Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Military Records

Samuel Cochran Pension Summation

This pension application consists of over 50 pages. The following is a brief of information contained in the file.

W280, and Sarah. Virginia and Continental Service,
The National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Samuel Cochran, W280, Sarah, Va. & Contl. service, Nashville, Tenn., Agcy.: Cert. 8462 for $104 p.a. from 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844, iss. 15 Jan 1849, sent Hon. Daniel Graham, Register of the Treasury, to widow of Saml. Cochran, Col. Lewis, Va., Sergt. and Capt. Revolution, died 7 Jan 1842; soldier had received pension on Cert. 6514, Tenn. Agcy., at $104 p.a., Act of 7 June 1832, iss. 28 Feb 1833, sent Hon. W. Hall, H.R.

Samuel Cochran was the son of William Cochran and Jemima, his wife, and was born April 24, 1760, at a place not stated.

Samuel Cochran, when a resident of Henry County, Virginia, enlisted January 14, 1777 as Pvt., 1st Cpl. and 2nd Sergt., in Capt. Henry Conway's company, Col. Charles Lewis and William Davies Virginia Regt.; he was in battles of Brandywine and Germantown, wintered at Valley Forge and was discharged in Summer of 1780. He volunteered at Bedford County, Va., Febr. 1781 in Col. Lynch's Va. Regt., shortly afterwards attached to Col. William Washington's Regt. of Dragoons; was in the battle of Guilford and discharged; again volunteered in Col. Callaway's Va. Regt., and at the siege of Yorktown and discharged.

He applied for a pension on 4 August 1832 when a resident of Sumner County, Tenn., having removed there in 1818. He died 7 January 1842.

Samuel Cochran married 10 August 1784, Sarah Northcutt (or Norcutt); then living near Black Water River, Bedford County, Va., and she was living in Henry County, Va.

Sarah Cochran, widow of Samuel Cochran, living in Sumner County, Tenn., applied for a pension 10 May 1844, when 78 years old.

Note: Leroy Carl Stevens, a descendent of the Cochran, married and for a time lived in Muhlenberg County.

Contributed by Rhonda Neumann

Updated November 25, 2015