Abraham [Harmon] Cook^[1]

Abt 1770 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Abraham [Harmon] Cook
  Born	Abt Est 1770	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I11504	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Harmon Cook,   b. 20 Jan 1729, Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 May 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary Agness Ann Turk,   b. 1732, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 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.
  Family ID	F6985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Harmon Cook Kitchen Building Harmon Cook Kitchen.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Home Harmon Cook Home.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Plantation Harmon Cook Plantation.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Homestead Harmon Cook Homestead.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Will. Mentioned in his father's will [Harmon Cook] Cook notes from "History of Pittsylvania County"-p. 46 Harmon Cook who purchased large tractsof land on Tomahawk Creek and Pigg River, was a colonizer who brought inmany families from Pennsylvania in the latter part of the century. Cook petitioned the General Assembly of Virginia in 1788 for a town tobe established on his lands in Pittsylvania, "at the forks of the roadsleading from Houlston to Pennsylvania and Petersburg," stating that manytraders had already settled there. Young Abram Rohrer, son of AbramRohrer, a native of Switzerland, followed Cook from Pennsylvania to Virginia,and marrying Cook's daughter, founded the Rorer family of the county. The will of Harmon Cook was recorded May 21,1810. He bequeathed his property to his three sons, John, Harmonand Abraham Cook; and to his daughters, Catherine Wright, Mary Razor,and Nancy the wife of Abram Rorer. p.48 As the line of settlement moved westward, it became necessary to divide the old counties and form new ones and in February 1745 the General Assembly created Lunenburg County and on May the 5th Abraham Cooke among others took the oath of justice of the peace. The will of Abraham Cooke is recorded in Lunenburg County in 1748 naming wife Sarah, and sons Charles and Benjamin. p.99 John Cook was appointed captain of the militia during the years 1767 to 1770