COOKSEY FAMILY HISTORY
St. Francois Co., Mo.

LYDIA COOKSEY was born in Kentucky in 1826.   She was married to Robert Lawson in the early 1840's.  They came to Missouri between 1851 and 1854 settling in St. Francois County. 

According to Ancestry.com Nancy Stone & Samuel Henry Cooksey are the parents of Lydia Cooksey. 

SAMUEL HENRY COOKSEY ~ Samuel was born 18 August 1800.  He married Nancy Ann Stone in 1822 in Virginia. In 1850 they were living in Cumberland (city), Cumberland County, Kentucky.

Nancy & Samuel had the following children:

Lydia R.* ~ born 1826 in Cumberland Co., Ky.

William ~ born 1828

Martha Jane ~ born 1831

Stephen Earl ~ 1832 - 1865

Mary Ann ~ born 18 Nov. 1833

Heffron ~ born 1834

Lafayette R. ~ born 1837

George W. ~ born 1840 - 1861

James L. ~ born 1841

Sarah ~ born 1845

 

According to Ancestry.com Samuel Henry Cooksey died in Warrick Co., Ind. 1 March 1865.

SHADRACK COOKSEY
b:ca. 1745 Charles, Maryland, USA
d: 1801 Halifax, Va.
m: 1775 Jemim Burch

WILLIAM COOKSEY
1702 Charles, Trinity Parish, Maryland
13 Apr. 1773 Charles, Maryland
m -  1) Barbara Smallwood
       2) Ann Semmes

SAMUEL COOKSEY
b - 1663 Trinity, Charles, Maryland
d - 7 Feb. 1709 Trinity, Charles, Maryland
m - Christian Tennison

THOMAS COOKSEY
b - Apr. 1629 Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
d - 5 Dec. Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
m - Elizabeth Lashley

ROGER COOKSEY
b - 1589 Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
d - Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England

ROGER COOKSEY
b - 1558

WILLIAM COOKSEY
b - 1534
d - 6 Feb. 1565

JOHN COOKSEY
b - 1510 Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
d - 1575 Halesowen, Worcestershire, England
m - Alice Carter

COOKSEY ~ There were two other Cooksey families who came to St. Francois County from Kentucky:

David Franklin Cooksey - b: 1819 Ky. - d: Dec. 1862 Jefferson Co., Mo.      m: Sarah Harris in 1842
In the 1860 census of St. Francois County they were living next door to Lydia (Cooksey) & her husband Robert Lawson.

John - b: 1826 - d:        m:
In 1860 John Cooksey was living 5 houses away from Robert Lawson & 6 houses away from David Cooksey in what appears to be a boarding house. Also listed as a tenant is Margaret E. Cole.

COOKSEY, George ~ died in a mining accident (falling rock) along with John Kidd in 1882 in Bonne Terre. Source: St. Francois County Office/Coroner Inquests - http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/coroners/

1790 Census - Cooksey

Andrew - Prince Georges, Maryland
James - Prince Georges, Maryland
Henry - Charles, Maryland
Hezekiah - Charles, Maryland
Jesse - Charles, Maryland
Jesse - Charles, Maryland
John - Charles, Maryland
Jonathan - Charles, Maryland
Ledstone - Charles, Maryland
Philip - Charles, Maryland
Abednego - Caswell, N.C
Andrew - Edgefield, S.C
Jessee - Edgefield, S.C.
Josiah - Edgefield, S.C..
Cornelius - Greenville, S.C.
John - Orangeburgh, S.C.

 

1800 Census - Cooksey

Henry - Trinity Parish, Charles, Maryland
Hezekiah - Port Tobacco Parish, Charles, Maryland
Isaac - Trinity Parish, Charles, Maryland
James - Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland
Justinian - Trinity Parish, Charles, Maryland
Ledstone S. - Trinity Parish, Charles, Maryland
Andrew Sr. - Greenville, S.C.
Andrew Jr. - Greenville, S.C.
Cornelius - Greenville, S.C.
Josiah - Greenville, S.C.
Eliza - Salisbury, Rockingham, N.C.

 

1810 Census - Cooksey

Chesh - Fairfax, Va.
Henry - Charles, Maryland
Hezekiah - Greenville, Va.
J - Washington & Prince Frederick Hundred, Prince Georges, Maryland
Jack - Fairfax, Va.
James - Charles, Maryland
Jessee - Buncombe, N.C.
Jos - Washington & Prince Frederick Hundred, Prince Georges, Maryland
Joseph - Burkesville, Cumberland, Ky.
Leven - Fauquier, Va.
Maren - Pughtown, Frederick, Va.
Miles - Amherst, Va.
Philip -  Fauquier, Va.
Robt. - Wicomico Hunderd, Somerset, Maryland
S - Washington & Prince Frederick Hundred, Prince Georges, Maryland
Thomas - Greenville, Va.
Walter - Greenville, Va.
Wilson - Logan, Ky
Henry - Charles, Maryland
J - Washington & Prince Frederick Hundred, Prince Georges, Maryland

 

1820 Census

Samuel - Queen Ann, Prince George, Maryland
34 other Cookseys in the U.S. Census

 

1830 Census - could not find any Samuel or S. Cooksey


1840 Census

Samuel Cooksey - Adair, Ky. & Western Division, Madison, Ky
Samuel Cooksey - Newton Mississippi

1850 Census Cumberland T., Cumberland Co., Kentucky

Samuel Cooksey - 49 Va., Farmer
Nancy - 38 Va.
Wm. - 22 Ky
M.J. - 18 Ky
Stephen - 16 Ky
M.I. - 14 Ky
L.R. - 13 Ky
G.W. - 11 Ky
S.E. - 7 Ky
?Buchannon?, Wm. - 23

1860 Census Boon T., ?Wamick? Co., Indiana

Samuel Cooksey - age 60 (b: 1800) birthplace: Va.
Nancy       "  - age 40 (b: 1820) Va.
Geo. W. - 20 - b: Va
James L. - 18 - b: Va
Sarah E. - 15 - b: Va

Samuel Cooksey is living next door to Stephen Cooksey b: Ky.

1870 Census Perry T., Illinois

Henry Cooksey - 66 b: Va
Margaret -
Living with the Wm. Hale family