Orange County Indexed
The Cockran surname
The Cockran name in Orange County Indexed: 13 historical records.
- In the records
- 1795 to 1796
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1795–1796
- Often named with
- Cochran 2
- Spellings to try
- Cochran
- Search beyond these records
- Cockran in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Cockran there)
- Cockran in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the historical records 13 records
12 court minutes and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
1790s
Undated
- Court minutesThe court appointed John Coonce as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Rich’d Bennehan, Jno Cain, George Carrington and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesWorham Glenn prevailed against Joseph Nicks on appeal.
- Court minutesThe court listed the remaining original-panel jurors with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesThe court ordered jurors summoned for November.
- Court minutesThe court recorded David Mebane, David Carson, James Philips and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Henry Neal, Sam’l Chambers, James Ray and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesAdam Phifer recovered damages and costs against James Wilson for slander within the limitation period.
- Court minutesUnder Benj Williams’s commission, four justices were appointed; Absalum Tatom and James Walker qualified and joined the bench.
- Court minutesSimeon Cochran and William Cockran were licensed to retail spirits at their store.
- WillsDivision of an estate: Joshua Holt to Turner and others
