Cochran, Nathaniel.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0348
Scope and Contents
Collection includes family correspondence of the Bowman, Veach, and Leeper families. Manuscripts include a recounting of the Civil War event known as "Jones' Raid." In another document Nathaniel Cochrane, an ancestor of Thomas Leeper, recounts his capture and imprisonment by indigenous people, along with a biography of Cochrane. Daily life for that time is captured in "Home Life of the Leeper Family." Other typescript histories include "Monongah," Thomas Leeper's diary regarding heavy rains...
Dates:
1779-1915
Harry T. Leeper, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0251
Scope and Contents
Diaries of Thomas M. Leeper, 1886-1950 (Box 1). Samuel Leeper wrote a few of the first entries, and some family members wrote some of the last entries documenting Thomas Leeper’s last days. Subjects in the diaries include family life; work life; weather; encounters with visitors, friends, and neighbors; and travels. Counties traveled include Calhoun, Clay, Lewis, Harrison, Marion, Wirt and more. Inserts in the diaries include receipts, penciled sketches, and other paraphernalia. Added...
Dates:
1882-1952
Nathaniel Cochran Documents
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2741
Overview
Land grant to Nathaniel Cochran, Monongalia County, West Virginia, for 150 acres dated 20 April 1784, signed by Governor Benjamin Harrison and a grant for 100 acres dated 15 April 1793, signed by Governor Henry Lee; appointment of Nathaniel Cochran as Captain of the First Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, Virginia militia, dated 8 May 1802 and signed by Governor James Monroe; note signed by Cochran et al. volunteering service to the Virginia Militia; and an undated list of men in Nathaniel...
Dates:
1784, 1793, 1802, 1807
Additional filters:
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- Diaries and journals. 2
- Education 2
- Floods 2
- Frontier and pioneer life 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- McKeesport (Pa.) 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Travel accounts. 2
- Birth, marriage, and death records. 1
- Canada 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- West Virginia 1
- Land grants - Monongalia County, (West Virginia). 1
- Militia - Virginia 7th Regiment 1st Battalion. 1
- Monongah (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County, (West) Virginia - Land grants. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Teachers 1
- Virginia -- Governors 1
- West Fork River (W. Va.) 1
- Worthington (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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