MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - CIVIL WAR Pension Mrs. Hatch Cook Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Carol Odom Shaw Cashaw43@cs.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm 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.