William Harper Cooksey, son of Samuel N Cooksey and Cynthia Ann Odom / Odem. Husband of Nancy Caroline Hollingsworth. Buried beside her. They married 29 Oct 1857, in Newton County, Mississippi. In the 1870s, he was one of the builders of the first school at Midway, in Newton County, and William and Caroline were among the founding members of Midway Baptist Church. During the 1890s, they moved their family to Texas, along with several other families from Newton County. Buried near four of his children, and one of his brothers. During the Civil war, he enlisted on 22 Feb 1862, at Union, Newton County, Mississippi, in a volunteer infantry unit named, "The Yankee Hunters." Soon that unit became Company D, 36 Mississippi Infantry. On 27 May 1863, he was wounded while in the Confederate trenches, during the Union siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On 4 July 1863, his entire company was taken prisoner at Vicksburg, but they were released on 7 July 1863. Next to his grave at Goree, someone placed a Confederate Veteran marker for, "William P Cooksey, Co C, 11 Texas Cavalry," but that is a different person, and the marker is on the wrong grave.
William Harper Cooksey, son of Samuel N Cooksey and Cynthia Ann Odom / Odem. Husband of Nancy Caroline Hollingsworth. Buried beside her. They married 29 Oct 1857, in Newton County, Mississippi. In the 1870s, he was one of the builders of the first school at Midway, in Newton County, and William and Caroline were among the founding members of Midway Baptist Church. During the 1890s, they moved their family to Texas, along with several other families from Newton County. Buried near four of his children, and one of his brothers. During the Civil war, he enlisted on 22 Feb 1862, at Union, Newton County, Mississippi, in a volunteer infantry unit named, "The Yankee Hunters." Soon that unit became Company D, 36 Mississippi Infantry. On 27 May 1863, he was wounded while in the Confederate trenches, during the Union siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. On 4 July 1863, his entire company was taken prisoner at Vicksburg, but they were released on 7 July 1863. Next to his grave at Goree, someone placed a Confederate Veteran marker for, "William P Cooksey, Co C, 11 Texas Cavalry," but that is a different person, and the marker is on the wrong grave.
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