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

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

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

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

Union Ridge Baptist Church--Bedford Co TN Deeds

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I discovered a deed on which W C Cook(my 2nd Gr Grpa) was a witness.  It had to do with lands for the Union Ridge Church.  Record loss for the period of 1850ish to the early 1860s makes that era difficult to research, so anytime I find something covering that time period it really helps.  There was an attempt made to record lost deeds in a notebook by the county clerk.  Another great help is a book published on that effort by Helen and Tim Marsh. 

Marsh, Helen C., and Tim R. Marsh. "The Burned Deed Index of Bedford County, Tennessee 1852-1861". Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1999. 

The deed book entry(Deed Book NNN pg 69) on which I found W C Cook as witness is written in very faint ink but it appears that it is an attempt to make sure that the original bargain of 1854 is on record.  I've listed notes below on the dates and persons mentioned.

Thomason & John Jordan  

To 

Deacons of Union Ridge:

Wm Elmore and R A Gantt 

Original Bargained on 7 Oct 1854

Witnessed on 6 Nov 1854 by
William C Cook

D A Elmore 

William Floyd

Signed:

W T Thomason

John Jordan

Noted on 7 Nov 1854 in Notebook #2 pg 32
Recorded the same day in Book VV pg 404-405
Act of 1865 Ch 28
Registered 28 April 1877
Recorded 30 April 1877

Source:  

"Bedford, Tennessee, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-K92B-L : accessed Mar 24, 2024), image 61 of 638; IGN 008567899; citing, Bedford Co. TN Deed Book NNN, p 69, Deed from W T Thomason & John Jordan to Wm Elmore  &  R. A Gantt-- Deacons of Union Ridge Baptist Church part of the Duck River Association