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From: Sandra Bauer <>
Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER-L] Re: ILJEFFER-D Digest V01 #53
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:18:41 -0600
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Carolyn

Interesting that you are researching Kinison. I have a very good friend
I work with named Linda Kinnison and she is from Texas.

Sandy

Carolyn Greathouse wrote:
>
> This is probably more information than some of you want to read,
> however, I have had several request for more information and it is
> easier to respond to the list rather than individually. I do not have
> documentation for some of the information I have here and would welcome
> any corrections anyone has to offer or additional information anyone
> has. My direct line from this list branches to Kinison, Orrick and
> Voliva. I would welcome more information on any of those lines.
>
> Descendants of John Cook
>
> Generation No. 1
>
> 1. JOHN2 COOK (WILLIAM1) was born Unknown. He married LUCY. She was
> born Unknown.
>
> Notes for JOHN COOK:
>
> Served in the Revolutionary War, Second Regiment, South Carolina
> Infantry (History of Belle Rive and Dahlgren)
>
> Child of JOHN COOK and LUCY is:
> 2. i. THEOPLIUS3 COOK, b. February 22, 1788, Fairfield County, South
> Carolina; d. June 15, 1858, Belle Rive, IL, New Hope Cemetery.
>
> Generation No. 2
>
> 2. THEOPLIUS3 COOK (JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born February 22, 1788 in
> Fairfield County, South Carolina, and died June 15, 1858 in Belle Rive,
> IL, New Hope Cemetery. He married ELIZABETH CALDWELL October 24, 1811
> in Tennessee, daughter of HENRY CALDWELL and SARAH IRVIN. She was born
> October 28, 1793 in Newberry Co., South Carolina, and died May 26, 1857
> in Belle Rive, IL, New Hope Cemetery.
>
> Notes for THEOPLIUS COOK:
> Lenna Smith and Mrs. Ed Page Reporting..... History of Belle Rive and
> Dahlgren
> The immigrant ancestors of Theophilus Cook settled in Virginia Colony in
> the early years of its settlement. The exact date of arrival is not
> known, but court records show that William Cook, great grandfather of
> Theophilus, bought eight hundred acres of land in what is now
> Southampton County, Virginia, in 1667. After a time, about 1770, the
> family moved to what became Fairfield County, South Carolina, where
> Theophilus was born on February 22, 1788.
> After the Revolutionary War (in which his father, John, served in the
> Second Regiment, South Carolina Infantry), members of the Cook, Caldwell
> and other families moved to Tennessee, where Theophilus Cook married on
> October 24, 1811. His bride was the former Elizabeth Caldwell, who had
> been born in Newberry County, South Carolina.
> Theophilus served in the War of 1812 under General Jackson, and his
> military record shows two periods of service in this conflict.
> He served the company commanded by Captain George Smith in a regiment of
> mounted volunteers in General Coffee's Brigade against the Creek
> Indians, volunteering in Sumner County, Tennessee in either September or
> October 1813. The reason the dates are indefinite is that the record was
> made from memory almost forty years after the actual periods of service,
> as the War Department did not keep service records as they did in later
> periods, and therefore the Theophilus Cook record was made by affidavits
> made out by himself and by men who knew him. He was honorably discharged
> from this period of service at Ditto's Landing on the Tennessee River
> about the last of December, 1813.
> Theophilus Cook also served in the company commanded by Captain Robert
> Moore in the First Regiment of Mounted Volunteers commanded by Colonel
> Thomas Williamson. He volunteered in Sumner County, Tennessee, in
> September, 1814 and was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tennessee
> about May 1, 1815.
> Theophilus Cook was already a father at the time of his service for his
> country, as Sarah had be born
> In the winter of 1816-1817, the family moved to Jefferson County,
> Illinois, settling in Moores Prairie Township near where Belle Point
> School house now stands.
> Theophilus and Elizabeth Cook had two sons who died in the Mexican War,
> but the records does not indicate which two they were.
> Theophilus Cook was a lay preacher (Methodist exhorter), and was highly
> respected by all who knew him. He died on June 15, 1858. The Cooks are
> buried in New Hope Cemetery, a short distance south of Belle Rive,
> Illinois.
> Among the descendants of Theophilus and Elizabeth Cook are and have been
> a number of professional people and people of some local prominence,
> including Rev. Cook Kinison and Federal Judge Robert Holder. Mary L.
> (Kinison) Orrick lived north of Fairplay School for years, and F. M.
> Kinison lived southeast of Fairplay all of his life. Lucretia E.
> (Kinison) Glenn lived the first house east of Fairplay. Many others have
> lived in the area.
>
> More About THEOPLIUS COOK and ELIZABETH CALDWELL:
> Marriage: October 24, 1811, Tennessee
>
> Children of THEOPLIUS COOK and ELIZABETH CALDWELL are:
> i. SARAH4 COOK, b. July 28, 1812; d. February 11, 1845; m. JOHN L.
> JENKINS, November 03, 1831, Illinois.
>
> More About JOHN JENKINS and SARAH COOK:
> Marriage: November 03, 1831, Illinois
>
> 3. ii. FERBIA COOK, b. January 30, 1814; d. June 17, 1892.
> iii. JOSIAH BROWN COOK, b. February 01, 1816; d. June 16, 1833.
> 4. iv. MARY COOK, b. June 01, 1817.
> v. ROBERT PERRY COOK, b. January 31, 1819; d. 1865; m. HARRIET JANE
> MORGAN, August 05, 1837; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
>
> More About ROBERT COOK and HARRIET MORGAN:
> Marriage: August 05, 1837
>
> vi. DANIEL D. COOK, b. October 11, 1820; m. NANCY M. PAREN.
> vii. JOHNATHAN S. COOK, b. February 12, 1822; d. 1849, Mexico; m. SUSAN
> F. BLAKE, March 18, 1845.
>
> More About JOHNATHAN COOK and SUSAN BLAKE:
> Marriage: March 18, 1845
>
> 5. viii. MATILDA COOK, b. April 03, 1824, Moores Prairie Township, Il.;
> d. February 18, 1903, Jefferson Co., Il. Lowery Hill.
> ix. WILLIAM C. COOK, b. October 03, 1825; d. December 02, 1847, DIED IN
> THE MEXICAN WAR.
> x. ELVINA COOK, b. August 16, 1827; d. February 17, 1855.
> 6. xi. MARGARET J. COOK, b. April 21, 1830.
>
> Carolyn Orrick Greathouse - again I welcome any comments/corrections or
> additions anyone has.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: H. W. "Butch" Clor <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER-L] Re: ILJEFFER-D Digest V01 #53
>
> > Hi, I would be interested in your Cook family. It seems I have
> Theophilus
> > Cook in family tree.
> >
> > Cindy Clor
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Cook, M.D." <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:32 AM
> > Subject: [ILJEFFER-L] Re: ILJEFFER-D Digest V01 #53
> >
> >
> > > Carolyn -
> > >
> > > I'd definitely be interested in hearing anything you have about
> Theophilus
> > > Cook and his family. My James Cook is my gg-grandfather, and I have
> no
> > > idea who his parents or siblings may be. It seems to me very
> possible
> > he's
> > > related to Theophilus, as they were apparently the only Cook
> families in
> > > Jeff. Co. in 1850, and are listed basically next to each other in
> the
> > > census. So anything you can tell me about him is a potential clue
> to my
> > > James's family.
> > >
> > > Jim Cook
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >______________________________X-Message: #2
> > > >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:53:22 -0600
> > > >From: "Carolyn Greathouse" <>
> > > >To:
> > > >Message-ID: <002601c0b868$62f05100$>
> > > >Subject: Re: [ILJEFFER-L] Theophilus Cook
> > > >
> > > >Theophilus Cook had a son named Robert Perry Cook, born Jan, 1819.
> I do
> > > >have some other information on Theophilus Cook who is my 3rd great
> > > >grandfather as well as other Cook family. I have Theophilus
> > > >birth/death as 1788 - 1858.
> > > >
> > > >Will be out the rest of the day but will be happy to share what I
> have
> > > >if you are interested. Let me know.
> > > >
> > > >Carolyn Orrick Greathouse
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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> >
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