1806 Mathew Cochran of Baldwin County sold lot 145 to Samuel Belcher. The 100 acres of land was on Sugar Creek and was part of a tract that had been granted to Mathew Cockran. [1]
1809 Mathew Cockram sold part of lot 174 in Baldwin County, Georgia to Robert Gaston on December 23. [2]
1820 Matthew Cockrum lived in Capt McClendons District, Morgan County, Georgia in a household with free white males: 1 (45 and over); and free white females: 1 (under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44); and 14 slaves. Banister Cockrum was listed on the same page of the census. Samuel Belcher was listed adjacent (see the deed dated 1806). [3]
1827 Mathew Cockran of Morgan County, Georgia sold lot 198 of Baldwin County (now Morgan County) to John Paschal on September 17. [4]
1830 Mathew Cockran lived in District 278, Morgan County, Georgia in a household with free white males: 1 (50 thru 59); and free white females: 1 (10 thru 14); and 31 slaves. [5]
1832 Matthew Cochran sold lot 128 in Putnam County, Georgia to George N. Ware on July 30 for $1. [6]
1840 Mathew Cockram lived in District 285, Morgan County, Georgia in a household with free white males: 1 (under 5) and 1 (80 thru 89); and free white females: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (30 thru 39); and 35 slaves. [7]
1842 Mathew Cochran, of Morgan County, Georgia, dated his will on July 29. The will left the estate to minor son Mathew and wife Sarah. If neither survive, then the estate was willed to the grandchildren of daughter Susan Ware, of Alabama. John Porter was named guardian of wife and son, who was to receive a good English education. The will was affirmed by witnesses on November 12, 1844. [8] Was this Mathew, son of Philip, or son of William?
1842 James D. Peeples transferred several slaves to Mathew Cochran as trustee for Amanda Peeples, wife of James D. Peeples, by deed in Morgan County, Georgia dated August 18. [9]
Research Notes:
There was more than one man named Mathew Cockran, whose notes might be difficult to distinguish. Both this Mathew Cochran, son of Philip, and Mathew Cochran, son of William and cousin of this Matthew [10] apparently lived in Morgan County, Georgia at about the same time.
This Matthew Cochran, son of Philip, owned land on Sugar Creek, which is mentioned in several deeds and tax records.
A biosketch reports [11]:
Matthew Cockerham,youngest son of Philip Sr. Cockerham b. ca. l760. Served in Va. regt., Rifleman under Capt. White and Col. Montford. Later given a pension while living in Morgan Co., Ga. Pension no. S32l8S in amt. of $20 per yr. for 6 mo service. Served in Va.& N.C., seeing no combat. was 20 mi. from Yorktown when news of Cornwallis' surrender reached his unit. Spelled name Cockrum and Cockram most of his life. was in Mecklenburg Co., Va. alone in l782, but was in Edgefield Co., S.C. in 1790 with a wife and no children. At the same time, his 1st cousin, Matthew Cockrum, son of William Cockerham, was in the same county with a wife and child. Matthew was listed in C1ift's Reconstructed Census of 1800 as a taxpayer of Lincoln County. By 1815 he was in Morgan Co., Ga., where he remained the rest of his life, dying in 1844. On Oct. l7, l815, Matthew married Winney Wall in Morgan Co. It is presumed that his first wife had died. The 1820 census showed Matthew and Winney with a 4 year old daughter, Susan. A second daughter born in 1821 died early. By 1830 Winney had died and Matthew was now living alone with his 14 year old daughter Susan. In 1827 Matthew filed for land in the Georgia land lottery (of vacated Indian lands) and received land in Muscogee Co., Ga. There is no evidence that he ever lived on or worked these lands. In 1836 at age 75 he married his 3d wife, Sarah Bailey (b.1809) in Jasper Co., Ga. He was 49 years her senior. In 1836 when Matthew was 76, Sarah gave birth to Matthew Jr. Matthew died in 1844 at age 84. His inventory of estate was posted in Morgan Co. on Nov. 29, l844. The farm and slaves were to be worked as before and proceeds to be first spent for young Matthew's education, the balance to be split equally between young Matthew and his mother. If she married before young Matthew's maturity, he was to get all save for half of the household goods to Sarah. If young Matthew did not reach maturity, all the estate to go to the children of old Matthew's daughter, Susan Ware (wife of George N. Ware) who lived in Alabama. Ten years later, Matthew's estate, chiefly in land and slaves, was still being administered and yet unsettled. Records in sundry places where Matthew lived were spelled Cockrum, Cockram, Cockran, and Cochran. Nowhere was it spelled Cockerham after he left Virginia. Descendents of Matthew and of his cousin, Banister Cockrum still live in Morgan Co. today and all spell the name Cochran. Matthew was executor of his Uncle Benjamin's will (Banister's father) in 1816. The will was filed in Morgan Co. Matthew owned 28 slaves in 1830 and 40 in 1840.
[1] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Morgan County, Georgia Deeds 1808-1901, A-87, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[2] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Morgan County, Georgia Deeds 1808-1901, C-106, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryRecord].
[4] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Morgan County, Georgia Deeds 1808-1901, HH-373, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Georgia, Superior Court (Putnam County), Putnam County, Georgia Deeds 1806-1904, O-195, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Morgan County, Georgia Wills and marriages, 1808-1899 C-89, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Georgia, Superior Court (Morgan County), Morgan County, Georgia Deeds 1808-1901, K-82, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[10] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for cousin Matthew Cochran, son of William Cochran, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[11] Emmett E. Cockrum, A History and Genealogy of the Cockrum Family in America, (1979), 14, [FHLBook].
[12] Georgia, Superior Court (Putnam County), Putnam County, Georgia Deeds 1806-1904, Putnam County index to deeds, [FamilySearchImage].
[13] Georgia, Superior Court (Putnam County), Putnam County, Georgia Deeds 1806-1904, Putnam County index to deeds, [FamilySearchImage].