Wayne County

Wayne County, Tennessee

Cook Genealogy

This is a wonderful site full of GREAT information.

Some of the pages include:

	Cemetery http://www.netease.net/wayne/cemetery.htm
	Pension http://www.netease.net/wayne/pension.htm
	Biographies http://www.netease.net/wayne/biographies.htm

I copied these 2 biographies - THIS IS NOT MY WORK - I did not copy the entire bio - please visit the page - it is GREAT! These are from Goodspeed's History 1886

Nathaniel T. Cook, M. D., of Wayne County, was born in 1850, and is a son of John L. and Mary A. (Johnson) Cook, who were natives of this State, the father being a farmer by occupation. He served in the quartermaster's department of the Confederate Army, enlisting in 1863 and serving until the close of the war. He was a Democrat and died in Wayne County in 1876. ... In 1870 he married Pina R. Fuson, daughter of Bethel and Sophronia Fuson. They have four children: John B. (who died in infancy), Heber J., Edner E., and an infant not named.

William M. Cook, ... was born in Wayne County March 23, 1849, son of John L. and Mary Ann (Johnson) Cook, both of whom were natives of Wayne County. ... He then traded in stock until his marriage, at the age of twenty-two, with Almyra I. Montague. ... May 11, 1886, Mrs. Cook died, leaving six living children: Nancy L., Jacob L., Mary, Thomas, Jessie and Nellie. Mr. Cook is a Democrat in politics, and in August, 1885, was elected to the office of mayor of Clifton. He is a Mason and K. of H. and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which faith his wife died.

Census Records:

1820 Census from: http://www.netease.net/wayne/1820census.htm

Jonathan Cook 100010/10010

John Cook 000100/00100

John Cook, Sr. 100201/10010

Christian Cook 300010/10010

William Cook 300010/30010

1830 Census from: http://www.netease.net/wayne/1830census.htm

David Cook 10001-/00001-

John Cook, Sr. 11101001-/111001-

John Cook, Jr. 121001-/20001-

Martin Cook 110001-/01001-

Christian Cook 2211001-/121001-

William Cook 2200001-/021201-

1838 Tax List from: http://www.netease.net/wayne/1838taxlist.htm

District 7

	COOK, John Sr. 135 1/2 acres
	Cook, John Jr.

District 9

COOK, George 95 acres

My Research

1840 Census Data

Cook, George # 98

	M: 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 1
	F: 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1

Cook, John Jr. #92

	M: 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 0 - 0 - 1
	F: 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Cook, John Sr. #92

	M: 0 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1
	F: 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1

Census 1850

Cook, C. C. age 20 Margaret age 20 Mary E. age 1 693-630

Cook, David age 49; Rody age 43; Geo. age 19; John L age 17; #690-630

Cook, Elisabeth age 59; Fredrick age 21; Rhoda age 18; Margaret age 13; Jane age 8; #885-657

Cook, George age 41; Abtel age 40; Delsey age 20; Isaac age 18; Mary age 14; Washington age 11; Andrew age 4; #983-672

Cook, George W. age 32; Vagnira age 22; Mary E. age 12; Thomas age 9; Amersa age 7; Margaret age 5; John age 2; #695-631

Cook, J. L age 23; Mary A. age 18; W. M. age 1; #667-627

Cook, M. N. age 37; P. age 28; Benj. age 5; Sarah age 3; #65-544

Cook, Marcus age 38; A. a. age 36; M. A. age 10; July age 4; M. age 2 A. F. age 6/12; #123-550

Cook, Martin age 50; Catharine age 48; Nancy age 14; Wm. age 11; #673-628

1860 Census

Cook, John L. age 33; Mary Ann age 27; Wm. M. age 11; Nathaniel T. age 9; Keneth age 7; Mary J. age 5; James T. age 3; Nancy E. age 2; John H. age 3/12; #1-236

Cook, Martin age 61; Katharine age 57; Nancy age 22; #2-236

1870 didn't find any ..

Researcher Requests:

From: Bobewing1@aol.com I am researching (Capt. ) George W. Cook , born in TN in 1812-13. He lived in Wayne Co. TN 1830?-1850?- died in AR in 1888. According to census records his father was also born in TN and his mother in NC. I don't know his wife's name,it was possibly Virginia or Louise. I believe she died pre-1850. They had sons Dempsey, and George W. and a daughter Mary L. Cook. Dempsey Cook had children James Christopher, Charles Edgar, George Isaac, Dempsey Hill, Peter, and daughters Lucretia Abigail, Minnie Louise, Annie, and Cadda. I haven't found anything on his parents or siblings. Bob Ewing

From: Robby McCain mailto: fitt2@hotmail.com Cook- northeast Mississippi

John Cook Sr.

b. ca. 1768 in either Germany or North Carolina

m. in NC to first wife, some say Nancy Fogleman or Elizabeth Coleman

d. about 1844 in Wayne County, TN

Children:

Christian (1792) John Jr. (1797) Martin (1798) David (1801) Elizabeth (1810)

I am from John Jr.:

My info from cousin Vicki Cook (or from cousin Ed Cook)

John Cook Jr.

b. about 1797

m. Debora (Debby) Martin in 1819 in Wayne County, TN

d. 1873 Grice, Upshur Co., Texas (from "Wayne County, TN")

Children:

Alexander (Alex) Cook, William Anderson Cook, David Cook, May Cook, Martin Cook, Malicia Cook, Christopher (Christian) C. Cook, Samual Cook, James Henry Cook, ? Cook, Charles Cook, John Ruben Cook, Thomas Jefferson Cook (1844, just Jefferson to some other researchers).

Martin Cook was born in 1828, and married Clarenda Autery in Tishomingo County, MS in 1853. They had the following children: Mahala Cook, Mary Harriete Cook, Armentie Atra Cook, Absolum Martin Cook, James Alexander Cook, Selena Carolina Cook

I am from James Alexander Cook who was born in 1868 in Tishomingo County, MS, this is about all that I have....

The Cook family is said to be German by tradition and by an early article in a newspaper that said that John Cook Sr. was a German and hatter by trade. I don't know if that means that John or his father was born in Germany. There was also a cousin that thought an older relative told them that our Cooks were related to James Cook the explorer. This seems unlikely to me, but anything is possible (except with me). I do think that the family is German, but I think we have been in the USA longer than we can prove...in other words I don't think that John Sr. was born in Germany!!

Robby McCain - Oxford, MS

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. Cook Main Page / Census / Tennessee / Kentucky / Jefferson Davis Cook ** My Brick Wall **