Harrison County, Kentucky

Cook Family Genealogy Census / Burials / Deeds

updated: 02/04/00

Harrison County was formed in 1794 from Scott and Bourbon Counties. The population's ancestry is primarily German, Irish and English. The county seat is Cynthiana, the home of E. D. Bullard Company a manufacturer of safety equipment since 1898. Many Harrison County residents commute to work at Toyota Motor Mfg. in Scott County. from: http://pweb.netcom.com/~jog1/harrison.html  This information was copied from their website.

Web Sites Worth the Visit: 

Cynthiana Newspaper June 1896: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6437/Cynthiana00.html

Lists: Mayor Cyrus B. Cook, 1875 to Dec. 1880

Bio's: http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/harrison/cook.cb.txt C. B. COOK, Jr., miller and distiller, P. O. Cynthiana; was born near Richmond, Ky., Feb. 19, 1860, son of C. B. and Parmelia (Knight) Cook; he was born in Lancaster County, Pa., March 31, 1823, was a millwright and distiller by occupation, coming to Kentucky in 1858... 

JAMES A. COOK, deceased, was a distiller in Cynthiana, born in York County, Pa., 1830, son of Stephen B. and Lydia Cook, who were the parents of four sons and five daughters... http://www.starbase21.com/kybiog/harrison/cook.ja.txt 

1820 Census Index Only

#164 Benjamin Cook

#162 Elisabeth Cook

#164 John Cook

#152 Joseph Cook

#164 Nancy Cook

1830 Index Only

#155 Cook, Aaron Licking Creek

#137 Cook, Benjamin Licking Creek

#155 Cook, John Licking Creek

#153 Cook, Joseph Licking Creek

1840 Census Index

#135 Aaron Cook

# 135 Joseph Cook

#135 Nancy Cook

1850 Census Index

#144 David Cook

#158 Edmond Cook

#70 John F. Cook

#167 Letitia Cook

#77 William Cook

#79 William Cook

1860 Census Index

#434 - #434 COOK, JOHN age 72, male, farmer, $2300, $400, born New Jersey page 514 Cynthiana P.O.
Mary, age 72 born Maryland
Cole Haley age 28, male farmer born KY
Mary age 26, born KY
Franklin age 7 born KY
Ada age 4, born KY
Nanie, age 2, female, born KY
 

#435 - #435 COOK, JOHN age 44, male, farmer, -, $250, born KY, page 514 Cynthiana P.O.

Elizabeth age 36 female born KY
Elizabeth age 9/12 female born KY
 

#682-#682 COOK, AARON age 58, male, farmer, -, $700, born KY page 545 Connersville P.O.

Newton age 23, farmhand, -, $100, born KY
Mikagah, age 22, male, -, $100, born KY
Nancy, age 14, female, born KY
Frances, age 17, male, born KY
Eligah, age 15, male, born KY
 

#724 - #724 COOK, DAVID, age 48, farmer, -, $400, born KY page 550 Connersville P.O.

Eliza age 28, born KY
Lenora, age 8, born KY
Ann, age 4, born KY
Joseph, age 2, born KY
John, age 3/12, born KY
 

COOK, NICHOLAS, age 28, male, farmer born KY page 608 Cynthiana (he is enumerated 3 times - kids names change)

Elizabeth age 28, female born KY
Columbus age 5, born KY
Marcus age 3, born KY
Sally age 2, born KY
David age 3/12, born KY
 

#439-#439 COOK, JOHN T., age 29, Male, Farmer, $2000, $2000; page 623 Cynthiana

Sarah McShane, age 60, female, $4000, $4000
Sarah Hyatt, age 42, female
Newton ", age 19, farm hand
Sarah J. ", age 17
Henry C. ", age 15
Susan " age 12
Granville P ", age 10
John ", age 8
Ann ", age 4
Wm. Barkeher, age 17
 

COOK, NICHOLAS age 30, farmhand, -, $150, born KY page 626 Cynthiana

Elizabeth, age 28 born KY
Columbus age 6 born KY
Fayette age 4 born KY
Sally age 2 born KY
Thomas age 1 born KY
Cassandra Hunt age 10
 

#529 - #529 Christina Florence age 70, farmer, $800 page 636 Cynthiana

Levi, age 26, $1000
Jasper Cook, age 21, laborer
 

#531 - #531 COOK, NICHOLAS age 27 farmer 800 - 150 born KY page 636 Cynthiana

Elizabeth age 25 female born KY
Columbus age 6 born KY
Lafayette age 4 born KY
Sarah age 2 born KY
Cassanda Florence age 12 born KY
Wm. Cook age 27 male, cooper, -, $200, born KY
 

#234 - #234 COOK, WILLIAM age 63, male, stone mason, $1000 - $300, born KY page 636 Cynthiana

Elizabeth, age 40, female, born KY
  
#530 - #530 COOK, WILLIAM B. age 64, farmer, $500 - $200 page 636 Cynthiana
Charity age 48, housekeeper
John age 29, farmhand 
Wm. L, age 26, female
Elizabeth age 10, female
George, age 8, male
Miais age 4, male
COOK, NATHANIEL age 22, farmer, - , $200, born KY page 643 Cynthiana
Ellen J. age 22 born KY
#1042 - 1042 COOK, 	WADE age 27, farmer, $100, born KY, page 702 Cynthiana
Sarah Ann age 26 born KY
Eliha Harding age 40 laborer - $250
Malinda " age 32 born KY
Julianne " age 13 born KY
James W. " age 8 born KY
Lalitha " age 6 female born KY
Nancy J " age 5 female born KY
John O. Harding age 3 born KY
Harriet " age 2 born KY 

1870 Census Index 
#101 - #95 COOK, WILLIAM age 73, stone mason, $1000 - $1000, born KY page 102 Buena Vista District
Elisabeth age 55 born KY 
#145 - #138 McCalley, John age 36 male farmer $1720 - 1200 born KY page 105 Buena Vista District
Ellen age 32 keeps house born KY
Cook, Sallie age 12 at home born KY 
" Nathan age 10 at home born KY
McCalley, Emily age 2 female born KY
" Elizabeth age 9/12 born KY
#224- #211 COOK, CHARITY age 61, female keeps house, $175, born Pennsylvania page 	110 Buena Vista District
John age 40 male Cooper $140 born KY
Jasper age 30 male Cooper $120 born KY
James R age 21 farmer born KY
Malvina age 17 female born KY
Melinda age 15 born KY
William age 10 born KY
Conelia age 8 female born KY
#222 - #209 Benson, John age 27, male, white farmer $600 born KY page 110, Buena Vista District
Cansandy age 19 female, keeps house born KY
Wm. S. age 3/12 born KY
COOK, GEORGE age 15 at home 
#221 - #208 COOK, NICHOLAS age 37, male, white, farmer, - , $100, born KY page 110 Buena Vista District
Elizabeth age 37, female, keeps house born KY
Christopher, age 15, male born KY
Lafayett, age 14, male born KY
Sallie E. age 12, female, born KY
John D. age 10, male, born KY
Barton age 8, male, born KY
William age 6, born KY
Basil D. age 4, male born KY
Annie age 1 born KY
#229 - #215 Florence, Abram age 27, farmer born KY page 111 Buena Vista District
Prudeann age 24 female born KY
Jasper age 4/12 born KY
Cook, Moses age 12 at home born KY
COOK, WILLIAM B. age 36 cooper born KY page 127 Casons Pct.
Senia Ann age 17 female keeping house born KY
#71 - #71 COOK, JOHN T. age 39 farmer $10,000; $1,000 born KY page 150 Cynthiana Pct.
Maggie age 22 keeps house
Wilson, Charles age 18 farm hand
Johnson, Betty age 24 domestic
#125 - #118 Martin, Elizabeth age 67, keeps house, $3080 - $1920 born KY page 154 Cynthiana Pct. 
COOK, JOHN age 10 domestic born KY
#229 - 214 COOK, WILLIAM A.	age 36, distiller, born Pennsylvania page 162 Cynthiana Pct.
Anne E. age 24, born KY
Albert B. age 2 born KY
Garnett, Laura age 26, black, domestic servant
#98-104 COOK, CYRUS B., age 47, distiller, $70,000; $20,000; born PA, page 174 Cynthiana
Permaelia, age 40 born MD
Cora V. age 15 born Ohio
Cyrus K age 10 born KY
Silley L age 7 born KY
Hattie M age 2 born KY
a number of others in the household
#189-#202 COOK, STEPHEN B., age 73, W, Male, Retired Merchant, $10,000; $300; born PA page 181 Cynthiana
Liddie, age 65, housewife
Gwerie, Margaret, age 19, black, 
#99-#106 COOK, JAMES A., distiller, age 39, $89,000; 2,650; born PA page 190 Cynthiana
Sarah W. age 34
Mary age 10
Cha W age 8
Renecker, Henry age 27, hostess
", Mary age 23, domestic
#68-#69 COOK, DAVID, 59, W, Male, Farmer born KY page 199 Leesburg Pct.
Eliza age 35 born KY
Elizsh age 14 born KY
Joseph age 12 born KY
George age 7 born KY
Hephuis? age 2 born KY
#139-#140 Fry?, Wm. J. age 65, W, Male Farmer 94,80, 1240, born KY 
Mary, age 48
Wm, age 18, farm labor
COOK, FRANCIS, 30, W, Male, farm labor page 204 Leesburg Pct.
Turner, Thomas farm labor
Magon, Magie? age 22, Female, School Teacher born Englan
#155-#156 COOK, JOHN, 51, W, Male, Wagon Maker page 205 Leesburg Pct. born KY
Susan E. age 28, F, W, Keeping house born KY
Sarah A. age 11 born KY
Mary age 9 born KY
Elijan age 8 born KY
John age 9/12 born KY 
#169-#169 COOK, AARON, 70, W, Male, Wagon Maker page 238 Rutland District born KY
Elijah Cook, age 24, Wagon Maker born KY

1880 Census Images ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/harrison1880.txt 

COOK 099-01 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/099-01.gif 

COOK 099-36 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/099-36.gif 

COOK 099-50 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/099-50.gif 

COOK 100-43 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/100-43.gif 

COOK 100-46 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/100-46.gif 

COOK 101-05  http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/101-05.gif 

... John, age 47 farmer, born KY - KY - KY 

Melvina age 27 born KY - ? - TN
William age 9 born KY - KY  - KY son
Mary M. age 5 born KY - KY - KY daughter
Cook, Slytha age 3 step daughter Ky - KY - KY 
Cook Charity age 70 born Pennsylvania mother in law Pennsylvania - TN - TN

COOK 101-06 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/101-06.gif 

Florence, James age  age 28?  

Susan E. age 28 
Cook, Sally niece age 22 no occupation 

COOK 101-10 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/101-10.gif 

Florence, Nicholas age 66

Sarah ? age 50, wife
Levi age 22 son
Nicholas age 12 son
Sarah age 10 daughter
Charles age 7 son 
??, Mary Ann  age 21
Cook, Lafayette age 23 (nephew?) works on farm  

COOK 101-21 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/101-21.gif 

COOK 101-22 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/101-22.gif 

COOK 103-31 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/103-31.gif 

COOK 104-26 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/104-26.gif

COOK 105-28 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/105-28.gif 

COOK 106-08 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/106-08.gif 

COOK 106-13 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/harrison/census/1880/106-13.gif 

A few marriages:

Isaac Cook to Mary Gray on Feb. 14, 1810
John Cook to Mary Welly on April 11, 1811
Benjamin Cook to Sally Dunn on September 7, 1815
Ira Baldwin to Lucy Cook on November 6, 1815
Lovey Carr to Joseph Cook on July 21, 1818
William Cook to Polly Garton on February 24, 1824
Joel Cook to Ruth Roman on March 9, 1824

Kentucky Death Index Information

Bart   Cook	29 Dec 1944	82 Years	44	26801
Carrel   Cook	14 Feb 1911	29 Years	11	3601
Charles W. Cook	23 Jul 1966	86 Years	66	15917
Charlie   Cook	18 Feb 1966	77 Years	66	5210
Clarnce B. Cook	20 Jan 1970	88 Years	70	853
Clyde   Cook	02 Aug 1916	1 Month	16	20612
Elizbth J. Cook	09 Jun 1969	76 Years	69	13920
Ella Z. Cook	28 Feb 1946	76 Years	46	3800
Emmaline   Cook	12 Feb 1923	85 Years	23	4493
Emmaline   Cook	 6 Oct 1922	66 Years	22	21907
Ethelena   Cook	25 Jul 1925	49 Years	25	16607
Fannie D. Cook	27 May 1915	67 Years	15	12280
George L. Cook	 2 May 1984	59 Years	84	11247
George W. Cook	25 Mar 1975	94 Years	75	5897
Hargis   Cook	30 Nov 1911	33 Years	11	28409
Hattie M. Cook	27 Dec 1958	76 Years	58	28275
Hubert E. Cook	18 Nov 1982	71 Years	82	32465
J D. Cook	 	5 Dec 1936	77 Years	36	32768
James R. Cook	22 Apr 1936	85 Years	36	10611
James W. Cook	 2 Apr 1934	20 Years	34	9053
Jane   Cook	12 Jan 1912	78 Years	12	1228
Joseph D. Cook Iii 	6 Dec 1948	1 Month	48	25216
Lala S. Cook	22 Feb 1963	85 Years	63	2927
Laura B. Cook	 2 Jul 1954		67 Years	54	13515
Laura W. Cook	26 Jan 1986	77 Years	86	928
Lora   Cook	 2 Jan 1912	5 Years	12	1227
Louisa   Cook	28 Feb 1938	78 Years	38	6480
Louisa B. Cook	13 Feb 1985	88 Years	85	3222
Margaret H. Cook 	30 Aug 1928	80 Years	28	19743
Marion L. Cook	12 Feb 1919	2 Years	19	5978
Mary   Cook	12 Apr 1989	86 Years	89	9444
Mary E. Cook	10 Nov 1963	84 Years	63	26244
Mary L. Cook	17 Mar 1976	80 Years	76	5230
Minnie H. Cook	 5 Feb 1973	72 Years	73	3066
Nannie   Cook	 6 May 1911	50 Years	11	12264
Nannie   Cook	29 May 1948	72 Years	48	9831
Nathan H. Cook	 1 Jul 1936		74 Years	36	18880
Odella   Cook	11 Jun 1920	19 Years	20	18199
Oteria C. Cook	 3 Dec 1965	82 Years	65	27901
Rachel L. Cook	19 Oct 1926	9 Years	26	25343
Violet L. Cook	16 Feb 1929	28 Years	29	5999
Wilbert T. Cook	16 Nov 1986	66 Years	86	28487
William E. Cook	 3 May 1965	91 Years	65	12817
Zetta K. Cook	31 Jan 1976	82 Years	76	661

Burials at Battle Grove Cemetery at Cynthiana, KY

James A. Cook, city; died June 23, 1873

Stephen B. Cook, city; age 77 yrs. March 12, 1874

C. B. Cook, city, Nov. 18, 1880

Reinterned from Private or Old Cemetery

Lewis P. Cook, city; age 24 yrs., 5 months, 6 days. Dec. 2, 1874

Jimmie Albert Cook, city; died Sept. 9, 1865 Dec. 2, 1874

Original Lot Owner Old Graveyard on Main Street, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky

29. J. A. Cook

source: http://www.shawhan.com/harrisoncemeteries.html Original Source: "Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records" by Mrs. Harry Kennett McAdams, Keystone Printery, Lexington Kentucky, 1929.

GRIFFITH-COOK GRAVEYARD on hill between original Griffith and Cooks farms, near Hooktown(1951), it would appear that there are no Cook Family Members buried here.

Samuel Griffith, d. Aug. 28, 1826 in his 47th year
Martha Griffith, d. Sept. 2, 1826 in her 45th  year
John Griffith, b. Oct. 25, 1787, d. Oct. 23, 1865; consort, Sally, b. Aug. 1, 1793, d. July 21, 1845
William P. Adair, b. Aug. 5, 1784, d. Jan. 1, 1852; wife, Anna, b. Jan. 17, 1790, d. Feb. 16, 1817
Margaret C., dau of Wm. & Anna Adair, consort of Daniel S. Talbott, b. Jan. 11, 1817, d. Nov. 7, 1844
Nathan Young, d. June 20, 1854, in his 71st year
Angeline, wife of Barton Mathers, b. Jan. 1, 1814, d. Jan. 30, 1842
Sarah McShane, b. Jan. 1, 1798, d. Sept. 22, 1871
William Griffith, b. 1760, d. 1800, Revolutionary Soldier

Harrison County, Kentucky Deed

Book A, pg. 147, Sept. 12, 1793-Holt Richison of King William Co., Va., for divers causes, hereunto moving appts. Jno Cook of Bourbon Co., Ky., atty. to deliver deed to Wm. McDowell of Bourbon, land on forks of Licking by virtue of Military warrant.

source: http://www.shawhan.com/ordersharrison.html

Newton Cook - Newton was one of 3 Cooks with the 9th. Kentucky (1860 Census Harrison County,KY)

Newton Cook Residence not listed; Enlisted on 10/21/61 at Abingdon, VA as a Private. On 10/21/61 he mustered into "D" Co. KY 9th Infantry. He died of disease on 8/15/64 at Forsyth, GA. He was listed as: Wounded 9/20/63 Chickamauga, GA Sources: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers War 1861-65

visit: http://www.inetnow.net/~ehallman/cem.htm Forsyth Confederate Cemetery Project

Three Cook's were actually in the 9th

John E Cook 10/17/61 Enlisted- 11/15/62 disch minor
Newton Cook D 10/21/61 Enlisted 08/15/64 died disease Forsyth, GA
W P Cook 10/17/61 Enlisted deserted

 

Source: Rattling Spurs and Broad-Brimmed Hats by William Penn, 1995, [email protected] 

from his preface, The author quotes the editor of the Cynthiana News, "No place in Kentucky attracted so much attention and so much interest, during the war from both parties, as out little "city of the maidens." No sooner than the telegraph communicated the news of an invasion of Kentucky either from the direction of the Ohio, or the Cumberland, than the minds were directed at Cynthiana." Some 1400 men marched off to war from Harrison County, Kentucky. 

Cynthiana which is the county seat for Harrison County is on the Licking River and about 30 miles morth of Lexington and 65 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio.  

In Chapter 8 (entitled Keller's Bridge) the author describes an engagement which occurred on June 11, 1864.  Catherine and Cyrus Cook lived with their 4 children near the surrender site.  Cyrus was a millwright and was building the A. Keller distillery.  The Confederates used the Cook home as a hospital after the battle.  Cora Virginia Cook was only nine years old when she witnessed the bloodshed.  The Cook's and their neighbors buried the dead on the hilltop that evening.  This is a wonderful account of the war and it's role in Harrison County.  

Other Links:

Harrison County, Kentucky http://www.netcom.com/~jog1/harrison.html
USGENWEB site: http://pw1.netcom.com/~jog1/harrison.html 
Harrison County Rootsweb List [email protected]
List of Harrison County Resources: http://members.aol.com/kygenweb/lookup.htm 

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