Donna, I cannot eliminate Duplin County, NC but I can put a question mark beside it. Apparently, the author of one of the early books on the Shofner family wrote that the Catherine Cook who married Martin Shofner in 1780 was from Duplin County. There seems to be no record of this marriage in any location. However, in 1782 Frederick Shoffner, Martin's brother, married a Christina Cook in Orange County, NC. It is probable that Catherine Cook and Christina Cook were sisters. In addition, in 1796 in Orange County Martin Shofner served as the bondsman for the marriage of John Cook and Hannah Helton. It is also probable that John Cook was related in some respect to Catherine and Christina. The Shofners and their cousins, the Foglemans, knew Cooks at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Orange County (it is now in Alamance County) and lived very close to Cooks. So when all is said and done, the John Cook who ended up in Wayne County, TN probably (in my humble opinion) came from Orange County (the part that is now Alamance County) or the nearby areas of Chatham or Guilford Counties, NC. Some of the families that lived in those areas of NC also ended up in Wayne County, TN. But the problem remains that the specific John Cook is proving to be very difficult to identify. Robert Nicholson ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Duckworth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: [COOK-L] John Cook, NC > Thanks to all of you that have eliminated some of the John Cooks in NC in 1790. Mine moved from NC in the late 1790s to KY and then to Wayne Co., TN. He was of German descent. Were any of these counties known for German Colonies? > Now is have: > Duplin, Franklin, Orange, Pasquotank, and Stokes County. > Can anyone else eliminate any of these? Thank you, Donna D. > > > ==== COOK Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >