from  Granville, Wake or Warren Co NC or the Carroll Co GA or Carroll Co TN Cook(e) please consider testing now or when they have their next YDNA sale at FamilyTreeDNA  If you have tested or have a family member who has tested you both should consider joining the Cook(e)-Koch DNA Project. 

Y-DNA Badge for Haplogroup Estimate from
uploaded autosomal DNA