Robbie, I do not know about Daniel Cook. The earliest information I have on James M. is an 1840 census in Montgomery Co. Alabama. He is enumerataed with his brother William A. Cook. By 1850 James is 50 and William is 42. They each have a Middleton woman living with them. James has Elizabeth Middleton age 40 and William has Rachel Middleton age 69 (whom I am assuming is his mother-in-law). Pat S.