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Preferred Citation:

Cocke Family Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Family History:

Maria Carter, daughter of Charles Carter of "Cleve," King George County, Virginia married William Armistead of "Hesse," Gloucester County, Virginia William Cocke, son of Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke and Bowler Cocke, married Jane Armistead. Their son, William Armistead Cocke had among other children, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke who married Mary Booth Curtis. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Letter from J.E. Wills, Upper Brandon (home of William Byrd Harrison) to Dr. Cocke asking if Cocke needed a farm manager, July 11, 1869.  Note to Palmer and Turpin requesting seeds, written from Bremo, July 17, 1869.  The years on both of these documents are difficult to read.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cocke family
• Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century