Maj. Robert Fielding Cooke

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Maj. Robert Fielding Cooke

Also Known As: "Maj. Robert Cooke", "Valley Forge Veteran"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: November 12, 1841 (89)
Cassville, White, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: White County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cooke and Elizabeth Cooke
Husband of Susannah Cooke and Sarah G Cooke
Father of Mary Pirtle; James Watson Cook; Sarah L. Goodgion; John Oliver Cooke; William Henry Cooke and 9 others
Brother of James Cooke; Ann Pratt; Alexander Cooke; Elizabeth Wilson (Cooke) and Adam Cooke

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About Maj. Robert Fielding Cooke

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Robert Cooke was in the Revolutionary War and served under Washington at Valley Forge; d. Nov. 12, 1841, at the age of eighty-nine years.

Comments

The Daughters of the American Revolution is requiring future applicants to provide proof of service because his service was based on family stories - 1997. No one has found proof that he served with General Washington at Valley Forge or provided any service during the Revolution. There may be proof somewhere, but it hasn't been found as of 2024.



Gravestone reads:

Robert Cooke ESQR Born March the 28th the year 1752 & departed this life November 12th, 1841 Age 89 years 7 months

A Revolutionary Soldier with Washington at Valley Forge in A.D. 1777

"A faithful public officer a social companion An affectionate husband A kind neighbor a tender parent An honest man"

In life by all respected In death by all lamented Near ninety years upon this earth this good man has trod In peace he drew his last breath and yields his soul to God

Susannah Cooke departed the life in May the 12th A.D. 1823 Age 63 years and 24 days

A loving wife a tender mother a pattern of piety a friend to the poor

Her ways were ways of pleasantness and all her paths were peace

(Above inscriptions taken from original head and footstones)

Erected 1952 by descendants Estes Kefauver Nancy Kefauver Fooshee Bailey Bockman Myrtle Bockman Eastland


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Maj. Robert Fielding Cooke's Timeline

1752
March 28, 1752
Chaptico, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
1778
September 3, 1778
Chaptico, St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States
1779
October 24, 1779
Chapitico, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
1781
March 17, 1781
Chaptico, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
1782
May 25, 1782
Chaptico, St Mary's, Maryland, USA
1784
May 15, 1784
Culpeper County, Virginia, United States of America (United States)
1785
August 1, 1785
Culpepper, Virginia, United States
1785
Age 32
Massachusetts
1787
July 8, 1787
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States