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Philadelphia with a raft of logs just as General George Washington was there. They were noted for their skill, strength and stature and were
induced to enlist as bodyguards of the infamous general. The requirement of thfis position was members had fo be six feet or more in height J
Both Cook brothers spent the winter at Valley For^e. Later, John Cook was at tfte Battle of Monmouth in Ni$v Jersey. Here he was wounded, almost fatally. Living near tie field of battle was a French Huguenot family by the nar&e of Parker, whose daughter Dolly came upon the field and found both Cook and his friend Knight wounded. She hdd them brought to the famijy home where she nursed thepi back to health.
Originally settling near Pepacton after the war, staging there several yearns. Several years after with threats of some Indians, John Cook again enlisted in the army. Coming home later to find his cabin and most of the unburied tools etc., burned or stolen, he rebuilt. A few years after crossing over the mountains to the Beaverkill, John Cook decided to move to present day Cooks Falls, formerly Butternut Grove.
So, the connection I’m trying to make is that the same General George Washington who surveyed our Washington, Virginia, also employed in the military service, John Cook of New York.
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