Posted on: Bullock County, Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Bullock/10368 Surname: Cook ------------------------- According to The Bureau of Land Management has a great database for looking up Land Patents which include the legal descriptions. etc. My ggg-grandfather purchased a land patent there in 1840 and adjacent land up to 1850 in that area. My gg-grandfather, John E. Cook apparently had bought some land next to Phillips School in his eldest daughter's name (Delila Jane Cook) c. 1850 (she was an infant at that time).