Person:William Cochran (50)

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William Cochran
b.1753 Augusta Co., VA
d. TN
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m. Abt 1751
  1. William Cochran1753 -
  2. Samuel CochranAbt 1755 - Abt 1828
  3. James Cochran1757 - Aft 1830
  4. Elizabeth Cochran - Aft 1810
  5. Mary CochranAbt 1759 - Aft 1819
  6. Jobe (Joab ) Cochran1768 - Aft 1830
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Name William Cochran
Gender Male
Birth? 1753 Augusta Co., VA
Death? TN

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)

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