Starks S. Cockrill, Sr.

Description

Starks S. Cockrill Sr. (1795-1862), born in Virginia and a veteran of the War of 1812 during which he served as corporal in a Kentucky regiment, moved with his family to Missouri in the 1820s. By 1830, Cockrill held three people in slavery in Bonhomme Township. He received United States land grants in the region on several occasions, including in 1832, 1835, 1840, 1845, and 1853. The families of Starks S. Cockrill Sr., and his sons Christopher Cockrill and Starks Cockrill, Jr., all described as farmers in the 1850 census, lived next to one another in Bonhomme and held nine people in slavery. The families of Starks Cockrill Sr. and Jr. moved to Texas by 1860, but retained land in Missouri according to plat maps of 1862 and 1870. Starks Cockrell Jr. fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Birth Date

1795

Death Date

1862

Sex

Male

Parent of

Christopher Cockrill

Starks Cockrill Jr.

Enslaver

1830 Census, Bonhomme, Missouri:
Enslaved young woman, age 10-23
Enslaved young woman, age 10-23
Enslaved young man, age 10-23

1850 Census, Bonhomme, Missouri:
Enslaved man, age 35
Enslaved woman, age 30
Enslaved man, age 22
Enslaved boy, age 10
Enslaved boy, age 8
Enslaved boy, age 6
Enslaved boy, age 4
Enslaved girl, age 2
Enslaved man, age 24

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Dates of Tyson Land Ownership

1838

1847

1862

1870

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