For those interested, I located one copy of this book online. It is not cheap for a paperback though: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1208468901&searchurl=bi%3D0%26bx%3Doff%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D2%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3DCharity%2BCook%2BA%2BLiberated%2BWoman%26x%3D74%26y%3D6 Chris Prince ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Looking for family of ancestors David andDorcas Mote >I would be remiss to not point those interested in Bush River to the book > "Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman" by Algie I Newlin. Sadly the book is out > of > print. Charity was my gggggggmother. > At least 50 pages of this book are devoted to people and events at Bush > River Meeting. Charity and Issac Cook were among the original ones there > and > their eventual migration to Ohio and Illinois is well documented. One > excerpt from > the book and the 12 mo, 26th day of1772 minutes of the meeting say" the > ministering Friends of this meeting - Jonathan Taylor, Mary Pearson and > Charity > Cook -----in order to recommend them to the Quartely Meeeting and appoint > them, > David Jenkins and David Mote to inquire, make their report to our next mo. > meeting--------------and if they find nothing to obstruct, to deliver > the > certificates at our next mo. meeting" etc. Thus Charity became a "recorded > minister" > like her mother, Rachel Wright. The book documents the marriage of their > children to the Newlin, Furnas, Harvey, Herbert, Pearson, Lewis, > Hollingsworth and > Henderson families among many more families referenced herein. > > Charity and Issac Cook lived at Bush River for 43 years and then > immigrated > to Ceasers Creek, OH. > > Howard W Cook > > > ************** > Life should be easier. So should your homepage. > Try the NEW AOL.com. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity& > ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message