MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - CIVIL WAR Pension Mrs. Hatch Cook
 
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Mrs. Bettie Cook
Widow of Hatch Cook
Muscogee Co, GA
1891
#1696
Paid $100
Warrant issued 1891 and handed to W.H. Harrison of Fulton Co., GA


Bettie Cook, widow of Hatch Cook, appeared before the ordinary
Joseph F. P....(unreadable) in April 1891 and swore the
following:


Bettie Cook swears under oath that she is the widow of Major
Hatch Cook, Confederate soldier in 60th Alabama Regiment.  He
enlisted about th 29th of October, 1861 and served until March
31, 1865. Notes:  "killed on the battlefield at Hatcher's Run on
White Oak Road.  That he first enlisted in the GA State Troops on
or about the 29th October, 1861 as Captain of a company in the
coast defenses and located at Savannah, GA. That he returned to
Columbus, GA on or about April or May, 1862 and reorganized his
company and entered and formed a part of Hillard's Legion and he
was elected Major of the 3rd. Battalion and after the Battle of
Chickamauga, he was Major of the 60th Alabama Regiment in
Gracie's Brigade and Longstreet's Corps."


Bettie swears she was his wife all through his service and has
never married since his death.  They were married on 15th Dec.,
1853, and she has resided in GA continuously since 1859.


The ordinary Joseph F. P....(unreadable) certifies that he is
acquainted with Bettie Cook and knows her declarations to be
true. April 28,1891.  She was allowed a pension for the year
ending Feb. 15, 1892.  Power of Attorney was given to W. H.
Harrison of Fulton Co, GA on Jan 20, 1893.  


The following depositions were given:


April 27, 1891, State of Alabama, Lee Co. J. H. Echeals and W.E.
Henderson appeared before the Judge of Probate of Lee Co. and
swore they knew Hatch Cook of Columbus, GA and knew of his
service in the army of the Confederate States.  They swore to the
same service information given by Hatch Cook's wife.  They swore
that they had seen him shot and killed on the battlefield at
Hatcher's Run and White Oak Road on March 31, 1865.


April 17, 1891, State of GA, County of Montgomery John W. A.
Sanford swore that the information about Hatch Cook's service was
true to F. C. Randolf (Judge of Probate).


April 28, 1891, State of GA, County of Muscogee A. V. Boatnite,
C.L. Williams, and I.D. Billings swore that Bettie Cook's
statements about her marriage to Hatch Cook and her residence
status to be true.  Signed and sworn to Joseph F.
P...(unreadable) ordinary.


Bettie Cook was granted a pension for these additional years:
1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900.