Husband: Benjamin COCKRAM
Birthdate: abt 1758
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: Dec 1815
Place of death: Morgan Co., Ga.
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Frances Cockram
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1782
Birthplace: Va.
Death date: 1834
Place of death: Morgan Co. Ga.
Marriage date: 1799
Marriage place: Abbeville, S.C.
Spouses' names: Samuel Paschall Jr.

Child No. 2: Benjamin Cockram II
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt 1785
Birthplace: Va/NC
Death date: abt 1865
Place of death: Taylor Co. Ga.
Marriage date: 9 Dec 1816
Marriage place: Morgan Co. Ga.
Spouses' names: Nancy Collins

Child No. 3: Phoebe Cockram
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1788
Birthplace: Va/NC
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Marriage date: 18 Feb 1810
Marriage place: Morgan Co. Ga.
Spouses' names: Robert Brooks

Child No. 4: Banister Cockram
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1790
Birthplace: Va/NC
Death date: 10 Nov 1861
Place of death: Morgan Co., Ga.
Marriage date: 25 Dec 1817
Marriage place: Madison, Ga.
Spouses' names: Sarah Collins

Child No. 5: Sarah Ann Cockram
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1794
Birthplace: SC
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Marriage date: 5 April 1813
Marriage place: Morgan Co. Ga.
Spouses' names: Marvel Kelley

Child No. 6: James Cockram
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1795
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Child No. 7: Mary Elizabeth Cockram
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1797
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Marriage date: 19 Jan 1815
Marriage place: Morgan Co. Ga.
Spouses' names: Jordan Brooks

Child No. 8: John C. Cockram
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1800
Birthplace: NC
Death date: abt March 1863
Place of death: Monroe Co. Ga.
Marriage date: 6 Dec 1821
Marriage place: Jones County, Ga.
Spouses' names: Sarah W. Van Zandt
 
 
Documentation:
Will of Benjamin Cockram, (Cockrum) (Cockran) (Cochran) TYPED COPY OF WILL OF BENJAMIN COCKRAM dated 23 August 1815

In the name of God amen.
I Benjamin Cockram being in sound mind & memory do make this my last Will and Testament I give my sole to God the giver of all good It the first I will that all my Just Debts be paid first and the ballance of my property I will and dispose of in the following manner It the 2 I will and bequeath to my son John Cockram the one fourth of the Land whereon I now live to be laid of in a Square in the West Corner also one Bay Mare and my saddle the mare named flower all one bed and Stead by posted one cow and calf the one that now has a young calf one ewe sheep also one sheet and counterpin one sow & pigs It 3 I give to my son Benjamin Cockram one fourth of my land to be laid of in the corner where the four corner is also one horse bridle & saddle the horse of by the name of Prince one heffer one bed stead one sheet & counterpin one sow & pigs all one ewe lamb. It 4 I give and bequeath to my son Banerster Cockram the one forth of the land to be laid of in a square to the Elum Corner also one one horse Ball one Bed bedsted one sheat & counterpin allso two ewes also the cow & calf that he Know has also the hogs I lent him -- It 5 I give and bequeath to my son James Cockram the one forth of the land to be laid of in a square to the hickry Corner also one ewe and lamb. It 6 I will and bequeath John Cockram Bannerster Cockram and Benjamin Cockram twenty barrels of corn to Each also fore hundred weight of pork a peace It 7 I will and bequeath that all the ballance of my property be Sold after twenty days notice given in some publick paper together with one negro woman named Tilly to be sold at the same time and notice at the plantation where on I Know live and the money arising from the Sale to pay my just Debts and the ballance to be equally divided amongst all my children with the Exception of ten Dollars Extry to be given to John Cockram the ballance to be equally divided amongst Samuel Paskill James Cockram Marvill Kelley Bannerster Cockram Jordan Brooks Benjamin Cockram Robert Brooks and John Cockram It 8 I give and bequeath to Ruby Brooks one Bed Bedsted and the furniture which I loaned her sometime ago I Know do constitute and ordain this my last will and testament an anulling all others heretofore maid and revoking all others declaring this to be my last will and testament I Know constitute my trusty friends and appoint Samuel Paskill Bannerster Cockram and Thomas Leverett Senr to be my Executors of this my last will and testament
this 23 August 1815
Signed Sealed in the present of me
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Trt Cyrus Billingslea Benjamin X Cockram
Hartwell Marrable
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Mathew X Cockram
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Georgia
Personally appeared in open court Cyrus Billingslea and Mathew Cockram Morgan County subscribing witness to the within instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Benjamin Cockram of said County deceased maketh oath and saith that they were present and saw the testor sign his name to the Same by making his mark and that he proclaimed it to be his last will and testament and they believed he was in his proper senses and also that they saw Hartwell Marrable Sign his name as a witness to the same together with themselve
Sworn to in open court this Cyrus Billingslea
10th January 1816
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John Nesbet Clk Mathew X Cockram
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Recorded the 10 January 1816
John Nesbet Clk

(Transcribed with original wording, spelling and punctuation by Mildred M. Moore 6-5-94.)