Rev. Valentine Cook, II

Rev, Valentine Cook, pioneer Methodist Preacher, Admitted on trial,1788; Ordained deacon 1790; Elder 1799; Located in 1800 (Due west of this grave 500 yards is the site of the first camp meeting in the world in July, 1800.) Erected by Lousville Annual Conference Historical Society, 29 of July 1934.

Spouse: Tabitha Slaughter Cook abt. 1775-1829 Marriage: 1799 Mercer Ky. Father: Valentine Capt. Cook 1730-1797 Mother: Susannah Baughman 1732- 1807

Cook's Mill, also known as The Old Mill and The Greenville Mill, is a historic gristmill and sawmill and national historic district located near Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes one contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The main mill building was built in 1857 on the original stone foundation and site of an earlier mill built in approximately 1796. It is a 2 1/2 story, plus basement, hand-hewn post-and-beam building, with massive timbers pegged at their mortise and tenon joints. The district also includes the dam, mill pond, tailrace and stream.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. This is near the original site of Cook's Station (Fort) built by Valentine Cook in early 1770s. This was the sight of the first marriage in that county, of Phillip Hamman and Christina Cook in 1780. He is known as Savior Of The Greenbrier for his run, along with John Pryor, to warn the Greenbrier settlements in 1778 of an impending Indian attack.

Valentine Cook, Jr., one of the first graduates of Coloksbury College in Abingdon, Maryland, the oldest Methodist College in the United States, was a Methodist Minister by 1788. He was the fifth son of Captain Valentine. In 1792 he had charge of the Pittsburgh Circuit, and it was here that he held his famous debate with the Rev. Jamieson, a Scottish Seceder Clergyman. This controversy is credited with opening the doors of Western Pennsylvania to Methodism. It gained for Rev. Valentine Cook a reputation as a great orator. It also led him to be placed in charge of Bethel Academy, the second institution of learning established by the Methodist Church of America.

Rev, Valentine Cook, pioneer Methodist Preacher, Admitted on trial,1788; Ordained deacon 1790; Elder 1799; Located in 1800 (Due west of this grave 500 yards is the site of the first camp meeting in the world in July, 1800.) Erected by Lousville Annual Conference Historical Society, 29 of July 1934.

Spouse: Tabitha Slaughter Cook abt. 1775-1829 Marriage: 1799 Mercer Ky. Father: Valentine Capt. Cook 1730-1797 Mother: Susannah Baughman 1732- 1807

Shortly after Rev. Valentine Cook's arrival in Kentucky, he married in 1799, in Mercer County, Kentucky, Tabitha (Tabby) Slaughter, daughter of James and niece of ex-Governor Slaughter.

Many stories of Rev. Valentine's experiences and quaint sayings are handed down through the "History of Methodism in Kentucky." On retiring from Bethel Academy, Rev. Valentine located in Logan County, Kentucky in 1806, where he resided three miles north of Russellville until his death in 1822.

Rev. Valentine Cook's last public appearance as minister was made at Yellow Creek Camp-meeting in Dixon County, Tennessee. His sermon produced such an excitement in the people that Brother Cook was forced to stop speaking. When order was restored, he resumed his message, with again the same result. Rev. Valentine then sat down amidst a glorious shower of grace and wept, saying, "If the Lord sends rain, we will stop the plow and let it rain."

Rev. Valentine Cook was buried in an unmarked grave, but, in 1934, the Louisville Conference of the Methodist Church erected a monument at his gravesite in memory of him and his work in Logan County.

Rev. Valentine Cook and Tabitha (Slaughter) Cook had at least the following children, as named by the widow of James Slaughter, Revolutionary Soldier: Nancy Cook, who married William M. Gwin, later a Member of Congress; Valentine Cook; Gabriel Cook; William Cook; John Cook; Asbury Cook and Susan Cook.

Shortly after Rev. Valentine Cook's arrival in Kentucky, he married in 1799, in Mercer County, Kentucky, Tabitha (Tabby) Slaughter, daughter of James and niece of ex-Governor Slaughter.

Many stories of Rev. Valentine's experiences and quaint sayings are handed down through the "History of Methodism in Kentucky." On retiring from Bethel Academy, Rev. Valentine located in Logan County, Kentucky in 1806, where he resided three miles north of Russellville until his death in 1822.

Rev. Valentine Cook's last public appearance as minister was made at Yellow Creek Camp-meeting in Dixon County, Tennessee. His sermon produced such an excitement in the people that Brother Cook was forced to stop speaking. When order was restored, he resumed his message, with again the same result. Rev. Valentine then sat down amidst a glorious shower of grace and wept, saying, "If the Lord sends rain, we will stop the plow and let it rain."

Rev. Valentine Cook was buried in an unmarked grave, but, in 1934, the Louisville Conference of the Methodist Church erected a monument at his gravesite in memory of him and his work in Logan County.

Rev. Valentine Cook and Tabitha (Slaughter) Cook had at least the following children, as named by the widow of James Slaughter, Revolutionary Soldier: Nancy Cook, who married William M. Gwin, later a Member of Congress; Valentine Cook; Gabriel Cook; William Cook; John Cook; Asbury Cook and Susan Cook.

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Burial in Russellville, Ky Valentine Jr. purchased three different parcels of land in Lincoln Co. Ky on Rockcastle River. The first was 400 acres purchased on March 24, 1785 from William Wiatt. The second was 370 acres purchased on 12-8-1894 from John Cook and heirs (his brother) and the third was 400 acres purchased on 10-18-1798 from Morgan Forbes and heirs. He was a noted Methodist minister and founder of Newburg Theological seminary. He graduated from Cokesbury College in Baltimore, the first Methodist College in he United States. His first assignments were in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Later he served the Philadelphia District a number of years before moving to the Pittsburg District of the Methodist Church. In 1798, he was the first Methodist missionary sent west across the Allegheny Mountains to Kentucky. Later he took charge of Bethel Seminary in Jessamine Co., KY- it being the second Methodist College in the United States. In later life, when health failed him, he moved to Logan Co. Ky where he spent his remaining years on a farm near Russellville, KY. In 1958 a book entitled "Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Valentine Cook, H. M. " was written by Rev. Edward Stevenson, D D, a kinsman of the late U. S. Senator and presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. The State of Kentucky placed State Marker 1761 to honor Rev. Valentine Cook. It is located 4 miles NE of Russellville, KY 1588 at its junction with John Rob Williams Road in Logan Co., KY--

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Biography

child 6: Valentine /Cook/ gender: Male birth 1765 York, Pennsylvania, United States death 1822 Russellville, Logan, Kentucky United States

Name ===: Name: Valentine /Cook/<ref>Source: #S00049 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Valentine Cook</ref>

Birth

: Birth: :: Date: 13 FEB 1765:: Place: Berks, Pennsylvania, USA<ref>Source: #S00049 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Valentine Cook</ref>

Death

: Death: :: Date: 22 AUG 1822:: Place: Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, USA<ref>Source: #S00049 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Valentine Cook</ref>

Sources ==* 123027131 Possible memorial marker is also gravesite*Burial: Rev. Valentine Cook Gravesite, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky, USA

• Photo: Has photo of Historical Marker
• Historical marker referenced above gives immediate family details: Rev. Valentine Cook (1763-1822) Marker Number 1761 County LoganLocation Jct. KY 1588 & John Rob Williams Rd., 4 mi. NE of RussellvilleDescription Pioneer Methodist preacher who settled on Muddy River in 1806 where Camp Meeting was held, 1800. A teacher, orator and organizerof churches, he attended Cokesbury College in Md. and began ministry,1788. Presiding Elder of Cumberland Dist., 1798. Married Tabitha, niece of Gov. Slaughter, same year. Buried near Camp Meeting site. Presented by Rena Milliken.

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See Also:

• US Census, 1810", database online. (NARA microfilm publication M252,71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Jessamine, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 61;Image: 00069; Family History Library Film: 0181352
• "US Census, 1820", database online. (NARA microfilm publication M33,142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Russellville, Logan, Kentucky; Page: 43; NARA Roll: M33_26; Image: 54
• Photo of memorial marker found on Ancestry website [https://www.ancestry.com/media/viewer/viewer/b4b4cf43-731b-41e5-8f8...] Accessed Apr 01 2017.
• Kentucky Historical Marker details, marker #1761 [http://migration.kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=All] Accessed Apr 01 2017.
• Detailed history (non-primary) and photo of grave marker [https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123027131] Accessed April 012017. Transcription added to free page attached to this profile.

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