Lemuel Cook

Lemuel Cook

Lemuel Cook (September 10, 1759 – May 20, 1866) was the last verifiable surviving veteran of the American Revolutionary War. Enlisting in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen, he fought in the Virginia campaign against Charles Cornwallis, receiving an honorable discharge signed by George Washington on June 12, 1784.

After the war, Cook married Hannah Curtis. They had seven sons and three daughters. Cook died at the age of 106 and was buried with full military and masonic honors.

He was the last survivor of 2nd Continental Light Dragoons. [ [http://www.dragoons.info/Trooper%20Trails.htm Sheldon’S Veterans Records ] ]

ee also

*Last surviving United States war veterans

Notes

External links

* [http://www.burrcook.com/history/lemuel.htm Lemuel Cook: Last Survivor of the Revolutionary War from a Burr/Cook genealogy page]


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