William Cook
(March 4, 1757 – August 12, 1827)
Mary Jemima Flake
(1757 – July 15, 1804)
(March 4, 1757 – August 12, 1827)
Mary Jemima Flake
(1757 – July 15, 1804)
William was born on March 4, 1757 in York County, Virginia. His parents are not known at this time. He married Mary Jemima Flake who was born in 1757 and died on July 15, 1804 in Camden, South Carolina. William died in Camden, South Carolina on August 12, 1827. William is buried in Quaker Cemetery, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina. The inscription on his tombstone reads: Here/ lie the remains of/ WILLIAM COOK/ who was born in/ York County Virginia/ March 4th. 1757,/ and departed this life/ August 12th. 1827./
William was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in Captain John Jameson’s and Alexander Dandridge’s Companies, Colonel Theodorick Bland’s Firsts Regiment of Continental Dragoons, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He was discharged by Colonel Bland after William’s service of two and a half years.
William and Mary’s children:
William was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in Captain John Jameson’s and Alexander Dandridge’s Companies, Colonel Theodorick Bland’s Firsts Regiment of Continental Dragoons, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He was discharged by Colonel Bland after William’s service of two and a half years.
William and Mary’s children:
- Artice Samuell Cook; 1770 – 1840; m. Mary Elizabeth Matheeny
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