Re: Jesse Cooksey (ca 1786VA-1865TN), Blacksmith
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Jesse Cooksey (ca 1786VA-1865TN), Blacksmith
Donna Hogan 2/28/11
We don’t have quite enough hard data to positively assign Jesse to a father. We know that he is part of the Philip Cooksey group. We first find Jesse Cooksey on 1804 Shenandoah County, VA. tax roles, then he is no longer found there. In 1806 Jesse is on Montgomery County, TNcourt records as a roads overseer.
We know that Jesse is closely related to John Cookseyca. 1720-1800 and his son John ca. 1750-1822, who died testate in Smith County, TN. This group was in Shenandoah County, VA, and were originally from Charles County, Maryland. I have placedJesse as son of the younger John and his first wife Isabella Holmes for purposes of marking a place for him in Family Tree Maker.This may not be correct, but it is as good of a guess as any. Jesse is not mentioned in John’s 1819 will, as it seems that John only leaves heritage to children of his second wife, Gillie, other than son John T., who would have been born around 1780.
I have long been of the notion that we may be missing a Cooksey or two in this mix. For instance, there is a Jesse Cooksey on a Virginia Northern Neck survey in 1773,who cannot be placed. Another or the same Jessee Cooksey is in Edgefield County, SC on the 1790 census. Some knowledgeable Cooksey researchers have placed this Jesse in Samuel Cooksey’s line, as the son of William Cooksey. I am not certain that the SC Jessee Cooksey is not from Philip’s line. Andrew and Josiah Cooksey, of Philip’s line, are present in that same 1790 census, although not living that close to Jesse. Josiah Cooksey namedhis first son Jesse.
We also have a John Cooksey and Isaac Cooksey in Russell County, Va., beginning 1790-1800. Isaac is strictly a Philip Cooksey-line name, but we don’t know how they are related or what group they come from.So there is lots that we don’t know about this group. Hopefully, someone will stumble across some lost records in a musty courthouse basement somewhere.