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Sumner County, Tennessee Cook Family Genealogy

Sumner County is located in Middle Tennessee, one of the state's three "grand divisions." It was formed in 1786 from Davidson County and is the second-oldest county in Middle Tennessee. Gallatin is the county seat. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/index.html 

Terrific page for Church information: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/sumnchur.htm 

 


Death Records Page:
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/d-c08.htm 

1820 Census

COOK, JACOB C.      145     M:1-0-0-1-0-0 F:2-0-1-1-0

COOK, JOEL              145     M:0-0-0-1-1-1 F:1-2-0-0-1

COOK, MOSES          147     M:1-2-1-0-0-1 F:1-2-1-0-1

1830 Census: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/sumnacn2.htm 

1178 COOKE, JACOB C. 0100001 002
1132 COOKE, JAMES 0110001 2013101
1182 COOKE, VALENTINE 00011 0001
1607 COOK, MATILDY G. 02 000001

1840 Census

Cook, Jacob #359

M: 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
F: 0

Cook, James #405

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

Cook, Jessee #406

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

Cook, Matilda #398

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

1850 Sumner County, TN Census

Cook, James age 23 #28 - 503

William Green age 18

Cook, Thomas age 42 #124-607

Milky age 47
Washington age 16
Mary age 12
Maranda age 10
Malinda age 6

1860 Census

Cook, Thomas age 50 #16-247

Howard age 50
John age 10
Edward age 30

Cook, Thomas age 52 # 181-330

Milcah, age 56
Barnwell age 19
Belinda age 15
note how different the names are from the 1850 census!

Cook, Washington age 26 # 180-329

Sarah age 29
Ann age 4
Mary age 2
Jane age 1/12

1870 Index Only

Cook, Absolem age 30 # 808

Cook, Harriat age 51 #651

Cook, Isabell age 25 # 785

Cook, T. J. age 62 #802

Cook, Thomas age 27 #808

1880 Census http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/1880i_c3.htm 

COOK, BELLE W F 519
COOK, BENJAMIN E. W M 86
COOK, CELIA B F 274
COOK, CHARLEY W M 519
COOK, COLUMBUS W M 425
COOK, ELIZA G. W F 86
COOK, ELIZA J. W F 86
COOK, ELIZABETH W F 425
COOK, ELLIS W M 519
COOK, GEORGE W. W M 425
COOK, JOANN W F 519
COOK, JOHN B. W M 86
COOK, JOHN G. W M 86
COOK, MARTHA C. W F 519
COOK, MARTHA E. W F 86
COOK, ROSE A. W F 425
COOK, SAMUEL E. W M 86
COOK, SARAH W F 425
COOK, SARAH M. W F 429
COOK, SUSAN W F 425
COOK, THOMAS J. W M 429
COOK, WASHINGTON W M 425
COOK, WILLIAM E. W M 86  
COOK, WM. S. W M 519

RESEARCHER NOTES: 

From: Lowell N. Cook mailto:kestrel@zoomnet.net 

We are searching for information on a Cook family who migrated from Tennessee to Texas:

William Cook married Joanna _____

Children:

 
Charles M. Cook
 
William S. Cook
 
Kate Cook
 
Bell Angeline Cook
 
Julia Cook
 
Ellis Paschal Cook, b.Summers County, TN, >March 12, 1865. d. June 19, 1919 Married Rebecca Ann Wright. b. Aug 20, 1870 in Summers, Tenn. d. 1963 in Point Pleasant, WV. Buried Boyd, TX.

Children of Ellis Paschal Cook and Rebecca Ann Wright Cook :

Harvey Evans Cook, b. Apr 11, 1889 in Summers TN. d. Jan 6, 1958. Married Emma Francis Herman. No children.
William Pless "Bud" Cook, b. Aug 22, 1890 in Summers County, TN. d. May 14, 1972 Buried Monte Vista Cemetery, Alagorgordo, NM Married Anges Neil, Boyd, TX

Children of William Pless Cook and Anges Neil Cook :

 
Louise Cook
 
Anita Cook, m. Fitzgerald
 
Anna Eloyse Cook,  Boyd, TX m. Gary Conley

Any help you could give us would be sincerely appreciated.

Lowell N. Cook  mailto:kestrel@zoomnet.net

 

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