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Micajah Cochran

• Father: Samuel Cochran b. s 1745, d. 1792
• Mother: Marah (?) b. s 1746

• Charts: Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 5 May 2019

• Name Variation: Micajah Cohron
• Birth*: say 1782; Campbell Co., Virginia

Thomas Cohron

• Last Edited: 30 Aug 2018

• Name Variation: Thomas Cochran
• Birth*: say 1720
• Land Grant/Patent*: 4 March 1775; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; NC Patent Book 25, Page 41 -- to John Lawson, 73 acres in Mecklenburg on a branch of Crooked Creek - including Lawson's improvement, joining Aaron Hueston, (a point) above Huestons (?) house, THOMAS COHERON, and both sides of the creek.¹
• Death*: after 14 March 1786; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina
• Research Note*: 23 August 2018; Thomas moved with his father & brothers to Mecklenburg Co., NC when that state opened to land buyers in the mid-1740's. (Thomas remained in that area his entire life, with his Will being found there, dated March 14, 1786 (Mecklenburg Co. Will Book, page 190).
  Thomas was a veteran of the Revolutionary War (need to research to find the unit) but suspect (per his Will and location in NC at that time) that he served for the Confederacy. In the book "The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors", by Ray Worth, Thomas and his sons are mentioned (I have not seen this source myself so unknown in reference to what)...
  "American Prisoners of the Revolutionary War", by Dandridge, states that Thomas, James, John, Robert, and Richard Cochran from Mecklenburg Co., NC were prisoners in the prison ship "Forby", in the Chester Bay in 1774.
  Information from his Will indicates that Thomas owned 150 acres and some other land in adjoining counties that contained 65 acres, with another tract of land on the "Camp Branch of Twelve Mile Creek" containing another 200 acres. The lands in entirety were left to his widow, under the stipulation that she use the land to provide for the "schooling" of their children until the youngest son reached the age of 21. At that time the lands, totaling approximately 415 acres, were to be divided equally among them. The daughter, Jean, is not mentioned in the Will. Further stipulations related to his slave: "It is likewise my Will that my Negro Wench named Chieo remain and be with my widow and her children's use during her widowhood then come to my sons above named as an undivided right and not to be sold but for some notorious fault, but if it so happens that said wench Chieo should have children before my youngest son or surviving youngest be of full age, then John, William, and Robert shall each of them have one of the said children. John the oldest of them, William the next oldest, and Robert the next, and said wench and her increase beside to be the property of my widow."²

Jacob Cohron

• Father: Cornelius Cohron I b. s 1710

• Charts: Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2019

• Birth*: say 1735
• Deed*: 16 November 1764; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; Jacob Cohron of Mecklinburg Co sold land to Charles McLean (another Fondren buddy) 16 Nov 1764 WIT: John WILSON, John FONDREN,and James Templeton; Witness=John Fondren (?)
• Deed: 27 August 1768; Tryon Co., North Carolina; On 27 August 1768Jacob Cohronsold toCharles McLean300 acres on Crowders Creek [now in Gaston County, NC] with witnesses includingJohn WilsonandJohn Fondren(Tryon/Lincoln Deed Bk 1 p 12).; Witness=John Fondren
• Research Note*: 28 June 2019; From Marianne Hatton: Tryon/Lincoln Deed Bk 1 pg 12 "Charles McLean purchase land on Allison's Creek from William and Elizabeth Huggins. Charles and Susannah (wife) sold this land ( 400 acres) to JOHN FONDREN. Then sold 100 acres to JOHN WILSON,
  1768 JACOB COHRON sold to Charles McLean land on Crowders Creek. Wit: JOHN WILSON AND JOHN FONDREN. Tryon Deeds pg 752-758.
  
  This is also where Cornelius and Samuel lived and they sold their land around that same time. I am thinking that is when they actually moved to Willkes. John Wilson is the father of Andrew Wilson. I have a notation from a Wilson researcher who states that Ann was a Wilson and that Martha Cohron Wilson (m. Andrew) was the daughter of Ann and Cornelius.
  SAMUEL COHRON bought land on Crowders Creek next door to JACOB COHRON. land deed, but I cannot find the reference at this moment. Then 21 Dec 1767 he sold it to William somebody. and the deed states adj. to JACOB COHRON. Wit; RICHARD BARRY, JACOB COBURN, HUGH BARRY
  
  Note: This Barry, Berry name is key to me as well. James Berry Fondren is one of the 3 sons in Wilkes Co. s/o John and Sally_______Fondren.
  
  So you have Jacob, Samuel, and Cornelius all together owning land on the N. Fork of Crowders Creek. I looked on a map and as best I can tell, this is Southeast of Kings Mountain.
  
  Just educated guessing, but it seems that Jacob Cohron would have been born around 1720 and John Fondren and John Wilson were all in that age bracket. And GUESSING he got married around 1740ish, then the chilidren could run from early 40's to 1760.Hannah [if a daughter of Jacob] would then be about the right age to marry James Fondren. James was born 1758-1762. But she could also be a Berry.¹

William Cohron

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2018

• Birth*: say 1715
• Land Grant/Patent*: 1736; William Cohron got a land grant in Craven Co (SC) for 100 acres, so must have been single, in 1736.¹

John Fondren (?)

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2018

• Birth*: circa 1730
• (Witness) Deed: 16 November 1764; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; Jacob Cohron of Mecklinburg Co sold land to Charles McLean (another Fondren buddy) 16 Nov 1764 WIT: John WILSON, John FONDREN,and James Templeton; Principal=Jacob Cohron

William Cohron

• Last Edited: 6 Sep 2018

• Birth*: say 1737; Virginia
• Land Grant/Patent*: 1786; Franklin Co., Georgia¹
• (Witness) Research Note: 9 August 2018; Samuel and Cornelius Cohron got headrights in Wilkes Co in 1784/85 and one William Cohron in 1786 in Franklin. I feel this would be a generation later than the folks in Mecklinburg and Orange. And it seems to me it is either dad and sons or brothers. I think brothers?; Principal=Cornelius Cohron III¹

James Fondren

• Father: John Fondren b. s 1720
• Mother: Eleanor (?) b. s 1722

• Last Edited: 30 Jun 2019

• Birth*: say 1750
• Marriage*: say 1778; Principal=Hannah (?)
• (Witness) Research Note: 9 August 2018; The Fondrens were Loyalists. Not real bad ones, but definitely on the muster rolls,etc. John Fondren JR., brother to my James, is mentioned in the Draper Papers and in many articles about the Battle of Kings Mtn. He is the one who told them what Ferguson was wearing. Capt Williams of the patriots, was killed there and buried on Matthew Fondren's plantation. James, my line, was almost hung just below Fort Congaree. He was pardoned by Col Henderson "just as they were turning him out". Henderson knew the family from Granville in NC.; Principal=John Fondren Jr.¹
• Research Note*: 15 August 2018; James Fondren who m. Hanna______ had 5 children. One of them was John and the next son was William. So we wonder that perhaps Hanna's dad was a William.; Principal=William Fondren
• Research Note*: 20 August 2018; Chatham Co., Georgia; Chatham Co GA Deed Bk D
  John Kelly of Wilkes Co, Executor of the will of Cornelius McCarty, deceased, to Abraham Jones, Merchant, of Savannah. Deed dated Oct. 29, 1784 for 300 acres on the Great Ogeechee river in Chatham Co. Granted 08 Feb 1760. Wit: JAMES FONDREN
  Page 243--BROWN, ALEX., to Thos. Rice Brown, planter, 170 acres on Little river adj Wm. Young, Hannah Coonrod (Cohron??) and Jacob Autrey, orig grant 1785. Jun. 29, 1789. J. Webster, Thos. Talbot, test.¹

John Fondren

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2018

• Birth*: say 1720
• Marriage*: say 1743; Principal=Eleanor (?)
• Deed*: 14 October 1765; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; On 14 October 1765Charles McCleanpurchased a tract on Allisons Creek from William and Elizabeth Huggins (Mecklinburg Deed Bk 2 pg 300)¹
• (Grantee) Deed: 7 February 1766; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; On 7 February 1766Charles and Susannah McLeansoldJohn Fondren400 acres on Allison Creek (Mecklinburg Deed Bk 1, pg 245).¹
• Deed: 8 April 1768; Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; On 8 April 1768 Charles McClean soldJohn Wilson100 acres on Fishing Creek (Meck Deed bk 3 pg 105).¹
• (Witness) Deed: 27 August 1768; Tryon Co., North Carolina; On 27 August 1768Jacob Cohronsold toCharles McLean300 acres on Crowders Creek [now in Gaston County, NC] with witnesses includingJohn WilsonandJohn Fondren(Tryon/Lincoln Deed Bk 1 p 12).; Principal=Jacob Cohron
• Research Note*: 20 August 2018; Marianne Hatton: This John Fondren is my progenitor m. Eleanor______. Came thru VA Lunenburg, then down to Orange Co NC then to Bute Co then to Mecklinburg area...later York and Chester Co line on Fishing Creek. James Fondren in Wilkes is his son.¹

John Fondren Jr.

• Father: John Fondren b. s 1720
• Mother: Eleanor (?) b. s 1722

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2018

• Birth*: say 1748
• Research Note*: 9 August 2018; The Fondrens were Loyalists. Not real bad ones, but definitely on the muster rolls,etc. John Fondren JR., brother to my James, is mentioned in the Draper Papers and in many articles about the Battle of Kings Mtn. He is the one who told them what Ferguson was wearing. Capt Williams of the patriots, was killed there and buried on Matthew Fondren's plantation. James, my line, was almost hung just below Fort Congaree. He was pardoned by Col Henderson "just as they were turning him out". Henderson knew the family from Granville in NC.; Witness=James Fondren¹

Hannah (?)

• Last Edited: 30 Jun 2019

• Birth*: say 1752
• Married Name: say 1778; Fondren
• Marriage*: say 1778; Principal=James Fondren

John Cohron

• Father: Thomas Cohron b. s 1720, d. a 14 Mar 1786

• Last Edited: 6 Sep 2018

• Name Variation: John Cochran
• Birth*: circa 1745; Campbell Co., Virginia
• Death*: after 1790; Lincoln Co., North Carolina
• 1790 Census*: 2 August 1790; Lincoln Co., North Carolina¹
• Research Note*: 23 August 2018; This appears to be John the son of Thomas Cohron who died in Mecklenburg Co, NC in 1786. Lincoln Co. is adjacent to Mecklenburg.²

William Fondren

• Father: James Fondren b. s 1750
• Mother: Hannah (?) b. s 1752

• Last Edited: 30 Jun 2019

• Birth*: say 1783
• Research Note*: 15 August 2018; James Fondren who m. Hanna______ had 5 children. One of them was John and the next son was William. So we wonder that perhaps Hanna's dad was a William.; Principal=James Fondren

Eleanor (?)

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2018

• Birth*: say 1722
• Marriage*: say 1743; Principal=John Fondren
• Married Name: say 1743; Fondren

Anne Wills Greene

• Father: Jeffrey Thomas Greene
• Mother: Laura Wills Griffin

• Charts: Glenn Descendants, James GRIFFIN I Descendants, Robert Lee GRIFFIN of Clay Descendants, Wise Descendants

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2018

Elizabeth Cohron¹

• Father: James Cohron¹ b. s 1762, d. c Feb 1819
• Mother: Mary Hopkins¹ b. c 1762, d. 1840

• Last Edited: 29 Aug 2018

• Birth*: circa 1786; Campbell Co., Virginia¹
• Married Name: 21 June 1802; Fluallen
• Marriage*: 21 June 1802; Logan Co., Kentucky; Principal=Henry Fluallen

Henry Fluallen

• Last Edited: 29 Aug 2018

• Birth*: circa 1780
• Marriage*: 21 June 1802; Logan Co., Kentucky; Principal=Elizabeth Cohron
• Death*: 1848

John Cohron¹

• Father: James Cohron¹ b. s 1762, d. c Feb 1819
• Mother: Mary Hopkins¹ b. c 1762, d. 1840

• Last Edited: 21 Sep 2018

• Birth*: circa 1792; Campbell Co., Virginia¹
• Marriage*: 28 September 1809; Logan Co., Kentucky; Principal=Catherine Johnson
• Death*: 1877; Logan Co., Kentucky¹

Mary A. Hopkins Cohron¹

• Father: James Cohron¹ b. s 1762, d. c Feb 1819
• Mother: Mary Hopkins¹ b. c 1762, d. 1840

• Last Edited: 29 Aug 2018

• Birth*: 25 February 1795; Campbell Co., Virginia¹
• Married Name: 12 February 1821; Thompson
• Marriage*: 12 February 1821; Butler Co., Kentucky; Principal=John Morton Thompson²
• Death*: 7 October 1874; Hadley, Warren Co., Kentucky¹

John Morton Thompson

• Last Edited: 29 Aug 2018

• Birth*: 30 August 1803; Prince Edward Co., Virginia¹
• Marriage*: 12 February 1821; Butler Co., Kentucky; Principal=Mary A. Hopkins Cohron¹
• Death*: 17 June 1885; Hadley, Warren Co., Kentucky¹

John Brooks

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2019

• Birth*: circa 1785; Georgia¹
• Tax roll*: 1828; Monroe Co., Georgia; Monroe Co. Tax Digest, 1828 -- Gipson's District. John BROOKS, agent for John COHRON Sr., Lot 54 in District 12. This lot was won by Cornelius Cohron, Rev. Sol., of Monroe Co., Brown's District.
  
  He was apparently senior to the other John Cohron, son of Job,; Principal=John A. Cohron²
• 1830 Census*: 1 June 1830; Treadaway District, Troup Co., Georgia; Note that John Brooks's neighbor, Jeremiah Horton, was also in the 700 District in 1840.³
• 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; District 700, Troup Co., Georgia; Note that Leonidas Cohron was the seventh house down from John Brooks.⁴
• Death*: 3 November 1848; Troup Co., Georgia¹

John Brooks

• Last Edited: 2 Sep 2018

• Birth*: say 1790; Age based on the 1830 and 1840 censuses (born 1780 - 1790), and the fact that he does not seem to hava had any children before 1820.¹
• 1830 Census: 1 June 1830; Capt. Hunter's District, Troup Co., Georgia²
• 1840 Census*: 1 June 1840; District 804, Troup Co., Georgia³

Cornelius Cohron II

• Father: Cornelius Cohron I b. s 1710

• Charts: Cohron Ancestry, Halsey Ancestry, Strickland Ancestry, Cohron Descendants

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2019

• Birth*: say 1733; Virginia
• Land Grant/Patent*: 5 February 1767; Bush River, South Carolina; Cornelius's land was in Laurens or Newberry District SC, then called 96 District.¹
  

  Cornelius Cohron plat
• Deed*: between 1778 and 1782; Cornelius Cohron appears on a schedule of "Property taken from the People of Georgia by the Creek Indians" divided into three parts and carefully compared with the Sufferers' original affidavits now in the Conptroller General's Office.¹
  

  Cornelius Cohron Indian damages claim, courtesy of Marianne Hatton
• Biography*: 3 September 2018; 1769 a Cornelius Cochran, Quaker, arrives in Wrightsboro with first group from Orange Co NC with wife & minor child.
  1770 He gets 300 acres. 200 for himself, 50 acres for wife, 50 acres for minor child.This is Cornelius II, as Sr. would have been in his 50s.
  Came to Wrightsboro with the first group from Orange Co NC. ref. QUAKER RECORDS in GA by Robt Davis This is the only place I find him a Cochran. EARLY RECORDS OF GEORGIA by Davidson calls him Cohren.

Rebecca A. Bonds

• Last Edited: 6 Sep 2018

• Birth*: say 1848; Chambers Co., Alabama
• Married Name: 10 November 1870; Davis
• Marriage*: 10 November 1870; Principal=James Franklin Davis

Naomi Caroline Smith

• Mother: Naomi Elizabeth Hearn b. c 1811

• Last Edited: 8 Sep 2018

• Birth*: 10 May 1841^1,2
• Married Name: 1 January 1856; Pace
• Marriage*: 1 January 1856; Chambers Co., Alabama; at the home of A. Harelson, Melitia Pace gives consent for son. Jasper Smith, 2nd bondsman, John H. Cliett, M. G.; Principal=Faulkner Hezekiah Leverett Pace
• Death*: 31 October 1905; Tallapoosa Co., Alabama²

Martha Smith

• Mother: Naomi Elizabeth Hearn b. c 1811

• Last Edited: 7 Sep 2018

• Birth*: circa 1843

Stiva Smith

• Mother: Narcissa Allison b. s 1811

• Last Edited: 7 Sep 2018

• Birth*: circa 1846

Emma Josephine Smith

• Mother: Narcissa Allison b. s 1811

• Last Edited: 7 Sep 2018

• Birth*: 1848; Chambers Co., Alabama
• Death*: 1905; Chambers Co., Alabama

(?) Halverson

• Last Edited: 8 Sep 2018

William Stone II

• Father: Captain William Stone b. c 1645
• Mother: Sarah Howard¹ b. c 1645, d. 1 May 1717

• Charts: Moon Ancestry, Staples Ancestry

• Last Edited: 8 Sep 2018

• Birth*: January 1683
• Marriage*: 20 January 1709; Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia; Principal=Elizabeth Dennett
• Death*: 7 January 1718

Elizabeth Dennett

• Father: John Dennett b. s 1664, d. 15 Jul 1709
• Mother: Elizabeth (?) b. s 1666

• Charts: Moon Ancestry, Staples Ancestry

• Last Edited: 8 Sep 2018

• Birth*: say 1688; New Kent Co., Virginia
• Marriage*: 20 January 1709; Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia; Principal=William Stone II
• Married Name: 20 January 1709; Stone
• Death*: 1718

James Taylor

• Charts: Moon Ancestry, Staples Ancestry

• Last Edited: 10 Jun 2019

• Birth*: say 1680
• Marriage*: circa 1703; New Kent Co., Virginia; Principal=Mary Gaines¹
• Marriage*: circa 1704; Principal=Elizabeth Paisley
• Death*: 25 January 1719
• Biography*: 23 April 2017; For detailed information on James Taylor, see the footnote.
  ²

Elizabeth Paisley

• Charts: Moon Ancestry, Staples Ancestry

• Last Edited: 10 Jun 2019

• Birth*: circa 1680; Elizabeth's surname is uncertain.¹
• Marriage*: circa 1704; Principal=James Taylor
• Married Name: circa 1704; Taylor
• Death*: 1 September 1748; New Kent Co., Virginia²