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m. Abt 1751
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William Cochran; b. abt 1753; d. aft. ??; wife unknown William signed a petition in 1777 in Fincastle Co., VA, his name is listed above Henry Willis, his brother-in-law. William Cochran participated in the Revolutionary War, Fincastle Co., VA/Washington Co., VA, under John Murray's Command; Battle of Point Pleasant, 10 Oct. 1774 Washington Co., VA Commissioner certified a land grant on May 27, 1785, that George Finley assignee of Robert Breckenridge, assignee of William Cochran (not Mary Cochran’s father, assignee of Henry Willis for 400 acres of land in Washington County, VA lying on North Fork of Holston River. Verification needed: Possible marriage to Rachel Vanbury in May 28, 1791, East Tennessee Marriage Records by Byron H. and Barbara Sistler Possible son may be William A. Cochran (Martha Drinkwater), mother Rachel Mosier, named in his will in 1819 in Jefferson Co., TN. (ancestry.com) |