The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA

Notes:
1798 - The Mississippi Territory was established by the USA, which included the southern portions of present day Mississippi and Alabama.

1802 - Wilkinson County was formed from a portion of Adams County in the Mississippi Territory, USA.

1804 - The Mississippi Territory was trippled by expansion northward to the southern Tennessee border.

1809 - Amite County formed from a portion of Wilkinson County, and Franklin County formed from portions of Wilkinson County, Adams County, Amite County and unincorporated land.

1812 - The Mississippi Territory annexed land to the Gulf Coast.

1817 - On 3 March, the Alabama Territory was established from the eastern half of the Mississippi Territory.

1817 - On 10 December, Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States of America.

1846 - Wilkinson County received land from Adams County.

1882 - Adams County received land from Wilkinson County.

1884 - Wilkinson County received land from Adams County, creating Wilkinson County's present day boundries.

Latitude: 31.1683, Longitude: -91.3134