Ann Propst wrote: > Would someone be so kind at to check their copy of Burke Co. Cemeteries, Vol. 1, at Salem Methodist Church Cemetery as to the dates of birth and death for Weightsel Cook? > > 1. WEIGHTSEL "WATES"5 COOK (DAVID A.4, JESSE3, EDWARD NETTY2, JOHN1) was born *Bet. 1854 - 1855* *[1834 ?]* in NC1, and died 15 Jun in Burke County, NC. He married SARAH EPLEY Bef. 1874. She was born 17 May 1853 in NC2,3, and died 30 Nov 1953 in Burke County, NC4. > > More About WEIGHTSEL "WATES" COOK: > Burial: Jun, Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Burke County, NC4 > > More About SARAH EPLEY: > Burial: Dec 1953, Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Burke County, NC6 > > 2. Burke County, NC Cemeteries, Book 1, (database of Derick Hartshorn, > Conover, NC), p 124. > > 4. Burke County, NC Cemeteries, Book 1, (database of Derick Hartshorn, > Conover, NC), p 124 Citation is Burke County Genealogical Society, /Cemeteries of Burke County, Vol. I/ (Morganton, North Carolina: by Society, 1995), p. 126 *[not page 124]*; Salem Methodist Church Cemetery [directions to the cemetery are on p. 124]. "Cook, Sarah Epley 5-17-1853 -- 11-30-1953 Wife of Wates Cook Cook, Weightsel "Wates" 6-15-1834 -- 6-15-1854 Son of David A. Cook & Barbara Ann Smith" *Obviously, if Sarah Epley's gravemarker is correctly read that she was born in 1853, she is not the same woman who married this particular Waightstill Cook before his 1854 death.*