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This is interesting;
http://ccharity.com/virginia/1782.htm
1782 Surry County, Virginia Census
Name White Black
Ann Cocke 2 17
Catherine Cocke 5 15
John Cocke Esq. 6 30
John Cocke 4 10
John H. Cocke 8 27
Lemuel Cocke 4 30
Richard Cocke 8 21
Thomas Cocke 7 45
William Cocke 2 19
Jesse Cocks 4 6
Mary Cocks 5 -
William Cocks Jr. 2 -
William Cocks 7 17
>From : Texas State Library and Archives Commission; 1201 Brazos St.;
P. O. Box 12516; Austin, Tx 78711-2516
Form A
For use of Soldiers, Who are in Indigent Circumstances
The State of Texas
County of Bexar
I, W. G. Cocke, do hereby make application to the commissioner of
Pensions for a pension to be granted me under the Act passed by the
thirty-first Legislature of the State of Texas, and approved March 26,
A. D. 1909, on the following grounds:
... I was discharged at the close of the war in 1865.
�.What is your age? 69 years old.
Where were you born? Granger County, Tennessee.
How long have you resided in Texas? Since 1855.
In what county do you reside? Bexar County.
How long have you resided there and what is your postoffice address?
Have lived in Bexar County three years. - address 656 Mitchell St. San
Antonio Texas.
Have you applied for a pension under the confederate pension law and
been rejected? � I have not.
What is your occupation, if able to engage in one? Leather worker
In what state was the command in which you served organized? Texas
How long did you serve? � 1862 to 1865.
What was the letter of your company, nuber or name of battalion, �?
Company "C" 32nd Texas Calvary
If transferred � I was not transferred.
What branch of the service did you enlist in - � ? Cavalry
If commissioned direct by the President, what was your rank and line of
duty? I was a private
If detailed for special service �? I was not detailed for special
service.
Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose
of becoming a beneficiary under this law? I have not.
� signature: W. G. Cocke
� 21 day of Oct. A.D. 1912
One of the affidavit's of Witness was M. T. Cocke.
***
War Department
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington. Oct. 30, 1912.
�The records show that William G. Cocke, private, Company C, 36th (also
called 32nd and Wood's) Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army,
enlisted May 1, 1862. Return for March, 1865, shows him absent sick
since November 13, 1864. No record of him has been found. �.
Application for Mortuary Warrant
County of Travis
�.Wm. G. Cocke diedon the 9th day of December 1935 in the town of
Austin county of Travis. The pensioner died in the home of The
Confederate House�.
***
RR3, Box 331, Hot Springs, Ark.,
Feby. 27th, 1956.
To the Confederate Administration
Or
To the Custodian of Its Archives, Austin, Texas
Gentlemen:
The writer is the son of William Gabriel Cocke who died in the Austin
Confederate Home about fifteen years ago. I am anxious to ascertain
just when he entered the Confederate Service and from what County?
(Born 1842)
I know he was quite young, little more than a young teenager?
And I have always thought he entered the service from kerr County but
I want to be sure. Have been asked by the Committee (Centenniel) to
contribute an article to the Ridley and Cocke families as pioneers of
the County.
My aternal grandfather, Dr. J. C. Ridley, was authorized by an Act of
the Texas Legislature on Jan. 26th, 1856, to organize the County by
holding an election for County officers and selecting the County seat,
Kerrville as it turned out.
My paternal Grandfather, F. B. S. Cocke, served in the 16th
Legislature, 1878 and was a member of the Constitutional Canvention of
1874. But I am having trouble in finding out just when he moved from
Karnes County to Kerr County?
My Father was married in Center Point to my mother, Vanilla Cordette
Ridley in 1867 in Kerr County so his father FBS. Cocke must have come
to Kerr nprior to that date, but when?
If he entered the Confederate service from Kerr County then they must
have moved to Kerr County before the Civil War?
Any possibly help you can give me will be appreciated.
Gratefully yours,
Wm. A. Cocke.
***
February 29, 1956
Mr. Wm. A. Cocke
RR 3, Box 331
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Dear Mr. Cocke: Wm. G. Cocke or W.G.Cocke, Deceased Confederate
Pensioner. Pension File
No. 21541. Confederate Home No. 3208 Bexar
County, Texas.
�.He entered the Men's Confederate Home at Austin, Texas, June 24,
1935.
>From the Texas State Archives,� I received information that Wm. G.
Cocke first enlisted in the 29th Brigade of the Chas. A. Russell's
Helena Guards, Texas State Troops in 1861 in Helena, Karnes County,
Texas. Then I am of the opinion he later enlisted in Company C, 36th
also known as 32nd Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army. From
information on file in the Texas State Archives, he enlisted in Helena,
Karnes County, Texas instead of Kerr County, Texas.
Very truly yours,
Robert S. Calvert
Comptroller of Public Accounts
__________________________________________________
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