Levica Cook was the eight of twelve children borne to Daniel Cook, Sr. and his wife, Ruth Moultrie. She had 7 brothers and 4 sisters. She was borne 2 March 1805 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Her Father, Daniel, died when she was about 9 years of age or about 1814. Many of her older brothers and sisters had begun to marry with many of them migrating westward to Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi.
Her older brother Joseph Moultrie Cook had moved his family to Kentucky. With the death of Daniel Cook, Sr. about 1814, Ruth (Moultrie Cook) packed up her remaining family and moved to Christian County, Kentucky arriving there about 1816. After a few years, 3 or 4, in Christian County, Ruth (Moultrie) Cook and members of her family moved to Stewart County, TN. Some of their neighbors and kinfolk were the Alsobrook and Futrell families.
Ruth (Moultrie) Cook daughter, Levica Cook, married Isaac Futrell on 21 April 1824 in Christian County, Kentucky. Isaac Futrell was born 25 December 1796, a son of Shadrich and Charlotte (Johnson) Futrell. He was a farmer. In October 1832, Isaac received a grant (Grant No. 93320 for 48 acres, Book 10, page 82. In 1833, he received a 40-acre grant on Rushing Creek.
Isaac Futrell and Levica Cook had the following children:
i. Levicey Futrell, born 9 Oct 1825, Stewart County, Tennessee; married Thomas W. Dennis; died 1860, Stewart County, Tennessee.
ii. James E. Futrell was born on 10 Mar 1828 in Stewart County, Tennessee. Birth: Recorded in the Shadrich Futrell Family Bible of pages 115 & 116 of the book "Bible Records of Calloway County and Adjoining Counties", Collected by the Calloway County [TN] Genealogical Society, 1971.
iii. Little Shadrick Futrell, born 24 Dec 1831, Stewart County, Tennessee; married Charity Futrell, 3 Jan 1856, Trigg County, Kentucky; died 17 Sep 1906, Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas.
iv. Louisiana Futrell, born 31 Jan 1834, Stewart County, Tennessee; married Poindexter S. Knight, 14 Apr 1853, Stewart County, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1900, Stewart County, Tennessee.
v. John Calvin Futrell, born 5 Feb 1836, Stewart County, Tennessee; married Alpha Jane Knight; died 15 Sep 1897, Stewart County, Tennessee.
Isaac Futrell tombstone in the Rushing Creek Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee shows that Isaac Futrell was born 25 Dec 1796 and died on 25 Aug 1836 (aged 39). [Note: Isaac and other family members were originally burial in Futrell Cemetery, Stewart Co. TN and their entombment was relocated by the Tennessee Valley Authority.]
Levica (Cook) Futrell tombstone in the Rushing Creek Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee shows that Levica Futrell was born 5 March 1805 and died 16 September 1869. (age 64).
Levica (Cook) Futrell is my 1st Cousin 6X Removed.
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1. Land Deed - John Cook, William Cook and Martin Cook to Isaac Futrell; 15 October 1832; Deed Book #10; Page(s) 82; Register of Deeds; Dover, Stewart County, TN; 11 January 2020.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 2 December 2019); Memorial page for Levica Cook Futrell; (5 March 1805–16 September 1869); Find a Grave memorial # 19115629, Citing Rushing Creek Cemetery; Stewart County, Tennessee, USA.
3. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed July 2024); Memorial page for Isaac Futrell; (25 December 1796–25 August 1836); Find a Grave memorial # 19115620, Citing Rushing Creek Cemetery; Stewart County, Tennessee, USA.
