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COCHRAN, John Overton

COCHRAN, John Overton

Male 1807 - 1854  (46 years)   Has more than 100 ancestors and 58 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name COCHRAN, John Overton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 18 Dec 1807  Warminster, Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 77290243 
    Residence Between 1829 and 1835  Boone County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    on a 71 acre farm near Gunpowder Creek 
    • Role: Owner
      This location in 2015 is now in the middle of runway 18L/36R at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. He was on the county tax list in 1829 and 1831, and was located here on the 1830 census. There are county deeds, not for this land, but for personal property, recorded in 1830 that state he was living there on land purchased by his son, John O. Cochran. But based on county deeds, his son did not buy the land until 1833, and he sold it in 1835. Possibly he was renting and paying taxes on the land from 1829 until it was purchased in 1833.
    Residence 1830-1835  Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Land-Sales Commissioner 15 Jul 1837  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    that her deceased husband, Horatio Gates WINSTON, had purchased, which she sold 
    • Role: Sales Commissioner
      John O. COCHRAN, her son-in-law, living in Kentucky, was appointed on 13 Jun 1837 by the Louisa County, Virginia Court to act as her commissioner in the sale. The land that the WINSTONs had previously lived on was sold to William WADDY, and 451 acres with grist mill on the South Anna River was sold to Abner HARRIS.
    Individual Event 1850  Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    He owned slaves 
    • He is listed twice in the 1850 US Census Slave Schedule. In District 2 of Jefferson County, he has 30 slaves listed with his name. In District 4, 8th Ward of Louisville, Jefferson Co., he has 26 slaves listed with his name.
    Occupation Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Merchant 
    Death 8 Sep 1854  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 12
    Age 46 years 
    Burial 20 Sep 1854  Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 13
    Address:
    Cave Hill Cemetery
    701 Baxter Ave.
    Louisville, Kentucky
    USA
    502-451-5630
    https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/ 
    Person ID I177  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2025 

    Father COCHRAN, Dr. William,   b. 8 Dec 1779, Newcastle, Hanover, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1853, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother SYME, Mildred Meriwether,   b. 16 Jan 1782, Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1843, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WINSTON, Mary Ann Cochran,   b. 14 Jun 1814, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1874, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1835  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17
    • Married by the Rev. James Wherry. [14]
    Age at Marriage He : 27 years and 10 months - She : 21 years and 4 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Residence 15 Jul 1837  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1850  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • In addition to 5 of their children, their household included John's father, Dr. William COCHRAN, John's brother, Dr. Patrick H. COCHRAN, with his wife and daughter, John's sisters, Mildred and Sarah, and Mary Ann's mother, Clara WINSTON, and Mary Ann's brother, Horatio WINSTON. There were 15 people in all. John's real estate was valued at $90,000, and his occupation was listed as Brick Maker in the 1850 Census.
    Children 
    +  1. Female COCHRANE, Clara Virginia,   b. 14 Jul 1836, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1923, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +  2. Female COCHRANE, Mary Ella Winston,   b. 11 Sep 1837, Greenbrier County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1921, Temple Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +  3. Female COCHRANE, Eliza Mildred,   b. 14 Dec 1839, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1899, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
       4. Male COCHRAN, John Gates,   b. Aug 1841, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1842, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +  5. Male COCHRANE, John William,   b. 1845, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1886, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +  6. Female COCHRANE, Martha R.,   b. 1849, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1894 (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F98  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Lived in Lexington when married in 1835.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Dec 1807 - Warminster, Amherst, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on a 71 acre farm near Gunpowder Creek - Between 1829 and 1835 - Boone County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830-1835 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Oct 1835 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand-Sales Commissioner - that her deceased husband, Horatio Gates WINSTON, had purchased, which she sold - 15 Jul 1837 - Louisa County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 15 Jul 1837 - Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsIndividual Event - He owned slaves - 1850 - Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Sep 1854 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Cave Hill Cemetery
    701 Baxter Ave.
    Louisville, Kentucky
    USA
    502-451-5630
    https://www.cavehillcemetery.com/ - 20 Sep 1854 - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
    Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    John Overton Cochran
    John Overton Cochran

  • Sources 
    1. [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 9 Aug 2010, Books of Apocrypha, last page. Hand written.
      "John Overton Cochran was born the 18th day of December in the tavern of Warminster, Amherst County Virginia 1807 between seven & eight o'clock at night of Friday."
      Cochran(e) Family Bible
      Cochran(e) Family Bible
      Books of Apocrypha, last page.


    2. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 17.

    3. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 120.

    4. [S445] Kentucky, Jefferson County, Census - US - 1850 - KY - Jefferson County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8054&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 9 Jun 2020, M432, roll 207, Louisville, District 3, p. 304A, dwelling 341, family 341, John O. Cochran, accessed 9 June 2020.
      Census - 1850 - Louisville, KY - John O. Cochran
      Census - 1850 - Louisville, KY - John O. Cochran


    5. [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1716.
      1835, Mary A. Winston; Louisa County Marriage Bonds.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1716 - Elizabeth Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1716 - Mary A. Winston


    6. [S618] Kentucky. Boone County., Land Deeds - KY - Boone County - Cochrane 1830, 12 Apr 2015, H: p 89-90, William Cochran to John O. Cochran, 8 April 1830;.

    7. [S618] Kentucky. Boone County., Land Deeds - KY - Boone County - Cochrane 1830, 12 Apr 2015, I: p 562-63, John O. Cochran to Asa Foster, 2 February 1835;.

    8. [S709] Clayton Torrence, editor, Book - Valentine, Edward P. - Papers - Vol. I-IV (Ancestry), (The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 1927; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.), 25 Sep 2013, Vol. III: p 1704-05.
      1837, Clarisa M. Winston; Louisa County Records, Deed Book W, p 522, 525.
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1704 - Clarisa M. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1704 - Clarisa M. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1705 - Clarisa M. Winston
      EPVP, Vol. III, Pg. 1705 - Clarisa M. Winston


    9. [S1282] Census - US - 1850 - Slave Schedule (FamilySearch), (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420440 : 2020.), 1 Jul 2020, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420440 : accessed 1 July 2020); John O. Cochran, Household #103086; 8th Ward Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, p 807, sec. 2, line 1-26.
      Census - 1850 Slave Schedule - 2nd District, Jefferson Co., KY - John O. Cochran
      Census - 1850 Slave Schedule - 8th Ward, Louisville, KY - John O. Cochran


    10. [S1282] Census - US - 1850 - Slave Schedule (FamilySearch), (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420440 : 2020.), 1 Jul 2020, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420440 : accessed 1 July 2020); John O. Cochran, Household #104239; 2nd District, Jefferson County, Kentucky, p 937, sec. 1, line 3-32.
      Census - 1850 Slave Schedule - 2nd District, Jefferson Co., KY - John O. Cochran
      Census - 1850 Slave Schedule - 2nd District, Jefferson Co., KY - John O. Cochran


    11. [S158] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Cochrane Family History, (Coshocton, Ohio: self published, April 1943.), 30 Aug 2010, Pg. 29.

    12. [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, fifth page. Hand written.
      "John Overton Cochran the fourth son of Dr. William Cochran departed this life on Friday the 8th of September in Louisville KY 1854."
      The Cochran(e) Family Bible
      The Cochran(e) Family Bible
      Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, fifth page.


    13. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 4 Mar 2013, accessed 4 Mar 2013<, Memorial #77290243, John Overton Cochrane.

    14. [S103] Bible - Cochran(e) & Associated Families, (London, England: Thomas Baskett, 1759), 6 Dec 2010, Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, third page. Hand written.
      "John Overton Cochran & Mary A. C. Winston were married by the Rev. James Wherry in Louisa County Virginia on Wednesday the 7th day of Oct. 1835."
      The Cochran(e) Family Bible
      The Cochran(e) Family Bible
      Between the Books of Apocrypha and the Books of the New Testament, third page.


    15. [S567] G. Glenn Clift, Book - Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 (Ancestry), (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishimg Co., Inc., 1966.), 25 Jul 2014, 84.
      Announcement: Lexington Observer/Recorder, Lexington, KY, 21 Oct 1835.

    16. [S1274] Kentucky. Jefferson County., Wills - KY - Jefferson County - Probate Records - 1774-1989 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : 2015.), 15 Jun 2020, Mary A. C. Cochrane, 30 March 1874; (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066 : accessed 15 June 2020).
      Jefferson County (KY) Wills, Vol. 8-9, p 308-311.
      Will - Mary A. C. Cochrane
      Will - Mary A. C. Cochrane


    17. [S844] Marriage Records - VA - 1740-1850 (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3723 : 1999)), 24 Nov 2020, accessed 24 November 2020), John O. Cochrane and Mary A. Winston, October 1835.
      Marriage Record - John O. Cochrane & Mary Ann C. Winston
      Marriage Record - John O. Cochrane & Mary Ann C. Winston



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