Sorry about the posting of the full org. message but I wish very much to find out was this church located by chance in Murrary Co. GA??? If so I know who this man was. See: Misc. Deeds, Greenville Deeds N-338 (1809) and N-20 (1822) and Murray County GA Deed E-51 (1839), William Cockram was easier to trace thorough his land records than other Cockrams because he was a Baptist minister and therefore literate. This Characteristic of signing was helpful in his identification in Greenville Deeds and Murray County Georgia Deeds. By 1820 this is not the William showing on the US Census of Greenville even though there were two of them showing that year. He may have already moved to GA but was not found for that year in that state. By Greenville Deed N-20 dated March 8, 1822 he sold 100a of his Jameson Mill Creek tract. Does this not sound like this same man below in this earlier post? If perhaps this Mulberry Church was in deed located in Murrary Co. GA I think these men are really one and the same. And I can tell everyone on this list more if I know the answer to where this church was located?? Anyone??? Gail [email protected] [email protected] BUT ALWAYS embracer and always searching! ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Charlotte" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [SC] William L. Cochran b 1806 SC - Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 13:48:12 -0500 Because of the recent postings to this list regarding the surname COCHRAN, I wanted to share the information below with the list. I hastily add that I do not research the surname Cochran. Charlotte Tucker The Rev. William L. Cochran, the pastor of the church during the year of 1853-54 was born in South Carolina during the year of 1805. The oldest female in his family during the census of 1860 was Martha Emeline, born in 1826. He was, perhaps at the time, a widower and Martha was his daughter. His other children were Lucinda, born 1834; Samuel, born 1836; Jesse, born 1838, Eliza, born 1840; John, born 1842; Henry, born 1846 and Charles, born in 1848. Most of his children were members of the church. It appears that he lived in the community and participated in its life. It was his lot to again become pastor of the church in the immediate years ahead. . William L. Cochran served Mulberry Church as its pastor for the second time, this time being the years of 1860,1861, and 1862. SOURCE: Ulysses H. Abrams, A History of Mulberry Baptist Church 1818-1968: 34,36. Book is held by Samford University, Special Collections, Birmingham, Alabama. ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== Virus warnings are not welcome on this list. Remember when writing a query, to always put in DATES & LOCATIONS ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237