Hancock County, Kentucky

Cook Family Information

http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Meadows/3456/hancock1.html Hancock County was formed in 1829 from portions of Daviess, Breckinridge and Ohio Counties, Kentucky, which along with Perry and Spencer Counties, Indiana form Hancock County's borders today. Hancock County was the 46th county in KY. It was named for John Hancock the first President of the Continental Congress. Hancock County is located in the Western Coal Field Region of Kentucky. Its elevation ranges from 358 to 840 feet above sea level. In 1990 the population was 8483 in a land area of 188 square miles, which gives an average of 45.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Hawesville. The Hancock County Court Clerk can be reached by U. S. Mail at P. O. Box 146, Hawesville, KY 42348-0146.

ON-Line surname index http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?gc=/USA/Ky/Hancock

Images for Hancock County: http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Meadows/3456/hancock/pictures.html

Cook Census Information

1850 from their site: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ky/hancock/1850/indx-a-l.txt

Cook William J. 22 Ky

Cook Parthenia 20 Ky

Cook William 56 Va

	Cook Rachel 50 Ohio
	Cook Sarah 13 Ky
	Cook Lurissa J. 5 Ky

Cook Martha 8 Ky pg0294b.txt

Cook Parker 5 Ky pg0294b.txt

Cook Philip 42 Ky

Cook Thomas J. 26 Ind

	Cook Mary Catherine 16 Ky
	Cook Theodore 5 Ky

1860 Census Index

	MATHEW COOK page 1039
	THOMAS COOK page 1044
	W.J. COOK page 968
	WILLIAM COOK page 1016

1870 Census Index

	Cook, Elmira #187
	Cook, Mary #188
	Cook, William J. #186

Kentucky Death Certificate Information

name	date of death	age	vol	cert #
Walace Cook	08 Feb 1923	30 Years	23	04421
Jesse B. Cook	28 May 1948	47 Years	48	09766
Julia Cook	29 Jun 1943	72 Years	43	13240
John F. Cook	13 Jul 1952	71 Years	52	14410
Harvey F. Cook	03 Oct 1989	86 Years	89	25886

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Researcher: I was looking in Hancock Co, and somewhere saw the name of Mathew Cook, I believe. My g-grandfather had a friend named Matthew Cook around Hawesville who served in the Civil War. I'll try to dig up more info tomorrow. from: Dick Taylor husker@sky.net

Visitor:

Do you have some Cook Family Census Data that you can provide? contact us Return to Start Page / Cook Main Page / Census / Tennessee / Kentucky / Jefferson Davis Cook ** My Brick Wall **

These are not my Cook families but are presented to help others in their quest for Cook family information. The ultimate Cook Researcher list: http://hometown.aol.com/wcook14024/cooklinks.html Lots of Cook's listed on Bill's page. Note: Please always check with the submitter when one is listed. And with all genealogy information - confirm with original records.