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PHILIP COOK
Philip Cook was born in Twiggs County, Georgia, July 31,
1817, to Phillip Cook and Anna Wotten.  He was educated
at Oglethorpe University and read law at the University
of Virginia.  In 1859 he was elected to the State Senate
of Georgia and was reelected to that body in 1860 and
1863.  He was elected a member of the State Convention of
1865, called by President Johnson.  In April, 1861, he
entered the Confederate army as a private and was
subsequently promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, and in 1863, was made
Brigadier-General.

General Cook was elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress,
but was not admitted to a seat.  He was elected again in
1872 and served until 1883. In 1890 he became the
Secretary of State and held that position until he died
in Atlanta on May 21, 1894.  He is buried in Macon,
Georgia, at the Rose Hill Cemetery.

Ref:  Headley, P. C., PUBLIC MEN OF TODAY, 1882, S. S.
Scranton & Co., Hartford, p. 338.


COOK COUNTY, GEORGIA

Laid out November 05, 1918, with lands taken from Berrien
County, Georgia.  It was named to honor Brigadier-General
Philip Cook.

ADEL is the County Seat, it is located north of Valdosta
on I-75.

[Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge,
barbarawinge@yahoo.com]