Person Page 1,578

John Cockrill

Parents

Children with Anne Robertson (b. 10 February 1757, d. 15 October 1821)

Son	Marlin Cockrell+ (b. about 1780, d. 5 September 1835)
Daughter	Martha Cockrill (b. 5 November 1780, d. 27 May 1844)
Son	John Cockrill+ (b. 1781, d. 1841)
Daughter	Nancy Ann Cockrill (b. 1 February 1783, d. 16 August 1833)
Son	James Robertson Cockrill+ (b. 28 January 1787, d. 1826)
Son	Mark Robertson Cockrill+ (b. 2 December 1788, d. 27 June 1871)
Daughter	Susanna Cockrill+ (b. 2 December 1788, d. 1823)
Daughter	Sarah Cockrill (b. 15 May 1794, d. 1810)

Person Exhibits

Biography

Name		John Cockrill was also known as John Y Cockrum.1
Burial		He was buried in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.2
Anecdote		Second Generation. Cockrill Issue of John Cockerill and Deborah Fox: John Cockerill II., born (presumably in Richmond County, Va.), December 19, 1757; was in the body of Virginia troops who went to the relief of Fort Watauga, June, 1776, apparently in the command of Col. Win. Russell, or Capt. Evan Shelby (vide Heyward's "History of Tennessee"); was called into the service again the next year, and was in the winter campaign under Brigadier Macintosh; in the fall of 1779, he repaired to Fort Patrick Henry, and joined the Robertson colony, bound for the Cumberland country, under command of Col. John Don- elson. They reached the French Lick (Nashville) in April, 1780. (A full account of this trip is found in the histories of the period.) In this company of immigrants was a young widow, Mrs. Ann Johnston, relict of Nehemiah Johnston, and daughter of John Randolph Robertson and Mary Gower. She and Cockrill were married in Robertson's Fort, in the fall of 1780. There were three children of the first husband: (1) Mary John- ston, wife of Gen. Isaac Roberts, who left issue in Maury County, Temr. ; (2) Elizabeth Johnston, wife of Daniel Evans, who left issue in Maury County, Tenn.; (3) Charity Johnston, wife of Reuben Parks, who moved to Mississippi or Louisiana. John Cockrill II. was engaged in all the battles against the In- dians during their attacks on the infant colony, being severely wounded more than once. For this service he was mentioned in the acts of the North Carolina Legislature of 1782, and given three grants of land, one of them the Cockrill Spring tract, em- bracing the ground of the late Centennial Exposition (vide Hey- ward and the North Carolina Military Grants). He lived at the spring till after the death of his wife (October 15, 1821), and moved to a brick house on Cedar street (still standing), where he died April 11, 1837. He, his wife, her brother, Gen. James Robertson, and Mrs. Robertson (nee Char- lotte Reeves), joined the M. E. Church, under Rev. Wilson Lee's ministry, in 1790. In a pamphlet, "Familycraft vs. Schoolcraft," published about twenty years ago, by Rev. C. D. Elliott (who has known the Cockrills well for many years), the statement is made that Mrs. Ann Johnston taught a Sunday and day school in Nashville, in 1780, before she married Cockrill. She was born in Wake County N. C, in February 10. 1757, and must have married Johnston before the war; he was killed by a falling tree in East Tennessee.3
DNA Verified		9 DNA matches through John Cockrill
Person Source		He had person sources.4
Birth	19 December 1757	He was born on 19 December 1757 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, United StatesBGO.4,5
Marriage	11 November 1780	He and Anne Robertson were married on 11 November 1780 in Fort Nashborough, Davidson, Tennessee, United StatesBG.4
Residence	1810	He lived in Johnston, North Carolina, United StatesBGO, in 1810.6
Residence	1830	He lived in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, in 1830.7
Probate	29 March 1837	He had his estate probated on 29 March 1837 in Davidson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.8
Death	11 April 1837	He died on 11 April 1837 at age 79 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.4

Citations

1. [S633] Jackson Family Tree, John Y Cockrum
2. [S279] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
3. [S206] Granville Goodloe, "Cockrill Genealogy," Cockrill Genealogy, 1, III (January 1898): p. 332. Hereinafter cited as "Cockrill Genealogy."
4. [S134] Johngoad51, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26977463/person/1964010001, (Memphis, TN.)
5. [S114] , online trees.ancestry.com/owt, (.)
6. [S257] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Johnston, North Carolina; Roll: 40; Page: 235; Image: 00537; Family History Library Film: 0337913
7. [S244] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 174; Page: 278; Family History Library Film: 0024532
8. [S1009] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Wills, 1784-1920; Author: Davidson County (Tennessee). County Clerk; Probate Place: Davidson, Tennessee