Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Nathan Cooke Sr. (b. 1803 - d. circa 1869)
MSA SC 5496-035312
Property owner and slaveholder, Cracklin District, Montgomery County, Maryland

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Archival Sources -

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record, Counties), [MSA Citation: S1179-2915].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), Film Reel: CR 8920, [MSA CM724-1]. Henry Woodward Dorsey and Rachel Cooke, June 16, 1807.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1798-1839, Film Reel: CR 8920, [MSA CM724-1]. Nathan Cook and Elizabeth Magruder, November 17, 1825.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record), 1858-1863, [MSA C1111-3].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record), 1864-1869, [MSA C1111-4].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Land Records), Liber EBP 7, Folio 349, 1869-1870, [MSA CE 63-17]. Nathan Pottinger Cooke to Elizabeth Cooke, trust. January 26, 1870.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics), [MSA CM750-1]. Nathan Cook, pages 19-21.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Land Records), Liber STS 4, Folio 210, 1849-1850, [MSA CE 148-42]. William O. Chappell, late sheriff, to Nathan Cooke, June 6, 1849.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1798-1839, Film Reel: CR 8920, [MSA CM724-1]. Henry Woodward Dorsey and Rachel Cooke, June 16, 1807.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1798-1839, Film Reel: CR 8920, [MSA CM724-1]. Nathan Cook and Elizabeth Magruder, November 17, 1825.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, (Census Record, MD), 1850, Agriculture, [MSA S1184-2]. Products of Agriculture in the First or Cracklin District.

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Jesse Leach, 1800, Montgomery County, District 3, Page 9 [MSA SM61-33, M 2056-3].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Nathan Cooke, 1840, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 1, Line 7 [MSA SM61-113, M 4722].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Nathan Cooke, 1850, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 7, Line 26 [MSA SM61-142, M 1499-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) Nathan Cooke, Slaves, 1850, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 3, Line 10 [MSA SM61-168, M 1505-5].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Harry D. Cooke, 1850, Montgomery County, Cracklin District, Page 7, Line 25 [MSA SM61-142, M 1499-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Nathan Cooke, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 23, Line 17 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Nathan Cooke Sr., Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 9, Line 33 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (MD) for Elizabeth Cooke, 1870, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 75, Line 35 [MSA SM61-275, M 7256].


Newspapers and Journals -

"For Rent." Montgomery County Sentinel 26 September 1856: 2. MSA SC 2813, Reel M 475-01. Maryland State Archives.

"Hon. Otho Magruder." Baltimore Sun 15 April 1856: 2. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

"The Mansion at Strathmore: History and Architecture." About Strathmore—History. Strathmore: At the Intersection of Art and Life. http://www.strathmore.org/media/pdf/MansionHistory.pdf.


Books -

American Clan Gregor Society. Year Book of the American Clan Gregor Society. Charlottesville, VA: The Michie Company, Printers, 1913.

Boyd, T.H.S. The History of Montgomery County, Maryland, From Its Earliest Settlement in 1650 to 1879. Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Company, 1879.

Bryan, Wilhelmus Bogart. A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation Through the Period of the Adoption of the Organic Act. Vol. 2. New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1916.

Hopkins, G. M. Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington Including the County of Montgomery, Maryland. Philadelphia, PA: G. M. Hopkins, C. E., 1879.

Malloy, Mary Gordon. Abstracts of Wills Montgomery County, Maryland, 1826-1875. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2007.

Maryland Geological Survey. Maryland Geological Survey. Volume 6. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1906.

Muncaster, William Edward. "Harriet Cooke Robertson."  Year Book of the American Clan Gregor Society. American Clan Gregor Society. Charlottesville, VA: The Michie Company, Printers, 1916.

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Western Maryland: Being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1882.


Internet Sources -

"Cooke's Range (Pope Farm), Derwood, Montgomery County, M: 22-22." Maryland Historical Trust. Maryland State Archives. www.mdihp.net

"Diseases and Medical Terms in Old Documents." Lineages, Inc., 2004-2007. http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/FirstSteps/diseases.cfm

“Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920.” Maryland State Archives. http://mdhistoryonline.net/

McGovern, Maude, and Maizie Cummings. "Transportation in Rockville." Peerless Rockville. http://peerlessrockville.org/peerless_collection/transportation/transportation_1.htm.


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