Need background info on the following families, Happy to share what I have. Descendants of WILLIAM COOK Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 COOK was born Abt. 1764 in CHESTERFIELD , VIRGINIA, and died May 22, 1844 in NICHOLAS COUNTY, KY. He married (1) ANNE BAKER December 26, 1780 in CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VA., daughter of MARTIN BAKER and MARY KIMBROUGH. He married (2) SARAH BAKER March 20, 1813 in NICHOLAS COUNTY, KY, daughter of MARTIN BAKER and MARY KIMBROUGH. Notes for WILLIAM COOK: WILLIAM LIVED WITH HIS FATHER , UNCLE OR FATHER-IN-LAW AS THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF HIM EVER OWNING LAND IN VIRGINIA. BETWEEN THE YEARS 1783 AND 1787 HE MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA. HE MOVED TO KENTUCKY IN 1801-02. AFTER THE DEATH OF ANNE, HE MARRIED HER SISTER SARAH AND LIVED IN HER HOME. OBITUARY OF WILLIAM COOK, SR. CAPTAIN WILLIAM COOK, SENIOR, MAY 22, 1844 DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR MILLERSBURG. SOLDIER IN REVOLUTION, HE BORE WITH HIM TO HIS GRAVE SCARS OF WOUNDS RECEIVED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Notes for SARAH BAKER: SARAH PROVED TO BE MORE THAN AN ORDINARY WOMAN, AND WHOSE EARLY LIFE SEEMED TO BE A NECESSITY TO THE EARLY SETTLERS. AT THAT TIME DOCTORS WERE FEW AND LIVED A GREAT DISTANCE APART. AFTER COMING TO KENTUCKY, SARAH STUDIED MEDICINE AND SOON MASTERED THE KNOWLEDGE OF HERBS, AND BEFORE CIVILIZATION HAD CAST ITS MANTLE OVER THE COUNTRY, HER PRACTICE HAD EXTENDED FAR AND NEAR. SHE SPENT HER LIFE IN GREAT USEFULNESS. [ PERRIN'S HISTORY OF HARRISON, BOURBON, NICHOLAS, AND SCOTT COUNTIES. P.660 ] Children of WILLIAM COOK and ANNE BAKER are: i. LA MYRA2 COOK, m. WILLIAM SHELTON, January 17, 1818. ii. WILLIAM COOK , JR., m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) CHARITY FLORENCE. iii. ANN G. COOK, m. (1) SAMUEL "BOSS" SMITH; m. (2) JOHN "JACK" CONWAY, March 27, 1823, NICHOLAS COUNTY, KY. Notes for JOHN "JACK" CONWAY: JACK AND ANNE CONWAY HAD TEN CHILDREN. iv. MARTIN COOK. v. SALLY COOK, b. August 01, 1793, KY1; d. July 21, 1845, NICHOLAS COUNTY, KY; m. JOHN GRIFFITH, June 13, 1813, KENTUCKY2. Endnotes 1. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2273, Date of Import: Oct 8, 1996 2. Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2273, Date of Import: Oct 8, 1996 Kay Withers