Re: Richard M Booker of Cherokee County, Alabama
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Re: Richard M Booker of Cherokee County, Alabama
Connie Booker 2/07/02
Sarah was my gr gr gr grandmother.I come from her daughter, Sarah C. Echols, who married Charles Phillip Henslee in Cherokee Co. AL; unfortunately, no marriage record exists.There has been a lot of controversy about whether Sarah was a Booker or a Cobb.I believe the C. in her name stood for Cobb, and that she was Sarah Cobb Echols.Her father, William Booker, had a sister named Mary Cobb Booker; the Bookers and Cobbs intermarried frequently.Her mother was Lucy Wynn.These families were in Walton Co. GA before coming to Cherokee Co. AL.I have two deeds in Walton Co. GA from Samuel B. Echols, Sarah's husband, which call William Booker his wife's father, so I am certain that she was a Booker.William Booker made a gift of slaves to Sarah and Samuel's children.Lucy Wynn Booker's mother was an Echols; she was the sister of Samuel B. Echols' father.I thought it likely that your family must be kin to mine if they were in Cherokee Co. at the same time.These Bookers came from Amelia Co. VA and other cos.