Harmon Cook^[1]

1729 - 1810  (81 years)

• Name	Harmon Cook
  Born	20 Jan 1729	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 May 1810	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I547450019	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Mary Agness Ann Turk,   b. 1732, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  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 Cabin
  		Harmon Cook Kitchen Building Harmon Cook Kitchen.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Home Harmon Cook Home.jpg
  		Harmon Cook Plantation Harmon Cook Plantation.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Virginia Historical Magazine Henry County, Virginia Residents Who Renounced Allegiance to Great Britain and Swearing Allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia HenryCountyHistory.pdf

  
  

  Histories

  Rorrer/Rohrer Family Rorrer Family.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/families.htm. Cook notes from "History of Pittsylvania County"-Maud Clement p. 46 Harmon Cook who purchased large tracts of land on Tomahawk Creek and Pigg River, was a colonizer who brought in many families from Pennsylvania in the latter part of the century. Cook petitioned the General Assembly of Virginia in 1788 for a town to be established on his lands in Pittsylvania, "at the forks of the roads leading from Houlston to Pennsylvania and Petersburg," stating that many traders had already settled there. Young Abram Rohrer, son of Abram Rohrer, a native of Switzerland, followed Cook from Pennsylvania to Virginia, and marrying Cook's daughter, founded the Rorer family of the county. The will of Harmon Cook was recorded May 21,1810. He bequeathed his property to his three sons, John, Harmon and Abraham Cook; and to his daughters, Catherine Wright, Mary Razor,and Nancy the wife of Abram Rorer. p.48 As the line of settlement moved westward,it became necessary to divide the old counties and form new ones and in February 1745 the General Assembly created Lunenburg County and on May the 5th Abraham Cooke among others took the oath of justice of the peace. The will of Abraham Cooke is recorded in Lunenburg County in 1748 naming wife Sarah, and sons Charles and Benjamin. p.99 John Cook was appointed captain of the militia during the years 1767 to 1770 p 232 Dan River Danville Warehouse-A List of Tob. received from 22 Sept. 1795 Til 19th September 1796- 1 hhds of Tob. Shipped by George Cook [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.