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It could be a photo of William N, Cook, although there were a number of Cooks in the County. He married in 1850, and was a farmer, though I have no photo's of him. Any idea of the date the hoto was made, or the age of the Will Coook in it?
don't really know much about him. Hi wife Francis was a great aunt.
Frances Matilda Mason Cook was born in South Carolina on 25 July 1826, the first of seven children born to James and Martha Mason (Tombstone, Enon (aka Bethel) Baptist Church Cemetery; Lila Mason Cook Bible). She was married to William N. Cook (27 September 1827-10 April 1895) on 17 January 1850, in Campbell County by Belford Luck, JP (Tombstone, Enon Baptist Church Cemetery; Cornell, N.J. (1980), Campbell County Marriage Book “B,” p. 28). William Cook was a member of the Baptist Church of Christ at Enon, having been admitted on 18 September 1844. Church records also show Frances Mason’s admission to membership on 3 August 1844, as it does later for Frances M. Cook of the same date (Records of the Enon Baptist Church, unpaginated). William Cook served as the Clerk of the Church in 1856-57, in which he recorded on August 8, 1857:
“…we are thank full to God for the blessings that has Buin Bestowed upon us since we Tuck the parting hand together.”
Whether this refers to the split-off from Utoy Primitive Baptist Church in the 1830’s, or perhaps the removal of many of its members from South Carolina is a matter of speculation.
The Fayette County agricultural census of 1860 shows that William Cook held 200 acres of land valued at $1,000.00 in mid-June of the year. Of that, 75 acres were improved, on which he produced 100 bu. of Indian corn, 20 bu. of oats, 100 pounds of butter, and 75 pounds of sweet potatoes (Agricultural Census, Fayette County (1860) p. 07). Livestock included two working oxen, one horse, one milk cow, six other cattle and seven hogs at a total value of $185.00. In 1870, he appears in Campbell County records for the Powder Springs Post Office, still holding 200 acres valued at $1,000.00, of which only 25 acres were improved (Agricultural Census, Campbell County (1870) p. 25).
Like many of the men in his area, William Cook served in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America. The Roster of Confederate Soldiers in Georgia shows that he enlisted as a private on 1 May 1862, in Company “C” of the 53rd Regiment, GVI, part of the Army of Northern Virginia. Known as the Fayette Planters, Company “C” was made up almost entirely by men from Fayette County. He was appointed 3rd Corporal in February of 1863, and was captured at Knoxville, TN on 29 November of that year. During imprisonment, he contracted smallpox, which “settled in his back, resulting in disability.” He was released at Rock Island, IL on 18 June 1865 (Henderson, Lillian T. (1982), Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Vol. V., p.556).
After the War, William N. Cook and family lived in the 731st Militia District, near the community of Sandtown (Campbell County Census (1880) E.D. 21, Sheet 4, line 30). Both Frances’ aunt (Elizabeth Mason Ray) and mother (Martha Bomar Mason) were listed in population census records of his family. He appears again in agricultural census records for the 731st Militia District in which he reported ownership of 200 acres, valued at $1,700.00, of which 50 acres were under till and 150 acres were in woodlands (Agricultural Census, Campbell County (1880) E.D. 21, Sheet 4, line 04). He reported livestock valued at $200.00 including one working ox, a mule, two milk cows, and one other cow. During 1879, he reported having spent $100.00 for five weeks of hired labor, and to have produced goods valued at $300.00 (Agricultural Census, Campbell County (1880) E.D. 21, Sheet 4, line 04).
William Cook died 10 April 1895 (Records of the Enon Baptist Church, unpaginated). Church records show that Frances Mason Cook died 23/24 February 1900 (Records of the Enon Baptist Church, unpaginated). Both William and Frances M. Cook are buried at Enon Baptist Church in Cliftondale (Redman, Lagroon, Enon Baptist Church Cemetery).
Children
Campbell County census records for 1860, 1870 and 1880 give the names of the Cook children as “Barbary”, Martha, James, Janie and William H. Cook (Campbell County Census (1860) p. 196; Campbell County Population Census (1870) p. 157; Campbell County Population Census (1880) E.D. 21, Sheet 4, line 30).
John W. Cook (23 Oct 1852- 13 Jun 1855) is given in Lagroon Redman's survey of Enon Baptist Church as a son of William N. and Frances Cook (Redman, Lagroon, Enon Baptist Church Cemetery).
Walter
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