Wrenacres

1747 - 1828 (80 years)

Name	William Cocke
Title	General
Born	6 Sep 1747
Gender	Male
Died	22 Aug 1828	Columbus, Lowndes Co., Mississippi
Person ID	I1965	Scott Dickson's Family
Last Modified	11 Jul 2010

Father	Abraham Cocke, b. Henrico Co., Virginia , d. 10 May 1760
Mother	Mary Batte, b. 1710, d. 4 Nov 1780 (Age 70 years)
Married	Abt 1729	Charles City, Virginia
Family ID	F1920	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Macy Maclin, b. Brunswick Co., Virginia

Children

	1. John Alexander Cocke, b. Dec 1772, d. Feb 1854, Rutledge, Grainger Co., Tennessee (Age ~ 81 years)
	2. Maria Jane Cocke
	3. Sarah Jane Cocke, b. 1785, d. Between 1850 and 1866 (Age 65 years)
	4. Thomas Cocke, b. 1785, d. 1861 (Age 76 years)
	5. Sterling Cocke, b. 15 Jun 1789, d. 12 Aug 1859 (Age 70 years)
	6. Elizabeth Cocke, b. May 1792, d. 30 Jun 1866 (Age ~ 74 years)
	7. Rebecca Cocke, d. 1821
	8. Stephen Cocke, b. 1800, d. Abt 1860 (Age 60 years)

Last Modified 19 Mar 2021

Family ID F2093 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Died - 22 Aug 1828 - Columbus, Lowndes Co., Mississippi

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Notes

William Cocke studied law and about 1774 moved to the Holstonsettlements in East Tennessee, where as captain of the militia hehelped to guard the frontiers during Dunmore's War and in 1775followed Daniel Boone to Kentucky where he was a member of the houseof delegates of the Transylvania Colony. During the RevolutionaryWar, he founght Indians and Tories. In 1777-78 he representedWasington Co. in the Virginia House of Delegates and in 1778 wassubsequently a member of the North Carolina legislature. A leader inthe movement to establish the State of Franklin in East Tennessee,1784-88, he helped form its constitution and was a member of itslegislature and Brigadier General of its militia, serving on itsCouncil of State and being sent as its delegate to the United StatesCongress, although never seated and unsuccessful in presenting thememorial for the state's recognition.

General William Cocke[1]