Tarver-Gen: Tarver Family Research http://www.tarver-genealogy.net -------------------- : TARVER / COCKERHAM -------------------- Of John Cockerham Sr's children - four intermarried with TARVER families. John Cockerham, Jr. Nancy Cockerham Judith Cockerham Elizabeth Cockerham Elisha Lott Tarver, who married Hannah French Hamilton, purchased the Cockerham homeplace from the estate of John Cockerham, Sr. On September 4, 1824 - John Cockerham, assignee of Hardy Coward, patented a tract of land from the US Govt ... W1/2 of NW1/4 Section 7, Township 2, Range 5 East ... recorded conveyance Deed Book 25, p. 588. Part of property presently owned by Reggie Wicker about 4 miles east of Liberty on Hwy 24/48 in Amite Co., Mississippi. Property subsequently sold as part of John Cockerham's estate to highest bidder, Elisha Lott Tarver, who is buried on the property along with a brother-in-law whose grave is marked with a CSA marker: John French Hamilton. Gravesite photos on Tarver-Gen. Copies of all deeds of transfer on this property from it's purchase in 1824 through the present owner are in my Tarver-Gen research files. The file is a duplicate of the title search performed when the land was purchased by its current owner, which Mr. Wicker generously allowed me to copy in 1998. Additonally, a copy of every document in the John Cockerham probate/estate file from Liberty, Amite Co., MS is in Tarver-Gen files. John Cockerham Sr., who came to Amite fm SC, died in September, 1844, in Amite County, Mississippi. A deed on record, Vol D, p. 10 (FHC film no. E56845 0023284), in Barnwell District, SC, identifies his father as William Cockerham: Know all men by these presents that I John Mason for a consideration of Eighty three Dollars to me in hand paid by John Cockerham, son of William forever quitclaim all my right title or interest or claim to a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred & fifty acres originally granted to the said John Mason bearing date the 4th day of August A.D. 1800 in the district of Barnwell on a branch called the Widows branch waters of Tinker Creek bounded on the north side by land granted Isom Coward not the property of John Obier, the west side by land the estate of James Roberts on the sourh and south east side by land granted to David White and on Nest side by land laid out to John Bowlan. Given under my hand and seal this 30th day of August anno dommonia 1807 Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Gest John Ashley & Edward Cleveland. /s/ John Mason Census data & probate records confirm John Sr was about 108 years old at the time of his death. Some researchers suggest his place of birth as NC, others suggest VA, and others still say he was born in SC. In any case, in 1785 he is a taxable person in Orangeburg Dist, SC. In 1790, JOHN COCKERHAM And JOHN TARVER both are on the census as heads of households in Orangeburg District, in the area now known as Barnwell. The 1830 Amite Co., Mississippi gives John Sr.'s age as between 90 and 100 years old. He died between August 22 and September 23, 1844. His estate, settled on January 9, 1845, amounted to about $23,000 (a modest fortune in those days). Forty one slaves are named and subsequently sold in the inventory of his estate. The administration papers indicate the slaves were sold in December of 1844 for a total of $20,564. John Cockerham's household was among the approximately two dozen households that owned 31 or more slaves when the census was enumerated in 1830.* (*Smith, Dale Edwyna, The Slaves of Liberty: Freedom in Amite Co., Mississippi, 1820-1868, (Ph. D. Dissertation. Harvard University, 1993. Garland Publishing, ISBN: 0815330820). - I bought this book fm Amazon.com three or four years ago.) -------- SOURCE -------- Lotus D. Cirilo, Tarver-Gen - personal research notes. Uploaded February 27, 2003 ----------- © 1997, 1999, 2003 Lotus D. Cirilo -- All Rights Reserved Do not copy or extract data or photos, except for use in your personal research. Contact me lotus@cirilo.net if you have any questions. TERMS OF USE You may freely link to this Web site. You may view, download, and print material from this site only for your personal, noncommercial use. You may not post material from this site on another web site or on a computer network without express written permission. You may not use this site or information found at this site (including the names and email addresses of those who submitted information) for selling or promoting products or services, soliciting clients, or any other commercial purpose. ------------------ (c) 2002, All rights reserved. Tarver-Gen, Lotus D Cirilo http://www.tarver-genealogy.net/records/miscellany/cockerham_tarver.txt