In Memoriam: Martha Ellen Jackson Taylor (1863 - 1901)

 

Martha Ellen Jackson Taylor

Born:  June 1, 1863 near Rover.

Died:  June 14, 1901

Married Sidney Johnston Taylor Nov 27, 1890

Parents:  David Crockett Jackson and Nancy Jordan Wood Jackson

Predeceased by two infant sons, parents and brother, Robert C Jackson

Survivors  

Husband--Sidney J Taylor

Daughters:

Myrtle Vance Taylor
Clare Taylor(married John F Barnett Dec 23 1916

Siblings:

Mary Jane Jackson Hight

Rebecca Tennessee Jackson Harrison

John Lytle Jackson

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, August 22, 1901, p  14. col 2; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-ellen-taylor-obi/205991929/ : accessed September 14, 2026), clip page for Ellen Taylor --obit .

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24234748/martha_ellen-taylor: accessed 14 Sep 2026), memorial page for Martha Ellen Jackson Taylor (1 Jun 1863–14 Jun 1901), Memorial ID 24234748, citing Taylor Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: David Crockett Jackson(1836-1894)

David Crockett Jackson
Born: October 26, 1836 in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Died: August 31, 1894 Collin County, Texas, USA
Buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, USA

Member of Union Ridge Baptist (Rover, TN).

Predeceased by
Parents:   John F Jackson & Rebecca Lytle Jackson

1st Wife:  Nancy Jordan Wood Jackson

Survivors:
Wife,  Lamisa Frances Jordan Wood Jackson

Children:
Mary Jane Jackson Hight
Rebecca Tennessee Jackson Harrison
Martha Ellen Jackson Taylor
John Lytle Jackson
Robert C Jackson

Siblings:

James Lytle Jackson

Drucilla Rainey Jackson Rucker

Elizabeth Ann Jackson Allison

Nancy Minerva Jackson Morton

Sources:
Baptist and Reflector, November 15, 1894, p 14, col 2 & 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-d-c-jackson-obit/205752866/ : accessed September 11, 2026), clip page for D C Jackson obit.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6607052/david_crockett-jackson: accessed 11 Sep 2026), memorial page for David Crockett Jackson (26 Oct 1836–29 Aug 1894), Memorial ID 6607052, citing Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County, Texas, USA.

Bedford Co. TN: Searching for the Graves of Two Revolutionary Patriots

My fourth great-grandparents are William Harrison (abt.1750–1833) and his wife, Elvira Cooper Harrison. Their son, Edward C. Harrison, married Eliza Jane McClain, drawing a fascinating parallel in our tree. Eliza’s father, George McLain, was also a Revolutionary War soldier. Like William, George served out of North Carolina, though they hailed from different areas and served in separate regiments. Decades after the war, their paths converged closely in Middle Tennessee. The 1830 U.S. Federal Census for Bedford County shows George and William’s households enumerated just a few lines apart, surrounded by a close-knit cluster of other Harrison and McLain families.

From 1830 Bedford Co TN Dist. 9

The timing of their deaths is remarkably close: William died in 1833, and George followed shortly after in 1834. Both men were actively drawing pensions for their service at the time of their deaths. While I have their complete pension files in my possession, the exact resting place for both George and William remains unknown. It is my strong belief that each man was laid to rest in a family cemetery on their respective properties.

Wm. Harrison & widow Elvira Pension

Initially, I missed William's entry in Helen and Timothy Marsh’s Soldiers of the Revolution in Bedford County, Tennessee. When I finally located it, the brief mention offered little beyond data sourced from an old DAR file. Fortunately, his actual pension file contains a wealth of detailed information that I have explored in several previous posts on this blog. Clues regarding the location of his land do exist. I discovered a local land entry referencing where "old man Harrison" (or "old Wm Harrison") lived and died. Because he was the only elder William Harrison residing in that specific area, this undoubtedly points to him. The record also notes his daughter, Elizabeth Cook(my 3rd Great Grandmother), whom the 1830 census confirms was living in the immediate neighborhood. By 1851, Elvira and several of their children had passed away, and other family members migrated out of the region following the Civil War. This rapid displacement of immediate kin is likely why William's grave was never permanently marked and has eluded researchers for generations. If we are ever able to pinpoint his burial site, it is highly probable that Elizabeth and perhaps her husband are resting nearby. 

Uncovering more details on George McLain required sorting through some digital noise. I found a reference from a descendant mentioning a family history book published by his aunt. When I tried to use an AI tool to help me track down the volume, it completely hallucinated the source. Undeterred, I combed through Ancestry tree sources until I found a valid citation that led me straight to the digital copy on FamilySearch.

The McLains, by George! The Family History and Genealogy of George McLain, Revolutionary War Veteran through Two Sons, John Alexander McLain of Bond County, Illinois, Jediah Alexander McLain of Bedford County, Tennessee compiled by Carrie McLain West (1981) 

This history helped clarify why George’s grave was also lost. Following his death, his widow and children migrated northwest to  Bond Co. Illinois. With few family member left in Bedford County to maintain the homestead or care for the site, George's final resting place was left behind to be reclaimed by time. 

The three most likely factors that contributed to these graves becoming lost to living memory:

• The Era of Death: Both soldiers passed away in the early 1830s, a period where early land markers were often ephemeral.
• Gaps in Local Records: While land records for this era exist, the subsequent deed transfers from the 1850s—though partially reconstructed following Bedford County's courthouse losses—are far from all-encompassing.
• Family Migration: Harrison and McLain descendants moved west leaving few local caretakers to preserve the locations. 

To break through this brick wall and locate these homestead plots, it will take  neighborhood reconstruction using platting, watercourses, and adjacent land deeds to piece back together where these two patriots lived out their final days. Thankfully, I can narrow it down to the 9th District of Bedford Co TN.  That is more info than some folks who are researching lost graves have.  For that I am grateful.

Thos. Primrose to Wm H Harrison(Bedford Co TN-1830)

I started pulling together a Deeds listing for William Harrison (1750-1833) and, once I'd finished with the known deeds, I searched using the FamilySearch Full Text Search and found an interesting deed from Thomas Primrose (of Bedford Co, TN) to William H. Harrison (of Rutherford Co, TN).

There are many William Harrisons in this time period in the Bedford, Rutherford, and Williamson County, TN area. This isn't Wm Harrison(b. 1750), even though the land appears to be in the same area where he lived.. Is this Wm H Harrison related to my Harrison line, and if so, how? It will take some digging.

Source:
Bedford County TN, Deed Book BB, p 389, Thos Primrose to Wm H Harrison(97 1/4 acres West of Alexander Creek); Image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-QSCM-V : accessed 4 Jan 2026), IGN 8150802, Image 495 of 591. [Thos Primrose is likely the same Thos who marries Nancy Harrison Hight(a late in life marriage for both.  ]

Below is my attempt at transcribing(rough as it may be).

(15 Oct 1830)

This Indenture made this fifteenth day of October in the year of Our
Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty by and between Thomas Primrose of the
County of Bedford and State of Tennessee, of the one part, and William
H Harrison of the County of Rutherford and State aforesaid of the other
part Witnesseth that the said Thomas Primose for and in consider-
ation of the sum of Eight hundred and Seventy five dollars Twenty five
cent to him in hand paid by the Said William H Harrison the receipt where
of is hereby acknowledged hath given granted Bargained sold Conveyed
and Confirmed unto the said William H Harrison his heirs and assigns
forever a certain tract or parcel of land situated lying and being
in the County of Bedford on the West side of Alexander Creek it being
the place whereon the Said Thos Primrose now lives Begining at a stake in
the Center of said Creek near a ceder Elm ash and white oak marked as
pointers in the North boundary line of the Brandon family tract during
west with said line ninty four poles to a redbud, post oak, and two Cedars
thence South forty poles to a small ash and Witness? thence West
Twenty Nine poles to a walnut and Elm thence South passing a forked
Hickory at Seventy four poles same corner, ten poles in all eighty four poles
to a stake at the corner of a Division fence near a cedar thence North
Eighty six degrees East, thirty poles to a rock, Stake thence South four
degrees East thirty three poles to a rock stake, thence East passing
An ash and Elm at 44 poles, some Course? in all being ninety three poles to a
Stake in the center of said Creek, thence up the meander of the
Center of said Creek to the beginning, containing by Estimation
ninty seven and one-quarter acres it being the same more or less to
have and to hold with all & singular in right or whils
herediments and appertances of in and to the same beloning[sic]
or in anywise appertaining to the only proper use of him, the said
William H Harrison his heirs and assigns forever, and the said
Thomas Primrose for himself, his heirs, Executors and administrators
doth Covenant and agree to and with the said William H
Harrison his heirs and assigns, to Warrant and forever defend
the aforesaid land and bargained premises against the lawful
claim or claims of all and every person or persons whatever
in Witness whereof, the said Thomas Primrose that Exarience see
his hand and affixed his seal the day and date above written
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in presence of us

                                                   Thomas Primrose
John Thompson Jurat
Jas H Lile
L Puckett

August Term 1831
I certify that the Execution of the foregoing Deed of Conveyance
from Thomas Primrose to Wm H Harrison was proven in open
Court by the Oaths of John Thompson and James H Lile two
of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be so Certified for
registration given under my hand at office.  9th August
1831
Registered November 11th, 1831
Thos Davis R.B.C. & Jas. McKissick Clk

Edward C Harrison's Petition To Open Grist Mill on Duck River

Transcription of Bedford Co TN Court Minutes

March Term 1849

Upon the petition of E.C. Harrison by his attorney John P Steele, which was this day filed in court representing to the count that he is desirous to erect a grist mill on Duck River near to where Hiram Harris now lives. that he is the owner of the banks of said River on the west side at the point where he wishes to erect said mill and one Wm G Cowan is the proprietor of the land on the east side of said river who is not willing your petitioner should erect said mill.

It is therefore ordered by the court that a summons ____ to said Cowan to be and appear at this next term of this court to answer to the allegations in said petition.  It is further ordered by the court that Jacob Fisher, John Streeter, Benjamin Earnheart & John F Thompson, four honest freeholders citizens of said county be & they are hereby required to go upon the premises, lay off and value on oath, one acre of the land of said Cowan.

Notes:

Edward C Harrison's occupation is listed as a miller in the 1850 Census(the visitation date was 31st Oct 1850).  I don't know if he opened that grist mill as I've not found either party in the minutes for the next term. I've not located Edward's family in 1860 and this may be because they were moving to Ray County, Missouri where they are enumerated in 1870. Edward C Harrison is a son of William Harrison(1750-1833) and Elvira Cooper Harrison(1770-1851).

Sources:

• Bedford County Tennessee Court Minutes Books 1848- 1852, p 55, March Term 1849, EC Harrison petition to build Grist Mill on Duck River near where Hiram Harris currently lives; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C6-999G-F : accessed 8 Dec 2025), IGN 8659600, Image 35 of 844.
• 1850 US Federal Population Schedule, Bedford County Tennessee, District 7, p 142(stamped), Dwelling 32, Family 32, William G Cowan(line 13); image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC6Q-LT4 : accessed 8 December 2025), IGN 4191095(item 2 of 2), Image 121-391, Entry for William G Cowan and Sarah Cowan, 1850.
• 1850 US Federal Population Schedule, Bedford County Tennessee, District 8, p 157(stamped), Dwelling 63, Family 63, k Edward C Harrison (line 20); image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC6Q-21Y : accessed 8 December 2025), IGN 4191095(item 2 of 2), Image 150 of 391, Entry for Edward C Harrison, 1850.

Identifying the Parents of William Clifford Cook

The following is an outline of my research and logic used in identifying the couple I believe is the parents of Wm Clifford Cook. I've been meaning to get this out there somewhere other than my Ancestry tree so that others could see why I have drawn the conclusion that I have.

Discovery of William Clifford Cook's Mother: Elizabeth Harrison Cook

The research to determine the parents of William Clifford Cook, who was born in North Carolina in 1811 and lived much of his life in northwestern Bedford County, Tennessee, began by establishing his location and identifying his potential mother in 1830. The initial phase of the research focused on determining where William Clifford Cook lived around the year 1830 as that was the earliest time period for which I could identify him.

1. Locating William Clifford Cook in 1830: Information from the Williams vs. Putman TN State Supreme Court Case (1829-1832) established that William Clifford Cook had sworn testimony for the defense and appeared to have spent a good bit of time around Zephaniah Anglin which might suggest that they lived in the same neighborhood.

2. Finding the Cook Household: A review of the 1830 Bedford County, TN, census in that neighborhood revealed a Cook household led by Elizabeth Cook. This household contained a male of the correct age group to be William Clifford Cook.

3. Identifying the Harrison Connection: Elizabeth Cook was living near the Harrison and McClain families. Crucially, the household immediately following hers was that of William Harrison (husband of Elvira Cooper Harrison).

4. Confirming Elizabeth's Identity: William Harrison was a Revolutionary War soldier who had moved from Franklin County, NC, to Bedford County, TN, had a daughter named Elizabeth, born around 1788. This daughter would have been approximately 42 years old, which matched the 40-50 age bracket of the older female in the household of Elizabeth Cook in the 1830 census.

5. Supporting Kinship Evidence: Further research noted that in 1840 Dyer County, Tennessee, William Clifford Cook(surname misspelled as Kook) was enumerated near a J B Harrison. If Elizabeth Cook was indeed the daughter of William & Elvira Harrison, this J B Harrison would have been William Clifford Cook's maternal uncle. Noah Putman(brother in law of William Clifford Cook) was also a neighbor in that 1840 Dyer County, Tennessee Census

6. Conclusion on Mother: Based on proximity, age match, and family continuity between North Carolina and Tennessee, Elizabeth Cook is strongly presumed to be Elizabeth Harrison, William Clifford Cook’s mother.

Evidence Pointing to William Pope Cook as the Presumed Father

With the likely maiden name of William Clifford Cook's mother identified as Harrison, the research logically shifted to Franklin County, North Carolina, where the Harrison family originated.

1. The Franklin County Marriage Record: A check of Franklin County, North Carolina  marriage records revealed a marriage on August 13, 1806, between a William Pope Cook and a Betsey Harrison. Betsey is a common nickname for women with the given name Elizabeth.

2. William P. Cook's NC Presence: Tax lists confirm that a William P Cook paid tax in Franklin County, NC, from 1807 to 1810.

3. Migration and War of 1812 Service: The unique name and timeline allowed for tracking this individual into Tennessee:

• A William P Cook enlisted in November 1814 in Metcalfe’s 1st Reg’t West TN Militia (War of 1812 serving under Capt Patterson) from Bedford County, Tennessee. William Pope Cook’s service records in the militia show that he was part of the division under Major General William Carroll's at New Orleans.
• Upon discharge in May 1815, he granted Power of Attorney to Joel Childress of Rutherford County, TN. Rutherford County is near northern Bedford County, where the Harrisons resided.
• He witnessed a deed in Rutherford Co, TN, in July 1816.  
• By 1820, William P Cook was enumerated with his family in Maury County, TN.

4. The Absence of the Father: The last known record of William P. Cook is a transaction involving the sale of an enslaved man named Lewis in Maury County, TN, in 1821. Since Elizabeth Cook was listed as the head of household in Bedford County, TN, by 1830, William P. Cook is presumed to have died or left the family sometime between 1821 and 1830. No will or probate records for William Pope Cook were found in Maury or Rutherford Counties.  Any will or probate file that existed prior to 1863 in Bedford County Tennessee was likely lost in the courthouse fire.

The Role of DNA Evidence

The circumstantial evidence establishing the "identity merge" of William P. Cook from NC to TN through the Harrison family is strongly reinforced by DNA evidence.

1. Paternal Lineage (Y DNA): Y DNA testing of a direct male descendant of William Clifford Cook connects him to a group of Cook men who descend from Shem Cooke (1722-1796) of Granville County, NC. This can be seen up to Y111.  Although William Clifford Cook's descendant's test is a Y700 marker we do not have an identified descendant of Shem Cooke who has tested at that level.  If we could get one or more direct male descendants of Shem Cooke to upgrade or test the the BigY level that would greatly help to solidify the connection further. Significantly, the historical research seems to indicate that William Pope Cook is the son of William Cook, who was a son of Shem Cooke, thereby placing William Pope Cook  in the correct paternal line.

2. Maternal Lineage (Autosomal DNA): Autosomal DNA evidence shows kinship between William Clifford Cook's descendants and the Harrison and Cooper families, which supports the conclusion that William Clifford Cook’s mother was indeed Elizabeth Harrison, as this connection cannot be explained through any other family lines.  

About Joseph S Cook:  Addressing the long standing assumption that William Clifford Cook's father was Joseph S Cook:   For many years the only clue early researchers had to someone kin to William Clifford Cook was that he was appointed admin of the estate of Joseph S Cook in the fall of 1838 in Williamson County Tennessee.  Many took this to mean that Joseph S Cook was his father.  Current evidence doesn’t seem to support that.  Joseph S Cook himself is a mystery as his probate file gets combined with another Joseph Cook(Davidson Co/Williamson Co) who dies in 1840. All we can take from William Clifford Cook’s involvement in Joseph S Cook’s probate is that he did know him in some way, most likely kin thru his father's side of the family. 

The sources present a highly compelling and circumstantially strong case that William Pope Cook of Franklin County, North Carolina (who married Betsey Harrison), is the same individual who moved to Tennessee and is the father of William Clifford Cook. This evidence forms a continuous chain linking  spouse, Elizabeth/Betsey Harrison, and the continuous movement from NC (1806-1810) to TN (1814-1830) via the migratory path of the Harrison family. 

I feel fairly confident given the current sources that the evidence points to the parents of William Clifford Cook(b. 1811 d. 1882)  likely being William Pope Cook and Elizabeth Harrison who were married in Franklin County, North Carolina on August 13th of 1806 and who moved to Bedford County Tennessee.

Sources:

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY2-SVHP?i=166 : accessed 30 January 2023), Tennessee > Bedford > Not Stated > image 167 of 282, Household of Elizabeth Cook; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TGQ-9RH : accessed 30 January 2023), Household of Wm C Kook, Dyer, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 104, NARA microfilm publication M704 , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), roll 521-522; FHL microfilm 24,544.

"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHB-W9GK-4?cc=1726957 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1, Marriage Record of William Pope Cook to Betsey Harrison, 13 August 1806 in Franklin County NC; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.

Williams vs. Putman, Tennessee State Supreme Court Case Middle District Ordered from TN State Library & Archives via https://supreme-court-cases.tennsos.org/ Delivery(Jan 2, 2019) via email of scanned digital images(PDF) 41 pages. (Location at TSLA Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: 2 Box Number: 375)

Maury County Tennessee Court Minutes, Vol 6, Monday 20 January 1823, Wm P Cook to James Hardison, negro man named Lewis; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-VQ4B-9 accessed: 14 April 2025) IGN 8151023, Image 788 of 830.

Maury County Tennessee Deeds, Deed Book, Vol K, p 98, William P Cook to James Hardison a negro man named Lewis, 24 February 1823; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-XG2K : accessed 14 April 2025), IGN 7896936, Image 377 of 558.

1810 US Federal Census, Franklin County, North Carolina, p 792 , William P Cook; Database with Images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB4-S6X : accessed 4 November 2025) IGN 5157130, Image 163 of 718.

1820 US Federal Census, Maury County, Tennessee, p 99, William P Cook; Database with Images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB9-SKSQ : accessed 14 April 2025), IGN 5156987 , Image 74 of 242.

Revolutionary War Pension Application File W463, Elvira Harrison, widow of William Harrison (NC service); imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9XY-YY8Q : accessed 20 April 2025), IGN 7584164, image 404 of 1123.

Bradley, Stephen E. 1990. Franklin County, North Carolina Tax Lists, 1785-1810. Keysville, Va.: S.E. Bradley.

"Estate of Jos. S. Cook, Dec.", The Weekly Review (Franklin, Tenn), June 14 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.

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This was the summary of the notes provided by Google Gemini about my research: (a bit wordy and over dramatic IMO)

**The discovery of William Clifford Cook's parents can be logically viewed as finding a key piece (Elizabeth Cook) that unlocks a safe (William Clifford Cook’s identity). First, her location next to her known Harrison parents establishes her maiden name and links the family to Franklin County, North Carolina. Then, searching North Carolina  records based on that maiden name reveals the identity of the father, William Pope Cook, whose movements subsequently align perfectly with the Harrison family's migration path to Tennessee, culminating in the genetic confirmation that William Clifford Cook belongs to the established lineage of William Pope Cook.

Disclaimer:  I used NotebookLM with my notes on my research of the parents of William Clifford Cook to pull together the outline.  I also asked it for a summary.  See it's response noted above(**) If any researchers have additional evidence or conflicting evidence please contact me. I want to be thorough and consider all sources.

Wm Harrison Land Grant 2127--640 acres

The Land Grant referenced in the previous blog post( E C Harrison to Wm Weaver) 

Source: Bedford Co Tennessee Deeds Book v. 1851-1852 p 55, E C Harrison to Wm Weaver; FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-M84Z : accessed 21 October 2025), IGN 8150805, Image 532 of 848.[There is an index at the start of 1851-1852 though the vol is not named(image 486 of 848)]

at the above listed source appears to be in Rutherford Co TN at the time it was granted. Note that Rutherford Co TN was established 25 Oct 1803. Bedford Co TN was established 3 Dec 1807 from southern parts of Rutherford. This grant mentions Lock's tract as does the deed from E C Harrison to Wm Weaver. The creek would later be called Alexander Creek after another land owner.


William Harrison 11 Apr 1810 Rutherford Grant 2127

In consideration of military service performed by Isaac Water to the State of North Carolina.

Warrant 4184 dated 8 Dec 1796(?)and entered on the 1st of Sept 1807 by No 144

William Harrison Assignee of the said Isaac Waters
640 acres lying in Rutherford Co in the 2nd Dist 4th Range and 7th section on the west fork of Stones River Beginning at 2 walnuts in the East Boundary line of Thomas P Sumners 640 acre tract 120 poles North from his south East corner, running thence East 100 poles to a cedar in an open glad thence south 407 poles to two cedars and a mulberry in the north boundary line of Mathew Locks' 5000 acre tract thence with his line West passing his north west corner in all 234 poles to a cedar and elm thence north 387 poles to two dogwoods in the south boundary lines of T E Sumners tract aforesaid thence with his line East 134 poles to two hickories his south east corner thence to the beginning surveyed 21st Sept 1809 by Henry Harrison D S.

11th April 1810 Willis Blount

Tennessee General Land Grants
Roll 33: Book I p 377 Image 190 of 332
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2882/records/198795?
Granted 11th April 1810
Recorded 23rd August 1815

Land Grant to Wm Harrison Mentioned in Bedford Co TN Deed

 I found a deed(E C Harrison to Wm Weaver) that was registered in Bedford Co TN Deed books(1851-1852) in 19 July 1850 though the indenture date was 13 Dec 1825.

The description mentions land Granted to William Harrison(640 acres on Alexander Creek)

"A Certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee, in the Second District, Eleventh Section and said fourth Range. On the waters of Alexander's Creek. And being a part of a six hundred and forty Acre tract of land, Granted to William Harrison"

It wouldn't be the same as the Bounty Land listed in the pension papers for Wm & widow Elvira.  I would think that was federal and the 640 acres would be granted by the state of TN. 

I've contacted the TN State Archives and I'm awaiting their response which hopefully will point me in the right direction for finding out more about this grant.

Source:  Bedford Co Tennessee Deeds Book v. 1851-1852   p 55, E C Harrison to Wm Weaver; FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-M84Z : accessed 21 October 2025), IGN 8150805, Image 532 of 848.[There is an index at the start of 1851-1852 though the vol is not named(image 486 of 848)]

More on the Bedford Co TN and Franklin Co NC connections

The Fall 2025 edition of the Bedford County Tennessee Quarterly is out and has an article about Revolutionary Veterans who were in Bedford County.  I was happy to see such a listing.  The article mentioned my 4th Great Grandfather, William Harrison noting that the info for his listing came from Texas DAR Roster.  I am baffled by the year of death they are showing  as 1816 so I'm trying to find the listing in the Texas DAR.  I found several who had joined under his service but they were all showing 1833 as the date of death.  There has been some confusion whether the month was Jan. or Jun., his year of death is 1833(given in widow, Elvira's pension file.)   William Harrison is enumerated in the 1830 census in Bedford Co. TN's  District 9 surrounded by family.  He is mentioned on the 1835 listing of pensioners but as having died in 1833.  His listing is under Rutherford County but the age would imply that it is him since he was born about 1749.  Rutherford County was over the county line just north of where he was in 1830. Since this was from a file

WILLIAM HARRISON

RUTHERFORD COUNTY
LIEUTENANT
NORTH CAROLINA CONT'L LINE
$240.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$2,424.66 AMOUNT RECEIVED
OCTOBER 6, 1820 PENSION STARTED
AGE 84
DIED JUNE 22, 1833

Source:  http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/statewide/military/warof1812/pensions/pen1835.txt

The is a deed between Thomas Callen and Jackson Lile in Bedford County TN Deed Book FF page 159 in October of 1834 that mentions Harrison in the land description in reference to a nearby tract. Specifically it says "beginning at a Black Oak & Dogwood near South of the place old man Harrison lived & died."  I'd really like to get this all figured out and find out where he is buried as well.

It's also worth noting that Jackson Lyle/Lile mentioned in the deed likely is connected to the Jackson Lyle who was in the Franklin Co NC Tax lists.

I need to look further into the females within the families as their might be a connection. Also need to work the deeds for Franklin Co NC.

Sources:  

Bedford County Tennessee Deeds v. EE-GG Sep 1834-Apr 1838,  images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-13CW-W : accessed 16 September 2025), IGN 8150803,  image 361 of 819; citing Bedford County TN Deed Book FF page 160.

Carolyn Smotherman, “Revolutionary War Veterans in Bedford County, Tennessee,” The Bedford County Historical Quarterly 51, no. 3 (2025): 80–91.

William Harrison's Conflicting Month of Death

The reprint of the Pension Roll of 1835(available on Ancestry.com) contains an error in the entry for Lt. William Harrison, a Bedford County, Tennessee pensioner. The same mistake appears in the original 1835 publication, which can be viewed on Google Books. Both sources incorrectly state that William Harrison died on 22 June 1833. However, in his widow Elvira’s pension application, she provides a sworn statement that William died on 22 January 1833. This date is supported by additional statements in the pension file.

It's unclear what caused the original error. Perhaps someone compiling information for the 1835 publication abbreviated the month of January, and it was later misread as June. We may never know for sure.

To further complicate matters, the summaries prepared by the pension office in response to requests for copies of William Harrison’s pension file also reflect this mistake. Several of these summaries, sent to different researchers over the years, repeat the incorrect date of 22 June 1833. In at least one response, the summary includes both dates, several paragraphs apart.

Another valuable detail found in Elvira’s sworn statement is her mention of a family record. She explains that the list of family births was copied from an original list kept in an old dictionary that had contained the family's records. That dictionary was later purchased by Stephen Lynch and ultimately destroyed.  😢

Sources:

Revolutionary War Pension Application File W463, Elvira Harrison, widow of William Harrison (NC service); imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9XY-YY8Q : accessed 20 April 2025), IGN 7584164, image 404 of 1123.

Ancestry.com, U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60514/images/pensionroll1835iii-004091 : accessed 20 April 2025), image 37 of 118; citing The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. 3, p. 557, entry for William Harrison, Lieutenant; reprint of U.S. Senate publication (1835), 1968 reprint with index (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company).

Two Land Records--Wm Harrison--Alexander Creek Bedford Co. TN

These two plats of Wm Harrison's land may be the ones where he and family are living in the 1830 Census of Bedford County Tennessee.  It mentions a neighboring entry for Elijah West.  There was a Jefferson West living near Wm Harrison and family in that census(1830)

Wm Harrison 5 acres No 5126
Scale 20 poles per inch
State of Tennessee Second district by virtue of Entry No 6989
dated October 21st 1814 founded on Certificate No 1051 for
93 acres issued to Mark Mitchell by the register of West
Tennessee on the 10th June 1812 I have surveyed for William
Harrison a tract of land containing five acres situate
in Bedford County on the waters of Alexander Creek of
Duck River Beginning at a dogwood the southeast corner of a fifteen acre
Entry in the name of James Smith Running from thence north thirty poles
to the south west corner of one hundred acre entry in the name of Elijah West
to an Elm and post oak running from thence east tweeny six poles and
seven tenths of a pole to a locust and hackberry thence south thirty
poles to an Elm and hickory thence west twenty six poles and seven 

tenths to the beginning surveyed the ninth day of December 1814 by

William Harrison
John Harrison S.C.C.                            Joseph Neal D. L.
Transmited?   Augt 24th 1818 by Wm Harrison

Wm Harrison 15 acres No. 5127
Scale 40 Poles per Inch
State of Tennessee Second district by virtue of Entry No 6988
dated October 21st 1814 founded on Certificate No 1051 for 93
acres issued to Mark Mitchell by the Register of West Tennessee
on the 10th June 1812 I have surveyed for William Harrison
assignee of John B Hogg fifteen acres of land situate in Bedford
County on the waters of Alexanders Creek of Duck River Beginning at Hickory
the North West Coverner of a thirty acres entry made in the name of John
Cockrell running from thence thirty four and one half poles to two elms
and a cedar thence south sixty nine poles to two cedars and an Elm
Thence east thirty four and one half poles to two Elms and a dogwood in the
west boundary line of P. Cockrill thence North Sixty nine poles to the
Beginning surveyed the ninth day of December 1814 by
William Harrison
John Harrison S.C.C.                          Joseph Neal D. L.
Transmited? Augt 24th 1818 by Wm Harrison

Source 

Ancestry, Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Registers, 1778-1927

 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4323:3658 : accessed 12 September 2024)

That collection contains the images which are the TN Land Books digitized by TN State Library and Archives.  Those records are part of Record Group 50

Series 3, Book 30, Plats And Surveys 
2nd Surveyor's District 1814-1815
No. 4374 To 5533

p. 346 & 347

Plat No 5125 & No 5126 of William Harrison lands On Alexander Creek, Bedford Co. TN,  

William Harrison Deeds--Bedford Co. TN

Located two deeds of William Harrison who deeded property in the Alexander Creek area of Bedford Co TN.  

Deed #1

William Harrison to John A McClain
23 Acres and 120 poles   

bargained on 25 November 1825
Registered 15 December 1826

"Controversy has arisen between the said parties concerning a certain tract or parcel of land"

Land in Bedford Co TN on Alexander Creek 

William Harrison signs away all his right title and interest in said land and while the deed does mention bargaining, selling, and delivering it does not mention any monetary exchange. 

Witnesses

Josiah T McLain

Jodiah A McLain

John Harrison

Source:
Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book W: 335, William Harrison to John A. McLain, both of Bedford County, Tennessee; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-3Q64-7 : accessed 11 August 2024), Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Books S-W, November 1824-February 1828, image 791 of 902, IGN 8150800.

Deed #2

William Harrison to Rencher Spence
85 acres for $300 

bargained 25 June 1827
Situate lying and being in the county above up on the
water of Alexander Creek and bounded as follows(viz)
Beginning on a Elm running west one hundred &
46 poles to a stake thence south Ninty four poles to a
Dogwood thence East one hundred & forty-six pole to a
dogwood thence North Ninty four poles to the beginning
containing eighty-five acres of Land

Witnesses
Benj G Allen
Allen Harris
Registered 18 Aug 1827

In the first part of the recorded deed it looks like it says William Harrison Sen.  The S appears consistent with the other words starting with S.  It doesn't appear to be J for Junior.  I believe this is the William Harrison Rev War Pensioner and husband of Elvira Cooper Harrison. He is in the 1830 Census of Bedford Co TN surrounded by the McClains(the spelling of their name varies), his sons, and Elizabeth Cook(most likely his daughter, Elizabeth Harrison Cook.)  Benjamin Allen is a neighbor on that 1830 Census and is likely the witness with that same name.  The Allen family gave statements for the Rev War Pension drawn on William's service. 

Source: 

Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Book W: 321, William Harrison of BedfordCo TN to Rencher Spence of Rutherford Co TN; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-3Q68-5 : accessed 11 August 2024), Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Books S-W, November 1824-February 1828,  image 784 of 902, IGN 8150800. 

Unsure if these two deeds are the same William but it seems likely that they are given he was a known resident of that area.  His son, also named William Harrison would have been a teenager at the time the deeds were executed.

Other Posts I've Made Relevant to this Topic:

Callen and Hight Land-Bedford Co TN Deed Book LL pg 8-9

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2024/03/callen-and-height-land-bedford-co-tn.html

Bedford Co. TN Deed Found Using FamilySearch Full Text Search

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2024/03/bedford-co-tn-deed-found-using.html

Neighbors near Zepheniah Anglin--1830 Bedford Co. TN Census

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2019/01/neighbors-near-zephaniah-anglin-1830.html

Progress with Cook research

https://mariegen.blogspot.com/2023/01/progress-with-cook-research.html

Fanning Jones of Bedford Co. TN(1827)

This deed by Fanning Jones mentions that he is of Bedford Co. TN but now in Wake Co NC however the deed itself is recorded in Franklin Co NC. It is also one that mentions a Wm Harrison but I believe this one is a different one than husband of Elvira Cooper Harrison who would have already been in Rutherford and Bedford Co TN by this time according to his pension papers.

Franklin Co NC Deed Book 25 page 38

Know all men by these presents that I Faning Jones of the County of Bedford & State of Tennessee being now in Wake County No Carolina have and do by these presents, relinquish release & forever quit claim unto David Jones my son, for & in consideration of the natural love & affection & for and in consideration of my said son David Jones agreeing hereby to relinquish all claim that he may have to any other part of my real estate. I do hereby for myself my heirs & assignees relinquish all right & title to all the Lands or real Estate which I or any other of my heirs have or may have, that descended to me in right of my former wife Nancy Jones & Mother of my said son David Jones said Lands being 2 Tracts in Franklin County. first Tract adjoins Lark Fox & James Jones, the other adjoins William Harrison & Jones Cooke both tracts supposed to contain between 1500 or 1700 Acre being the same more or less lying on both sides of Cedar Creek And, I do for myself, my heirs Executors Administrators and assigns for ever relinquish all right & title to said lands, and will forever Warrant and defend all the rights title interest claim & demand that I have or any other of my heirs or assigns Exrs. Admrs forever & will if required make any other or further relinquishment for the more perfect conveyance of said Lands & premises, at any other time whenever required so to do. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Raleigh this 11th day of January 1827
Paid before sign'd &
interlined?
Fanning Jones

State of North Carolina

Be it remembered that on this 11th day of January A.D. 1827 before me Leonard Henderson one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State aforesaid the within and foregoing Deed was duly acknowledged by Fanning Jones therein named.

Let it be therefore registered.
L. Henderson

The foregoing Deed is duly truly Registered this 12th October 1829.
Test
D Young P.R.

Source:
Franklin County, North Carolina, Deed Book 25: 38, Fanning Jones to David Jones (his son), 11 January 1827; digitized image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G96M-Z63Q : accessed 24 May 2024), "Deed records or real estate conveyances, 1779-1951, and index, grantor and grantee, 1776-1949," Deeds, book 25-26, 1828-1834, Image 217 of 554, IGN 7557904.

Bounty Land Warrant 507--Wm Harrison

In the pension records for William Harrison's Revolutionary War Service the Bounty Land Warrant is listed as 507.  I searched for a William Harrison with the # 507 at Ancestry in their Bounty Land Warrant database

Below:  Image 618 of 680  

1. When presented at the Treasury 30 July 1817

2. By Whom Presented (Mich'l Nourse)
3. Number (507)
4. Name of Soldier (Wm Harrison)
5. Grade (Lieut)
6. Name of Patentee   Northrop & Shane
7. Acres 200
8. Lot 2--28
9. Section 4--2
10. Twp 10-10
11. Range 7--2
12. 30 July 1817
13. Remarks (Sent Michl Nourse)

Searched the GLO website and found it.  Still trying to figure out what all this info tells me.  Need to learn more about land records so I will be checking out a few webinars in the Legacy FamilyTree Webinar library, doing some reading and further exploring of GLO.

Sources

• "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database with images, Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26266:1995?tid=77121678 : accessed 12 February 2023), H  > Harris, William - Hawley, James > Harrison, Sarah - Harsin, Garret > image 381-473 of 1112: citing NARA microfilm publication  M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• US, War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858 Revolutionary War > Indexes and Registers To Revolutionary War Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1788-1848 > ALL > Image 618 of 680  https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1165/images/miusa1788_057937-00687
• Original source U.S. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio and Relating Papers (Acts of 1788, 1803, and 1806), 1788-1806; Microfilm Publication M829; NAID: 635444; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at Washington, D.C.
• US Dept. of Interior,  Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/)  Search of William Harrison with Northrop & Shane

Statement by Wm Harrison of his Rev. War Service

On May 15th of 1820 William Harrison appears before John McNairy, judge of the East & West Districts of Tennessee as part of his application for a military pension based on his service in the Revolutionary War.  After McNairy takes the statement and signs off on it he then sends it on to the Secretary of War, John C Calhoun.  These papers are included in the pension folder of Elvira Harrison(widow of William Harrison)

Image 386:  The "envelope" portion of the documents.
Image 387:  First page of statement by Wm Harrison to John McNairy

Image 388:  Last page of statement by Wm Harrison to John McNairy
Image 389:  Note to John C Calhoun from John McNairy with details

of enclosure from Wm's Capt. Macon and of where to send certificate.

These are just some of the details and the source list below contains information

on where to find the full file.  

Transcription Images 387 & 388

Image 387
District of West Tennessee
On the  15th of May 1820 before me the 
subscriber, a judge of the courts of the United 
States for the Districts of East & West Tennessee
Personally Appeared William Harrison
aged seventy years, resident in the county of
Bedford in the said District who being by
me first duly sworn, according to the law doth
on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the provision made by
the law act of Congress entitled "An act
to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land & naval service of the 
United States in the revolutionary war"
that he the said William Harrison
was appointed and commissioned a
Lieutenant of Captain John Macon's com
pany of the continental army of the United
States during the revolutionary war in 
November 1776 of the North Carolina
continental line in the seventh Regt
commanded by Col. James Hogan
and that he faithfully served his
country until February 1778 at the
Valee(sic) Forge, when he was placed as
a supervisory officer subject to be called
into service when called on, that he was

Image 388
in the Battles of Brandywine and German-
Town, and that he is in reduced cir-
cumstances and stands in need of 
the assistance of his country for support
& that he has no other evidence now 
in his power that what now accompanies
this of his said services.  That he hath
long since lost his commission
sworn to and declared before 
me the day & year given
John McNairy  District Judge
Wm Harrison (signature)
I John McNairy judge do officially
certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said William Harrison did serve
in the revolutionary war as stated in the
preceding declaration against the common
enemy for the term of 9 months & was
at one time in the continental establishment
I am also satisfied that he needs the 
assistance of his country for support and
I now transmit the proceeding & testimony
taken & had before me to the secretary
for the department of War.  Witness my
hand the date above
John McNairy
District Judge

This is the back side of the papers which contain the statement

of Wm Harrison to John McNairy detailing Wm's service in the Rev. War 

as well as a note from McNairy to Calhoun and a statement from Capt Macon.

The papers were folded and the back addressed to the Sec. of War, John C

Calhoun.  Note the postmark:  Murfreesboro Tenn May 20 1820

[This was during the time period when Murfreesboro was the capital of TN(1819-1826)]

Source:  
"U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900," database with images, Ancestry(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/26267:1995 : accessed 12 February 2023), H  > Harris, William - Hawley, James > Harrison, Sarah - Harsin, Garret > image 381-473 of 1112: citing NARA microfilm publication  M804, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Links of Interest: 

Wikipedia entry of John C Calhoun 

FindAGrave entry of John Macon

Wikipedia entry of James Hogun

Harrison Deed Mentions Transferred Note

Now that Wm C Cook's mother & family have been identified, I'm working in Dyer County Tennessee Deeds looking at Harrison deeds and found one mentioning "note made payable to Wm C Cook" it continues on down the page and on to page 74 of Dyer County, Deed Book E.  John B Harrison is the J B Harrison listed with Wm C Cook and Noah Putman in the 1840 US Federal Census of Dyer County Tennessee. He's the Brother In Law of Wm C Cook's Brother In Law(Hiram Putman) and also Wm C Cook's maternal uncle.  The image below is not the full images but it contains the portion about the note.  To see the full images click the link above or the one in the Source section below.

Source

"Deeds, 1824-1882; deed index, 1822-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5W-B3S3-5?i=472&cat=278884 : accessed 9 February 2023), Deed by John B Harrison to E.A. McCorkle Registered 5 Apr 1841; citing Dyer Co., Tennessee, USA, Deed Book E, p 73; county courthouse, Tennessee; FHL microfilm 833238.

More Pieces of the Puzzle: Cook and Harrison

While continuing to work on the paper trail to identify Elizabeth Harrison's Cook husband, I went ahead and connected her as Wm C. Cook's mother. I also attached the census data, the link to my blog post(s) with the reasoning, and a note in the Suffix field of her profile.  

I revisited the YDNA matches of my brother for the COOK(E) Project and went over my notes and corresponded with one of the project admins.  While we do match a group of Pattersons as close as we match Cooks, the Pattersons lived near the GA & NC Cooks that descend from the Shem Cooke and there seems to be a connection to his line.  If our connection is thru Wm Pope Cooke that married Betsy Harrison, then we would likely connect all the way back to Shem Cooke thru a line of men with the given name of William. Prior to the BigY testing the 37, 67, and 111 marker tests were all we had.  There is representation more so from Shem's son James thru his children  Roland(d. 1842 West TN) and Shem(d.1862 Carroll Co GA)  There is one tester who descends thru the elder Shem Cooke(d. 1796)'s son William but he only tested at 37 markers.  His result contains no differing mutations with my brother at that level so he is an exact match at 37 markers.  This is an older test so I'm unsure if an update is possible but I am trying to make contact with others from that line who might be interested to see if we can come up with a way to compare.  At the same time I'm working further on his paper trail to see if it crosses with ours.  When my brother's test came in, I worked the matches trees to figure out exactly how they all were the connected.  Many of them didn't have trees...so I had to do a lot of sleuthing to figure it out but for the most part I have a very good picture of how they connect.  

I have access to AncestryDNA match lists of several descendants of the Shem Cooke(Carroll Co GA) and I have been looking at their closer matches to see if I could find an intersection with our clusters of unknowns which are likely Cook/Harrison related.   I did find one where I started noticing surnames that were familiar among those matches and have now identified more Harrison matches.

After having Elizabeth Harrison Cook connected for 2 days I am now seeing matches that descend from her siblings.  The great thing is that those matches are not all thru Rebecca Harrison who would match with the Cook Putmans because of their connection to Hiram Putman(Elizabeth Putman Cook's brother).  There are descendants of Nancy Harrison Hight, Gideon V Harrison, Edward Cannon Harrison and Martha Harrison Smith.  I think too somewhere back in there is another HIGHT connection or a connection to the Nichols(wife of a Hight).  The relationships of those matches are mostly 5C & 5C1R and are all well in range for those relationships.  Checking the shared matches is helpful as well to make sure none of them matched her(they didn't.)  

It should be noted that Thrulines® is a Tool that works using our DNA match list along with the trees on Ancestry.  It's still up to us to document and prove our conclusions so that our research is solid.  

Progress with Cook research

To locate where Wm C Cook would have been around 1830 I used the information that was gained from the Williams vs. Putman State Supreme Court Case.  Given the testimony from that case it appears that Wm C Cook lived in close proximity to Zephaniah Anglin. A look at the census page from 1830 Bedford Co. TN in which Zephaniah appears show a Cook household with a male that could be Wm C Cook.  Also I believe that this Elizabeth Cook's maiden name was Harrison.  The Wm Harrison listed immediately following her is the household of Wm & Elvira Cooper Harrison.  The two households above Elizabeth are sons of Wm & Elvira.  Wm & Elvira did have a daughter named Elizabeth(b. abt 1788) who would be about 42.  The older female(presumable Elizabeth) is in the 40-50 age bracket.

A number of trees claim that Wm P Harrison of 1830 Williamson Co TN is Wm & Elvira's household however the ages for William and Elvira do not match up as they do here on the 1830 Bedford Co TN enumeration.  

Something else to consider:

On the 1840 US Federal Census of Dyer Co TN,, Wm C Cook was enumerate immediately before his brother-in-law Noah and a J B Harrison who at the time I recognized as the Brother-In-Law of Hiram Putman(another of Wm C Cook's Bro-In-Laws).  If Elizabeth Cook from 1830 Bedford Co TN census is Wm C Cook's mother, and the daughter of Wm & Elvira Harrison, then that J B Harrison that is enumerated in Dyer Co TN with Wm C Cook is not only the brother-in-law of his brother-in-law, but Wm C Cook's maternal uncle. 

This makes a pretty good argument for that and also offers an explanation for why we match a cluster of the Harrison/Cooper descendants that are not also Putmans.  I have several ideas I want to test to determine Elizabeth's spouse.  There is a William Pope Cook who married a Betsey Harrison Aug. 18th of 1806 in Franklin Co. NC.  The Pope name is common in the YDNA of the Cook line that we most closely match. 

It is my belief based on the above evidence/clues that Elizabeth Cook is the daughter of William & Elvira Cooper Harrison and the mother of Wm C Cook. 

Sources:

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TGQ-9RH : accessed 30 January 2023), Household of Wm C Kook, Dyer, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 104, NARA microfilm publication M704 , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.), roll 521-522; FHL microfilm 24,544.

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY2-SVHP?i=166 : accessed 30 January 2023), Tennessee > Bedford > Not Stated > image 167 of 282, Household of Elizabeth Cook; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHB-W9GK-4?cc=1726957 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1, Marriage Record of William Pope Cook to Betsey Harrison, 13 August 1806 in Franklin County NC; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.

Williams vs. Putman, Tennessee State Supreme Court Case Middle District Ordered from TN State Library & Archives via https://supreme-court-cases.tennsos.org/ Delivery(Jan 2, 2019) via email of scanned digital images(PDF) 41 pages. (Location at TSLA Range: 33 Section: A Shelf: 2 Box Number: 375)

Obituary of Mary Etta Putman Stanley(1870-1955)--my 2C2R

Obituary of my 2C2R, Mary Etta Putman Stanley.  She was a granddaughter of Hiram Putman & his wife Rebecca Harrison.  Hiram was the brother of my 2nd Great grandmother Elizabeth Putman Cook.

Mrs. Stanley, 85, Dies in Arkansas
Born near White Plains, Christian Co. KY in 3 March 1870
Died Piggott, Arkansas 28 March 1955
Widow of D. R. Stanley
Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Riley Putman 
Resident of St. Francis Arkansas for 40+ years
Moved to Piggott in 1939.
Active in:  1st Presbyterian Church, Piggott Woman's Civic Club, and Piggott Garden Club.

Survived by 
Daughters:

• Miss Lucille Stanley(Piggott, Arkansas)
• Mrs. H. A. Bailey(Little Rock, Arkansas)

Sister:

• Della Grace(Detroit, Michigan)

3 Grandchildren
6 Great Grandchildren
A number of nieces & nephews

"Mrs. Stanley, 85, Dies in Arkansas," The Messenger(Madisonville, Kentucky), 18 Apr 1955, p. 2, col. 5; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2022).

Additional Notes:  

Found some additional information in Ancestry's U.S. School Yearbooks 1900-1999 Collection. Looks like Lucille attended University of Wisconsin.  She appears on page 148 of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 1921 Yearbook. I'd love to read her thesis.  

The other surviving daughter mentioned in the obituary is Mary Madeline Stanley, wife of Howard Ashley "Ted" Bailey. 

Dyer Co neighbors with Rutherford Co connections(TN)

Looking at a few of the families enumerated near Wm C Cook's 1840 Dyer Co TN entry I recognize surnames that have connections to Rutherford Co TN.  In 1840, Absalom Vickery(brother in law of Wm C Cook) and his family were the neighboring county of Lauderdale.  Wade H Carlton(another brother in law of Wm C Cook) and his family were in nearby Weakley Co. TN. It should also be noted that there appears to be some of the Rutherford, Williamson Co.-District 25 & Bedford Co. TN-District 10 folks living in the area near Wade H Carlton and family.  I believe our ancestors were a lot more mobile than we give them credit for being. 

Robert Henry Dyer(the namesake for Dyer Co) was in the War of 1812, Florida War and Natchez Expedition.  He also represented Bedford and Rutherford Counties in the General Assembly.

Henry Read-- a man by the same name and age group is in 1820 Rutherford Co TN.  I do not know if it's the same one.  In Nance's The History of Versailles, tenth district, and its people something very interesting in the section on the Read family which begins on page 194.  It says that Robert Read & Elizabeth Gentry Read's 8 children were born in Dyer Co TN where they had moved sometimes after 1817.[That area would have been Carroll Co. prior to 1823 when Dyer Co was formed] Elizabeth died in 1841 and Robert married Elvira Carson and the couple had 8 children together which were all born in Rutherford Co TN. This suggest that there is a connection between Rutherford County and Dyer County Read families but doesn't mention a Henry Read.  There may be more in the Eagleville history.

Hezekiah Gibson(age 50-60 in 1840) Married in 1817 Rutherford Co TN to Mary Ridgeway  In 1830 Rutherford Co TN

R A H McCorkle  (See link to previous post)McCorkle family was in Rutherford Co TN prior to Dyer Co and prior to that in Rowan & Iredell Co NC with connections to Gillespie and Brandon family.

Noah Putman (Wm C Cook's brother in law) is enumerated immediately after Wm C. Noah married Elizabeth Carlton daughter of Thomas Carlton and  Nancy Ann Wade.  

J B Harrison(b. 1800-1810) I believe this is John B Harrison brother of Rebecca Harrison(wife of Hiram Putman--brother of Elizabeth Putman Cook and Noah Putman.)