Surname	Shook
Given Name	Joshua P.
Gender	Male
Born	~1843 in Texas
Died	~1861 - 1865
Father	Nathaniel SHOOK (1816-1820 MO - 1849 TX)
Mother	Lorena ROBINSON (28-SEP-1819 AR - 17-FEB-1907 TX)

Family Line

Joshua P. Shook-> Nathaniel Shook (f)-> Jacob Shook (gf)-> Johanne Jacob Shook (g-gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (gg-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (ggg-gf).

Notes

J. P. Shook enlisted as a private in G Company of the 7th Texas Mounted Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from Walker County in 1861. He was 18. He was killed in the Civil War.

The following names are the officers and enlisted men of Company G, 7th Texas, Mounted Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Walker County: Fisher, Hobdat, Lee, Sessums, King, Curling, Tankersley, Lee, Yates, Cunningham, Barrett, Beechum, Bets, Brazier, Bridges, Burk, Carter, Cates, Chesher, Collard, Cude, Drew, Elisor, Hardy, Hoskins, King, Knight, Lagrone, Lee, Lindley, Little, Malone, McKibben, Murphy, Murrah, O'Neil, Palmer, Perry, Powell, Pursley, Robin, Robinson, Scott, Seale, Sessums, Sheffield, Shephard, Shook, Taylor, Weatherby, Wells, Williamson, Winters, Hashaw.

This unit was led by Captain H. W. Fisher's regiment of Green's Brigade.

The Texas Muster Rolls list a Joshua Shook under Captain Thomas C. Frost at Camp Colorado in Mills County, Texas.

Mills County is a few counties West of Coryell County, Texas, which is where Joshua is recorded in the 1860 Census. Joshua is also recorded in the 1850 Census living in Walker County, Texas (Huntsville is the county seat), and the base for Company G, 7th Texas, Mounted Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.