Joseph Moultrie Cook was born abt 1790 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was the eldest son of Daniel Cook, Sr. and his wife Ruth Moultrie. The death of his father is unknown and unproven but believed to have occurred before Joseph reached his teenage years.
At some point in the mid-1800, Ruth Moultrie Cook moved her family to Trigg County, Kentucky. Family folklore says she was on scene at the marriage of her son, Joseph Moultrie Cook in October 1816. She is definitely on the Trigg County, Kentucky 1820 Federal census and a 1820 Trigg County Tax List.
On 9 October 1816, Joseph M. Cook married Martha “Patsey” Lindsey, daughter of Carlton Lindsey.
Joseph M. Cook Marriage Transcription
Know all men by these presents that we Joseph M. Cook Jno Holland are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of £50 the payment well & Truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs & Jointly & firmly by these presents Sealed with our seals & sealed this
9th of October 1816.
The condition of the above obligation is such that a licensee hath this day ifsued for a marriage shortly intended between Joseph M. Cook & Patsey
Lindsey. Now if there is no lawfull cause to obstruct said marriage then the above obligation to be void else to remain in full force & intent.
Joseph M. l his mark Cook {Seal}
Witnefs: Jno. l his mark Holland {Seal}
Jno. J. Reynolds
I Joseph M. Cook this day made oath that Carlton Lindsey gave his consent for licensee to ifsue for a marriage between him & said Lindsey Daughter Patsey, & that the Sd. Carlton was on [legible word??] for the marriage between them.------
Jno. J. Reynolds
After 14 years of Marriage, Joseph Moultrie Cook passed away sometime before 22 March 1830, a probate date from his Hinds County, Mississippi probate file. I have failed to determine exactly when Joseph & Martha left Kentucky and moved to Hinds County, Mississippi. We do know that Joseph sold 300 acres of land located in Trigg County, KY to his Brother-in-Law Blount Alsobrook in January 1824.
No specific death date or tombstone has been found for Joseph Moultrie Cook or his wife Patsey. His wife, Martha “Patsey” Lindsey Cook, survived him and is said to have passed away in Choctaw County, Mississippi. [Not yet proven.]
Joseph Moultrie Cook is my 1st Cousin 6X Removed.
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[1] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SQ-FYQL?i=26
[2] Trigg County, Kentucky, Deed Book A: page 439, Joseph M. Cook to Blount Alsobrook Deed; Register of Deeds, Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky.
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