Franklin County, Kentucky

Cook Genealogy

updated: 01/28/00 03:31:24 PM

Cook's Cabin, early 19th Century, Franklin County, Kentucky. This would have been considered a "house" when it was built, but by today's standards, it appears to be a cabin.  Visit Charles Cook's page on this home in the wilderness.

1800 Census / Tax List

COOK, JAMES 8/7/1801

1810 Census didn't find any

1820 Census Index 

	Cook Hosea Franklin 68
	Cook Lucinda Franklin 58
	Cook Richard Franklin 110

1830 Census Index 

	Cook,James,146
	Cooke,John,141
	Cook,Lucinda,108
	Cook,Richard,156
	Cook,Richard,155
	Cook,Jerad,157

1840 Census Index

	Cook, F. #298
	Cook, Richard #313

1850 Census Index or visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/ 

	Cook, James F. age 28; Martha age 18; John age 8/12; District 2 200 96 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0096a.gif
	Cook, James H. age 2 ; William F age 1; John age 30; with Trawell Family  District 2 200 70 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0070b.gif
	Cook, Jesse age 52, stone mason; Sarah age 47; District 1 200 39 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0039b.gif
	Cook, Nathaniel C. age 36, carpenter, born Ohio; District 1 200 31 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0031b.gif
	Cook, Richard age 58, farmer born Virginia; Janet age 66 born Maryland; Robert age 22 laborer born Kentucky; Franklin Co. District 2 200 87 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0087a.gif
	Cook, Philip Co. age 20? laborer; District 2 200 101 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0101b.gif
	Cook, Polly Ann District 2 200 62 age 40 female born KY with Hilda Farmer age 38?, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0062a.gif
	Cook, Thomas age 23; plaster?;  District 1 200 38 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0038b.gif
	Cook, William District 1 200 41 age 15 born KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/franklin/census/1850/0041b.gif

1860 Census Index 

	Cook, James #366
	Cook, Nathaniel #239
	Cook, Robert #349
	Cook, Thomas #282

1870 Census Index

	Cook, Catherine #24
	Cook, Charles #120
	Cook, Francis #72
	Cook, Gilliann #58
	Cook, Hannah #21
	Cook, James #24
	Cook, James #22
	Cook, John E. #73
	Cook, Martha #22

OLD Will Index

Researcher Requests:

Visit Charles Cook's Pages including the one on Cook's Cabin 

Here is a request from  Bud Cumberledge ... writing to inquire about my grandmother who's birth name was NELLIE ODELL COOK, born in 1909 and died in 1980.  According to family stories, his great grandparents were both killed at or about the same time while his grandmother was very young.  She was placed with any siblings in an orphanage and later split up.  The grandmother remembered 2 sisters and believed that she was from Franklin Co, KY.  Apparently, the records went up in flames in a court house fire.  His grandmother married Wilburn Jason Beaver (Bever) and lived in Richwood, West Virginia.  Jason died at age 36 and NELLIE raised 8 children, taking in laundry and working as a cook.  Can anyone help Bud in his quest? CUMBERLEDGE.FAM@prodigy.net 

Don't forget to visit the USGENWEB site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfrankl/franklin.htm from their web site, I learned: Franklin County was formed in 1795 from part of WOODFORD,  SHELBY, and MERCER  Counties.  In 1799 portion of Franklin County was
removed to form GALLATIN County and in 1819 a portion was again taken to form OWEN County. In 1827, for the third and last time, a portion of Franklin County was taken to form the county of ANDERSON. AN AWESOME SITE!

They have a search feature and I found several COOK's on this site, this is only a small sampling.  Visit the site  - 

Marriages include: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfrankl/mar1811-30-AQ.htm 

	George Cook to Rachel Hopper June 16, 1823
	Gerrard Cook to Ann Warfield on October 31, 1827
	John D. Cook to Sarah M. Taylor on December 10, 1814
	Micajah Cook to Elizabeth Lewis on October 30, 1829
	Seth Cook to Nancy Jackson on December 23, 1815
	Stephen Cooke to Ann Rebecca Baxter on March 25, 1826

More Marriages:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfrankl/mar-1841-50.htm 

	James F. Cook to Martha Tracy on December 30, 1848
	John W. Cook to Louisa on February 11, 1846
	William M. Cook to Cynthia Carr on January 22, 1849

Appraisal and Index Book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfrankl/app-set.htm 

lists Margaret Cook - see our Old Kentucky Wills Web page for the will

Death Index Page is another great place to look for ancestors:

Quire, Lucy Jane    
Death Certificate Number: 24230
Sex: F   Race: White   Martial status: Widow    
Spouse: W. J. Quire   
Date of Birth: September 9, 1852   Place: Kentucky   County:Franklin
Age: 84 years, 10 days   Occupation: At home   Military service:
Date of Death: September 20, 1936   Place of Death: Frankfort   County: Franklin   State: Kentucky
Residence:   County:   State:
Cause of death: Pulmonary tuberculosis   Conditions contributing to death:
Interval between onset and death: 2 years    Attending physician: C. T. Coleman, M.D.
Father's name: James Cook    Born: Kentucky
Mother's maiden name: Martha Tracy    Born: Kentucky
Informant: Toppy Quire Rt. #2, Eminence, Kentucky
Date of Burial: September 21, 1936    Name of cemetery or crematory: Mt. Zion Graveyard Franklin County, Kentucky
Funeral director: Rogers Funeral Home Frankfort, Kentucky

There is also a nice Bible records page that lists: Isaac WATKINS married Lydia COOK - January 3, 1900  http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfrankl/biblerec.htm

There are several Vital Records pages and this is a good place to find items such as this one: Rosannah YOUNT - female - alive - born Franklin County - father, George W. Yount - mother, Sarah Cook - white - parents residence, Franklin County.

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