Notes for Thomas G Cochran

1840-45 Georgia tax records list Thomas G Cochran in Morgan County, Georgia. Earlier listings (1813-1820) name Thomas Cochran of Baldwin County, Georgia (see Research Notes, below):

The tax records list Sugar Creek as the watershed where several of the Cockrams of Morgan County, Georgia lived. (Little) Sugar Creek in Morgan County is a tributary to Lake Oconee in Georgia 30650. Just south of Little Sugar Creek is Paschal Road, which joins Cochran Road near Clarks Fork Creek. Little Sugar Creek joins Sugar Creek north-east of Harmony and Sugar Creek Trail is along the north shore. Downstream, near the Parks Mill Road bridge, are the Sugar Creek Fire department, power launch, boat ramp, and marina. [1]

1840 (68) Messes Bandy & Beard. Thos Cockram. Apling-San Rye-Borton-?. [2]
1842 (155) Buckhead district. Thomas G Cochran, Aplin-Campe-Buts-Self. [3]
1843 (230) Thomas G Cockram, Aplin [4]
1844 (314) Buckhead district. Thos Cockram. Morgan+Aplin. Apalachy. Johnson. Self. [5]
1844 (318) Thos Cockram. Morgan-Sweetwater. Bird. Self. [6]
1844 Georgia tax for Banister, James, Banister Jr, Thos, Mathew Cockram and Amandy Peeples in Shepherd's District. [7][8]
1845 (372) Thos G Cockram. Aplin+Morgan+Cherokee. Sugar. Johnson. Self. [9]
1845 (377) Thomas Cockram. Morgan [10]

1850 Thomas G Cochram (age 29, born in Georgia) lived in Roswell, Cobb County, Georgia, in a household with Julia A Cockram (22), and Elily Cockram (0). Thomas G Cochram was an overseer. [11]

Phenix City, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia are different political names for the twin cities on the two sides of the Chattahoochee River. They are effectively a single urban area. Phenix City is in both Lee and Russell Counties in Alabama.

1860 Thomas Cothran (age 37, born in Georgia) lived in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, in a household with Julia A Cothran (33), Emily E Cothran (14), John H Cothran (8), Charles W Cothran (5), and Susan A Cothran (2). Thomas Cothran was a fisherman. [12]

1870 T Cochran (age 47, born in Georgia) lived in Brownsville, Lee County, Alabama, in a household with J Cochron (43), E Cochron, J Cochron (17), C Cochron (15), S Cochron (11), J Cochron (7), and T Cochron (2). T Cochran was a carpenter. [13]

1880 Thomas Cochran (age 56, born in Georgia, married) lived in Brownville, Lee County, Alabama, in a household with Julia A Cochran (51), Julia Cochran (16), Thomas W Cochran (12), and Susan Wells (21). Thomas Cochran's parents were both born in South Carolina. Thomas Cochran was a carpenter. [14]

1888 Thomas Cochran was a brick manufacturer in Columbus, Georgia.

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Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, November 24, 1888. [15] [16]

IRON WAGON CHAT. Men who run the Iron Wagon and say it is the best of all, and the lightest runner:
Ex-Gov. James M. Smith. …
Thomas Cochran, Brick Manufacturer. …
Refer to any of these.
Rollin Jefferson.

1891 Thomas G. Cochran died on January 18 in Russell County, Alabama. Thomas G. Cochran was born on April 13, 1823. [17]

1891 Obituary Thomas G Cochran.
Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, January 20, 1891. [18] [19]

DEATH OF MR. THOMAS G. COCHRAN.
Mr. Thomas G. Cochran, the promiment and prosperous brick manufacturer, died at his home in Phenix City with bronchetis Sunday. Mr. Cochran was about 55 years of age. He was a good man and a useful, enterprising citizen, greatly liked by all who knew him.

The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, Rev. J. B. Nelson conducting the sad services in the presence of a large number of sorrowing friend. The following gentlemen acted as pall bearers: W. H. Brannon, A. D. Marchant, J. T. Pittman, J. K. Nuckolls, V. H. Smith, J. F. Amerson.

1900 Julia A Cochrome (born in Georgia in Jun 1827, widowed) lived in Phoenix, Lee County, Alabama. Julia A Cochrome's parents were both born in Georgia. Julia A Cochrome had had 6 children, 5 still living. [20]

1904 Julia Ann Cochran died on September 16. Julia Ann Cochran was born on June 28, 1827. [21]

Notes for son Thomas W:

1894 T. W. Cochran and Mattie Howard were married on February 4 in Russell County, Alabama. (FHL film 001033481). [22]

1900 T W Cochran (born in Alabama in Feb 1868, married for 5 years) lived in Girard, Russell County, Alabama, in a household with Mattie T Cochran (30), Pearl Cochran (14), Cochran (12), and D McDonald (21). T W Cochran's parents were both born in Georgia. T W Cochran was a merchant. T W Cochran's residence was h. [23]

1910 T W Cochran (age 33, born in Alabama, married for 15 years) lived in Girard Ward 1, Russell County, Alabama, in a household with Mattie Cochran (45), and Willie P Cochran (7). T W Cochran's parents were both born in Alabama. T W Cochran could not read or write. T W Cochran was a contractor. T W Cochran's residence was a house, mortgage free. [24]

1915 T W Cochran died on May 27 in Girard, Russell County, Alabama. [25] [26]

Research Notes:

1813-1820 Tax records name Thomas Cochran of Baldwin County, Georgia:

1813 (256) Thomas Cockram. Capt Hills District, Baldwin County, Georgia. [27]
1814 (297) Thomas Cockram. Capt Hills District, Baldwin County, Georgia. [28]
1818 (568) Thomas Cockram. Capt Cousins's District, Baldwin County, Georgia. [29]
1819 (481) Thomas Cockram. Capt Haws's District, Baldwin County, Georgia. [30]
1819 (600) Thomas Cockram. Capt Hauser District, Baldwin County, Georgia. [31]
1820 (527) Thomas Cockram. Capt Dolls District, Baldwin County, Georgia. [32]

There was another man named Thomas G Cochran in Georgia about this time. The documents cited in the footnotes give more details than have been abstracted below.

1842 Thomas G Cockran and Ann C Lumsden were married on August 21 in Morgan County, Georgia. [33]

1850 Thomas G Cochrane (age 43, born in Georgia) lived in District 62, Morgan County, Georgia with Ann E Cockram. Thomas G Cochrane was a tenant. [34]

1850 Thomas G Cochran, guardian to Eugenia M and Marcellus F Cochran, reported his account on March 5. [35] [36] [37]

1850 Arrillious Jackson and Eugenia Cochran were married on February 24 in Morgan County, Georgia. [38]

1850 Eugena Jackson (age 14, born in Georgia) lived in District 62, Morgan County, Georgia. [39]

1851 A Jackson acknowledged receipt of an inheritance from the estate of George Campbell to wife Eugenia. Payment was made by Ann Cochran. [40]

1851 Thomas G. Cochran died on January 23 in Greene County, Georgia. He was born on February 28, 1807. [41]

1851 Ann Cochran was appointed administrator. [42]

1851 Ann was appointed guardian of her own children William, Sarah, Leonidus, and Thomas G Cochran. They were orphans of Thomas G Cochran. [43]

1852 Ann Cochran was named as the widow and Eugenia was named as an heir and other minors were named as heirs of Thomas G Cochran. [44]

1852 Ann Cochran gave an account of the estate. [45]

1852 Ann C Cochran petitioned to be appointed guardian of William Neal Cochran, Sarah Louisa Cochran, Thomas Greer Cochran, and Leonidus Littlebury Cochran, orphans of Thomas G Cochran. [46]

1853 Thomas (?-1851) perhaps father of Eugenia and perhaps spouse of Ann. His estate was administered in Morgan County, Georgia by Ann. Eugenia was the wife of Aurelius Jackson and mother of Marcellius Jackson. [47]

1853 Ann Cochran named enslaved persons who were part of the estate of Thomas G Cochran. [48]

1854 Ann Cochran gave an account of the estate, naming heirs. [49]

1854 Hugh Ogilby was named guardian of the orphan children. [50]

1855 Hugh Ogilby, Nathan Massey, and Nathaniel N Allen posted bond for the guardianship of Leonidus, orphan child of Thomas G Cochran, in Morgan County, Georgia. [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58]

1859 Hugh Ogilby was the guardian for Thomas G Cochran, orphan child of Thomas G Cochran. [59]

1870 E M Palmer (age 32, born in Georgia) lived in Township 14 Range 17, Montgomery County, Alabama, in a household with W D Palmer (22), E E Palmer (6/12), Aurelius Palmer (9), Ida Palmer (8), M C Jackson (16), M F Jackson (18), and J T Jackson (21). E M Palmer's occupation was keeping house. [60]

Index for Cochran court records. [61]

Footnotes:

[1] waterquality website showing the watersheds. Zoom in to see Sugar Creek, [URL].

[2] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[3] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[4] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage].

[5] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage].

[6] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage].

[7] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, 1844, [FamilySearchImage].

[8] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, 1844, Morgan, [FamilySearchImage].

[9] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage].

[10] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Tax digests, 1808-1859, [FamilySearchImage].

[11] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[12] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[13] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[14] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[15] Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, November 24, 1888, page 2, [NewspapersClip].

[16] Georgia, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, [AncestryRecord].

[17] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[18] Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, January 20, 1891, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[19] Georgia, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, [AncestryRecord].

[20] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[21] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[22] Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, [AncestryRecord].

[23] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[24] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[25] Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, [AncestryRecord].

[26] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[27] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, image 256, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[28] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, 297, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[29] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, 568, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[30] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, 481, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[31] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, 600, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[32] Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900, image 527, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[33] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[34] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[35] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1850–1855, 1851–1858, image 301, [FamilySearchImage].

[36] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1840–1851, account in 1845?, image 264, [FamilySearchImage].

[37] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1840–1851, account in 1849, image 584, [FamilySearchImage].

[38] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[39] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[40] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1850–1855, 1851–1858, image 422, [FamilySearchImage].

[41] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[42] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Administrator Bonds 1845–1878, image 61, [FamilySearchImage].

[43] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Administrator Bonds 1845–1878, image 71, [FamilySearchImage].

[44] Morgan. Court Minutes 1851–1869, IGN=008458757, image 49, [FamilySearchImage].

[45] Morgan. Probate Records 1850–1855, 1851–1858, image 433, [FamilySearchImage].

[46] Morgan. Court Minutes 1851–1869, IGN=008458757, image 50, [FamilySearchImage].

[47] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1850–1855, 1851–1858, image 518, [FamilySearchImage].

[48] Morgan. Probate Records 1850–1855, 1851–1858, image 496, [FamilySearchImage].

[49] Morgan. Probate Records 1850–1855, 1851–1858, image 552, [FamilySearchImage].

[50] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1855–1864, image 34, [FamilySearchImage].

[51] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Administrator Bonds 1845–1878, image 85, [FamilySearchImage].

[52] Morgan. Court Minutes 1851–1869, IGN=008458757, image 206, [FamilySearchImage].

[53] Morgan. Court Minutes 1851–1869, IGN=008458757, image 209, [FamilySearchImage].

[54] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1855–1864, image 397, [FamilySearchImage].

[55] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1855–1864, image 88, [FamilySearchImage].

[56] Morgan. Court Minutes 1851–1869, IGN=008458757, image 210, [FamilySearchImage].

[57] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1858, 1859–1861, image 622, [FamilySearchImage].

[58] Morgan. Tax Records 1858, IGN=008153289, image 610, [FamilySearchImage].

[59] Georgia. County Court (Morgan County), Morgan. Probate Records 1858, 1859–1861, image 538, [FamilySearchImage].

[60] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[61] Morgan. Court Minutes 1851–1869, image 9, [FamilySearchImage].