The earliest known ancestor, William Cook, m. Margaret Green. They had eleven children, Three of their sons were named Abraham, Hosea and Jesse. William and Margaret Cook lived in Franklin CO., Va. In 1780, they moved to the wilderness of KY at the Forks of Elkhorn in what is now Franklin Co. Here William Cook died only a few months after arrival, leaving his wife and children in poverty and exposed to the dangers of frontier life. In 1791, two of Mrs. Cook's sons, Hosea and Jesse, having married, moved three miles further down on the Elkhorn to a settlement called Innis Bottom. In Apr 1792, the settlement was attacked by about 100 Indians . The two Cooks were shearing sheep. At the first fire of the Indians one of the Cooks fell dead and the other was mortally wounded. The wounded man got his and his brother's wife and two infants inside thier cabin and barred the door and fell dead. The two Mrs. Cooks were now left to defend themselves and thier infants. The Indians tried to break the door open but failing this they fired several balls against it but the balls would not penetrate the door. They then sprang on top of the cabin, and kindled three fires in succession but the heroic women climbed up in the loft inside the cabin and put each fire out with water and the jacket of the murdered man which was saturated with blood. The Indians finally retired, were pursued and escaped across the Ohio River.

Abraham Cook was one of the eleven children of William and Margaret Green Cook. He was born July 6, 1774, in Franklin Co., Va. He moved with his parents to Franklin Co., Ky in 1780. He married Sarah Jones in 1796. She was of Welsh origin. He remained at Forks of Elkhorn until 1799 when he moved to the head of Six Mile Creek, where Christiansburg is now located.

A Baptist Church, called Indian Fork, was established in 1806, near where he lived. He bacame a member of it. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in Sept 1809. He was over six feet, erect, slender, dark complexioned. He was pastor of Indian Fork, Christiansburg, Buffalo Lick Churches in Shelby Co., Ky., and one in Franklin Co. He continued as pastor of the four churches until old age forced him to retire. In 1851 he moved to Missouri with his wife and youngest daughter. He died there Feb. 10, 1854. The children of Abraham and Sarah Jones Cook: William, Hosea, Jesse, Peggy, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Hannah, Ursula.

William Cook married Mary Flood, the daughter of Joshua Flood of Shelby Co., Ky. Their children were: Joshua Flood Cook, Joseph Cook, Alexander Cook, Mary Cook, Abraha Cook.

Joshua Flood Cook was b. Jan 14, 1834, near Bagdad, Ky. He married 8 Susan Goode Farmer of Christiansburg, Ky. Nov 8, 1858. Their descendants are listed under the Farmer family. He was educated at Georgetown College, Ky (1855 - 58). He was a distinguished Baptist minister. He served as a Chaplain in the Confederate Army. He was President of LaGrange College, Mo. (now Hannibal-LaGrange) for nearly thirty years. Later he was President of Webb City College, Mo. He was in "Who's Who in America". He died at La Grange, Mo., May 1912. He married second Miss Bessie Hughes of Saline Co. May 1892. She died May 8, 1894. He married third Miss Drusilla Hirons of La Grange, Mo., about 1897. To this union was born one son, Howard Elliott Cook, in 1900. He was taken prisoner by the Japs when they captured Wake Island in 1942. He was an invalid, after his release in 1945, the rest of his life.

Mary Flood Cook's father, Joshua Flood married a Bondurant of Shelby Co., Ky., according to tradition. Mary Floos Cook's brothers were: George Flood, Joseph Flood, Ned Flood, Noah Flood - a Baptist minister.

The authority for the above notes on the Cook family are in "old Kentucky" by J F Cook and the "History of Kentucky Baptist 1769 to 1865" by J H Spencer.