BURKE COUNTY, NC - VITALS - Cook Family Marriage Bonds and Licenses
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Marriage Bond of Samuel Cook and Ida Franklin

State of North Carolina, Burke County, Office Register of Deeds   Dec 29, 1888

To any Ordained Minister of any Religious Denomination, ar any Justice of the 
Peace  of said County:

Bartlet Zimmerman having applied to me for a LICENSE for the Marriage of
      Saml Cook 
of Burke    age   23   years,  color,   white,   the son of     Aaron Cook
      and     Caroline Cook, 
the father now    living,   the mother      living,   resident of    Burke, 
  and    Ida Franklin, of    Burke, 
age    22  years, color    white,   daughter of    Levi Franklin and  Elizabeth 
Franklin,  the father   dead, 
the mother   living, resident of    Burke


(signed by)              J.H. Cooper
                           Register of Deeds


State of North Carolina

I, D.P. (name unreadable), a Minister in the M E Church South   united in matrimony 
  Sam Cook 
and Ida Franklin   the parties licensed above, on the 30th day of   Dec  1888, at 
   the Bride's mothers
in   Lovelady    Township, in said County according to law.

Witnesses present at marriage:
B____  Williams
Fannie Connelly
last name unreadable
Bk 2-Pg 241  Burke County Courthouse



Marriage Bond for Spicy Cook and Milton Childers


State of North Carolina,  Burke County
To any Regular Minister of the Gospel, or Justice of the Peace, Of  said County:
You, or any of you, are hereby authorized and licensed to celebrate
and solemnize the
Rites of Matrimony
Between    Milton H. Childers      ,son of
Wm. Childers   and     Patsy Childers,
and     Spicy Cook   , daughter of   Jesse Cook  
and          Patsy Cook
of said County, and join them together as Man and Wife.
Witness,   L. A. Seals    Register of Deeds for said County,
at Office in Morganton  this   11th   day of   February,
in the 93rd year of American Independance, A.D., 1870

     L.A. Seals,   Register
State of North Carolina,     
         (Interrevenue Certificate, with picture of George Washington,
          and the number 5 on it.  Written across the top...L.W. 10 Feb 1870

Burke County.
I,      Lewis Warlick  , hereby certify that I solemnized
the RITES OF MATRIMONY between     Milton H. Childers
and  Spicy Cook   on the        10th    day of
Feb     A.D.,  1870,    at    My Office
                                        Lewis Warlick, J.P.
Bk 1-Pg 75 Burke County Courhouse


Marriage Bond for Jane Cook and Bogle Childers

State of North Carolina,  Burke County
To any Regular Minister of the Gospel, or Justice of the Peace of said County:
You, or any of you, are hereby authorized and licensed to
celebrate and solemnize the Rites of Matrimony  between
Bogle Childers,            son of
John Childers      and      Rebecca
Childers,      and      Miss(?)  Jane Cook,
daughter of          Jesse Cook
and Patsey Cook           of said
County,  and join them together as man and wife
Witness,    L. A. Seals           Register of
Deeds for said County, at office in    Morganton   this
29th day of      January  in 
the 93rd year of American Independance,
A.D. 1869
                                    L.A. Seals 	Register

State of North Carolina,
Burke County.                       I,    Eli  S.  Martins,
hereby certify that I solemnize the RITES OF MATRIMONY  between
   Bogle Childers           and                Jane Cook
on the 11th  day  of  February  ,  1869
                                                        Eli S. Martins
Bk 1-Pg 33 Burke County Courthouse                                    

 Marriage License for Riley Cook and Elizabeth Hudson

LICENSE FOR MARRIAGE
State of North Carolina, Burke County
To Any Regular Minister of the Gospel having the cure of souls, of whatever 
Denomination;
Or to any Justice of the Peace in said County:
You, or any of you, are hereby authorized and empowered 
To celebrate and solemnize the Rites of Matrimony between
Riley Cook, son of   David Cook and Alcy Cook
and 
Elizabeth Hudson, daughter of Thomas Hudson and --------- Hudson
And join them together as man and wife
Witness, L.M. Dorsy (?)  Cloth of our said Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, at Office in Morganton  the  18th day of March
1868, and in the 93rd year of our Independance
                                                  L. M. Dorsy (?)  Clerk

State of California, Burke County
This Certifies that Riley Cook, son of David Cook and  Alcy Cook
and Elizabeth Hudson, daughter of Thomas Hudson and ------- Hudson
were by me, united in the Bonds of Matrimony, on the 18th day of March
A.D. 1868 conformably to the Ordinance of God and the Laws of the State.
                                                                              
                 Joseph A. Benton (?) --
found on microfilm at the Rowan County Library in Salisbury

Notes- Death indexes show that Riley Cook, son of David Cook and Alcie Watts, died 12/24/1915
and Elizabeth Cook, daughter of Thomas Hudson and Katherine Erwood, died 4/10/1925