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John "Old John" Cockerham, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: King William County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America
Death: September 10, 1843 (107-108)
Amite County, Mississippi, United States
Place of Burial: Amite County, Mississippi, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Cockerham and Mary Cockerham
Husband of Elizabeth Cockerham and Elizabeth Bent Cockerham
Father of William Cockerham; Thomas Cockerham; Henry Cockerham; John William Cockerham, Jr.; David Bent Cockerham and 5 others

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About John "Old John" Cockerham, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A135006

Descendants of Mary Wynne

https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g40304.htm

  • 1 Mary Wynne = William Cockerham
    • 2 John Cockerham = Elizabeth Bent Brambley
      • 3 Thomas Cockerham ⇒
      • 3 Sarah Ann Cockerham
      • 3 John Cockerham ⇒
      • 3 Henry James Cockerham ⇒
      • 3 David Bent Cockerham
      • 3 Judith Cockerham
      • 3 Nancy Cockerham
      • 3 Elizabeth Cockerham
      • 3 Phoebe Cockerham

A Cockerham genealogy reports the names of their children [1]:

John Cockerham, Sr. and his wife(s) had nine children: 1) Henry, married Cynthia Chadwich; 2) Thomas, 1st wife unknown, 2nd married Mary Valentine; 3) John, Jr., married Nancy Tarver; 4) Nancy, married Westley Tarver; 5) David Bent, married Jane D. Chadwich; 6) Judith, married Thomas Tarver; 7) Sarah, married John Cockerham; 8) Elizabeth, married Allen Tarver; and 9) Phoebe, married James Sanders.

References

  • "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-KPV : accessed 14 September 2021), John Cockerham Sr, Adams, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 23, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 57; FHL microfilm 181,359.
  • https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p40381.htm
  • https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p40381.htm Cites
    • [1] Lorris G. Cockerham, Patricia A. Cockerham, Katherine C. Barnette, The Cockerhams: South of Liberty, (2000), 11, [GoogleBook].
    • [2] Mrs Mary G Bryan, "Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia 1785 to 1820," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 45-2 (1957), 81-83, at 82.
    • [3] U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
    • [4] U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
    • [5] Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
    • [6] John Porter Bloom and Clarence Edwin Carter, compilers, The Territorial papers of the United States, Vol. 6, 253-255, [URL].
    • [7] John Porter Bloom and Clarence Edwin Carter, compilers, The Territorial papers of the United States, Vol. 6, 671, [URL].
    • [8] Mrs Jerome Esker, "Census of 1816, Amite County, Mississippi Territory," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 33-4 (1945), 105-106, at 105.
    • [9] Mrs Jerome Esker, "Census of 1816, Amite County, Mississippi Territory," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 34-2 (1946), 55-57, at 55, and 56.
    • [10] Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
    • [11] Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
    • [12] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [13] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [14] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [15] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [16] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [17] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
    • [18] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [19] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
    • [20] Emmett E. Cockrum, A History and Genealogy of the Cockrum Family in America, (1979), 8, [FHLBook].
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John "Old John" Cockerham, Sr.'s Timeline

1735
1735
Birth of John "Old John" Cockerham, Sr.
King William County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America
1762
1762
Birth of Thomas Cockerham
Winton, South Carolina, United States
1769
1769
Birth of Henry Cockerham
Winton, South Carolina, United States
1771
1771
Birth of John William Cockerham, Jr.
Winton, SC, United States
1774
1774
Birth of David Bent Cockerham
Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States
1776
1776
Birth of Nancy Tarver
Weston Co. South Carolina
1780
1780
Birth of Judith Tarver
SC, United States
1784
1784
Birth of Sarah Cockerham
Winton, , South Carolina, USA
1788
1788
Birth of Elizabeth Tarver
Winton County, Barnwell, SC
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