Henderson County, Tennessee

Cook Genealogy

USGENWEB site: http://www.tngenweb.org/henderson/ from this site I learned that Henderson County was legislated into existence in 1821 and organized in 1822. In 1845 a southeast corner strip was given for the creation of Decatur County. In the 1870s, a small tract in the northwest corner was given to Carroll County. In 1882 a large piece of the southwest corner was given for the creation of Chester County. A small tract in the western border was given to Madison County in the 1880s.

Please note that this Henderson County Genealogy site is awesome - it is a must visit - I have only scratched the surface of the great information that they offer.

Available Court Records are listed at: http://www.tngenweb.org/henderson/court.htm
Available Deed Records are listed at: http://www.tngenweb.org/henderson/deeds.htm
Marriage Records up to 1900 http://www.tngenweb.org/henderson/marr_old.htm

Marriages: http://www.tngenweb.org/henderson/mbride3.prn

Year..Mon Date Bride Groom Bondsman Ceremony By
1897..Aug 1 Cook Addie Dycus T.C. Cook J.A. Coffman,J.P. M.H.
1898..Jun 19 Cook N.J. Busch D.J. Coffman T.J. Wilson,J.P. H.T.
1896..Oct 31 Cook S.A. Lemons Fred Blackwell G.H. Coffman,J.P. W.H.

Cemeteries - this site has loads of cemeteries and you should take the time to visit each cemetery page. As an example of the quality of their work here are a couple of extracts from the cemetery files.

Pleasent Hill Cemetery http://web.utk.edu/~ddonahue/henderson/pleas-h.htm

Name: Bush, Nancy Jane Coffman
Date: 1867-1943
Father: Isaac Coffman
Mother: Nancy Meals
Spouse1: Lewis Cook
Spouse2: Daniel Joseph Bush
Children: Valous Council, Lavera Hicks

Name: Cash, Carl Chester
Date: 1904-1984
Father:
Mother:
Spouse1: Katie B. Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Chester, Johnny, Harry, Billy, Carl Wayne, Marie,
Peggy, Mary Joe

Name: Cash, Carl Wayne
Date: 1944-1964
Father: Carl Chester Cash
Mother: Katie B. Cook
Spouse1:
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cash, Katie B. Cook
Date: 1907-1989
Father: Joe Cook
Mother: Mary Madgeline (Maggie) Cook
Spouse1: Carl Chester Cash
Spouse2:
Children: Chester, Johnny, Harry, Billy, Carl Wayne, Marie,
Peggy, Mary Joe

Name: Cook, Afra Douglas
Date: 1891-1972
Father: William Henly (Bill) Douglas
Mother: Frances Taylor
Spouse1: John Edward (Ed) Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Billy, I. D., Jim, Dimple

Name: Cook, Albert Sidney
Date: 1912-1944
Father: Jessie Green Cook
Mother: Ruby Vera Wilson
Spouse1: Virginia
Spouse2:
Children: Killed In WW 2

Name: Cook, Amanda E.
Date: 1886-1886
Father: John F. Cook
Mother: Manerva Jane Utley
Spouse1:
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, Annie Callie Williams
Date: 1878-1974
Father: Richard Williams
Mother:
Spouse1: James (Jim) Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Lucian Thurman

Name: Cook, Dallas Greene
Date: 1941-1965
Father: James Robert Cook
Mother: Mattie Lou Mills
Spouse1: Brenda Moore
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, Daughter
Date: 1934-1934
Father: Lucian Thurman Cook
Mother: Ruth Mae Coffman
Spouse1:
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, Dudley Green
Date: 1893-1968
Father: John F. Cook
Mother: Manerva Jane Utley
Spouse1: Martha Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rainey
Spouse2:
Children: Susie Lois

Name: Cook, Emma D. Wilson
Date: 1889-1978
Father:
Mother:
Spouse1: Yancy Freddie (Pack) Cook
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, Henry Odell
Date: 1913-1979
Father: Jessie Green Cook
Mother: Ruby Vera Wilson
Spouse1: Mary Katherine Mayfield
Spouse2:
Children: Jessie Neal, Danny Ray, Henry Odell, Jr.

Name: Cook, Henry Odell, Jr.
Date: 1938
Father: Henry Odell Cook
Mother: Mary Katherine Mayfield
Spouse1:
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, James (Jim)
Date: 1875-1931
Father: James Alexander Cook
Mother: Martha (Mary) Catherine Williams
Spouse1: Annie Callie Williams
Spouse2:
Children: Lucian Thurman

Name: Cook, James Robert
Date: 1915-1979
Father: Jessie Green Cook
Mother: Ruby Vera Wilson
Spouse1: Mattie Lou Mills
Spouse2:
Children: Robbie Jean, Dallas Green, James Robert Jr.

Name: Cook, James Taylor Alexander
Date: 1850-1924
Father: William Cook
Mother: Susanna Coffman
Spouse1: Martha Catherine Williams
Spouse2:
Children: Jessie Green, Sarah Ann, Alice, James H. (Jim),
John Edward, Yancey Freddie (Pack), W. T. (Tom), Mary
Magdeline (Maggie)

Name: Cook, Jessie Green
Date: 1881-1948
Father: James Taylor Alexander Cook
Mother: Martha Catherine Williams
Spouse1: Ruby Vera Wilson
Spouse2:
Children: James Robert, Henry Odell, Albert Sidney,
Jessie Maurine

Name: Cook, Joe
Date: 1881-1953
Father: John F. Cook
Mother: Manerva Jane Utley
Spouse1: Mary Magdeline Maggie Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Marion Otis, Katie, Zelma, Velma, Bennie Mae

Name: Cook, Joe Wynne
Date: 1914-1915
Father: Patterson Garfield(P.G.) Cook
Mother: Lora Frances Dycus
Spouse1:
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, John Edward (Edd)
Date: 1886-1971
Father: James Taylor Alexander Cook
Mother: Martha Catherine Williams
Spouse1: Afra Douglas
Spouse2:
Children: Billy, I. D., Jim, Dimple

Name: Cook, John F.
Date: 1853-1915
Father: William (Bill) Cook
Mother: Susanna Coffman
Spouse1: Manerva Jane Utley
Spouse2:
Children: Patterson Garfield (P.G.), Jim Bob, N. R., Joe,
Dudley, Ledora, Addie, Mandy Hestelle

Name: Cook, Katherine Adelia Anderson
Date: 1909-1994
Father: Mitt Anderson
Mother:
Spouse1: Harrell
Spouse2: Lucian Thurman Cook
Children: Anna Francis, Betty Jane

Name: Cook, Lewis H.
Date: 1857-1893
Father: William Cook
Mother: Susanna Coffman
Spouse1: Mary Louvisa Williams
Spouse2: Nancy Jane Coffman
Children:

Name: Cook, Lillie Mae Stanford
Date: 1898-1991
Father: George Washington Stanford
Mother: Martha Sue Hinson
Spouse1: Acie Branch
Spouse2: Marion Otis Cook
Children: Mary Lorene, Everett Lee, Martha Sue, Dora
Lucille, Curtis

Name: Cook, Lora Frances Dycus
Date: 1890-1970
Father: Dycus
Mother: Esther
Spouse1: Patterson Garfield (P.G.) Cook
Spouse2:
Children: W. A., Esther Lovella, Joe Wynne, James

Name: Cook, Lucian Thurman
Date: 1901-1977
Father: James (Jim) Cook
Mother: Annie Callie Williams
Spouse1: Ruth Mae Coffman
Spouse2: Katherine Adelia Anderson
Children: Infant Daughter

Name: Cook, Manerva Jane Utley
Date: 1858-1906
Father: William Eaton (Bill) Utley
Mother: Juliet Anne Porter
Spouse1: John F. Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Patterson Garfield (P.G.), Jim Bob, N. R., Joe,
Dudley, Ledora, Addie, Mandy Hestelle

Name: Cook, Marion Otis
Date: 1903-1936
Father: Joe Cook
Mother: Mary Madgline (Maggie) Cook
Spouse1: Lillie Mae Stanford
Spouse2:
Children: Mary Lorene, Everett Lee, Martha Sue

Name: Cook, Martha Catherine Williams
Date: 1851-1943
Father:
Mother: Nancy
Spouse1: James Taylor Alexander Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Jessie Green, Sarah Ann, Alice, James H. (Jim),
John Edward, Yancey Freddie (Pack), Mary Magdeline (Maggie),
W. T. (Tom)

Name: Cook, Martha Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rainey
Date: 1899-1981
Father: James Robert Rainey
Mother: Sophia Lizzie Beth Western
Spouse1: Dudley Green Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Susie Lois

Name: Cook, Mary Katherine Mayfield
Date: 1919-1983
Father: William Gabe Mayfield
Mother: Mamie Forsythe
Spouse1: Henry Odell Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Henry Odell Jr., Jessie Neal, Danny Ray

Name: Cook, Mary Louvisa Williams
Date: 1867-1885
Father: Henry Gray Williams
Mother: Mary Meals
Spouse1: Lewis H. Cook
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, Mary Magdeline (Maggie) Cook
Date: 1885-1965
Father: James Taylor Alexander Cook
Mother: Martha Catherine Williams
Spouse1: Joe Cook
Spouse2:
Children: Marion Otis, Katie, Velmar, Zelma, Bennie Mae

Name: Cook, Mattie Lou Mills Stewart
Date: 1917-
Father: Dallas Adkinson Mills
Mother: Nellie Townsend
Spouse1: James Robert Cook
Spouse2: Martin Luther Stewart
Children: Robbie Jean, Dallas Green, James Robert Jr.

Name: Cook, Patterson Garfield (P. G.)
Date: 1882-1965
Father: John F. Cook
Mother: Manerva Jane Utley
Spouse1: Lora Frances Dycus
Spouse2:
Children: Esther Lovella, W. A., Joe Wynne, James

Name: Cook, Ruby Vera Wilson
Date: 1892-1934
Father: Robert (Bob) Wilson
Mother: Nancy Ellen Wilson
Spouse1: Jessie Green Cook
Spouse2:
Children: James Robert, Henry Odell, Albert Sidney, Jessie
Maurine

Name: Cook, W. T.
Date: 1873-1895
Father: James Taylor Alexander Cook
Mother: Martha Catherine Williams
Spouse1:
Spouse2:
Children:

Name: Cook, William
Date: 1828-1861
Father: Johnson Cook
Mother: Eliza
Spouse1: Susana Coffman
Spouse2:
Children: James A., Elizabeth, John F., Lewis H., Eliza

Name: Cook, Yancey Freddie (Pack)
Date: 1889-1952
Father: James Taylor Alexander Cook
Mother: Martha Catherine Willman
Spouse1: Emma D. Wilson
Spouse2:
Children:

UNITY CEMETERY Location: 14 miles south of Lexington on Highway 22A, in Chester County. http://web.utk.edu/~ddonahue/henderson/unity2.htm

Cook, Alma G.
August 9, 1920-________
[Parents: John E. & Ilene Maness]

Cook, Annie Ilene Maness
Wife of John Ellis
September 4, 1900-June 5, 1958
[Parents: Robert Lee & Lillian Weeks Maness]
[Brothers: Glenn & Donald Maness]
[Sister: Mrs. A.E. Jones]

Cook, John Ellis
October 24, 1893-February 17, 1974
[Parents: John Franklin & Kathryn Green Cook]
[Brother: Elton M. Cook]

Cook, Lyman D.
January 22, 1925-April 7, 1988
[Parents: John E. & Ilene Maness Cook]
[Daughter: Mrs. Kay Looney]
[Sisters: Mrs. Ruby Nell Goldsby, Miss Alma G. Cook, Mrs. Louise Hodges & Mrs. Velda Faye Underhill]
[Brother: Murray Cook]

Cook, Willie Mae
Wife of Lyman D.
No dates

Please remember the information above is NOT my research and I have listed the url - please visit their web site directly - it is wonderful!

Obits: from "Crossing the Dark River Henderson County, Tennessee obit 1827 - 1950" by Brenda Fiddler

Cook, Mrs. Joe (The Lexington Progress, May 25, 1906) Mrs. Joe Cook, near Juno, died last Monday. Deceased was a sister of Mr. Will Singleton, night car inspector here.

Cook, James Alexander (The Lexington Progress, Jan. 9, 1925) Born July 6, 1850, the deceased known as "Bud" married Miss Martha Catherine Williams, November 7th, 1872. To this union were born five boys and three girls, all surviving except Tom Cook, the oldest son, who died 29 years ago: J. H., J. G., J. E., and Y. F. Cook; Mrs. Sarah Lemons, Mrs. Maggie Cook and Mrs. Alice McCoy.

Cook, James F. (The Lexington Progress March 20, 1931) The Juno community was saddened last week by the death of James F. Cook, who died March 7th aged 56 years after a long and painful illness extending over a year. He was a good citizen, a faithful memeber for 34 years of the Mr. Gilead Baptist Church, and was known to all his neighbors for a very charitable and pious following of the Christian religion. On December 19th, 1897, he was married to Miss Callie Williams who survives him. He also leaves an aged mother, three brothers Jess, Ed, and Fred Cook; and three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Lemonds [also spelled Lemons], Mrs. Maggie Cook and Mrs. Alice McCoy, besides a number of other relatives and a host of friends. His body was interred at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Cook, Vera Wilson (The Lexington Progress, March 16, 1934) Mrs. Vera Wilson Cook, aged 41 years, wife of Jessie Cook and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wilson, died Sunday morning near Bargerton. She was married in September 1911, and the four children born to the union survive: Albert, Henry and Robert and one daughter, Maurine. Elder John Page conducted the funeral service held at Mount Tabor Baptist Church, after which the remains were taken to Spring Hill Cemetery for interment.

Cook, Martha Williams (The Lexington Progress, April 2, 1943) Mrs. Martha (Williams) Cook was born May 4, 1851, and died March 24, 1943, at the age of 91 years. On November 7, 1872 she was married to J. A. Cook, who preceded her to the grave ton December 22, 1924. To this union were born five boys and three girls. All survive except Tom Cook, the eldest who died twelve years ago. The other boys are J. G., J. E., J. H., and Y. F. The girls are Mrs. Sarah Ann Lemons, with whom she made her home; Miss Maggie Cook, and Mrs. Alice McCoy. In young womanhood she professed faith in Christ and united with the Baptist Church at Mt. Gilead. Burial was made at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Cook, A. S. (The Lexington Progess, April 1, 1949) Services for Staff Sargent Albert S. Cook were conducted at the grave in pleasant Hill Cemetery near Cedar Grove Wednesday morning. G. Tillman Stewart was in charge of the services. Military honors were carried out by the National Guard, VfW and American Legion. Sgt. Cook, 32, was killed in action in Holland. He entered the service September 16, 1941. He is survived by two brothers, Henry and Robert Cook, and a sister, Mrs. Maurine Douglass, all of near Cedar Grove. His father died about a year ago.

1830 Census Index

Cook,	Johnston	#103
Cook,	Rowland	#103
Cook,	Shem	#109

1840 Census

John Cook #325

m: 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
f: 1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 1

Jonson Cook #325

m: 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1
f: 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1

Joseph Cook #370

m: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1
f: 0 - 0 - 0 - 1

1850 Census Index

Cook, John page 114
Cook, Josiah H. page 195
Cook, Nancy page 138
Cook, William page 114

1860 Census Index

Cook, Alexander page 183
Cook, Elizabeth P. page 183
Cook, Eliza page 183
Cook, John H. page 183
Cook, Johnson page 183
Cook, Lewis H. page 183
Cook, Susan page 183

1891 Voter's Registration

J. A. Cook, District 2
J. A. Cook, District 7

also these links are from their site:

1870 Federal Census (Dist. 15 only).
1870 Federal Census lookups (for head of household only) provided by Jo A. Pandolfi.
1880 Federal Census image files
1910 Federal Census image files
Census Online web site maintained by Mark Reed. Collection of Census sites covering the United States and Canada.

Something for the Civil War buffs

Battle of Parker's Crossroads http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn011.htm
Civil War Criss - Cross http://www.tngennet.org/units.htm
Henderson County in the Civil War http://members.tripod.com/~douglk/flinn/henderson_county_tennessee.htm

Visitor:

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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. Return to Start Page / Cook Main Page / Census / Tennessee / Kentucky / Jefferson Davis Cook ** My Brick Wall ** These are not my Cook families but are presented to help others in their quest for Cook family information.

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