 |
OUR COOK FAMILY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
AND GEORGIA
John Cook and his wife Sarah Fulton were both born
about 1715 in Ireland. At the Court of 24 Sep 1757, John Cook was
one of several foreigners who took an oath and was naturalized in
Pennsylvania. John died in Pennsylvania and Sarah moved her
family to South Carolina and by 1772 had settled near Grindal
Shoals on Pacolet River about five miles from the river in that
portion of Union County which became Cherokee (Reference:
articles 132/133 - Union County Heritage). Sarah Cook's will
dated May 4, 1783 gives her house and plantation in Ninety-Six
District to her grandsons, George and John Cook. John and
Sarah's children all born in Ireland are:
- John
- Hugh
- Robert
- Nancy
- Elizabeth
- Thomas married Ann
- Sarah
Thomas Cook, the son John and Sarah Fulton Cook, was born
about 1750 in Ireland and married about 1775, most probably in
Pennsylvania, Ann, whose parents are unknown. Their children
are:
- Thomas, Jr. married Polly Hames
- Sampson married Mary Smith
- William married Martha ???
- John married Catherine ???
- Robert married Sarah ???
- George married Martha Brown
- Matthias
Thomas Cook, Jr., the son of Thomas and Ann Cook, married
Polly Hames, daughter of John and Charity Jasper Hames. We know
that Thomas and Polly had two daughters that we are certain of their names and from census data it would seem that they had two other daughters and four sons.
- Martha Elizabeth (Patsy)
- Charity married Hiram J. Brady
- Unknown daughter
- Unknown daughter
- John Cook
assumption from census records not proven
- Silas Cook
assumption from census records not proven
- Unknown son
- Unknown son
Martha Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Polly Hames Cook,
was born 11 Mar 1804 in South Carolina and had several children,
but we have found no husband for her. We had thought that John
Tucker was the father of her son Richard, from information that we
found on his Dawes Application referenced in the "Cherokee By Blood" series but recent DNA testing
has proven that is not the case. Testing results show that Richards'
father was a member of the Goins family, which now gives us a new
avenue to explore.
These are her children:
- William born abt 1819
- Elizabeth born abt 1821
- Guilford born 20 Aug 1825
- Cynthia born abt 1826
- Richard V. born 11 Nov 1829
- Isabella born abt 1834
- William Harrison born abt 1843
- Martha Jane born abt 1848
Martha died the 22nd of April 1887 and is buried in Bethany
Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia with a
small hand carved tombstone to mark her grave.
Martha Jane Cook, the daughter of Martha Elizabeth Cook and an unknown father, was born about 1848 in Gilmer County, Georgia and died after 1910 probably in Pickens County, Georgia, her burial place is unknown at this time. She married before 1892 an Unknown Smith, probably in Pickens County, Georgia. They had two children with one living until his late teens at least.
- Alfred Smith, born abt 1892, Tennessee
- Unknown Smith
I have not found Martha and family on 1900 census but by 1910 she was a widow living in Nelson, Pickens County, Georgia. If anyone has any information on this family please contact me.
1910
T624/203 |
Georgia |
Pickens
County |
Nelson |
Enumeration
District 130 |
Page 259a |
| 25 April 1910 |
Lines 24-25 |
Dwelling 215 |
Family 220 |
|
|
| Name |
Relationship |
Race |
Sex |
Age |
Married |
Children
/Living |
Occupation
/Location |
Birthplace
/Father/Mother |
| Martha J. Smith |
Head |
W |
F |
60 |
Wd |
2/1 |
|
GA/SC/SC |
| Alfred |
Son |
W |
M |
18 |
S |
|
Boxer
Marble |
TN/GA/GA |
In the interest of a quicker loading page, I have placed the census records for our Cook families on a seperate page. Please visit Cook Family Census 1790 - 1930. As always if you find errors or if you know where some of the elusive ones would/should/could have been please send an email to me at osburnfamily@hotmail.com Thanks!
Visit These Other Cook Family Sites On The Web
Lisa
Cleversey's House of Surnames
Eleanor Cook
Stephens' Cook, Cooke & Koch Home Page
Roberta
Cooke Schmidt's Cooke Connections
Dale
Cook's Genealogy Home Page
COOK EMAIL DISCUSSION LIST
A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information
regarding the Cook surname and variations (e.g., Cooke, Kuch,
Koch) in any place and at any time.
To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the
quotes) as the only text in the body of a message (turn your
signatures off) to
cook-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode - individual
messages)
or
cook-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode - group of messages,
usually sent once or twice daily)
Return to
Sherry's Genealogy Home Page
If you have any comments or corrections to the above
material please contact
Sherry
Osburn
Copyright 1997-2007 by Sherry Crabtree Osburn
Created with the CoffeeCup HTML Editor
|
