John W. Cook
Name: John W. Cook
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 4th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Charles Hood
Place of Birth/Residence: Carroll County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Company: H
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Notes:
Enlisted in Baltimore, MD; Maryland compensated Charles Hood $100 for the enlistment of John W. Cook
Source(s):
U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 515, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC, as scanned on Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]; Carroll County Genealogical Society - Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland [a list of those enslaved in 1864, tabulated in 1867], copy in possession of Carroll County Genealogical Society, Westminster, MD.
