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Lewis Co. Marriages 1817-1880: Parker B. Cookman m. Feb. 19, 1836 to Sarah
Post. (Email from Mrs. Nancy E. Gate)
2: George
M. Cookman, Pvt Co 'C', 31st Virginia, Harrison County, Va: Tattered
Uniforms and Bright Bayonets, WV Confederate Soldiers, p. 128 by Jack
L. Dickson, 1995. (Email from Mrs. Nancy E. Gate)
3: Parker
Cookman and Melville Cookman, pp 412-413, Appendix A (soldiers not listed
in the text) Lewis County in the Civil War, by Roy Bird Cook. (Email
from Mrs. Nancy E. Gate)
4: Harrison
Co. WVa death records 1853-1903: Mary Cookman d. May 20, 1887, 75y/o,
b. Harrison Co; Harrietta Cookman d. Mar 11, 1888, 35y/o, b. Harrison Co.;
Parker B. Cookman d. July 4, 1892, 79y5d, b. Lewis Co, "s/o George and
Mary, son E.A. reported the death"; Alcinda Cookman d. Dec. 3, 1896, 70y/o,
b 1805 "wife of A.D. Cookman". (Email from Mrs. Nancy E. Gate)
5: Harrison
Co. WV. Census, 1850/1860. (Email from Mrs. Nancy E. Gate)
6: 1850
Lewis Co. Census lists the following: George Cheuvront, age 18, living
with the John Cookman family. Also a Pheba Wolf, aged 17, listed
with (presumably) her family of Andrew F. Wolf.
7: Dorothy
Cheuvront Sipe visited this sod house in the 1950's. It was occupied
by a family member, and even in the middle of August was very cool and
comfortable without air conditioning. (And yes, the walls were very
thick)
8: Sullivan
Co., MO Early Marriages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosulliv/groom.html
9: Information
kindly shared by Linda Kaufman (Kaufman@wvhomes.com)
10: Will
of Rice Cookman.
11: Family
Tree Maker CD 187.
History of Ritchie County,
by Minnie Kendall Lowther,
pub 1910.
Transcribed for the
web by:
Janet Waite, Earl Cowan,
Erin Stewart,
Bonnie Ryan, Margaret Udell,
Sylvia Cox
and Laura Heath.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvritchi/MKL_HRC.htm
C O O K M A N s
1 8 6 0 C e n s u s
Northumberland Co, VA.
COOKMAN RES. 108, JEREMIAH-53M-FARMER-RE$1000-PP$700-NOCO,
ELIZABETH-35F-NOCO, JANE S.-18F-NOCO, EZEKIEL-17M-NOCO, ALICE-15F-NOCO,
SARAH-8F-NOCO, GEO. R.-4M-NOCO, WM. A. -3M-NOCO.
COOKMAN RES. 103, JNO.-59M-FARMER-RE$1500-PP$634-RICHCO, SARAH
A.-31F-RICHCO, JOHN H.-16M-LABORER-NOCO, ISABELLA A.-7F-NOCO, MAELLA-A.-4F-NOCO,
ZUELLA V.-2F-NOCO
COOKMAN RES. 212, THOS. -42M-FARMER-RE$4224-PP$2171-NOCO, JNO.
W.-25M-LABORER-NOCO, JANE F.-23F-NOCO, JOS. T.-21M-NOCO
COOKMAN RES. 105, WM.-28M-FARMER-RE$560-PP$361-NOCO, MARY M.-26F-NOCO,
HEZEKIAH-4M-NOCO, E.J.-2F-NOCO, LAURA J.-1F-NOCO.
RES. = Residence
M = male
NOCO. = Northumberland Co.
F = female
WESTCO. = Westmoreland Co.
MB = male black
RICHCO. = Richmand Co.
MM = male mulatto
ESSCO = Essex Co.
5FB = 5 year old female black
GLOUCO = Gloucester Co.
6MONM = 6 month old male
LANCO = Lancaster Co.
PP$ = Personal property value
CARCO = Caroline Co.
RR$ = Real estate property value
this census reports the following heads
of household, and their approximate ages cause lots of confusion:
Jeremiah(2), age 53, b. 1807
(wife or daughter) Elizabeth,
age 35, b. 1825
Jno., age 59, b. 1801
Sarah A, age 31, b. 1829
Thos., age 42, b. 1818
William (3?) age 28, b. 1832,
(wife?) Mary age 26, b. 1834
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