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- H. Peter CochranBef 1710 - Bef 1770
Facts and Events
| Name |
Peter Cochran |
| Alt Name |
Peter Cockran |
| Alt Name |
Peter Cochrane |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Bef 1710 |
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| Marriage |
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to Margaret (add) |
| Marriage |
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to Unknown |
| Death? |
Bef 19 Oct 1770 |
Botetourt County, Virginia |
Peter Cochran was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 728.--10th November, 1764. William Preston and Susannah to Peter Cockran, £7.10. 32 acres on James River; Givens' corner. Delivered to Ephraim Richardson. 15th October, 1765.
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 363.--3rd October, 1765. Peter Cockran and Margaret to James McAfee, £40, 32 acres on James River,
Estate Records
- Cockran, Peter, deceased.
- Appraisal returned July, 1771.
- [Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 54].
Records in Botetourt County, VA
Sources
- Estate inventory Botetort VA, 1771 (Ancestry)
"Area Reveal Three Families Are Among 'First Permanent Settlers' " By Gordon Aronhime, Bristol Herald Courier, April 13, 1980.
Gordon Aronhime Card File, Library of Virginia
Related
- Person:Henry Willis (10) (married Mary Cochran, though by many to be Peter's daughter.
Surname Variants
- Cochran
- Cockran
- Coughan
- Cochrane
Notes
References to Peter Cochran
| Source | Date | Summary
| | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 1:306 | June 1752 | Montgomery vs. Cochran.--Peter Cochran (Coughan), late of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but now (1751) residing in Colony of Virginia.
| | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 3:416 | 10th November, 1764 | Page 728.--10th November, 1764. William Preston and Susannah to Peter Cockran, £7.10. 32 acres on James River; Givens' corner. Delivered to Ephraim Richardson. 15th October, 1765. | | 457 Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 1:457- 458 | 11 March 1765 | James McAfee vs. Peter Cochrane.--I, Peter Cochrane, of Augusta, do hereby oblige myself in the penal sum of £120, lawful of Virginia, to make, or cause to be made, to James McAfee, of said County, &c., &c., a good and sufficient title in fee simple for 32 acres of land, less or more, on James River, joining the land of George Givens, and the said Cochrane's right of an entry upon the hill above the house of 400 acres, &c., &c. 11th March, 1765. (Signed) Pettor (mark) Cochran, Margaret (mark) Cochran. Test,
| | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 1:124 | 16 Oct 1765 | ---- ----, the wife of Peter Cockran, priv. exn. commission.
| | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 3:477 | 1st September, 1768. | Page 153.--1st September, 1768. Commission to take privy examination of Susannah, wife of William Preston, as to deed to Peter Cochrane. dated 10th November, 1764. Executed, 21st September, 1768. | | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 1:355 | 17 June 1769 | Andrew Crockett vs. James Scott.--Deposition, Peter Wylie, 17th June,1769: "When Peter Cochran was on his journey to Halston River [Holston?] he stopped at deponent's house.
| | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 3:436 | 3rd October, 1765 | Page 363.--3rd October, 1765. Peter Cockran and Margaret to James McAfee, £40, 32 acres on James River. | | Chalkley's Chronicles Vol 1:356 | AUGUST, 1769 | Andrew Crockett vs. James Scott.--Peter Wylie deposes, 17th June, 1769, before William Preston: That when Peter Cochran was on his journey to Halston River, he stayed some time at the deponent's house, when he observed among Cochran's horses a bay mare with a black list along her back, which Cochran told the deponent he had of James Scott, the present plaintiff, in a swap; that some time afterwards the said Cochran returned to the deponent's house and told him that he had sold the above mentioned mare to Andrew Crockett on his way out, and further sayeth not
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| Name | Immediate Source | Page | Location | Year | day-Month | Entry
| | Margaret Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 538 | Botetourt Co, VA | 1770 | 19-Oct | Margaret Cochran, widow of Peter Cochran, to James McAfee. 20 pounds. Release of dower in 32 acres of land.
| | Mary Cochrain | Summers, 1929 | 605 | Fincastle Co, VA | 1773 | 5-May | Presentment against Henry Willis for cohabiting with Mary Cochran
| | William Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 612 | Fincastle Co, VA | 1773 | 7-May | On the motion of James Jarvis, administation is granted him on the estate of William Cochran, Decd., he having entered into bond with Stephen Keewood his security agreeble to Law.
| | William Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 613 | Fincastle Co, VA | 1773 | 7-May | George Adams, Jister Cox, and James Anderson being first sworn are appointed to appraise the estate of William Cochran, Decd. And make their return according to law.
| | William Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 618 | Fincastle Co, VA | 1773 | 2-Nov | An inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Cochran deceased returned and ordered to be recorded
| | William Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 623 | Fincastle Co, VA | 1773 | 3-May | An inventory appraisement of the estate of William Cochran deceased returned into court and ordered to be recorded
| | Mary Cochrain | Summers, 1929 | 600 | Fincastle Co, VA | 1774 | 3-Mar | Mary Cochrain and James Davis Plaintiffs, against Samuel Simpson and William Wilkins, Defendants: Court finds for the Plaintiffs, since the defendents didn't show at the trial. Plaintiffs given a judgement in the amount of one pound ten shillings, plus cost
| | Samuel Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 1042 | Washington Co, Va | 1779 | 17-Aug | Samuel Cochran came into court and acknowledged that he hath received 12 pounds of his father's estate from James Gervis
| | Elizabeth Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 1101 | Washington Co, Va | 1782 | 21-May | Presentment against Elizabeth Cochran for a base born child.
| | Dennis Cochran | Summers, 1929 | 942 | Montgomery Co, VA | 1800 | 17-Nov | Dennis Cochran grantor to John Wyat Grantee, for 260 pounds, 500 ac at confluence of Madams C. with New River
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