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 Est 1773 - Bef 1808 (~ 35 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | John [VA] Cook, Jr. was born Abt 1792, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Harmon Cook, Jr. and Susannah Ramsey); died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Notes:
From Lunenburg County, Virginia Deed Book 13, 1777-1784, abstracted by June Banks Evans, Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, New Orleans, LA, 1991, pages 79-80:
Page 406, 24 Nov. 1781. HENRY BLAGRAVE [V] and wife ELIZABETH to Henry Cook, all of Lunenburg Co., exchange of said Cook?s part of 4 negroes in estate of HENRY BLAGRAVE [IV] decd., for 400 acres in Lunenburg Co. on west side of Meherring, adjoining Wm. Glen, Sylvanus Walker, Edwd. Jordan?s former lines on path from Juniper Creek to where said Cook lives, new line eastward to branch. Signed: HENRY BLAGRAVE, ELIZABETH BLAGRAVE. Witnesses: Nath. Dacus, Bryan Lester jr., William Glenn. Recorded: 13 Dec. 1781. ELIZABETH, wife of BLAGRAVE, relinquished dower right.
From Lunenburg County, Virginia Deed Book 13, 1777-1784, abstracted by June Banks Evans, Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, New Orleans, LA, 1991, page 83:
Page 428, 24 Nov. 1781. HENRY BLAGRAVE [V] to Henry Cook, Francine Cook, John Cook jr., Dosha Cook, Edmund Cook, and Mary Cook, all of Lunenburg Co., exchange of their part of BLAGRAVES's deceased father's estate for 6 Negroes: James, Mary, Lewis, Julius, Jeffry, and Silvia. Recorded: 11 July 1782.
Name:
This John Cook, probably brother to Harmon
John married Mary Blagrave 1759, Lunenburg Co., Virginia. Mary (daughter of Henry Blagrave and Mary Knewstep) was born Abt 1746, Caroline County, Virginia; died Bef 1777, Halifax Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Mary Blagrave was born Abt 1746, Caroline County, Virginia (daughter of Henry Blagrave and Mary Knewstep); died Bef 1777, Halifax Co., Virginia. Notes:
Chancery Notes: mfe - Mary Blagrave married John Cook and produced issue, Unity, Henry, Nancy and Edmund. After her death, John Cook married Elizabeth Walthall and produced more heirs. Henry Blagrave, Mary's father, exchanged with Henry Cook [his grandson], 4 Negroes of his Legacy from Henry Cook [his grandfather] due him for 400 acres to Henry as his Mother's part. Elizabeth Walthall Cook brings suit for her children who are also heirs of Henry Cook, as she knows Henry has received the acreage.
From Lunenburg County, Virginia Deed Book 13, 1777-1784, abstracted by June Banks Evans, Bryn Ffyliaid Publications, New Orleans, LA, 1991, pages 79-80:
Page 406, 24 Nov. 1781. HENRY BLAGRAVE [V] and wife ELIZABETH to Henry Cook, all of Lunenburg Co., exchange of said Cook's part of 4 negroes in estate of HENRY BLAGRAVE [IV] decd., for 400 acres in Lunenburg Co. on west side of Meherring, adjoining Wm. Glen, Sylvanus Walker, Edwd. Jordan's former lines on path from Juniper Creek to where said Cook lives, new line eastward to branch. Signed: HENRY BLAGRAVE, ELIZABETH BLAGRAVE. Witnesses: Nath. Dacus, Bryan Lester jr., William Glenn. Recorded: 13 Dec. 1781. ELIZABETH, wife of BLAGRAVE, relinquished dower right.
Children:
- Henry [VA] Cook was born 15 May 1760, Lunenburg Co., Virginia ; died 10 Jun 1833, Williamson Co., Tennessee .
- Edmund [VA] Cook was born Est 1763, Lunenburg County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- Unity [VA] Cook was born Abt 1771, Halifax Co., Virginia; died 8 Sep 1809, Franklin Co., Williamson, Tennessee.
- 1. Nancy Cook was born Est 1773, Lunenburg County, Virginia; died Bef 1808, Prob. Halifax Co., Virginia.
- Major Philip to GA Cook was born 1775, Fairfield County, South Carolina; died 7 Nov 1841, Twiggs County, Georgia; was buried , Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Harmon Cook, Jr. was born Est 1758, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Harmon Cook and Mary Agness Ann Turk); died Yes, date unknown. Harmon married Susannah Ramsey 4 Feb 1786, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Susannah (daughter of Thomas Ramsey, Sr. and Frances, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey) was born Abt 1764, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Colony; died Bef 1805, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Susannah Ramsey was born Abt 1764, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Colony (daughter of Thomas Ramsey, Sr. and Frances, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey); died Bef 1805, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Notes:
Married:
Married by Rev. David Bass
Children:
- Anne Cook was born 1788, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia ; died Yes, date unknown.
- Elizabeth Cook was born Abt 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- 2. John [VA] Cook, Jr. was born Abt 1792, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
- Thomas Cook was born Est 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- Mary Cook was born Abt 1797, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- Jesse Cook was born Abt 1795, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- Sarah Cook was born 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- Harmon3 Cook was born 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
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| 6. | Henry Blagrave was born Est 1705, Caroline Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Lunenburg Co., Colonial Virginia. Henry married Mary Knewstep. Mary was born Aby 1705, Caroline Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Mary Knewstep was born Aby 1705, Caroline Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. Children:
- 3. Mary Blagrave was born Abt 1746, Caroline County, Virginia; died Bef 1777, Halifax Co., Virginia.
- Henry Blagrave, II was born 1736, Caroline Co., Virginia; died 1809, Mercer Co., Kentucky.
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Generation: 4
| 8. |  Harmon Cook was born 20 Jan 1729, Pennsylvania; died 10 May 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Harmon married Mary Agness Ann Turk. Mary was born 1732, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | Mary Agness Ann Turk was born 1732, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Notes:
Rudolph Rorer and Elizabeth Rorer, twins, were born in 1797 on Sunday, 8th day of October, under
the planet LUNA. He apparently owned slaves. In the Pittsylvania County, VA death records there is a record of a slave named Eliza Rorer, owned by Rudolph, who died of cancer at age 39 in June 1861. Rorer's Harpen Creek Mill Rudolph Rorer received title to this forty-one acres as a gift. The Rorers were millers and Abraham Sr. and Abraham Jr. both owned sawmills in the county. The elder was a son-in-law of Harmon Cook, who owned at least two mills. Cook built one of these on Tomahawk Creek, and the other he bought from George Jefferson on Turkey Cock Creek.
Children:
- Abraham [Harmon] Cook was born Abt Est 1770, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- Nancy Cook was born Est 1775, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
- 4. Harmon Cook, Jr. was born Est 1758, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- John [Harmon] Cook was born Est 1768, Prob. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
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| 10. | Thomas Ramsey, Sr. was born 4 Oct 1734, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 16 Aug 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Ramsey Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia . Thomas married Frances, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey. Frances, was born 6 Jun 1740, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 6 Apr 1806, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. | Frances, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey was born 6 Jun 1740, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 6 Apr 1806, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Notes:
Married:
Other Children:
George M. Ramsey, Abt 1754-1851
Charity Ramsey, Abt 1762-2 Jul 1826
Isaac/Isiah Ramsey Abt 1765
John Ramsey Abt 1772
Noten Ramsey Abt 1780-1852
Lavinia Ramsey Abt 1780-Bef 1837
Anna Ramsey Abt 1782-Bef 1837
Sarah Ramsey 'Sallie' Abt 1782-Aft 1860
William Newman, 1783-1843
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Abt 1787
Children:
- Woodson Ramsey was born 1 Jan 1760, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Jan 1849, Henry,Franklin County, Virginia; was buried , Woodson Ramsey Burial Site Henry, Franklin County, Virginia.
- Sgt. Thomas F. Ramsey, Jr. was born Dec 1760, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
- 5. Susannah Ramsey was born Abt 1764, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Colony; died Bef 1805, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
- Noten Ramsey was born Est 1790, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
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