This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FREEMAN, COOKS, WILLINGHAMS, COLE, GRIFFIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/172.361.362.646.5.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Linda, This is information I found on the Cole family and one of it's connections with the Griffin family. Martha A. Griffin b. l9 Sept. l824 in Columbia Ga. to Troy and Martha Willingham Griffin married WILLIAM K. COLE. She died in Merdian, Miss. in l890. I believe her and William married in Tuscaloosa, Al. These are the names of their children: T.O. Cole b. l845 in Fayette Co, Al. J.K. Cole b. l847 In Fayette Co., Al. Fannie Cole b. l848 " " Byars Cole b. l851 in Fayette , Al. married Fannie A. Blanton died in Ala in l877 E.I. Cole b. l853 in Macon Miss married JOHN LaGrove William Cole b. l855 in Macon , Miss Kannon (twin) Cole b. l855 in Macon, Miss Byars Cole, wife Fannie A Blanton, children: Mattie Estelle Cole William Blanton Cole Edward Koger Cole. Linda , Yes Amanda (Mandy) Francis Cook had many relatives in Anderson Co., Tx. She had Aunts and Uncles, cousins, siblings. Her father was JAMES MADISON COOK. His parents were William and Hettie Cook. James Madison Cook married Mary Ann Robertson. She was the daughter of George A. Robertson and Roanna Willingham. Roanna's sister, Elizabeth Willingham married Daniel Cook abt l829 in Tuscaloosa Co., Al. They migrated to Anderson Co. from Fayette Co., Al abt l852. James Madison's second wife was Sarah Dobbs. Here are the names of Roanna's siblings and spouses that migrated to Anderson Co., Tx. Mary WILLINGHAM m. Calvin Poe on Dec l828 in Tuscaloosa county, Al. When she died he came to Tx, NANCY WILLINGHAM m. Robert Freeman b. 21 May l816 ROBERT FREEMAN was the son of JOHN "JACK" FREEMAN AND SUSANNA BAKER m. 13 April l815 in Clark Co., Ga. Were living in Anderson Co., Tx by the l850 Cesus. (Here is a note that I have in my book: Troy Griffin's sister Laura married Issac Willingham. William Griffin, son of Troy's, married Sarah Carol FREEMAN , daughter of William Freeman. Are you confused Yet??? Back to the ROANNA'S SIBLINGS: Susan F. Willingham married Columbus W. Slaughter They were in Anderson Co. Tx when their third child was b. in l859 ELIZA WILLINGHAM married JOHN J. Richards Johns parents were James Richard and Love Mercer All of the Willingham children would have been kin to Amanda Frances Cook. Then there is the Cook family: Austin Young Cook who married l. Ida ? and Margaret Ann Evans married l6 May l866 in Anderson Co., Tx. AMANDA'S SIBLINGS": HORATIO L. COOK B. 1866 SUSAN M. COOK B. 1869 married A. Saunders RUFUS R. COOK b. l872 married Sarah Elizabeth Shackelford ROANNA ELIZA COOK, b. l874 married William Warren John Pinkney Cook b. l876 MARANDA J. COOKb. l879 married William Thomas Askew Hettie A. Cook b. l872 M. Thomas Madison Moren Half sister and brother (Mother Sarah Dabbs) James Qiuncy Cook m Ida Mae Elrod Florence m. Jim Ramsey Linda, this is alot of information. But these maybe names you recognize. There are many names from Anderson Co., Tx that I have seen in Ga., Al. thru my research. Too many to list. I know there are connections, but I have not done the research.