According to a page from the bible of Samuel COCHRAN - he was born the 24th of April 1760 to William and Jemima COCHRAN. Jemima may have been the daughter of Richins BRAME and Hannah CHEADLE christened in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., VA the 25th of Jan 1717.

Samuel was sixteen years old and a resident of Henry Co., VA on the 14th of Jan 1777 when he enlisted for three years in the Revolution. He was at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge. Samuel was sick in September of 1777 and hospitalized in October, he remained either hospitalized or "sick in camp" until June of 1778. According to Samuel's pension application, he had smallpox. Smallpox was a serious disease and in Samuel's case may have been prolonged by the conditions he encountered at the Continental Army Hospital. These hospitals were feared more than a battle. Samuel's last major engagement before discharge was with Washington's Army in pursuit of the British which they overtook at Monmouth in June of 1778. Samuel was discharged the summer of 1780. In February of 1781, he re-enlisted under Colonel Lynch and was attached to Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Dragoons - they fought at Guilford Court House. He was discharged and volunteered once again in Colonel Callaway's Virginia Regiment. Samuel was at the seige of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. He had served a total of three years and nine months as a Private, Corporal and Sergeant.

In 1784, Samuel married Sarah NORTHCUTT. He was living along the Black Water River in Bedford County and she was living in Henry County. Sarah was born ca 1766 in Virginia. Her father may have been John NORTHCUTT an early resident of Henry County. At one time, both John NORTHCUTT and William COCHRAN - the father of Samuel - owned land along the waters of Leatherwood Creek in Henry County.

Samuel moved to Sumner Co., TN in 1818 and on the 6th of January 1819 purchased for $918.50 - 210 acres of land on Caney Fork off Drakes Creek in the Corinth Community. He applied for a pension in August 1832 for his service to the Revolution.

On the 8th of March 1835, Samuel wrote his Will leaving his entire estate to his wife Sarah - at her death Samuel provided for each child except for son Daniel who was to receive only one dollar. Samuel died the 7th of January 1842 and is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Shanklin Cemetary. A descendent placed a memorial to Samuel in Shanklin Cemetary in recent years which reads in part..." in memory of Samuel COCHRAN who served with George Washington at Valley Forge". Sarah died the 1st of July 1850 in Sumner County.

1-- Samuel COCHRAN (1760-1842) Virginia
  sp- Sarah NORTHCUTT (1766-1850) Virginia
        2-- Nancy COCHRAN (1785-1870) Henry Co., VA
          sp- Frederick Oyler
        2-- Jemima COCHRAN (1786-1832) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- Asa HODGES (1783-1823) Henry Co., VA
        2-- Sarah COCHRAN (1788-) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- Isham HODGES Jr. (1788-1826) Franklin Co., VA
       2-- William B. COCHRAN (1791-1870) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- Rhoda PASLEY (1791-)
       2-- Daniel COCHRAN (1793-1832) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- Mary BRIZENDINE (1797-1873) Franklin Co., VA
       2-- Mary COCHRAN (1796-) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- John MATTOX (1790-1839) Virginia
       2-- Milly COCHRAN (1798-) Franklin Co., VA
       2-- Elizabeth COCHRAN (1801-1843) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- John Barnes BRIZENDINE (1792-1855) Franklin Co., VA
       2-- Samuel COCHRAN Jr. (1804-) Franklin Co., VA
          sp- Milly BROWN