Re: Jesse Chandler Cockerham, Buchanan Co. Mo.
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Jesse Chandler Cockerham, Buchanan Co. Mo.
P. Smith 6/13/05
I have worked on the William and Charity Cockerham family for about 15 years, so I may be able to provide some information that will be helpful to you.
Jesse Chandler Cockerham may be a son of William Cockerham, but I have not been able to document that fact.They lived in the same area of western NC (i.e., Haywood and Macon counties) until the 1840's, when Jesse evidently moved to MO.I have seen the 1850 Buchanan Co. census, and there is a posting on Ancestry.com listing his children.This posting appears to have been done by someone in the daughter Martha Jane's family.
William Cockerham's wife was Charity Jennings, daughter of James Jennings and Charity Burch.In turn, Charity Burch was daughter of John Burch and Charity Woodson, who were married in 1756 in Cumberland Co VA.James Jennings was born in Buckingham Co VA, was a Revolutionary War veteran, and is buried in Madison Co NC.
William and Charity Cockerham did not leave WNC; the county name changed to Jackson in 1851.They both died in the early 1860's, as estate sales were held in 1862 for both their estates.At least three of their children remained in this area and there are numerous descendants here.
I have never been able to place William Cockerham into a specific family.There were several Cockerham families in Surry Co NC, where he lived prior to 1824 when he moved approximately 100 miles west to Haywood County, and all of them had a William.
I may be telling you more than you wanted to know--just one other comment--regarding the name Charity.Most if not all of William and Charity's children named a daughter Charity, so if Jesse really is their son, he followed suit.Actually, if he is their child, he would be probably the oldest or second oldest of about eight children.
Are you a descendant of Jesse Chandler Cockerham?I would be pleased to hear more from you.
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