Orange County Indexed
The Cooke surname
The Cooke name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records, 3 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1879
most named in the 1770s
- Tax lists 1779
- Deeds 1796
- Wills 1802–1826
- Court minutes 1807
- Marriages 1818–1879
- In the chronology
- 1852 to 1993 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1850s
- In books and archives
- 1 person, born 1902
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stones Creek (1), Eno River (1)
- Married into
- Jones 2, Powell 1, Laster 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Strayhorn 2
- People with a page here
- Robert Bruce Cooke
- Spellings to try
- Cocke, Cooker, Coore, Coope, Coome, Cooks
- Search beyond these records
- Cooke in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Cooke there)
- Cooke in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 3 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Cooke, Christopher 1 entry, 1993
- Cooke, Phillip 1 entry, 1972
- Cooke, William D. 1 entry, 1852
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
In the historical records 23 records
1 deeds, 4 marriages, 9 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 4 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cooke marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Cooke Henry
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Cooke Ephraim
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Cooke James
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Cooke John
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Cooke Joseph
1790s
1800s
- 1802WillsWill of Francis Moreland
- 1807Court minutesDeed, Thomas Cooke to William Pickett, proved by Joseph Dixon.
- 1807WillsWill of Michael Robinson
1810s
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: John Powell and Mary Cooke
1820s
- 1823WillsWill of James Pyle
- 1826WillsWill of Benjamin (x) Barbee
1840s
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: William Laster and Permela Cooke
1860s
- 1869MarriagesMarriage license: Albert G Cooke and Jennie Jones
1870s
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: Alfred Jones and Lizzie C Cooke
Undated
- Court minutesNicholas Cooke brought an action on the case against Edward Roberts.
- Court minutesNicholas Cooke brought an action on the case against Edward Robert.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the jury summons list.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Thomas Rippey as road overseer, replacing Matthew Rippey.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Rich’d Bennehan, Jno Cain, George Carrington and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesDeed, David Strayhorn to Will’m Cooke, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe court appointed William Crabtree as road overseer, replacing Alexander Borland.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Owens to Roland Cooke, proved by John Wilburn.
