Thomas Munsey Cooke (William3, John2, John1) was born in 1817.
He married 1 Rebecca Jane Sizemore, daughter of Edward B. Sizemore and Annie B. Baldwin, in 1839.
He married 2 Nancy P. McComas on October 28, 1868 in Mercer Co., WV.
He died on November 22, 1884.
He first settled on a grant (Pat. 1009) of 80 acres on the Rockcastle Creek. John H. Stewart was his neighbor in 1840.
He donated one acre of land at the Forks of Rockcastle (left hand fork of Rockcastle Creek, past Coon Fork) and sufficient timber to build a meeting house.
Later the church decided to locate the meeting house at Rockview where it bought a site and put up log walls for a meeting house which was never finished in 1859.
He moved to Mercer Co., WV after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Jane Sizemore Cooke.
NOTES
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockcastle, WV
By 1858, the Rockcastle area was fairly well settled and in need of a church.
Many people living in the area attended and belonged to the Guyandotte Baptist Church in Oceana.
During the first week of November 1858, ten members of Guyandotte Baptist who lived in Center District were granted letters of dismissal in order to join a new organization at the Rockcastle settlement.
November 8, 1858:
At the Rockcastle Creek home of Silvestor Cooke (present day Rockview), Elders Matthew Ellison and William Walker, being a Presbytery, convened to draft a constitution for a new church.
On a motion from Matthew Ellison, William Walker was chosen Moderator and Isaac Bailey, Clerk, after which Rev. Ellison requested the members wishing to go into the Constitution go give their names, All of whom "signed" the Constitution.
The ten former members of Guyandotte Baptist who signed the new Constitution and Declaration of Faith were, John and Tamsey Browning; John Browning Jr.; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; Sally Cooke; Silvester and Eliza Cooke; David Goode, and Rodah J. Stewart.
William Walker then requested other church members present to unite in counsel with the Presbytery in regard to the Constitution of the new church, and desired those disposed to do so to give their names, whereupon: Aury Bailey, Isaac Bailey, Nancy Bailey, Thomas Bailey, Ann Clay, James Cooke Sr., James Cooke Jr., Jane Cook, Josiah Cooke, Martha Cooke, Nancy Cooke, Andrew Gunnoe, Christena Gunnoe, the names given.
Matthew Ellison and Isaac Bailey were appointed to the committee to draft a constitution for the new church.
November 9, 1858: The convention was called to order by the moderator, William Walker. After a prayer by Brother John Stewart, the letters of dismissal of those to be constituted into the new church were handed in. Brother Ellison then read the Church Covenant and Declaration of Faith.
The Convenient and Declaration was unanimously adopted by the following members: Silvestor and Liza Cooke; John W. and Tamsey Browning; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; John H. and Elizabeth Stewart; Hubbard and Judy Meadors; Edmond and Cinthy Browning; John Browning Jr.; David Goode Jr.; Roda Stewart; and Sally Cooke.
The church was pronounced constituted by the Presbytery and named The Rockcastle Missionary Baptist Church.1,15,17,5
Rebecca Jane Sizemore was born in 1816 in NC.
She died on December 11, 1861.
She was buried in Key Rock, Wyoming Co., WV; Mitchell Harris Cook Cemetery is located about 4 miles from the Stewart Family Cemetery.
As you drive up Key Rock, it sits on the right hand side of the road, on top of a grassy hill side.
Across the road is an old (white) Methodist church.
Children of Thomas Munsey Cooke and Rebecca Jane Sizemore were as follows:
• i. Serilda died young.
• ii. Rebecca18 died young.
• iii. William Henry Harrison was born on November 5, 1840 in Wyoming Co., VA (now WV).
He married Mary Jane Cooper, daughter of Austin Cooper and Jane (--?--), on May 13, 1863 in Wyoming Co., WV.
He died in 1932.
He served as a Union soldier, and was a Sargeant, Co. I, 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry.
He married 1 Rebecca Jane Sizemore, daughter of Edward B. Sizemore and Annie B. Baldwin, in 1839.
He married 2 Nancy P. McComas on October 28, 1868 in Mercer Co., WV.
He died on November 22, 1884.
He first settled on a grant (Pat. 1009) of 80 acres on the Rockcastle Creek. John H. Stewart was his neighbor in 1840.
He donated one acre of land at the Forks of Rockcastle (left hand fork of Rockcastle Creek, past Coon Fork) and sufficient timber to build a meeting house.
Later the church decided to locate the meeting house at Rockview where it bought a site and put up log walls for a meeting house which was never finished in 1859.
He moved to Mercer Co., WV after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Jane Sizemore Cooke.
NOTES
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockcastle, WV
By 1858, the Rockcastle area was fairly well settled and in need of a church.
Many people living in the area attended and belonged to the Guyandotte Baptist Church in Oceana.
During the first week of November 1858, ten members of Guyandotte Baptist who lived in Center District were granted letters of dismissal in order to join a new organization at the Rockcastle settlement.
November 8, 1858:
At the Rockcastle Creek home of Silvestor Cooke (present day Rockview), Elders Matthew Ellison and William Walker, being a Presbytery, convened to draft a constitution for a new church.
On a motion from Matthew Ellison, William Walker was chosen Moderator and Isaac Bailey, Clerk, after which Rev. Ellison requested the members wishing to go into the Constitution go give their names, All of whom "signed" the Constitution.
The ten former members of Guyandotte Baptist who signed the new Constitution and Declaration of Faith were, John and Tamsey Browning; John Browning Jr.; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; Sally Cooke; Silvester and Eliza Cooke; David Goode, and Rodah J. Stewart.
William Walker then requested other church members present to unite in counsel with the Presbytery in regard to the Constitution of the new church, and desired those disposed to do so to give their names, whereupon: Aury Bailey, Isaac Bailey, Nancy Bailey, Thomas Bailey, Ann Clay, James Cooke Sr., James Cooke Jr., Jane Cook, Josiah Cooke, Martha Cooke, Nancy Cooke, Andrew Gunnoe, Christena Gunnoe, the names given.
Matthew Ellison and Isaac Bailey were appointed to the committee to draft a constitution for the new church.
November 9, 1858: The convention was called to order by the moderator, William Walker. After a prayer by Brother John Stewart, the letters of dismissal of those to be constituted into the new church were handed in. Brother Ellison then read the Church Covenant and Declaration of Faith.
The Convenient and Declaration was unanimously adopted by the following members: Silvestor and Liza Cooke; John W. and Tamsey Browning; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; John H. and Elizabeth Stewart; Hubbard and Judy Meadors; Edmond and Cinthy Browning; John Browning Jr.; David Goode Jr.; Roda Stewart; and Sally Cooke.
The church was pronounced constituted by the Presbytery and named The Rockcastle Missionary Baptist Church.1,15,17,5
Rebecca Jane Sizemore was born in 1816 in NC.
She died on December 11, 1861.
She was buried in Key Rock, Wyoming Co., WV; Mitchell Harris Cook Cemetery is located about 4 miles from the Stewart Family Cemetery.
As you drive up Key Rock, it sits on the right hand side of the road, on top of a grassy hill side.
Across the road is an old (white) Methodist church.
Children of Thomas Munsey Cooke and Rebecca Jane Sizemore were as follows:
• i. Serilda died young.
• ii. Rebecca18 died young.
• iii. William Henry Harrison was born on November 5, 1840 in Wyoming Co., VA (now WV).
He married Mary Jane Cooper, daughter of Austin Cooper and Jane (--?--), on May 13, 1863 in Wyoming Co., WV.
He died in 1932.
He served as a Union soldier, and was a Sargeant, Co. I, 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry.
Thomas Munsey Cooke (William3, John2, John1) was born in 1817.
He married 1 Rebecca Jane Sizemore, daughter of Edward B. Sizemore and Annie B. Baldwin, in 1839.
He married 2 Nancy P. McComas on October 28, 1868 in Mercer Co., WV.
He died on November 22, 1884.
He first settled on a grant (Pat. 1009) of 80 acres on the Rockcastle Creek. John H. Stewart was his neighbor in 1840.
He donated one acre of land at the Forks of Rockcastle (left hand fork of Rockcastle Creek, past Coon Fork) and sufficient timber to build a meeting house.
Later the church decided to locate the meeting house at Rockview where it bought a site and put up log walls for a meeting house which was never finished in 1859.
He moved to Mercer Co., WV after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Jane Sizemore Cooke.
NOTES
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockcastle, WV
By 1858, the Rockcastle area was fairly well settled and in need of a church.
Many people living in the area attended and belonged to the Guyandotte Baptist Church in Oceana.
During the first week of November 1858, ten members of Guyandotte Baptist who lived in Center District were granted letters of dismissal in order to join a new organization at the Rockcastle settlement.
November 8, 1858:
At the Rockcastle Creek home of Silvestor Cooke (present day Rockview), Elders Matthew Ellison and William Walker, being a Presbytery, convened to draft a constitution for a new church.
On a motion from Matthew Ellison, William Walker was chosen Moderator and Isaac Bailey, Clerk, after which Rev. Ellison requested the members wishing to go into the Constitution go give their names, All of whom "signed" the Constitution.
The ten former members of Guyandotte Baptist who signed the new Constitution and Declaration of Faith were, John and Tamsey Browning; John Browning Jr.; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; Sally Cooke; Silvester and Eliza Cooke; David Goode, and Rodah J. Stewart.
William Walker then requested other church members present to unite in counsel with the Presbytery in regard to the Constitution of the new church, and desired those disposed to do so to give their names, whereupon: Aury Bailey, Isaac Bailey, Nancy Bailey, Thomas Bailey, Ann Clay, James Cooke Sr., James Cooke Jr., Jane Cook, Josiah Cooke, Martha Cooke, Nancy Cooke, Andrew Gunnoe, Christena Gunnoe, the names given.
Matthew Ellison and Isaac Bailey were appointed to the committee to draft a constitution for the new church.
November 9, 1858: The convention was called to order by the moderator, William Walker. After a prayer by Brother John Stewart, the letters of dismissal of those to be constituted into the new church were handed in. Brother Ellison then read the Church Covenant and Declaration of Faith.
The Convenient and Declaration was unanimously adopted by the following members: Silvestor and Liza Cooke; John W. and Tamsey Browning; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; John H. and Elizabeth Stewart; Hubbard and Judy Meadors; Edmond and Cinthy Browning; John Browning Jr.; David Goode Jr.; Roda Stewart; and Sally Cooke.
The church was pronounced constituted by the Presbytery and named The Rockcastle Missionary Baptist Church.1,15,17,5
Rebecca Jane Sizemore was born in 1816 in NC.
She died on December 11, 1861.
She was buried in Key Rock, Wyoming Co., WV; Mitchell Harris Cook Cemetery is located about 4 miles from the Stewart Family Cemetery.
As you drive up Key Rock, it sits on the right hand side of the road, on top of a grassy hill side.
Across the road is an old (white) Methodist church.
Children of Thomas Munsey Cooke and Rebecca Jane Sizemore were as follows:
• i. Serilda died young.
• ii. Rebecca18 died young.
• iii. William Henry Harrison was born on November 5, 1840 in Wyoming Co., VA (now WV).
He married Mary Jane Cooper, daughter of Austin Cooper and Jane (--?--), on May 13, 1863 in Wyoming Co., WV.
He died in 1932.
He served as a Union soldier, and was a Sargeant, Co. I, 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry.
He married 1 Rebecca Jane Sizemore, daughter of Edward B. Sizemore and Annie B. Baldwin, in 1839.
He married 2 Nancy P. McComas on October 28, 1868 in Mercer Co., WV.
He died on November 22, 1884.
He first settled on a grant (Pat. 1009) of 80 acres on the Rockcastle Creek. John H. Stewart was his neighbor in 1840.
He donated one acre of land at the Forks of Rockcastle (left hand fork of Rockcastle Creek, past Coon Fork) and sufficient timber to build a meeting house.
Later the church decided to locate the meeting house at Rockview where it bought a site and put up log walls for a meeting house which was never finished in 1859.
He moved to Mercer Co., WV after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Jane Sizemore Cooke.
NOTES
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockcastle, WV
By 1858, the Rockcastle area was fairly well settled and in need of a church.
Many people living in the area attended and belonged to the Guyandotte Baptist Church in Oceana.
During the first week of November 1858, ten members of Guyandotte Baptist who lived in Center District were granted letters of dismissal in order to join a new organization at the Rockcastle settlement.
November 8, 1858:
At the Rockcastle Creek home of Silvestor Cooke (present day Rockview), Elders Matthew Ellison and William Walker, being a Presbytery, convened to draft a constitution for a new church.
On a motion from Matthew Ellison, William Walker was chosen Moderator and Isaac Bailey, Clerk, after which Rev. Ellison requested the members wishing to go into the Constitution go give their names, All of whom "signed" the Constitution.
The ten former members of Guyandotte Baptist who signed the new Constitution and Declaration of Faith were, John and Tamsey Browning; John Browning Jr.; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; Sally Cooke; Silvester and Eliza Cooke; David Goode, and Rodah J. Stewart.
William Walker then requested other church members present to unite in counsel with the Presbytery in regard to the Constitution of the new church, and desired those disposed to do so to give their names, whereupon: Aury Bailey, Isaac Bailey, Nancy Bailey, Thomas Bailey, Ann Clay, James Cooke Sr., James Cooke Jr., Jane Cook, Josiah Cooke, Martha Cooke, Nancy Cooke, Andrew Gunnoe, Christena Gunnoe, the names given.
Matthew Ellison and Isaac Bailey were appointed to the committee to draft a constitution for the new church.
November 9, 1858: The convention was called to order by the moderator, William Walker. After a prayer by Brother John Stewart, the letters of dismissal of those to be constituted into the new church were handed in. Brother Ellison then read the Church Covenant and Declaration of Faith.
The Convenient and Declaration was unanimously adopted by the following members: Silvestor and Liza Cooke; John W. and Tamsey Browning; Thomas and Rebecca Cooke; John H. and Elizabeth Stewart; Hubbard and Judy Meadors; Edmond and Cinthy Browning; John Browning Jr.; David Goode Jr.; Roda Stewart; and Sally Cooke.
The church was pronounced constituted by the Presbytery and named The Rockcastle Missionary Baptist Church.1,15,17,5
Rebecca Jane Sizemore was born in 1816 in NC.
She died on December 11, 1861.
She was buried in Key Rock, Wyoming Co., WV; Mitchell Harris Cook Cemetery is located about 4 miles from the Stewart Family Cemetery.
As you drive up Key Rock, it sits on the right hand side of the road, on top of a grassy hill side.
Across the road is an old (white) Methodist church.
Children of Thomas Munsey Cooke and Rebecca Jane Sizemore were as follows:
• i. Serilda died young.
• ii. Rebecca18 died young.
• iii. William Henry Harrison was born on November 5, 1840 in Wyoming Co., VA (now WV).
He married Mary Jane Cooper, daughter of Austin Cooper and Jane (--?--), on May 13, 1863 in Wyoming Co., WV.
He died in 1932.
He served as a Union soldier, and was a Sargeant, Co. I, 7th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry.
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