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Friends and cousins,
This is a letter that may not have come through on the COCKE list, but should have. I'm resending it for your consideration. Please give Randall all the help you can. He's doing good work.
Thanks,
Kelly
Cocke list founder and administrator
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From: Randall Merriott <irrigationdynamics(a)clearwire.net>
Subject: [COCKE] F.B.S. Cocke and Cocke's Company
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:42:51 -0500
Hello, I found this mailing list on Rootsweb.
I just finished reading a book, The Last Battle of the Civil War:
Palmetto Ranch, by Jeffrey William Hunt. F.B.S. Cocke, Jr commanded one
of the companies in this battle. One of my ancestors, Elihu L. Kirksey,
was a member of Cocke's Co.
I have since found a few other names of soldiers that served in Cocke's
Company, which I believe was raised primarily in Lockhart, Caldwell
County, around the end of 1863. So far, I have: Sam Garner, James P.
Hellums, Elihu L. Kirksey, Ben M. Roberts, David Powell Roberts, E. K.
Roberts.
There is a Handbook of Texas Online Article about Frederick Bird Smith
Cocke, but this article is in error. The Captain F.B.S. (Fred) Cocke
who commanded the company was the _son_ of the legislator described in
the article. He testified on behalf of Ben Roberts' pension in 1909 and
gave his age as 70. I have submitted some references to the Handbook of
Texas folks, and hopefully they will correct the article soon.
So far, most of the information I have is from pension applications and
a couple of letters in the Ford papers in the Haley Library in Midland.
There is a sketch about Sam Garner in the "Trail Drivers of Texas."
Captain Fred Cocke became an attorney in San Antonio, and I believe
later served as County Attorney in Bexar County. He also became a
legislator and introduced the bill that established Southwest Texas
Normal School in San Marcos (now Texas State University).
I am not a Cocke descendant, but I am very interested in learning more
about this man and the men he commanded.
I would greatly appreciate any additional leads or references you might
have that could help me learn more about Captain F.B.S. "Fred" Cocke,
Jr. and his company. If Captain Cocke kept a list of the soldiers in
his company, this would be extremely helpful.
Sincerely,
Randall Merriott
5405 36th St
Lubbock TX 79407