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William Cochran
b.Abt 1730
- William CochranAbt 1730 - Bef 1773
Facts and Events
Notes
Parents: Peter & Margaret Cochran
"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
Estate Records
- Cochran, William, dec.
- Appraisal of Estate Ret. Oct. 1773.
- ["A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831”, compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 47]
- 17 Aug 1779 - Samuel Cochran came into court and acknowledged that he hath received 12 pounds of his fathers estate from James Gervis. [Source: Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, by Lewis Preston Summers, pg. 1042].
Records
"Annals of Southwest Virginia" by Lewis Preston Summers
- 7 Sept 1773 - Page 612: "On the motion of James Jarvis (Gervis) administration is granted him on the Estate of William Cochran Decd." [Note: some researchers believe that William Cochran's wife Margaret re-married to James Gervis after William Cochran's death, this provides some circumstantial evidence to support this belief]
- Page 613: "George Adams, Jister Cox, and James Anderson being first sworn are appointed to appraise the Estate of William Cochran Decd. and make return there of according to Law."
- 9 Sept 1773 - Page 618: "An Inventory & appraisement of the Estate of William Cochran Deceased returned & ordered to be recorded."
- 3 May 1774 - Page 623: " An Inventory appraisement of the estate of William Cochran Deceased being returned into Court is ordered to be Recorded."
References
- ↑ Summers, Lewis Preston. Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. (Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press, 1929, 1967, 1972)
p. 612.
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