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1763
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Born to Valentine and Susanna Cook (Pension Application of Jacob Cook)
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1764
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Family located on Hawksbill Creek, Rockingham Co.,VA
(Chalkly, v.3, p.408)
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1773
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Family moved to Indian Creek, western VA (Pension App.)
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1774
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Cook's Fort built on Indian Creek (Pension App.)
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1778
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Cook's Fort attacked by Indians (Morton, p.45)
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1779
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Jacob enrolled in a Militia Company as an "Indian Spy" (Pension App.)
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1781
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Cook's Fort attacked again by Indians (Morton, p.44)
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1782
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Termination of active militia service (Pension App.)
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1784
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Jacob helped form first Methodist Society in the areai
at the family home (Morton, p. 234)
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1787
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Member of Greenbrier Militia during this time (Morton, p. 264)
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1788
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Joined Methodist preacher John Smith on his Greenbrier Circuit
(J. Greenbrier Historical Soc., v.1, no.4)
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1796
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Marriage to Isabella Humphreys (Shuck, 1991)
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1797
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Inherited 200 acres on his father's death
(Greenbrier Co., Will Book 1, p.133)
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1797-9
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Birth of daughter Polly (Deduced from 1810 census data)
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1799
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Jacob on committee to establish Monroe Co. (Morton, p.116)
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1799-1800
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Birth of daughter Sarah (Date derived from gravestone,
Greenville Cemetery)
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1801-2
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Birth of son John Hammon (1860 Census, Madison Co. IN)
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1804-5
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Birth of daughter Nancy (1850 Census, Madison Co. IN)
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1806-7
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Birth of son Lorenzo D. (1850 Census, Madison Co. IN)
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1807
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Jacob disburses land to siblings living in Kentucky
as per father's will (Monroe Co., Deed Book B, p. 338)
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1808-9
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Birth of son Ward (1850, 1880 Census, Madison Co. IN)
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1818
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Marriage (second) to Rachel Carden (Monroe Co. General
Index to Marriages)
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1820
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Jacob & Rachel donated land for Methodist Episcopal Church
(Monroe Co., Deed Book G., p.207
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1820-1
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Birth of son Riley B. (1850 Census, Monroe Co.)
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1821-2
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Birth of daughter Caroline (1850 Census, Monroe Co.)
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1823-4
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Birth of son Jacob A. (1850 Census, Monroe Co.)
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1825
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Marriage of daughter Polly to James Bell (MC, Gen. Index
to Marriages)
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1826
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Marriage of son John to Margaret Armstrong of Tennessee
(1830 Census, Hawkins Co. TN)
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1826-7
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Birth of son Lewis G. (1850 Census, Monroe Co.)
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1831
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Marriage of son Lorenzo D. to Ann Vawter
(MC, Gen. Index to Marriages)
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1831
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Marriage of daughter Nancy to John W. Walker
(MC, Gen. Index to Marriages)
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1833
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Daughter Nancy and husband, and perhaps siblings Polly,
John and Lorenzo and their families moved to Madison Co. IN
at this time (S. Duda, Biographical Memoirs of Hancock Co., IN)
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1834
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Jacob acquired 116 acres previously disbursed to John McDougal
(Monroe Co., Deed Book, p.624)
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1834
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Jacob suffers from "bodily infirmity" and submits his Pension
Application for services during the American Revolution
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1842
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Marriage of son Ward to Mary Jane Harvey
(MC, Gen. Index to marriages)
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1844
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Jacob died (Gravestone, Greenville Cemetery)
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1844
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Riley B. Cook inherited the farm and the care of his mother,
his brother Jacob A. Cook inherited the mill, and brothers
Ward Cook and Lewis G. Cook each inherited land
(Monroe Co. Will Book 3)
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