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Actually, I have a John Cahill/Cohill b. 1769-1770 who was married in Franklin County
VIRGINIA in 1789. His oldest son's name was Peregrine and many of his decendents moved
to Mason County, KY. Family stories go that 2 brothers came from Scotland or Ireland (they
were Scotch-Irish) landed in NY and traveled down to VA. As with yours, the stories get
confused and names mixed up.
Culpeper Courthouse only has marriage registers that old, so parents names are not listed.
Some marriage registers list:
Zachary COGHILL m. Alice MCGANNON 8/7/1785. They had a son Maganon and raised tobacco to
pay the lease on their land. They were only their about a year.
Susannah Cogell m. George Peyton 4/15/1792
Thomas Cowgell m. Sarah Antrum 10/10/1800
Catherine Coghill m. John Holland 3/20/1788
Ann Coghill m. Benjamin Fewell 1/4/1798
There is also Roger CAHILL/COHILL and wife Rebecca (Guilbert) from Charles County,
Maryland who bought 104 acres in Culpeper in 1790 then sold it in 1793 and moved to Mason
County, KY. Roger lists a brother Thomas on the deed.
Maybe this information will help someone.
Thanks!