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Chronological Summary:
Lemaster Cooksey {John3,Samuel2}
Last Update: May 1999
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[c1730 Newport West Hundred (Hd) Charles Co MD (Chas Co): Lemaster Cooksey born (named after his father's stepfather John Lemaster); father John Cooksey (son of Samuel Cooksey; see Samuel's will «Prerog Ct of MD Will Bk (PCW) 12:330»); mother unknown (his father's surviving wife was Mary Reed, dau of Thomas Reed [see Thomas' will «PCW 24:384»]; Lemaster was not listed among her representatives [meaning heirs] in a 1759 account on her estate [as Mary Hudson], so he was evidently a son from a previous marriage of his father)] |
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7 Dec 1757 Chas Co: John Cooksey in his will named sons John Baptist Cooksey, Thomas Cooksey, Hezekiah Cooksey and Lamaster Cooksey, and wife Mary Cooksey. 3 May 1758 Chas Co: will probated. «PCW30:531» |
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26 Jun 1758 Chas Co: goods and chattels of John Cooksey decd appraised by Joseph Dyson and Daniel Murphy; Samuel Hanson and Lamaster Cooksey signed the inventory as creditors, and Ignatius Tennison and Christian Lamaster [John's mother] signed as kin. 2 Aug 1758 Chas Co: Mary Cooksey the executrix of decd presented inventory in court. «Prerog Ct of MD Invy Bk (PCI) 65:468» |
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Aug 1758 Upper Hd in Trinity Par [became Bryantown Hd] Chas Co: Lemaster Cooksey on tax list with one poll |
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[c1760? Chas Co?: Lemaster Cooksey married Nancy(?) [Ward] (poss dau of Joseph Ward {William2,poss Andrew1} and Margaret Holt [orphan raised by John Blee and his wife Margaret; Margaret Holt poss married 2nd Peter Dent]; in 1805 Lemaster's wife was named Nancy, but unknown how long previously she was his wife)] |
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Son |
[c1764? Chas Co?: Joseph Ward Cooksey born (see 1787 tax list record below)] |
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Dau? |
[c1768? VA?: Ann Cooksey born (see 1790 marriage bond below)] |
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[by 1771: Lemaster Cooksey moved from Chas Co to VA; poss lived as early as 1769 near Peter Dent and William Camden {prob son-in-law of Peter} in Amherst Co VA (Amhst Co); Lamaster was in Amhst Co by 1774] |
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14 Dec 1771 Chas Co: Robert Horner of Chas Co signed a statement containing a list of debts due to him in Chas Co (as part of debt proceedings against Horner); list of debts included "Lemaster Cooksey Virginia" and Peter Dent Sr [consecutive entries] «ChD S3:227» [although only Lamaster is noted as having moved on to VA, Peter Dent Sr had moved to VA as well] |
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2 May 1774 Amhst Co: Lamaster Cooksey (mentioned) «Amhst Co Ct Order Bk (AmhCO) 1773-82, p51» |
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Feb 1776 Amhst Co: William Camden appointed surveyor of road from Gabriel Penn's Upper Quarter to Tribulation Creek, with following gang to keep road and bridge in repair: Noell Johnson, Charles Burras, James Mobley, John Dillard, male tithes of Gabriel Penn's upper quarter, Lamaster Coxey, William Asbury and Daniel Goode «AmhCO 1773-82, p150» |
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10 Feb 1778 Bedford Co VA (Bdfd Co): Lemaster Cooksey obtained survey on 385A on Cates Creek |
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[by 1782: Lemaster Cooksey moved from Amhst Co to Bdfd Co] |
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1782 Bdfd Co: Lamaster Cooksay on tax list |
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[by 1784: Lemaster Cooksey moved from Bdfd Co to Amhst Co] |
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2 Aug 1784 Amhst Co: Jas. Bias and wife Eliz. of Amhst Co sold to Lemaster Cooksey of Amhst Co for £78 170A on south branch of Huff Creek, part of patent to grantor at Williamsburg 3 Aug 1771; witnesses were Chas. Burrus, Jos. Layne, and Wm. Camden «Amhst Co Deed Bk (AmhD) E:526» |
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6 Jan 1785 Amhst Co: Lemaster Cooksey of Amhst Co sold to Wm. Camden of Amhst Co for £70 170A on sout fork of Huff Creek, adjacent lines of Benj. Nowell, to top of a mountain, adjacent lines of Jno. Higginbotham, Benj. Higginbotham, and Patrick Nowell; witnesses were Jno. Watson, Wm. Tucker, Pledge Palmore, and Thos. Bailey «AmhD E:594» |
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[by 1787: Lemaster Cooksey moved from Amhst Co to Bdfd Co] |
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1787 Bdfd Co: Lemaster Cooksey on tax list with one poll, no slaves, 2 cattle and 7 horses; next entry was Joseph Ward Cooksey, whose security was Lemaster Cooksey |
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1 Aug 1788 Bdfd Co: Lemaster Cooksey received patent for 385A on Cates Creek «Bdfd Co Patents & Grants» |
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5 May 1789 Bdfd Co: Peter Dent obtained bond for marriage to Milley Dollard, who gave consent for herself [prob widow]; Peter's surety was Lamaster Cooksey «Bdfd Co Marr Bonds» |
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2 Oct 1790 Bdfd Co: Thomas Scott obtained bond for marriage to Anne Cooksey, with Lamester Cooksey as his surety. 14 Oct 1790 Bdfd Co: married by John Ayers. «Bdfd Co Marr Bonds» |
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6 Jan 1791 Bdfd Co: Philip Molen sold to Thomas Thorp [land]; witnesses were Robert Nimmo, John Buckanan, William Nemmo and Lemaster Cooksey «Bdfd Co Deed Bk (BdfdD) ...:...» |
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Mar 1792 Bdfd Co: Lemaster Cooksey sold to Elisha Bolin 130A on Beaverdam Creek; witnesses were Nathan Chapman, John Dent and William Nimmo «BdfdD 9:279» |
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4 Apr 1792 Bdfd Co: Lemaster Cooksey sold to Nathan Chapman 20(5?)A on Beaverdam Creek; witnesses were Robert Nimmo, William Nimmo and Robert Nimmo Jr «Bdfd Co Deed Bk (BdfdD) 9:102» |
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25 Jun 1792 Bdfd Co: Philip Molen sold to Robert Nimmo [land]; witnesses were Lemaster Cooksey, ... and ... «Bdfd Co Deed Bk (BdfdD) 9:121» |
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[1792-93: Lemaster Cooksey moved from Bdfd Co to Russell Co VA (became Tazewell Co VA (Tzwl Co))] |
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23 Oct 1793 Russell Co: Lemaster Cooksey signed petition to organize Tzwl Co [published in "Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell Co VA," p288] |
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22 Oct 1805 Tzwl Co: Lemaster Cooksey and his wife Nancy sold to John Goodwin (land) ... |
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[thru 1822 Tzwl Co: Lemaster Cooksey appeared on tax records] |
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