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My Greetings to the Cockburn list:
I have joined the list to try for a possible long-shot
connection that is so vague that I hardly know how
to describe it. Let me start, though, with the marriage
of Tabitha Cockburn (b. 1817 NC) to William Reynolds
in Nov. 1830 in Hardeman Co, TN, where they were
listed in the census of 1850.
By 1860, William Reynolds and Josiah Bullock (my
ancestor) were the last two persons named on
the census of Arkansas Co, AR. William Reynolds
was a cabinet maker and Josiah Bullock was a
carpenter. I have wondered if they might have
moved there together to work on the same job
on about the last day that the census was taken.
If there was any connection between these two
families, I believe that it would have been through
Tabitha Cockburn. The mother of Josiah Bullock
was Selah Crisp, daughter of William Crisp who
died in 1783 Martin Co, NC.
Some of the Hobson relatives of William Crisp were
associated on deeds with George Cockburn in Bertie
Co, NC, as early as 1736. George Cockburn, Jr, of
Bertie Co. bought land on 1743 that was adjacent
to the land of Samuel Taylor, who was identified in
another deed as owning land adjacent to William Crisp.
In 1755, George Cockburn and George, Jr, and William
Crisp were taxable in Tyrrell Co, NC, and all were on
the 1779 tax roll of Martin Co, NC.
Can anyone tell me more about the families of George
Cockburn, Sr & Jr, in Bertie, Tyrrell, and Martin Counties
between 1736 and 1779? If so, might Tabitha Cockburn
of 1830 Hardeman Co, TN, be connected to the George
Cockburn families of NC? Any information would be
greatly appreciated.
Best regards, Ron Bullock (RBUL1865(a)aol.com)