Person

William Cook (Hickman County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1815-04-27 d. 1872-09-27

Hickman County, Kentucky, merchant. Virginia native. Son of Elizabeth Cook. Married to Sophia M. Cobb Cook in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on July 13, 1844. Father of Thomas Cook, John Cook, Isaac R. Cook, Otis Cook, Ella Cook, William Cook, and Richard E. Cook. Merchant in Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Hickman County in 1850. Merchant in Hickman County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Hickman County in 1860. Household owned an additional five enslaved persons in Hickman County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, p. 27A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 469.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 205B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 423A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film 000851644.

"William Cook (1815-1872)," Find A Grave, Memorial 83067026, accessed November 3, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83067026.

Citation

Cook, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281265 (November 12, 2026).

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