This is NOT my COOK line; posted FYI; please do not contact me for further information! Thanks! From: Comp. of Hist. & Biog. of Kalamazoo Co., MI; by D. Fisher & F. Little, ed.; pub. by A. W. Bowen & Co., Publishers, Engravers & Book Mfrs., Chicago (no date available), p. 505-6: Omar G. Cook This pioneer business man of Fulton, this county, is a native of Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY, where he was born 1/6/1834. His parents, Benjamin & Lucinda (Foster) Cook, were also natives of the state of NY, where they died. The father was a farmer, millwright & surveyor. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and during that short contest was on board a sloop of war and saw active service on the great lakes, afterward becoming a captain of a rifle company in NY state. He taught the first school in Jefferson Co., that state, and was in many ways a useful and influential citizen. the family comprised 6 sons and 2 daughters. Four of the sons and 1 of the daughters are living. Their grandfather, Miles Cook, was a native of NY and served 3 years as a drummer boy in a regiment of volunteers from his native state. He died in Jefferson Co., NY. Omar G. Cook grew to manhood and secured his education in his native county, and taught school there 6 terms. He also farmed, worked a! t his trade as a carpentry and engaged in saw milling. In the fall of 1863 he came to MI and bought 40 acres of land in Climax township, this bounty, which he improved, cultivated and lived on 6 years. In 1871 he sold his land and moved to the village of Fulton, where he bought a small grocery store, afterward adding drugs to his stock. he carried on this store until 1883, when it was destroyed by fire and in that disaster he lost all he had. He was not dismayed, however, but immediately began the erection of a brick business block and as soon as it was completed, he opened the business again. Sometime afterward he disposed of his groceries and substituted hardware in their place, also letting his son have the drug trade. He continued in business until 1900, and since then he has lived retired from active pursuits. In 1857 he was married in Jefferson Co., NY to Miss Maria Churchill, a native of Ontario, Canada, and the daughter of John & Anna Hewitt Churchill, the form! er born in NH and the latter in VT. Mr. & Mrs. Cook had 2 children, their sons Dell W. and Don J. The former is now conducting a drug business in Fulton. He married Miss Julia Mosgrove, of Wakeshma township, and has 1 child, his daughter Maud. Daniel J. is also a resident of Fulton. He married Miss Jessie Hampton. They have 3 sons and 1 daughter. Mrs. Cook died in 1902. Mr. Cook is a Republican and has served 3 terms as township clerk, and also as township treasurer. Fraternally he is a Freemason of long standing. He is the oldest business man now living at Fulton, and is everywhere highly respected. End of document. Hope this helps someone. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota [email protected] or [email protected]

This is NOT my COOK line; posted FYI; please do not contact me for further information! Thanks! From: Comp. of Hist. & Biog. of Kalamazoo Co., MI; by D. Fisher & F. Little, ed.; pub. by A. W. Bowen & Co., Publishers, Engravers & Book Mfrs., Chicago (no date available), p. 417: Edson W. Cook The restless energy of the great Empire state which has not only developed that commonwealth to such gigantic proportions of commercial, industrial and intellectual growth, but has also laid now regions under the dominion of its all-conquering spirit, was one of the most potent factors in redeeming the wilds of southern Michigan and making them fruitful in the products of the farm, rich in the domain of manufactures, powerful in fiscal agencies, and sound, substantial and commanding in civic, educational and moral institutions. And among the men from that state who are to be mentioned with credit in any compilation of the motive powers of progress here, Edson W. Cook, the well known farmer and stock breeder of Brady township, has a high rank. He was born in Genesee county, NY on January 20, 1842, the son of Washington & Susan (Caulkins) Cook, themselves natives of NY and prosperous farmers in that state. They became residents of this county about the year of 1852 and loca! ted on a tract of wild land in Brady township, which some years later they sold, afterward owning several other farms in the county. In 1863 they moved to Allegan county, where they passed the remainder of their days. Their family comprised 3 sons and 3 daughters; 5 of whom are living, Edson W. being the only resident of this county. The father was a leading Whig until the death of that party, and afterward a Republican; but he never sought or accepted a political office of any kind. The son was educated in this county, and has passed all of his life here since he was 10 years old. He cleared the greater part of his present farm, and of it, unpromising as it was when he took hold of is, he has made a model place, bringing nearly all under vigorous cultivation and improving it with first-rate buildings and other necessary conveniences. On this farm he has resided 33 years continuously, and during that period he has been one of the most active and serviceable promoters o! f every commendable enterprise for the good of the section. He was married in 1872 to Miss Livina French, a native of Kalamazoo county and a daughter of Richard French, one of the county's prominent citizens. they had one child, Buell E. Cook, who is living at home. The mother died in 1885. From the dawn of his manhood Mr. Cook has been actively engaged in breeding draft horses of the Percheron strain, and has become one of the leaders in this industry in the county. Much of his product is shopped to the commercial centers, many of his best horses going to New York city. Mr. Cook is one of the leading Republicans of the township, and is always earnestly alive to the best interests of his party, as he is to the best interests of the county in every way. But he is not an office seeker, and desires none of the honors of public life. In the fraternal life of the community he is active as a Freemason of the Knight Templar degree. End of document. Hope this helps someone. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota [email protected] or [email protected]

This is NOT my COOK line; posted FYI; please don't contact me for further information! Thanks! Extracted from: History of Warren Co., IA, by G. Schultz & D. L. Berry; pub. by The Record & Tribune Co., Indianola, IA, 1953, p. 293-4: Theodore Merwin Cook; supt. of schools @ Norwalk; b. Oskaloosa, IA 3/29/1901, s/o Theodore W. & Mary M. Cook; rec'd BA from Penn College @ Oskaloosa; grad. work @ IA State Coll.; 8/31/1925 m. Mamie Emily Beaman, d/o Elmer P. & Mina Beaman. Mrs. Cook b. Dexter IA 1/30/1903; children : Theodore R (8/12/1926) & Ramona M. (3/25/1929). 1950-51 Mr. Cook served as Pres. of Warren Co. Schoolmasters, and following yr. he was Pres. of the Warren Co., Edu. Assn. Affiliated w/ Soc. of Friends; Republican partymember; Mason A. F. & A. M; Nat. Edu. Assn; IA Edu. Assn. Mrs. Cook member of Order of Eastern Star. End of document. Hope this helps someone. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota [email protected] or [email protected]

This is NOT my COOK line; posted FYI; please don't contact me for further information! Thanks! From: The History of Warren Co., IA, pub. by Union Hist. Co. 1879, Des Moines; p. 726: Cook, James, farmer, sect. 33; PO Spring Hill; b. NC 1821, raised there till age 21; went to TN and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed throughout nearly all the Southern states and was entirely unsettled as to a permanent home until he came to this county in 1855; followed his trade up to 1872 when he engaged in his present occupation. Married in this county Miss E. Bishop, native of IN in 1861; they have 7 children: Cyntha A., Mary A., Alexander N., Jno W., Ollie, Jennie and James; owns his own farm of 109 acres. End of document. Hope this helps someone. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota [email protected] or [email protected]

Hi Listers I was wondering if anyone on this list was researching the surname COOK in or around the village of BASTON, Lincolnshire, UK. If so I would be interested to hear from them. from Liz Cooke

A Cherokee Cook Line - My Grandfather Cooks Mother and Father were part Cherokee according to him... and 3 of the new family members I have recently found say there is Cherokee. The Cook line itself...... and a Carter line connecting to it. I have a new surname, actually two to add to my Cook line. Southerland (Sutherland and various other spellings) and Brown (NC line) it looks like. The Southerland line was once connected to an Addison (Jessee) line though Adison is not my line. It also seems my Grandfather Jeffie Lee Cook who went by the name of Bill and Jeff was born earlier than the 1907 date I had. His younger brother, Howard was born in Blue Ridge GA in 1905 it looks like. There is a half brother, Robert L Cook, born 1921. (mom is a Duke) My Cook line was in Georgia and Tennessee... but also has connections to Kentucky and the Carter line portion at least, in North Carolina and GA. Later the Cook line extended to Indiana... the southern part near Louisville KY. My grandfathers father, Samuel R. Cook, born in Milton County, Georgia and is buried in Utica, Indiana. He was married AT LEAST one other time to a Lula "Duke" Cook. He BUILT a church in S. Indiana and preached there. I believe it was in Clark or Floyd County. My Grandads mom, Callie "Carter" Cook Fusireno, born Union County, GA, died a long way from home in San Diego, CA in 1961. Callie we believe married Sam Cook about 1902. My grandfathers Great Grandfather was Willlam R Cook born in Ga. about 1850 I believe. My grandfathers GGrandmother was Elizabeth Jane Southerland - Addison - Cook born in NC about 1842. She was the daughter of Elisha Southerland and Dovey "Brown" , who both were born in North Carolina and died in Polk Co. TN. They had lived at Copperhill. Dove Brown may have been born in Buncombe Co NC. William Cook and Elizabeth Jane Addison married in PICKENS County, Georgia in 1869. Other children were WILLIAM Cook, SARAH Cook, DAVID Cook, and SAM was youngest of children I know of.... 8 months old. There was a stepson named James Adison, age 18. This info is in 1880 Milton Co. GA Census.... Little River District. There is also info on these lines in Polk County TN. (1900 US Census, 1870 Census, 1860 Census, 1850 Census, Milton County GA 1880, 1870, and Kentucky 1920 Census, Louisville KY where Samuel Cook is listed as a carpenter and not a minister. It also says his father born Ga, mother born NC) My Grandfather Bill Cook ( born Jeff ...... Jeffie Lee Cook) lived in Georgia maybe... Rising Fawn and or Blue Ridge, Louisville Ky, Chattanooga TN where 2 of his wifes are buried also ... Mrs Jeff Cook (Bertie?) died Oct 1935 of drowning and Lily May Cook, originally Connell died Dec.1936 victim of a shooting) He remarried again in Ringgold GA June 22, 1936. and lived with this wife in Chattanooga and Memphis and later moved to San Francisco with her. They divorced in Oct 1944 in Chattanooga however after 8 years of marriage. He was also once married to a woman from WASHINGTON state....the first wife maybe? His brother Howard, who was known in Chattanooga, also was married more than once, and died in Los Angelas in 1964. My mom has a half sister somewhere from which wife we do not know. She maybe is in Washington state or Kentucky if still alive. We know she had kids of her own. My Grandfather back in the sixties or early 70's said he found her once. OK.... updated again, along with the old. Does my line sound like it might connect to anyone elses out there? Thanks [email protected]

Hi John Interesting e-mail. I do believe that my Cook line was Cherokee. My Rebecca Cook married into my Pierce/Pearce line, which was Cherokee. Did any of my allied surnames look familiar to you? they were allied family surnames: Pierce/Pearce Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bolin Blurton Faulkener/Faulkner Also, did any of your line move NC>TN? Thanks, Lori Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, Jones, Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use [email protected]

Hi all, Thanks so much for all the interest in my line and the replies to my post. Here is some information that I think links to my line. COOKs are not in all these records, but I think that they may all be linked (not sure). So, here are some marriage records. If you recognize someone, please give me a hollar!! <g> Stephen PEARCE Rebecca COOK Gibson Co TN 1853 bondsman Lafayette FAULKENER Lafayette FAULKENER Cornelia O. BOLAND Dyer County TN 1862 Mollie PIERCE W.T. BOLLING 1870 Gibson Co TN Mary BOLIN Needham COOK 1855 Gibson Co TN Penny BARHAM Willilam COOK 1886/9 Gibson Co TN? Bondsman W.S. COOK I look forward to hearing from you, Lori Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, Jones, Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use [email protected]

Hi Rebecca and Pat - I am definitely interested in a Cherokee Cook line. I haven't made the connection yet, but handing down info the old ones in the family all said there was a Cherokee connection. I had an uncle, L.E. Cook that looked like he could have acted the part of a Cherokee chief in a movie. Here's the Cook line - still looking for the line before David Cook - I have pretty solid stuff below that.: David Cook m. Lucy Miller Oct 8, 1807 in Hancock co, Georgia - David B. about 1785 Raleigh Hiram Cook (some confusion on different lines as Raleigh Horton Cook) m. Mary Jane McCullough - RHC b. 5/30/1818 Pike Co. Miss. John Taylor (Jack) Cook - m. Susie Lou Jackson - JTC b.7/24/1846 Newton Co Miss. James Columbus Cook - m. Mary Cordelia Pollock - JCC b. 11/29/1869 Claiborne Parrish LA I was thinking one Cherokee hookup might be up the line where the Cooks married the Pollocks, Mary's dad Doc Pollock Married Sarah Renfroe and somewhere up that line within a generation or so is a grandmother that was Cherokee (according to people born in the 1890's) John Davis - Mother Juanita Cook, b. 1914, Coleman TX, lives in Weatherford TX -----Original Message----- From: Lori [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COOK-L] TN Cook, Cherokee Pat, Wow, thanks. I did not realize there was a Cook website. I have a Cook line in TN, and can't wait to view the website. And, this may be a good time to share my line again, just in case someone has run across my family lately. Also, this line is possibly CHEROKEE, so if anyone is researching Cherokee Cook lines, please hollar! <g> Rebecca Cook b. 1832-35 VA, NC, or TN married Stephen Pearce (b. 1830) in 1853 Gibson County TN possible sister: Lucinda Cook, b. 1834 allied family surnames: Pierce/Pearce Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bolin Blurton Faulkener/Faulkner Thanks again, Lori Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, Jones, Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use [email protected] ==== COOK Mailing List ==== ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Charles Lowell Cook 1889-1964,  Famous Saddle Horse Trainer Charles Lowell Cook was born February 2, 1889 in Shelby County, Kentucky, the son of Isaac Marion and Mary Elizabeth Cook.  Charles was a horse lover from the start and, at the age of ten, prepared a suckling colt for the Shelby County Fair.  Thereafter, he won every boy’s riding class in which he showed until he was fourteen.  For the next five years, he worked on his father’s farm training young horses for the show ring and at the age of nineteen opened a training stable in Shelbyville.  On June 5, 1913, Mr. Cook was married to Miss Sallie Thomas Lee, at “Maplewood”, the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Lee, Shelby County.  They had two children Mildred Louise and Charles Jr. Early in Charlie’s career he was manager of Otto W. Lehman’s Chesney Farms, Lake Villa, Illinois and his brother E. J. Lehman’s  Longwood Farm, Lake Villa, Illinois where he brought out the champions Ella May, Baby Vampire, Personality and such contenders as Brilliant Scandal, Prince Pal and Silver Gale. Under Charlie’s management and showmanship these stables became prominent in America’s show stables of saddle horses. Charlie returned to his hometown, Shelbyville, Ky. and opened a public training stable. He discovered Easter Star, a chestnut gelding, 15.2, with two white feet, and a small star, foaled on Easter Sunday in 1915.  Most of the good judges of horseflesh, at one time or another, viewed Easter Star but he was passed over until Charlie Cook saw him.  After watching his unusual speed and hock action, Charlie lost no time in buying him for $600. Closing out the season of 1921 as a five-gaited horse, Easter Star won the open gelding class and finished third in the Gelding Division of $10,000 Stake at the Kentucky State Fair.  In the World Grand Championship Stake with Cook in the saddle, Easter Star was tied second to the famed Mass of Gold.  Susanne (Emily Ellen Schaff) writing in Volume II, Famous Saddle Horses says,  “Charlie Cook made one of the greatest shows with Easter Star that has ever been witnessed in any ring, a performance that was so brilliant, so inspiring and thrilling that it caught the fancy of the crowd and there was vociferous shouting from all points of the amphitheater for ‘Number 9’, the designation of Easter Star.”  After Charlie sold Easter Star in May of 1922, the gelding went on to win the Gelding Division of the $10,000 Stake at the State Fair in Louisville and was resold on the morning of the night when the finals were held.  Easter Star brought the highest price ever paid up to that time for any saddle stallion, mare or gelding. That night Easter Star won the finals of the World Grand Championship Stake and Charlie Cook had made a World Champion which had been his lifetime ambition. Another champion that Charlie Cook developed from his stables in Shelbyville was Jonquil.  She was a golden yellow mare, 15.1 1/2, with three white feet, black legs and a small star.  Jonquil was entered in the 1926 Championship Three-Gaited Stake at the Kentucky State Fair carrying number 13.  After one solid hour of showing, in the third workout, she won the stake over a field of twenty-three horses.  Jonquil was the first horse to ever win the Three-Gaited Championship at Louisville for four consecutive years.  This was during the period when the stake included both over and under fifteen two horses.  Jonquil was ridden to victory each time by Charlie Cook, who understood her every move.  This record is a monument to his horsemanship. Charlie stated that this golden mare was the only horse of her time who could show for a solid hour without making a mistake.  She was conceded to be the best three-gaited saddle mare in the world. A darling of the horse fanciers in 1940 was Sweet Campernelle, the first three-year old to win the Three-Gaited Grand Championship Stake at Madison Square Garden, New York City, trained and ridden by Charlie.  A New York sportswriter wrote, “Sweet Campernelle’s color as that of a cloth of gold; she has a small star, flowing cream colored tail and both rear ankles white, while her motion both fore and aft, her air, poise and determination, together with her faultless confirmation, make of her just that which she has proven to be a ‘freak of the saddlebreed’.” In 1939, V.V. Cooke, owner of Meadow View Farm, Louisville, Ky., and owner of the third largest Chevrolet dealership in the south, persuaded Charlie Cook to leave his hometown and become the manager of his saddle horse nursery.  It did not take long for Charlie to have Meadow View Farm well represented at the Kentucky County Fair horse shows and the State Fair.  Some of the popular winners that he brought out were Commentator, Meadow View Mist, Commander In Chief, Smart Trick, Genius Jewell, Dixie Bell, Midnight Rose and War King.  When World War II stopped the manufacture of cars, Mr. Cooke was forced to disband his show horse stable. Once again, Charlie Cook returned to Shelbyville and reopened a public training stable at the Shelby County Fair Grounds.  Soon after returning he began to experience health problems and at the same time was faced with the terminal illness of his wife, Sallie, who died February 5, 1943 at the age of 51. His saddle horse business was dissolved in 1944 and he lived with his daughter for eight years. In spite of his bad health, he returned to training saddle horses on several occasions in his latter years. Charlie Cook died in Shelbyville’s King’s Daughters Hospital on May 3, 1964.  His obituary said, “Mr. Cook was a gentlemen with high ideals, strong in his convictions, devoted to his family and loyal friends.” Charlie Cook being a breeder, trainer, exhibitor, and dealer was known as one of America’s foremost authorities on saddlebred horses.  He was registered as a senior judge with the American Horse Show Association.  It was said of Charlie, “They like Cook because they know he judges the horse on its merits, and not on who owns it.  They know he judges it on the way it looks and handles in the ring that day, and not on the number of blue ribbons taken in times past that hang in the tack room of its stable.”  Charlie established a reputation for breaking horses so that amateurs or ladies could ride them. With his “million dollar hands”, he could transform a “bad acting” horse into a steady performer with gentle manners. Shelbyville became a popular town for hunting finished saddle horses with buyers from all over the country stopping at the Charlie Cook stables. Written and compiled by Charles Lowell Cook, Jr. A "Biography of Charles Lowell Cook 1889-1964" with a photo of the golden colored champion saddle horse "Sweet Campernelle" may be found at Pat Scheele's website, Cook Families of KY & TN, Main Page, Charlie Cook and Middle KY Counties. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html

Pat, Wow, thanks. I did not realize there was a Cook website. I have a Cook line in TN, and can't wait to view the website. And, this may be a good time to share my line again, just in case someone has run across my family lately. Also, this line is possibly CHEROKEE, so if anyone is researching Cherokee Cook lines, please hollar! <g> Rebecca Cook b. 1832-35 VA, NC, or TN married Stephen Pearce (b. 1830) in 1853 Gibson County TN possible sister: Lucinda Cook, b. 1834 allied family surnames: Pierce/Pearce Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bolin Blurton Faulkener/Faulkner Thanks again, Lori Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, Jones, Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use [email protected]

I have a great deal of information to add to the Cook's of KY & TN web site. I have finally been able to add one of Charlie Cook's wonderful additions just tonight. I will try to continue to add something everyday until I get caught up. Charlie's new page is rather large compared to some of the other work that is on this site and I have posted it as a pdf file. To refresh your memory - the Cook web site is located at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html Best wishes and happy surfing. Pat Ray Scheele Come Surf with Us! http://www.nebraskaruralweb.com/classreunion/ http://www.senebraska.org http://www.ncda-online.org http://www.wahoostatebank.com http://www.triplecbuilds.com

I have a William Solomon SCOTT, b. 8 Dec. 1836 married Mary E RADER 1 Nov 1857. She was born 29 May 1838 in Ingel's Prairie, Monroe Co. IL. I believe they are buried in O'Fallon, St. Clair, IL. Mary's parents were John RADER and Sarah ALEXANDER. Mary's siblings, probably all born in Ingle's Prairie, are: James M. Rader, b. 16 Aug. 1840, died 5 Apr, 1860. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in St. Claire CO. Francis M. Rader, b. 5 Nov. 1842, died 12 Feb. 1843 Hannah E. Rader, b. 5 Deb. 1843, died 28 Oct 1871. She married George T. CROSBY Melissa Ann Rader b. 1846, married Richard A. Marshall. They are buried in Barton CO. MO - have lots about them. Cornelia Isabelle Rader, b. 24 Feb. 1848, married John H. COOK. She is buried in Bellville Cemetery, Lebanon, St. Claire CO. IL. Sarah A. Rader, b. 2 Jan died 5 Feb. 1877. Married Horace E. PATTERSON. Can anyone help me with these families? Thanks! Millie

I have word that my great-great grandfather, Bryson Cook, who resided in NC was born in 1795 and his fourth son, Hawkins Cook, my great grandfather, was born in Forsyth County, NC 8/29/1830. Hawkins walked to Bartholomew County Indiana in 1849 and resided there until his death 12/11/1911. Can anyone give me any more background on Bryson Cook? Charles R. Cook. Jr.

Lori, Yes, many KOCH families began spelling their namd COOK in later years, along with some other inventive spellings and pronunciations as well. Dean On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:48:27 -0500 "Lori" <[email protected]> writes: > > KOCH, John > > HI Sheila, > Just curious if KOCH is an alternate spelling you have found for > COOK?? I am > learning that our ancestors used a wide variety of spellings for > their > surnames, and this is a new one for me. > > Thanks. > Lori > Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, > Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, > Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, > Jones, > Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use > [email protected] > > > ==== COOK Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

We have a tradition of a Philip Cook who served in the Pennsylvania All German Regiment in the Revolutionary War. No knowledge of parents or wife or children. Your Phillip Cook would have been 21 years old if born in 1755. My Cooks were from the southwestern part of Pennsylvania as early as 1755. Jesse W. Cook [email protected] wrote: > Looking for any info on Peter Cook born in Lancaster PA in 1728. I don't have > any info on him other than a son named Phillip born in either 1755 or 1765. > I would appreciate any info anyone has. Thanks > > ==== COOK Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

> KOCH, John HI Sheila, Just curious if KOCH is an alternate spelling you have found for COOK?? I am learning that our ancestors used a wide variety of spellings for their surnames, and this is a new one for me. Thanks. Lori Researching Pierce/Pearce, Cook, DeShazo, Simons, Gilliland/Gillian/Gilland/Gillam, Stokes, Sparks, Faulkner/Falkner, Bolling/Bowling/Bolland/Bollen/Bowls. Other lines: Purcell, Waldrop, Jones, Vawter, Strain. E:mail: [email protected] if that bounces, use [email protected]

1771 Lancaster Borough Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Proprietary Tax List ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taken from PA Archives, Series 3, Volume 17. This list has been alphabetised with spellings as found in the text. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Acres Horses Cattle Servants Tax KOCH, John 2 .6 KOCH, John 1 2 .6 Note: no Cooks are found in Lancaster in the mid 1700's, only Koch. As this was a German community, I suspect the Peter Cook was actually born Peter Koch or Johann Peter Koch. John is also English for Johann. It is a shame middle names were not used on these tax records. It would help. Census on these two Johns to follow: CENSUS YEAR: 1800 STATE: PA COUNTY: Lancaster MICROFILM#: M32-39 ENUMERATOR: Jonathan Morre ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============= | |FREE WHITE MALES |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL | | | | 10 16 26 | 10 16 26 |other | | |HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD |to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |free | | PG#|LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 26 45 up |10 16 26 45 up |Persons|Slaves|Remarks ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============= 78 Koch John . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . CENSUS YEAR: 1800 STATE: PA COUNTY: Lancaster MICROFILM#: M32-39 ENUMERATOR: Jonathan Morre ============================================================================ ==================================================================== | |FREE WHITE MALES |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL | | | | | 10 16 26 | 10 16 26 |other | | | |HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD |to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |free | | | PG# |LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 26 45 up |10 16 26 45 up |Persons|Slaves|Total|Remarks ============================================================================ ==================================================================== 254 Koch John . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/pa/lancaster/1800/indx-h-m.txt Sheila Anderson-Lewis Sheila Anderson-Lewis

Looking for any info on Peter Cook born in Lancaster PA in 1728. I don't have any info on him other than a son named Phillip born in either 1755 or 1765. I would appreciate any info anyone has. Thanks

Yesterday I received a copy of this will from the Halifax Co. (VA) Clerk's office. Here is the transcription: Will of Elizabeth F. Cook The Noncupative Will of Elizabeth F. Cook made before us the 30th day of September the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and six as followeth to wit: first she decreed that all her just debts be paid out of the money due her. She gave to Patsey Cook one negro woman named Aggy, one featherbed, one trunk and all the residue of the money due after the payment of her debts aforesaid. She gave to Jarrett W. Cook twenty dollars which sum the s’d Cook owed her. She gave to Elizabeth E. Medley one negro girl by the name of Sally. She gave Nancy Yancey one negro girl by the name of Dillar (?). Given under our hand this 30th day of October, 1806. /S/ Elizabeth x Cook Elizabeth x Claiborne Rebecah Yancey Layton Yancey Polly Thompson Marshall At a court held for Halifax county the 22nd day of December 1806— This Noncupative will of Elizabeth F. Cook deceased was produced in court and proved by the oath of Layton Yancey and Elizabeth Claiborne in manner directed by law – and ordered to be recorded. Wherefore on the motion of Jarrett W. Cook who made affirmation according to law and together with Isaac Medley and Alexander Moore his sureties whereas unto and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs for that purpose certificate is granted him for obtaining letters of administration of said estate in due form with the said will annexed (?). Teste: John Winbush, HC Truly Recorded Teste: Samuel Williams, DCHC *End of document* QUESTIONS: 1. Since Elizabeth F. (Featherstone) Cook is d/o John Cook & Elizabeth Walthall (2nd marriages for both of them), what were the death dates for her parents, or were they (one or both) still living? 2. Who is Elizabeth (x) Claiborne? Is she the d/o Richard Henry Claiborne & Mary Cook (who is most likely a 1/2 sibling from John Cook's 1st marriage)? 3. Who is Elizabeth E. Medley? Is she a d/o Isaac Medley and "Nancy" Cook (m. 1803 in Halifax Co.) or is she "Nancy" Cook (also a 1/2 sibling from John Cook's 1st marriage)? 4. Who is Polly Thompson Marshall? The Marshall family intermarried with Elizabeth Walthall's children from her 1st marriage to Peter Cousins. FYI: I have these following folks identified in my files as: 1. Patsey Cook ... is 1/2 sibling from John Cook's 1st marriage 2. Jarrett W. Cook ... is a brother from John Cook's 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Walthall-Cousins 3. Nancy (Cook) Yancey ... is a sister from John Cook's marriage to E. Walthall; m. to Layton Yancey 4. "Nancy" Cook ... is a 1/2 sibling from John Cook's 1st marriage; m. Isaac Medley 5. Alexander Moore ... is possibly a brother-in-law married to Sarah R. Cook ... but the dates are off, so this may be Alexander Moore, Sr., Sarah's father-in-law-to-be. Any assistance/correction appreciated. Thanks. Sorry for any duplicate posts. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota [email protected] or [email protected]