Jonathan Cooksey

1756 - Aft 1820  (> 65 years)

• Name	Jonathan Cooksey
  Birth	1756	Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1820	Washington, District of Columbia
  Person ID	I65004	Tree1
  Last Modified	25 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Phillip Cooksey,   b. Bef 1735, Charles County, Maryland d. 25 Mar 1793, Charles County, Maryland - probate (Age > 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Female MNU Cooksey,   b. Bef 1739, Charles County, Maryland d. Aft 1793, Charles County, Maryland (Age > 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1755	Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F30705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith Cooksey are in Capt. John Thomas' Company, 12th Battalion, Charles Co . Md. Militia. Source: Clements, S. Eugene, and Wright, F. Edward, "The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War," p. 161. Mar. 1778 - Jonathan Cooksey is in the Census of Benedict Hundred, Charles Co., Md. Source: Charles Co., Md. Court and Land Records, Liber X No.3, p. 631. Mar. 1778 - Jonathan Cooksey takes the Oath of Allegiance to Maryland in Charles Co. before the Han. John Dent. (signs his name) Source: Charles Co., Md. Court and Land Records, Liber X No.3, p. 650. Aug. 1779 - Jonathan Cooksey of Benedict Hundred, and of Trinity Parish. Charles Co., Md., refused to subscribe to a Trinity Parish fund for raising a salary for a clergyman to officiate in Trinity Parish. Source: LOS Microfilm Roll 0013759, Vol. 2 (Trinity Parish Vestry Minutes, Minutes of 1779.) 1783 - Jonathan Cooksey is in the 1783 Tax List of Benedict and Bryan Town Hundreds, Charles Co., Md., as follows: --6 white inhabitants --no land --no slaves --4 horses --6 black cattle --total value of all property: 35/0/0. Source: Maryland Tax List of 1783, District 3 (Benedict and Bryan Town Hundreds) of Charles Co. (MSA Microfilm Roll H871) 1790 Jonathan Cooksey is in the Md . as follows: 1-2-5-0-1. 1790 Census of Charles Oct. 1798 - The Federal Assessment of Benedict Hundred. Charles Co . Md . shows Jonathan Cooksey as the owner of land there and also of 4 slaves. 2 of whom are taxable because they are between the ages of 12 and 50. and 2 of whom are not taxable. Source: "Federal Assessment of 1798. Charles Co., Md. ," Microfilm Roll #607; MHS (Maryland Historical Society) Ace. No. 59498. 1800 - Jonathan Cooksey is in the 1800 Census of Charles Co . Md., as follows: 01011-01002-00. Comment: Notice that there are no children b. 1790-1800 in this Census. 1810 - The name Jonathan Cooksey is not found in the 1810 Census of Maryland. but I believe Jonathan is probably the J. Cooksey in the 1810 Census of Washington and Prince Frederick Hundreds, Prince George's Co., Md., p. 18. as follows: J. Cooksey. 00101-00101-03 Comment: See the special section below entitled "Cookseys in the 1810 Census of Prince George's Co . Md." Dec. 27. 1816 - Jonathan Cooksey m. Susannah Robinson in Prince George's Co., ~Id. Source: Brown, Helen W.• "Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-1886," p. 53. 1820 - Jonathan Cooksey is in the 1820 Census of Prince George's Co., Md., p. 215, as follows: 000001-00001-03. Comment: This is the only Jonathan Cooksey in the 1820 Census of Maryland or the District of Columbia.