- Zadock Cook
Zadock Cook (
February 18 ,1769 -August 3 ,1863 ) was aUnited States Representative from Georgia. He was born inVirginia and moved toHancock County, Georgia in early life. He was one of the first white settlers inClarke County, Georgia . He was self-educated. He served as an Ensign in the Washington County Militia in 1793 and a Captain of the Eleventh Company, Hancock County Militia, in 1796.Cook was member of the
Georgia House of Representatives in 1806, 1807, and again in 1822. He served in theGeorgia Senate 1810-1814, 1823, and 1824. He was elected as a Republican to the14th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofAlfred Cuthbert . He was reelected to the 15th Congress and served fromDecember 2 ,1816 , toMarch 3 ,1819 . He retired from public life and settled on his plantation nearWatkinsville, Georgia and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in 1863. He was buried in Jackson Cemetery, Clarke (now Oconee) County, Georgia.References
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