David (Francis?) Cochran[1, 2, 3]
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  • Birth  Abt 1780  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Tax List or Tithe  1791  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1793  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1794  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1796  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1797  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1800  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1801  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1802  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1803  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1804  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1805  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1807  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1809  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1810 Census  1810  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1810  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1811  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1812  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1813  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1814  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1815  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List or Tithe  1816  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1830 Census  1830  Pocahontas, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I17002  Extended Family File
    Last Modified  24 May 2010 
     
    Family  Catherine Anne White,   b. Between 1780 and 1784, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1826 
    Married  01 Jan 1798  Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Hester R Cochran,   b. Between 1799 and 1804, Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Valentine White Cochran,   b. Abt 1805, Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1874, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Francis C Cochran,   b. Abt 1816, Bath, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1886, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F49  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Research Notes

      The relationships between David Cochran, Catherine Ann White, Francis Cochran and Valentine White Cochran have not been proven, but there is circumstantial evidence. First, a marriage bond for the marriage of a David Cochran and a Ketty Ann White is found in Bath county for a marriage occuring January 1, 1798. A permission note is written by Jamima White (perhaps for her husband) indicating that Ann Catherine White (Ketty Ann) is the daughter of Valentine White and that he grants permission for her to marry David Cochran. (I'm still trying to get copies of the originals of these). The obvious possibility that Valentine White Cochran was named for his grandfather made this a very interesting record. In the early Bath, VA tax records there are two David Cochrans in the early records - one consistently enumerated in the same district as the "Cochran clan" of Bath county and the other consistently in the same list as Valentine White. I suspect that the later is the more likely to be the son in law of Valentine White.


      The birthplace of Francis/Frank Cochran is given as Bath county, VA in the biography of Edgar Cochran found in the History of Charleston and Kanawha County. This biography says that Francis is the son of a Francis Sr. who moved to Jackson, OH and that Francis (Jr.) moved later to WV. In his death record, Caleb Cochran's (son of Valentine White Cochran) birthplace is given as Jackson, OH. Hence, both Francis and Valentine have a link to Jackson, OH, though census records indicate they were born in VA. So, I turned my search to Jackson, OH. The only Cochran I find in early Jackson, OH is one Catherine Ann/ Anna Catherine Cochran. She is the 1820 census and in the 1826 & 1827 personal property tax lists. There were no personal property tax records for 1820-1825 (only land records, which she wasn't found in). I believe that this is the same Catherine Ann that married David Cochran, but again, this is still circumstantial. Also in 1820 census, enumerated right beside Catherine is a David Gibson. A marriage record for a Hester Cochran to David Cochran is found in 1819 in Jackson county. This is the only early (pre-1840) Cochran marriage I found in that county and Catherine is the only Cochran is the early records, so I suspect Hester is her daughter. In the 1820 census of Anna you will notice that there are 7 boys in the household. I'd hoped to find some record of them paying taxes in Jackson county, but none of them do and Anna disappears by 1827. I don't know if she died, moved to another county or moved in with a older child.


      This record also matches up reasonably well with the 1810 census for a David Cochran in Bath county:

      1810 David Cochran
      Children:
      4 males 0-10, 1 male 10-16
      1 female 0-10, 2 females 10-16

      1820 Anna Cochran
      Children:
      1 male 0-10, 2 males 10-16, 1 male 16-28, 3 males 16-26
      3 females 0-10 yrs, 2 females 10-16 yrs

      Valentine could be a son age 0-10 in 1810 and 10-16 in 1820. Francis could be the son 0-10 yrs old in 1820.

      Now my attention moved back to Kanawha county. When did Valentine and Francis end up there? I did a search of personal property tax records again here and found that they both appeared for the first time in 1834. This is probably about the time Francis came of age/married, but Valentine would have already had 4 or 5 children, so where the heck was he from 1824-1834? I haven't been able to figure that out yet.



      Records Searched:
    • Bath County VA Personal Property Tax lists (FHS 2024469), 1791-1816 - found is some years
    • Pocahontas County VA Probate Index, 1822-1969 (FHS 0802392) - no entry for David Cochran found
    • Pocahontas County VA Personal Property Tax Lists (FHS 1905686), 1822-1850
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S31] 1810 U.S. Census, Virginia, Bath, Population Schedule, NARA Microfilm Publication M252, National Archives & Records Administration.
      p. 418 Cockran, David 4 males 0-10 yrs, 1 male 10-16 yrs, 1 male 26-45yrs, 1 female 0-10 yrs, 2 females 10-16 yrs, 1 female 26-45 yrs

    2. [S127] 1830 U.S. Census, Virginia, Pocahontas, Population Schedule, NARA Microfilm Publication M19, National Archives & Records Administration.
      p. 82 David Cochran 1 male 0-5 yrs, 1 male 10-15 yrs, 1 male 15-20yrs, 1 male 40-50 yrs, 1 female 5-10 yrs, 2 females 10-15 yrs, 1 female 15-20 yrs, 1 female 40-50 yrs (I suspect that this is another David)

    3. [S3524] Virginia: Bath County: Personal Property Tax Lists, 1791-1816.
      1791 District 1 List July 2, David Cochran, 1 tithable 1793 SamuelShrewsbury List May 15, David Cochran, 1 tithable 1794 Samuel Shrewsbury List May 13, David Cochran, 1 tithable 1796 Valentine White List ", David Cochran, 1 tithable, 1 horse 1797 James Vance List July 11, David Cochran, 1 tithables, 1 horse 1800 James Vance List May 16, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 1 horse, $0.12 1801 James Vance List April 9, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 2 horses, $0.24 1802 John Dickenson List March 10, David Cockern, 1 tithable, 2 horses, $0.24 1803 William Kingston List May 9, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 2 horses, $0.24 1804 List April 2, David Cochron, 1 tithable, 1 horse, $0.12 1805 List April 10, David Cochran, 1 tithable 1807 List March 22, David Cochran, 1 tithable 1809 List May 27, David Cochran H.S., 1 tithable, 1 horse, $0.12 (H.S probably means Hots Springs) 1810 List 2 April 4, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 2 horses, $0.24 1811 List 2 May 14, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 2 horses, $0.24 1812 List 2 March 20, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 3 horses, $0.36 1813 List 2 March 25, David Cochran, 1 tithable 1814 List 2 March 16, David Cochran, 1 tithable, 1 horses, $0.21 1815 List 2 April 14, David Cochran, 2 tithables, 2 horses, 5 cattle, $0.57 1816 List 2 ND, David Cochran, 2 tithables, 2 horses, $0.36

    4. [S3523] Virginia: Bath County: Marriage Records.
      Bath County VA Marriage Bonds 1 Jan 1798 Marriage Bond: DavidCockranand Ketty White. Surety: Andrew Mustoe Val. White's consent is by Jamima, for daughter Ann Catherine. Witnesses: A. Mustoe, Sam'l Gay, and Jno. Bird Jr.

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