Butler County Kentucky Cook Information

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Butler County is located in the south-central part of the state. It is between Owensboro and Bowling Green on either the Natcher Parkway or Hwy 231. The county seat is Morgantown.

Census Data

1820 Index Only

Cook George Butler 313
Cook George Butler 319
Cook James Butler 139

1830 Index Only

Cook,George,Butler,86
Cook,Jeames,Butler,86

1850 source: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/butler/census/1850/1850.txt 

dwelling #312 James Cook age 28 M farmer $500 b. Ky. 

Mary D age 25 F b. Ky.
Martha age 4 F b. Ky.
George age 3 M b. Ky.
James age 3/12 M b. Ky.

dwelling #313 Phoebe Cook age 52 F $700 b. Va.

dwelling #515 James M Hampton age 22 M blacksmith b. Ky.

Elijah P Cook age 18 M blacksmith b. Ky.

dwelling #531 Elijah Cook age 59 M Tavern Keeper b. Va. 

Jane G age 55 F b. NC.
Elisabeth age 25 F blind pauper b. Ky.
George age 16 M farmer b. Ky.
Andrew age 15 M farmer b. Ky.
Alexander age 11 M b. Ky.

dwelling #847 George Neal age 67 M farmer $350 b. Ga. 

Margaret age 68 F b. SC.
Arinda age 27 F b. Ky.
Margaret age 21 F b. Ky.
John Cook age 18 M farmer b. Ky.
Allen Ivings age 11 M b. Ky.

1860

last name first name age  birthplace page 

COOK

Jane

54

Tenn

6

COOK

John

28

KY

6

COOK

Paulina 

17

KY

6

COOK

William

17

KY

6

COOK

Adeline

14

KY

6

COOK

Elijah

69

Va

11

COOK

Jane

55

NC

11

COOK

Jane

32

Tenn

11

COOK

A J

22

KY

11

COOK

James M

5/12

Ky

34

COOK

Martha A

28

Ky

34

COOK

Wm J

25

Ky

34

COOK

Burtha

3

Ky

34

COOK

Martha A

2

KY

36

COOK

David

23

KY

40

COOK

Mary E

21

KY

40

COOK

Rosannah

1/3

KY

41

COOK

Moses

21

KY

41

COOK

Rebecca

20

KY

41

COOK

Margaret

21

KY

43

COOK

Brunetta

38

Tennessee

109

COOK

Samuel

34

Kentucky

109

COOK

James T

4

Tenn

109

COOK

David S

2

Kentucky

109

COOK

Mark K

3/12

KY

151

COOK

James M

38

Kentucky

151

COOK

Mary D

34

KY

151

COOK

Martha E

14

KY

151

COOK

George T

11

KY

151

COOK

Mary E

9

KY

151

COOK

Laura J

5

KY

151

COOK

John W B

2

KY

151

COOK

George W

26

KY

154

COOK

Sarah A

21

KY

154

COOK

Lucinda

1

KY

154

COOK

Sarah Jane

6/12

KY

172

Early DEED Information 

Cook, Jas M Butler 18 2-21-1855 46 Green R

Butler County, Kentucky - Cook Births source: Judi Hawbaker jhawbake@bellsouth.net 

 4 Mar 1859                Cook, Lucenda    FAW  Butler Co., KY                Cook, G. W.          Sublet, Sarah Ann

10 Sep 1859                No Name, Henry MAB  Butler Co., KY                Cook, J. M.            No Name,  no name

 31 Dec. 1858                Cook, Jas. L     MAW  Butler Co., KY                Cook, G. W.         Sublett, Sarah Ann

 2 Dec. 1857                Cook, James L.  MAW  Butler co., KY                Cook, G. W.          Sublett, Sarah Ann

 Sep 1856                Cook, No Name      MDW  Ohio Co., KY                Cook, E.. P.           Martin, Eliza J.

3 Feb 1856                Cook, Saura          FAW  Butler Co., KY                Cook, Jas. M        Kukendall, Mary D.

 30 Jun 1855                Cook, Sara J.      FAW  Butler Co., KY                Cook, John           Haney, Eliza J.

29 Jul 1854                Cook, Mary E.      FAW  Morgantown, KY                Cook, E. P.        Martin, Eliza J.

 

G. W. Cook and Sarah are Judi's great great grandparents.  

Marriages:

4/17/1853 Elijah P. Cook age 21 Single place of birth Russellville, Logan Co., KY married Elizah J. Martin age 15 Single place of birth, Butler Co., KY.

6/11/1873 John W. Felty and Slizabeth Cook were married 6/13/1873 with consent of James Cook at the home of James Cook in the presence of J. Cook and G. N. Layson. signed by James Howard

5/15/1883 Andrew Cook and Josephone Daughety were married 5/15/1883 with consent of T. A. Pharris at the home of A. J. Snodgrass in the presence of W. J. Snodgrass and G. W. Snodgrass. signed by A. J. Snodgrass, M.G.

6/12/1884 R. P. Hatcher and Sarah A. Cook were marrined 6/12/1884 with consent of Adam Rone at Emeline Mason's in the presence of J. W. Hood and W. R. Chapman signed by C. F. Guffy, M.G.

11/26/1884 H. M. Arendell and Eliza J. Cook were married 11/26/1884 with consent of R. B. West at the residence of c. T. Porter in the presence of R. B. West, S. H. Tanner and C. T. Porter. Signed B.L.D. Guffy, P.J.B.C.C.

MARRIAGE: Vetrees & Bruner, 1909, Grayson Co., KY

BLTDEFORD@aol.com 
source: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ky+index+227122891784+F 

MALE

groom  Charles M. Vertrees, age 23, carpenter  
father James Vertrees - Hardin County, KY
mother Margaret Cook - Hardin County, KY 
                                   
FEMALE
bride  Cordelia Bruner, age 18 
bride's father  H.A. Bruner  Grayson Co. Ky.
bride's mother Nancy E. Middleton  "   "     "

RESEARCHER NOTES: My illusive Cook is Elijah. According to the 1850 Butler County, KY census he was born in Virginia about 1791. He is shown with wife Jane G., dgtr - Elizabeth (blind); and sons - George, Andrew and Alexander. He died between 1860 and 1880, probably in Butler County. He is still shown on the 1860 census, but by 1880 Jane and Elizabeth are living with relatives. Any help on making a connection with a Cook family would be appreciated. Judi Hawbaker jhawbake@bellsouth.net  

I am trying to locate information concerning ancesters of Louisa Cook. She is shown on the 1850 Tn. I don't have the county. Cook, Wm. 72 , Mary 64 , Elvira 36, Louiza 27. Then in all caps. JOHN GEORGE 18. She later married John Anderson George. Dates for Louisa are: Born - December 29, 1823 in Jefferson Co., Tn. Died - February 14, 1866. It has always been said that Louisa was Cherokee. Not sure if full blood, and that her parents owned extensive land. We have always been told that Louisa was a 'crippled girl' (don't know in what way) and that John A. George was their gardner and that parents strongly objected to the marriage. After we found the census, we discovered that she was also quite a bit older which may have been the problem as well. She had two children: Mary Ann Eveline George - b.April 17, 1855 in Butler Co. Ky (we think Bowling Green), d.January 24, 1937, Booneville, Ar. AND Isaac Alonzo George - b. April 04, 1858 in Ky. d.April 08, 1939 in Oronogo,Jasper Co.Mo.--Nashville,Mo. Cem. Mary Ann is my ggrandmother who married John Thomas Finney in August 25, 1870, Cassville, Barry Co. Mo.  Mary Ann Ray dray@oio.net

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