Nancy Cockerham

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Cockerham was born about 1775, in South Carolina, United States, her father, John Cockerham Sr., was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Brambley, was 28. She married West Benjamin Tarver in Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died in January 1845, in Amite, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

West Benjamin Tarver
1770–1809
Nancy Cockerham
1775–1845
Marriage:
Elijah L. Tarver
1793–
Thomas Tarver
1809–1862
Ira B. Tarver
1797–
Bramley Tarver
1799–1852
Elizabeth Tarver
1800–
James Tarver
1803–
Phoebe Tarver
1808–
John Cockerham Tarver
1809–1858
Henry Allen Tarver
1812–

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island

On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Cocker, from the Cocker river (a Celtic name apparently derived from an element kukro ‘winding’) + Old English hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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