John C. Cock Esq. (abt. 1784 - 1871)

Born about 1784 in Grayson County, Virginia

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Died 18 Mar 1871 at about age 87 in Bland Co., Virginia

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Biography

John Cock Esq. was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

John Cock Esq. served for Virginia in the War of 1812
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"John was one of the remarkable people of his day. He was born about 1786 and died sometime after the 1870 census was taken. It is likely that he and Jane Phillips commenced housekeeping on the part of the farm which Andrew Cock gave them in 1809; it was a part of the original settlement of the first John Cock.... John had several tracts of land over the years, but his grandfather's tract (he bought the rest of it in 1824) was the only one he kept; it totaled 400 acres. He had many sons to help work the land and in addition he kept slaves. He had only one slave in 1820, but owned nineteen by 1840. He disposed of most of the slaves in the 1840's, probably giving some of them to his children. He was always active in county affairs. He served as constable as early as 1807 and later was recommended as ensign in Capt. Baldwin's militia company. He was eventually given a seat on the county court.... Moreover, John was a stalwart in the Primitive Baptist Church. He was the first clerk of the New Hope Church (in 1825) and in 1836 he was ordained, in the language of the church minutes, 'to go and exercise his gift wherever the Lord may cast his lot'. He was accused in the church in 1854 by two Barnard brothers of having sold their sand (sic); the church fully heard the matter, found in his favor and restored him to fellowship.... Over the years he had given his property to his children, so there was no will and no administration of his estate to leave any accurate list of his children."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Carroll 1765-1815, The settlements : A history of the first fifty years of Carroll County, Virginia by John Perry Alderman Central Va. Newspapers,1985, pages 44-45

• FamilySearch person ID, LV7K-F45
• United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88T-GRZ : 9 November 2014), Jane Cock in household of John Cock, Carroll county, part of, Carroll, Virginia

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cock-94 created through the import of 20110709 FredYeatts.GED on Jul 9, 2011 by Anonymous Anonymous.