Chattahoochee County GaArchives History .....Cook Family Data 1933
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COOK 
Data for genealogy of Cook Family furnished principally by
E. E. Cook, of Plains, Ga.

    One of the first graves of a white settler made in what later became
Chattahoochee Co. is on land now owned by C. N. King, There are two graves with
marble tombstones in this particular field, a man and his wife.

    John O'Quinn b. June 13, 1754 in Halifax Co., N. C. d. Jan. 8, 1830; Rhoda
O'Quinne b. April 3, 1767 in N. C., d. March 2, 1852.

    A dau. of John and Rhoda O'Quinn, Amelia, b. 1797, m. James Cook b. in N. C.
in 1790 d. in Chattahoochee Co. in 1866; is buried on Redd place.

    Ch. of James and Amelia Cook: John Franklin d. Nov. 11, 1852, age 20 years
and 9 months; left widow and a son, who moved west; ("Billy"), George William,
another son d. about 1887. He lived near Hatcher's Station in Quitman Co. Ga.;
Sarah A. H. Cook m. Henry J. Eelbeck Aug.'B, 1840. After her death H. J. Eelbeck
m. 2nd Martha E. Williams; Parshamia I. Cook m. Charles A. Gorsuch Oct. 18,
1853; James Monroe Cook, b. May 12, 1828, d. Sept. 27, 1891. m. Elizabeth
Boynton b. Jan. 8, 1834. (near Talbotton, Ga.) d. June 7, 1908.

    John Boynton, Mrs. Cook's father b. in 1800, d. in 1845 was sheriff of
Talbot Co. Mrs. John Boynton was Miss Stinson.

    Ch. of James and Ann Boynton Cook: (1) John Augustus b. July 22, 1852; d.
Feb. 7, 1897; (2) Walter Franklin b. Nov. 29, 1853, d. July 30, 1927; (3) James
Monroe, Jr. b. June 11, 1855, d. Aug. 31, 1899; (4) Pauline Amelia b/Dec. 25,
1856, d. May 1928; (5) Charles Edgar b. Dec. 8. 1859, d. April 30, 1916; (6)
Thomas Henry b. June 28, 1861, d. Dec. 29, 1889; (7) John Chapman b. Sept. 27,
1864, d. May 27, 1914; (George) William b. July 15, 1866, d. July 1928: (9)
Stonewall Jackson b. March 21, 1868, d. June 1869; (10) Robt. Simpson and Arthur
Keeton b. Dec. 7. 1869; (12) Homer Gaines b. Nov. 11, 1872; (13) Emmet Eugene b.
Jan. 28, 1874; (14) Annie Belle b. Aug. 14, 1881.

    James Cook (b. 1790), father of Jas. M. Cook Sr. of this Co. m. 2nd Georgia
Ann Harrison; one dau. Georgia Ann Cook, who m. 1st Ben Johnson son of Samuel
Johnson; 5 ch. viz: Willie Blanche, James Daughtery, Georgia Anna, Benjamin
Stanford and Eugenia Johnson; Georgia Ann Cook m. 2nd Jas. Harrison Griffin July
1883, 5 ch. viz: jasper Harrison, Jennie Elizabeth, Emmett Ferguson, Zipperer
and Clarence Griffin. Jasper H. Griffin is now (1932) pastor of First Baptist
Church at Winter Haven, Florida.

    Georgia V. Eelbeck, only child of Sarah A. and Henry Eelbeck m. 1st James F.
George; 2nd, John T. Johnson; 3rd E. G. Raiford. Her only child, Minnie Johnson
m. Chas. A. George (a grandson of Mr. Mark George) May 14, 1885. 8 ch. viz:
Charlie Dudley, Lollie K., Lucy, Minnie Ola, Jack, Mack, Mary and Catherine George.

    Emmet Eugene Cook (13) m. Miriam Elizabeth King, Oct. 27, 1906, on the 36th
anniversary of the marriage of her parents. 3 sons viz: John Rufus b. June 27,
1908, m. Mary Evelyn Darden; Emmet Eugene Jr. b. Dec. 27, 1910; Coleman Pickett
b. April 4, 1913.

    Pauline Amelia Cook (4) m. Samuel D. McMurrain. Ch.: (a) Leon, m. Alice
Peek. 3 ch. viz: Frances, James and Norma; (b) Leita, m. Roy Thompson: one son,
Roy Jr.; (c) Annie May m. Luther Patrick, 2 ch. viz: Luther and Leita May; (cl)
Walter m. Emily Saunders, one dau., Jewette; (e) Bartow, m. Hilda Bell of
Pensacola, Fla., 3 ch. viz: Frances, Sam, Hugh; (g) Ethel, m. Carl Blount, one
son. Carl Jr., (h) Ida Ruth, m. D. C. Gordy (dec'd), one dau. Amelia.

    Annie Belle Cook (14) m. Bruce Fort. Ch.: Bruce, Boynton, Pauline, Mildred,
"Bugs", Clifford and Ethel. Robert Simpson (10) m. Fanny Lorena Sapp dau. of
Geo. H. and Ella Harden Sapp, June 30, 1901. She d. Oct. 23. 1922. Arthur Keeton
(11) m. Nannie Pearl Smith, (dau. of Pleas and Carrie Osteen Smith) Aug. 6,
1902; 6 ch. viz: Vivian, m, Grady King, one ch. Joan; Arthur Kete. Robert,
Louise, Paul. Rena.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

PRINTED   BY
COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.

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