Here is some more names that Betty has sent me! Maybe some of the surnames will help some of you. It has really helped me. My g-grandfather was JOHN HOWELL COCKE. And he always was living in the midle of these COCKE's families even in TEXAS. ( Marshall) He married and died in Memphis, 1891 and is buried in Ellmwood.) Elizabeth from Daytona Beach On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 01:16:51 EST BSTARK9999@aol.com writes: > OOPs!!! Found some more Cockes > In Paul R. Coppock's Mid-South Vol IV the following Cockes are > mentioned : > Thomas William Cocke > married Lena Taylor of Covington, TN on Oct. 23, 1882. > grandson, T.E. Tappan, Jr., Helena, AR. > Thomas and Lena lived on Linden, near Main. > Daughter of Thomas and Lena, Marie who married T.E. Tappan, Sr. > Thomas W. Cocke died at Covington, June 30, 1891 at the age of 37. > Cocke was descended from Richard Cocke, who came from England to > Virginia > about 1627. His sister, Mary George Cocke, married James H. Cocke, a > distant > cousin whose grandfather, Thomas Jones Cocke, was the first settler > in what > is now Fayette County, TN. The years of Mary George were 1848-1918. > Her descendents include L. Yves Cocke of 4857 Summerlane in > Memphis, who > is gathering genealogical material for enlargement of the book on > "Cockes > and Cousins". He is the authority for family information in this > article. > Thomas W. Cocke worked for The Avalanche, a newspaper published in > Memphis in > the early and mid 1800s. > Now I really mean it this time. That's it for tonight. Since it > will soon > be morning. This has been fun. I have hit so many brick walls with > my own > family that it has been nice to finally find something, even though > it is for > someone else!! Take care. Betty > PS: If you could get your hands on that book about the Cockes, I > bet it > would have what you need, unless this is a different line of Cockes. > I bet > Memphis Library has it. I never get down there, but people have > said they > have a wonderful genealogical section.