Mary Agness Ann Turk

1732 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Mary Agness Ann Turk
  Born	1732	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I18874	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family	Harmon Cook,   b. 20 Jan 1729, Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 May 1810, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 81 years)
  Notes	Rudolph Rorer and Elizabeth Rorer, twins, were born in 1797 on Sunday, 8th day of October, under the planet LUNA. He apparently owned slaves. In the Pittsylvania County, VA death records there is a record of a slave named Eliza Rorer, owned by Rudolph, who died of cancer at age 39 in June 1861. Rorer's Harpen Creek Mill Rudolph Rorer received title to this forty-one acres as a gift. The Rorers were millers and Abraham Sr. and Abraham Jr. both owned sawmills in the county. The elder was a son-in-law of Harmon Cook, who owned at least two mills. Cook built one of these on Tomahawk Creek, and the other he bought from George Jefferson on Turkey Cock Creek.
  Children	1. Abraham [Harmon] Cook,   b. Abt Est 1770, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Nancy Cook,   b. Est 1775, Lebanon, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Harmon Cook, Jr.,   b. Est 1758, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John [Harmon] Cook,   b. Est 1768, Prob. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F6985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Harmon Cook Kitchen Building Harmon Cook Kitchen.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Home Harmon Cook Home.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Plantation Harmon Cook Plantation.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Homestead Harmon Cook Homestead.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] Family Histories, http://www.rorrer.info/Rorrer%20Family.pdf. John Rorrer and Harmon Cook 1794; associate of Bryan Ward Nowlin; one of the Nowlin girls married Bryan Ward Nowlin and is often seen on deeds as a witness, along with other Nowlin men. [S107] Family Histories, http://www.rorrer.info/Rorrer%20Family.pdf. Notes for Nancy Cook: from the Harmon Cook (Abram Rorer) bible Nancy Cook wife to Abra. Rorer, daughter of Harmon Cook and Mary Agness Ann his wife was born January 20, 1770. Abram Rorer and his wife had issue four sons, Rudolph, Charles, David and Abram, Jr. David studied law and removed to Iowa, where he became a distinguished jurist. Abram, Jr. married Mary Wright and settled near his father in the northwestern part of the county. In his will proven September 17, 1855, he named son Ferdinand Rorer and daughters Angeline James, Elvira Harvey, Aquella Ann Lipscomb and Malitta Miller.