Granberry Morris Cook

Notes:

At the time of the 1850 Sabine Parish census, [the elderly] Green and Nancy were living next door to 43 year old [Granberry] Cook, his wife Frances, and their four children. This was not his son Greenberry Morris Cook, who was married to Rebecca Low. It was most likely his nephew, likely the child of William Cook. That Greenberry Cook died before the 1860 census and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery in Sabine Parish. (Casagranda).

Not listed as a minor child of William Cook in the petition of his widow, Temperance Cook Morris. He may have already reached the age of majority, or might not be a son of William and Temperance, either.

Polly Cook Williams, in a Post-em note to Barbara Yancey Dore's "Southeast Texas Gedcom" on Rootsweb, noted that:

If you will notice Residence 258 of the 1860 Sabine Parish Census, you will see the name of of L.P. Ederington and his wife Francis. This Francis("Fannie") Ederington(she was my great grandmother) was the widow of Granberry Cook (they are listed next door to each other in the 1850 census, when Granberry Cook was still living). Underneath them are listed the names:
1) Shadrack
2) Esmorelda
3) Charles
4) James G.
All of the above children are COOKS and not Ederington/Edrington and the name of James G. (which is James Grandberry) is not included as the 5th child of Granberry and Francis Cook. They are always listed as having 4 children. He is my great-grandfather and I would love it if you would add him as the last child of Granberry and Francis Cook.





(Research):..The U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 on Ancestry.com show that Granberry Morris Cook was issued 40 acres of land in Sabine Parish, Louisiana (Twp 5-N, Range 13-W, Section 10) on 1 September 1846. The Accession number is LA0500___.123, the Land Office was Natchitoches, the Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (2 Stat. 566), and the Document Number 2542

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 10 Sept 1850
240-242
Green Cook 70 M Farmer $3200 SC
Nancy Cook 70 F NC
241-243
Granberry Cook 43 M Farmer $3400 Ga
Frances Cook 40 F NC
Green Cook 9 M La
Shedrich Cook 7 M La
Chas. Cook 4 M La
Edmaraldy Cook 1 F La
242-244
Leroy P Edrington 27 M Rifleman? Miss
243-245
I & Lucy Barnes family
244-246
Shelby H Cook 33 m Farmer $500 La
Eda Cook 24 F Tenn
Thos. Cook 7 M La
Wm. Cook 5 M La
Green B. Cook 4 M La
Emibberry2 F La

Granberry married Frances ??? before 1841. Frances was born about 1810 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Polly Cook Williams writes that:

James Grandberry Cook was b.9-5-1853 and d.1 1-30-1926. He is buried in Robeline Cemetary, Robeline, LA (Natchitoches Parish) next to his mother Francis _____Cook Edrington (listed on her marker as "Fannie Edrington")

James Grandberry Cook was married to Esther Elizabeth Keegan Cook (b.9-9-1864 d.8-4-1919). She is also buried in the Robeline Cemetary, Natchitoches Parish, LA

James Grandberry and Esther Elizabeth Keegan Cook had 4 sons and 1 daughter:

1) Roy Cook-he died very young in the 1920's in south Louisiana; was married to Martha Cade; had only one daughter, Tolly Cook who married Dr.Frank(?) Davis
2) Frank Morrison Cook, Sr.(buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, Forest Park Cemetary)was married to Amelia Foster had 2 sons, 1 daughter: Frank M., Jr; James Claiborne and Elizabeth Cook Hetherwick, all are deceased and buried in Shreveport, LA/Forest Park Cemetary)
3) Sidney Meador Cook (buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA Forest Park Cemetary)married to Katherine Chamberlain Cook; no children
4) Shadrach Earl Cook(buried Robeline Cemetary)married to Helen Merle Joiner Cook; 2 children:
a) Sidney Earl Cook (b.9-10-1927 d. 5-20-1989) buried in Forest Park Cemetary, ShreveportLA Caddo Parish married to Martha Norma Curtis Cook, also deceased
b) living daughter Cook
5) Esther Elizabeth Cook(buried Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA Forest Park Cemetary)never married; no children