Decatur County Tennessee

Cook Surname 

 

from their web site: http://www.netease.net/decatur/ 

Decatur County is located in Western Tennessee, one of the state's three "Grand Divisions". It is bordered on the north by Benton County, on the west by Henderson County, on the south by Hardin County, and on the east by the Tennessee River.
Tennessee's parent states were North Carolina and Virginia.

County History can be found at: http://www.netease.net/decatur/dehistor.htm 

County Formation

In 1845, citizens of the portion of Perry County which lay on the west side of the Tennessee River petitioned for a new county. An act of the General Assembly in November, 1845, created Decatur County. It included all the parts of Perry County which were located on the west side of the Tennessee River. This new county was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur who had served in the United States Navy with distinction during the War of 1812. 

This is a wonderful link with many cemeteries listed: http://web.utk.edu/~ddonahue/decatur/decatur.htm Take some time to visit the site - who knows you might find an ancestor or two.

Census 1850

Austin Cook age 37 #46-38

Celia age 37
Winsted age 28

Census 1860

M. M. Cook age 48 male #25-13

E. age 35 female
B. D. age 13 male
A. age 13 female
M. age 8 female
M. W. age 8 male
B. age 6 male
L. age 5 male
M. M. age 5 male 

Salie Cook age 10 #27-14

That's all I could find!

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Here's a cool site to surf! http://hometown.aol.com/wcook14024/cooklinks.html Lots of Cook's listed on Bill's page. 

Note: Please always check with the submitter when one is listed. And with all genealogy information - confirm with original records.

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