Hey All, With more of us Cooks on the Internet, I thought I would resubmit my family information and see if anyone knows more about my John Cook and his family. John Cook originally came from Dorchester County, Maryland where he was born Oct 5, 1774. He moved to Pickaway County, OH with his family around 1810. He was recorded on the 1820 US Census as living in Deer Creek Township in Pickaway County. There are numerous other Cooks that lived in the Deer Creek Township area, but I have no proof that any of them were related. Then, according to Land Purchase Records from the State of Illinois and the U.S. Census, I am able to gather he moved to Knox County Illinois, purchasing land in Orange Township in 1835. According to cemetery records, he died November 16, 1845 and is buried in Cook Cemetery in Knox County, Illinois. His wife, Sarah "Sally" Bailey/Barclay is also buried there. She was born in Maryland on Jan 2, 1777 and died in Knox County on May 4, 1847. (It is wonderful what information they used to include on some headstones. Unfortunately, John's wife's maiden name was obscured so I'm still unsure whether it was Bailey or Barclay. There is a more than likely connection with a John Cook listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution having married Sally Bailey, daughter of George Bailey from Maryland who fought in the Revolution.) According to his probate records, John and Sarah had at least five children: Elizabeth (married a Donaca), Mark (married Sophia Godfrey), John (married Hester "Hettie" Holloway), Sarah (married Enoch Godfrey), and Charlotte (married B. Fleharty possibly of Rio Township). My ancestor Mark Cook was born in Delaware (according to his headstone) and died in Knox County in 1850. He and his wife had nine children (eight girls and one boy from 1828 to 1847). Their son Darius Jackson Cook was born in Knox County, Illinois on September 23, 1837. He married Sophrona Elizabeth Stephens on November 18, 1857. After a very short tour of duty in the Civil War with the 77th Illinois Volunteer Regiment, Company A and the 130th Illinois Volunteer Regiment, Company D he moved his family to Clay Center, Nebraska where he died on July 24, 1926. I provide all of this information in hopes that someone connects with it. I am trying to link my John Cook with another John Cook (possibly my John Cook's father) that lived in the Transquakin Hundred in/or around 1776. Matthew Cook mpcook@ibm.net