Born: 28 Mar 1752 Chaptico, St. Marys Co., VA |
Died: 12 Nov 1841 Cooke Graveyard, White Co., TN |
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Married: 6 Jan 1778 Culpepper Co., VA |
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Married: ABT 1825 White Co., TN |
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Died: 12 Nov 1841 Cooke Graveyard, White Co., TN |
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I rec'd yours of the 10th of April in which you expressed a desire to be informed of our ancestors. With pleasure I will give the desired information.
To the best of my knowledge and information it appears that about the year of our Lord 1720 a Schotchman by the name of Robert Cooke land- ed in Maryland in St. Mary's County at or near a noted place called Chaptico, there lived a noted farmer called Mr. Boyd.
Said Robert Cooke, being a saddlemaker and shoemaker to trade, made his first home in America with Mr. Boyd. In the same family there lived a young woman lately from Devonshire in England. Her name was Sarah Fielding. In process of time, the said Robert Cook and Sarah Fielding got married together and on March 13, 1726, they had a son born and called him John. And in a reasonable time after his birth, thy had a second son born and called his name Alexander. THen said Robert Cooke died and left a young widow and two sons, vis, my father and uncle who grew up and both married respectable women.
My father married a young woman whose name was Elizabeth Burch, by whom he had four sons and two daughters, namely:
Robert - born March 17, 1752
John - born August 1, 1754
James - born October 26, 1760
Alexander - born February 22, 1765
The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, married Isaac Wilson of Culpepper County, Va., by whom she had a son called James Fielding Wilson. THey have removed to Ky. He is a noted schoolmaster of Floysbery near Louisville. THe other daughter married Zephaniah Pratt and moved to Kentucky.
My uncle Alexander Cooke married a respectable woman named Sarah Reeves by whom he had five daughters and one son; his name was called John Upget Cooke. I have been informed that he is dead. Tho he married, I have no knowledge of his children.
As to my brother John's sons, he raised several in Culpepper Co., Va., where they married and have removed to the Monongahala Co. I cannot recall all their names, though one was called Alexander and one Richard. I am informed that he has moved to the Ohio State in his old days.
My brother James died at 60 years of age, left five sons, all respectable, thie names: William, George, Charles, John, and James. William is dead, George an artist, Charles a Methodist minister, stat- ioned at Pittsburh, John an Episcopalian minister in Hanover Co., Va., and James a physician in St. Mary's Co., Maryland. My brother, Alexander Cooke, lives in Ky., not far above the falls. I cannot say anything of his children.
As to my own family, they are scattered far and wide - 55 grand- sons and 50 granddaughters, besides 17 great grandchildren. My first son, James Cook, his children: Samuel, Felix M. Ellison, John Flemming, Robert M., Benj. Franklin, James Watson, Flezakiah, Randolf. My second son, John P. Cooke, his children: Wm. Brantley, Augustine, Wilford Watson, RObert Marshal. My third son, Lezakiah G. Cooke: his children: RObert Josper, John Spaulding, Wm. Wilson. My fourth son, Wm. Henry Cooke: his children, RObert Fielding, Lezekiah Cantrell, Geo. Washington, James Burch, John AUgustine. My fifth son, RIchard F. COoke: his children: Watson M., Calvin Witney, Bolivar Houston. My sixth son, Alexander Cooke: his children: Wm Austin; my seventh son, Elias Cooke; his son, Wm Prater.
Thus, my dear Robert, I hope I have with much difficulty made what you wanted to have done. It has taken me this day. My sight fails so that I expect my writing days are nearly gone.
I expect that you will have to guess at what I have aimed at. As my eyes are about to give out, I must conclude with every wish for your prosperity and happiness.
Your aged grandfather,
Robert E. (or F.) Cooke
The above letter was written to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke,
eldest son of Wm. Henry Cooke, at the age of 77.
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A PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Senator Estes Kefauver journeyed on Sunday to the little Green Bottom Cemetery near Cassville, Tenn. A ten-foot stone was erected over the grave of Robert Cooke, Revolutionary War Soldier. On the stone is transcribed the original inscription of Robert Cooke's grave- stone which had been all but obliterated on the original marker by the passing of time since Cooke's death in 1841.
Estes Kefauver is the great, great grandson of Robert Cooke, Major Bailey Bockman of Sparta who introduced the senator at a brief ceremony is also a great, great, grandson of the Revolutionary soldier.
The Daughters of the American Revolution restored the little cemetery as a part of a countrywide program. This seems to us to be a unique service being rendered by the DAR. As Mr. Kefauver said in the little ceremony under the auspices of the Daughters, the Revolutionary soldiers "fought against greater odds than any American Army has ever had to face since."
To resotre the inscription on their gravestones will help keep their memory alive.
We have an historic little cemetery right here in Chattan- ooga at the site of the old Brainerd Mission. The inscriptions on the gravestones there are practically entirely obliterated by the passing of time. It would be a service to the American people if those in- scriptions could be restored. Brainerd Mission and those who died there are part of the American story which should thrill us even to- day.
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A picture by Frank England Photo shows under the title MONUMENT TO WAR HERO - Mrs. Galena Cooke Sorrell, resident of the Taft community and a descendent of Robert Cooke, hero of the Revolutionary War, is shown placing a wreath at his monument which was dedicated Sunday in White County. Speaker was U.S. Sen. Estes Kefauver, himself a descendant of the hero and a son of Robert Cooke Kefauver, namesake of the 18th Century warrior. Marking the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers is a DAR project.
Clippings in the possession of Sarah Cooke Barton
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1820 Census - White Co., TN | |m10-15|m18-25|m45+|f45+|ag|sm0-13|sm14-25 |Robert Cook|1 |1 |1 |1 |2 |2 |1
1830 Census - White Co., TN |name |m0-4|m5-9|m10-14|m15-19|m20-29|m30-39|m50-59|m60-69|m70-79|f0-4|f5-9|f10-14|f15-19|f20-29|f40-49|f50-59 |Edward Hooper | | | |1 |1 | |1 | | |1 |1 | |1 |1 | | |John Pirtle Jnr|1 | | | | |1 | | | |2 | | | |1 | | |Elijah Purtle |1 | | | | |1 | | | |1 | | |1 | | | |Isaac Purtle |2 | | | |1 | | | | | | | | |1 | | |Jacob Purtle |1 |1 |1 | | |1 | | | | |1 | | |1 | | |John Purtle Jr.|1 | | | | |1 | | | |1 |1 | | |1 | | |John Purtle Sr.| | |1 |2 |1 | | |1 | | | | | |1 | |1 |Robert Cooke |1 | |1 |1 | | | | |1 | | |1 | | |1 |
1840 Census - White Co., TN |name |m10-14|m80-89|f50-59|sm10-23|sm24-35|sm36-54|sf10-23|Total |Robert Cook| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7